The 7th Wunsiedel Chess Festival will take place on 9th-12th May at the Fichtelgebirgshalle, Jean-Paul-Straße 1, 95632 Wunsiedel, Germany.
The event will begin on Ascension Day in Germany, which is a holiday, and will be a 7 rounds Swiss open.
Each player will count with 2 hours to make 40 moves + 30 minutes for the rest of the game.
A prize fund of 5.300 € is guaranteed with at least 135 paying participants! The prizes distribution: 1st – 1.000 €; 2nd – 750 €; 3rd – 500 €.
Two strong Latin-american players are currently the best rated registered players: Peruvian GM Julio Granda Zuniga and Argentinian GM Fernando Peralta.
GM Julio Granda Zuniga
Registered players:
| 1 | GM | Granda Zuniga Julio E | PER | 2634 |
| 2 | GM | Peralta Fernando | ARG | 2632 |
| 3 | GM | Chatalbashev Boris | BUL | 2553 |
| 4 | GM | Miezis Normunds | LAT | 2552 |
| 5 | GM | Sulskis Sarunas | LTU | 2556 |
| 6 | GM | Kunin Vitaly | GER | 2527 |
| 7 | GM | Pap Misa | SRB | 2511 |
| 8 | GM | Del Rio De Angelis Salvador G | ESP | 2485 |
| 9 | GM | Tischbierek Raj | GER | 2442 |
| 10 | GM | Maiwald Jens-Uwe | GER | 2455 |
| 11 | IM | Plat Vojtech | CZE | 2463 |
| 12 | IM | Wegerle Jörg | GER | 2427 |
| 13 | IM | Mihok Oliver | HUN | 2442 |
| 14 | IM | Cech Pavel | CZE | 2376 |
| 15 | FM | Singer Christoph | GER | 2356 |
| 16 | FM | Grandadam Nicolas | SUI | 2315 |
| 17 | FM | Seyb Alexander | GER | 2321 |
| 18 | Hilverda Alexander | GER | 2321 | |
| 19 | Lampert Jonas | GER | 2284 | |
| 20 | IM | Troyke Christian | GER | 2338 |
| 21 | FM | Pohl-Kuemmel Jens-Uwe | GER | 2323 |
| 22 | FM | Holm Sejer | DEN | 2260 |
| 23 | Feldtmann Thomas | GER | 2284 | |
| 24 | FM | Rösemann Rainer | GER | 2280 |
| 25 | Klek Hanna Marie | GER | 2235 | |
| 26 | FM | Bartsch Berthold | GER | 2261 |
| 27 | FM | Schulz Karsten | GER | 2308 |
| 28 | Stips Felix | ITA | 2227 | |
| 29 | Schmid Roland | GER | 2246 | |
| 30 | Werner Claus | GER | 2228 | |
| 31 | Jacobi Robin | GER | 2184 | |
| 32 | FM | Löw Gerald | GER | 2212 |
| 33 | Davenport Darcy | GER | 2142 | |
| 34 | Urban Lars | GER | 2104 | |
| 35 | FM | Mihok Laszlo | HUN | 2170 |
| 36 | Zier Oliver | LIE | 2158 | |
| 37 | Westphal Wolfgang | GER | 2198 | |
| 38 | Lorenz Mark | GER | 2243 | |
| 39 | Pokrupa Marek | CZE | 2183 | |
| 40 | Krauß Josef | GER | 2166 | |
| 41 | Stadler Alexander | GER | 2084 | |
| 42 | CM | Schellmann Frank | GER | 2136 |
| 43 | Bottema Martin | NED | 2083 | |
| 44 | Berthold Andreas | GER | 2146 | |
| 45 | Röhl Rainer | GER | 2138 | |
| 46 | Schaarschmidt Kay | GER | 2034 | |
| 47 | Brem Stephan | GER | 2099 | |
| 48 | Kirschneck Toralf | GER | 2041 | |
| 49 | Jurkatis Hagen | GER | 2100 | |
| 50 | Bader Dominic | GER | 2134 | |
| 51 | Kreyssig Robert | GER | 2003 | |
| 52 | Eber Fabian | GER | 1968 | |
| 53 | WFM | Troyke Doreen | GER | 2111 |
| 54 | Hecht Carsten | GER | 2079 | |
| 55 | Jandke Manfred | GER | 2111 | |
| 56 | Langensteiner Matthias Dr. | GER | 2052 | |
| 57 | Schulz Lukas | GER | 1892 | |
| 58 | Röttig Hans-Peter | GER | 2060 | |
| 59 | Schulz Michael | GER | 2017 | |
| 60 | Doell Detlef | GER | 2051 | |
| 61 | Dobierzin Olaf | GER | 2056 | |
| 62 | Schwarzmann Tobias | GER | 2009 | |
| 63 | Wunder Stefan | GER | 2160 | |
| 64 | Hiemer Bernd | GER | 2017 | |
| 65 | Wilfert André | GER | 2078 | |
| 66 | Bader Gerd | GER | 2032 | |
| 67 | Stabernack Joschi | GER | 2012 | |
| 68 | Gast Rainer | GER | 1982 | |
| 69 | Seidel Michael Prof. Dr. | GER | 2047 | |
| 70 | Völz Stephan | GER | 1944 | |
| 71 | Schäfer Annabelle | GER | 1940 | |
| 72 | Fischer Gerd | GER | 1976 | |
| 73 | Schweizer Manfred | GER | 2007 | |
| 74 | Hamlack Heinz | GER | 1993 | |
| 75 | Deml Tilo | GER | 0 | |
| 76 | Grabmeier Johannes Prof. Dr. | GER | 1943 | |
| 77 | Adler Haymo | GER | 0 | |
| 78 | Greger Matthias | GER | 0 | |
| 79 | Gündel Bernd | GER | 2009 | |
| 80 | Mann Johannes | GER | 1899 | |
| 81 | Kapfer Ulrich | GER | 1902 | |
| 82 | Roemer Norbert | GER | 1872 | |
| 83 | Zeitler Hans-Jürgen | GER | 1962 | |
| 84 | Heppert Lars | GER | 1927 | |
| 85 | Staudte Rainer Dr. | GER | 1930 | |
| 86 | Haselbeck Franz | GER | 1917 | |
| 87 | Stingl Karlheinz | GER | 1891 | |
| 88 | Pamperin Gerhard | GER | 1995 | |
| 89 | Kreyssig Bruno | GER | 1783 | |
| 90 | Küspert Helmut | GER | 1930 | |
| 91 | Dietzsch Dietmar | GER | 1925 | |
| 92 | Schönbeck Stephan | GER | 1920 | |
| 93 | Schleupner Kurt | GER | 1888 | |
| 94 | Schmitz Tim | GER | 1927 | |
| 95 | Bachhuber Dominik | GER | 1887 | |
| 96 | Stingl Rene | GER | 1819 | |
| 97 | Wiese Frank | GER | 1954 | |
| 98 | Dittrich Carsten | GER | 1940 | |
| 99 | Schwarzmann Holger Dr. | GER | 0 | |
| 100 | Dannhaeuser Kevin | GER | 1753 | |
| 101 | Koch Christian | GER | 0 | |
