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The 2026 Austrian National Chess Championships have concluded with GM Dominik Horvath defending his national title, finishing ahead of Laurenz Borrmann on tiebreaks, and with IM Valentin Baidetskyi placing third. Dominik Mayr, Head of Freedom Finance Germany, a tied agent of Freedom Finance Europe Ltd., and Austrian Chess Federation President Michael Stöttinger conducted the awards ceremony. ♟️
Borrmann led for most of the event and secured a GM norm in the final round. The Oberbank Open was won by Germany's Ruben Gideon Köllner.
Olga Badelka finished sixth overall in the Open and claimed the Women's National Championship title. Veronika Exler took silver with six points and Alina Donets took bronze with five points. Donets passed the 2100 Elo mark during the championship and, at 12 years old, became Austria's youngest Woman FIDE Master. 🏆
Freedom24 supported the championships alongside Oberbank, the Austrian Chess Promotion Association and the Brucknerhaus Linz. The event was organised by the Austrian Chess Federation under President Stöttinger and the Upper Austrian Chess Federation under President Günter Mitterhuemer.
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