Rathanvel wins 1st Sparkassen Open Lautertal 2024, Soham Das third
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).
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).
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. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | IM | Vijaya Sivakumar, Rathanvel | IND | 2482 | 5,5 | 34 | 26,25 | |
| 2 | 1 | GM | Poetsch, Hagen | GER | 2490 | SC Heusenstamm | 5,5 | 33 | 25,00 |
| 3 | 3 | IM | Das, Soham | IND | 2315 | SK Tarrasch 1945 München | 5,5 | 30,5 | 23,00 |
| 4 | 11 | Mimkes, Antal | GER | 1966 | KSV Rochade Göttingen (Veltheim) | 5 | 29,5 | 19,25 | |
| 5 | 4 | Kupriyanov, Daniel | UKR | 2119 | 5 | 25,5 | 17,75 | ||
| 6 | 6 | Nies, Peter | GER | 2082 | SK 1980 Gernsheim | 4,5 | 29,5 | 16,75 | |
| 7 | 9 | Heß, Steffen | GER | 2017 | SC Groß-Zimmern | 4,5 | 28 | 14,75 | |
| 8 | 13 | Tietzen, Stefan | GER | 1926 | SK 1980 Gernsheim | 4,5 | 27 | 15,00 | |
| 9 | 12 | Goeke, Bernd | GER | 1947 | Sges Bensheim 1931 | 4,5 | 25,5 | 13,00 | |
| 10 | 23 | Hofmann, Jonas | GER | 1844 | SK 1945 Fürth | 4,5 | 24,5 | 13,25 |
