Just a few days after the World Economic Forum hosted the world’s top leaders from politics, business, and civil society to tackle global issues, a town in the Swiss Alps hosted the Davos Chess Festival 2022 from 3-6 June.
The Festival featured two events: Challenge (for players rated 1600+) and Rising (for players rated U1600), both played in 7 rounds, swiss system. GM Li Min Peng convincingly won the Challenge tournament as the sole Winner of the event with 6.5/7 points. GM Harshit Raja and FM Lukas Leisch tied for second place with 5.5 points, each, with tiebreaks criteria determining Harshit Raja as silver medalist and Lukas Leisch came third.

14-year-old Vadim Depner triumphed in the Rising section. He emerged on the top with 6 points, followed by Ladina Lueller from Switzerland who was second with 5.5 points. Florentin Brisebard was third with 5 points. (scroll down for final rankings)

Final rankings – Davos Chess Challenge Open 2022:
Rk. | Name | Typ | sex | FED | RtgI | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
1 | GM | Peng Li Min | UKR | 2503 | 6.5 | 32 | 28 | 2269 | ||
2 | GM | Raja Harshit | IND | 2479 | 5.5 | 33 | 30 | 2221 | ||
3 | FM | Leisch Lukas | AUT | 2407 | 5.5 | 28 | 25 | 2113 | ||
4 | IM | Schwabeneder Florian | AUT | 2435 | 5 | 34 | 30 | 2202 | ||
5 | IM | Loeffler Markus | GER | 2262 | 5 | 33 | 30 | 2263 | ||
6 | Roesch Mario | GER | 2199 | 5 | 30 | 27 | 2194 | |||
7 | GM | Pavlovic Milos | SRB | 2471 | 5 | 30 | 27 | 2164 | ||
8 | Rodriguez Polo Mateo | ESP | 2176 | 5 | 29 | 26 | 2151 | |||
9 | FM | Steindl Johannes | AUT | 2291 | 4.5 | 32 | 29 | 2288 | ||
10 | FM | Arnold Max | GER | 2345 | 4.5 | 30 | 27 | 2227 | ||
11 | Popvasilev Kaloyan | GER | 2192 | 4.5 | 30 | 27 | 2177 | |||
12 | FM | Bhawoodien Mohamed Ozayr | RSA | 2168 | 4.5 | 28 | 25 | 2135 | ||
13 | Cagnotto Marco | ITA | 2092 | 4.5 | 28 | 24 | 2062 | |||
14 | Collin Moritz Valentin | U16 | SUI | 1985 | 4.5 | 25 | 22 | 2049 | ||
15 | Jaggy Matteo | U16 | SUI | 2053 | 4 | 28 | 26 | 2048 | ||
16 | Reinhardt Bernd | S60 | GER | 2124 | 4 | 27 | 25 | 2023 | ||
17 | Alic Miran | SUI | 2026 | 4 | 25 | 23 | 2028 | |||
18 | Buehler Michael | SUI | 2080 | 4 | 24 | 22 | 1949 | |||
19 | Dushatskiy Fedor | S60 | GER | 2107 | 4 | 24 | 22 | 1959 | ||
20 | Labelle Ambroise | SUI | 2041 | 4 | 23 | 22 | 1908 | |||
21 | Hetzer Volkhard | S60 | GER | 1894 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 1885 | ||
22 | Savic Robert Dr. | GER | 1925 | 4 | 22 | 21 | 1960 | |||
23 | Yakimenko Alexander A. | S60 | RUS | 2018 | 4 | 22 | 21 | 1922 | ||
24 | Gemelli Romain | U16 | SUI | 1952 | 4 | 22 | 20 | 1993 | ||
25 | FM | Olivetti Davide | ITA | 2162 | 3.5 | 28 | 25 | 2058 | ||
26 | Boschetti Claudio | S60 | SUI | 2007 | 3.5 | 27 | 25 | 2033 | ||
27 | Arquint Andri | SUI | 2018 | 3.5 | 27 | 24 | 2039 | |||
28 | Mattenberger Matthias | U16 | SUI | 1985 | 3.5 | 26 | 23 | 2005 | ||
29 | Hund Sarah | w | SUI | 2076 | 3.5 | 25 | 24 | 2001 | ||
30 | FM | Adzic Slobodan | S60 | SUI | 2086 | 3.5 | 25 | 23 | 1996 | |
31 | Scherler Julius | U16 | SUI | 1995 | 3.5 | 24 | 23 | 2063 | ||
32 | AIM | Udipi Kala Kishan | U16 | SUI | 1982 | 3.5 | 23 | 21 | 2012 | |
33 | Deveci Sinan | SUI | 1937 | 3.5 | 23 | 21 | 1855 | |||
34 | Lipinsky Markus | GER | 2027 | 3.5 | 22 | 20 | 1874 | |||
35 | Vardi Shlomit | w | ISR | 1724 | 3.5 | 20 | 18 | 1828 | ||
36 | Mamalis Prokopios | U16 | GRE | 2119 | 3 | 29 | 26 | 2108 | ||
37 | WGM | Hund Barbara | S60 | w | SUI | 2088 | 3 | 27 | 25 | 2069 |
38 | Gut Raphael | U16 | SUI | 1834 | 3 | 25 | 23 | 1994 | ||
39 | Ruffenach Alain | S60 | FRA | 1889 | 3 | 23 | 22 | 1877 | ||
40 | Mattenberger Dominik | U16 | SUI | 1645 | 3 | 22 | 20 | 1938 | ||
41 | Sanchez Hernandez Alvaro | ESP | 1754 | 3 | 22 | 20 | 1747 | |||
42 | Jud Marc | SUI | 1806 | 3 | 22 | 20 | 1890 | |||
43 | Schubert Mario | GER | 1893 | 3 | 20 | 19 | 1820 | |||
44 | Portmann Daniel | SUI | 1952 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 1798 | |||
45 | IM | Das Soham | IND | 2332 | 2.5 | 26 | 23 | 2008 | ||
46 | Butenandt Svenja | U16 | w | GER | 2062 | 2.5 | 25 | 23 | 1893 | |
47 | Wagner Victoria | w | GER | 1806 | 2.5 | 25 | 22 | 1996 | ||
48 | Sikorra Philipp | GER | 1697 | 2.5 | 22 | 21 | 1783 | |||
49 | Kassel Walter | AUT | 1858 | 2.5 | 22 | 20 | 1829 | |||
50 | Bossi Alessandro | S60 | ITA | 1893 | 2.5 | 22 | 20 | 1845 | ||
51 | Panos Giannis | GRE | 1473 | 2.5 | 19 | 18 | 1853 | |||
52 | Wenske Hardy | S60 | GER | 1731 | 2 | 24 | 21 | 1940 | ||
53 | Marzec Witold | S60 | GER | 1696 | 2 | 23 | 21 | 1848 | ||
54 | Bauer Matthias | GER | 1637 | 2 | 23 | 21 | 1839 | |||
55 | Heron Andrew | U16 | LIE | 1667 | 2 | 20 | 18 | 1762 | ||
56 | Sidler Raoul | SUI | 1711 | 2 | 20 | 18 | 1767 | |||
57 | Tuor Elena | S60 | w | SUI | 1356 | 2 | 17 | 16 | 1686 | |
58 | Poell Joerg | SUI | 1568 | 1.5 | 22 | 20 | 1906 | |||
59 | Lipinsky Pierre | U16 | GER | 1574 | 1.5 | 19 | 18 | 1788 | ||
60 | Sauter Daniel | S60 | SUI | 1689 | 1.5 | 18 | 17 | 1610 | ||
61 | Kienboeck Benjamin | U16 | AUT | 2137 | 1 | 23 | 21 | 2110 |
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Final rankings – Davos Chess Rising Open 2022:
Rk. | Name | Typ | sex | FED | RtgI | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
1 | Depner Vadim | U16 | GER | 1407 | 6 | 28 | 26 | 1317 | |
2 | Mueller Ladina | w | SUI | 0 | 5.5 | 31 | 28 | 1228 | |
3 | Brisebard Florentin | FRA | 1389 | 5 | 29 | 26 | 1257 | ||
4 | Depner Michael Dr. | GER | 1522 | 4.5 | 30 | 27 | 1215 | ||
5 | Raffaele Luca | U16 | LIE | 1226 | 4.5 | 29 | 27 | 1463 | |
6 | De Luze Nicolas | SUI | 0 | 4.5 | 28 | 26 | 1318 | ||
7 | Lipinsky Ferdinand | U16 | GER | 1049 | 4 | 27 | 24 | 1337 | |
8 | Hetzer Margarete | S60 | w | GER | 1043 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 1128 |
9 | Gugler Giorgio | AUT | 1468 | 3.5 | 29 | 27 | 1194 | ||
10 | Longerich Hans-Peter | GER | 1513 | 3 | 25 | 24 | 1181 | ||
11 | Adamova Alla | U16 | w | KGZ | 0 | 3 | 24 | 23 | 1120 |
12 | Kaufmann Tino | U16 | LIE | 0 | 3 | 22 | 20 | 1115 | |
13 | Adamova Umai | U16 | w | KGZ | 0 | 2.5 | 25 | 23 | 1025 |
14 | Roesch Elke | w | GER | 0 | 2.5 | 22 | 20 | 1207 | |
15 | Odermatt Christoph | S60 | SUI | 1471 | 2 | 24 | 22 | 1201 | |
16 | Lipinsky Basil | U16 | GER | 0 | 2 | 19 | 18 | 1077 | |
17 | Adamova Sezim | U16 | w | KGZ | 0 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 1102 |
18 | Muratbek Uulu Azat | KGZ | 0 | 1.5 | 19 | 18 | 1042 | ||
19 | Sosa Nesper Marcos Ivan | SUI | 1498 | 1 | 21 | 19 | 1017 |
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