At the closing ceremony on October 29th, 43 winners of the A- and B-Opens won cash prizes. Following are the lists of rating cateories and overall winners.
The chess club Königsjäger Süd-West e.V. organizes the 1st Berlin U25 Open in 2023. The podcast “Schachgeflüster” by Michael Busse, which is well known in Germany, interviewed the chief arbiter Carsten Haase in this context.
You can find the complete interview about our tournament on Youtube, Spotify and other platforms:
Youtube:
Spotify:
Marcel Petersen (Chessgenie)
Katharina Reinecke (katharinareinecke)
IM Ruben Köllner and CM Aaron Köllner (Koellner_chessTV)
Additionally, there are 23 live boards broadcast on lichess.org, Chess.com and ChessBase.
Dear players,
the playing area is set up, let’s get started!
We would like to point out that the entrance is at the corner Dillgesstraße/Thaliaweg.
After a few withdrawals, we still have some remaining places in the A- and B-Open. We will give the places to the first interested persons at the registration.
See you in Berlin!
The player guide includes almost anything you need to know before the tournament that is not covered in the announcement. You will also find all the information to our afterparty in the guide!
We have already received (over) 230 registrations for the A and B Opens. Unfortunately, we only have a total of 230 available slots for the A and B Opens.
Some registrations are still pending as payments have not yet been made or are still in transit. This still provides an opportunity for new registrations to participate in the 1st Berlin U25 Open. However, for new registrations, we ask that you do not make any payments at this time.If spots become available, participants on the waiting list can pay on the first day of the tournament without any additional charges.
Currently, we are waiting for approximately 20 outstanding payments. If you want to secure a spot, please register as soon as possible.
People on the waiting list will be notified when a spot becomes available so you can plan your participation.
See you in Berlin!
Dear participants of the Berlin U25 Open,
We are nearing our capacity limit, which is why the registration fees can be refunded until 10/10 at 00:00 CEST. If you are not planning to participate, you should request a refund of your registration fees now.
According to the announcement of the 1st Berlin U25 Open the Elo and DWZ lists of October 1, 2023 are valid for the divisions of the tournaments (A, B or C). The participant lists have now been updated to these lists. The final classification into the tournaments has thus been made.
In addition, the three wildcards for the A-Open, which the organizer can award according to the announcement, have been assigned. They go to Katharina Reinecke, Daniel Rose and Philipp Sanders. Welcome to the A-Open.
See you in October in Berlin!
Exciting News for Aspiring Norm Achievers: Foreigner Requirement Lifted!
We’re thrilled to announce that the foreigner requirement is no longer in effect for our tournament. With 10 international players holding the title of WIM or higher and a minimum of 20 rated international players participating, we now qualify under FIDE Handbook B §1.4.3 (d):
“1.4.3 (d) [From the foreigner rule exempt are] Swiss System tournaments in which participants include in every round at least 20 FIDE rated players, not from the host federation, from at least 3 different federations, at least 10 of whom hold GM, IM, WGM, or WIM titles. […]”
We now have 173 registrations for the 230 places in the A and B Open. That is (over) 75% of the available places.
There are already over 40 title holders registered (4 GM, 15 IM, 1 WIM, 18 FM, 1 WFM, 5 CM, 1 WCM) as well as players from 21 different nations so far. They make the tournament without question one of the most prestigious U25 tournaments ever. Far beyond the borders of Berlin, even Germany.
Important: In connection with the registrations it should be noted that starting places in the tournament are only guaranteed if an online registration and a transfer of the entry fee have been made. This is the case for all those published in the list of participants. They have a starting place secured.
If the number of registrations exceeds our capacity limit of 230 players in the A- and B-Open, we will allocate the starting places in the order in which the starting fee is received.
See you in October in Berlin!
