1. Schachbundesliga 2025-2026 Februar 2026

Team SwissStandard

173 players participated in this 3-round tournament, held from 07 Feb 2026 to 28 Feb 2026 in various, Germany. 172 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2732, and top seed was Fabiano Caruana (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2795).

Bassem Amin (🇪🇬 EGY, GM, 2622) won with 3.0/3, ahead of Etienne Bacrot (2.5) and Anton Korobov (2.5). Amin clinched sole first place in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Felix Levin (GM, 2412) beat Yuriy Kuzubov (GM, 2606), a +194-point gap.

Location

🇩🇪various, Germany

Dates

07 Feb 2026 → 28 Feb 2026

Time control

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

System

Team · 3 rounds

Top seed

🇺🇸GMFabiano Caruana2795

Avg top 10

2,732

Participants

173

Titled players · 172

GM×136

IM×31

FM×5

Federations · 8 represented

🇩🇪Germany×52

🇵🇱Poland×14

🇺🇦Ukraine×12

🇦🇹Austria×10

🇳🇱Netherlands×9

🇷🇸Serbia×8

🇮🇳India×6

🇭🇷Croatia×6

Top 3

🥇
GMBassem Amin
🇪🇬EGY·2622
3.0pts·3243perf+8.2
🥈
GMEtienne Bacrot
🇫🇷FRA·2629
2.5pts·2755perf+4.1
🥉
GMAnton Korobov
🇺🇦UKR·2603
2.5pts·2759perf+5.3

Standings

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#	Player	Fed	Elo	Pts	Avg opp.	Perf	Δ Elo
1	GMAmin, Bassem	🇪🇬EGY	2622	3.0	2443	3243	+8.2
5	GMBacrot, Etienne	🇫🇷FRA	2629	2.5	2482	2755	+4.1
2	GMKorobov, Anton	🇺🇦UKR	2603	2.5	2486	2759	+5.3
3	GMPonomariov, Ruslan	🇺🇦UKR	2631	2.5	2541	2814	+6.3
7	GMAlonso Rosell, Alvar	🇪🇸ESP	2552	2.5	2525	2798	+8.9
6	GMEljanov, Pavel	🇺🇦UKR	2655	2.5	2668	2941	+10.6
10	GMAlekseenko, Kirill	🇦🇹AUT	2648	2.5	2603	2876	+8.2
8	GMDonchenko, Alexander	🇩🇪GER	2655	2.5	2414	2687	+1.1
4	GMErigaisi Arjun	🇮🇳IND	2775	2.5	2608	2881	+3.5
9	GMShirov, Alexei	🇪🇸ESP	2616	2.5	2419	2692	+2.4
30	GMHeinemann, Thies	🇩🇪GER	2403	2.0	2430	2555	+6.1
23	GMMartinovic, Sasa	🇭🇷CRO	2549	2.0	2450	2575	+1.1
17	GMChigaev, Maksim	🇪🇸ESP	2634	2.0	2605	2730	+3.8
22	IMSchaefer, Markus	🇩🇪GER	2360	2.0	2507	2632	+10.7
27	GMCheng, Bobby	🇦🇺AUS	2566	2.0	2588	2713	+5.9
25	GMBartel, Mateusz	🇵🇱POL	2561	2.0	2687	2812	+9.8
32	GMLivaic, Leon	🇭🇷CRO	2561	2.0	2592	2717	+6.3
29	GMVan Wely, Loek	🇳🇱NED	2629	2.0	2636	2761	+5.3
35	GMVitiugov, Nikita	🇬🇧ENG	2667	2.0	2512	2637	-1.2
28	GMSubelj, Jan	🇸🇮SLO	2539	2.0	2519	2644	+4.2
34	GMPredke, Alexandr	🇷🇸SRB	2616	2.0	2619	2744	+5.2
19	GMWojtaszek, Radoslaw	🇵🇱POL	2669	2.0	2495	2620	-1.7
24	GMKozul, Zdenko	🇭🇷CRO	2499	2.0	2415	2540	+1.6
26	GMPapp, Gabor	🇭🇺HUN	2494	2.0	2507	2632	+5.5
18	GMIdani, Pouya	🇮🇷IRI	2615	2.0	2592	2717	+4.1
11	GMCosta, Leonardo	🇩🇪GER	2533	2.0	2659	2784	+9.9
12	IMPeyrer, Konstantin	🇦🇹AUT	2501	2.0	2447	2572	+2.8
20	GMNasuta, Grzegorz	🇵🇱POL	2479	2.0	2498	2623	+5.8
21	GMEngel, Luis	🇩🇪GER	2591	2.0	2585	2710	+4.7
31	GMAndersen, Mads	🇩🇰DEN	2563	2.0	2549	2674	+4.4
16	GMStevic, Hrvoje	🇭🇷CRO	2517	2.0	2436	2561	+1.7
33	GMOnyshchuk, Volodymyr	🇺🇦UKR	2600	2.0	2475	2600	+0.2
14	GMNihal Sarin	🇮🇳IND	2716	2.0	2516	3316	+4.9
15	GMGhosh, Diptayan	🇮🇳IND	2571	2.0	2598	3398	+10.8
13	GMVan Foreest, Lucas	🇳🇱NED	2519	2.0	2425	3225	+7.4
59	GMNaumann, Alexander	🇩🇪GER	2483	1.5	2568	2568	+3.5
50	GMKindermann, Stefan	🇦🇹AUT	2448	1.5	2486	2486	+1.5
36	IMSchmidek, Emil	🇩🇪GER	2431	1.5	2511	2511	+3.2
62	GMHorvath, Dominik	🇦🇹AUT	2544	1.5	2613	2613	+2.9
66	GMSvane, Rasmus	🇩🇪GER	2609	1.5	2595	2595	-0.5
64	GMNisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	🇷🇴ROU	2581	1.5	2607	2607	+1.1
55	GMSarana, Alexey	🇷🇸SRB	2683	1.5	2558	2558	-5.0
49	IMFromm, Marius	🇩🇪GER	2421	1.5	2557	2557	+5.3
60	GMDautov, Rustem	🇩🇪GER	2539	1.5	2501	2501	-1.6
37	GMPechac, Jergus	🇸🇰SVK	2542	1.5	2624	2624	+3.4
68	IMDotzer, Lukas	🇦🇹AUT	2502	1.5	2610	2610	+4.3
39	GMBluebaum, Matthias	🇩🇪GER	2684	1.5	2615	2615	-2.8
51	GMMamedyarov, Shakhriyar	🇦🇿AZE	2727	1.5	2627	2627	-4.1
61	GMPavlidis, Antonios	🇬🇷GRE	2567	1.5	2667	2667	+4.1
63	GMKryvoruchko, Yuriy	🇺🇦UKR	2616	1.5	2556	2556	-2.5
44	GMBanusz, Tamas	🇭🇺HUN	2602	1.5	2562	2562	-1.6
52	GMWagner, Dennis	🇩🇪GER	2601	1.5	2325	2325	-9.6
40	GMBogosavljevic, Boban	🇷🇸SRB	2465	1.5	2514	2514	+2.0
43	GMKuzubov, Yuriy	🇺🇦UKR	2606	1.5	2484	2484	-4.9
42	GMShengelia, David	🇦🇹AUT	2487	1.5	2607	2607	+4.9
45	GMMurzin, Volodar	FID	2652	1.5	2655	2655	+0.1
54	GMSedlak, Nikola	🇷🇸SRB	2332	1.5	2507	2507	+6.9
69	GMKempinski, Robert	🇵🇱POL	2537	1.5	2482	2482	-2.2
58	IMJohansson, Linus	🇸🇪SWE	2417	1.5	2549	2742	+8.6
41	GMSocko, Bartosz	🇵🇱POL	2580	1.5	2589	2589	+0.4
48	GMJanik, Igor	🇵🇱POL	2503	1.5	2508	2508	+0.2
38	GMCaruana, Fabiano	🇺🇸USA	2795	1.5	2547	2740	-1.1
56	GMNavara, David	🇨🇿CZE	2628	1.5	2678	2871	+6.4
57	IMWinterberg, Lukas	🇩🇪GER	2421	1.5	2456	2456	+1.4
46	IMHagner, Bennet	🇩🇪GER	2464	1.5	2427	2620	+4.0
67	GMMaghsoodloo, Parham	🇮🇷IRI	2708	1.5	2551	2744	+0.9
65	FMSchulze, Lara	🇩🇪GER	2327	1.5	2397	2590	+13.8
47	GMAnton Guijarro, David	🇪🇸ESP	2666	1.5	2514	2707	+1.0
53	GMSamunenkov, Ihor	🇺🇦UKR	2604	1.5	2514	2707	+2.5
89	GMEfimenko, Zahar	🇺🇦UKR	2562	1.0	2540	2415	-5.8
77	GMDruska, Juraj	🇸🇰SVK	2468	1.0	2547	2422	-1.7
86	GMMarkus, Robert	🇷🇸SRB	2523	1.0	2571	2446	-3.0
74	GMPredojevic, Borki	🇧🇦BIH	2560	1.0	2544	2419	-5.6
87	GMGraf, Alexander	🇩🇪GER	2497	1.0	2436	2311	-7.4
73	GMSvane, Frederik	🇩🇪GER	2645	1.0	2657	2532	-4.6
81	GMGumularz, Szymon	🇵🇱POL	2598	1.0	2642	2517	-3.3
98	GMVetoshko, Volodymyr	🇺🇦UKR	2516	1.0	2343	2218	-11.1
97	GMSantos Latasa, Jaime	🇪🇸ESP	2616	1.0	2590	2465	-6.1
99	GMPetrov, Martin	🇧🇬BUL	2543	1.0	2530	2405	-5.6
71	GMKosakowski, Jakub	🇵🇱POL	2536	1.0	2535	2410	-5.1
83	GML'Ami, Erwin	🇳🇱NED	2632	1.0	2660	2535	-3.9
93	IMBaum, Jonasz	🇵🇱POL	2449	1.0	2598	2473	+0.9
95	GMVolokitin, Andrei	🇺🇦UKR	2628	1.0	2645	2520	-4.3
85	IMRoshka, Yevgeniy	🇺🇦UKR	2505	1.0	2451	2326	-7.2
106	GMMartirosyan, Haik M.	🇦🇲ARM	2626	1.0	2712	2712	+2.3
72	GMRagger, Markus	🇦🇹AUT	2563	1.0	2670	2670	+2.8
101	GMLevin, Felix	🇩🇪GER	2412	1.0	2605	2605	+5.0
109	IMNeef, Maximilian	🇩🇪GER	2460	1.0	2538	2538	+2.0
103	GMKollars, Dmitrij	🇩🇪GER	2624	1.0	2603	2478	-5.8
96	GMKraemer, Martin	🇩🇪GER	2572	1.0	2552	2427	-5.9
80	GMStojanovic, Dalibor	🇧🇦BIH	2408	1.0	2422	2422	+0.4
90	GMNarayanan S L	🇮🇳IND	2608	1.0	2614	2614	+0.1
79	GMBjerre, Jonas Buhl	🇩🇰DEN	2629	1.0	2579	2579	-1.4
70	GMHertneck, Gerald	🇩🇪GER	2432	1.0	2370	2370	-1.7
105	GMVan den Doel, Erik	🇳🇱NED	2557	1.0	2485	2360	-7.9
75	GMAravindh, Chithambaram VR.	🇮🇳IND	2700	1.0	2600	2600	-2.7
88	FMKrause, Jonah	🇩🇪GER	2327	1.0	2473	2473	+7.6
92	GMNielsen, Peter Heine	🇩🇰DEN	2617	1.0	2507	2507	-3.0
107	IMSawlin, Leonid	🇩🇪GER	2400	1.0	2485	2485	+2.3
110	GMKozak, Adam	🇭🇺HUN	2527	1.0	2577	2577	+1.3
82	GMLodici, Lorenzo	🇮🇹ITA	2590	1.0	2496	2496	-2.6
84	IMGrigorian, Spartak	🇩🇪GER	2413	1.0	2601	3401	+7.4
94	GMMcShane, Luke J	🇬🇧ENG	2611	1.0	2612	2612	+0.1
108	IMNeugebauer, Martin	🇸🇰SVK	2487	1.0	2449	2449	-1.1
102	IMKrause, Benedict	🇩🇪GER	2416	1.0	2478	3278	+5.9
76	GMMeier, Georg	🇺🇾URU	2612	1.0	2391	3191	+2.2
78	GMGirel, Joseph	🇫🇷FRA	2499	1.0	2408	3208	+3.8
91	GMPijpers, Arthur	🇳🇱NED	2475	1.0	2455	3255	+4.7
100	GMAmar, Elham	🇳🇴NOR	2581	1.0	2600	3400	+5.3
104	GMIndjic, Aleksandar	🇷🇸SRB	2626	1.0	2537	3337	+3.8
123	GMSaric, Ivan	🇭🇷CRO	2655	0.5	2684	2411	-8.9
118	GMKobalia, Mikhail	FID	2538	0.5	2634	2361	-6.2
126	GMVogel, Roven	🇩🇪GER	2529	0.5	2645	2372	-5.4
136	GMMichalik, Peter	🇸🇰SVK	2566	0.5	2567	2294	-9.9
143	GMBoensch, Uwe	🇩🇪GER	2454	0.5	2507	2234	-7.9
152	GMDelchev, Aleksander	🇷🇸SRB	2426	0.5	2502	2229	-6.8
125	GMSwinkels, Robin	🇳🇱NED	2478	0.5	2572	2299	-6.4
141	GMTheodorou, Nikolas	🇬🇷GRE	2639	0.5	2670	2477	-4.2
147	IMLagunow, Raphael	🇩🇪GER	2429	0.5	2552	2359	-1.8
135	FMKruckenhauser, Arthur	🇦🇹AUT	2352	0.5	2655	2655	+7.2
149	GMVachier-Lagrave, Maxime	🇫🇷FRA	2720	0.5	2655	2655	-0.9
144	GMBrkic, Ante	🇭🇷CRO	2598	0.5	2593	2400	-5.2
140	GMGledura, Benjamin	🇭🇺HUN	2652	0.5	2586	2393	-6.8
142	IMBaidetskyi, Valentin	🇦🇹AUT	2500	0.5	2499	2306	-5.1
120	FMSawatzki, Frank	🇩🇪GER	2336	0.5	2466	2273	-1.5
157	GMBischoff, Klaus	🇩🇪GER	2424	0.5	2538	2345	-1.9
133	GMKunin, Vitaly	🇩🇪GER	2508	0.5	2575	2382	-3.1
137	GMSmeets, Jan	🇳🇱NED	2559	0.5	2591	2591	+0.4
139	GMRapport, Richard	🇭🇺HUN	2738	0.5	2533	2533	-2.6
150	IMWegerle, Joerg	🇩🇪GER	2397	0.5	2501	2501	+1.4
154	GMBromberger, Stefan	🇩🇪GER	2483	0.5	2669	2669	+2.4
113	GMOrlov, Andrey	FID	2474	0.5	2635	2442	-0.7
122	GMNikolic, Predrag	🇧🇦BIH	2554	0.5	2635	2442	-2.8
156	GMHracek, Zbynek	🇨🇿CZE	2549	0.5	2375	2182	-9.6
119	Li, Hewei	🇩🇪GER	2151	0.5	2534	2341	+12.8
124	GMGustafsson, Jan	🇩🇪GER	2586	0.5	2555	2362	-5.9
112	GMMaurizzi, MarcAndria	🇫🇷FRA	2611	0.5	2652	2652	+0.6
114	GMAreshchenko, Alexander	🇺🇦UKR	2602	0.5	2727	2727	+1.7
130	GMSchoppen, Casper	🇳🇱NED	2571	0.5	2580	2580	+0.1
131	GMHowell, David W L	🇬🇧ENG	2668	0.5	2567	2567	-1.4
134	IMSchneider, Ilja	🇩🇪GER	2424	0.5	2332	2332	-1.3
145	GMKasimdzhanov, Rustam	🇺🇿UZB	2668	0.5	2487	2487	-2.4
148	GMZilka, Stepan	🇨🇿CZE	2505	0.5	2539	2539	+0.5
151	GMKrasenkow, Michal	🇵🇱POL	2478	0.5	2421	2421	-0.8
153	GMBurg, Twan	🇳🇱NED	2485	0.5	2503	2503	+0.3
158	IMKrastev, Alexander	🇩🇪GER	2433	0.5	2537	2537	+1.4
129	GMKrivoborodov, Egor	🇩🇪GER	2537	0.5	2449	2449	-1.2
146	GMDuda, Jan-Krzysztof	🇵🇱POL	2739	0.5	2598	2598	-1.9
111	GMMaksimovic, Bojan	🇷🇸SRB	2533	0.5	2506	2506	-0.4
115	GMAbasov, Nijat	🇦🇿AZE	2593	0.5	2566	2566	-0.4
116	IMHalvax, Georg	🇦🇹AUT	2427	0.5	2486	2486	+0.8
117	IMKoellner, Ruben Gideon	🇩🇪GER	2514	0.5	2504	2504	-0.1
121	GMKrejci, Jan	🇨🇿CZE	2504	0.5	2514	2514	+0.1
127	IMRozen, Eytan	🇮🇱ISR	2506	0.5	2533	2533	+0.4
128	GMKramer, Julian	🇩🇪GER	2486	0.5	2427	2427	-0.8
132	GMVavulin, Maxim	🇩🇪GER	2529	0.5	2591	2591	+0.9
138	IMColbow, Collin	🇩🇪GER	2441	0.5	2414	2414	-0.4
155	IMWagner, Dinara	🇩🇪GER	2414	0.5	2441	2441	+0.4
159	GMKarthik Venkataraman	🇮🇳IND	2591	0.5	2529	2529	-0.9
169	GMHandke, Florian, Dr.	🇩🇪GER	2525	0.0	2611	1811	-7.7
170	FMKlaska, Philipp Leon	🇩🇪GER	2351	0.0	2611	1811	-7.2
171	IMWachinger, Nikolas	🇩🇪GER	2452	0.0	2622	1822	-2.8
165	IMErmitsch, Magnus	🇩🇪GER	2430	0.0	2538	1738	-7.3
161	GMMoranda, Wojciech	🇵🇱POL	2542	0.0	2775	1975	-2.1
173	IMZysk, Robert	🇩🇪GER	2359	0.0	2616	1816	-1.8
164	GMKlimkowski, Jan	🇵🇱POL	2532	0.0	2678	1878	-6.4
168	IMLindgren, Philip	🇸🇪SWE	2385	0.0	2422	1622	-9.0
166	GMFedoseev, Vladimir	🇸🇮SLO	2704	0.0	2561	1761	-6.9
160	GMBologan, Victor	🇲🇩MDA	2600	0.0	2581	1781	-5.3
162	IMFeuerstack, Aljoscha	🇩🇪GER	2455	0.0	2475	1675	-4.7
163	IMReuker, Jari	🇩🇪GER	2391	0.0	2612	1812	-2.2
167	GMTischbierek, Raj	🇩🇪GER	2408	0.0	2499	1699	-3.8
172	GMTomczak, Jacek	🇵🇱POL	2537	0.0	2626	1826	-3.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Schulze, LaraFMGER
+13.8
1.5 pts · #65
2Li, HeweiGER
+12.8
0.5 pts · #119
3Ghosh, DiptayanGMIND
+10.8
2.0 pts · #15

Top rating losers

1Vetoshko, VolodymyrGMUKR
-11.1
1.0 pts · #98
2Michalik, PeterGMSVK
-9.9
0.5 pts · #136
3Hracek, ZbynekGMCZE
-9.6
0.5 pts · #156

Biggest upsets

R1+194 Elo gap
GMLevin, Felix2412 beat GMKuzubov, Yuriy2606
R3+188 Elo gap
IMGrigorian, Spartak2413 beat GMWagner, Dennis2601
R2+156 Elo gap
IMSchaefer, Markus2360 beat GMVetoshko, Volodymyr2516