Di Li wins ChessOrg Schachfestival 2024 Bad Wörishofen, Bharath, Harshavardhan and Akash second

by Shahid Ahmed - 19/03/2024

GM Di Li (CHN) scored an unbeaten 7.5/9 to win 39th ChessOrg Festival Bad Woerishofen Open A 2024. He finished a half point ahead of the field. GM Bharath Subramaniyam H, IM Harshavardhan G B and GM Akash G scored 7/9 each. They shared second place. The top three prizes were €2000, €1400 and €900 along with a trophy each respectively. Both Bharath and Harshavardhan drew against the eventual champion. Eleven players including six Indians scored 6/9. IM Ilamparthi A R and IM Muthaiah Al are the remaining two Indians to make a top ten finish. The festival witnessed the combined total participation of 339 players across Open A, B and Senior category. Photos: Official site

Five Indians in top ten

Top 3 Open A (L to R): 2nd IM Harshavardhan GB and GM Bharath Subramaniyam H 7/9, 1st Di Li (CHN) 7.5/9

Three Champions (L to R): Open B - Ziad Kanana (SUI) 7.5/9, Open A - GM Di Li (CHN) 7.5/9 and Senior - IM Dieter Pirrot (GER) 7/9

Players in action

A total of 106 players including 9 GMs and 7 IMs took part from 15 countries across the world in Open A. The nine-day nine round Rating Open tournament was organized by IO Juergen Wempe at Kurhaus in Bad Wörishofen, Germany from 8th to 16th March 2024. The time control of the event was 40 moves in 90 minutes + 30 minutes for rest + 30 seconds increment.

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Final standings in Open A

Rk.	SNo		Name	sex	Gr	FED	RtgI	RtgN	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	Rp	K	rtg+/-
1	1	GM	Li Di			CHN	2567	0		7,5	54,5	2517	10	8,7
2	3	GM	Bharath Subramaniyam H			IND	2530	0		7	51,5	2568	10	6,8
3	14	IM	GB Harshavardhan			IND	2392	0		7	50,5	2553	10	20,7
4	13	GM	Akash G			IND	2411	0		7	50	2518	10	15,1
5	6	IM	Zhao Yuanhe			CHN	2461	0		6,5	53	2451	10	1,4
6	4	GM	Leniart Arkadiusz			POL	2503	2506		6,5	50	2437	10	-4
7	12	GM	Milov Leonid			GER	2415	2403	SC Noris-Tarrasch Nuernberg 1873 e.	6,5	46,5	2427	10	3,8
8	9	IM	A R Ilamparthi			IND	2426	0	Chess Thulir	6	53,5	2456	10	5,8
9	2	GM	Kunin Vitaly			GER	2521	2563	Freibauer Moerlenbach	6	52,5	2450	10	-4,2
	7	IM	Muthaiah AL			IND	2454	0		6	52,5	2426	10	-0,8

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