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The 2015 Lichtenrader Herbst International Chess Tournament took place from October 24th to November 1st, in German capital Berlin.

The event was a 9-round Swiss open tournament with tempo of play 90’/40 moves + 30’ + 30” and prize fund in the amount of € 6,000.

17-year-old German talent IM Titas Stremavicius emerged a solo winner in competition of 197 players. He scored 7/9 points to grab the trophy and the first prize of € 1,000.

His more experience opponents GM Andrei Kovalev (Belarus), GM Jakob Meister (Germany) and GM Oleg Romanishin (Ukraine), tied for the second place with IM Marco Baldauf (Germany), GM Alexandre Danin (Russia), FM Daniel Malek (Germany) and FM Detlef Boetzer (Germany), at 7 points each.

http://www.sw-lichtenrade.de/LiraH/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13&Itemid=740

Final standings (top 15):

1. Stremavicius,Titas IM 2466 7 1 1 7.5 2223 22.0
2. Kovalev,Andrei GM 2534 5 4 0 7.0 2248 19.0
3. Meister,Jakob GM 2437 2337 6 2 1 7.0 2198 20.0
4. Romanishin,Oleg M GM 2474 5 4 0 7.0 2187 19.0
5. Baldauf,Marco IM 2404 2370 6 2 1 7.0 2186 20.0
6. Danin,Alexandre GM 2579 2558 5 4 0 7.0 2158 19.0
7. Malek,Daniel FM 2426 2412 6 2 1 7.0 2127 20.0
8. Boetzer,Detlef FM 2226 2156 5 4 0 7.0 2122 19.0
9. Rietze,Clemens FM 2279 2235 6 1 2 6.5 2165 19.0
10. Kasparov,Sergey GM 2482 5 3 1 6.5 2162 18.0
11. Brüdigam,Martin FM 2375 2332 4 5 0 6.5 2114 17.0
12. Schnabel,Ralf 2241 2165 5 3 1 6.5 2107 18.0
13. Solys,Laimutis FM 2344 5 3 1 6.5 2098 18.0
13. Lerch,Philipp FM 2307 2241 5 3 1 6.5 2098 18.0
15. Förster,Jonas 2261 2226 5 3 1 6.5 2070 18.0

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