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 Open A section is a 9-round Swiss system tournament with 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.
More than 300 players will participate in the Open A section of this tournament, the top-seeded among them are GM Li Min Peng (2526), GM Christopher Noe (2516), GM Vitaly Sivuk (2466), GM Oleg Korneev (2440), IM Harsh Suresh (2436), IM Vadym Petrovskiy (2433), IM Gabriele Lumachi (2427), IM Mohamed Anees M (2416), FM Robert Stein (2414), IM Teimur Toktomushev (2412), FM Pascal Karsay (2406), Zarko Vuckovic (2405), FM Tobias Kolb (2401), FM Hussain Besou (2396), IM Mieszko Mis (2395), FM John Heinrich (2378), FM Oliver Stork (2373), FM Bayastan Sydykov (2366), FM Jasper Holtel (2358), GM Petr Velicka (2344). Scroll down for the full participants list.
Categories: Blitz / Open B
Staufer-Open 2026 – Open A Participants
No.
Name
FED
RtgI
RtgN
1
GM
Peng, Li Min
SUI
2526
2554
2
GM
Noe, Christopher
GER
2516
2516
3
GM
Sivuk, Vitaly
SWE
2466
2529
4
GM
Korneev, Oleg
ESP
2440
2442
5
IM
Harsh Suresh,
IND
2436
0
6
IM
Petrovskiy, Vadym
GER
2433
2485
7
IM
Lumachi, Gabriele
ITA
2427
0
8
IM
Mohamed Anees M,
IND
2416
0
9
FM
Stein, Robert
GER
2414
2413
10
IM
Toktomushev, Teimur
SUI
2412
0
11
FM
Karsay, Pascal
GER
2406
2438
12
Vuckovic, Zarko
GER
2405
2424
13
FM
Kolb, Tobias
GER
2401
2382
14
FM
Besou, Hussain
GER
2396
2386
15
IM
Mis, Mieszko
POL
2395
2366
16
FM
Heinrich, John
GER
2378
2366
17
FM
Stork, Oliver
GER
2373
2393
18
FM
Sydykov, Bayastan
KGZ
2366
2376
19
FM
Holtel, Jasper
GER
2358
2360
20
GM
Velicka, Petr
CZE
2344
2353
21
FM
Neukirchner, Pascal
GER
2340
2331
22
FM
Möller, Maurin
GER
2328
2299
23
IM
Zeller, Frank
GER
2324
2331
24
FM
Klaska, Philipp Leon
GER
2322
2319
25
FM
Biastoch, Bennet
GER
2320
2290
26
FM
Mester, Philipp
GER
2313
2246
27
GM
Skembris, Spyridon
GRE
2310
2308
28
FM
Hasanov, Zaur
GER
2309
2315
29
FM
Herbrig, Alexander
GER
2308
2322
30
FM
Frischmann, Rick
GER
2306
2333
31
FM
Boder, Jan
GER
2304
2291
32
FM
Chittka, Julius
GER
2295
2312
33
Engel, Bruno
GER
2290
2254
34
Stöttner, Moritz
GER
2290
2288
35
FM
Oberhofer, Cédric
GER
2287
2297
36
FM
Degenhard, Simon
GER
2286
2297
37
Nunez Grégoire, Daniel
GER
2286
2259
38
WGM
Schneider, Jana
GER
2285
2271
39
FM
Ronge, Tim
GER
2284
2288
40
FM
Chassard, Cedric
GER
2281
2308
41
FM
Weber, Samuel
GER
2281
2284
42
WGM
Hrebenshchykova, Yelyzaveta
UKR
2277
2288
43
FM
Browning, Alex
GER
2272
2292
44
FM
Unzicker, Ferdinand,Dr.
GER
2268
2269
45
CM
Lymar, Vladislav
UKR
2263
0
46
FM
Schuricht, Emil Frederick
GER
2262
2277
47
FM
Hahn, Markus
GER
2259
2268
48
Pallas, Sebastian
GER
2252
2252
49
Huber, Benedikt
GER
2251
2211
50
Yasmo, Daniil
GER
2249
2184
51
Duong, Quang Bach
GER
2244
2257
52
FM
Schmitz, Thorsten
GER
2239
2239
53
CM
Stöttner, Lukas
GER
2238
2230
54
Papadopoulos, Ioannis
GRE
2235
2245
55
Geltz, Noah
GER
2230
2234
56
FM
Wagner, Florian
GER
2226
2203
57
Albrecht, Neil
GER
2223
2218
58
Herter, Arne
GER
2221
2152
59
Seitz, Patrick
GER
2221
2175
60
FM
Redzisz, Michal
POL
2218
0
61
FM
Hansch, Karsten
GER
2217
2232
62
FM
Federer, Colin
SUI
2216
2176
63
Neuhoff, Laertes
GER
2210
2151
64
Nönnig, Jakob
GER
2208
2199
65
Friedrich, Ricardo
GER
2205
2218
66
Fiekers, Christian
GER
2202
2210
67
Fruth, David
GER
2201
2170
68
Reuter, Julian-Frank
GER
2200
2197
69
FM
Dorst, Johannes,Prof. Dr.
GER
2199
2198
70
Lübke, Florentin
GER
2198
2189
71
FM
Herrmann, Jakob
GER
2196
2173
72
FM
Schulz, Karsten
GER
2196
2208
73
WFM
Butenandt, Svenja
GER
2189
2216
74
Steger, Lukas Daniel
GER
2188
2193
75
Heigermoser, Robert
GER
2187
2202
76
Klein, Joachim
GER
2186
2178
77
Haubold, Sebastian
GER
2184
2195
78
IM
Kersten, Uwe
GER
2181
2209
79
Poysti, Nathanael
GER
2179
2209
80
WFM
Khrapko, Marharyta
GER
2177
2149
81
Chen, Muxi
CHN
2177
0
82
Herrmann, Arthur
GER
2172
2190
83
FM
Ciolek, Andreas
GER
2169
2264
84
Eull, Emil
GER
2163
2135
85
Tscharotschkin, Michael
GER
2161
2129
86
IM
Jurek, Josef
CZE
2160
2171
87
Plötz, Werner,Dr.
GER
2150
2148
88
Karle, Sam
GER
2150
2168
89
Wolf, Ulrich Martin
GER
2149
2154
90
Vranckx, Oscar
GER
2147
2128
91
Zhang, Yibo
GER
2144
2092
92
FM
Heimrath, Reiner
GER
2142
2164
93
Derr, Oleg
GER
2142
2127
94
Aumüller, Naum
GER
2142
2122
95
Klein, Levent
GER
2140
2121
96
Gustain, Marc
GER
2136
2155
97
FM
Namyslo, Holger
GER
2135
2127
98
WFM
Trunz, Michelle
GER
2130
2097
99
CM
Marynychenko, Yehor
UKR
2128
2098
100
Langner, Robin
GER
2127
2131
101
Schwab, Matthias
GER
2124
2120
102
FM
Aepfler, Christian
GER
2121
2111
103
Steigleder, Maximilian
GER
2121
2065
104
Forster, Lukas
GER
2120
2138
105
Biedenkopf, Philipp
GER
2119
2134
106
WIM
Czäczine, Anne
GER
2115
2124
107
Krauss, Josef
GER
2115
2052
108
CM
Pradeep, Harshill
GER
2111
2082
109
Smolny, Frieder
GER
2109
2105
110
Steinhauer, Artur
GER
2107
2129
111
Stock, Jörg
GER
2105
2090
112
Ratushnyi, Viktor
UKR
2103
2135
113
CM
Jansen, Dirk Norbert
GER
2102
2096
114
Kutzner, Stephen
GER
2102
2091
115
Thomas, Ingo
GER
2099
2114
116
FM
Henrich, Thomas
GER
2097
2112
117
Novak, Volker
GER
2097
2019
118
Wecker, Martin
GER
2097
2061
119
Wenzel, Calvin
GER
2095
2126
120
Kasüschke, Lars
GER
2093
2145
121
Gärtner, Michael
GER
2087
2077
122
Farkash, Denys
UKR
2087
0
123
Baur, Frank
GER
2084
2106
124
Humbert, Arthur
GER
2083
2101
125
Wurmbauer, Nils
GER
2082
2113
126
Schuffenhauer, Robert
GER
2081
2094
127
Arnhold, Steffi
GER
2077
2079
128
Hoffmann, Jens
GER
2072
2003
129
Reitz, Philipp
GER
2071
2077
130
Jankowiak, Piotr
POL
2071
0
131
Nguyen, Thanh An
GER
2071
2057
132
Burkart, Lloyd Shang
GER
2069
2064
133
Sreeramulu, Aarush
GER
2069
2070
134
Lehmann, Holger
GER
2067
2084
135
Vedant Kumar Saravana,
IND
2063
0
136
WFM
Voigt, Anastasia
GER
2061
2040
137
Rau, Nikita
GER
2056
2103
138
Rosenboom, Niko
GER
2053
2077
139
Mandalka, Justus
GER
2053
2016
140
Parsch, Christian
GER
2052
2075
141
CM
Hönick, Andreas
GER
2051
2048
142
Nitsche, Nikolai
GER
2051
2065
143
Budzyn, Matthias
GER
2050
2051
144
Hart, Martin
NED
2049
2027
145
Cilo, Selimhan
GER
2049
2083
146
Giss, Helene,Dr.
GER
2049
1999
147
Koppe, Connor
GER
2048
2091
148
Wachsmann, Dietmar
GER
2047
2103
149
Dörr, Tarik
GER
2047
2083
150
Schreidl, Michael
GER
2047
2021
151
Bratu, Mircea
GER
2046
2168
152
Ranganathan, Aadith
GER
2038
1933
153
Lehmann, Mona
GER
2038
1904
154
Bischoff, Ulrich
GER
2037
1992
155
Biegler, Markus
GER
2036
1966
156
Heinrich, Alexander,Dr.
GER
2036
1951
157
Swoboda, Philipp
GER
2035
2125
158
Lishoy Gengis Paratazham, Dildara
ENG
2032
0
159
Sulzbacher, Kurt
GER
2030
1988
160
Shevchenko, Igor
GER
2029
2021
161
Lang, Thomas
GER
2026
2100
162
Engesser, Jonas
GER
2025
2023
163
Müller, Philipp
GER
2024
2037
164
Merk, Tobias,Dr.
GER
2023
2009
165
Kaufmann, Thorsten
GER
2023
2048
166
Weiss, Andreas
GER
2022
2037
167
WFM
Kostak, Tetyana
GER
2021
2029
168
WCM
Acarbay, Algi
TUR
2020
2033
169
Notz, Lukas
GER
2017
1981
170
Teucher, Saskia
GER
2016
1978
171
Tresch, Lukas
GER
2015
2051
172
Alpaslan, Utku
TUR
2015
0
173
König, Dirk
GER
2013
1966
174
Harringer, Manfred
GER
2013
1967
175
Arns, Alexander
GER
2013
1998
176
Weber, Nikita
GER
2010
2060
177
Leser, Katrin
GER
2010
2017
178
Pflug, Anton
GER
2009
1966
179
Gavrin, Tim
GER
2007
2022
180
Reindl, Arno
GER
2007
2125
181
Lemli, Thomas
GER
2007
1969
182
Müller, Mark
GER
2004
1988
183
Kaufmann, Kurt
GER
2003
2008
184
Li, Yunqi
GER
2000
2030
185
Röttig, Hans-Peter
GER
1998
2010
186
Cummings, Nicolai
GER
1996
1997
187
Platz, Daniel
GER
1992
1985
188
Neugirg, Mika
GER
1991
1970
189
Gheng, Dominik
GER
1991
2088
190
Browning, Rebecca
GER
1988
1912
191
Kurze, Christoph
GER
1988
1966
192
Kalia, Anant
GER
1987
1957
193
Gradwohl, Manfred
GER
1986
2015
194
Koppen, Harald
GER
1986
1997
195
Stanescu, Christian
GER
1983
1951
196
Klotz, Simon
GER
1981
1952
197
Merk, Daniel
GER
1979
2016
198
Sieber, Heiko
GER
1975
1960
199
Bachhuber, Dominik
GER
1974
1976
200
Goldinov, Daniel
GER
1974
2009
201
Gheng, Simona
GER
1973
2001
202
Trunz, Tamila
GER
1972
1998
203
Korenchenko, Semen
UKR
1971
2010
204
Fischer, Lorenz
GER
1970
1976
205
Werner, Florin
GER
1969
2006
206
Schmidt, Fabian
GER
1966
1910
207
Schlotterbeck, Peter
GER
1965
1936
208
Schönwälder, Bernd
GER
1965
1944
209
Westenthanner, Paul
GER
1962
1989
210
Seehaus, Bernhard,Dr.
GER
1962
1931
211
CM
Schellmann, Frank
GER
1960
1948
212
Trenz, Finn
GER
1960
1962
213
Wolf, Rainer
GER
1959
1934
214
Sadbhav Rautela,
IND
1959
0
215
Wettengel, Alexander
GER
1957
1915
216
Aryan Goyal,
IND
1951
0
217
Vuckovic, Robert
GER
1951
1995
218
Pinelli, Gian
SUI
1949
0
219
Rödel, Jannis
GER
1949
1814
220
Fischermann, Simon
GER
1948
1940
221
Khalil, Shaiar
SYR
1947
1916
222
Schratzenstaller, Andreas
GER
1947
1895
223
Leser, Stefan
GER
1946
1942
224
Savic, Robert,Dr.
GER
1945
1906
225
Günther, Christian,Dr.
GER
1945
1922
226
Weidert, Florian
BEL
1944
1923
227
Schramm, Luca
GER
1944
1949
228
Hahnewald, Uwe
GER
1942
1875
229
Shanawaz Thabrez, Shahzaib
GER
1940
1906
230
Fang, Borui
GER
1940
1944
231
Dobierzin, Olaf
GER
1939
1878
232
Denk, Jürgen
GER
1939
1894
233
Cho, Hyunyou
KOR
1939
0
234
Papadopoulou, Soultana
GER
1936
1821
235
Wezel, Sebastian
GER
1934
1896
236
Becker, Arne
GER
1933
1874
237
Heller, Benedikt
GER
1931
1947
238
Junge, Mattheo Gabriel
GER
1931
1877
239
Savchuk, Alexander
GER
1931
1960
240
Stierle, Martin
GER
1924
1814
241
Deiringer, Julius
GER
1923
1855
242
Schelle, Michael
GER
1922
1903
243
Berner, Jürgen
GER
1920
1844
244
Werner, Rosalie
GER
1920
1879
245
Melzer, Marcel
GER
1918
1916
246
Klein, Deniz
GER
1917
1880
247
Huang, Luca Hanson
GER
1915
1885
248
Brugger, Jonathan
GER
0
1915
249
Mück, Heinz-Peter
GER
1910
1856
250
Reitz, Theresa
GER
1908
1854
251
Cassel, Silas
GER
1903
1827
252
Häußler, Stefan
GER
1902
1814
253
Sasikumar Anitha, Sarvesh
GER
1902
1910
254
Draude, Theo
GER
1900
1905
255
Feick, Claas Marten
GER
1898
1900
256
Beuter, Christof
GER
1897
1789
257
Mazatis, Benjamin
GER
1896
1923
258
Voss, Georg
GER
1895
1891
259
Richter, Johanna
GER
1888
1870
260
Schumacher, Markus
GER
1888
1885
261
Kaufmann, Ben
GER
1886
1900
262
Britsch, Benjamin
GER
1885
1835
263
Peri, Jean-Christophe
GER
1883
1903
264
Alloussi, Arian
GER
1881
1866
265
Jansen, Malte
GER
1881
1858
266
Chen, Yueyi
GER
1880
1807
267
Linder, Oliver
GER
1879
1748
268
Berberich, Christoph
SUI
1877
1844
269
Ammon, Marco
GER
1876
1934
270
Giebel, Christine
GER
1873
1804
271
Zargaran, Sepas
GER
1871
1820
272
Hummel, Klaus
GER
1871
1923
273
Kempinger, Simon
GER
1870
1821
274
Hieber, Max
GER
1870
1851
275
Vennemann, Jürgen
GER
1869
1809
276
Graf, Anton,Dr.
GER
1867
1799
277
Andrei, Quentin
GER
1865
1855
278
Bahr, Jan-Hendrik
GER
1862
1839
279
Metzdorf, Jonas
GER
1862
1888
280
Heilig, Tim Markus
GER
1861
1825
281
Berger, Hauke
GER
1861
1881
282
Petrik, Matus
BEL
1860
0
283
Bodling, Florian
GER
1858
1848
284
Wagner, Cosima Thien-An
GER
1856
1844
285
Lücke, Julius
GER
1855
1828
286
Moessmer, Patrick
GER
1855
0
287
Hasenpflug, Till
GER
1852
1851
288
Gundel, Julian
GER
1852
1815
289
Guilbert, Noé
FRA
1851
1801
290
Böckler, Martin
GER
1845
1928
291
Cromm, Mika
GER
1844
1805
292
Juric, Dario
GER
1842
1802
293
Bergmann, Lennart
GER
1842
1875
294
Ganguly, Archisman
GER
1840
1792
295
Czäczine, Paula
GER
1839
1870
296
Gao, Chenzhuo
GER
1839
1857
297
Koch, Mika Jonas
GER
1837
1864
298
Schedel, Loris
GER
1836
1741
299
Kemper, Yannick
GER
1835
1791
300
Stehning, Toni
GER
1835
1863
301
Launert, Martin,Dr.
GER
1835
1802
302
Halas, Neele Zoe
GER
1833
1768
303
Naumann, Lennart
GER
1829
1834
304
Meyer-Jany, Marcel
GER
1829
1773
305
Martinez Alanis, Ian Pablo
MEX
1827
0
306
Feshchenko, Diana
UKR
1824
1939
307
Li, Joshua
GER
1817
1866
308
Mayer, Dietmar
GER
1815
1683
309
Dobler, Steffen
GER
1815
1818
310
Fabry, Laurin
GER
1811
1755
311
Kavanova, Anezka
CZE
1808
0
312
WCM
Chen, Yuefan
GER
1804
1778
313
WCM
Jordan, Christina
SUI
1798
1839
314
Bauer, Dieter
GER
1774
1689
315
Zimmermann, Ruben
GER
1746
1747