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 |
