The 7th Wunsiedel Chess Festival will take place on 9th-12th May at the Fichtelgebirgshalle, Jean-Paul-Straße 1, 95632 Wunsiedel, Germany.
The event will begin on Ascension Day in Germany, which is a holiday, and will be a 7 rounds Swiss open.
Each player will count with 2 hours to make 40 moves + 30 minutes for the rest of the game.
A prize fund of 5.300 € is guaranteed with at least 135 paying participants! The prizes distribution: 1st – 1.000 €; 2nd – 750 €; 3rd – 500 €.
Argentine GM Fernando Peralta is the first seed, followed by Ukrainian GM Andrey Sumets. 113 players registered to participate.
Fernando Peralta
Participants:
| 1 | GM | Peralta Fernando | ARG | 2626 |
| 2 | GM | Sumets Andrey | UKR | 2590 |
| 3 | GM | Buhmann Rainer | GER | 2578 |
| 4 | GM | Chatalbashev Boris | BUL | 2553 |
| 5 | GM | Miezis Normunds | LAT | 2543 |
| 6 | GM | Pap Misa | SRB | 2476 |
| 7 | GM | Del Rio De Angelis Salvador G | ESP | 2484 |
| 8 | GM | Kunin Vitaly | GER | 2503 |
| 9 | GM | Maiwald Jens-Uwe | GER | 2466 |
| 10 | IM | Wegerle Jörg | GER | 2435 |
| 11 | IM | Mihok Oliver | HUN | 2446 |
| 12 | GM | Tischbierek Raj | GER | 2433 |
| 13 | IM | Plat Vojtech | CZE | 2455 |
| 14 | IM | Cech Pavel | CZE | 2395 |
| 15 | FM | Grandadam Nicolas | SUI | 2338 |
| 16 | FM | Seyb Alexander | GER | 2340 |
| 17 | FM | Singer Christoph | GER | 2349 |
| 18 | FM | Schröder Jan-Christian | GER | 2322 |
| 19 | Lampert Jonas | GER | 2333 | |
| 20 | Stips Felix | ITA | 2283 | |
| 21 | Klek Hanna Marie | GER | 2267 | |
| 22 | Hilverda Alexander | GER | 2339 | |
| 23 | IM | Troyke Christian | GER | 2326 |
| 24 | Feldtmann Thomas | GER | 2290 | |
| 25 | FM | Holm Sejer | DEN | 2244 |
| 26 | FM | Pohl-Kuemmel Jens-Uwe | GER | 2296 |
| 27 | FM | Rösemann Rainer | GER | 2280 |
| 28 | Hahn Markus | GER | 2225 | |
| 29 | FM | Schulz Karsten | GER | 2298 |
| 30 | FM | Bartsch Berthold | GER | 2257 |
| 31 | Schmid Roland | GER | 2241 | |
| 32 | Beck Gerald | GER | 0 | |
| 33 | FM | Löw Gerald | GER | 2217 |
| 34 | Jacobi Robin | GER | 2213 | |
| 35 | Schaarschmidt Kay | GER | 2034 | |
| 36 | FM | Mihok Laszlo | HUN | 2151 |
| 37 | Westphal Wolfgang | GER | 2198 | |
| 38 | Werner Claus | GER | 2213 | |
| 39 | Spitzl Bertram | GER | 2235 | |
| 40 | Lorenz Mark | GER | 2243 | |
| 41 | Urban Lars | GER | 2126 | |
| 42 | Martin Fernandez Rodrigo | GER | 2154 | |
| 43 | Pokrupa Marek | CZE | 2160 | |
| 44 | Berthold Andreas | GER | 2144 | |
| 45 | Bottema Martin | NED | 2077 | |
| 46 | Bader Dominic | GER | 2134 | |
| 47 | Meyer Peter | GER | 2097 | |
| 48 | Schulz Lukas | GER | 1887 | |
| 49 | Kreyssig Robert | GER | 2056 | |
| 50 | Wunder Stefan | GER | 2160 | |
| 51 | Hebbering Tom Elliot | GER | 2002 | |
| 52 | Röhl Rainer | GER | 2115 | |
| 53 | Brem Stephan | GER | 2074 | |
| 54 | Keller Peter | GER | 2065 | |
| 55 | CM | Schellmann Frank | GER | 2107 |
| 56 | Hahn Florian | GER | 2060 | |
| 57 | Kirschneck Toralf | GER | 2041 | |
| 58 | Röttig Hans-Peter | GER | 2082 | |
| 59 | Jandke Manfred | GER | 2112 | |
| 60 | Hecht Carsten | GER | 2081 | |
| 61 | Jurkatis Hagen | GER | 2080 | |
| 62 | Doell Detlef | GER | 2067 | |
| 63 | Stadler Alexander | GER | 2098 | |
| 64 | Langensteiner Matthias Dr. | GER | 2066 | |
| 65 | Wilfert André | GER | 2078 | |
| 66 | WFM | Troyke Doreen | GER | 2119 |
| 67 | Blaschke Tobias | GER | 2040 | |
| 68 | Spitzl Philipp | GER | 2064 | |
| 69 | Kapfer Ulrich | GER | 1936 | |
| 70 | Schwarzmann Tobias | GER | 2009 | |
| 71 | Schweizer Manfred | GER | 2045 | |
| 72 | Kempe Frank | ENG | 2022 | |
| 73 | Hiemer Bernd | GER | 2012 | |
| 74 | Völz Stephan | GER | 1944 | |
| 75 | Stabernack Joschi | GER | 2022 | |
| 76 | Bader Gerd | GER | 2036 | |
| 77 | Fischer Gerd | GER | 1976 | |
| 78 | Hamlack Heinz | GER | 2017 | |
| 79 | Gündel Bernd | GER | 2009 | |
| 80 | Gast Rainer | GER | 1982 | |
| 81 | Mann Johannes | GER | 1898 | |
| 82 | Dobierzin Olaf | GER | 2000 | |
| 83 | Knoll Georg | GER | 2036 | |
| 84 | Stingl Karlheinz | GER | 1891 | |
| 85 | Grabmeier Johannes Prof. Dr. | GER | 1943 | |
| 86 | Koch Christian | GER | 1827 | |
| 87 | Kubat Pavel | CZE | 1907 | |
| 88 | Bandt Jochen | GER | 1935 | |
| 89 | Deml Tilo | GER | 0 | |
| 90 | Stingl Rene | GER | 1822 | |
| 91 | Roemer Norbert | GER | 1872 | |
| 92 | Adler Haymo | GER | 0 | |
| 93 | Kühn Kolja | GER | 1985 | |
| 94 | Zeitler Hans-Jürgen | GER | 1962 | |
| 95 | Schönbeck Stephan | GER | 1920 | |
| 96 | Küspert Helmut | GER | 1926 | |
| 97 | Haselbeck Franz | GER | 1917 | |
| 98 | Haasner Tom | GER | 0 | |
| 99 | Dietzsch Dietmar | GER | 1925 | |
| 100 | Schwarzmann Holger Dr. | GER | 0 | |
| 101 | Lenz Jonas | GER | 1972 | |
| 102 | Schleupner Kurt | GER | 1888 | |
| 103 | Greger Matthias | GER | 0 | |
| 104 | Kreyssig Bruno | GER | 1777 | |
| 105 | Schmitz Tim | GER | 1927 | |
| 106 | Spitzl Vinzent | GER | 1806 | |
| 107 | Pamperin Gerhard | GER | 1995 | |
| 108 | Staudte Rainer Dr. | GER | 1930 | |
| 109 | Dannhaeuser Kevin | GER | 1753 | |
| 110 | Bachhuber Dominik | GER | 1887 | |
| 111 | Wiese Frank | GER | 1954 | |
| 112 | Dittrich Carsten | GER | 1940 | |
| 113 | Wiegand Christian | GER | 1966 | |
