The 103rd edition of the FC Saint Pauli Chess Open took place on 5th – 14th July in Hamburg, Germany. Local GM Henrik Teske took the winner’s trophy.
Three players finished the event on 7.5/9, but the German was declared first on tiebreaks. Greek IM Georgios Souleidis and favorite GM Bartosz Socko finished second and third, respectively.
The last round was filled with emotion as no less than five players arrived tied in first place on 6.5/8. All three key games finished in favor of the player that led the white pieces.
The first prizes in the main section: 1 Place: 2000€ – 2 Place: 1500€ – 3 Place: 1000€ – 4 Place: 700€ – 5 Place: 400€ – 6 Place: 200€.
GM Henrik Teske
Final Standings:
| 1 | GM | Teske,Henrik | 2517 | 7.5 |
| 2 | IM | Souleidis,Georgio | 2398 | 7.5 |
| 3 | GM | Socko,Bartosz | 2646 | 7.5 |
| 4 | Meißner,Felix | 2285 | 7 | |
| 5 | FM | Reddmann,Hauke,Dr | 2295 | 7 |
| 6 | GM | Huschenbeth,Nicla | 2542 | 6.5 |
| 7 | GM | Gutman,Lev | 2455 | 6.5 |
| 8 | Light, Bjarne | 2271 | 6.5 | |
| 9 | Nedic,Dusan | 2328 | 6 | |
| 10 | IM | Grötz, Harald | 2319 | 6 |
| 11 | FM | Hochgräfe,Markus, | 2327 | 6 |
| 12 | Krause,Benedict | 2128 | 6 | |
| 13 | WFM | Novikova, Galina | 2020 | 6 |
| 14 | Wobbe,Sven | 2149 | 6 | |
| 15 | IM | Scheerer,Christop | 2373 | 6 |
| 16 | Schroeder,Christo | 2212 | 6 | |
| 17 | Möller,Hendrik | 2295 | 6 | |
| 18 | Vöge,Tobias | 1874 | 6 | |
| 19 | Christensen, Thom | 2149 | 6 | |
| 20 | FM | Hess,Christian | 2289 | 6 |
| 21 | Meier,David-Geffr | 2163 | 6 | |
| 22 | FM | Voigt,Martin | 2332 | 5.5 |
| 23 | Teuffer,Michael | 2140 | 5.5 | |
| 24 | FM | Breyther, Rüdiger | 2328 | 5.5 |
| 25 | Korba,Roman | 2169 | 5.5 | |
| 26 | Ghadimi,Mohammed | 2157 | 5.5 | |
| 27 | Kollars,Dmitrij | 2026 | 5.5 | |
| 28 | Wollenweber,Carst | 2110 | 5.5 | |
| 29 | Kambor, Joachim | 2098 | 5.5 | |
| 30 | Plump, Detlef ,Dr | 2230 | 5.5 | |
| 31 | WFM | Schmidt,Jade | 2123 | 5.5 |
| 32 | Kololli,Martin | 1944 | 5.5 | |
| 33 | Wolloner,Thomas | 2120 | 5.5 | |
| 34 | FM | Krallmann,Matthia | 2262 | 5.5 |
| 35 | Rieling,Thomas | 2081 | 5.5 | |
| 36 | FM | Hebbinghaus,Holge | 2265 | 5.5 |
| 37 | Jürgens,Karlheinz | 2093 | 5.5 | |
| 38 | Bitan,Banerjee | 2295 | 5.5 | |
| 39 | Martin,Dennis | 1900 | 5.5 | |
| 40 | Kololli,Kevin | 1925 | 5 | |
| 41 | Hinrichs,Lars | 1997 | 5 | |
| 42 | Weiss,Siegfried | 2063 | 5 | |
| 43 | Bitkinin, Lenar | 2126 | 5 | |
| 44 | Steingräber,Kai U | 2137 | 5 | |
| 45 | Schöngart,Ralf | 2075 | 5 | |
| 46 | Mueller,Joerg | 2146 | 5 | |
| 47 | Andersen,Jens Knu | 2172 | 5 | |
| 48 | Grünter,Martin | 2248 | 5 | |
| 49 | Ziller,Christian | 2092 | 5 | |
| 50 | CM | Bureik,Matthias,D | 2137 | 5 |
| 51 | Martin-Sommerfeld | 2109 | 5 | |
| 52 | Stenner,Patrick | 2226 | 5 | |
| 53 | Jantzen,Hans-Joer | 2131 | 5 | |
| 54 | Bigalke,Andre | 2081 | 5 | |
| 55 | Bildat,Jürgen | 2101 | 5 | |
| 56 | Grigorian,Spartak | 2131 | 5 | |
| 57 | Sechting,Martin | 2074 | 5 | |
| 58 | Hawranke,Dietrich | 2150 | 5 | |
| 59 | Kardoeus,David | 1921 | 4.5 | |
| 60 | Johannsen,Dennis | 2095 | 4.5 | |
| 61 | Fegebank,Fritz | 2030 | 4.5 | |
| 62 | Gupta,Arijit | 2090 | 4.5 | |
| 63 | Kock,Stefan | 2100 | 4.5 | |
| 64 | Seidel,Mika | 1883 | 4.5 | |
| 65 | Kügel,Tobias | 2067 | 4.5 | |
| 66 | Hinrichs,Jan | 2072 | 4.5 | |
| 67 | Lübeck,Stephan,Dr | 1979 | 4.5 | |
| 68 | Neitzel,Mirko | 1960 | 4.5 | |
| 69 | Sturm,Timo | 2035 | 4.5 | |
| 70 | Broeken, Harry | 1972 | 4.5 | |
| 71 | Grabenhorst,Jörg | 1896 | 4.5 | |
| 72 | Möller,Dustin | 1748 | 4.5 | |
| 73 | Jacoby,Gisbert | 2186 | 4.5 | |
| 74 | Werner,Andreas | 2064 | 4.5 | |
| 75 | Hartkopf,Uwe,Dr. | 2024 | 4.5 | |
| 76 | Mouritsen, Jan | 1854 | 4.5 | |
| 77 | Schmelmer,Hans | 4.5 | ||
| 78 | Poghosyan,Tigran | 1923 | 4 | |
| 79 | Wenzel,Birger | 2045 | 4 | |
| 80 | Soltau,Achim | 1989 | 4 | |
| 81 | Blübaum,Bettina | 2021 | 4 | |
| 82 | Behler,Sven | 4 | ||
| 83 | Preuss, Flemming | 1994 | 4 | |
| 84 | Schmidt-Brauns,Ra | 2016 | 4 | |
| 85 | Becker,Thomas | 1989 | 4 | |
| 86 | Scheele,Marcus | 1927 | 4 | |
| 87 | Baberz,Alexander | 1835 | 4 | |
| 88 | Kosovs,Ernst | 1967 | 4 | |
| 89 | Porth,Hartmut | 2208 | 4 | |
| 90 | Topuz,Soner Marce | 1933 | 4 | |
| 91 | Elbracht,Michael | 4 | ||
| 92 | Martirosyan,Tigra | 1865 | 4 | |
| 93 | Urban,Ralf-Dieter | 2057 | 4 | |
| 94 | Dede,Rüdiger,Dr. | 1920 | 4 | |
| 95 | Schwarzkopf,Jörg, | 1827 | 4 | |
| 96 | IM | Jugelt,Tobias | 2418 | 3.5 |
| 97 | Manthey,Jürgen | 2076 | 3.5 | |
| 98 | Amberger, Dieter | 2066 | 3.5 | |
| 99 | Hein,Ralf | 2073 | 3.5 | |
| 100 | Schulz,Hans-Juerg | 1961 | 3.5 | |
| 101 | Kohtz,Andreas | 2042 | 3.5 | |
| 102 | Nachtkamp,Herbert | 2086 | 3.5 | |
| 103 | Tscherepanov,Leon | 1868 | 3.5 | |
| 104 | Reppen, Ellisiv | 1969 | 3.5 | |
| 105 | Solger,Bernhard | 1965 | 3.5 | |
| 106 | Kaminik, Aleksand | 2174 | 3.5 | |
| 107 | Ditmas,Hugh | 2019 | 3.5 | |
| 108 | Emami,Madjid | 1993 | 3.5 | |
| 109 | Seehagen,Jan | 1899 | 3.5 | |
| 110 | Kurth,Michael | 1994 | 3 | |
| 111 | WFM | Winnicki,Alice | 2062 | 3 |
| 112 | Kühn,Kolja | 1977 | 3 | |
| 113 | Lasch,Peter | 1814 | 3 | |
| 114 | Kreusch,Frank | 1953 | 3 | |
| 115 | Kjetsae,Johnny | 2032 | 3 | |
| 116 | Lehmkuhl,Stefan | 1948 | 3 | |
| 117 | Schröder,Kai Uwe | 1876 | 3 | |
| 118 | Svanholm, Borge W | 1832 | 3 | |
| 119 | Buchholz, Robert | 2018 | 3 | |
| 120 | Reinkens,Natalia | 1814 | 3 | |
| 121 | Hopson,Kevin Mike | 1810 | 3 | |
| 122 | Hohn,August | 1988 | 3 | |
| 123 | Gröppel,Peter | 1946 | 2.5 | |
| 124 | Dümmke,Jürgen | 2028 | 2.5 | |
| 125 | Richter,Stephan | 2033 | 2.5 | |
| 126 | Krotofil,Kurt | 1960 | 2.5 | |
| 127 | Urbanek,Paul-Gerh | 1959 | 2.5 | |
| 128 | Mozelius, Peter | 1866 | 2.5 | |
| 129 | Raum,Norbert | 1835 | 2.5 | |
| 130 | Knaak,Michael | 1910 | 2.5 | |
| 131 | Klausch,Uwe | 1841 | 2 | |
| 132 | Knauer,Frank | 1876 | 2 | |
| 133 | Olsson, Tomas | 1932 | 2 | |
| 134 | Wolke,Reimund | 1897 | 1.5 | |
| 135 | FM | Gazic,Josip | 2289 | 0 |
