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27. NordWest-Cup Open A

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125 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 29 Jan 2026 to 01 Feb 2026 in Bad Zwischenahn, Germany. 48 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2438, and top seed was Erik Van den Doel (🇳🇱 NED, GM, 2558).

Jari Reuker (🇩🇪 GER, IM, 2380) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Erik Van den Doel (5.5) and Leonid Milov (5.5). Reuker clinched sole first place in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Tom De Jong (FM, 2086) beat Neelash Saha (IM, 2474), a +388-point gap.

Location
🇩🇪Bad Zwischenahn, Germany
Dates
29 Jan 2026 → 01 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes for first 40 moves and 15 min. for the rest of the game with 30 sec. increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇳🇱GMErik Van den Doel2558
Avg top 10
2,438
Participants
125
Titled players · 48
GM×7
IM×8
FM×16
CM×13
WFM×4
Federations · 8 represented
🇩🇪Germany×95
🇩🇰Denmark×10
🇳🇱Netherlands×8
🇹🇷Turkiye×3
🇮🇳India×2
🇬🇪Georgia×1
🇮🇱Israel×1
🇫🇷France×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

IM Jari Reuker led from R7; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
52
21
4
1
2
7
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7Reuker takes lead
R7 · LEADER CHANGE01 Feb

IM Jari Reuker takes the sole lead (6.0/7).

R1–R7 · UNBEATEN

IM Jari Reuker went unbeaten across 7 games (R1–R7).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1IMJari Reuker*
½
2GMOleg Korneev*
½
3GMErik Van den Doel
½
*
4IMAshot Parvanyan
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Reuker, JariIM2380GER+71N+19B=51N+67B=5N+9B+16N6.026.029.024.502551+13.1
2Van den Doel, ErikGM2558NED+79N+36B=16N+10B+3B=4N=6B5.530.033.025.252556+0.4
3Milov, LeonidGM2383GER+61N+42B+39N+11B2N+45B=5N5.528.031.523.252552+14.9
4Bagrationi, AlexanderGM2424ISR+74B+48N+9B=27N+15B=2B=8N5.528.031.023.502553+11.4
5Parvanyan, AshotIM2431GER+76B+53N=15B+17N=1B+27N=3B5.528.031.023.002525+7.9
6Korneev, OlegGM2427ESP+98N+52B=10N+24B=30N+13B=2N5.527.530.022.752528+8.8
7Sivuk, VitalyGM2511SWE+66B+32N27B=48N+36B+18N+20B5.524.528.022.252480-1.8
8Neelash SahaIM2474IND54N+115B+68N+19B+37N+30B=4B5.524.526.520.252441-1.0
9Engel, Bruno2283GER+88N+22B4N+38B+50N1N+41B5.027.530.519.002342+26.4
10Bracker, FrankIM2298GER+77B+33N=6B2N=29B+50N+34B5.026.529.519.252402+9.8
11Korchynskyi, MykolaFM2412GER+43B+31N+37B3N=27B=28N+32B5.025.529.520.0023980.0
12Meins, GerlefIM2382GER+92B+34N=28B15N+48B=32N+31B5.024.026.518.002364-0.9
13Skembris, SpyridonGM2310GRE+89B=69N=35B+34N+78B6N+33B5.023.526.517.502331+2.7
14Braeutigam, Alexander2127GER=91B+41N17B+109N=53B+104N+28B5.021.023.015.502292+62.8
15Chassard, CedricFM2300GER+57N+60B=5N+12B4N+40BF4.527.531.018.752470+27.0
16Holtel, JasperFM2363GER+107B+29N=2B=28N=32B+39N1B4.527.529.516.752376+2.0
17Schulze, LaraFM2335GER+83N=35B+14N5B=67N+55B=21N4.525.528.517.252265-8.8
18Gutman, LevGM2259GER+63N78B+66N+35N+33B7B=25N4.525.028.017.252276+1.9
19Schmitzer, KlausFM2201GER+80B1N+46B8N+90B=78N+49B4.525.028.015.002266+12.8
20Nielsen, Viktor HaarmarkIM2363DEN+112N+38B=78N=50B=40N+44B7N4.524.026.015.252323-4.6
21Weigand, AntonCM2233GER=58B+56N=69B=49N=22B+51N=17B4.523.026.016.502239+2.2
22Aden, Tammo2108GER+113N9N=91B+73B=21N+42B=44N4.523.025.014.502240+25.4
23Langedijk, Ardjan1988NED29B+107N31B+76N+69B=26N+53B4.522.024.013.752259+50.8
24Buyukasik, DiyapFM2250TUR+99B=96N+105B6N=49B=29N+65B4.521.524.013.502280+6.6
25Mueer, Sebastian2206GER=100B=70N=95B=56N+43B+68N=18B4.520.523.015.002170-5.2
26Noetzel, Felix2205GER93N+117B=70N=71B+62N=23B+55N4.520.022.014.252111-15.2
27Skytte, RasmusIM2356DEN+90B+49N+7N=4B=11N5BF4.028.028.017.252456+8.6
28Ochedzan, FilipCM2237POL+115N+54B=12N=16B=55N=11B14N4.026.528.514.502239+4.4
29Giorgadze, Giorgi2183GEO+23N16B+119N=39B=10N=24B=37N4.026.528.014.752248+26.8
30Stelmaszyk, NicoFM2360GER+62N=50B+72N+51B=6B8NF4.026.029.014.5023400.0
31Tarasenko, Nazar2189GER+85N11B+23N45N+56B+59B12N4.025.528.514.502204+7.2
32Stricker, Florian2226GER+125N7B+92N+72B=16N=12B11N4.025.526.010.752300+14.2
33Helms, Finn2116GER+103N10B+122N+42B18N+52B13N4.024.525.511.002229+43.2
34Vollbehr, BjarneCM2200GER+124N12B+93N13B+77N+47B10N4.024.525.010.002195+0.4
35Stemmler, FabianCM2175GER+94B=17N=13N18B=72N+73B=40N4.024.026.513.752211+7.8
36Reimer, Philip2226GER+73B2N=74B+96N7N+79B=46B4.024.026.512.002242+2.2
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38Weidenhoefer, MaxCM2188GER+46B20N+94B9N=70B+82N=39B4.023.526.013.002172-1.6
39Sauer, TimCM2269GER+111B+120N3B=29N+60B16B=38N4.023.525.011.002252-4.8
40Laubsch, BerndFM2226GER+81N72B+54N+59B=20B15N=35B4.023.026.014.252180-7.0
41Dittmann, Tobias1968GER=64N14B+81N=68B+108N+67B9N4.022.524.511.252184+39.6
42Werthebach, Felix2214GER+97B3N+111B33N+71B22N+70B4.022.524.510.502151-10.6
43Trunz, MichelleWFM2062GER11N+85B52N+119B25N+93B+67N4.021.523.010.002196+48.4
44Bargsten, JustusCM2283GER=56B58N+110B+95N+105B20N=22B4.021.023.011.002136-23.0
45Lammers, MarkusIM2293GER+121N51B+75N+31B+52N3NF4.021.021.012.002307+1.3
46Braun, Julian1995GER38N+112B19N=92B+98N+75B=36N4.020.522.510.752184+70.8
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55Baarspul, Bram1928NED=68N=75B+120B+53N=28B17N26B3.522.524.010.002186+86.0
56Rick, Uwe2035GER=44N21B+123N=25B31N+108B=52N3.522.523.08.502179+26.4
57Steffens, Oliver2038GER15B47N+85B101N+84B+102N=50B3.520.523.010.252071+5.4
58Ertugrul, Berkay2022TUR=21N+44B67N105N=102B=61B+92N3.520.022.511.752163+25.6
59Tobianski, Fabian1975GER69B+89N+102B40N+74B31N=75B3.520.022.510.002129+27.8
60Eriksson, Christian Altenburg2158DEN+47B15N=109B+91N39N+72BF3.520.020.010.502139-1.8
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66Steinle, Carsten2087GER7N+125B18B=114N+100BF+95N3.517.517.56.502190+15.0
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