The 29th ChessOrg Festival is taking place on March 1st-9th at Bad Wörishofen, Germany.
The main tournament will be held over 9 rounds of Swiss system with a time control of 2 hours for the first 40 moves and 1 hour for the rest of the game.
The prizes for the first places will be distributed as follows: 1st – 1.000 Euros; 2nd – 800 Euros; 3rd – 700 Euros, etc.
The 2012 festival attracted more than 300 players, grandmasters and amateurs, young and old, in the grand Kurhaus of the city of Bad Wörishofen.
Russian GM Vladimir Epishin is the first seed.
The Kurhaus at Bad Wörishofen
Participants:
| 1 | Epishin,Vladimir | 2607 |
| 2 | Teske,Henrik | 2513 |
| 3 | Levin,Felix | 2512 |
| 4 | Pap,Misa | 2511 |
| 5 | Romanishin,Oleg | 2503 |
| 6 | Karpatchev,Aleksandr | 2487 |
| 7 | Colovic,Aleksandar | 2484 |
| 8 | Gutman,Lev | 2470 |
| 9 | Starostits,Ilmars | 2470 |
| 10 | Zude,Arno | 2461 |
| 11 | Skembris,Spyridon | 2448 |
| 12 | Belezky,Alexander | 2446 |
| 13 | Mainka,Romuald | 2430 |
| 14 | Ivanov,Mikhail | 2390 |
| 15 | Braun,Christian | 2385 |
| 16 | Pirrot,Dieter | 2377 |
| 17 | Estremera,Sergio | 2365 |
| 18 | Singer,Christoph | 2356 |
| 19 | Wichmann,Cliff | 2349 |
| 20 | Friedrich,Norbert | 2321 |
| 21 | Schulze,Ulrich | 2318 |
| 22 | Buchal,Stephan | 2293 |
| 23 | Lupor,Andre | 2293 |
| 24 | Rahls,Peter | 2286 |
| 25 | Fiderer,Lukas | 2259 |
| 26 | Lampert,Jonas | 2281 |
| 27 | Calzetta Ruiz,Monica | 2251 |
| 28 | Meier,Volker | 2249 |
| 29 | Rogobete,Nikolas | 2244 |
| 30 | Pitschka,Claus | 2216 |
| 31 | Felgendreher,Heiko | 2208 |
| 32 | Schelle,Artur | 2208 |
| 33 | Babar,Michael | 2201 |
| 34 | Kannenberg,Karl-Heinz | 2200 |
| 35 | Grawe,Christian | 2199 |
| 36 | Thiel,Kuno | 2196 |
| 37 | Schatz,Christian | 2195 |
| 38 | Tennstedt,Andreas | 2194 |
| 39 | Kozlov,Alexander | 2187 |
| 40 | Krauß,Josef | 2175 |
| 41 | Weisenburger,Horst | 2173 |
| 42 | Astengo,Corrado | 2171 |
| 43 | Neumann,Joachim | 2169 |
| 44 | Schäfer,Michael | 2168 |
| 45 | Kammers,Heribert | 2166 |
| 46 | Stiller,Patrick,Dr. | 2165 |
| 47 | Villing,Dieter | 2160 |
| 48 | Dewenter,Ulf | 2157 |
| 49 | Kuhne,Detlev | 2155 |
| 50 | Behling,Robert | 2154 |
| 51 | Comes,Bruno | 2153 |
| 52 | Kugelmann,Werner | 2150 |
| 53 | Fries,Frederik | 2149 |
| 54 | Pleyer,Felix | 2147 |
| 55 | Stein,Marco | 2147 |
| 56 | Jicman,Ligia Letitia | 2145 |
| 57 | Riegler,Dieter | 2142 |
| 58 | Schellmann,Frank | 2136 |
| 59 | König,Falk | 2135 |
| 60 | Arounopoulos,Stephan | 2129 |
| 61 | Vossenkuhl,Joachim | 2121 |
| 62 | Pienabarca,Nicola | 2120 |
| 63 | Stümer,Paul | 2117 |
| 64 | Jameson,David | 2113 |
| 65 | Hornung,Hans,Dr. | 2107 |
| 66 | Smolka,Alexander | 2103 |
| 67 | Schleich,Theo | 2099 |
| 68 | Römhild,Marcus | 2095 |
| 69 | Bäuml,Ulrich | 2094 |
| 70 | Schiffer,Steve | 2094 |
| 71 | Klamp,Christoph | 2092 |
| 72 | Muehlbach,Peter | 2089 |
| 73 | Neu,Peter | 2086 |
| 74 | Grüttner,Ralf | 2085 |
| 75 | Santl,Anton | 2081 |
| 76 | Herbold,Manfred | 2078 |
| 77 | Höller,Armin | 2078 |
| 78 | Matzat,Andre | 2078 |
| 79 | Bohnstorff,Michael | 2073 |
| 80 | Engl,Heinz | 2072 |
| 81 | Heinich,Manfred | 2071 |
| 82 | Stull,Norbert | 2058 |
| 83 | Schmitzer,Peter | 2069 |
| 84 | Martin,Milan | 2065 |
| 85 | Jagdhuber,Hans | 2059 |
| 86 | Kümpers,Ulrich | 2059 |
| 87 | Lindenmair,Anton | 2059 |
| 88 | Dobierzin,Olaf | 2056 |
| 89 | Valet,Richard | 2056 |
| 90 | Wörl,Richard | 2054 |
| 91 | Deues,Erik | 2049 |
| 92 | Hehn,Hartmut | 2047 |
| 93 | Mack,Thomas,Dr. | 2046 |
| 94 | Germes,Alain | 2044 |
| 95 | Hillebrand,Carsten | 2040 |
| 96 | Scharrer,Udo | 2039 |
| 97 | Guggenberger,Guido | 2037 |
| 98 | Perman,Torvald | 2036 |
| 99 | Bader,Gerd | 2032 |
| 100 | Neuens,Heiko | 2032 |
| 101 | Ellinger,Peter | 2028 |
| 102 | Gulde,Josef | 2028 |
| 103 | Willin,Bernhard | 2027 |
| 104 | Spanton,Timothy | 2024 |
| 105 | Hipp,Hermann | 2022 |
| 106 | Goris,Ton | 2021 |
| 107 | Diller,Peter | 2019 |
| 108 | Mattes,Heinz,Dr. | 2019 |
| 109 | Specht,Helmut | 2019 |
| 110 | Wimmer,Alfred | 2018 |
| 111 | Germes,Bernard | 2017 |
| 112 | Schweizer,Manfred | 2016 |
| 113 | Harsch,Martin | 2009 |
| 114 | Kerber,Alfred | 2009 |
| 115 | Schiessl,Siegfried | 2006 |
| 116 | Hess,Max | 2001 |
| 117 | Fiedler,Wolfgang | 1999 |
| 118 | Ramin,Michael | 1999 |
| 119 | Drasch,Robert | 1996 |
| 120 | Hamlack,Heinz | 1993 |
| 121 | Pohlers,Jürgen | 1992 |
| 122 | Straub,Hermann | 1990 |
| 123 | Trebbin,Wolfhard | 1981 |
| 124 | Taufratshofer,Martin | 1977 |
| 125 | Schmitt,Karl | 1973 |
| 126 | Beulertz,Stefan | 1971 |
| 127 | Ditmas,Hugh | 1966 |
| 128 | Von Saldern,Rüdiger | 1964 |
| 129 | Frei,Markus | 1962 |
| 130 | Blaeser,Romain | 1961 |
| 131 | Sakowski,Christian | 1960 |
| 132 | Walda,Michael | 1957 |
| 133 | Gerhards,Walter | 1953 |
| 134 | Haugg,Gerhard | 1951 |
| 135 | Dierich,Jochen | 1950 |
| 136 | Distelrath,Oliver | 1950 |
| 137 | Ries,Berthold | 1946 |
| 138 | Reinke,Kurt | 1943 |
| 139 | Lehmann,Edwin | 1940 |
| 140 | Wimmer,Thomas | 1935 |
| 141 | Lochte,Szilvia | 1934 |
| 142 | Margraf,Christoph | 1931 |
| 143 | Urban,Rudolf | 1930 |
| 144 | Hauff,Andre | 1929 |
| 145 | Malzer,Werner | 1925 |
| 146 | Köhl,Franz | 0 |
| 147 | Fenske,Wolfgang | 1921 |
| 148 | Riedl,Günter | 1921 |
| 149 | Walter,Mario | 1921 |
| 150 | Müller,Wolfgang | 1917 |
| 151 | Hirstel,Serge | 1916 |
| 152 | Zoll,Detlef | 1913 |
| 153 | Straßer,Josef | 1907 |
| 154 | Kapfer,Ulrich | 1902 |
| 155 | Klügel,Jan | 1898 |
| 156 | Schinnerl,Werner | 1893 |
| 157 | Antoniacci,Riccardo | 1887 |
| 158 | Helbig,Dieter | 1880 |
| 159 | Koch,Harald | 1879 |
| 160 | Klett,Thomas | 1874 |
| 161 | Koch,Till | 1869 |
| 162 | Rumsey,Victor | 1869 |
| 163 | Herold,Gunther | 1866 |
| 164 | Redemann,Dietmar | 1853 |
| 165 | Pfalzer,Helmut | 1849 |
| 166 | Schreib,Marc | 1845 |
| 167 | Auschkalnis,Reinhard | 1835 |
| 168 | Wieczorek,Heinz | 1818 |
| 169 | Natterer,Winfried | 1815 |
| 170 | Dahmen,Jürgen | 1784 |
| 171 | Gajewski,Richard | 1774 |
| 172 | Tichacek,Alois | 1770 |
| 173 | De Luna,Alberto | 1768 |
| 174 | Russ,Oliver | 1766 |
| 175 | Stoll,Katja | 1715 |
| 176 | Schwetje,Bernward | 0 |
| 177 | Titz,Waldemar | 1734 |
| 178 | Schoknecht,Sabine | 1712 |
| 179 | Bangert,Rüdiger | 1694 |
| 180 | Keller,Alexander | 0 |
| 181 | Bretscher,Robert | 1667 |
| 182 | Vaclahovsky,Gerhard | 1655 |
| 183 | Thonig,Manfred | 1634 |
| 184 | Kumas,Halil | 0 |
| 185 | Stolle,Hendrik | 0 |
| 186 | Lampert,Joshua | 1596 |
| 187 | Gerken,Jürgen | 1594 |
| 188 | Traversi,Carlo | 1555 |
| 189 | Humburg,Eduard | 1440 |
| 190 | Albert-Thiele,Uwe | 1431 |
| 191 | Lang,Ludwig | 1413 |
