Chess Festival Basel, 2nd to 7th January 2018
The traditional Chess Festival Basel took place again at the beginning of this year in the beautiful multi-purpose hall of the Landgasthof Riehen. Switzerland’s third-largest chess festival after Biel and Zurich is very popular in the region and they were 143 chess players from 16 nations
The 9 rounds in the championship were dominated by the Elo-best players from the first round. There were no major surprises and the three strongest GM shared the podium with 7 points each. Due to the better rating the following final ranking was printed: 1. GM Boris Chatalbashev (BUL), 2. GM Andreas Heimann (GER), 3. GM Vadim Milov. With 4th final rank the German FM Marcel Harff achieved IM norm with 6/9 points.
The amateur tournament was limited to 7 rounds. The top three amateur players were three Germans who shared the podium: 1. Dirk Seidel Pkt. 6,5, Thomas Müller Pkt. 6, Frank Schambach Pkt. 5,5.
Basel chess open Final Ranking
Rk. Name FED Rtg Pts.
1 GM Chatalbashev Boris FID 2570 7
2 GM Heimann Andreas GER 2576 7
3 GM Milov Vadim SUI 2589 7
4 FM Harff Marcel GER 2375 6
5 GM Firat Burak TUR 2453 6
6 GM Meijers Viesturs LAT 2477 6
7 IM Akshat Khamparia IND 2381 6
8 IM Kerigan Demre TUR 2340 5,5
9 FM Karthik Venkataraman IND 2476 5,5
10 FM Hamblok Roel BEL 2292 5,5
11 FM Lee Qing Aun SGP 2277 5,5
12 Maerevoet Sim BEL 2270 5,5
13 FM Xheladini Mahmut KOS 2174 5,5
14 Schweizer Simon JPN 2159 5,5
15 IM Faibisovich Vadim Z RUS 2325 5
16 IM Beukema Stefan BEL 2403 5
17 Roseneck Jonas GER 2279 5
18 WIM Parnali S Dharia IND 2082 5
19 FM Kappeler Kaspar SUI 2280 5
20 WIM Heinemann Josefine GER 2270 5
21 Fischer Daniel SUI 2123 5
22 Sadeghi Hassan Roger SUI 2089 5
23 FM Beukema Jasper BEL 2249 4,5
24 FM Aeschbach Philipp SUI 2304 4,5
25 FM Paul Johannes GER 2331 4,5
26 FM Meier Volker GER 2284 4,5
27 Woellermann Jan GER 2392 4,5
28 CM Wenner Tobias GER 2145 4,5
29 Yakimenko Alexander A. RUS 2146 4,5
30 FM Simon Ralf-Axel GER 2146 4
31 Faraone Ettore SUI 2079 4
32 Schwander Lukas SUI 2135 4
33 Biastoch Bennet GER 2234 4
34 Schaefer Reyk GER 2162 4
35 Dekan Hans GER 2138 4
36 Terraz Christian SUI 2075 4
37 Ananya Rishi Gupta IND 1945 4
38 Petermann Michail GER 2251 4
39 Weber Dominik GER 2043 4
40 Haenggi Markus SUI 2065 3,5
41 Beck Michael GER 2084 3,5
42 Jud Marc SUI 2022 3,5
43 Faldum Manfred GER 2065 3
44 IM Bhend Edwin SUI 2123 3
45 Goldie Thomas SUI 2098 3
46 Wirz Heinz SUI 2103 3
47 Leutwyler Martin SUI 2188 2,5
48 Pupier Terry FRA 2107 2,5
49 Nyffenegger Michael SUI 2035 2,5
50 Zennaf Karim FRA 2013 2
51 Stockert Laurids GER 2009 1
