The 2013 International Styrian Open is taking place from 6th to 14th July at the Bad Gleichenberg region of Austria.
The organizers offer a prize fund of 25.000 euros, the highest of all Summer Opens in Austria. There will also be prizes for local players and different rating categories.
The event is valid for FIDE and it will be possible to get GM norms.
Among the 53 participants, eight countries are being represented. Serbian Milos Perunovic is the first seed, closely followed by Croatian Ante Brkic and Bulgarian Boris Chatalbashev.
The tournament is a 9 round Swiss open.
The playing hall
Standings after 6 rounds:
| 1 | IM | Diermair Andreas | AUT | 2426 | 5.0 |
| 2 | GM | Milanovic Danilo | SRB | 2476 | 5.0 |
| 3 | GM | Jankovic Alojzije | CRO | 2559 | 4.5 |
| 4 | GM | Perunovic Milos | SRB | 2620 | 4.5 |
| 5 | GM | Brkic Ante | CRO | 2572 | 4.5 |
| 6 | GM | Chatalbashev Boris | BUL | 2560 | 4.5 |
| 7 | IM | Fröwis Georg | AUT | 2423 | 4.5 |
| 8 | GM | Tratar Marko | SLO | 2495 | 4.0 |
| 9 | IM | Schachinger Mario | AUT | 2401 | 4.0 |
| 10 | IM | Moser Eva | AUT | 2446 | 4.0 |
| 11 | IM | Danner Georg | AUT | 2315 | 3.5 |
| 12 | FM | Kokol Peter | SLO | 2260 | 3.5 |
| 13 | FM | Wukits Rene | AUT | 2269 | 3.5 |
| 14 | GM | Okhotnik Vladimir | FRA | 2395 | 3.5 |
| 15 | IM | Schreiner Peter | AUT | 2447 | 3.5 |
| 16 | FM | Wallner Joachim | AUT | 2404 | 3.5 |
| 17 | FM | Schnider Gert | AUT | 2353 | 3.5 |
| 18 | FM | Handler Lukas | AUT | 2403 | 3.5 |
| 19 | GM | Sebenik Matej | SLO | 2511 | 3.5 |
| 20 | FM | Vatter Hans-Joachim | GER | 2301 | 3.5 |
| 21 | IM | Pötz Florian | AUT | 2429 | 3.5 |
| 22 | IM | Schneider-Zinner Harald | AUT | 2355 | 3.5 |
| 23 | Ofner Maximilian | AUT | 1973 | 3.0 | |
| 24 | Cretnik Urban | SLO | 1820 | 3.0 | |
| 25 | FM | Lorscheid Gerhard | GER | 2273 | 3.0 |
| 26 | FM | Eichhorn Andreas | GER | 2340 | 3.0 |
| 27 | FM | Wegerer Fred Ing. | AUT | 2218 | 3.0 |
| 28 | Gstach Jakob | AUT | 2140 | 3.0 | |
| 29 | Chernukhin Alexander | RUS | 2080 | 3.0 | |
| 30 | FM | Behling Robert | GER | 2137 | 3.0 |
| 31 | Bahl Felix | AUT | 2005 | 3.0 | |
| 32 | FM | Weiss Leo | AUT | 2170 | 3.0 |
| 33 | Goessler Markus | AUT | 2126 | 3.0 | |
| 34 | Hatzl Johannes | AUT | 2121 | 3.0 | |
| 35 | Windhager Hannes | AUT | 2090 | 3.0 | |
| 36 | Wetscherek Gerhard | AUT | 2149 | 3.0 | |
| 37 | IM | Wittmann Walter Dr. | AUT | 2224 | 2.5 |
| 38 | Pallitsch Clemens | AUT | 2152 | 2.5 | |
| 39 | Gutmann Alois | AUT | 2065 | 2.5 | |
| 40 | Mesaros Florian | AUT | 2166 | 2.5 | |
| 41 | Hofbauer Peter | AUT | 2060 | 2.0 | |
| 42 | Reinwald Patrick | AUT | 2172 | 2.0 | |
| 43 | Dragnev Valentin | AUT | 1912 | 2.0 | |
| 44 | WMK | Hapala Lisa | AUT | 2040 | 2.0 |
| 45 | WFM | Novkovic Julia | AUT | 2102 | 2.0 |
| 46 | Hofmann Thomas | AUT | 2125 | 2.0 | |
| 47 | Schweitzer Werner | AUT | 2049 | 2.0 | |
| 48 | Proyer Enno | AUT | 1911 | 2.0 | |
| 49 | Dimitriadis Michael | AUT | 2113 | 2.0 | |
| 50 | Uksini Bardhyl | AUT | 1969 | 1.5 | |
| 51 | Pretterhofer Kiaras | AUT | 2017 | 1.5 | |
| 52 | Notegger Peter | AUT | 1941 | 1.5 | |
| 53 | Enne Harald Mag. | AUT | 2007 | 1.0 | |
