Jugendbundesliga U20 West 2025-2026 Januar 2026

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48 players participated in this 1-round tournament, held on 24 Jan 2026 in various, Germany. 6 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2238, and top seed was Aleksander Xhembulla (🇦🇱 ALB, FM, 2284).

Sebastian Riechenberg (🇩🇪 GER, 2174) won with 1.0/1, ahead of Emil Frederick Schuricht (1.0) and Ben Ihle (1.0).

The biggest upset came in round 1: Boris Schmidt (2021) beat Luka Schwitkowski (2211), a +190-point gap.

Location

🇩🇪various, Germany

Dates

24 Jan 2026

Time control

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

System

Team · 1 rounds

Top seed

🇦🇱FMAleksander Xhembulla2284

Avg top 10

2,238

Participants

Titled players · 6

FM×5

CM×1

Federations · 4 represented

🇩🇪Germany×45

🇺🇦Ukraine×1

🇦🇱Albania×1

🇳🇱Netherlands×1

Top 3

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Sebastian Riechenberg
🇩🇪GER·2174
1.0pts·2644perf+4.8
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FMEmil Frederick Schuricht
🇩🇪GER·2271
1.0pts·3034perf+9.0
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Ben Ihle
🇩🇪GER·1824
1.0pts·2444perf+10.4

Standings

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#	Player	Fed	Elo	Pts	Avg opp.	Perf	Δ Elo
1	Riechenberg, Sebastian	🇩🇪GER	2174	1.0	1844	2644	+4.8
2	FMSchuricht, Emil Frederick	🇩🇪GER	2271	1.0	2234	3034	+9.0
3	Ihle, Ben	🇩🇪GER	1824	1.0	1644	2444	+10.4
4	Gluma, Christian	🇩🇪GER	2146	1.0	1920	2720	+4.2
5	Sutharjan, Dakxwin	🇩🇪GER	1994	1.0	1929	2729	+16.4
6	FMBashirov, Kemal	🇩🇪GER	2241	1.0	2213	3013	+9.2
7	Menzel, Maximilian	🇩🇪GER	2263	1.0	2086	2886	+5.4
8	Amini, Yusuf	🇩🇪GER	2115	1.0	1880	2680	+8.4
9	Sepe, Giovanni Paolo	🇩🇪GER	1937	1.0	1860	2660	+15.6
10	Schmidt, Boris	🇩🇪GER	2021	1.0	2212	3012	+15.0
11	Holzwarth, Felix	🇩🇪GER	2175	1.0	1908	2708	+7.2
12	FMSpriestersbach, Kai	🇩🇪GER	2201	1.0	1984	2784	+4.4
13	Houben, Maximilian	🇩🇪GER	1917	1.0	1905	2705	+19.2
14	FMXhembulla, Aleksander	🇦🇱ALB	2284	1.0	1884	2684	+1.6
15	Nezhyvenko, Mykhailo	🇩🇪GER	2136	1.0	2063	2863	+16.0
16	CMMarcziter, Alex	🇩🇪GER	2204	1.0	1805	2605	+3.2
17	Seifert, Hendrik	🇩🇪GER	1924	1.0	1738	2538	+5.2
18	Alhamwi, Jood	🇩🇪GER	1770	1.0	1866	2666	+25.2
19	Bilenko, Yaroslav	🇺🇦UKR	2050	0.5	2163	2163	+3.0
20	Sayan, Leheng Idris	🇩🇪GER	1914	0.5	1840	1840	-4.0
21	Lampe, Timon	🇩🇪GER	1817	0.5	1723	1723	-5.2
22	Borghini, Antoine	🇩🇪GER	1840	0.5	1914	1914	+4.0
23	Rogner, Alexander Luis	🇩🇪GER	1847	0.5	1732	1732	-6.4
24	Borgstaedt, Leif Jona	🇩🇪GER	1732	0.5	1847	1847	+6.4
25	FMPrieb, Robert	🇩🇪GER	2236	0.5	2224	2224	-0.4
26	Winkler, Yonathan	🇩🇪GER	2224	0.5	2236	2236	+0.8
27	Lutze, Max	🇩🇪GER	2164	0.5	2050	2050	-6.0
28	Lamers, Ludwig	🇩🇪GER	1900	0.5	1901	1901	0.0
29	Beiden, Manuel	🇩🇪GER	1723	0.5	1817	1817	+2.6
30	Prause, Helge	🇩🇪GER	1901	0.5	1900	1900	0.0
31	Wegener, Moritz	🇩🇪GER	1651	0.0	2051	1251	-3.2
32	Mueller, Konstantin	🇩🇪GER	2084	0.0	2263	1463	-10.8
33	Vortmeier, Jan	🇩🇪GER	2213	0.0	2241	1441	-9.2
34	Pfaar, Zeno	🇩🇪GER	2063	0.0	2136	1336	-8.0
35	Schuricht, Paul Alexander	🇩🇪GER	1906	0.0	1916	1116	-9.6
36	Cordes, Jule	🇳🇱NED	1929	0.0	1993	1193	-8.2
37	Malmstroem, Eva	🇩🇪GER	1844	0.0	2174	1374	-2.4
38	Staub, Tom	🇩🇪GER	1908	0.0	2175	1375	-3.6
39	Schilling, Rumo	🇩🇪GER	1867	0.0	1770	970	-12.6
40	Schwitkowski, Luka	🇩🇪GER	2211	0.0	2021	1221	-30.0
41	Roemer, Alois	🇩🇪GER	1860	0.0	1938	1138	-7.8
42	Strehse, Nelson	🇩🇪GER	2233	0.0	2271	1471	-18.0
43	Timmermann, Aaron Frederik	🇩🇪GER	1795	0.0	2195	1395	-3.2
44	Bitter, Daniel	🇩🇪GER	1651	0.0	1825	1025	-10.4
45	Pazar, Ubeyd	🇩🇪GER	1738	0.0	1924	1124	-10.4
46	Goldkuhle, Collin	🇩🇪GER	1984	0.0	2201	1401	-8.8
47	Kvantaliani, Saba	🇩🇪GER	1920	0.0	2146	1346	-4.2
48	Theisen, Johannes	🇩🇪GER	1881	0.0	2115	1315	-4.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Alhamwi, JoodGER
+25.2
1.0 pts · #18
2Houben, MaximilianGER
+19.2
1.0 pts · #13
3Sutharjan, DakxwinGER
+16.4
1.0 pts · #5

Top rating losers

1Schwitkowski, LukaGER
-30.0
0.0 pts · #40
2Strehse, NelsonGER
-18.0
0.0 pts · #42
3Schilling, RumoGER
-12.6
0.0 pts · #39

Biggest upsets

R1+190 Elo gap
Schmidt, Boris2021 beat Schwitkowski, Luka2211