36 Staufer-Open 2026 – Open A LIVE

The 36th edition of the Staufer-Open will take place from January 02 to January 06 in Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany. This tournament has 3 sections – Blitz, Open A, and Open B. The Open A section is a 9-round Swiss system tournament with time control of 90 min/40 moves + 30 min + 30 sec/move. For more events from Germany, check out The European Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.

More than 300 players will participate in the Open A section of this tournament, the top-seeded among them are GM Li Min Peng (2526), GM Christopher Noe (2516), GM Vitaly Sivuk (2466), GM Oleg Korneev (2440), IM Harsh Suresh (2436), IM Vadym Petrovskiy (2433), IM Gabriele Lumachi (2427), IM Mohamed Anees M (2416), FM Robert Stein (2414), IM Teimur Toktomushev (2412), FM Pascal Karsay (2406), Zarko Vuckovic (2405), FM Tobias Kolb (2401), FM Hussain Besou (2396), IM Mieszko Mis (2395), FM John Heinrich (2378), FM Oliver Stork (2373), FM Bayastan Sydykov (2366), FM Jasper Holtel (2358), GM Petr Velicka (2344). Scroll down for the full participants list.

Categories: Blitz / Open B

Staufer-Open 2026 – Open A Participants

No.		Name	FED	RtgI	RtgN
1	GM	Peng, Li Min	SUI	2526	2554
2	GM	Noe, Christopher	GER	2516	2516
3	GM	Sivuk, Vitaly	SWE	2466	2529
4	GM	Korneev, Oleg	ESP	2440	2442
5	IM	Harsh Suresh,	IND	2436	0
6	IM	Petrovskiy, Vadym	GER	2433	2485
7	IM	Lumachi, Gabriele	ITA	2427	0
8	IM	Mohamed Anees M,	IND	2416	0
9	FM	Stein, Robert	GER	2414	2413
10	IM	Toktomushev, Teimur	SUI	2412	0
11	FM	Karsay, Pascal	GER	2406	2438
12		Vuckovic, Zarko	GER	2405	2424
13	FM	Kolb, Tobias	GER	2401	2382
14	FM	Besou, Hussain	GER	2396	2386
15	IM	Mis, Mieszko	POL	2395	2366
16	FM	Heinrich, John	GER	2378	2366
17	FM	Stork, Oliver	GER	2373	2393
18	FM	Sydykov, Bayastan	KGZ	2366	2376
19	FM	Holtel, Jasper	GER	2358	2360
20	GM	Velicka, Petr	CZE	2344	2353
21	FM	Neukirchner, Pascal	GER	2340	2331
22	FM	Möller, Maurin	GER	2328	2299
23	IM	Zeller, Frank	GER	2324	2331
24	FM	Klaska, Philipp Leon	GER	2322	2319
25	FM	Biastoch, Bennet	GER	2320	2290
26	FM	Mester, Philipp	GER	2313	2246
27	GM	Skembris, Spyridon	GRE	2310	2308
28	FM	Hasanov, Zaur	GER	2309	2315
29	FM	Herbrig, Alexander	GER	2308	2322
30	FM	Frischmann, Rick	GER	2306	2333
31	FM	Boder, Jan	GER	2304	2291
32	FM	Chittka, Julius	GER	2295	2312
33		Engel, Bruno	GER	2290	2254
34		Stöttner, Moritz	GER	2290	2288
35	FM	Oberhofer, Cédric	GER	2287	2297
36	FM	Degenhard, Simon	GER	2286	2297
37		Nunez Grégoire, Daniel	GER	2286	2259
38	WGM	Schneider, Jana	GER	2285	2271
39	FM	Ronge, Tim	GER	2284	2288
40	FM	Chassard, Cedric	GER	2281	2308
41	FM	Weber, Samuel	GER	2281	2284
42	WGM	Hrebenshchykova, Yelyzaveta	UKR	2277	2288
43	FM	Browning, Alex	GER	2272	2292
44	FM	Unzicker, Ferdinand,Dr.	GER	2268	2269
45	CM	Lymar, Vladislav	UKR	2263	0
46	FM	Schuricht, Emil Frederick	GER	2262	2277
47	FM	Hahn, Markus	GER	2259	2268
48		Pallas, Sebastian	GER	2252	2252
49		Huber, Benedikt	GER	2251	2211
50		Yasmo, Daniil	GER	2249	2184
51		Duong, Quang Bach	GER	2244	2257
52	FM	Schmitz, Thorsten	GER	2239	2239
53	CM	Stöttner, Lukas	GER	2238	2230
54		Papadopoulos, Ioannis	GRE	2235	2245
55		Geltz, Noah	GER	2230	2234
56	FM	Wagner, Florian	GER	2226	2203
57		Albrecht, Neil	GER	2223	2218
58		Herter, Arne	GER	2221	2152
59		Seitz, Patrick	GER	2221	2175
60	FM	Redzisz, Michal	POL	2218	0
61	FM	Hansch, Karsten	GER	2217	2232
62	FM	Federer, Colin	SUI	2216	2176
63		Neuhoff, Laertes	GER	2210	2151
64		Nönnig, Jakob	GER	2208	2199
65		Friedrich, Ricardo	GER	2205	2218
66		Fiekers, Christian	GER	2202	2210
67		Fruth, David	GER	2201	2170
68		Reuter, Julian-Frank	GER	2200	2197
69	FM	Dorst, Johannes,Prof. Dr.	GER	2199	2198
70		Lübke, Florentin	GER	2198	2189
71	FM	Herrmann, Jakob	GER	2196	2173
72	FM	Schulz, Karsten	GER	2196	2208
73	WFM	Butenandt, Svenja	GER	2189	2216
74		Steger, Lukas Daniel	GER	2188	2193
75		Heigermoser, Robert	GER	2187	2202
76		Klein, Joachim	GER	2186	2178
77		Haubold, Sebastian	GER	2184	2195
78	IM	Kersten, Uwe	GER	2181	2209
79		Poysti, Nathanael	GER	2179	2209
80	WFM	Khrapko, Marharyta	GER	2177	2149
81		Chen, Muxi	CHN	2177	0
82		Herrmann, Arthur	GER	2172	2190
83	FM	Ciolek, Andreas	GER	2169	2264
84		Eull, Emil	GER	2163	2135
85		Tscharotschkin, Michael	GER	2161	2129
86	IM	Jurek, Josef	CZE	2160	2171
87		Plötz, Werner,Dr.	GER	2150	2148
88		Karle, Sam	GER	2150	2168
89		Wolf, Ulrich Martin	GER	2149	2154
90		Vranckx, Oscar	GER	2147	2128
91		Zhang, Yibo	GER	2144	2092
92	FM	Heimrath, Reiner	GER	2142	2164
93		Derr, Oleg	GER	2142	2127
94		Aumüller, Naum	GER	2142	2122
95		Klein, Levent	GER	2140	2121
96		Gustain, Marc	GER	2136	2155
97	FM	Namyslo, Holger	GER	2135	2127
98	WFM	Trunz, Michelle	GER	2130	2097
99	CM	Marynychenko, Yehor	UKR	2128	2098
100		Langner, Robin	GER	2127	2131
101		Schwab, Matthias	GER	2124	2120
102	FM	Aepfler, Christian	GER	2121	2111
103		Steigleder, Maximilian	GER	2121	2065
104		Forster, Lukas	GER	2120	2138
105		Biedenkopf, Philipp	GER	2119	2134
106	WIM	Czäczine, Anne	GER	2115	2124
107		Krauss, Josef	GER	2115	2052
108	CM	Pradeep, Harshill	GER	2111	2082
109		Smolny, Frieder	GER	2109	2105
110		Steinhauer, Artur	GER	2107	2129
111		Stock, Jörg	GER	2105	2090
112		Ratushnyi, Viktor	UKR	2103	2135
113	CM	Jansen, Dirk Norbert	GER	2102	2096
114		Kutzner, Stephen	GER	2102	2091
115		Thomas, Ingo	GER	2099	2114
116	FM	Henrich, Thomas	GER	2097	2112
117		Novak, Volker	GER	2097	2019
118		Wecker, Martin	GER	2097	2061
119		Wenzel, Calvin	GER	2095	2126
120		Kasüschke, Lars	GER	2093	2145
121		Gärtner, Michael	GER	2087	2077
122		Farkash, Denys	UKR	2087	0
123		Baur, Frank	GER	2084	2106
124		Humbert, Arthur	GER	2083	2101
125		Wurmbauer, Nils	GER	2082	2113
126		Schuffenhauer, Robert	GER	2081	2094
127		Arnhold, Steffi	GER	2077	2079
128		Hoffmann, Jens	GER	2072	2003
129		Reitz, Philipp	GER	2071	2077
130		Jankowiak, Piotr	POL	2071	0
131		Nguyen, Thanh An	GER	2071	2057
132		Burkart, Lloyd Shang	GER	2069	2064
133		Sreeramulu, Aarush	GER	2069	2070
134		Lehmann, Holger	GER	2067	2084
135		Vedant Kumar Saravana,	IND	2063	0
136	WFM	Voigt, Anastasia	GER	2061	2040
137		Rau, Nikita	GER	2056	2103
138		Rosenboom, Niko	GER	2053	2077
139		Mandalka, Justus	GER	2053	2016
140		Parsch, Christian	GER	2052	2075
141	CM	Hönick, Andreas	GER	2051	2048
142		Nitsche, Nikolai	GER	2051	2065
143		Budzyn, Matthias	GER	2050	2051
144		Hart, Martin	NED	2049	2027
145		Cilo, Selimhan	GER	2049	2083
146		Giss, Helene,Dr.	GER	2049	1999
147		Koppe, Connor	GER	2048	2091
148		Wachsmann, Dietmar	GER	2047	2103
149		Dörr, Tarik	GER	2047	2083
150		Schreidl, Michael	GER	2047	2021
151		Bratu, Mircea	GER	2046	2168
152		Ranganathan, Aadith	GER	2038	1933
153		Lehmann, Mona	GER	2038	1904
154		Bischoff, Ulrich	GER	2037	1992
155		Biegler, Markus	GER	2036	1966
156		Heinrich, Alexander,Dr.	GER	2036	1951
157		Swoboda, Philipp	GER	2035	2125
158		Lishoy Gengis Paratazham, Dildara	ENG	2032	0
159		Sulzbacher, Kurt	GER	2030	1988
160		Shevchenko, Igor	GER	2029	2021
161		Lang, Thomas	GER	2026	2100
162		Engesser, Jonas	GER	2025	2023
163		Müller, Philipp	GER	2024	2037
164		Merk, Tobias,Dr.	GER	2023	2009
165		Kaufmann, Thorsten	GER	2023	2048
166		Weiss, Andreas	GER	2022	2037
167	WFM	Kostak, Tetyana	GER	2021	2029
168	WCM	Acarbay, Algi	TUR	2020	2033
169		Notz, Lukas	GER	2017	1981
170		Teucher, Saskia	GER	2016	1978
171		Tresch, Lukas	GER	2015	2051
172		Alpaslan, Utku	TUR	2015	0
173		König, Dirk	GER	2013	1966
174		Harringer, Manfred	GER	2013	1967
175		Arns, Alexander	GER	2013	1998
176		Weber, Nikita	GER	2010	2060
177		Leser, Katrin	GER	2010	2017
178		Pflug, Anton	GER	2009	1966
179		Gavrin, Tim	GER	2007	2022
180		Reindl, Arno	GER	2007	2125
181		Lemli, Thomas	GER	2007	1969
182		Müller, Mark	GER	2004	1988
183		Kaufmann, Kurt	GER	2003	2008
184		Li, Yunqi	GER	2000	2030
185		Röttig, Hans-Peter	GER	1998	2010
186		Cummings, Nicolai	GER	1996	1997
187		Platz, Daniel	GER	1992	1985
188		Neugirg, Mika	GER	1991	1970
189		Gheng, Dominik	GER	1991	2088
190		Browning, Rebecca	GER	1988	1912
191		Kurze, Christoph	GER	1988	1966
192		Kalia, Anant	GER	1987	1957
193		Gradwohl, Manfred	GER	1986	2015
194		Koppen, Harald	GER	1986	1997
195		Stanescu, Christian	GER	1983	1951
196		Klotz, Simon	GER	1981	1952
197		Merk, Daniel	GER	1979	2016
198		Sieber, Heiko	GER	1975	1960
199		Bachhuber, Dominik	GER	1974	1976
200		Goldinov, Daniel	GER	1974	2009
201		Gheng, Simona	GER	1973	2001
202		Trunz, Tamila	GER	1972	1998
203		Korenchenko, Semen	UKR	1971	2010
204		Fischer, Lorenz	GER	1970	1976
205		Werner, Florin	GER	1969	2006
206		Schmidt, Fabian	GER	1966	1910
207		Schlotterbeck, Peter	GER	1965	1936
208		Schönwälder, Bernd	GER	1965	1944
209		Westenthanner, Paul	GER	1962	1989
210		Seehaus, Bernhard,Dr.	GER	1962	1931
211	CM	Schellmann, Frank	GER	1960	1948
212		Trenz, Finn	GER	1960	1962
213		Wolf, Rainer	GER	1959	1934
214		Sadbhav Rautela,	IND	1959	0
215		Wettengel, Alexander	GER	1957	1915
216		Aryan Goyal,	IND	1951	0
217		Vuckovic, Robert	GER	1951	1995
218		Pinelli, Gian	SUI	1949	0
219		Rödel, Jannis	GER	1949	1814
220		Fischermann, Simon	GER	1948	1940
221		Khalil, Shaiar	SYR	1947	1916
222		Schratzenstaller, Andreas	GER	1947	1895
223		Leser, Stefan	GER	1946	1942
224		Savic, Robert,Dr.	GER	1945	1906
225		Günther, Christian,Dr.	GER	1945	1922
226		Weidert, Florian	BEL	1944	1923
227		Schramm, Luca	GER	1944	1949
228		Hahnewald, Uwe	GER	1942	1875
229		Shanawaz Thabrez, Shahzaib	GER	1940	1906
230		Fang, Borui	GER	1940	1944
231		Dobierzin, Olaf	GER	1939	1878
232		Denk, Jürgen	GER	1939	1894
233		Cho, Hyunyou	KOR	1939	0
234		Papadopoulou, Soultana	GER	1936	1821
235		Wezel, Sebastian	GER	1934	1896
236		Becker, Arne	GER	1933	1874
237		Heller, Benedikt	GER	1931	1947
238		Junge, Mattheo Gabriel	GER	1931	1877
239		Savchuk, Alexander	GER	1931	1960
240		Stierle, Martin	GER	1924	1814
241		Deiringer, Julius	GER	1923	1855
242		Schelle, Michael	GER	1922	1903
243		Berner, Jürgen	GER	1920	1844
244		Werner, Rosalie	GER	1920	1879
245		Melzer, Marcel	GER	1918	1916
246		Klein, Deniz	GER	1917	1880
247		Huang, Luca Hanson	GER	1915	1885
248		Brugger, Jonathan	GER	0	1915
249		Mück, Heinz-Peter	GER	1910	1856
250		Reitz, Theresa	GER	1908	1854
251		Cassel, Silas	GER	1903	1827
252		Häußler, Stefan	GER	1902	1814
253		Sasikumar Anitha, Sarvesh	GER	1902	1910
254		Draude, Theo	GER	1900	1905
255		Feick, Claas Marten	GER	1898	1900
256		Beuter, Christof	GER	1897	1789
257		Mazatis, Benjamin	GER	1896	1923
258		Voss, Georg	GER	1895	1891
259		Richter, Johanna	GER	1888	1870
260		Schumacher, Markus	GER	1888	1885
261		Kaufmann, Ben	GER	1886	1900
262		Britsch, Benjamin	GER	1885	1835
263		Peri, Jean-Christophe	GER	1883	1903
264		Alloussi, Arian	GER	1881	1866
265		Jansen, Malte	GER	1881	1858
266		Chen, Yueyi	GER	1880	1807
267		Linder, Oliver	GER	1879	1748
268		Berberich, Christoph	SUI	1877	1844
269		Ammon, Marco	GER	1876	1934
270		Giebel, Christine	GER	1873	1804
271		Zargaran, Sepas	GER	1871	1820
272		Hummel, Klaus	GER	1871	1923
273		Kempinger, Simon	GER	1870	1821
274		Hieber, Max	GER	1870	1851
275		Vennemann, Jürgen	GER	1869	1809
276		Graf, Anton,Dr.	GER	1867	1799
277		Andrei, Quentin	GER	1865	1855
278		Bahr, Jan-Hendrik	GER	1862	1839
279		Metzdorf, Jonas	GER	1862	1888
280		Heilig, Tim Markus	GER	1861	1825
281		Berger, Hauke	GER	1861	1881
282		Petrik, Matus	BEL	1860	0
283		Bodling, Florian	GER	1858	1848
284		Wagner, Cosima Thien-An	GER	1856	1844
285		Lücke, Julius	GER	1855	1828
286		Moessmer, Patrick	GER	1855	0
287		Hasenpflug, Till	GER	1852	1851
288		Gundel, Julian	GER	1852	1815
289		Guilbert, Noé	FRA	1851	1801
290		Böckler, Martin	GER	1845	1928
291		Cromm, Mika	GER	1844	1805
292		Juric, Dario	GER	1842	1802
293		Bergmann, Lennart	GER	1842	1875
294		Ganguly, Archisman	GER	1840	1792
295		Czäczine, Paula	GER	1839	1870
296		Gao, Chenzhuo	GER	1839	1857
297		Koch, Mika Jonas	GER	1837	1864
298		Schedel, Loris	GER	1836	1741
299		Kemper, Yannick	GER	1835	1791
300		Stehning, Toni	GER	1835	1863
301		Launert, Martin,Dr.	GER	1835	1802
302		Halas, Neele Zoe	GER	1833	1768
303		Naumann, Lennart	GER	1829	1834
304		Meyer-Jany, Marcel	GER	1829	1773
305		Martinez Alanis, Ian Pablo	MEX	1827	0
306		Feshchenko, Diana	UKR	1824	1939
307		Li, Joshua	GER	1817	1866
308		Mayer, Dietmar	GER	1815	1683
309		Dobler, Steffen	GER	1815	1818
310		Fabry, Laurin	GER	1811	1755
311		Kavanova, Anezka	CZE	1808	0
312	WCM	Chen, Yuefan	GER	1804	1778
313	WCM	Jordan, Christina	SUI	1798	1839
314		Bauer, Dieter	GER	1774	1689
315		Zimmermann, Ruben	GER	1746	1747