Just a few days after the World Economic Forum hosted the world’s top leaders from politics, business, and civil society to tackle global issues, a town in the Swiss Alps hosted the Davos Chess Festival 2022 from 3-6 June.
The Festival featured two events: Challenge (for players rated 1600+) and Rising (for players rated U1600), both played in 7 rounds, swiss system. GM Li Min Peng convincingly won the Challenge tournament as the sole Winner of the event with 6.5/7 points. GM Harshit Raja and FM Lukas Leisch tied for second place with 5.5 points, each, with tiebreaks criteria determining Harshit Raja as silver medalist and Lukas Leisch came third.

14-year-old Vadim Depner triumphed in the Rising section. He emerged on the top with 6 points, followed by Ladina Lueller from Switzerland who was second with 5.5 points. Florentin Brisebard was third with 5 points. (scroll down for final rankings)

Final rankings – Davos Chess Challenge Open 2022:
Rk.
Name
Typ
sex
FED
RtgI
Pts.
TB1
TB2
TB3
1
GM
Peng Li Min
UKR
2503
6.5
32
28
2269
2
GM
Raja Harshit
IND
2479
5.5
33
30
2221
3
FM
Leisch Lukas
AUT
2407
5.5
28
25
2113
4
IM
Schwabeneder Florian
AUT
2435
5
34
30
2202
5
IM
Loeffler Markus
GER
2262
5
33
30
2263
6
Roesch Mario
GER
2199
5
30
27
2194
7
GM
Pavlovic Milos
SRB
2471
5
30
27
2164
8
Rodriguez Polo Mateo
ESP
2176
5
29
26
2151
9
FM
Steindl Johannes
AUT
2291
4.5
32
29
2288
10
FM
Arnold Max
GER
2345
4.5
30
27
2227
11
Popvasilev Kaloyan
GER
2192
4.5
30
27
2177
12
FM
Bhawoodien Mohamed Ozayr
RSA
2168
4.5
28
25
2135
13
Cagnotto Marco
ITA
2092
4.5
28
24
2062
14
Collin Moritz Valentin
U16
SUI
1985
4.5
25
22
2049
15
Jaggy Matteo
U16
SUI
2053
4
28
26
2048
16
Reinhardt Bernd
S60
GER
2124
4
27
25
2023
17
Alic Miran
SUI
2026
4
25
23
2028
18
Buehler Michael
SUI
2080
4
24
22
1949
19
Dushatskiy Fedor
S60
GER
2107
4
24
22
1959
20
Labelle Ambroise
SUI
2041
4
23
22
1908
21
Hetzer Volkhard
S60
GER
1894
4
23
21
1885
22
Savic Robert Dr.
GER
1925
4
22
21
1960
23
Yakimenko Alexander A.
S60
RUS
2018
4
22
21
1922
24
Gemelli Romain
U16
SUI
1952
4
22
20
1993
25
FM
Olivetti Davide
ITA
2162
3.5
28
25
2058
26
Boschetti Claudio
S60
SUI
2007
3.5
27
25
2033
27
Arquint Andri
SUI
2018
3.5
27
24
2039
28
Mattenberger Matthias
U16
SUI
1985
3.5
26
23
2005
29
Hund Sarah
w
SUI
2076
3.5
25
24
2001
30
FM
Adzic Slobodan
S60
SUI
2086
3.5
25
23
1996
31
Scherler Julius
U16
SUI
1995
3.5
24
23
2063
32
AIM
Udipi Kala Kishan
U16
SUI
1982
3.5
23
21
2012
33
Deveci Sinan
SUI
1937
3.5
23
21
1855
34
Lipinsky Markus
GER
2027
3.5
22
20
1874
35
Vardi Shlomit
w
ISR
1724
3.5
20
18
1828
36
Mamalis Prokopios
U16
GRE
2119
3
29
26
2108
37
WGM
Hund Barbara
S60
w
SUI
2088
3
27
25
2069
38
Gut Raphael
U16
SUI
1834
3
25
23
1994
39
Ruffenach Alain
S60
FRA
1889
3
23
22
1877
40
Mattenberger Dominik
U16
SUI
1645
3
22
20
1938
41
Sanchez Hernandez Alvaro
ESP
1754
3
22
20
1747
42
Jud Marc
SUI
1806
3
22
20
1890
43
Schubert Mario
GER
1893
3
20
19
1820
44
Portmann Daniel
SUI
1952
3
17
15
1798
45
IM
Das Soham
IND
2332
2.5
26
23
2008
46
Butenandt Svenja
U16
w
GER
2062
2.5
25
23
1893
47
Wagner Victoria
w
GER
1806
2.5
25
22
1996
48
Sikorra Philipp
GER
1697
2.5
22
21
1783
49
Kassel Walter
AUT
1858
2.5
22
20
1829
50
Bossi Alessandro
S60
ITA
1893
2.5
22
20
1845
51
Panos Giannis
GRE
1473
2.5
19
18
1853
52
Wenske Hardy
S60
GER
1731
2
24
21
1940
53
Marzec Witold
S60
GER
1696
2
23
21
1848
54
Bauer Matthias
GER
1637
2
23
21
1839
55
Heron Andrew
U16
LIE
1667
2
20
18
1762
56
Sidler Raoul
SUI
1711
2
20
18
1767
57
Tuor Elena
S60
w
SUI
1356
2
17
16
1686
58
Poell Joerg
SUI
1568
1.5
22
20
1906
59
Lipinsky Pierre
U16
GER
1574
1.5
19
18
1788
60
Sauter Daniel
S60
SUI
1689
1.5
18
17
1610
61
Kienboeck Benjamin
U16
AUT
2137
1
23
21
2110
.
Final rankings – Davos Chess Rising Open 2022:
Rk.
Name
Typ
sex
FED
RtgI
Pts.
TB1
TB2
TB3
1
Depner Vadim
U16
GER
1407
6
28
26
1317
2
Mueller Ladina
w
SUI
0
5.5
31
28
1228
3
Brisebard Florentin
FRA
1389
5
29
26
1257
4
Depner Michael Dr.
GER
1522
4.5
30
27
1215
5
Raffaele Luca
U16
LIE
1226
4.5
29
27
1463
6
De Luze Nicolas
SUI
0
4.5
28
26
1318
7
Lipinsky Ferdinand
U16
GER
1049
4
27
24
1337
8
Hetzer Margarete
S60
w
GER
1043
4
21
19
1128
9
Gugler Giorgio
AUT
1468
3.5
29
27
1194
10
Longerich Hans-Peter
GER
1513
3
25
24
1181
11
Adamova Alla
U16
w
KGZ
0
3
24
23
1120
12
Kaufmann Tino
U16
LIE
0
3
22
20
1115
13
Adamova Umai
U16
w
KGZ
0
2.5
25
23
1025
14
Roesch Elke
w
GER
0
2.5
22
20
1207
15
Odermatt Christoph
S60
SUI
1471
2
24
22
1201
16
Lipinsky Basil
U16
GER
0
2
19
18
1077
17
Adamova Sezim
U16
w
KGZ
0
2
18
16
1102
18
Muratbek Uulu Azat
KGZ
0
1.5
19
18
1042
19
Sosa Nesper Marcos Ivan
SUI
1498
1
21
19
1017
.
