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36. Staufer-Open 2026 – Blitz 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 Blitz section is a 9-round Swiss system tournament with time control of 3 min + 2 sec/move. For more events from Germany, check out The European Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.

The top-seeded players are Bruno Engel (2467), GM Li Min Peng (2432), GM Vitaly Sivuk (2408), WGM Tatjana Melamed (2357), FM Jan Boder (2280), FM Cedric Chassard (2253), FM Rudolf Wilhelm Bräuning (2252), FM Karsten Schulz (2251), FM Zaur Hasanov (2238), WGM Yelyzaveta Hrebenshchykova (2225), Moritz Stoettner (2207), Sebastian Pallas (2206), Joachim Klein (2186), FM Tim Ronge (2179), Christian Boehm (2141). Scroll down for the full participants list.

Categories: Open A / Open B


36. Staufer-Open 2026 – Blitz Participants


No. Name FED RtgI sex
1 Engel, Bruno GER 2467 M
2 GM Peng, Li Min SUI 2432 M
3 GM Sivuk, Vitaly SWE 2408 M
4 WGM Melamed, Tatjana GER 2357 W
5 FM Boder, Jan GER 2280 M
6 FM Chassard, Cedric GER 2253
7 FM Bräuning, Rudolf Wilhelm GER 2252 M
8 FM Schulz, Karsten GER 2251 M
9 FM Hasanov, Zaur GER 2238 M
10 WGM Hrebenshchykova, Yelyzaveta UKR 2225 W
11 Stoettner, Moritz GER 2207 M
12 Pallas, Sebastian GER 2206
13 Klein, Joachim GER 2186 M
14 FM Ronge, Tim GER 2179 M
15 Boehm, Christian GER 2141 M
16 Kutzner, Stephen GER 2127 M
17 Lishoy Gengis Paratazham, Dildara ENG 2113 M
18 Noennig, Jakob GER 2104 M
19 Schreidl, Michael GER 2098 M
20 Gaertner, Michael GER 2094 *
21 Sreeramulu, Aarush GER 2090 M
22 Schuffenhauer, Robert GER 2087 M
23 Biedenkopf, Philipp GER 2081 M
24 Ratushnyi, Viktor UKR 2077 M
25 Haubold, Sebastian GER 2070 *
26 Lang, Thomas GER 2065 M
27 Weber, Nikita GER 2065 M
28 Doerr, Tarik GER 2047 *
29 Biegler, Markus GER 2036 M
30 Alpaslan, Utku TUR 2033 M
31 Klein, Andreas GER 2032 M
32 FM Herrmann, Jakob GER 2031 M
33 Shevchenko, Igor GER 2029 M
34 Reitz, Philipp GER 2029 M
35 Chen, Muxi CHN 2020 M
36 Sasikumar Anitha, Sarvesh GER 2019 M
37 CM Stoettner, Lukas GER 2003 M
38 Koppen, Harald GER 1974 M
39 Parsch, Christian GER 1937 M
40 Notz, Lukas GER 1933 M
41 Huang, Luca Hanson GER 1916 M
42 Koppe, Connor GER 1914 M
43 Martseniuk, Mikhail UKR 1914 M
44 Reitz, Theresa GER 1908 W
45 WCM Jordan, Christina SUI 1896 W
46 Reichert, Matthias GER 1896 M
47 Wezel, Sebastian GER 1889 M
48 Leser, Stefan GER 1887 M
49 Kemper, Yannick GER 1887 M
50 Schramm, Luca GER 1872 *
51 Pflug, Anton GER 1871 M
52 Bernauer, Stephan GER 1859 M
53 Herter, Arne GER 1853 M
54 Schelle, Michael GER 1849 M
55 Niemann, Silvio GER 1848 M
56 Trenz, Finn GER 1847 M
57 Fischer, Lorenz GER 1835 M
58 Knolmayer, Volker GER 1827 M
59 Juric, Dario GER 1824 M
60 Masuero, Pietro GER 1820 M
61 Meyer-Jany, Marcel GER 1817 M
62 Klein, Tristan GER 1810 M
63 Wiedmann, Thomas GER 1808 M
64 Kermer, Jan GER 1788 M
65 Jensch, Lyonel GER 1734 *
66 Ehrlich, Benjamin Lutz GER 1726 M
67 Wessel, Julian GER 1724 M
68 Herzog, Mats GER 1718 *
69 Koenke, Dominik GER 1714 M
70 Cramer Gonzalez, Roland PAR 1704
71 Ropertz, Benjamin GER 1702 M
72 Kaiser, Jannik GER 1692 M
73 Pillath, Marcus GER 1662 M
74 Feshchenko, Diana UKR 1660 W
75 Schulze, Jonas GER 1551 *
76 Haefner, Celine Milena GER 1507 W
77 Biegler, Samuel GER 0 M
78 Birinci, Mirac GER 0
79 Brown, Takon Ashu GER 0 M
80 IM Petrovsky, Vadim GER 2451 M