Arun Kataria prevails at 30th Augsburg Peace Festival Rating Open 2025

FM Arun Kataria scored an unbeaten 6/7 to win 30th Augsburg Peace Festival Rating Open 2025. He finished a half point ahead of the rest. FM Anton Bilchinski (GER), Markus Böhme (GER) and Thomas Lang (GER) scored 5.5/7 each. They secured second, third and fourth place respectively. The top three prizes were €650, €450 and €350 each. The four-day seven round Rating Open A tournament was organized by Frank Eckhardt at Bürgersaal Stadtbergen in Augsburg, Germany from 7th to 10th August 2025. This is Arun's fifth overall, fourth rating tournament triumph of the year. Photo: Schachklub Kriegshaber