Oberliga Nord West 2025-2026 Maerz 2026

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97 players participated in this 2-round tournament, held from 01 Mar 2026 to 22 Mar 2026 in various, Germany. 40 titled players from 7 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2386, and top seed was Tomasz Warakomski (🇵🇱 POL, GM, 2551).

Martin Hoerstmann (🇩🇪 GER, FM, 2272) won with 2.0/2, ahead of Rob Bertholee (2.0) and Finn Crispin Burnus (2.0). Hoerstmann won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Nathanael Wetterau (1973) beat Edward Bundan (FM, 2173), a +200-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

Top seed

🇵🇱GMTomasz Warakomski2551

Avg top 10

2,386

Participants

Titled players · 40

GM×2

IM×4

FM×21

CM×11

WGM×1

WIM×1

Federations · 7 represented

🇩🇪Germany×79

🇳🇱Netherlands×11

🇬🇪Georgia×2

🇵🇱Poland×2

🇹🇷Turkiye×1

🇮🇳India×1

🇺🇦Ukraine×1

Top 3

🥇
FMMartin Hoerstmann
🇩🇪GER·2272
2.0pts·3101perf+21.6
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FMRob Bertholee
🇳🇱NED·2309
2.0pts·2925perf+5.3
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Finn Crispin Burnus
🇩🇪GER·1960
2.0pts·2891perf+54.0

Standings

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#	Player	Fed	Elo	Pts	Avg opp.	Perf	Δ Elo
3	FMHoerstmann, Martin	🇩🇪GER	2272	2.0	2301	3101	+21.6
5	FMBertholee, Rob	🇳🇱NED	2309	2.0	2125	2925	+5.3
2	Burnus, Finn Crispin	🇩🇪GER	1960	2.0	2091	2891	+54.0
6	Rietman, Frits	🇳🇱NED	2239	2.0	2216	3016	+18.8
1	FMPolster, Christian	🇩🇪GER	2250	2.0	2115	2915	+12.8
4	Hoerstmann, Rudi	🇩🇪GER	2221	2.0	2039	2839	+10.8
7	Peters, Tom	🇩🇪GER	2179	1.5	2170	2363	+9.6
12	Stiller, Maximilian	🇩🇪GER	1910	1.5	2010	2203	+15.0
14	FMSchuette, Marc	🇩🇪GER	2119	1.5	2133	2326	+10.8
15	IMKroeze, Frank	🇳🇱NED	2366	1.5	2210	2403	+0.9
10	FMHedke, Fred	🇩🇪GER	2161	1.5	2149	2342	+9.4
16	FMBuchal, Stephan	🇩🇪GER	2212	1.5	2109	2302	+4.4
19	CMSauer, Tim	🇩🇪GER	2127	1.5	1991	2184	+5.6
20	CMStotyn, Fabian	🇩🇪GER	2175	1.5	2088	2281	+5.2
8	Hagemann, Elmar	🇩🇪GER	2150	1.5	2153	2346	+10.2
9	CMHelmer, Jan	🇩🇪GER	2233	1.5	2062	2255	+1.0
18	Horn, Matthias	🇩🇪GER	2149	1.5	1989	2182	+1.8
13	Loeber, Wolfgang	🇩🇪GER	2098	1.5	2015	2208	+5.6
17	Gentemann, Moritz	🇩🇪GER	2254	1.5	2183	2376	+6.0
11	WGMWarakomska, Anna	🇵🇱POL	2239	1.5	2208	2401	+8.2
25	FMGronde, Ingo, Dr.	🇩🇪GER	2327	1.0	2314	2314	-0.8
38	Franke, Reiner, Prof. Dr.	🇩🇪GER	2105	1.0	2119	2119	+0.8
37	FMBredemeier, Dirk	🇩🇪GER	2223	1.0	2199	2199	-1.4
43	CMBogomolow, Sergej	🇩🇪GER	2084	1.0	2223	2223	+7.0
48	Hummel, Dirk	🇩🇪GER	2275	1.0	2257	2257	-1.0
40	Gueting, Jens	🇩🇪GER	2192	1.0	2224	2224	+1.8
49	Pahl, Erik	🇩🇪GER	2205	1.0	2133	2133	-4.0
50	Meessen, Max	🇩🇪GER	2081	1.0	2122	2122	+2.2
28	Wetterau, Nathanael	🇩🇪GER	1973	1.0	2176	2176	+10.4
32	Eschholz, Enno	🇩🇪GER	2086	1.0	2113	2113	+1.6
46	Woestmann, Hans-Joachim	🇩🇪GER	2058	1.0	2196	2196	+7.4
29	FMStelmaszyk, Nico	🇩🇪GER	2355	1.0	2297	2297	-1.6
36	Schruefer, Guenther, Dr.	🇩🇪GER	2194	1.0	2211	2211	+1.0
30	Wittje, Berthold	🇩🇪GER	2225	1.0	2225	2225	-0.2
52	FMSchippers, Maurice	🇳🇱NED	2267	1.0	2336	2336	+3.8
21	Reimer, Philip	🇩🇪GER	2219	1.0	2281	3081	+11.8
31	Meiwes, Thore	🇩🇪GER	2178	1.0	2066	2066	-5.6
41	FMSteffens, Olaf	🇩🇪GER	2115	1.0	2207	2207	+5.0
45	FMMossakowski, Florian	🇩🇪GER	2281	1.0	2201	2201	-4.6
22	CMTen Vergert, Paul	🇳🇱NED	2193	1.0	2222	3022	+10.8
26	Rein, Joachim	🇩🇪GER	1914	1.0	1934	2734	+10.6
27	GMWarakomski, Tomasz	🇵🇱POL	2551	1.0	2395	3195	+2.9
35	Paalman, Henk-Jan	🇳🇱NED	2157	1.0	1968	2768	+5.0
44	Bruns, Kai-Christian	🇩🇪GER	2167	1.0	1892	2692	+3.4
47	Margraf, Daniel	🇩🇪GER	2200	1.0	2178	2978	+9.4
51	IMMaatman, Nick	🇳🇱NED	2387	1.0	2225	3025	+2.9
23	FMSreyas Payyappat	🇮🇳IND	2136	1.0	2118	2918	+9.4
24	Plasman, Hans	🇳🇱NED	2081	1.0	1711	2511	+2.0
33	FMLambrechts, Koen	🇳🇱NED	2291	1.0	2148	2948	+6.2
34	CMMichalke, Guenter	🇩🇪GER	2150	1.0	2133	2933	+9.6
39	Pahl, Theis	🇩🇪GER	2249	1.0	2132	2932	+6.8
42	FMVoege, Tobias	🇩🇪GER	2315	1.0	2399	3199	+12.4
63	Lehmann, Holger	🇩🇪GER	2099	0.5	2186	1993	-5.4
59	Wagner, Jan	🇩🇪GER	2165	0.5	2101	1908	-12.8
66	Wielebinski, Paul Martin	🇩🇪GER	2070	0.5	2157	1964	-5.4
68	Renninger, David	🇩🇪GER	1891	0.5	2158	1965	+6.0
58	Cichy, Michael, Dr.	🇩🇪GER	2090	0.5	2062	1869	-11.6
71	Seyrek, Rohat	🇹🇷TUR	1892	0.5	2038	1845	-2.8
74	CMBargsten, Justus	🇩🇪GER	2240	0.5	2407	2214	-1.2
72	CMWeigand, Anton	🇩🇪GER	2189	0.5	2239	2239	+1.4
53	FMKorsus, Bernd	🇩🇪GER	2277	0.5	2020	1827	-22.2
64	Lichmann, Peter	🇩🇪GER	2316	0.5	2263	2070	-13.0
65	CMvon Estorff, Jacob	🇩🇪GER	2222	0.5	2294	2101	-6.2
67	Cebulla, Konstantin	🇩🇪GER	2062	0.5	2148	1955	-5.4
70	Kieselbach, Marvin	🇩🇪GER	1934	0.5	2096	1903	-3.0
73	IMLobzhanidze, Davit	🇬🇪GEO	2395	0.5	2387	2194	-5.2
75	Mittelstaedt, Hendrik	🇩🇪GER	1968	0.5	2111	1918	-2.4
56	Schaefer, Maik	🇩🇪GER	1943	0.5	1905	1905	-1.0
69	Neumann, Ingo	🇩🇪GER	1905	0.5	1943	1943	+1.0
54	Stock, Joerg	🇩🇪GER	2066	0.5	2233	2233	+4.4
57	IMChokhonelidze, Giorgi	🇬🇪GEO	2229	0.5	2194	2194	-0.5
62	Oehne, Timo	🇩🇪GER	2145	0.5	2081	2081	-1.8
55	GMFish, Gennadij	🇩🇪GER	2447	0.5	2240	2240	-2.7
60	Buescher, Andre	🇩🇪GER	2065	0.5	1968	1968	-2.6
61	FMWiegmann, Sascha	🇩🇪GER	2259	0.5	2316	2316	+1.6
76	Schroeder, Boris	🇩🇪GER	2004	0.5	2090	2090	+2.4
88	FMBierenbroodspot, Paul	🇳🇱NED	2077	0.0	2023	1223	-23.0
96	FMLaubsch, Bernd	🇩🇪GER	2209	0.0	2177	1377	-21.8
92	Boettcher, Christian, Dr.	🇩🇪GER	2160	0.0	2251	1451	-7.6
97	Schiermeyer, Lukas	🇩🇪GER	1977	0.0	2221	1421	-4.0
84	Askerov, Imamali	🇩🇪GER	2056	0.0	2194	1394	-12.6
81	FMBundan, Edward	🇩🇪GER	2173	0.0	2114	1314	-46.0
90	Happe, Reinhold	🇩🇪GER	2071	0.0	2127	1327	-8.4
93	Kieselbach, Jannik	🇩🇪GER	2086	0.0	2161	1361	-16.0
94	WIMEfimenko, Maria	🇺🇦UKR	2227	0.0	2239	1439	-9.6
77	FMClemens, Christian, Dr.	🇩🇪GER	2158	0.0	2141	1341	-21.0
80	CMChitsazian, Daniel	🇩🇪GER	2182	0.0	2281	1481	-7.2
82	Bonacic, Nenad	🇩🇪GER	2118	0.0	2136	1336	-9.4
83	Kardoeus, David	🇩🇪GER	2132	0.0	2250	1450	-6.8
87	Falke, Philipp	🇩🇪GER	1711	0.0	2081	1281	-2.0
95	Ernst, Franz	🇩🇪GER	1930	0.0	2178	1378	-3.8
79	Veldhuis, Geert	🇳🇱NED	1949	0.0	2098	1298	-12.0
78	Helms, Finn	🇩🇪GER	2137	0.0	2084	1284	-22.8
85	Hoffmann, Alexander	🇩🇪GER	2399	0.0	2315	1515	-6.2
86	Andre, Wolfgang	🇩🇪GER	2133	0.0	2150	1350	-9.6
89	Mueer, Sebastian	🇩🇪GER	2148	0.0	2291	1491	-6.2
91	CMRiemay, David	🇩🇪GER	2241	0.0	2275	1475	-9.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Burnus, Finn CrispinGER
+54.0
2.0 pts · #2
2Hoerstmann, MartinFMGER
+21.6
2.0 pts · #3
3Rietman, FritsNED
+18.8
2.0 pts · #6

Top rating losers

1Bundan, EdwardFMGER
-46.0
0.0 pts · #81
2Bierenbroodspot, PaulFMNED
-23.0
0.0 pts · #88
3Helms, FinnGER
-22.8
0.0 pts · #78

Biggest upsets

R1+200 Elo gap
Wetterau, Nathanael1973 beat FMBundan, Edward2173
R2+172 Elo gap
Franke, Reiner, Prof. Dr.2105 beat FMKorsus, Bernd2277
R1+145 Elo gap
Burnus, Finn Crispin1960 beat Franke, Reiner, Prof. Dr.2105