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Rathanvel wins 1st Sparkassen Open Lautertal 2024, Soham Das third

by Shahid Ahmed - 07/11/2024

IM Rathanvel V S, GM Hagen Poetsch (GER) and IM Soham Das scored an unbeaten 5.5/7 each at 1st Sparkassen Open Lautertal 2024. Rathanvel won the tournament on tie-breaks, Hagen and Soham were placed second and third respectively. Rathanvel drew against both of them. The total prize fund of the tournament combining two groups was €5400. The top three prizes in Group A (>1600) were €1000, €700 and €500 each. The four-day seven round Rating tournament was organized by Schachverein Reichenbach and ChessxDream at Heidenberghalle in Lautertal-Gadernheim, Germany from 17th to 20th October 2024. This is Rathanvel's first rating tournament triumph of the year. Photo: Official site

Top three score an unbeaten 5.5/7

GM Hagen Poetsch (GER) and IM Rathanvel V S were the coleaders 5/6, heading into the final round. Hagen drew with Antal Mimkes (GER) and Rathanvel also shared the point against Bernd Goeke. Deniz Klein (GER) lost to IM Soham Das. Rathanvel became champion, Hagen second and Soham third. The tournament witnessed a total participation of 63 players - 41 in Group A (>1600) and 22 in Group B (<1700).

Champion - IM Rathanvel V S 5.5/7 | Photo: Official site

Runner-up - GM Hagen Poetsch (GER) 5.5/7 | Photo: Official site

Second Runner-up - IM Soham Das 5.5/7 | Photo: Official site

Top 3 (L to R): 2nd GM Hagen Poetsch (GER) 5.5/7, 1st IM Rathanvel V S 5.5/7 and 3rd IM Soham Das 5.5/7 | Photo: Official site

IM Rathanvel V S scored an unbeaten 5.5/7 and won the tournament on tie-breaks

Inaugural first move | Photo: Official site

Sparkasse employee Andrea Jäger made the opening move on the board of GM Hagen Poetsch (GER). In the background, Mayor Andreas Heun and Ingo Czaplinski (Sparkasse).

Beautiful glass trophies for the prize winners | Photo: Official site

Scoresheet, pen and peppermint hearts | Photo: Official site

Welcome standee at 1st Sparkassen Open in Lautertal, Germany | Photo: Official site

Tournament Director - Torsten Warnk | Photo: Official site

The tournament hall at St. Xavier’s Welfare Center in Chaibasa, Jharkhand | Photo: Official site

A total of 41 players including a GM and two IMs took part from all over Germany, India and Ukraine in Group A (>1600) in this four-day nine round Rating Open tournament. It was organized by Schachverein Reichenbach and ChessxDream at Heidenberghalle in Lautertal-Gadernheim from 17th to 20th October 2024. The time control of the event was 40 moves in 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment per move.

Final standings in Group A

Rk.SNoNameFEDRtgClub/CityPts. TB1  TB2 
12IMVijaya Sivakumar, RathanvelIND24825,53426,25
21GMPoetsch, HagenGER2490SC Heusenstamm5,53325,00
33IMDas, SohamIND2315SK Tarrasch 1945 München5,530,523,00
411Mimkes, AntalGER1966KSV Rochade Göttingen (Veltheim)529,519,25
54Kupriyanov, DanielUKR2119525,517,75
66Nies, PeterGER2082SK 1980 Gernsheim4,529,516,75
79Heß, SteffenGER2017SC Groß-Zimmern4,52814,75
813Tietzen, StefanGER1926SK 1980 Gernsheim4,52715,00
912Goeke, BerndGER1947Sges Bensheim 19314,525,513,00
1023Hofmann, JonasGER1844SK 1945 Fürth4,524,513,25

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