Luis Engel and Hanna Marie Klek came as winners of the German Masters 2021.
The chess forum in Magdeburg brought together hundreds of local players competing in various tournaments from July 23 to July 31: German Championships, German Women’s championships, German Senior championships (+ 50 / + 65), German Blitz Championships, German Women’s Blitz Championships, German Senior Blitz Championships (+ 50 / + 65), German Senior Rapid Championships, German Cup Championships and the most prestigious German Masters (open and women).
Photo: Official website
The ninth-rated resident of Hamburg, Luis Engel caused a minor sensation convincingly winning the 10-player round-robin German Masters with a round to spare. Rasmus Svane, Georg Meier and Andreas Heimann (the only unbeaten participant who, nevertheless, did not make it to the podium due to inferior tiebreaks) finished 1.5 points behind the winner and tied for second place.
Final standings
1 | GM | Engel Luis | 6½ |
2 | GM | Svane Rasmus | 5 |
3 | GM | Meier Georg | 5 |
4 | GM | Heimann Andreas | 5 |
5 | GM | Kollars Dmitrij | 4½ |
6 | GM | Fridman Daniel | 4½ |
7 | GM | Blübaum Matthias | 4½ |
8 | GM | Graf Alexander | 3½ |
9 | IM | Parvanyan Ashot | 3½ |
10 | GM | Braun Arik | 3 |
Photo: Arne Jachmann
In the Women’s Masters, Hanna Marie Klek (pictured above) was coming to the final round a full point lead over Carmen Voicu-Jagodzinsky and sealed the deal finishing 1.5 points ahead of her main competitor who settled for silver. Five players tied for second place with Melanie Lubbe taking bronze thanks for better tiebreaks.
Final standings:
1 | WGM | Klek Hanna Marie | 7 |
2 | WGM | Voicu-Jagodzinsky Carmen | 5½ |
3 | WGM | Lubbe Melanie | 5 |
4 | WIM | Mütsch Annmarie | 5 |
5 | WFM | Ziegenfuß Antonia | 5 |
6 | WIM | Sieber Fiona | 5 |
7 | IM | Kachiani-Gersinska Ketino | 4 |
8 | WGM | Michna Marta | 3½ |
9 | FM | Schneider Jana | 3 |
10 | FM | Schulze Lara | 2 |
Meanwhile, Jonas Rosner (pictured below) came out on top in the German championship and earned his spot in German Masters 2022.
Photo: Frank Hoppe
Check out the full results on the official website.