36 Staufer-Open 2026 – Open B LIVE

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 B 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 250 players will participate in the Open A section of this tournament, the top-seeded among them are Nicolas Messerschmidt (1903), Vasileios Telioridis (1963), Fabian Alexander Czappa (1914), Franz Ernst (1942), Otto Metz (1877), Roland Macho (1985), Stefan Roth (1962), Markus Mock (1937), Lothar Trumpp (1952), Joachim Rein (1911), Tom Werner (1881), Sven Helms (1892), Rainer Krauß (1943), Sven Minich (1828), Christian Gheng (1941), Wolfgang Jekel (1880), Hermann Schlötterer (1852), Guntram Althoff (1943), Maximilian Franke (1822), Alwin Mohr (1823). Scroll down for the full participants list.

Categories: Blitz / Open A

36 Staufer-Open 2026 – Open B Participants