NRW-Klasse Gruppe 3 2025-2026 Februar 2026
Team SwissStandard
96 players participated in this 2-round tournament, held from 01 Feb 2026 to 22 Feb 2026 in various, Germany. 8 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2266, and top seed was Sabir Huseynov (🇦🇿 AZE, FM, 2390).
Uwe Pewny (🇩🇪 GER, 2177) won with 2.0/2, ahead of Christian Gluma (2.0) and Eugen Heinert (2.0).
The biggest upset came in round 2: Manuel Beiden (1723) beat Torsten Rosenkraenzer (1998), a +275-point gap.
Location
🇩🇪various, Germany
Dates
01 Feb 2026 → 22 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1
System
Team · 2 rounds
Titled players · 8
IM×1
FM×6
CM×1
Federations · 5 represented
🇩🇪Germany×85
🇳🇱Netherlands×4
🇧🇪Belgium×2
🇺🇦Ukraine×1
🇦🇿Azerbaijan×1
Top 3
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Standings
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| # | Player | Fed | Elo | Pts | Avg opp. | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Pewny, Uwe | 🇩🇪GER | 2177 | 2.0 | 2019 | 2819 | +11.6 |
| 3 | Gluma, Christian | 🇩🇪GER | 2119 | 2.0 | 2227 | 3027 | +25.0 |
| 9 | Heinert, Eugen | 🇩🇪GER | 2158 | 2.0 | 2123 | 2923 | +18.0 |
| 4 | Held, Benjamin | 🇩🇪GER | 2080 | 2.0 | 1945 | 2745 | +27.6 |
| 1 | Liedmann, Dennis | 🇩🇪GER | 1987 | 2.0 | 1907 | 2707 | +16.0 |
| 6 | FMThiel, Thomas | 🇩🇪GER | 2184 | 2.0 | 2077 | 2877 | +14.2 |
| 8 | FMWengenroth, Walter | 🇩🇪GER | 2266 | 2.0 | 2169 | 2969 | +15.0 |
| 2 | Jellinghaus, Lars | 🇩🇪GER | 2223 | 2.0 | 2116 | 2916 | +14.2 |
| 7 | Wolters, Michael | 🇩🇪GER | 1978 | 2.0 | 1950 | 2750 | +18.8 |
| 13 | Lettko, Michael | 🇩🇪GER | 2010 | 1.5 | 2011 | 2204 | +10.0 |
| 14 | Schneider, Christoph, Dr. | 🇩🇪GER | 2047 | 1.5 | 2036 | 2229 | +9.4 |
| 10 | Kremser, Michael | 🇩🇪GER | 2024 | 1.5 | 2095 | 2288 | +13.2 |
| 11 | FMNabuurs, Mart | 🇳🇱NED | 2282 | 1.5 | 2228 | 2421 | +7.2 |
| 12 | Reinartz, Achim | 🇩🇪GER | 1947 | 1.5 | 2026 | 2219 | +14.2 |
| 16 | Schroeder, Wilfried | 🇩🇪GER | 2060 | 1.0 | 2044 | 2044 | -0.8 |
| 18 | FMHuseynov, Sabir | 🇦🇿AZE | 2390 | 1.0 | 2171 | 2171 | -5.5 |
| 43 | Labbe, Thomas | 🇩🇪GER | 2086 | 1.0 | 2031 | 2031 | -2.8 |
| 21 | Reinemer, Frank | 🇩🇪GER | 2045 | 1.0 | 2025 | 2025 | -1.2 |
| 23 | Bergmans, Dirk | 🇳🇱NED | 2009 | 1.0 | 2064 | 2064 | +3.0 |
| 24 | Gohla, Ulf | 🇩🇪GER | 2082 | 1.0 | 2022 | 2022 | -3.4 |
| 30 | Feldhaus, Sebastian | 🇩🇪GER | 2082 | 1.0 | 2040 | 2040 | -2.4 |
| 33 | FMRechmann, Peter | 🇩🇪GER | 2205 | 1.0 | 2192 | 2192 | -0.6 |
| 35 | Heikaus, Frank | 🇩🇪GER | 2040 | 1.0 | 1979 | 1979 | -3.2 |
| 41 | Theis, Sebastian | 🇩🇪GER | 2046 | 1.0 | 2176 | 2176 | +14.0 |
| 36 | Heinert, Alex | 🇩🇪GER | 1967 | 1.0 | 1910 | 1910 | -3.0 |
| 28 | Frisch, Thomas | 🇩🇪GER | 1831 | 1.0 | 1967 | 2767 | +13.6 |
| 19 | Goralski, Christian | 🇩🇪GER | 2076 | 1.0 | 1980 | 2780 | +7.4 |
| 34 | di Franco, Patricio | 🇩🇪GER | 2084 | 1.0 | 2099 | 2099 | +0.8 |
| 38 | von Bargen, Lukas | 🇩🇪GER | 2008 | 1.0 | 2046 | 2046 | +2.0 |
| 39 | Peter, Thomas | 🇩🇪GER | 2043 | 1.0 | 1643 | 2443 | +1.6 |
| 42 | Luebsen, Keno | 🇩🇪GER | 2080 | 1.0 | 2010 | 2010 | -3.6 |
| 25 | Keller, Karsten | 🇩🇪GER | 2169 | 1.0 | 2033 | 2833 | +6.4 |
| 27 | Wolfradt, Dirk | 🇩🇪GER | 2100 | 1.0 | 1947 | 2747 | +6.0 |
| 31 | Mohammadi Nia, Borna | 🇩🇪GER | 2111 | 1.0 | 2069 | 2869 | +8.8 |
| 40 | FIDE 533045437 | — | 0 | 1.0 | 2026 | 2046 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Koerber, Matthias | 🇩🇪GER | 2158 | 1.0 | 2084 | 2884 | +8.0 |
| 22 | Diesner, Michael | 🇩🇪GER | 2035 | 1.0 | 2082 | 2882 | +11.4 |
| 44 | Kaehmann, Joerg | 🇩🇪GER | 2125 | 1.0 | 2080 | 2880 | +8.8 |
| 15 | Nopper, Louis | 🇩🇪GER | 1974 | 1.0 | 2103 | 2903 | +13.4 |
| 17 | Loheide, Michel | 🇩🇪GER | 1993 | 1.0 | 2063 | 2863 | +12.0 |
| 26 | Beiden, Manuel | 🇩🇪GER | 1723 | 1.0 | 1998 | 2798 | +16.6 |
| 29 | Hielscher, Fabian | 🇩🇪GER | 1803 | 1.0 | 1861 | 2661 | +11.6 |
| 32 | Lorse, Matthias | 🇩🇪GER | 2072 | 1.0 | 2103 | 2903 | +10.8 |
| 37 | Finke, Kai | 🇩🇪GER | 2106 | 1.0 | 2124 | 2924 | +10.6 |
| 45 | Weidert, Florian | 🇧🇪BEL | 1989 | 1.0 | 1930 | 2730 | +8.4 |
| 46 | Cramer, Volker | 🇩🇪GER | 2029 | 0.5 | 2150 | 1957 | -3.4 |
| 49 | Wendrich, Finn | 🇩🇪GER | 1774 | 0.5 | 2053 | 1860 | +6.8 |
| 56 | Fehmer, Carsten | 🇩🇪GER | 2115 | 0.5 | 2055 | 1862 | -13.4 |
| 64 | Spindler, Florian | 🇩🇪GER | 1977 | 0.5 | 2051 | 1858 | -6.2 |
| 67 | Fietz, Nils | 🇩🇪GER | 1773 | 0.5 | 1992 | 1799 | +2.0 |
| 70 | Kraemer, Matthias | 🇩🇪GER | 2271 | 0.5 | 2202 | 2009 | -13.8 |
| 58 | Steingrobe, Udo | 🇩🇪GER | 1947 | 0.5 | 2024 | 1831 | -6.0 |
| 53 | Strijbos, Maarten | 🇳🇱NED | 2337 | 0.5 | 2244 | 2051 | -15.2 |
| 59 | Jaeckel, Norbert | 🇩🇪GER | 1913 | 0.5 | 2032 | 1839 | -7.2 |
| 55 | Tagsold, Christian, Dr. | 🇩🇪GER | 2147 | 0.5 | 2046 | 2046 | -2.8 |
| 47 | Reuter, Michael | 🇩🇪GER | 2026 | 0.5 | 1774 | 1774 | -6.2 |
| 50 | Kontorovitch, Vladimir | 🇩🇪GER | 2069 | 0.5 | 2072 | 1879 | -9.8 |
| 62 | Ruprecht, Thomas | 🇩🇪GER | 2033 | 0.5 | 2119 | 1926 | -5.4 |
| 68 | Aengenheister, Dennis | 🇩🇪GER | 1990 | 0.5 | 2077 | 1884 | -5.6 |
| 65 | Luebke, Robin | 🇩🇪GER | 2070 | 0.5 | 2082 | 2082 | +0.4 |
| 69 | CMMarcziter, Alex | 🇩🇪GER | 2137 | 0.5 | 2271 | 2271 | +7.2 |
| 52 | Mandt, Mathias | 🇩🇪GER | 2075 | 0.5 | 2044 | 2044 | -0.8 |
| 57 | Fohler, Claus | 🇩🇪GER | 2187 | 0.5 | 1990 | 1990 | -5.0 |
| 60 | Maes, Valeer | 🇧🇪BEL | 2044 | 0.5 | 2075 | 2075 | +0.8 |
| 71 | Hamm, Norbert | 🇩🇪GER | 1925 | 0.5 | 1977 | 1977 | +2.8 |
| 54 | Nezhyvenko, Mykhailo | 🇩🇪GER | 2119 | 0.5 | 2282 | 2282 | +8.8 |
| 63 | IMHeinbuch, Detlef Ulrich | 🇩🇪GER | 2276 | 0.5 | 2024 | 2024 | -3.1 |
| 66 | Brochhagen, Thomas | 🇩🇪GER | 1995 | 0.5 | 1773 | 1773 | -11.2 |
| 48 | Selber, Robin | 🇩🇪GER | 0 | 0.5 | 1867 | 1867 | 0.0 |
| 51 | Swemers, Christian | 🇩🇪GER | 0 | 0.5 | 1979 | 1786 | 0.0 |
| 61 | FIDE 34686193 | — | 0 | 0.5 | 1818 | 1818 | 0.0 |
| 89 | Sandkamp, Ralph | 🇩🇪GER | 2179 | 0.0 | 2101 | 1301 | -24.0 |
| 74 | Markgraf, Jonas | 🇩🇪GER | 2040 | 0.0 | 2036 | 1236 | -20.2 |
| 81 | Wolter, Detlev | 🇩🇪GER | 2124 | 0.0 | 2145 | 1345 | -19.0 |
| 88 | Gula, Julian | 🇩🇪GER | 2063 | 0.0 | 2056 | 1256 | -20.4 |
| 78 | Senay, Baris | 🇩🇪GER | 2067 | 0.0 | 2266 | 1466 | -4.8 |
| 90 | Stirl, Tobias | 🇩🇪GER | 1720 | 0.0 | 1978 | 1178 | -7.2 |
| 75 | Sukhorebrov, Andrey | 🇺🇦UKR | 1975 | 0.0 | 2010 | 1210 | -18.0 |
| 80 | Sabirov, Ramil | 🇩🇪GER | 2062 | 0.0 | 2047 | 1247 | -10.4 |
| 86 | Gallasch, Robin | 🇩🇪GER | 2105 | 0.0 | 1947 | 1147 | -14.2 |
| 87 | Pejkovic, Patrick Slavko | 🇩🇪GER | 2103 | 0.0 | 2023 | 1223 | -24.2 |
| 72 | Rosenkraenzer, Torsten | 🇩🇪GER | 1998 | 0.0 | 1723 | 923 | -16.6 |
| 73 | FMSchiffer, Kai-Uwe | 🇩🇪GER | 2222 | 0.0 | 2390 | 1590 | -5.6 |
| 77 | Schuricht, Paul Alexander | 🇩🇪GER | 1895 | 0.0 | 2080 | 1280 | -5.2 |
| 95 | Hart, Klaus | 🇩🇪GER | 1861 | 0.0 | 1803 | 1003 | -23.2 |
| 76 | Kruse, Victor | 🇩🇪GER | 2052 | 0.0 | 2223 | 1423 | -5.4 |
| 96 | Chua, Ethan | 🇳🇱NED | 2160 | 0.0 | 2158 | 1358 | -20.0 |
| 82 | Padva, Leo | 🇩🇪GER | 1980 | 0.0 | 2076 | 1276 | -7.4 |
| 84 | Kroeger, Sven | 🇩🇪GER | 1626 | 0.0 | 2026 | 1226 | -3.2 |
| 85 | Jentzsch, David | 🇩🇪GER | 1930 | 0.0 | 1988 | 1188 | -8.4 |
| 92 | Pericic, Boris | 🇩🇪GER | 1911 | 0.0 | 2060 | 1260 | -6.0 |
| 93 | Abend, Peter | 🇩🇪GER | 1904 | 0.0 | 2086 | 1286 | -10.4 |
| 94 | Paulus, Jeffrey | 🇩🇪GER | 2009 | 0.0 | 2008 | 1208 | -10.0 |
| 79 | FIDE 24659428 | — | 0 | 0.0 | 1793 | 993 | 0.0 |
| 83 | Schloesser, Frank | 🇩🇪GER | 0 | 0.0 | 2069 | 1269 | 0.0 |
| 91 | Vijayakumar, Prusoth | 🇩🇪GER | 0 | 0.0 | 1826 | 1026 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Held, BenjaminGER+27.62.0 pts · #4
- 2Gluma, ChristianGER+25.02.0 pts · #3
- 3Wolters, MichaelGER+18.82.0 pts · #7
Top rating losers
- 1Pejkovic, Patrick SlavkoGER-24.20.0 pts · #87
- 2Sandkamp, RalphGER-24.00.0 pts · #89
- 3Hart, KlausGER-23.20.0 pts · #95
Biggest upsets
- R2+275 Elo gap
- R1+271 Elo gap
- R1+201 Elo gap