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
