The 35th edition of the Schwarzacher Chess Open 2022 starts today at the Ceremony hall of the community of Schwarzacher in Austria. The event takes place from 16 – 24 July and features three tournaments: Open A (open to all players), Open B (for players rated U2100) and Open C (for players rated U1700). The tournaments will be played in 9 rounds, swiss system, with the total prize fund of nearly 12.000 euros.
The top seeds of the Open A tournament are: GM Mladen Palac, GM Robert Zelcic and GM Venkatesh M.R. The time control of the events will be: 90 Minutes for first 40 moves then 30 Minutes to finish the game, additional 30 sec. for each move starting from move 1. Scroll down for starting rank list of players of all groups

Starting rank list – 35th Schwarzacher Chess Open 2022 – Open A:
No. | Name | FED | Rtg | |
1 | GM | Palac Mladen | CRO | 2519 |
2 | GM | Zelcic Robert | CRO | 2496 |
3 | GM | Venkatesh M.R. | IND | 2479 |
4 | IM | Srbis Jurica | CRO | 2472 |
5 | GM | Dgebuadze Alexandre | BEL | 2458 |
6 | IM | Baidetskyi Valentin | UKR | 2443 |
7 | GM | Womacka Mathias | GER | 2425 |
8 | IM | Schreiner Peter | AUT | 2416 |
9 | FM | Ostovic Matija | CRO | 2391 |
10 | IM | Krstic Uros | CRO | 2327 |
11 | IM | Neckar Lubomir | CZE | 2272 |
12 | FM | Meier Volker | GER | 2258 |
13 | CM | Bauer Thomas | AUT | 2228 |
14 | FM | Hofmann Thomas Msc | AUT | 2215 |
15 | FM | Rolletschek Heinrich Dr.DI. | AUT | 2192 |
16 | Roeberg Frank | GER | 2186 | |
17 | Doll Alexander | GER | 2180 | |
18 | Köllner Aaron Noah | GER | 2172 | |
19 | Eilenberg Jonas | GER | 2147 | |
20 | IM | Praveen Kumar C | IND | 2143 |
21 | Keleberda Tymur | UKR | 2141 | |
22 | Chernykh Arkady | GER | 2126 | |
23 | WFM | Gorshkova Irina | BEL | 2112 |
24 | WFM | Rozman Monika | SLO | 2104 |
25 | WFM | Kejzar Petra | SLO | 2087 |
26 | Skare Nenad | CRO | 2064 | |
27 | Donegani Peter | GER | 2046 | |
28 | Rosol Alexander | AUT | 2001 | |
29 | Karakol Kerim | GER | 1969 | |
30 | Weichhart Daniel | AUT | 1965 | |
31 | Kempe Caius Emilian | GER | 1877 | |
32 | Hardt Anton | GER | 1875 | |
33 | Neuhoff Laertes | GER | 1866 | |
34 | Dgebuadze Marie | BEL | 1862 |
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Starting rank list – 35th Schwarzacher Chess Open 2022 – Open B:
No. | Name | FED | Rtg | |
1 | Köllner Christof | GER | 2081 | |
2 | Prüsse Horst | GER | 2081 | |
3 | Hasanovic Nurija | BIH | 2034 | |
4 | Loeffler Alois | AUT | 2018 | |
5 | Calvi Stefan | GER | 2010 | |
6 | Halilovic Husejin | BIH | 2009 | |
7 | Huhs Sven | GER | 1999 | |
8 | Heigerer Stefan | AUT | 1975 | |
9 | Gall Konrad | AUT | 1959 | |
10 | Mk | Prüll Lukas | AUT | 1955 |
11 | Zwein Bernhard | AUT | 1940 | |
12 | Kunow Frank | GER | 1915 | |
13 | Christen Pierre | LUX | 1909 | |
14 | AGM | Tomasi Diego | ITA | 1899 |
15 | Kerschenbauer Franz | AUT | 1898 | |
16 | Koban Markus | AUT | 1897 | |
17 | Schindele Andreas | GER | 1892 | |
18 | Mörwald Magdalena | AUT | 1880 | |
19 | Chretien Linus | SUI | 1870 | |
20 | Barth Hermann Dr. | AUT | 1868 | |
21 | Stader Stefan | AUT | 1861 | |
22 | Schulz Stefan | GER | 1840 | |
23 | Wieser Rupert | AUT | 1814 | |
24 | Fuchs Franz | AUT | 1798 | |
25 | Teuchert Steffen | GER | 1792 | |
26 | Loibl Johann | AUT | 1790 | |
27 | Grundhammer Gerhard | GER | 1782 | |
28 | WMK | Hackbarth Christa | AUT | 1769 |
29 | Zozin Walter | AUT | 1761 | |
30 | Wick Arian | GER | 1749 | |
31 | Schmid Max | GER | 1745 | |
32 | Rosol Philip | AUT | 1741 | |
33 | Jarosch Wolfram | GER | 1707 | |
34 | Marzec Witold | GER | 1697 | |
35 | Ardelt Hannes | AUT | 1696 | |
36 | Elsässer Daniel | AUT | 1691 | |
37 | Burgstaller Robert | AUT | 1649 | |
38 | Brandauer Martin | AUT | 1629 | |
39 | Kraft Johannes | AUT | 1627 | |
40 | Hechenberger Johann | AUT | 1570 | |
41 | Beyeler Lilo | SUI | 1536 | |
42 | Navaratnam Ishaan Quan Tze | MAS | 1409 | |
43 | Burgstaller Bastian | AUT | 1347 | |
44 | Keck Johannes | GER | 1310 | |
45 | Beyeler Ueli | SUI | 1136 |
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Starting rank list – 35th Schwarzacher Chess Open 2022 – Open C:
No. | Name | FED | Rtg |
1 | Löw Bernd | GER | 1630 |
2 | Karschkes Georg | GER | 1590 |
3 | Schramml Fabian | AUT | 1548 |
4 | Haindl Josef | AUT | 1529 |
5 | Warzycha Gerwin | GER | 1487 |
6 | Titov Alexander S | RUS | 1443 |
7 | Gschwandtl Alexander | AUT | 1433 |
8 | Mamarina Franc | AUT | 1433 |
9 | Schroeter Denys | FRA | 1369 |
10 | Kammerer Reinhard | AUT | 1303 |
11 | Lainer Johannes | AUT | 1296 |
12 | Egger Johann | AUT | 1178 |
13 | Hammami Ahmad | AUT | 1163 |
14 | Entacher Ferdinand | AUT | 1096 |
15 | Karschkes Rafael | GER | 1026 |
16 | Schinwald Florian | AUT | 973 |
17 | Jarosch Tatjana | GER | 949 |
18 | Schinwald Eva | AUT | 823 |
19 | Gruber Florian | AUT | 0 |
20 | Gruber Sebastian | AUT | 0 |
21 | O’Connel James | IRL | 0 |
22 | Orlov Konstantin | AUT | 0 |
23 | Viehhauser Simon | AUT | 0 |
