The 42. Münsterland Open will take place from October 11 to October 18 in Münster, Germany. It is a 9-round Swiss system tournament with a 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.
The top-seeded players are GM Hagen Poetsch (2457), IM Anwesh Upadhyaya (2411), IM Stefan Mazur (2408), GM Alexander Bagrationi (2405), FM Mykola Korchynskyi (2382), FM Adel Choukri (2299), FM Yi Liu (2297), FM Arnav Maheshwari (2281), Pascal Brunke (2270), FM Jakob Weidemann (2265), CM Vladislav Lymar (2261), FM Thomas Michalczak (2249), FM Klaus Schmitzer (2235), Kevin Felczer (2221), Maximilian Menzel (2214), Adrian Kamp (2199), Gergely Mann (2194), CM Bjarne Vollbehr (2192), IM Uwe Kersten (2181), Yonathan Winkler (2180). Scroll down for the full participants list.
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42. Münsterland Open Participants
No.
Name
FED
Rtg
1
GM
Poetsch, Hagen
GER
2457
2
IM
Anwesh, Upadhyaya
IND
2411
3
IM
Mazur, Stefan
SVK
2408
4
GM
Bagrationi, Alexander
ISR
2405
5
FM
Korchynskyi, Mykola
GER
2382
6
FM
Choukri, Adel
MAR
2299
7
FM
Liu, Yi
AUS
2297
8
FM
Arnav Maheshwari,
IND
2281
9
Brunke, Pascal
GER
2270
10
FM
Weidemann, Jakob
GER
2265
11
CM
Lymar, Vladislav
UKR
2261
12
FM
Michalczak, Thomas
GER
2249
13
FM
Schmitzer, Klaus
GER
2235
14
Felczer, Kevin
GER
2221
15
Menzel, Maximilian
GER
2214
16
Kamp, Adrian
GER
2199
17
Mann, Gergely
GER
2194
18
CM
Vollbehr, Bjarne
GER
2192
19
IM
Kersten, Uwe
GER
2181
20
Winkler, Yonathan
GER
2180
21
Mamedov, Aflatun
UKR
2177
22
FM
Molinaroli, Martin
GER
2167
23
FM
Marcziter, Dmitrii
GER
2163
24
Sabirov, Rafael
GER
2161
25
Klemenz, Luca
GER
2151
26
Marcziter, Alex
GER
2149
27
Schwarz, David
GER
2149
28
FM
Torres-Kuckel, Rafael
GER
2148
29
Gerlach, Felix
GER
2140
30
FM
Kummerow, Heiko
GER
2131
31
Klein, Levent
GER
2129
32
Schröder, Lennart
GER
2129
33
Reller, Ole
GER
2125
34
Gowrishankar Jayaraj,
IND
2121
35
Wichtrup, Jan-Louis
GER
2120
36
Lutze, Max
GER
2116
37
WFM
Neumann, Helena
GER
2105
38
Schwitkowski, Luka
GER
2088
39
Chua, Ethan
NED
2080
40
Pfaar, Zeno
GER
2079
41
Kamp, Aaron
GER
2077
42
Riechenberg, Sebastian
GER
2073
43
Sunko, Sviatoslav
GER
2071
44
Weber, Nikita
GER
2065
45
CM
Becker, Stefan
GER
2063
46
Bade, Deniz
GER
2060
47
Wöstmann, Hans-Joachim
GER
2057
48
Althoff, Ralph
GER
2055
49
Müller, Konstantin
GER
2052
50
Bösel, Alexander
GER
2050
51
Jungbluth, Michael
GER
2048
52
Pfleger, Sascha
GER
2047
53
Müller, Frank
GER
2039
54
Sepe, Giovanni Paolo
GER
2039
55
Georg, Felix
GER
2029
56
Öztekin, Atilla
GER
2026
57
WCM
Heidemann, Nora
GER
2024
58
Li, Hewei
GER
2022
59
Merz, Martin
GER
2021
60
Jansen, Dirk
GER
2019
61
Kolakovic, Klaudio
GER
2018
62
Woestmann, Ulrich
GER
2016
63
Kemper, Meinolf
GER
2015
64
Klein, Timon
GER
2001
65
Herzwurm, Robert
GER
1997
66
Biemann, Marco
GER
1980
67
Hofmann, Benjamin
GER
1979
68
Weisskopf, Lutz
GER
1978
69
Goldkuhle, Collin
GER
1977
70
Schreidl, Michael
GER
1976
71
Stöckmann, Helmut
GER
1975
72
Bakhyt, Rauan
KAZ
1974
73
Hoffmann, Nico
GER
1971
74
Gouterney, Anton
GER
1969
75
Heiligtag, Matthias
GER
1959
76
Makoveienko, Mykhaylo
GER
1956
77
Wegner, Stephan
GER
1953
78
Amini, Yusuf
GER
1952
79
Wenzel, Martin
GER
1949
80
Halas, Julia
GER
1945
81
Stegemann, Sven
GER
1941
82
ter Horst, Carsten
GER
1941
83
Bohle, Jasper
GER
1940
84
Aryan Mehta,
IND
1936
85
van der Riet, Ernst
GER
1935
86
Schelwokat, Peter
GER
1931
87
Sutharjan, Dakxwin
GER
1929
88
Shynkar, Daria
GER
1928
89
WCM
Reinecke, Katharina
GER
1927
90
Nowicki, Heiko
GER
1924
91
Heß, Jürgen
GER
1909
92
Bahr, Maximilian
GER
1906
93
Bartsch, Rainer
GER
1906
94
Suttner, Constantin
GER
1906
95
Becker, Daniel
GER
1903
96
Gutsche, Klaus
GER
1902
97
Aryan Goyal,
IND
1895
98
Barskij, Aleksandr
GER
1895
99
Freiknecht, Holger
GER
1893
100
Hendler, Markus
GER
1890
101
Hüther, Jakob
GER
1888
102
Schulz, Robin
GER
1888
103
Bartsch, Jan
GER
1887
104
Hipler, Andreas,Dr.
GER
1883
105
Michalicek, Roland
GER
1882
106
Siol, Mats Lennart
GER
1881
107
Albersmann, Rene
GER
1880
108
Hauer, Andreas
GER
1879
109
Meyer, Ulrich
GER
1877
110
Börger, Andreas
GER
1874
111
Stukert, Artur
GER
1871
112
Tober, Julian
GER
1868
113
Becker, Peter
GER
1867
114
Teschler, Ansgar
GER
1867
115
Cassel, Silas
GER
1866
116
Nastasie, Alfred
GER
1863
117
Schulte, Tobias
GER
1860
118
Vogenauer, Nikolas
GER
1860
119
Allen, Phillipp
GER
1859
120
Horstmann, Michael
GER
1856
121
Schultze, Jörg-Martin,Dr.
GER
1856
122
Lauenstein, Nico
GER
1849
123
Picatoste Verdejo, Sergio
ESP
1849
124
Siddharth, Gopakumar
ENG
1849
125
Friederici, Gerhard
GER
1848
126
Käuper, Johann
GER
1847
127
Homfeldt, Christopher
GER
1845
128
Alugili, Yosef
GER
1844
129
Ploder, Udo
GER
1844
130
Siebert, Marco Leander
GER
1843
131
Ewert, Stefan
GER
1841
132
Seifert, Hendrik
GER
1841
133
Hündlings, Hendrik
GER
1839
134
Damen, Josephine
NED
1838
135
Staub, Tom
GER
1830
136
Kreis, Karl-Heinz
GER
1828
137
Vestrick, Frank
GER
1822
138
Erkelenz, Fynn
GER
1821
139
Renninger, David
GER
1820
140
Neumann, Ekkehard,Dr.
GER
1818
141
Gehlen, Horst,Dr.
GER
1815
142
Baumeister, Sven
GER
1813
143
Wehling, Ulrich
GER
1810
144
Demirörs, Emre
GER
1808
145
Hoppe, Marc
GER
1801
146
Milonas, Hrisowalandis A.
GRE
1798
147
Westermann, Walter
GER
1796
148
Steenfatt, Niklas
GER
1794
149
Tesic, Luka
GER
1792
150
Freiknecht, Axel
GER
1790
151
Salomov, Asilbek
UZB
1782
152
Keshet, Ron
GER
1779
153
Dieckerhoff, Stefan
GER
1775
154
Buchholz, Christian
GER
1769
155
Yavuz, Tamer Erdem
GER
1767
156
Veehmayer, Mio
GER
1765
157
Klausmeier, Achim
GER
1764
158
Heitmann, Erik
GER
1761
159
Razawi, S.Ahmad Fahim
AFG
1760
160
Henke, Dieter
GER
1748
161
Lang, Jochen
GER
1748
162
Siol, Jürgen
GER
1745
163
Korschunow, Dennis
GER
1739
164
Peters, Tobias
GER
1738
165
Foltin, Alica
GER
1736
166
Alhamwi, Jood
GER
1736
167
Le, Elias
GER
1728
168
Cremann, Jannis
GER
1726
169
Olbrich, Leonard
GER
1722
170
Hauer, Benno
GER
1717
171
Schröder, Simon
GER
1717
172
Topal, Batuhan
GER
1715
173
Weßeler, Leo
GER
1711
174
Hansen, Jonah
GER
1710
175
LI, David
GER
1702
176
Krolik, Wilfried
GER
1701
177
Wilmes, Niklas
GER
1698
178
Kosfeld, Thorsten
GER
1673
179
Jäger, Jeremy
GER
1663
180
Hirschmüller, Bennet
GER
1661
181
Konert, Bertram
GER
1656
182
Hladeniuk, Yelyzaveta
GER
1641
183
Oskamp, Jannik
1631
184
Sack, Django
GER
1603
185
Schwetz, Emil Oliver
GER
1595