The 35th edition of the Schwarzacher Chess Open 2022 starts today at the Ceremony hall of the community of Schwarzacher in Austria. The event takes place from 16 – 24 July and features three tournaments: Open A (open to all players), Open B (for players rated U2100) and Open C (for players rated U1700). The tournaments will be played in 9 rounds, swiss system, with the total prize fund of nearly 12.000 euros.
The top seeds of the Open A tournament are: GM Mladen Palac, GM Robert Zelcic and GM Venkatesh M.R. The time control of the events will be: 90 Minutes for first 40 moves then 30 Minutes to finish the game, additional 30 sec. for each move starting from move 1. Scroll down for starting rank list of players of all groups

Starting rank list – 35th Schwarzacher Chess Open 2022 – Open A:
No.
Name
FED
Rtg
1
GM
Palac Mladen
CRO
2519
2
GM
Zelcic Robert
CRO
2496
3
GM
Venkatesh M.R.
IND
2479
4
IM
Srbis Jurica
CRO
2472
5
GM
Dgebuadze Alexandre
BEL
2458
6
IM
Baidetskyi Valentin
UKR
2443
7
GM
Womacka Mathias
GER
2425
8
IM
Schreiner Peter
AUT
2416
9
FM
Ostovic Matija
CRO
2391
10
IM
Krstic Uros
CRO
2327
11
IM
Neckar Lubomir
CZE
2272
12
FM
Meier Volker
GER
2258
13
CM
Bauer Thomas
AUT
2228
14
FM
Hofmann Thomas Msc
AUT
2215
15
FM
Rolletschek Heinrich Dr.DI.
AUT
2192
16
Roeberg Frank
GER
2186
17
Doll Alexander
GER
2180
18
Köllner Aaron Noah
GER
2172
19
Eilenberg Jonas
GER
2147
20
IM
Praveen Kumar C
IND
2143
21
Keleberda Tymur
UKR
2141
22
Chernykh Arkady
GER
2126
23
WFM
Gorshkova Irina
BEL
2112
24
WFM
Rozman Monika
SLO
2104
25
WFM
Kejzar Petra
SLO
2087
26
Skare Nenad
CRO
2064
27
Donegani Peter
GER
2046
28
Rosol Alexander
AUT
2001
29
Karakol Kerim
GER
1969
30
Weichhart Daniel
AUT
1965
31
Kempe Caius Emilian
GER
1877
32
Hardt Anton
GER
1875
33
Neuhoff Laertes
GER
1866
34
Dgebuadze Marie
BEL
1862
.
Starting rank list – 35th Schwarzacher Chess Open 2022 – Open B:
No.
Name
FED
Rtg
1
Köllner Christof
GER
2081
2
Prüsse Horst
GER
2081
3
Hasanovic Nurija
BIH
2034
4
Loeffler Alois
AUT
2018
5
Calvi Stefan
GER
2010
6
Halilovic Husejin
BIH
2009
7
Huhs Sven
GER
1999
8
Heigerer Stefan
AUT
1975
9
Gall Konrad
AUT
1959
10
Mk
Prüll Lukas
AUT
1955
11
Zwein Bernhard
AUT
1940
12
Kunow Frank
GER
1915
13
Christen Pierre
LUX
1909
14
AGM
Tomasi Diego
ITA
1899
15
Kerschenbauer Franz
AUT
1898
16
Koban Markus
AUT
1897
17
Schindele Andreas
GER
1892
18
Mörwald Magdalena
AUT
1880
19
Chretien Linus
SUI
1870
20
Barth Hermann Dr.
AUT
1868
21
Stader Stefan
AUT
1861
22
Schulz Stefan
GER
1840
23
Wieser Rupert
AUT
1814
24
Fuchs Franz
AUT
1798
25
Teuchert Steffen
GER
1792
26
Loibl Johann
AUT
1790
27
Grundhammer Gerhard
GER
1782
28
WMK
Hackbarth Christa
AUT
1769
29
Zozin Walter
AUT
1761
30
Wick Arian
GER
1749
31
Schmid Max
GER
1745
32
Rosol Philip
AUT
1741
33
Jarosch Wolfram
GER
1707
34
Marzec Witold
GER
1697
35
Ardelt Hannes
AUT
1696
36
Elsässer Daniel
AUT
1691
37
Burgstaller Robert
AUT
1649
38
Brandauer Martin
AUT
1629
39
Kraft Johannes
AUT
1627
40
Hechenberger Johann
AUT
1570
41
Beyeler Lilo
SUI
1536
42
Navaratnam Ishaan Quan Tze
MAS
1409
43
Burgstaller Bastian
AUT
1347
44
Keck Johannes
GER
1310
45
Beyeler Ueli
SUI
1136
.
Starting rank list – 35th Schwarzacher Chess Open 2022 – Open C:
No.
Name
FED
Rtg
1
Löw Bernd
GER
1630
2
Karschkes Georg
GER
1590
3
Schramml Fabian
AUT
1548
4
Haindl Josef
AUT
1529
5
Warzycha Gerwin
GER
1487
6
Titov Alexander S
RUS
1443
7
Gschwandtl Alexander
AUT
1433
8
Mamarina Franc
AUT
1433
9
Schroeter Denys
FRA
1369
10
Kammerer Reinhard
AUT
1303
11
Lainer Johannes
AUT
1296
12
Egger Johann
AUT
1178
13
Hammami Ahmad
AUT
1163
14
Entacher Ferdinand
AUT
1096
15
Karschkes Rafael
GER
1026
16
Schinwald Florian
AUT
973
17
Jarosch Tatjana
GER
949
18
Schinwald Eva
AUT
823
19
Gruber Florian
AUT
0
20
Gruber Sebastian
AUT
0
21
O’Connel James
IRL
0
22
Orlov Konstantin
AUT
0
23
Viehhauser Simon
AUT
0
