Wichern Open (1999)

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🏆 Wichern Open (1999)

PARTICIPANTS (sorted by highest achieved rating; click on name to see player's games)
Igors Rausis, Christian Bauer, Vladimir Baklan, Eduardas Rozentalis, Robert Kempinski, Alexander Shabalov, Ildar Ibragimov, Nick de Firmian, Alexander Rustemov, Tamaz Gelashvili, David Baramidze, Lubomir Ftacnik, Ian Rogers, Igor Novikov, Giorgi Giorgadze, Vereslav Eingorn, Yuri Yakovich, Kaido Kulaots, Konstantin Lerner, Zurab Sturua, Normunds Miezis, Vladimir Georgiev, Vasily Yemelin, Zong-Yuan Zhao, Frank Holzke, Mikhail M Ivanov, Mikhail Golubev, Felix Levin, Alexei Lugovoi, Valeriane Gaprindashvili, Roman Slobodjan, Alexander Volzhin, Tomas Oral, Carlos S Matamoros Franco, Jacob Aagaard, Lev Gutman, Mihail Saltaev, Vlastimil Jansa, Dimitri Tyomkin, Michael Richter, Pavel Simacek, Carsten Hoi, Handszar Odeev, Janis Klovans, Michael Kopylov, Sapar Batyrov, Oliver Reeh, Peter Froehlich, Bengt Lindberg, Dirk Hennig, Ole Jakobsen, Steve Berger, Hannes Langrock, Petr Jirovsky, Jan Suran, Markus Hochgraefe, Kerim Aliev, Ludwig Deglmann, Klaus Gawehns, Bjarte Leer-Salvesen, Panagiotis Cladouras, Christian Joecks, Agnieszka Brustman, Peter Dankert, Martin Voigt, Hauke Reddmann, Ruediger Breyther, Wolfgang Pajeken, Nino Gurieli, Aleksandar Trisic, Juergen Stanke, Hans Hermesmann, Derek Gaede, Oliver Zierke, Karsten Larsen, Markus Lindinger, Juergen Brustkern, Harald Borchgrevink, Maksymilian Leskiewicz, Uwe Bokelbrink, Ludwig Zesch, Steen Skovlund Larsen, Sjur Ferkingstad, Ralf Dunsbach, Ivo Vukovic, Lars Even Andersen, Joerg Pachow, Olga Dolzhikova, Sergej Salov, Christoph Nogly, Andreas Hein, Flemming Christenson, Patrick van Hoolandt, Jerzy Struk, Thomas Weischede, Dimitry Suchin, Murugan Thiruchelvam, Bernd Wronn, Manuel Weeks, Guido Schleicher, Michael Wiertzema, Hans Olav Lahlum, Christian Zacharias, Frank Dischinger, Kai Junge, Ferdinand Voelzke, Thomas Kahlert, Michael Ehrke, Daniel Hersvik, Hartmut Porth, Sven Wobbe, Joerg Lampe, Maxim Schargorodskij, Petra Ornstein, Juergen Jordan, Fernando de Andres Gonalons, Wolfgang Labahn, Rolf Luckow, Nicolas Axel Mellem, David Thalwitzer, Erich Maahs, Sabine Schlander, Carsten Kluth, Michael Ponater, Michael Jendrian, David Geffrey Meier, Sergej Michailow, Andreas Otto, Christian Melde, Wolfgang Schulz, Juergen Roettgen, Siegmund Kolthoff, Peter Fjodorow, Peter Marxen, Thomas Becker, Andrej Smirnov, Ralph Ottstadt, Guntram Althoff, Stephane Lohou, Jesper Kjaergaard-Jensen, Helge Hedden, Stefan Kock, Peter Groeppel, Christian Conrad, Martin Wecker, Dieter Hofene, Fritz Meyer, Dirk Grote, Lars Buck, Steve Schiffer, Goetz Richter, Stefan Tietzen, Torsten Szobries, Joern Luckow, Arend Bruemmel, Oliver Thamm, Dirk Thomaschke, Henning Fraas, Kent Jagerflod, Holger Bartels, Victor Hansen, Eva Maria Zickelbein, Stephen Fairbairn, Carsten Dumjahn, Joerg Dinckel, Eggert Lindschau, Michael Willim, Gerard Montavon, Soren Haahr Dalsberg, Mathias Heinrich, Juerg Steinbrenner, Georg Herzenstein, Johnny Kjetsae, Dieter Labahn, Jens Fransson, Tarjei Joten Svensen, Oliver Link, Ralf Schoengart, Klaus Peterwitz, Hans-Peter Koepcke, Dirk Hasenbank, Thomas Schreiter, Michael Ewaldt, Irena Fliter, Gerhard Kraft, Bernd Kessler, Michael Topp, Felix Beyer, Morten Lilleoren, Peter Schausten, Hans Joachim Nelki, Veronica Klimenko, Hans-Juergen Schulz, Marine Zschischang, Andre Bloess, Ralf Wagner, Andre Bigalke, Ferdinand Kaye, Michael Luett, Stephan Schmidt, Thomas Stark, Claus Czeremin, Michael Raddatz, Ingmar Knopp, Frank Opitz, Christopher Kyeck, Anita Gronnestad, Winus Mueller, Robert Buchholz, Thomas Schuettler, Heinz-Werner Szudra, Stefan Lehmkuhl, Joachim Schulze, Marc Michael Homm, Michel Sterk, Markus Dimke, Andre Nixdorf, Wolfgang Baczinski, Andreas Albers, Anders Bekker-Jensen, Hauke Knop, Winfried Hanewinkel, Guenter Strenzke, Alice Meier, Christian Koss, Anne Bekker-Jensen, Benjamin Buchheister, Hans-Christian Schallueck, Niklas Andersson, Andreas Hansen, Stefan Haack, Ulrich Thiessen, Guenther Michalak, Boris Leissner, Harald Behling, Thomas Bretschneider, Ralph Ottenburg, Klaus Peter Schneider, Paul Juckschat, Michael Weithart, Jakob Kjaer, Thomas Labahn, Sven Mielke, Peter-Rene Mandelbaum, Christoph Bohn, Frank Bischoff, Michael Tell, Paul-Gerhard Urbanek, Friedrich Becker-Bertau, Werner Voss, Christian Joehnk, Juergen Ploetz, Reimund Wolke, Peter Bahr, Peter Dangelowski, Frank Hartung, Stig Hansen, Dennis Johannsen, Bettina Schmid, Armin Biallass, Timo Ahrens, Sreten Ristic, Marc Duhn, Thomas Richter, Norbert Schoenfisch, Jan Zierott, Barbara Wegan, Jan Henrik Ytteborg, Alexander Zacharias, Kai Polenske, Michael Koenig, Gerhard Werner, Martin Koehnke, Mikkel Schmidt Hjorth, Joerg Supplieth, Birte Zehner, Hiltrud Mink, Sigurd Struwecker, Klaus Schwarz, Thomas Kuelper, Manfred Mossekel, Henning Ogaard, Peter Harms, Ernst-August Rulfs, Manfred Oelrichs, Volker Gast, Herbert Becker, Alexander Marduhajev, Michael Arthur Schuler, Karim Malhas, Dorothea Schuler, Torben Hansen, Kaweh Emami Eghdam, Ulf-Simeon Bruening, Alexander Haucke, Hendrik Schueler, Siegfried Lange, Peyman Mohammadzadeh, Oliver Coser, Michael Kurth, Ingomar Mattheus

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Game		Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. A Otto vs P Groeppel		0-1	25	1999	Wichern Open	B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4
2. A Gronnestad vs S Tietzen		0-1	29	1999	Wichern Open	B22 Sicilian, Alapin
3. S Lohou vs K Schwarz		1-0	25	1999	Wichern Open	B22 Sicilian, Alapin
4. H Schallueck vs J Dinckel		½-½	20	1999	Wichern Open	B22 Sicilian, Alapin
5. K Emami Eghdam vs J Kjetsae		0-1	19	1999	Wichern Open	B40 Sicilian
6. J Struk vs P Schausten		½-½	27	1999	Wichern Open	B40 Sicilian
7. A Hein vs G Strenzke		1-0	54	1999	Wichern Open	E01 Catalan, Closed
8. M Topp vs J Roettgen		½-½	38	1999	Wichern Open	E02 Catalan, Open, 5.Qa4
9. P Dankert vs S Schmidt		1-0	33	1999	Wichern Open	E30 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad
10. D Hasenbank vs K Jagerflod		½-½	21	1999	Wichern Open	E12 Queen's Indian
11. M Sterk vs D Hofene		0-1	30	1999	Wichern Open	E80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation
12. P Fjodorow vs M Schargorodskij		0-1	39	1999	Wichern Open	B28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation
13. R Ottenburg vs S Berger		0-1	30	1999	Wichern Open	B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation
14. V Klimenko vs G Kraft		0-1	43	1999	Wichern Open	C53 Giuoco Piano
15. F Meyer vs J Supplieth		1-0	62	1999	Wichern Open	C53 Giuoco Piano
16. W Hanewinkel vs T Oral		0-1	20	1999	Wichern Open	D86 Grunfeld, Exchange
17. T Gelashvili vs F Opitz		1-0	47	1999	Wichern Open	C66 Ruy Lopez
18. S Michailow vs D Tyomkin		0-1	25	1999	Wichern Open	B57 Sicilian
19. K Kulaots vs B Kessler		1-0	31	1999	Wichern Open	C35 King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham
20. C Joehnk vs B Lindberg		0-1	40	1999	Wichern Open	A46 Queen's Pawn Game
21. C Dumjahn vs M Kopylov		0-1	46	1999	Wichern Open	B02 Alekhine's Defense
22. H Becker vs M Willim		0-1	20	1999	Wichern Open	C01 French, Exchange
23. F Beyer vs T Hansen		1-0	41	1999	Wichern Open	A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack
24. B Buchheister vs D G Meier		0-1	36	1999	Wichern Open	C18 French, Winawer
25. R Buchholz vs S Wobbe		1-0	61	1999	Wichern Open	A56 Benoni Defense


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Apr-08-23		FSR: Tragically, the palindromically-named Nicolas Axel Mellem and Andreas Otto did not meet in this event.

Apr-08-23		perfidious: <FSR>, that is an unfortunate omission, to put it mildly. On another front, why is the winner's surname always spelt 'Yemelin' in American English, same as 'Yekaterinburg', while 'Epishin' always drops the 'Y'?

Apr-08-23		FSR: <perfidious> One of life's mysteries. I see that Jacob Aagaard and Henning Ogaard also didn't play. What's wrong with this tournament director?

Apr-09-23		whiteshark: From the local press: <Chess Festival at the Wichern School <>> 16.10.1999 <We are one big community> is the guiding principle of the World Chess Federation FIDE. In Hamburg, it will be a family reunion again until next Friday. 385 chess players from 22 countries will take part in the <5th Wichern Open>. The venue of the tournament, which is endowed with about 20,000 Marks, is the multi-purpose hall of the Wichern School, Horner Weg 164. The games start at 2 p.m. every day. 30 grandmasters, headed by the Ukrainian <Igor Novikov>, are competing for the prize money of 4000 Marks. Among the favourites are also <Lubomir Ftacnik> and <Robert Kempinski>, two Bundesliga players of the Hamburger SK. The attraction of this year's event is the match between the Hungarian <Peter Leko> (20), number nine in the world rankings, and the greatest German talent <Dimitrij Bunzmann> (17) from Berlin, a native of Kazakhstan. The match starts this Saturday. https://www.abendblatt.de/archiv/19...

Apr-09-23		whiteshark: From the local press <2>: <30 Grandmasters are taking their turn at the Wichern-Open> published on 14.10.1999 Around 370 participants from 20 countries are expected at the 5th Hamburg Wichern Open. At the eight-day chess event starting on Friday, 30 grandmasters will be at the starting line. Among them are Igor Novikov (Ukraine), Giorgi Giorgadze, Zurab Sturua (both Georgia), Nick Defirmian (USA), Ion Rogers (Australia), Sapar Batyrow (Turkmenistan) and Vlastimil Jansa (Czech Republic), who won the 1st edition. The Wichern-Open (Wichern-Schule, Horner Weg 164) will offer a prize money of 20,000 Marks, the winner will receive 4000 Marks. As part of the event, a six-game duel between the ninth-ranked player in the world Peter Leko (Hungary) and the young German Dimitrij Bunzmann (Berlin) will be played from Saturday (2 p.m.). Leko is 20 years young, the Kazakh-born Bunzmann, who has lived in Germany for nine years, is even three years younger. The comparison will count towards the world ranking. The tournament starts on Friday at 10 a.m. and continues on Saturday and Sunday from 2 p.m. onwards. The chess event on the internet: http://www.wichern-open.de [only via https://web.archive.org/web/2023000... ] https://www.welt.de/print-welt/arti...

Apr-09-23		FSR: Thanks for the local color, <whiteshark>.

Apr-10-23		whiteshark: <FSR> :) <As part of the event, a six-game duel between the ninth-ranked player in the world Peter Leko (Hungary) and the young German Dimitrij Bunzmann (Berlin) will be played..> --> Leko-Bunzmann Match (1999)

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