Landesliga Berlin 2025-2026 Februar 2026

Team SwissStandard

78 players participated in this 1-round tournament, held on 15 Feb 2026 in Berlin, Germany. 26 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2355, and top seed was Marco Baldauf (🇩🇪 GER, GM, 2444).

Frank Van Hasselt (🇭🇰 HKG, 2198) won with 1.0/1, ahead of Michael Klenburg (1.0) and Henrik Hesse (1.0).

The biggest upset came in round 1: Sibylle Heyme (1938) beat Jaroslaw Verbitsky (2100), a +162-point gap.

Location

🇩🇪Berlin, Germany

Dates

15 Feb 2026

Time control

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

System

Team · 1 rounds

Avg top 10

2,355

Participants

Titled players · 26

GM×1

IM×6

FM×15

CM×3

WFM×1

Federations · 8 represented

🇩🇪Germany×70

🇸🇪Sweden×1

🇭🇰Hong Kong China×1

🇮🇹Italy×1

🇺🇦Ukraine×1

🇷🇸Serbia×1

🇮🇱Israel×1

🇬🇧Scotland×1

Top 3

🥇
Frank Van Hasselt
🇭🇰HKG·2198
1.0pts·2891perf+7.0
🥈
IMMichael Klenburg
🇮🇱ISR·2352
1.0pts·2783perf+1.0
🥉
FMHenrik Hesse
🇩🇪GER·2287
1.0pts·3034perf+8.6

Standings

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#	Player	Fed	Elo	Pts	Avg opp.	Perf	Δ Elo
1	Van Hasselt, Frank	🇭🇰HKG	2198	1.0	2091	2891	+7.0
2	IMKlenburg, Michael	🇮🇱ISR	2352	1.0	1983	2783	+1.0
3	FMHesse, Henrik	🇩🇪GER	2287	1.0	2234	3034	+8.6
4	Heyme, Sibylle	🇩🇪GER	1938	1.0	2100	2900	+14.2
5	FMBrustkern, Juergen	🇩🇪GER	2083	1.0	1898	2698	+5.2
6	Bui, Bao Anh Le	🇩🇪GER	2258	1.0	2076	2876	+5.2
7	Hommel, Niclas	🇩🇪GER	2181	1.0	2167	2967	+9.6
8	IMLagunow, Alexander	🇩🇪GER	2330	1.0	2080	2880	+1.9
9	IMGelman, Alexander	🇩🇪GER	2416	1.0	2212	3012	+2.4
10	Kalabic, Faris	🇩🇪GER	2156	1.0	1984	2784	+5.4
11	CMFichte-Rath, Alina	🇩🇪GER	1952	1.0	1851	2651	+7.2
12	Mcgowan, Daniel	🇬🇧SCO	2112	1.0	2036	2836	+8.0
13	Matviienko, Mykhailo	🇺🇦UKR	2262	1.0	1986	2786	+3.4
14	Niehaus, Frank	🇩🇪GER	2061	1.0	2121	2921	+11.6
15	FMBecker, Walter	🇩🇪GER	2324	1.0	2120	2920	+4.8
16	Tscheuschner, Georg, Dr.	🇩🇪GER	2215	1.0	2156	2956	+8.4
17	IMHeinzel, Olaf	🇩🇪GER	2254	1.0	2146	2946	+3.5
18	Noeldner, Julian	🇩🇪GER	2242	1.0	2333	3133	+12.4
19	IMBerger, Steve	🇩🇪GER	2413	1.0	2229	3029	+2.6
20	Fartmann, Oliver	🇩🇪GER	2075	1.0	2125	2925	+11.4
21	CMDuester, Christian	🇩🇪GER	2140	1.0	2094	2894	+8.8
22	FMGiemsa, Stephan	🇩🇪GER	2174	1.0	2170	2970	+9.8
23	Liebelt, Jannik	🇩🇪GER	2107	1.0	2045	2845	+8.2
24	WFMWolf, Sylvia	🇩🇪GER	1990	1.0	2093	2893	+12.8
25	Buzzoni, Eugenio	🇩🇪GER	2125	1.0	2141	2941	+10.4
26	Schoewel, Matthias	🇩🇪GER	2185	0.5	2130	2130	-1.6
27	Schliebener, Stephan	🇩🇪GER	2119	0.5	2389	2389	+6.6
28	FMJahnz, Fabian	🇩🇪GER	2235	0.5	2223	2223	-0.4
29	George, Tom	🇩🇪GER	2199	0.5	2127	2127	-2.0
30	IMThiede, Lars	🇩🇪GER	2351	0.5	2354	2354	0.0
31	Jauk, Wilhelm	🇩🇪GER	2119	0.5	2160	2160	+1.2
32	Lindhauer, Thorben	🇩🇪GER	1989	0.5	2070	2070	+2.2
33	Jaeschke, Jens-Uwe	🇩🇪GER	2064	0.5	2125	2125	+1.6
34	Niese, Holger	🇩🇪GER	2074	0.5	1923	1923	-4.0
35	FMDimitrijeski, Boris, Dr.	🇩🇪GER	2171	0.5	2149	2149	-0.6
36	Boeddeker, Henry	🇩🇪GER	2130	0.5	2185	2185	+1.6
37	Weber, Daniel	🇩🇪GER	2127	0.5	2199	2199	+2.0
38	FMWerner, Patrick	🇩🇪GER	2223	0.5	2235	2235	+0.4
39	Noll, Paul	🇩🇪GER	2160	0.5	2119	2119	-1.2
40	Zur, Jan	🇩🇪GER	2134	0.5	2026	2026	-3.0
41	Welke, Klaus	🇩🇪GER	2150	0.5	2172	2172	+0.6
42	Lisek, Juergen	🇩🇪GER	2199	0.5	2278	2278	+2.2
43	FMRibic, Kasmir	🇧🇦BIH	2226	0.5	1999	1999	-5.8
44	Escher, Clemens	🇩🇪GER	2161	0.5	1822	1822	-7.6
45	Lachmann, Utz	🇩🇪GER	2025	0.5	2134	2134	+3.0
46	GMMeister, Jakob	🇩🇪GER	2389	0.5	2119	2119	-3.3
47	CMPetersen, Marcel	🇩🇪GER	2278	0.5	2199	2199	-2.2
48	FMRosenthal, Dirk	🇩🇪GER	2354	0.5	2351	2351	0.0
49	Sellhast, Paul	🇩🇪GER	1821	0.5	2161	2161	+15.2
50	Arndt, Uwe	🇩🇪GER	1999	0.5	2226	2226	+5.8
51	Chakhalov, Mikael	🇩🇪GER	1922	0.5	2074	2074	+8.0
52	Gebigke, Martin	🇩🇪GER	2125	0.5	2064	2064	-1.6
53	Kranz, Paul Oliver	🇮🇹ITA	2070	0.5	1989	1989	-2.2
54	FMKleeschaetzky, Ralf	🇩🇪GER	2170	0.0	2174	1374	-9.8
55	Freyberg, Dominic	🇩🇪GER	2076	0.0	2259	1459	-5.2
56	Carmesin, Leon Lucas Finn	🇩🇪GER	2045	0.0	2107	1307	-8.2
57	Pererva, Viktor	🇩🇪GER	2093	0.0	1990	1190	-12.8
58	Zhang, Onno	🇩🇪GER	2036	0.0	2112	1312	-16.0
59	Schmidt, Florian Pascal	🇩🇪GER	1983	0.0	2352	1552	-2.0
60	Daum, Norman	🇩🇪GER	2156	0.0	2214	1414	-8.4
61	FMBreier, Andreas	🇩🇪GER	2333	0.0	2242	1442	-6.2
62	Verbitsky, Jaroslaw	🇩🇪GER	2100	0.0	1938	1138	-14.2
63	Stein, Theodor	🇩🇪GER	1898	0.0	2083	1283	-5.2
64	Weber, Martin	🇩🇪GER	2125	0.0	2075	1275	-11.4
65	Tomin, Bogdan	🇷🇸SRB	2167	0.0	2181	1381	-9.6
66	Noetzel, Felix	🇩🇪GER	2213	0.0	2416	1616	-4.8
67	Donath, Johann	🇩🇪GER	2080	0.0	2330	1530	-3.8
68	Strassburg, Moritz	🇩🇪GER	1851	0.0	1952	1152	-14.4
69	Eberlein, Johann	🇩🇪GER	1984	0.0	2156	1356	-5.4
70	Mimkes, Pavel	🇩🇪GER	2141	0.0	2125	1325	-10.4
71	FMGaerths, Ronny	🇩🇪GER	2122	0.0	2324	1524	-4.8
72	Schmedes, Hendrik	🇩🇪GER	2121	0.0	2061	1261	-23.2
73	Vollmar, Timo	🇩🇪GER	1986	0.0	2262	1462	-3.4
74	Horn, Sven	🇩🇪GER	2091	0.0	2198	1398	-7.0
75	FMLundin, Jan	🇸🇪SWE	2146	0.0	2254	1454	-7.0
76	FMHoffmann, Udo	🇩🇪GER	2229	0.0	2413	1613	-5.2
77	FMBoetzer, Detlef	🇩🇪GER	2234	0.0	2287	1487	-8.6
78	Kather, Yannick	🇩🇪GER	2094	0.0	2140	1340	-8.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Sellhast, PaulGER
+15.2
0.5 pts · #49
2Heyme, SibylleGER
+14.2
1.0 pts · #4
3Wolf, SylviaWFMGER
+12.8
1.0 pts · #24

Top rating losers

1Schmedes, HendrikGER
-23.2
0.0 pts · #72
2Zhang, OnnoGER
-16.0
0.0 pts · #58
3Strassburg, MoritzGER
-14.4
0.0 pts · #68

Biggest upsets

R1+162 Elo gap
Heyme, Sibylle1938 beat Verbitsky, Jaroslaw2100
R1+103 Elo gap
WFMWolf, Sylvia1990 beat Pererva, Viktor2093