Feldkirch Mayor Wilfried Berchtold and Chess Association President Kurt Jungwirth opened on Saturday at the hotel in Feldkirch Büchel the Austrian National Chess Championships 2013. The tournament runs until July 28th.
The organizer Albert Baumberger is also chief arbiter of the event. The tournament counts with 49 participants in the open section and 19 among the women.
Both events are 9 round Swiss opens with classical time controls.
The main section’s prize fund amounts to € 8.350 with € 2.000 reserved for the winner; the women’s section will get a prize fund of € 1.950 with € 700 reserved for the winner.
GM David Shengelia is the clear favorite in the open section.
The tournament hall
Participants – Main section:
| 1 | GM | Shengelia David | 2559 |
| 2 | IM | Baumegger Siegfried | 2473 |
| 3 | IM | Schreiner Peter | 2447 |
| 4 | IM | Fauland Alexander | 2446 |
| 5 | IM | Diermair Andreas | 2426 |
| 6 | IM | Fröwis Georg | 2423 |
| 7 | IM | Kreisl Robert | 2419 |
| 8 | FM | Wallner Joachim | 2404 |
| 9 | FM | Handler Lukas | 2403 |
| 10 | IM | Schachinger Mario | 2401 |
| 11 | IM | Kummer Helmut | 2357 |
| 12 | FM | Srienz Christian Mag. | 2328 |
| 13 | IM | Grötz Harald Mag. | 2319 |
| 14 | Kessler Luca | 2280 | |
| 15 | FM | Sandhöfner Florian | 2270 |
| 16 | FM | Kleiser Gregor | 2267 |
| 17 | FM | Schmidlechner Alexander | 2267 |
| 18 | FM | Menezes Christoph | 2261 |
| 19 | MK | Gerhold Michael | 2256 |
| 20 | NM | Mittelberger Peter Dr. | 2246 |
| 21 | Matt Fabian | 2233 | |
| 22 | Huber Martin Christian | 2230 | |
| 23 | NM | Bezler Rainer Mag. | 2217 |
| 24 | Maier Peter | 2195 | |
| 25 | Higatsberger Michael DDr. | 2186 | |
| 26 | NM | Ager Josef | 2176 |
| 27 | Rieger Robert | 2174 | |
| 28 | Mesaros Florian | 2166 | |
| 29 | MK | Sucher Johannes Mag. | 2158 |
| 30 | Gstach Jakob | 2140 | |
| 31 | Hofmann Thomas | 2125 | |
| 32 | FM | Holzmann Herbert | 2116 |
| 33 | MK | Kranz Armin | 2115 |
| 34 | Scheffknecht Philipp | 2114 | |
| 35 | Kanonier Clemens DI. | 2110 | |
| 36 | Härtl Siegfried | 2102 | |
| 37 | MK | Spiesberger Gerhard | 2077 |
| 38 | Forster Reinhard | 2077 | |
| 39 | Frühauf Norbert Ing. | 2074 | |
| 40 | Gutmann Alois | 2065 | |
| 41 | Mostbauer Florian | 2019 | |
| 42 | Hofer Emilian | 2016 | |
| 43 | Bahl Felix | 2005 | |
| 44 | Uksini Bardhyl | 1969 | |
| 45 | Prüll Lukas | 1964 | |
| 46 | Proyer Enno | 1911 | |
| 47 | Ly Dominik | 1907 | |
| 48 | MK | Hupfer Robert Mag. | 1905 |
| 49 | Nussbaumer Leon | 1870 | |
Participants – Women’s section:
| 1 | WFM | Newrkla Katharina | 2160 |
| 2 | WFM | Exler Veronika | 2121 |
| 3 | WCM | Schnegg Anna-Lena | 2104 |
| 4 | Horvath Reka | 2080 | |
| 5 | Fröwis Annika | 2059 | |
| 6 | WMK | Hapala Lisa | 2047 |
| 7 | WFM | Horvath Maria | 2022 |
| 8 | WMK | Zechner Andrea | 1989 |
| 9 | Wu Min | 1822 | |
| 10 | Schloffer Jasmin-Denise | 1813 | |
| 11 | WMK | Landl Margot | 1806 |
| 12 | Polterauer Chiara | 1794 | |
| 13 | WMK | Hapala Michaela DDr. | 1783 |
| 14 | Fritz Rebecca | 1732 | |
| 15 | WMK | Mayrhuber Nikola | 1702 |
| 16 | WMK | Tschida Verena | 1679 |
| 17 | Steiner Magdalena | 1663 | |
| 18 | Bas Aydan | 1525 | |
| 19 | Pilsan Martha | 1498 | |
| 20 | Martic Matea | 1287 | |
