LGA Premium Cup starts
The LGA Premium Cup starts today in Nürnberg, Germany. It runs until September 11th and boasts over 180 participants who fight over a 11,650 Euro prize fund (first prize 2,000 Euro). Top players (top 30) below. Official website.
| Nr | Teilnehmer | Tit. | ELO | DWZ | A | B | Verein/Ort | Land |
| 1 | Baramidze,David | GM | 2591 | 2587 | M | SV Hockenheim | GER | |
| 2 | Hector,Jonny | GM | 2575 | 2532 | M | SK Turm Emsdetten | SWE | |
| 3 | Ftacnik,Lubomir | GM | 2570 | 2564 | M | Hamburger SK 1830 e.V. | SVK | |
| 4 | Braun,Arik | GM | 2560 | 2547 | M | SC Eppingen | GER | |
| 5 | Danin,Alexander | IM | 2545 | M | nicht bekannt | RUS | ||
| 6 | Bindrich,Falko | GM | 2548 | 2554 | M | SC Eppingen | GER | |
| 7 | Ikonnikov,Vyacheslav | GM | 2550 | 2492 | M | SF Bad Mergentheim | RUS | |
| 8 | Kunin,Vitaliy | GM | 2549 | 2540 | M | Freibauer Mörlenbach-Birkenau | GER | |
| 9 | Bischoff,Klaus | GM | 2547 | 2528 | M | SF Katernberg 1913 e.V. | GER | |
| 10 | Olszewski,Michal | GM | 2534 | 2506 | M | DJK Aufwärts St. Josef Aachen | POL | |
| 11 | Malakhatko,Vadim | GM | 2543 | 2513 | M | SV Mülheim-Nord 1931 e.V. | BEL | |
| 12 | Prusikin,Michael | GM | 2541 | 2507 | M | SC Forchheim e.V. | GER | |
| 13 | Sanikidze,Tornike | GM | 2530 | M | nicht bekannt | GEO | ||
| 14 | Ginsburg,Gennadi | GM | 2523 | 2483 | M | SV 1920 Hofheim | GER | |
| 15 | Luther,Thomas | GM | 2518 | 2493 | M | SV Empor Erfurt | GER | |
| 16 | Huschenbeth,Niclas | IM | 2510 | 2513 | M | Hamburger SK 1830 e.V. | GER | |
| 17 | Milov,Leonid | IM | 2510 | 2454 | M | SC Noris-Tarrasch 1873 e.V. | GER | |
| 18 | Hoffmann,Michael | GM | 2496 | 2463 | M | SG Solingen | GER | |
| 19 | Farago,Ivan | GM | 2488 | 2495 | M | S | SC Rottal | HUN |
| 20 | Mainka,Romuald | GM | 2488 | 2442 | M | SC Hansa Dortmund e.V. | GER | |
| 21 | Lobzhanidze,Davit | IM | 2487 | 2463 | M | SV 1920 Hofheim | GEO | |
| 22 | Schneider,Ilja | IM | 2472 | 2428 | M | Sfrd. Berlin 1903 e.V. | GER | |
| 23 | Siebrecht,Sebastian | GM | 2471 | 2459 | M | SF Katernberg 1913 e.V. | GER | |
| 24 | Lanka,Zigurds | GM | 2469 | 2430 | M | TSV Schott Mainz | LAT | |
| 25 | Pezerovic,Edin | IM | 2455 | 2406 | M | TV Tegernsee | GER | |
| 26 | Tischbierek,Raj | GM | 2454 | 2442 | M | USV TU Dresden | GER | |
| 27 | Gutman,Lev | GM | 2450 | 2433 | M | S | SV Lingen | GER |
| 28 | Hirneise,Tobias | IM | 2446 | 2444 | M | SV Wattenscheid 1930 | GER | |
| 29 | Mihok,Oliver | IM | 2445 | 2431 | M | J | Sfrd. Berlin 1903 e.V. | HUN |
| 30 | Bernadskiy,Vitaliy | IM | 2439 | M | J | nicht bekannt | UKR |
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