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
