NRW-Liga Gruppe 2 2025-2026 Maerz 2026
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100 players participated in this 2-round tournament, held from 01 Mar 2026 to 22 Mar 2026 in various, Germany. 30 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2321, and top seed was Stefan Wehmeier (🇩🇪 GER, IM, 2423).
Michael Coenen (🇩🇪 GER, FM, 2263) won with 2.0/2, ahead of Philip Brockhaus (2.0) and Hussain Besou (2.0). Coenen shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Michael Wolters (1997) beat Konstantin Berger (2116), a +119-point gap.
Location
🇩🇪various, Germany
Dates
01 Mar 2026 → 22 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1
System
Team · 2 rounds
Titled players · 30
IM×9
FM×14
CM×5
WGM×1
WFM×1
Federations · 8 represented
🇩🇪Germany×88
🇺🇦Ukraine×3
🇧🇪Belgium×2
🇳🇱Netherlands×2
🇷🇺Russia×1
🇷🇴Romania×1
🇮🇳India×1
🇨🇿Czech Republic×1
Top 3
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Standings
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| # | Player | Fed | Elo | Pts | Avg opp. | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FMCoenen, Michael | 🇩🇪GER | 2263 | 2.0 | 2162 | 2962 | +7.3 |
| 2 | Brockhaus, Philip | 🇩🇪GER | 2035 | 2.0 | 2119 | 2919 | +24.6 |
| 3 | IMBesou, Hussain | 🇩🇪GER | 2422 | 2.0 | 2260 | 3060 | +5.9 |
| 35 | Kruse, Janik | 🇩🇪GER | 2139 | 2.0 | 2149 | 2949 | +10.2 |
| 4 | FMKrallmann, Matthias | 🇩🇪GER | 2155 | 2.0 | 1957 | 2757 | +11.8 |
| 51 | Huckebrink, Chris | 🇩🇪GER | 2255 | 2.0 | 2174 | 2974 | +7.8 |
| 6 | CMBodicky, Michal | 🇨🇿CZE | 2220 | 1.5 | 2121 | 2314 | +4.8 |
| 15 | IMLoifenfeld, Jakov | 🇷🇺RUS | 2351 | 1.5 | 2283 | 2476 | +3.2 |
| 11 | IMSielecki, Christof | 🇩🇪GER | 2379 | 1.5 | 2224 | 2417 | +0.9 |
| 5 | Gramb, Marius | 🇩🇪GER | 2206 | 1.5 | 2141 | 2334 | +6.2 |
| 9 | CMBroehl, Stephan | 🇩🇪GER | 2146 | 1.5 | 2138 | 2331 | +9.6 |
| 10 | Tran, Duc Cuong | 🇩🇪GER | 2150 | 1.5 | 1973 | 2166 | +2.8 |
| 12 | Kutzner, Stephen | 🇩🇪GER | 2082 | 1.5 | 2051 | 2244 | +8.4 |
| 7 | Meyer, Armin | 🇩🇪GER | 2216 | 1.5 | 2068 | 2261 | +2.0 |
| 8 | Scheidtmann, Kian | 🇩🇪GER | 2024 | 1.5 | 2049 | 2242 | +11.4 |
| 13 | FMHuesmann, Thomas | 🇧🇪BEL | 2189 | 1.5 | 2064 | 2257 | +3.4 |
| 14 | Luebsen, Keno | 🇩🇪GER | 2076 | 1.5 | 2003 | 2196 | +6.0 |
| 16 | Roth, Markus, Prof. | 🇩🇪GER | 2127 | 1.5 | 2043 | 2236 | +5.6 |
| 36 | Nagel, Bernhard | 🇩🇪GER | 2173 | 1.0 | 2235 | 2235 | +3.4 |
| 24 | Meyer, Ralph | 🇩🇪GER | 2044 | 1.0 | 2151 | 2151 | +11.2 |
| 28 | FMKniest, Oliver | 🇩🇪GER | 2122 | 1.0 | 2176 | 2176 | +3.0 |
| 20 | Goessling, Guido | 🇩🇪GER | 2196 | 1.0 | 2167 | 2167 | -1.6 |
| 53 | Pfeffer, Ruprecht | 🇩🇪GER | 2197 | 1.0 | 2201 | 2201 | +0.2 |
| 22 | IMSonntag, Hans-Hubert | 🇩🇪GER | 2235 | 1.0 | 2260 | 2260 | +0.6 |
| 31 | FMBerg, Michael | 🇩🇪GER | 2222 | 1.0 | 2301 | 2301 | +4.2 |
| 29 | CMSonnenschein, Philipp | 🇩🇪GER | 2193 | 1.0 | 2259 | 2259 | +3.6 |
| 39 | Keller, Thomas | 🇩🇪GER | 2183 | 1.0 | 2210 | 2210 | +1.6 |
| 50 | IMCoenen, Norbert | 🇩🇪GER | 2248 | 1.0 | 2172 | 2172 | -2.1 |
| 21 | Zolfagharian, Kevin | 🇩🇪GER | 2224 | 1.0 | 2198 | 2198 | -1.6 |
| 26 | Fox, Daniel | 🇩🇪GER | 2164 | 1.0 | 2185 | 2185 | +1.2 |
| 44 | FMLitwak, Aleksej | 🇩🇪GER | 2244 | 1.0 | 2169 | 2169 | -4.2 |
| 47 | Koehler, Ronald | 🇩🇪GER | 2150 | 1.0 | 2233 | 2233 | +4.4 |
| 48 | FMWigger, Jochen | 🇩🇪GER | 2269 | 1.0 | 2207 | 2207 | -3.4 |
| 18 | Welzel, Philipp | 🇩🇪GER | 2198 | 1.0 | 2206 | 3006 | +10.2 |
| 52 | Graf, Tobias | 🇩🇪GER | 1995 | 1.0 | 2041 | 2841 | +11.2 |
| 32 | Mann, Gergely | 🇩🇪GER | 2181 | 1.0 | 2187 | 2187 | +0.2 |
| 37 | FMDahm, Jochen | 🇩🇪GER | 2206 | 1.0 | 2180 | 2180 | -1.4 |
| 40 | Lamby, Philipp, Dr. | 🇩🇪GER | 2207 | 1.0 | 2163 | 2163 | -2.6 |
| 43 | WFMNeumann, Helena | 🇩🇪GER | 2041 | 1.0 | 1895 | 1895 | -14.8 |
| 25 | Hoette, Philipp | 🇩🇪GER | 2141 | 1.0 | 2096 | 2896 | +8.8 |
| 27 | Vlasov, Igor | 🇩🇪GER | 2226 | 1.0 | 2220 | 3020 | +9.8 |
| 30 | Wecker, Martin | 🇩🇪GER | 2131 | 1.0 | 2013 | 2813 | +6.8 |
| 46 | WGMVoicu-Jagodzinsky, Carmen | 🇷🇴ROU | 2245 | 1.0 | 2217 | 3017 | +9.2 |
| 34 | IMWehmeier, Stefan, Dr. | 🇩🇪GER | 2423 | 1.0 | 2026 | 2826 | +0.8 |
| 17 | Rehfeldt, Jens | 🇩🇪GER | 2014 | 1.0 | 1692 | 2492 | +2.6 |
| 19 | Meier, Jan | 🇩🇪GER | 2139 | 1.0 | 2242 | 3042 | +12.8 |
| 23 | FMHecht, Carsten | 🇩🇪GER | 2257 | 1.0 | 1857 | 2657 | +1.6 |
| 33 | IMHaskelman, Evgen | 🇺🇦UKR | 2132 | 1.0 | 2111 | 2911 | +4.7 |
| 38 | Wolters, Michael | 🇩🇪GER | 1997 | 1.0 | 2116 | 2916 | +13.2 |
| 41 | FMWagner, Alexej | 🇩🇪GER | 2160 | 1.0 | 1913 | 2713 | +3.8 |
| 42 | CMWinkels, Marcel | 🇳🇱NED | 1885 | 1.0 | 1869 | 2669 | +9.6 |
| 45 | Engel, Johann | 🇩🇪GER | 2117 | 1.0 | 2058 | 2858 | +8.4 |
| 49 | Goerke, Joachim | 🇩🇪GER | 2055 | 1.0 | 2138 | 2938 | +12.4 |
| 72 | FMForchert, Martin | 🇩🇪GER | 2343 | 0.5 | 2387 | 2194 | -3.8 |
| 66 | Breitkopf-Lazar, Patrick-Robert | 🇩🇪GER | 2125 | 0.5 | 2100 | 1907 | -11.4 |
| 54 | Rybarczyk, Klaus | 🇩🇪GER | 2112 | 0.5 | 2110 | 1917 | -10.2 |
| 62 | Simon, Hans Christian | 🇩🇪GER | 2149 | 0.5 | 2073 | 1880 | -14.0 |
| 70 | Hofmann, Benjamin | 🇩🇪GER | 2026 | 0.5 | 2320 | 2127 | +3.4 |
| 74 | Neuer, Thomas | 🇩🇪GER | 2013 | 0.5 | 2160 | 1967 | -2.2 |
| 58 | Koehler, Christian Friedrich | 🇩🇪GER | 2213 | 0.5 | 2302 | 2109 | -5.2 |
| 67 | Paris, Michael | 🇩🇪GER | 2109 | 0.5 | 2106 | 1913 | -10.0 |
| 59 | Heiligtag, Matthias | 🇩🇪GER | 1995 | 0.5 | 2024 | 2024 | +1.6 |
| 61 | Seibt, Sascha | 🇧🇪BEL | 1951 | 0.5 | 2076 | 2076 | +3.4 |
| 65 | Trinh, Fabian Dat | 🇩🇪GER | 1952 | 0.5 | 2127 | 2127 | +4.6 |
| 63 | FMKaufeld, Juergen | 🇩🇪GER | 2217 | 0.5 | 2198 | 2005 | -11.0 |
| 73 | FMMichalczak, Thomas | 🇩🇪GER | 2220 | 0.5 | 2248 | 2055 | -8.4 |
| 55 | Beilfuss, Wilfried, Dr. | 🇩🇪GER | 2096 | 0.5 | 1980 | 1787 | -15.4 |
| 57 | Wiekert, Martin | 🇩🇪GER | 2140 | 0.5 | 2235 | 2235 | +2.6 |
| 60 | Leonard, Timo | 🇩🇪GER | 2174 | 0.5 | 2244 | 2244 | +2.0 |
| 68 | De Vries, Leon | 🇳🇱NED | 1996 | 0.5 | 2109 | 2109 | +3.0 |
| 56 | FMGupta, Milon | 🇩🇪GER | 2184 | 0.5 | 2112 | 2112 | -2.0 |
| 64 | Georgopoulos, Nicolas | 🇩🇪GER | 1819 | 0.5 | 2096 | 2096 | +13.2 |
| 69 | Heuser, Friedhelm | 🇩🇪GER | 2007 | 0.5 | 2149 | 2149 | +3.8 |
| 71 | Kleff, Andre | 🇩🇪GER | 2045 | 0.5 | 1973 | 1973 | -2.0 |
| 75 | Wenzke, Elias | 🇩🇪GER | 1973 | 0.5 | 2045 | 2045 | +2.0 |
| 89 | Koehler, Justus | 🇩🇪GER | 2159 | 0.0 | 2181 | 1381 | -18.8 |
| 99 | CMJagodzinsky, Andreas | 🇩🇪GER | 2177 | 0.0 | 2302 | 1502 | -13.8 |
| 85 | Winkler, Yonathan | 🇩🇪GER | 2174 | 0.0 | 2255 | 1455 | -15.6 |
| 87 | Runte, Moritz | 🇩🇪GER | 2150 | 0.0 | 2263 | 1463 | -7.0 |
| 92 | Zhuravel, Danylo | 🇺🇦UKR | 0 | 0.0 | 2200 | 1400 | 0.0 |
| 88 | Jagodzinsky, Lukas | 🇩🇪GER | 1692 | 0.0 | 2053 | 1253 | -8.4 |
| 94 | Borchert, Stephan | 🇩🇪GER | 2058 | 0.0 | 2100 | 1300 | -17.8 |
| 95 | Ossig, Rainer | 🇩🇪GER | 2153 | 0.0 | 2177 | 1377 | -18.6 |
| 93 | Kesseler, Heiko | 🇩🇪GER | 2114 | 0.0 | 2188 | 1388 | -8.0 |
| 97 | IMGruen, Gerd-Peter | 🇩🇪GER | 2242 | 0.0 | 2139 | 1339 | -6.4 |
| 86 | Boos, Markus | 🇩🇪GER | 2111 | 0.0 | 2132 | 1332 | -9.4 |
| 98 | Peters, Alex | 🇩🇪GER | 2138 | 0.0 | 2054 | 1254 | -12.4 |
| 80 | Senel, Serdar | 🇩🇪GER | 1514 | 0.0 | 1914 | 1114 | -3.2 |
| 83 | Schulte genannt Trux, Denny | 🇩🇪GER | 0 | 0.0 | 2139 | 1339 | 0.0 |
| 78 | Loseries, Uwe | 🇩🇪GER | 2134 | 0.0 | 2127 | 1327 | -10.2 |
| 79 | Selalmazidis, Arsenis | 🇩🇪GER | 2102 | 0.0 | 2024 | 1224 | -24.4 |
| 91 | Bilenko, Yaroslav | 🇺🇦UKR | 2054 | 0.0 | 2076 | 1276 | -9.4 |
| 76 | Ashwath C S | 🇮🇳IND | 1795 | 0.0 | 2041 | 1241 | -3.8 |
| 77 | Mai, Artur | 🇩🇪GER | 1835 | 0.0 | 2235 | 1435 | -1.6 |
| 81 | Berger, Konstantin, Dr. | 🇩🇪GER | 2116 | 0.0 | 1997 | 1197 | -13.2 |
| 82 | Rosenberg, Thomas | 🇩🇪GER | 1869 | 0.0 | 1885 | 1085 | -9.6 |
| 84 | IMSeger, Ruediger | 🇩🇪GER | 2251 | 0.0 | 2222 | 1422 | -5.4 |
| 90 | Wickenfeld, Stefan | 🇩🇪GER | 2162 | 0.0 | 2206 | 1406 | -8.8 |
| 96 | Lamek, Dirk, Dr. | 🇩🇪GER | 1913 | 0.0 | 2160 | 1360 | -7.6 |
| 100 | FIDE 16209630 | — | 0 | 0.0 | 2048 | 1248 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Brockhaus, PhilipGER+24.62.0 pts · #2
- 2Wolters, MichaelGER+13.21.0 pts · #38
- 3Georgopoulos, NicolasGER+13.20.5 pts · #64
Top rating losers
- 1Selalmazidis, ArsenisGER-24.40.0 pts · #79
- 2Koehler, JustusGER-18.80.0 pts · #89
- 3Ossig, RainerGER-18.60.0 pts · #95
Biggest upsets
- R1+119 Elo gap
- R2+103 Elo gap