GM Felix Blohberger and WFM Annika Froewis win Austrian Chess Championship 2022

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Felix Blohberger and Annika Froewis emerged as the winners of the Austrian Chess Championship 2022. The event was played in 9 rounds, Swiss system, with classical time control, and took place from August 12-19 in the Vienna Chess House. Both men and women competed in one event but were ranked separately, with the highest-scoring female player claiming the title of Austrian Women’s Champion.

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The tournament was a very close affair, with Felix Blohberger, Christoph Menezes, Andreas Diermair and Dominik Horvath coming into the final round as joint leaders on 6/8. Blohberger and Diermair drew their games against Horvath and Nikolaus Stanec, respectively, while Menezes got an overwhelming position against Johannes Steindl with black pieces but mishandled it and eventually lost.

As a result, four players tied for the top position, scoring 6½/9,  but the title goes to Felix Blohberger, thanks to superior Buchholz. Felix made himself an excellent gift for his 20th birthday. Andreas Diermair took silver, and Dominik Horvath claimed bronze. Scroll down for the final rankings

Annika Froewis seemed to be rushing towards a clear victory after scoring four points after five rounds. However, he suffered three straight defeats against strong opponents and allowed Veronika Exler and Barbara Teuschler to catch up with her heading into the final round. All three ladies lost their games in Round 9 and shared first place. Buchholz variable favoured Froewis, who took the title and completed a WIM norm with a performance of 2267.

Final rankings – Austrian Chess Championship 2022:

Rk.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	GM	Blohberger Felix	2492	6.5	48	52	4
2	GM	Diermair Andreas	2458	6.5	46	50	4
3	IM	Horvath Dominik	2489	6.5	46	49	5
4	FM	Steindl Johannes	2312	6.5	37	40	5
5	IM	Menezes Christoph	2414	6	48	52	4
6	FM	Leisch Lukas	2404	6	47	51	3
7	GM	Stanec Nikolaus	2460	6	47	50	3
8	FM	Morgunov Marc	2412	6	46	49	4
9	IM	Kilgus Georg	2387	6	44	47	5
10	GM	Shengelia David	2462	6	41	45	5
11	IM	Schreiner Peter	2405	6	41	45	4
12	IM	Schwabeneder Florian	2427	5.5	42	46	3
13	FM	Sadilek Peter	2330	5.5	41	45	5
14	IM	Schroll Gerhard  Dr. MMag.	2281	5.5	40	44	4
15	GM	Balinov Ilia	2419	5.5	39	43	4
16	FM	Kristoferitsch Daniel	2303	5.5	39	42	5
17	FM	Schernthaner David	2307	5.5	39	43	3
18	FM	Kruckenhauser Arthur	2269	5	42	46	3
19	FM	Sadilek Maximilian	2230	5	42	44	4
20	FM	Neumeier Klaus  Mag.	2257	5	40	43	4
21	FM	Borrmann Laurenz	2294	5	39	43	4
22		Pilshofer Paul	2173	5	38	41	4
23		Belke Frank  Dr.	2226	5	38	40	4
24	IM	Ganaus Hannes	2287	5	37	39	3
25		Miazhynski Michael	2036	5	36	39	4
26		Nolz Tom	2230	5	35	37	4
27		Marakovits Nico	2234	4.5	43	46	3
28		Leitner Gerald  DI.	2152	4.5	40	43	3
29	CM	Steiner Bruno	2126	4.5	40	42	4
30	FM	Sandhöfner Florian	2280	4.5	38	42	2
31		Wagner Leopold Franziskus	2080	4.5	38	41	2
32		Lerch Johannes	2242	4.5	37	40	1
33		Högl Emanuel	2094	4.5	36	38	1
34		Balint Peter	2067	4.5	34	37	3
35		Miazhynski Yuri	2175	4.5	34	37	2
36	MK	Spiesberger Gerhard	1972	4.5	32	35	2
37	WFM	Fröwis Annika	2044	4	44	48	4
38		Kienböck Benjamin	2105	4	41	43	3
39	CM	Albadri Abd Al Sattar	2161	4	40	42	2
40	WIM	Exler Veronika	2132	4	40	42	3
41	CM	Bauer Thomas	2190	4	39	42	4
42	WFM	Teuschler Barbara	2097	4	37	40	3
43		Dotzer Lukas	2083	4	36	39	2
44		Steiner Adam  DI	2226	4	31	34	2
45		Mayrhuber Tobias	1979	4	31	33	2
46		Stadlinger Lea	1843	4	30	32	2
47		Scheffknecht Philipp	2093	3.5	42	46	1
48	WFM	Mayrhuber Nikola	2101	3.5	37	39	3
49		Stadlinger Matthias	1967	3.5	36	38	1
50		Tumanyan Gor	2008	3.5	35	37	1
51		Ivanyk Igor	2002	3.5	34	37	2
52	MK	Sucher Johannes  Mag.	2117	3.5	34	36	2
53		Jethan Martin  Dr.	2103	3.5	31	33	2
54	NM	Wiedermann Daniel  Mag.	2053	3.5	31	33	3
55		Hengl Philip	1937	3.5	29	31	0
56		Gschiel Alexander	2214	3	38	41	2
57	FM	Schnepp Gunnar	2276	3	37	39	3
58		Ernst Robert	2097	3	34	36	1
59		Kersten Julian	1999	3	32	34	2
60		Weichhart Daniel	1949	3	29	31	1
61	NM	Trkulja Zoran	2111	2.5	38	41	2
62		Oberhuber Alexander	2062	2.5	36	39	1
63		Fuchs Patrick	2009	2.5	32	35	1
64		Gerö Leonhard	2017	2.5	32	35	1
65	FM	Hechl Gerald  Mag.	2260	2	34	37	1
66		Kordzadze Nino	1993	1.5	29	31	1
67		Kuntner Reinhard	2010	0	27	28	0

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Photo: D. Hiermann