43. Oberfraenkische Senioren-Einzelmeisterschaft

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51 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 12 Jun 2026 to 20 Jun 2026 in Bischofsgruen, Germany. 5 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2092, and top seed was Gerald Loew (🇩🇪 GER, FM, 2162).

Dieter Seyb (🇩🇪 GER, FM, 2146) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Gerald Loew (6.0) and Peter, Dr. Babrikowski (6.0). Seyb won solo starting round 6.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Georg Haase (1804) beat Holger Hinz (2017), a +213-point gap.

Location

🇩🇪Bischofsgruen, Germany

Dates

12 Jun 2026 → 20 Jun 2026

Time control

Standard: 40 Moves in 100 Min. Incr. 30 Sec. / / 30 Min. Incr. 30 Sec.

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇩🇪FMGerald Loew2162

Avg top 10

2,092

Participants

Titled players · 5

FM×3

CM×2

Federations · 3 represented

🇩🇪Germany×46

🇳🇱Netherlands×3

🇬🇧England×1

Top 3

🥇
FMDieter Seyb
🇩🇪GER·2146
7.0pts·2239perf+19.6
🥈
FMGerald Loew
🇩🇪GER·2162
6.0pts·2197perf+8.0
🥉
Peter, Dr. Babrikowski
🇩🇪GER·2155
6.0pts·2155perf+0.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

FM Dieter Seyb led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Seyb7Bruch6Biegel6Spanton6Babrikowski6Loew6

R4–R9 · LEAD HELD

FM Dieter Seyb never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R9 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Dieter Seyb drew with FM Jochen Bruch (Black).

R1–R9 · UNBEATEN

FM Dieter Seyb went unbeaten across 9 games (R1–R9).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1FMDieter Seyb	*	½	—	—
2FMJochen Bruch	½	*	—	1
3Thomas Biegel	—	—	*	—
4Tim R Spanton	—	0	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Seyb, DieterFM	2146	GER	+19N	+12B	=17N	+11B	=2N	+8B	+3N	=5B	=4N	7.0	45.5	50.5	39.00	2239	+19.6
2	Loew, GeraldFM	2162	GER	+27N	=11B	+15N	=4B	=1B	+17N	=5B	=6N	=3N	6.0	47.0	51.5	33.25	2197	+8.0
3	Babrikowski, Peter, Dr.	2155	GER	+34B	=7N	+9B	=8N	=6B	+23N	−1B	+13N	=2B	6.0	46.0	50.0	31.25	2155	+0.6
4	Bruch, JochenFM	2115	GER	+30B	=14N	+7B	=2N	−8B	+18N	=9B	+23N	=1B	6.0	45.0	49.0	31.50	2127	+3.8
5	Schatz, ChristianCM	2110	GER	=22N	=36B	+19N	+31B	=9N	+11B	=2N	=1N	=6B	6.0	43.5	47.0	30.75	2074	-6.0
6	Biegel, Thomas	2060	GER	+32N	=31B	=20N	+17B	=3N	=9B	+12N	=2B	=5N	6.0	43.0	47.0	30.75	2130	+17.4
7	Spanton, Tim R	1951	ENG	+45N	=3B	−4N	=22B	+25N	+28B	=10N	=8B	+17N	6.0	41.0	44.0	27.25	2094	+34.4
8	Waltenberger, Udo	2033	GER	+29B	=39N	+18B	=3B	+4N	−1N	=13B	=7N	=16B	5.5	45.0	48.5	28.25	2075	+11.2
9	Tueckmantel, Rene	2032	GER	+42N	+25B	−3N	+39B	=5B	=6N	=4N	=17B	=12N	5.5	42.5	46.0	25.75	2075	+11.6
10	Herbold, ManfredCM	2075	GER	+43B	=18N	=14B	+24N	=23B	=13N	=7B	=16N	=11B	5.5	42.0	45.5	26.75	2028	-10.0
11	FIDE 12959715	0	—	+33B	=2N	+36B	−1N	+28B	−5N	+26B	=31N	=10N	5.5	41.0	44.5	23.75	2004	0.0
12	De Witte, Wiebe	1900	NED	+48B	−1N	−29B	+21N	+30B	+37N	−6B	+28N	=9B	5.5	39.0	41.0	21.25	1961	+15.0
13	Hinz, Holger	2017	GER	−36N	+50B	=22N	+34B	+29N	=10B	=8N	−3B	+19N	5.5	38.0	39.5	22.25	1981	-5.0
14	Schoenbeck, Stephan	1943	GER	+47N	=4B	=10N	=29B	−17N	−22B	+42N	+25B	+23B	5.5	37.5	40.0	22.75	2006	+16.0
15	Schmidt, Matthias	1950	GER	=41B	+40N	−2B	=30N	=18B	+32N	−17B	+22N	+31B	5.5	36.0	39.5	22.25	1972	+6.0
16	Stierhof, Michael	1959	GER	−28B	+38N	=30B	+36N	F	+24N	+22B	=10B	=8N	5.5	35.0	35.0	23.50	2030	+15.0
17	Bildt, Thomas	2029	GER	+38B	+28N	=1B	−6N	+14B	−2B	+15N	=9N	−7B	5.0	45.5	49.0	24.75	2025	-0.8
18	Grund, Werner	1900	GER	+46N	=10B	−8N	+43B	=15N	−4B	−19N	+37N	+28B	5.0	38.5	41.5	19.50	1941	+18.4
19	Keeve, Martin	1867	GER	−1B	+48N	−5B	=40N	=36B	+33N	+18B	+39N	−13B	5.0	38.0	40.0	18.00	1944	+17.0
20	Gradl, Winfried	1936	GER	=40B	+41N	=6B	−28N	=24B	+29N	−23B	=32N	+43N	5.0	34.0	37.5	20.00	1897	-9.8
21	Rahn, Manfred	1790	GER	=23B	=26N	−24B	−12B	=49N	=35N	+36B	+30N	+39B	5.0	34.0	36.0	18.50	1888	+23.4
22	Van Kesteren, Stef	1861	NED	=5B	=23N	=13B	=7N	=26B	+14N	−16N	−15B	+38N	4.5	43.0	46.5	22.25	1959	+23.4
23	Lehmann, Edwin	1988	GER	=21N	=22B	+37N	+32B	=10N	−3B	+20N	−4B	−14N	4.5	41.5	45.0	20.00	1936	-11.8
24	Schuh, Michael	1880	GER	=50N	=37B	+21N	−10B	=20N	−16B	=29B	+41N	=26B	4.5	36.5	38.0	17.75	1836	-9.4
25	Zens, Rolf	1884	GER	+35B	−9N	−28B	+41N	−7B	+40N	=37B	−14N	+36B	4.5	35.5	39.0	16.25	1823	-14.6
26	Wagner, Frank	1908	GER	=37N	=21B	−32N	+45B	=22N	+48B	−11N	=43B	=24N	4.5	33.5	35.5	15.50	1843	-13.2
27	Tecklenborg, Georg	1880	GER	−2B	=33N	=41B	=47N	−38B	F	+50N	+45B	+37N	4.5	27.5	27.5	13.00	1834	-8.8
28	Bauer, Dieter	1787	GER	+16N	−17B	+25N	+20B	−11N	−7N	+34B	−12B	−18N	4.0	42.0	46.0	19.00	1930	+30.0
29	Laustsen, Karl-Johan	1821	GER	−8N	+44B	+12N	=14N	−13B	−20B	=24N	=35N	=33B	4.0	39.5	43.0	18.00	1830	+2.4
30	Papenfuss, Kai	1861	GER	−4N	+47B	=16N	=15B	−12N	+44B	−31N	−21B	+46N	4.0	38.0	40.5	14.50	1818	-10.6
31	Malzer, Werner	1897	GER	+49B	=6N	F	−5N	=32B	=38N	+30B	=11B	−15N	4.0	36.5	36.5	15.50	1903	+0.8
32	Fink, Wolfgang	1828	GER	−6B	+49N	+26B	−23N	=31N	−15B	+46N	=20B	F	4.0	34.5	34.5	14.00	1894	+14.0
33	Krumland, Frank	1791	GER	−11N	=27B	=45N	−37B	+46N	−19B	+44N	=42B	=29N	4.0	32.5	35.5	14.00	1785	-1.4
34	Helbig, Dieter	1877	GER	−3N	=45B	+50N	−13N	=40B	+47B	−28N	=38B	=35N	4.0	32.0	33.5	11.00	1766	-26.0
35	Baensch, Frank	1674	GER	−25N	=42B	−47N	−46B	+50N	=21B	+49N	=29B	=34B	4.0	28.5	30.0	11.75	1724	+12.2
36	Haase, Georg	1804	GER	+13B	=5N	−11N	−16B	=19N	=42B	−21N	+48B	−25N	3.5	40.5	42.5	14.75	1851	+8.0
37	Winter, Reinhold	1720	GER	=26B	=24N	−23B	+33N	+39N	−12B	=25N	−18B	−27B	3.5	37.0	40.5	14.25	1811	+20.2
38	Kopp, Wolfgang	1809	GER	−17N	−16B	=44N	+50B	+27N	=31B	−39B	=34N	−22B	3.5	34.5	36.0	11.75	1769	-20.0
39	Stummeyer, Dieter	1890	GER	+44N	=8B	F	−9N	−37B	+45B	+38N	−19B	−21N	3.5	34.5	34.5	12.75	1797	-20.4
40	Schleime, Franz-Josef	1743	GER	=20N	−15B	=42N	=19B	=34N	−25B	=45N	=46B	=44N	3.5	34.0	37.0	13.50	1754	+1.6
41	Hager, Eberhard	1749	GER	=15N	−20B	=27N	−25B	−44N	+50B	+47N	−24B	=42N	3.5	33.5	35.0	10.75	1735	-4.0
42	Mueller, Joachim	1811	GER	−9B	=35N	=40B	=48N	=47B	=36N	−14B	=33N	=41B	3.5	32.0	34.0	11.50	1719	-23.4
43	Kneidl, Norbert	1829	GER	−10N	+46B	F	−18N	F	+49B	+48N	=26N	−20B	3.5	29.0	29.0	9.25	1849	+7.2
44	Stolzenwald, Karl-Heinz	1685	GER	−39B	−29N	=38B	=49N	+41B	−30N	−33B	+47N	=40B	3.5	28.5	30.5	10.50	1710	+5.4
45	Kumeth, Hartmut	1784	GER	−7B	=34N	=33B	−26N	+51B	−39N	=40B	−27N	=48N	3.0	32.0	33.0	7.75	1691	-22.0
46	Webel, Hartmut	1708	GER	−18B	−43N	=49B	+35N	−33B	+51N	−32B	=40N	−30B	3.0	30.0	31.0	7.75	1645	-15.6
47	Schuetz, Robert	1747	GER	−14B	−30N	+35B	=27B	=42N	−34N	−41B	−44B	=49N	2.5	32.5	34.5	9.00	1632	-27.8
48	Burg, Henk	1710	NED	−12N	−19B	+51N	=42B	F	−26N	−43B	−36N	=45B	2.0	32.0	33.0	4.25	1620	-18.0
49	Otto, Klaus	1703	GER	−31N	−32B	=46N	=44B	=21B	−43N	−35B	−50N	=47B	2.0	29.5	31.0	7.00	1527	-39.4
50	Neumann, Bernd	1566	GER	=24B	−13N	−34B	−38N	−35B	−41N	−27B	+49B	−51N	1.5	31.5	32.5	4.25	1520	-11.8
51	Wempe, Anke	1597	GER	F	F	−48B	F	−45N	−46B	F	F	+50B	1.0	9.5	9.5	1.50	1499	-10.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Spanton, Tim RENG
+34.4
6.0 pts · #3
2Bauer, DieterGER
+30.0
4.0 pts · #32
3Van Kesteren, StefNED
+23.4
4.5 pts · #22

Top rating losers

1Otto, KlausGER
-39.4
2.0 pts · #48
2Schuetz, RobertGER
-27.8
2.5 pts · #47
3Helbig, DieterGER
-26.0
4.0 pts · #34

Biggest upsets

R1+213 Elo gap
Haase, Georg1804 beat Hinz, Holger2017
R1+172 Elo gap
Bauer, Dieter1787 beat Stierhof, Michael1959
R5+170 Elo gap
Winter, Reinhold1720 beat Stummeyer, Dieter1890