Felix Blohberger and Annika Froewis emerged as the winners of the Austrian Chess Championship 2022. The event was played in 9 rounds, Swiss system, with classical time control, and took place from August 12-19 in the Vienna Chess House. Both men and women competed in one event but were ranked separately, with the highest-scoring female player claiming the title of Austrian Women’s Champion.
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The tournament was a very close affair, with Felix Blohberger, Christoph Menezes, Andreas Diermair and Dominik Horvath coming into the final round as joint leaders on 6/8. Blohberger and Diermair drew their games against Horvath and Nikolaus Stanec, respectively, while Menezes got an overwhelming position against Johannes Steindl with black pieces but mishandled it and eventually lost.
As a result, four players tied for the top position, scoring 6½/9, but the title goes to Felix Blohberger, thanks to superior Buchholz. Felix made himself an excellent gift for his 20th birthday. Andreas Diermair took silver, and Dominik Horvath claimed bronze. Scroll down for the final rankings
Annika Froewis seemed to be rushing towards a clear victory after scoring four points after five rounds. However, he suffered three straight defeats against strong opponents and allowed Veronika Exler and Barbara Teuschler to catch up with her heading into the final round. All three ladies lost their games in Round 9 and shared first place. Buchholz variable favoured Froewis, who took the title and completed a WIM norm with a performance of 2267.
Final rankings – Austrian Chess Championship 2022:
Rk.
Name
Rtg
Pts.
TB1
TB2
TB3
1
GM
Blohberger Felix
2492
6.5
48
52
4
2
GM
Diermair Andreas
2458
6.5
46
50
4
3
IM
Horvath Dominik
2489
6.5
46
49
5
4
FM
Steindl Johannes
2312
6.5
37
40
5
5
IM
Menezes Christoph
2414
6
48
52
4
6
FM
Leisch Lukas
2404
6
47
51
3
7
GM
Stanec Nikolaus
2460
6
47
50
3
8
FM
Morgunov Marc
2412
6
46
49
4
9
IM
Kilgus Georg
2387
6
44
47
5
10
GM
Shengelia David
2462
6
41
45
5
11
IM
Schreiner Peter
2405
6
41
45
4
12
IM
Schwabeneder Florian
2427
5.5
42
46
3
13
FM
Sadilek Peter
2330
5.5
41
45
5
14
IM
Schroll Gerhard Dr. MMag.
2281
5.5
40
44
4
15
GM
Balinov Ilia
2419
5.5
39
43
4
16
FM
Kristoferitsch Daniel
2303
5.5
39
42
5
17
FM
Schernthaner David
2307
5.5
39
43
3
18
FM
Kruckenhauser Arthur
2269
5
42
46
3
19
FM
Sadilek Maximilian
2230
5
42
44
4
20
FM
Neumeier Klaus Mag.
2257
5
40
43
4
21
FM
Borrmann Laurenz
2294
5
39
43
4
22
Pilshofer Paul
2173
5
38
41
4
23
Belke Frank Dr.
2226
5
38
40
4
24
IM
Ganaus Hannes
2287
5
37
39
3
25
Miazhynski Michael
2036
5
36
39
4
26
Nolz Tom
2230
5
35
37
4
27
Marakovits Nico
2234
4.5
43
46
3
28
Leitner Gerald DI.
2152
4.5
40
43
3
29
CM
Steiner Bruno
2126
4.5
40
42
4
30
FM
Sandhöfner Florian
2280
4.5
38
42
2
31
Wagner Leopold Franziskus
2080
4.5
38
41
2
32
Lerch Johannes
2242
4.5
37
40
1
33
Högl Emanuel
2094
4.5
36
38
1
34
Balint Peter
2067
4.5
34
37
3
35
Miazhynski Yuri
2175
4.5
34
37
2
36
MK
Spiesberger Gerhard
1972
4.5
32
35
2
37
WFM
Fröwis Annika
2044
4
44
48
4
38
Kienböck Benjamin
2105
4
41
43
3
39
CM
Albadri Abd Al Sattar
2161
4
40
42
2
40
WIM
Exler Veronika
2132
4
40
42
3
41
CM
Bauer Thomas
2190
4
39
42
4
42
WFM
Teuschler Barbara
2097
4
37
40
3
43
Dotzer Lukas
2083
4
36
39
2
44
Steiner Adam DI
2226
4
31
34
2
45
Mayrhuber Tobias
1979
4
31
33
2
46
Stadlinger Lea
1843
4
30
32
2
47
Scheffknecht Philipp
2093
3.5
42
46
1
48
WFM
Mayrhuber Nikola
2101
3.5
37
39
3
49
Stadlinger Matthias
1967
3.5
36
38
1
50
Tumanyan Gor
2008
3.5
35
37
1
51
Ivanyk Igor
2002
3.5
34
37
2
52
MK
Sucher Johannes Mag.
2117
3.5
34
36
2
53
Jethan Martin Dr.
2103
3.5
31
33
2
54
NM
Wiedermann Daniel Mag.
2053
3.5
31
33
3
55
Hengl Philip
1937
3.5
29
31
0
56
Gschiel Alexander
2214
3
38
41
2
57
FM
Schnepp Gunnar
2276
3
37
39
3
58
Ernst Robert
2097
3
34
36
1
59
Kersten Julian
1999
3
32
34
2
60
Weichhart Daniel
1949
3
29
31
1
61
NM
Trkulja Zoran
2111
2.5
38
41
2
62
Oberhuber Alexander
2062
2.5
36
39
1
63
Fuchs Patrick
2009
2.5
32
35
1
64
Gerö Leonhard
2017
2.5
32
35
1
65
FM
Hechl Gerald Mag.
2260
2
34
37
1
66
Kordzadze Nino
1993
1.5
29
31
1
67
Kuntner Reinhard
2010
0
27
28
0
.
Photo: D. Hiermann