1. Schachbundesliga 2025-2026 Januar 2026

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128 players participated in this 2-round tournament, held from 10 Jan 2026 to 11 Jan 2026 in various, Germany. 127 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2696, and top seed was Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (🇫🇷 FRA, GM, 2734).

Jonasz Baum (🇵🇱 POL, IM, 2449) won with 2.0/2, ahead of Alexei Shirov (2.0) and Boban Bogosavljevic (2.0).

The biggest upset came in round 1: Jari Reuker (IM, 2380) beat Alexander Donchenko (GM, 2665), a +285-point gap.

Location

🇩🇪various, Germany

Dates

10 Jan 2026 → 11 Jan 2026

Time control

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

System

Team · 2 rounds

Top seed

🇫🇷GMMaxime Vachier-Lagrave2734

Avg top 10

2,696

Participants

128

Titled players · 127

GM×101

IM×20

FM×6

Federations · 8 represented

🇩🇪Germany×40

🇵🇱Poland×11

🇳🇱Netherlands×9

🇺🇦Ukraine×8

🇷🇸Serbia×8

🇦🇹Austria×6

🇭🇷Croatia×6

🇪🇸Spain×4

Top 3

🥇
IMJonasz Baum
🇵🇱POL·2449
2.0pts·3318perf+11.8
🥈
GMAlexei Shirov
🇪🇸ESP·2609
2.0pts·3307perf+7.3
🥉
GMBoban Bogosavljevic
🇷🇸SRB·2453
2.0pts·3317perf+11.7

Standings

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#	Player	Fed	Elo	Pts	Avg opp.	Perf	Δ Elo
7	IMBaum, Jonasz	🇵🇱POL	2449	2.0	2518	3318	+11.8
6	GMShirov, Alexei	🇪🇸ESP	2609	2.0	2507	3307	+7.3
4	GMBogosavljevic, Boban	🇷🇸SRB	2453	2.0	2517	3317	+11.7
1	GMAlonso Rosell, Alvar	🇪🇸ESP	2544	2.0	2468	3268	+7.9
5	GMAlekseenko, Kirill	🇦🇹AUT	2639	2.0	2585	3385	+8.5
2	GMDuda, Jan-Krzysztof	🇵🇱POL	2731	2.0	2649	3449	+7.8
3	GMHandke, Florian, Dr.	🇩🇪GER	2520	2.0	2316	3116	+5.1
19	GMVan Wely, Loek	🇳🇱NED	2628	1.5	2494	2687	+1.4
21	GMKamsky, Gata	🇫🇷FRA	2606	1.5	2577	2770	+4.2
37	GMKlimkowski, Jan	🇵🇱POL	2526	1.5	2559	2752	+5.9
38	GMIdani, Pouya	🇮🇷IRI	2612	1.5	2543	2736	+3.1
25	GMStevic, Hrvoje	🇭🇷CRO	2516	1.5	2368	2561	+1.2
34	IMKrastev, Alexander	🇩🇪GER	2429	1.5	2396	2589	+4.1
11	IMReuker, Jari	🇩🇪GER	2380	1.5	2586	2779	+10.1
13	GMWarmerdam, Max	🇳🇱NED	2576	1.5	2554	2747	+4.4
18	GMDragnev, Valentin	🇦🇹AUT	2536	1.5	2500	2693	+3.9
26	GMNaumann, Alexander	🇩🇪GER	2481	1.5	2364	2557	+1.9
32	GMChigaev, Maksim	🇪🇸ESP	2628	1.5	2620	2813	+4.8
35	GMWagner, Dennis	🇩🇪GER	2600	1.5	2455	2648	+1.1
9	GMBogdanov, Egor	🇺🇦UKR	2500	1.5	2284	2477	-0.5
14	GMBluebaum, Matthias	🇩🇪GER	2679	1.5	2670	2863	+4.8
15	FMSydykov, Bayastan	🇰🇬KGZ	2388	1.5	2284	2477	+4.4
22	GMSchoppen, Casper	🇳🇱NED	2563	1.5	2498	2691	+3.3
24	GMKasimdzhanov, Rustam	🇺🇿UZB	2664	1.5	2610	2803	+3.5
28	GMAndersen, Mads	🇩🇰DEN	2550	1.5	2649	2842	+7.6
29	GMRagger, Markus	🇦🇹AUT	2560	1.5	2498	2691	+3.3
31	GMFerreira, Jorge Viterbo	🇵🇹POR	2505	1.5	2610	2803	+7.9
33	GMVitiugov, Nikita	🇬🇧ENG	2663	1.5	2627	2820	+4.0
36	GMEngel, Luis	🇩🇪GER	2584	1.5	2649	2842	+6.8
39	GMKraemer, Martin	🇩🇪GER	2565	1.5	2627	2820	+6.7
41	GMEljanov, Pavel	🇺🇦UKR	2649	1.5	2670	2863	+5.6
10	GMHertneck, Gerald	🇩🇪GER	2428	1.5	2398	2591	+4.2
12	GMWojtaszek, Radoslaw	🇵🇱POL	2667	1.5	2549	2742	+1.8
16	GMKrasenkow, Michal	🇵🇱POL	2475	1.5	2398	2591	+2.9
17	GMVetoshko, Volodymyr	🇺🇦UKR	2514	1.5	2387	2580	+1.5
20	GMNasuta, Grzegorz	🇵🇱POL	2479	1.5	2549	2742	+7.0
23	GMKuzubov, Yuriy	🇺🇦UKR	2601	1.5	2598	2791	+4.9
27	IMWagner, Dinara	🇩🇪GER	2410	1.5	2387	2580	+4.3
30	GMVan Foreest, Jorden	🇳🇱NED	2703	1.5	2598	2791	+2.1
8	GMLevin, Felix	🇩🇪GER	2412	1.5	2316	2509	+2.6
40	GMVolokitin, Andrei	🇺🇦UKR	2622	1.5	2649	2842	+5.8
83	GMBromberger, Stefan	🇩🇪GER	2483	1.0	2497	2497	+0.4
44	GMVan den Doel, Erik	🇳🇱NED	2558	1.0	2507	2507	-1.3
46	GMSmeets, Jan	🇳🇱NED	2562	1.0	2456	2456	-2.9
80	GMPijpers, Arthur	🇳🇱NED	2473	1.0	2456	2456	-0.4
50	GMPredke, Alexandr	🇷🇸SRB	2616	1.0	2614	2614	0.0
61	GMSarana, Alexey	🇷🇸SRB	2686	1.0	2567	2567	-3.2
65	FMKrause, Jonah	🇩🇪GER	2321	1.0	2445	2445	+6.6
77	GMFedoseev, Vladimir	🇸🇮SLO	2705	1.0	2664	2664	-1.2
84	GMBrkic, Ante	🇭🇷CRO	2598	1.0	2585	2585	-0.4
85	GMMaiwald, Jens-Uwe	🇩🇪GER	2412	1.0	2562	2562	+4.0
43	IMSchneider, Ilja	🇩🇪GER	2422	1.0	2479	2479	+1.6
51	GMBjerre, Jonas Buhl	🇩🇰DEN	2628	1.0	2679	2679	+1.4
57	IMPeyrer, Konstantin	🇦🇹AUT	2493	1.0	2565	2565	+2.0
66	IMRoshka, Yevgeniy	🇺🇦UKR	2506	1.0	2464	2464	-1.1
69	IMBaidetskyi, Valentin	🇦🇹AUT	2496	1.0	2480	2480	-0.4
76	GMMoranda, Wojciech	🇵🇱POL	2541	1.0	2589	2589	+1.3
58	IMLagunow, Raphael	🇩🇪GER	2428	1.0	2461	2461	+0.9
55	FMRonge, Tim	🇩🇪GER	2284	1.0	2478	2478	+10.0
42	IMHagner, Bennet	🇩🇪GER	2451	1.0	2478	2478	+0.7
47	GMAmin, Bassem	🇪🇬EGY	2625	1.0	2526	2526	-2.7
48	IMWinterberg, Lukas	🇩🇪GER	2425	1.0	2562	2562	+3.7
49	GMSantos Latasa, Jaime	🇪🇸ESP	2615	1.0	2580	2580	-1.0
52	GMNisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	🇷🇴ROU	2580	1.0	2601	2601	+0.6
54	GMLivaic, Leon	🇭🇷CRO	2559	1.0	2640	2640	+2.2
59	GMPredojevic, Borki	🇧🇦BIH	2561	1.0	2528	2528	-0.8
60	GMJanik, Igor	🇵🇱POL	2517	1.0	2593	2593	+2.1
62	GMKunin, Vitaly	🇩🇪GER	2505	1.0	2580	2580	+2.1
63	GMTomczak, Jacek	🇵🇱POL	2535	1.0	2601	2601	+1.9
64	GMSaric, Ivan	🇭🇷CRO	2655	1.0	2647	2647	-0.2
70	GMEfimenko, Zahar	🇺🇦UKR	2563	1.0	2528	2528	-1.0
71	GMKempinski, Robert	🇵🇱POL	2535	1.0	2593	2593	+1.6
73	GMGledura, Benjamin	🇭🇺HUN	2654	1.0	2580	2580	-2.0
74	GMPavlidis, Antonios	🇬🇷GRE	2568	1.0	2558	2558	-0.3
75	GMMartirosyan, Haik M.	🇦🇲ARM	2625	1.0	2647	2647	+0.6
81	GMMotylev, Alexander	🇷🇴ROU	2561	1.0	2526	2526	-1.0
82	GMBacrot, Etienne	🇫🇷FRA	2631	1.0	2562	2562	-1.9
86	GMPetrov, Martin	🇧🇬BUL	2545	1.0	2580	2580	+0.9
87	GML'Ami, Erwin	🇳🇱NED	2634	1.0	2558	2558	-2.2
90	GMVachier-Lagrave, Maxime	🇫🇷FRA	2734	1.0	2640	2640	-2.6
45	GMDelchev, Aleksander	🇷🇸SRB	2424	1.0	2500	2500	+2.1
56	GMOrlov, Andrey	FID	2477	1.0	2364	2364	-3.1
68	GMPeng, Li Min	🇨🇭SUI	2530	1.0	2455	2455	-2.0
78	GMMartinovic, Sasa	🇭🇷CRO	2548	1.0	2586	2586	+1.0
88	GMMamedyarov, Shakhriyar	🇦🇿AZE	2730	1.0	2620	2620	-3.0
89	GMBologan, Victor	🇲🇩MDA	2601	1.0	2554	2554	-1.3
67	GMHaria, Ravi	🇬🇧ENG	2493	1.0	2396	2396	-2.6
72	GMSubelj, Jan	🇸🇮SLO	2540	1.0	2517	2517	-0.7
53	GMGhosh, Diptayan	🇮🇳IND	2577	1.0	2585	2585	+0.2
79	GMStojanovic, Dalibor	🇧🇦BIH	2406	1.0	2468	2468	+1.7
108	GMSvane, Frederik	🇩🇪GER	2649	0.5	2677	2484	-4.3
110	IMErmitsch, Magnus	🇩🇪GER	2430	0.5	2466	2273	-4.1
98	GMKjartansson, Gudmundur	🇮🇸ISL	2420	0.5	2475	2282	-3.5
103	IMKoellner, Ruben Gideon	🇩🇪GER	2515	0.5	2475	2282	-6.1
107	GMCosta, Leonardo	🇩🇪GER	2540	0.5	2608	2415	-3.1
118	GMKollars, Dmitrij	🇩🇪GER	2630	0.5	2608	2415	-5.6
99	IMWachinger, Nikolas	🇩🇪GER	2456	0.5	2507	2314	-3.7
91	GMHeinemann, Thies	🇩🇪GER	2406	0.5	2462	2269	-3.4
96	GMMendonca, Leon Luke	🇮🇳IND	2615	0.5	2652	2459	-4.0
102	GMMiljkovic, Miroslav D	🇷🇸SRB	2404	0.5	2452	2259	-3.7
104	GMMarkus, Robert	🇷🇸SRB	2527	0.5	2573	2380	-3.8
111	IMKurmann, Oliver	🇨🇭SUI	2392	0.5	2452	2259	-3.4
112	IMErtan, Can	🇹🇷TUR	2367	0.5	2462	2269	-2.4
116	GMCheng, Bobby	🇦🇺AUS	2571	0.5	2573	2380	-5.0
117	GMThybo, Jesper Sondergaard	🇩🇰DEN	2581	0.5	2652	2459	-3.0
93	FMMoehn, Hans	🇩🇪GER	2364	0.5	2461	2268	-2.4
92	IMKrause, Benedict	🇩🇪GER	2417	0.5	2565	2372	-1.1
97	GMDonchenko, Alexander	🇩🇪GER	2665	0.5	2464	2271	-10.0
100	GMSvane, Rasmus	🇩🇪GER	2612	0.5	2679	2486	-3.2
101	GMBartel, Mateusz	🇵🇱POL	2566	0.5	2589	2396	-4.4
113	FMLutz, Ruben	🇩🇪GER	2305	0.5	2479	2286	-0.8
115	GMGraf, Alexander	🇩🇪GER	2503	0.5	2480	2287	-5.6
94	GMBurg, Twan	🇳🇱NED	2490	0.5	2494	2301	-4.9
95	GMShengelia, David	🇦🇹AUT	2480	0.5	2577	2384	-2.3
105	IMNeef, Maximilian	🇩🇪GER	2462	0.5	2559	2366	-2.4
106	GMKrivoborodov, Egor	🇩🇪GER	2542	0.5	2543	2350	-5.0
109	IMColbow, Collin	🇩🇪GER	2440	0.5	2368	2175	-6.9
114	IMTica, Sven	🇭🇷CRO	2405	0.5	2507	2314	-2.3
125	GMTheodorou, Nikolas	🇬🇷GRE	2648	0.0	2677	1877	-9.3
127	Fruth, David	🇩🇪GER	2201	0.0	2466	1666	-13.7
119	GMDautov, Rustem	🇩🇪GER	2550	0.0	2497	1697	-11.4
120	GMOnyshchuk, Volodymyr	🇺🇦UKR	2611	0.0	2567	1767	-11.2
121	GMMcShane, Luke J	🇬🇧ENG	2622	0.0	2585	1785	-11.0
122	GMNeiksans, Arturs	🇱🇻LAT	2584	0.0	2562	1762	-10.6
124	GMIvic, Velimir	🇷🇸SRB	2638	0.0	2614	1814	-10.7
126	GMIndjic, Aleksandar	🇷🇸SRB	2635	0.0	2664	1864	-9.2
128	FMWeihrauch, Jakob	🇩🇪GER	2247	0.0	2445	1645	-10.0
123	GMBoensch, Uwe	🇩🇪GER	2463	0.0	2518	1718	-8.5

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Baum, JonaszIMPOL
+11.8
2.0 pts · #7
2Bogosavljevic, BobanGMSRB
+11.7
2.0 pts · #4
3Reuker, JariIMGER
+10.1
1.5 pts · #11

Top rating losers

1Fruth, DavidGER
-13.7
0.0 pts · #127
2Dautov, RustemGMGER
-11.4
0.0 pts · #119
3Onyshchuk, VolodymyrGMUKR
-11.2
0.0 pts · #120

Biggest upsets

R1+285 Elo gap
IMReuker, Jari2380 beat GMDonchenko, Alexander2665
R2+117 Elo gap
GMFerreira, Jorge Viterbo2505 beat GMMcShane, Luke J2622
R1+113 Elo gap
IMBaum, Jonasz2449 beat GMSmeets, Jan2562