Oberliga NRW 2025-2026 Maerz 2026

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111 players participated in this 2-round tournament, held from 21 Mar 2026 to 22 Mar 2026 in various, Germany. 57 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2410, and top seed was Alexander Berelowitsch (🇩🇪 GER, GM, 2478).

Luka Xue (🇩🇪 GER, 1940) won with 2.0/2, ahead of Mykhailo Nezhyvenko (2.0) and Felix Gerlach (2.0).

The biggest upset came in round 1: Luka Xue (1940) beat Hans-Christoph Andersen (2196), a +256-point gap.

Location

🇩🇪various, Germany

Dates

21 Mar 2026 → 22 Mar 2026

Time control

Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1

System

Team · 2 rounds

Top seed

🇩🇪GMAlexander Berelowitsch2478

Avg top 10

2,410

Participants

111

Titled players · 57

GM×1

IM×19

FM×26

CM×11

Federations · 8 represented

🇩🇪Germany×94

🇳🇱Netherlands×6

🇺🇦Ukraine×5

🇸🇾Syria×2

🇺🇸United States of America×1

🇧🇪Belgium×1

🇱🇾Libya×1

🇲🇦Morocco×1

Top 3

🥇
Luka Xue
🇩🇪GER·1940
2.0pts·2970perf+62.8
🥈
Mykhailo Nezhyvenko
🇩🇪GER·2173
2.0pts·2971perf+40.0
🥉
Felix Gerlach
🇩🇪GER·2144
2.0pts·2991perf+22.6

Standings

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#	Player	Fed	Elo	Pts	Avg opp.	Perf	Δ Elo
1	Xue, Luka	🇩🇪GER	1940	2.0	2170	2970	+62.8
5	Nezhyvenko, Mykhailo	🇩🇪GER	2173	2.0	2171	2971	+40.0
6	Gerlach, Felix	🇩🇪GER	2144	2.0	2191	2991	+22.6
3	IMGaponenko, Inna	🇺🇦UKR	2323	2.0	2158	2958	+5.6
2	CMKuci, Blerim	🇩🇪GER	2191	2.0	2055	2855	+12.8
4	FMPauly, Carlo	🇩🇪GER	2348	2.0	2225	3025	+13.6
16	IMLai, Hing Ting	🇳🇱NED	2438	1.5	2322	2515	+1.9
11	Irkilmez, Yakub	🇩🇪GER	2145	1.5	2262	2455	+16.2
14	FMStork, Oliver	🇩🇪GER	2367	1.5	2458	2651	+15.0
26	FMGolovanj, Andrej	🇺🇦UKR	2332	1.5	2131	2324	-0.2
19	Schulze, Marc	🇩🇪GER	2291	1.5	2323	2516	+11.6
20	IMZozulia, Anna	🇧🇪BEL	2223	1.5	2128	2321	+2.4
21	FMPanjer, Sidney	🇩🇪GER	2295	1.5	2287	2480	+9.4
12	IMJugelt, Tobias	🇩🇪GER	2339	1.5	2243	2436	+2.4
15	FMHainke, Guntram, Dr.	🇩🇪GER	2234	1.5	2211	2404	+8.8
23	IMZatonskih, Anna	🇺🇸USA	2322	1.5	2268	2461	+3.5
7	Scholz, Benedict	🇩🇪GER	2160	1.5	2158	2351	+19.6
9	Werthebach, Felix	🇩🇪GER	2211	1.5	2174	2367	+7.8
17	FMVolkov, Mykyta	🇩🇪GER	2344	1.5	2260	2453	+5.4
18	FMKueppers, Timo	🇩🇪GER	2306	1.5	2332	2525	+11.4
22	FMWolter, Kai, Dr.	🇩🇪GER	2185	1.5	2208	2401	+11.4
13	Korten, Lando	🇩🇪GER	2237	1.5	2303	2496	+13.6
24	CMMaenken, Merlin	🇩🇪GER	2203	1.5	2126	2319	+11.6
8	Sabirov, Rafael	🇩🇪GER	2182	1.5	2130	2323	+7.0
10	FMWilde, Pierre	🇩🇪GER	2200	1.5	2117	2310	+5.6
25	Strehse, Nelson	🇩🇪GER	2239	1.5	2225	2418	+18.4
62	FMHelbig, Mark	🇩🇪GER	2235	1.0	2162	2162	-4.2
55	Andersen, Hans-Christoph	🇩🇪GER	2196	1.0	2015	2015	-9.0
57	IMKononenko, Tatiana	🇺🇦UKR	2290	1.0	2017	2017	-6.2
40	CMElier, Ali	🇱🇾LBA	2191	1.0	2182	2182	-0.4
30	IMSchlecht, Daniel, Dr.	🇩🇪GER	2348	1.0	2214	2214	-7.2
41	CMDe Boer, Bas	🇳🇱NED	2205	1.0	2305	2305	+5.0
44	FMWeidemann, Jakob	🇩🇪GER	2257	1.0	2292	2292	+2.0
51	Tkachuk, Sergij, Dr.	🇩🇪GER	2206	1.0	2316	2316	+6.0
27	Dordevic, Tom	🇩🇪GER	2249	1.0	2282	2282	+3.6
56	FMAlbers, Sasa	🇳🇱NED	2318	1.0	2229	2229	-4.6
60	FMRosen, Bernd	🇩🇪GER	2183	1.0	2146	2146	-2.0
29	IMFiebig, Thomas	🇩🇪GER	2425	1.0	2344	2344	-2.2
35	Voss, Gunther	🇩🇪GER	2073	1.0	2208	2208	+7.2
50	Reuter, Julian-Frank	🇩🇪GER	2185	1.0	2215	2215	+1.8
65	Menzel, Maximilian	🇩🇪GER	2240	1.0	2229	2229	-0.6
32	CMKracht, Raphael	🇩🇪GER	2254	1.0	2297	2297	+2.2
38	CMWuebker, Paul-Luca	🇩🇪GER	2220	1.0	2344	2344	+6.6
47	IMMorawietz, Dieter	🇩🇪GER	2333	1.0	2234	2234	-2.6
61	FMBrowning, Alex	🇩🇪GER	2276	1.0	2408	2408	+7.0
28	FMSchuricht, Emil Frederick	🇩🇪GER	2268	1.0	2261	2261	-0.4
66	FMTkachuk, Konstantyn	🇩🇪GER	2191	1.0	2275	2275	+4.6
33	IMScholz, Christian, Dr.	🇩🇪GER	2288	1.0	2178	2178	-3.0
42	Schmitz, Philipp	🇩🇪GER	2202	1.0	2207	2207	+0.2
54	IMIllner, Achim, Dr.	🇩🇪GER	2424	1.0	2208	2208	-5.5
63	FMVan Meegen, Ruud	🇳🇱NED	2277	1.0	2332	2332	+2.8
31	Kamp, Adrian	🇩🇪GER	2136	1.0	2268	2268	+7.0
45	Li, Hewei	🇩🇪GER	2151	1.0	2227	2227	+8.4
46	Kamp, Aaron	🇩🇪GER	2069	1.0	2082	2082	+0.8
53	Chilla, Jan Eric	🇩🇪GER	2224	1.0	2243	2243	+1.0
59	IMSeul, Georg	🇩🇪GER	2331	1.0	2268	3068	+4.1
34	FMMarcziter, Dmitrii	🇩🇪GER	2191	1.0	2221	2221	+1.6
48	Eckardt, Joshua	🇩🇪GER	2296	1.0	2323	2323	+1.4
49	Golinka, Oleksandr	🇺🇦UKR	2198	1.0	2079	2079	-6.2
58	Schroeder, Lennart	🇩🇪GER	2170	1.0	2062	2062	-5.8
36	Kuhnen, Thomas	🇩🇪GER	1985	1.0	2036	2836	+11.4
37	FMMichalczak, Thomas	🇩🇪GER	2220	1.0	2036	2836	+5.2
39	IMStrohhaeker, Raoul	🇩🇪GER	2426	1.0	2378	3178	+4.3
43	Goldschmidt, Christian	🇩🇪GER	2169	1.0	2094	2894	+8.0
52	Wickenfeld, Stefan	🇩🇪GER	2162	1.0	2175	2975	+10.4
64	CMKiese, Matthias, Prof. Dr.	🇩🇪GER	2072	1.0	2153	2953	+12.2
71	Steinmetzer, Thomas	🇩🇪GER	2167	0.5	2279	2086	-4.0
72	FMGutkin, Ilya	🇩🇪GER	2281	0.5	2294	2101	-9.4
86	Partenheimer, Axel	🇩🇪GER	2125	0.5	2187	1994	-6.6
81	CMGarbuz, Vitaliy	🇩🇪GER	2149	0.5	2306	2113	-1.6
73	Gluma, Christian	🇩🇪GER	2144	0.5	2037	1844	-15.6
75	Schimnatkowski, Lukas	🇩🇪GER	2217	0.5	2229	2036	-9.4
87	Gallas, Noel	🇩🇪GER	2236	0.5	2282	2089	-7.6
67	FMWessendorf, Thomas, Dr.	🇩🇪GER	2211	0.5	2305	2112	-5.4
68	IMFriedmann, Rafael	🇩🇪GER	2406	0.5	2292	2099	-8.1
80	Mueller, Michael	🇩🇪GER	2162	0.5	2226	2033	-6.4
91	FMChoukri, Adel	🇲🇦MAR	2313	0.5	2320	2127	-9.6
92	FMKamp, Christoph	🇩🇪GER	2192	0.5	2109	1916	-14.6
79	Kartsev, Soel	🇩🇪GER	2124	0.5	2260	2067	-3.0
85	GMBerelowitsch, Alexander	🇩🇪GER	2478	0.5	2353	2160	-8.4
82	CMBus, Tom	🇳🇱NED	2059	0.5	2200	2200	+3.8
77	FMSchmidt, Bodo	🇩🇪GER	2219	0.5	2168	1975	-12.8
78	Schmidt, Kevin	🇩🇪GER	1980	0.5	2134	1941	-2.0
90	IMWegerle, Joerg	🇩🇪GER	2397	0.5	2323	2130	-6.9
84	IMSchaefer, Markus	🇩🇪GER	2360	0.5	2189	1996	-9.4
76	Bee, Marcus	🇩🇪GER	2177	0.5	2199	2199	+0.6
83	FMFluechter, Gregor	🇩🇪GER	2332	0.5	2296	2296	-1.0
89	Kuipers, Dustin	🇩🇪GER	2090	0.5	2170	2170	+2.2
94	IMMalykin, Vitaly	🇺🇦UKR	2339	0.5	2478	2478	+1.9
88	Wensing, Maximilian	🇩🇪GER	2223	0.5	2202	2202	-0.6
93	Melde, Benjamin	🇩🇪GER	2034	0.5	2170	2170	+3.6
69	IMHeinbuch, Detlef Ulrich	🇩🇪GER	2268	0.5	1953	1953	-3.6
70	FMDorner, Matthias	🇩🇪GER	2133	0.5	2144	2144	+0.4
74	Hivyar,Kharfan.	🇸🇾SYR	1953	0.5	2268	2268	+7.2
98	Hoenig, Alexander	🇩🇪GER	2169	0.0	2294	1494	-13.4
95	Aengenheister, Dennis	🇩🇪GER	1984	0.0	2191	1391	-4.6
96	Althoff, Ralph	🇩🇪GER	2035	0.0	2103	1303	-16.6
102	IMDe Gleria, Francesco	🇩🇪GER	2378	0.0	2351	1551	-10.7
111	von Buenau, Heinrich	🇩🇪GER	2173	0.0	2262	1462	-15.2
97	Scheck, Kyrill	🇩🇪GER	2153	0.0	2072	1272	-12.2
99	Fehmer, Carsten	🇩🇪GER	2090	0.0	2196	1396	-7.2
101	Klauke, Stefan	🇩🇪GER	2094	0.0	2169	1369	-8.0
105	CMStemmler, Fabian	🇩🇪GER	2175	0.0	2162	1362	-10.4
106	Glatzel, Jonas	🇩🇪GER	2091	0.0	2144	1344	-8.6
107	Mohammadi Nia, Borna	🇩🇪GER	2107	0.0	2172	1372	-8.2
100	CMMainusch, Martin	🇩🇪GER	2117	0.0	2332	1532	-4.6
104	Gruenter, Martin	🇩🇪GER	2175	0.0	2200	1400	-9.4
108	Tarboush, Husam	🇸🇾SYR	2060	0.0	2203	1403	-6.2
109	Scheider, Julian	🇩🇪GER	2257	0.0	2237	1437	-10.6
110	Van Mil, Lucas	🇳🇱NED	2134	0.0	2183	1383	-8.6
103	Rogner, Alexander Luis	🇩🇪GER	1864	0.0	2263	1463	-3.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Xue, LukaGER
+62.8
2.0 pts · #1
2Nezhyvenko, MykhailoGER
+40.0
2.0 pts · #5
3Gerlach, FelixGER
+22.6
2.0 pts · #6

Top rating losers

1Althoff, RalphGER
-16.6
0.0 pts · #96
2Gluma, ChristianGER
-15.6
0.5 pts · #73
3von Buenau, HeinrichGER
-15.2
0.0 pts · #111

Biggest upsets

R1+256 Elo gap
Xue, Luka1940 beat Andersen, Hans-Christoph2196
R2+204 Elo gap
Xue, Luka1940 beat Gluma, Christian2144
R2+177 Elo gap
CMWuebker, Paul-Luca2220 beat IMWegerle, Joerg2397