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Int. Graz Open 2026 - Seniors

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22 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 14 Feb 2026 to 20 Feb 2026 in Graz, Austria. 3 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2006, and top seed was Joachim Wallner (🇦🇹 AUT, FM, 2247).

Joachim Wallner (🇦🇹 AUT, FM, 2247) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Mietek Bakalarz (5.0) and Werner Rumpf (4.5). Wallner won solo starting round 3.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Werner Rumpf (1880) beat Mietek Bakalarz (IM, 2187), a +307-point gap.

Location
🇦🇹Graz, Austria
Dates
14 Feb 2026 → 20 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
🇦🇹FMJoachim Wallner2247
Avg top 10
2,006
Participants
22
Titled players · 3
IM×1
FM×1
WFM×1
Federations · 3 represented
🇦🇹Austria×20
🇱🇺Luxembourg×1
🇮🇪Ireland×1
Top 3
  • 🥇
    FMJoachim Wallner
    🇦🇹AUT·2247
    6.5pts·2382perf+7.2
  • 🥈
    IMMietek Bakalarz
    🇱🇺LUX·2187
    5.0pts·2113perf-3.9
  • 🥉
    Werner Rumpf
    🇦🇹AUT·1880
    4.5pts·2096perf+36.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

FM Joachim Wallner led from R3; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
8
3
1
1
1
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Wallner6.5Bakalarz5Rumpf4.5Sonnberger4.5Rusek4.5Ully4
R3–R7 · LEAD HELD

FM Joachim Wallner never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Joachim Wallner drew with IM Mietek Bakalarz (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

FM Joachim Wallner 4 wins (R1–R4)IM Mietek Bakalarz 3 wins (R2–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FMJoachim Wallner*
½
1
—
2IMMietek Bakalarz
½
*
0
—
3Werner Rumpf
0
1
*—
4Norbert Sonnberger———*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Wallner, JoachimFM2247AUT+20B+12N+6B+3N=2B+4N+8B6.524.526.524.002382+7.2
2Bakalarz, MietekIM2187LUX−3N+21B+12N+7B=1N+9B=4B5.026.027.517.502113-3.9
3Rumpf, Werner1880AUT+2B+4N=14B−1B=9N+17N=18B4.525.027.016.252096+36.4
4Rusek, Walter1907AUT+21N−3B+19N+14N+6B−1B=2N4.524.526.012.502082+31.2
5Sonnberger, Norbert1777AUT+9N−6B+13N=8B−7N+15B+11N4.521.524.014.002022+45.2
6Horvath, MariaWFM1932AUT+16B+5N−1N=9B−4N+13B=7N4.026.028.513.502001+12.4
7Zoernpfenning, Siegfried2054AUT=18B+10N+17B−2N+5B−8N=6B4.023.525.513.501984-11.4
8Gross, Michael2031AUT=19N=13B=20N=5N+10B+7B−1N4.023.025.013.001996-5.2
9Ully, Michael1897AUT−5B+16N+18B=6N=3B−2N+15B4.023.025.011.251937+14.4
10Kainz, Josef1843AUT=13N−7B+11N=12B−8N+19B=22N3.518.019.08.001902+10.8
11Granabetter, Josef1822AUT−14B=22N−10B+16N=12B+21N−5B3.017.018.05.751774-9.6
12Lach, Willibald1890AUT+15N−1B−2B=10N=11N=16BF2.523.023.07.001883-5.0
13Wieser, Andreas1967AUT=10B=8N−5B+19N=17B−6NF2.520.520.57.001830-23.0
14Heinisch, Wolfgang1952AUT+11N=17B=3N−4B=15NFF2.519.019.07.751849-13.8
15Kvas, Michael1735AUT−12B−20N+16B+22N=14B−5N−9N2.518.019.04.751742+0.4
16Buchhas, Johann1806AUT−6N−9B−15N−11B+22B=12N+21B2.517.518.53.751723-16.6
17Kerschenbauer, Franz1887AUT+22B=14N−7N=20B=13N−3BF2.516.516.54.501851-6.2
18Walter, Gerhard1878AUT=7N=19B−9N=21BFF=3N2.019.020.56.001827-7.2
19James, Kevin1853IRL=8B=18N−4B−13B+21N−10NF2.018.018.04.501779-11.8
20Berchtold, Guenter1884AUT−1N+15B=8B=17NFFF2.017.517.55.751975+8.0
21Vokroj, Gabriela1799AUT−4B−2N+22B=18N−19B−11B−16N1.519.020.02.001649-27.0
22Troestl, Gerhard1699AUT−17N=11B−21N−15B−16NF=10B1.015.515.53.251543-21.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets
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