Davos Chess Festival 2022

The Davos Chess Festival 2022 will take place from 3-6 June, 2022 at the 4 stars Hotel Sunstar in Davos, Switzerland, just a few days after the World Economic Forum where the world’s top leaders from politics, business, civil society, academia, media and the arts meet to tackle global issues.

The Festival features two events: Challenge (for players rated 1600+) and Rising (for players rated U1600). Both events will be played in 7 rounds, swiss system, with time control of the Challenge event: 90 minutes + 30 seconds of increment, and time control of the Rising tournament: 60 minutes + 30 seconds of increment.

The total prize fund of events will be 10.110 CHF, with 9.000 CHF reserved for the Challengers tournament and 1.110 CHF prize pool of the Rising section. The top seeds of the Davos Chess Open Challenge 2022 are: GM Sandro Mareco, IM Li Min Peng, and GM Harshit Raja. (scroll down for the starting rank list of players)
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Starting rank list of players – Davos Chess Open Challenge 2022:

No.		Name	FED	RtgI
1	GM	Mareco Sandro	ARG	2653
2	IM	Peng Li Min	UKR	2506
3	GM	Raja Harshit	IND	2479
4	GM	Pavlovic Milos	SRB	2471
5	IM	Schwabeneder Florian	AUT	2441
6	FM	Leisch Lukas	AUT	2410
7	IM	Belezky Alexander	GER	2355
8	FM	Arnold Max	GER	2344
9	FM	Steindl Johannes	AUT	2289
10	IM	Löffler Markus	GER	2272
11	IM	Das Soham	IND	2266
12		Rösch Mario	GER	2199
13		Popvasilev Kaloyan	GER	2192
14	FM	Olivetti Davide	ITA	2162
15		Rodriguez Polo Mateo	ESP	2157
16		Reinhardt Bernd	GER	2134
17	WGM	Hund Barbara	SUI	2088
18		Butenandt Svenja	GER	2086
19		Hund Sarah	SUI	2086
20	FM	Adzic Slobodan	SUI	2074
21		Mamalis Prokopios	GRE	2067
22		Labelle Ambroise	SUI	2046
23		Boschetti Claudio	SUI	2041
24		Kienböck Benjamin	AUT	2039
25		Alic Miran	SUI	2029
26		Scherler Julius	SUI	2019
27		Yakimenko Alexander A.	RUS	2018
28		Jaggy Matteo	SUI	1999
29		Mattenberger Matthias	SUI	1960
30	AIM	Udipi Kala Kishan	SUI	1947
31		Deveci Sinan	SUI	1931
32		Hetzer Volkhard	GER	1894
33	CM	Bossi Alessandro	ITA	1893
34		Schubert Mario	GER	1893
35		Ruffenach Alain	FRA	1889
36		Savic Robert  Dr.	GER	1886
37		Gut Raphael	SUI	1834
38		Patel Palak	IND	1818
39		Wagner Victoria	GER	1806
40		Jud Marc	SUI	1795
41		Prudhvi Kumar V	IND	1742
42		Wenske Hardy	GER	1727
43		Vardi Shlomit	ISR	1724
44		Sikorra Philipp	GER	1697
45		Musallam Salim Al Aamri	OMA	1680
46		I Dewa Putu Sudarsana	INA	1672
47		Panda Gyorgy	HUN	1672
48		Marzec Witold	GER	1665
49		Mattenberger Dominik	SUI	1665
50		Heron Andrew	LIE	1653
51		Bauer Matthias	GER	1637
52		Heron Steve	LIE	1580
53		Panos Giannis	GRE	1449

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Starting rank list of players – Davos Chess Open Rising 2022:

No.	Name	FED	RtgI
1	Depner Vadim	GER	0
2	Sosa Nesper Marcos Ivan	SUI	1534
3	Depner Michael  Dr.	GER	1522
4	Beyeler Lilo	SUI	1514
5	Longerich Hans-Peter	GER	1513
6	Bosov Kirill	SUI	1487
7	Gugler Giorgio	AUT	1468
8	Tuor Elena	SUI	1360
9	Raffaele Luca	LIE	1226
10	Beyeler Ueli	SUI	1128
11	Hetzer Margarete	GER	1043
12	Rösch Elke	GER	0
13	Adamova Alla	KGZ	0
14	Adamova Sezim	KGZ	0
15	Adamova Umai	KGZ	0
16	Chinybek Uulu Azis	KGZ	0
17	De Luze Nicolas	SUI	0
18	Kaufmann Tino	SUI	0
19	Szövérfi István	HUN	0