The 6th Pfalz Open 2015 was held from 13th to 17th February, 2015 in Neustadt, Germany.
The first place in the Master Section was shared by Russian GM Alexandre Danin, GM Milos Perunovic from Serbia, IM Adrien Demuth from France, GM Sergei Azarov from Belarus and GM Vitaly Kunin from Germany after the whole group finished the event with 7/9 points.
However, Danin prevailed on a superior tie-break score and took the gold. Perunovic remained second, while Demuth got third.
Final top standings (top finishers):
1. Danin,Alexandre GM 2578 Bochumer SV RUS 7.0
2. Perunovic,Milos GM 2633 SRB 7.0
3. Demuth,Adrien IM 2516 FRA 7.0
4. Azarov,Sergei GM 2635 BLR 7.0
5. Kunin,Vitaly GM 2576 Freibauer Mörle GER 7.0
6. Baklan,Vladimir GM 2652 SG Porz UKR 6.5
7. Ivanisevic,Ivan GM 2638 SRB 6.5
8. Keymer,Vincent 2212 SK Gau-Algeshei GER 6.5
9. Zaitsev,Mikhail IM 2488 SG Bochum RUS 6.5
10. Bailet,Pierre IM 2496 FRA 6.5
11. Malakhatko,Vadim GM 2522 BEL 6.5
12. Stark,Lars IM 2436 Düsseldorfer SK GER 6.5
13. Klundt,Klaus IM 2293 SC Heusenstamm GER 6.5
14. Fieberg,Samuel 1994 SG Porz GER 6.5
15. Welling,Gerard IM 2341 NED 6.5
16. Terrieux,Kevin IM 2428 FRA 6.5
17. Lampert,Jonas IM 2454 Hamburger SK GER 6.5
18. Heimrath,Reiner FM 2240 SC Noris-Tarras GER 6.5
19. Zakhartsov,Vieche GM 2552 RUS 6.0
20. Riff,Jean-Noel GM 2507 OSG Baden-Baden FRA 6.0
21. Yankelevich,Lev 2362 SG Trier GER 6.0
22. Wagner,Dennis IM 2523 SV Hockenheim GER 6.0
23. Teske,Henrik GM 2483 SV Rüdersdorf GER 6.0
24. Womacka,Mathias GM 2438 SK Schwäbisch H GER 6.0
25. Bücker,Stefan FM 2291 SC Pforzheim GER 6.0
26. Bilchinski,Anton 2140 SK Göggingen GER 6.0
27. Bergauz,Noam 2302 SK München Südo GER 6.0
28. Perske,Thore FM 2404 SF Heidesheim GER 6.0
29. Rahnfeld,Jens 2213 SC Emmendingen GER 6.0
30. Karpatchev,Aleksa GM 2472 SF Bad Mergenth RUS 6.0
31. Gaponenko,Inna IM 2397 W ESV Nickelhütte UKR 6.0
32. Müller,Reinhold FM 2273 SC Schwarzenbac GER 6.0
33. Kantans,Toms IM 2464 SG Speyer-Schwe LAT 6.0
34. Schmitz,Thorsten FM 2313 SC Garching GER 6.0
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