Arun Kataria prevails at 30th Augsburg Peace Festival Rating Open 2025
FM Arun Kataria scored an unbeaten 6/7 to win 30th Augsburg Peace Festival Rating Open 2025. He finished a half point ahead of the rest. FM Anton Bilchinski (GER), Markus Böhme (GER) and Thomas Lang (GER) scored 5.5/7 each. They secured second, third and fourth place respectively. The top three prizes were €650, €450 and €350 each. The four-day seven round Rating Open A tournament was organized by Frank Eckhardt at Bürgersaal Stadtbergen in Augsburg, Germany from 7th to 10th August 2025. This is Arun's fifth overall, fourth rating tournament triumph of the year. Photo: Schachklub Kriegshaber
Arun's fourth rating tournament triumph of the year
Four players - FM Arun Kataria, GM Hagen Poetsch (GER), Thomas Lang (GER) and Anton Bilchinski (GER) were the coleaders 5/6 each, heading into the last round. Arun defeated Hagen to become a clear champion. Thomas drew against Anton and the latter secured second place. Markus Bohme (GER) won against Vincent Blodig (GER) to finish third. A week after this event, Arun won a Blitz Open event in Udaipur, Rajasthan.
Arun - Hagen, Round 7
GM Hagen Poetsch (GER, 2479) made the incorrect decision of moving his king to f6 29...Kf6?? FM Arun Kataria (2308) correctly spotted 30.Rc7 +- Black cannot save the bishop. 30...Rf3 31.Rxc6+ Ke5 32.Rxa6 and White went on to win the game comfortably.
A total of 103 players including a GM took part from eight countries across the world. The four-day seven round Rating Open A tournament was organized by Frank Eckhardt at Bürgersaal Stadtbergen in Augsburg, Germany from 7th to 10th August 2025. The time control of the event was 40 moves in 90 minutes + 30 minutes + 30 seconds increment per move.
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Final standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | FM | Arun Kataria, | IND | 2308 | 6 | 33 | 28,00 | |
| 2 | 11 | FM | Bilchinski, Anton | GER | 2162 | SC Eppingen | 5,5 | 32 | 24,00 |
| 3 | 6 | Böhme, Markus | GER | 2212 | SC Uttenreuth e.V. | 5,5 | 30,5 | 22,25 | |
| 4 | 30 | Lang, Thomas | GER | 2003 | SG Schwäbisch Gmünd 1872 e.V | 5,5 | 27,5 | 20,25 | |
| 5 | 1 | GM | Poetsch, Hagen | GER | 2479 | SC Heusenstamm | 5 | 32 | 21,75 |
| 6 | 42 | Filin, Denys | UKR | 1960 | SK Kriegshaber | 5 | 29,5 | 20,00 | |
| 7 | 14 | Förch, Benedikt | GER | 2114 | SK Neuburg | 5 | 29 | 19,25 | |
| 8 | 12 | Romfeld, Michael | GER | 2162 | SAbt TSV Haunstetten | 5 | 27,5 | 18,25 | |
| 9 | 69 | Timm, Jasper | GER | 1886 | SK Gräfelfing | 5 | 27 | 17,50 | |
| 10 | 7 | FM | Höpfl, Thomas,Dr. | GER | 2194 | SV Saalespringer Halle | 5 | 26 | 17,50 |
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