Staufer Chess Open will take place 2-6 January, 2013, in Germany. A total of 265 players will participate in the competition. Top seeded is the European team champion from ETCC 2011, the local GM Rainer Buhmann. His main opponents are the Ukranian GM Alexander Zubarev, the Russian GMs Vladimir Epishin, Vladimir Burmakin, and GM Egor Krivoborodov, the local GMs Lev Gutman and Sergey Kalinitschew, and GM Alexandre Dgebuadze from Belgium.
Update: All favorites won their round 1 games, see the results at the official website
Participants Staufer Open 2013
| 1 | GM | Buhmann,Rainer | 2598 |
| 2 | GM | Zubarev,Alexander | 2594 |
| 3 | GM | Epishin,Vladimir | 2582 |
| 4 | GM | Burmakin,Vladimir | 2565 |
| 5 | GM | Dgebuadze,Alexandre | 2532 |
| 6 | GM | Krivoborodov,Egor | 2513 |
| 7 | GM | Gutman,Lev | 2498 |
| 8 | GM | Kalinitschew,Sergey | 2472 |
| 9 | GM | Starostits,Ilmars | 2468 |
| 10 | FM | Krassowizkij,Jaroslaw | 2400 |
| 11 | IM | Zeller,Frank | 2398 |
| 12 | IM | Geske,Julian | 2390 |
| 13 | Bracker,Frank | 2376 | |
| 14 | IM | Reschke,Stefan | 2365 |
| 15 | Manakov,Ilya | 2345 | |
| 16 | IM | Jurek,Josef | 2325 |
| 17 | FM | Schild,Christoph | 2316 |
| 18 | FM | Gheng,Josef | 2314 |
| 19 | FM | Müller,Reinhold | 2308 |
| 20 | FM | Kersten,Uwe | 2302 |
| 21 | FM | Schröder,Jan-Christian | 2300 |
| 22 | Oberhofer,Andre | 2287 | |
| 23 | Kahrovic,Mersid | 2282 | |
| 24 | FM | Heimrath,Reiner | 2273 |
| 25 | Sohlmann,Jan-Henning | 2253 | |
| 26 | Seifert,Christopher | 2244 | |
| 27 | FM | Braun,Peter | 2236 |
| 28 | Pogan,Nikolas | 2227 | |
| 29 | Bravo Lutz,Sebastian | 2223 | |
| 30 | Minor,Samuel | 2223 | |
| 31 | Kugler,Florian | 2222 | |
| 32 | Chandler,Patrick | 2212 | |
| 33 | FM | Wagner,Florian | 2210 |
| 34 | Pokrupa,Marek | 2210 | |
| 35 | Högy,Kevin | 2204 | |
| 36 | Hahn,Markus | 2201 | |
| 37 | Weiss,Andreas | 2197 | |
| 38 | Gabriel,Josef | 2181 | |
| 39 | Nuding,Matthias,Dr. | 2180 | |
| 40 | Flach,Erich,Dr. | 2170 | |
| 41 | Smolny,Frieder | 2169 | |
| 42 | Herbold,Manfred | 2164 | |
| 43 | WFM | Jussupow,Nadia | 2152 |
| 44 | Kostyuchenko,Dmitry | 2149 | |
| 45 | Künstler,Christian | 2148 | |
| 46 | Koop,Thorben | 2147 | |
| 47 | Bauer,Andreas | 2146 | |
| 48 | von den Steinen,Benjamin | 2139 | |
| 49 | Schönberger,Peter | 2132 | |
| 50 | Zikeli,Saskia | 2127 | |
| 51 | Hallmann,Norbert | 2120 | |
| 52 | Erker,Thomas | 2119 | |
| 53 | Brem,Stephan | 2119 | |
| 54 | Weber,Rainer | 2119 | |
| 55 | Schnabel,Andreas | 2119 | |
| 56 | Bastians,Felix | 2114 | |
| 57 | Schupp,Uwe | 2113 | |
| 58 | Hecht,Carsten | 2105 | |
| 59 | Samak,Alexander | 2105 | |
| 60 | Fellhauer,Clemens | 2104 | |
| 61 | Sturm,Bernhard | 2098 | |
| 62 | Tsolakidis,Paschalis | 2098 | |
| 63 | Bluma,Marcel | 2097 | |
| 64 | Walter,Florian | 2091 | |
| 65 | Reimche,Vadim | 2086 | |
| 66 | König,Dirk | 2084 | |
| 67 | Behrendt,Clemens | 2079 | |
| 68 | Sancar,Kenan | 2075 | |
| 69 | Hehn,Hartmut | 2074 | |
| 70 | Reh,Stefan | 2063 | |
| 71 | Wolf,Rainer | 2059 | |
| 72 | Trumpp,Lothar | 2059 | |
| 73 | Schwab,Matthias | 2058 | |
| 74 | Pfitzer,Martin | 2058 | |
| 75 | Lenz,Matthias | 2055 | |
| 76 | Junger,Ulrich | 2052 | |
| 77 | Muth,Matthias Potisarath | 2049 | |
| 78 | Wanzek,Alexander | 2048 | |
| 79 | Zühlke,Burkhard,Dr. | 2048 | |
| 80 | Ernst,Franz | 2048 | |
| 81 | Beckers,Manfred | 2045 | |
| 82 | Engbrecht,Helmut | 2044 | |
| 83 | Kamm,Günter | 2043 | |
| 84 | Bartonicek,Zdenek | 2042 | |
| 85 | Bader,Gerd | 2041 | |
| 86 | Telioridis,Vasileios | 2041 | |
| 87 | Hahn,Florian | 2037 | |
| 88 | Keller,Peter | 2033 | |
| 89 | Ott,Florian | 2032 | |
| 90 | Denk,Jürgen | 2029 | |
| 91 | Steinmacher,Josef | 2021 | |
| 92 | Willems,Matthias,Prof. Dr | 2019 | |
| 93 | Hamlack,Heinz | 2015 | |
| 94 | Stabernack,Joschi | 2013 | |
| 95 | Lemke,Johannes | 2011 | |
| 96 | Steinbach,Peter | 2005 | |
| 97 | Schweizer,Manfred | 2002 | |
| 98 | Hebbering,Tom Elliot | 1995 | |
| 99 | Macho,Roland | 1993 | |
| 100 | Zwirner,Jan | 1985 | |
| 101 | Kohlmeier,Frank | 1981 | |
| 102 | Förderreuther,Jonas | 1979 | |
| 103 | Böhme,Andre | 1976 | |
| 104 | Mages,Steffen | 1975 | |
| 105 | Bingert,Tim Niklas | 1973 | |
| 106 | Gebhardt,Uwe | 1972 | |
| 107 | Siegle,Florian | 1971 | |
| 108 | Hoffart,Alexander | 1971 | |
| 109 | Pfrommer,Martin | 1970 | |
| 110 | Hoffmann,Martin | 1969 | |
| 111 | Lenz,Jonas | 1962 | |
| 112 | Romes,Max | 1962 | |
| 113 | Bergner,Philipp | 1961 | |
| 114 | Förster,Rasmus,Dr. | 1961 | |
| 115 | Bluhm,Sonja Maria | 1957 | |
| 116 | Mück,Heinz-Peter | 1956 | |
| 117 | Poetsch,Gero,Dr. | 1956 | |
| 118 | Goldinger,Josef | 1956 | |
| 119 | Buchele,Andreas | 1954 | |
| 120 | Iwanziw,Niklas | 1946 | |
| 121 | Kunert,Peter | 1946 | |
| 122 | Walter,Kevin | 1941 | |
| 123 | Schlötterer,Hermann | 1940 | |
| 124 | Stuhler,Josef | 1939 | |
| 125 | Horata,Hakan | 1939 | |
| 126 | Klaus,Daniel | 1937 | |
| 127 | Oehne,Timo | 1934 | |
| 128 | Abele,Edmund | 1933 | |
| 129 | Möller,Christian | 1933 | |
| 130 | Eschle,Hubert | 1931 | |
| 131 | Höglauer,Patrick | 1929 | |
| 132 | Injac,Petar | 1927 | |
| 133 | Ottway,Christopher | 1924 | |
| 134 | Thomanek,Manuel | 1924 | |
| 135 | Bankmann,Daniel | 1923 | |
| 136 | Schulz,Uwe | 1923 | |
| 137 | Hess,Max | 1920 | |
| 138 | Schlachetzki,Horst | 1919 | |
| 139 | Kirsch,Martin | 1916 | |
| 140 | Hilbenz,Guntram,Dr. | 1915 | |
| 141 | Scheuing,Jochen | 1913 | |
| 142 | Berkemer,Rainer,Dr. | 1906 | |
| 143 | Radziwill,Gerrit | 1899 | |
| 144 | Schröder,Stefan | 1899 | |
| 145 | Schwarz,Larissa | 1893 | |
| 146 | Denkinger,Robert | 1890 | |
| 147 | Wittmann,Reiner | 1886 | |
| 148 | Schömbs,Oliver | 1885 | |
| 149 | Grünert,Thomas | 1882 | |
| 150 | Sroka,Dieter | 1872 | |
| 151 | Graf,Michael | 1869 | |
| 152 | Zeller,Elisa | 1869 | |
| 153 | Felser,Martin | 1866 | |
| 154 | Rolf,Marco | 1864 | |
| 155 | Redemann,Dietmar | 1863 | |
| 156 | Knödler,Kurt | 1857 | |
| 157 | Santos,Paulo | 1854 | |
| 158 | Waibel,Rainer | 1846 | |
| 159 | Bigalke,Moritz | 1842 | |
| 160 | Scharler,Walter | 1839 | |
| 161 | Liez,Franziska | 1838 | |
| 162 | Rinas,Lars | 1825 | |
| 163 | Löw,Gerhard | 1824 | |
| 164 | Weist,Thorsten,Dr. | 1824 | |
| 165 | Vogt,Alexander | 1821 | |
| 166 | Klaus,Dominik | 1816 | |
| 167 | Wilfling,Markus | 1816 | |
| 168 | Heiler,Karl | 1815 | |
| 169 | Michna,Marcus,Dr. | 1814 | |
| 170 | Strauss,Martin | 1811 | |
| 171 | Schellen,Sven | 1809 | |
| 172 | Huber,Timm | 1788 | |
| 173 | Grasser,Stefan | 1786 | |
| 174 | Gaupp,Wolfgang | 1784 | |
| 175 | Kissel,Ralf | 1784 | |
| 176 | Knolmayer,Volker | 1782 | |
| 177 | Tölg,Wolfgang | 1778 | |
| 178 | Kowalski,Hans-Michael | 1775 | |
| 179 | Busch,Michael | 1773 | |
| 180 | Betz,Martin | 1773 | |
| 181 | Wesoly,Helge | 1768 | |
| 182 | Sommer,Konstantin | 1758 | |
| 183 | Hahn,Martin | 1756 | |
| 184 | Günther,Stefan | 1754 | |
| 185 | Goda,Frederic | 1749 | |
| 186 | Janson,Dieter | 1749 | |
| 187 | Peper,Johannes | 1745 | |
| 188 | Stuhler,Kilian | 1739 | |
| 189 | Puzzo,Peter | 1732 | |
| 190 | Rupprecht,Jürgen | 1729 | |
| 191 | Ojstosek,Mirko | 1729 | |
| 192 | Krivoborodov,Vasily | 1729 | |
| 193 | Walker,Kevin | 1726 | |
| 194 | Weber,Manuel | 1721 | |
| 195 | Schneider,Jürgen | 1721 | |
| 196 | Kempfer,Justus | 1717 | |
| 197 | Peter,Anton | 1716 | |
| 198 | Yarsev,Alexander | 1714 | |
| 199 | Bengsch,Norbert,Dr. | 1708 | |
| 200 | Juschin,Christian | 1702 | |
| 201 | Hupfer,Garlef | 1696 | |
| 202 | Weber,Sandra | 1694 | |
| 203 | Naafs,Uwe | 1689 | |
| 204 | Diener,Carolin Valeria | 1687 | |
| 205 | Kuhn,Klaus-Peter,Dr. | 1687 | |
| 206 | Goda,Robert-Rene | 1680 | |
| 207 | Vollmer,Marcel | 1670 | |
| 208 | Stoll,Katja | 1670 | |
| 209 | Siegel,Rainer | 1660 | |
| 210 | Knödler,Michael | 1656 | |
| 211 | Mejerski,Stephan | 1652 | |
| 212 | Mayer,Josef | 1648 | |
| 213 | Rauer,Wilhelm | 1619 | |
| 214 | Hoffmann,Marcel | 1614 | |
| 215 | Erkic,Marko | 1595 | |
| 216 | Gottwald,Helmut | 1582 | |
| 217 | Urbach,Jens | 1559 | |
| 218 | Dallinger,Moritz | 1540 | |
| 219 | Scheible,Hans | 1536 | |
| 220 | Weber,Tom | 1515 | |
| 221 | Kurz,Tim | 1440 | |
| 222 | Poetsch,Leonore | 1385 | |
| 223 | Bathray,Johannes | 2011 | |
| 224 | Rein,Joachim | 1889 | |
| 225 | Bangert,Udo | 1815 | |
| 226 | Biehl,Tim | 1755 | |
| 227 | Cummings,Orlyn | 1722 | |
| 228 | Häußler,Nathanael | 1656 | |
| 229 | Maucher,Richard | 1647 | |
| 230 | Häfele,Torsten | 1607 | |
| 231 | Olpp,Achim | 1602 | |
| 232 | Kasüschke,Lars | 1558 | |
| 233 | Lange,Bernhard | 1555 | |
| 234 | Paul,Thorsten | 1537 | |
| 235 | Hahn,Georg | 1472 | |
| 236 | Abele,Klaus,Dr. | 1458 | |
| 237 | Eißmann,Olaf | 1417 | |
| 238 | Billing,Kerstin | 1401 | |
| 239 | Injac,Wladimir | 1393 | |
| 240 | Rieg,Klaus | 1392 | |
| 241 | Stahl,Lothar | 1368 | |
| 242 | Hofele,Mathis | 1365 | |
| 243 | Friesz,Norbert | 1356 | |
| 244 | Möller,Hannah | 1339 | |
| 245 | Bethke,Richard | 1275 | |
| 246 | Reindl,Knut | 1270 | |
| 247 | Unfried,Alexander | 1259 | |
| 248 | Missione,Angelo | 1246 | |
| 249 | Theuer,Tobias | 1232 | |
| 250 | Preiß,Jan Wolfgang | 1229 | |
| 251 | Stork,Oliver | 1213 | |
| 252 | Reindl,Arno | 1192 | |
| 253 | Gmelin,Tilman | 1183 | |
| 254 | Fuhrmann,Michel | 1144 | |
| 255 | Dallinger,Frank | 1124 | |
| 256 | Flach,Helene | 1096 | |
| 257 | Peter,Alex | 1086 | |
| 258 | Homfeldt,Claudia Laura | 1067 | |
| 259 | Marianek,Thomas | 1022 | |
| 260 | Bethke,Robert | 949 | |
| 261 | König,Anja | 896 | |
| 262 | Homfeldt,Maren | 884 | |
| 263 | Wolf,Andreas | ||
| 264 | Hamm,Gerhard | ||
| 265 | Weise,Daniel |
