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The 32nd Boeblingen International Chess Open took place from December 26-30, 2015, at Hotel Mercure in the city of Boeblingen, Germany.

The event was a 9-round Swiss event and 158 players competed for the first prize of 1,000 EUR.

The first place was shared in a five-way tie by GM Alexander Zubarev from Ukraine, his country-mate GM Olexandr Bortnyk, GM Jure Skoberne from Slovenia, FM Maximilian Neef from Germany and Chinese 17-year-old prodigy WGM Tingjie Lei, after the whole group finished the event with 7/9 points.

However, Zubarev clinched the title on superior tie-break score, Bortnyk took the silver, while Soberne got third.

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Final standings:

1. Zubarev, Alexander GM 2548 M SC Siegburg UKR 5 4 0 7.0
2. Bortnyk, Olexandr GM 2552 M UKR 5 4 0 7.0
3. Skoberne, Jure GM 2547 M SLO 6 2 1 7.0
4. Neef, Maximilian FM 2403 M USV TU Dresden GER 5 4 0 7.0
5. Lei, Tingjie WGM 2444 W CHN 5 4 0 7.0
6. Menezes, Christoph FM 2346 M AUT 4 5 0 6.5
7. Xu, Xiangyu 2390 M CHN 5 3 1 6.5
8. Pezerovic, Edin IM 2414 M Münchener SC GER 4 5 0 6.5
9. Stupak, Kirill GM 2542 M BLR 5 3 1 6.5
10. Feller, Sebastien GM 2623 M SG Speyer-Schwegenheim FRA 5 3 1 6.5
11. Yankelevich, Lev 2404 M SC Eppingen GER 5 3 1 6.5
12. Pogorelow, Jewgeni 2197 M GER 6 1 2 6.5
13. Möhn, Hans FM 2383 M USV TU Dresden GER 4 4 1 6.0
14. Schiendorfer, Emanuel FM 2339 M SUI 4 4 1 6.0
15. Dann, Matthias IM 2477 M TSV Schott Mainz GER 4 4 1 6.0
16. Klein, Felix FM 2344 M Aachener SV GER 5 2 2 6.0
17. Holm, Kristian Stuvik IM 2417 M Vålerenga NOR 4 4 1 6.0
18. Hirneise, Tobias IM 2452 M SF Deizisau GER 4 4 1 6.0
19. Höfelsauer, Thomas FM 2300 M SC Garching GER 5 2 2 6.0
20. Perske, Thore FM 2388 M SF Heidesheim GER 4 4 1 6.0

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