4. Internationales Bruehler Open 2026 C-Turnier
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59 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 20 Feb 2026 to 22 Feb 2026 in Bruehl, Germany. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1569, and top seed was Theodor Blomer (🇩🇪 GER, 1596).
Felicitas Hendler (🇩🇪 GER, 1504) won with 4.5/5. Hendler shared the lead from round 3, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Thijs Ten Dam (1451) beat Heiko Poethen (1561), a +110-point gap.
Location
🇩🇪Bruehl, Germany
Dates
20 Feb 2026 → 22 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Avg top 10
1,569
Participants
59
Federations · 2 represented
🇩🇪Germany×37
🇳🇱Netherlands×1
Top 3
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- 🥈
- 🥉
How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R4; 2 players tied at 4.5/5, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
30
10
3
1
2
R4–R5 · LEAD HELD
Felicitas Hendler held the sole lead from R4 through R5 without losing it.
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 4.5/5. Hendler takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (13.5).
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
Felicitas Hendler 4 wins (R1–R4)FIDE 533053510 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Felicitas Hendler | * | — | ½ | — |
| 2FIDE 533053510 | — | * | — | 1 |
| 3Celine Milena Haefner | ½ | — | * | — |
| 4Stephan Meuer | — | 0 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hendler, Felicitas | 1504 | GER | +44N | +17B | +8B | +14N | =4N | 4.5 | 13.5 | 15.0 | 13.00 | 1805 | +44.8 |
| 2 | FIDE 533053510 | 0 | — | +57N | +?B | +5B | =3N | +?N | 4.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 6.00 | 1605 | 0.0 |
| 3 | FIDE 533027412 | 0 | — | +34N | +25B | =7N | =2B | +15N | 4.0 | 13.5 | 15.5 | 11.50 | 1585 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Haefner, Celine Milena | 1558 | GER | +38B | +39N | =27B | +7N | =1B | 4.0 | 12.5 | 14.5 | 11.00 | 1820 | +19.0 |
| 5 | Meuer, Stephan | 1534 | GER | +46N | +16B | −2N | +31B | +14N | 4.0 | 12.5 | 14.0 | 9.50 | 2332 | +19.8 |
| 6 | FIDE 533071942 | 0 | — | +26B | =?N | +11B | +?N | =?N | 4.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.00 | 1552 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Muschalek, Ingo | 1576 | GER | +37B | +45N | =3B | −4B | +23N | 3.5 | 12.5 | 14.0 | 8.00 | 1672 | +14.8 |
| 8 | Ten Dam, Thijs | 1451 | NED | +31N | +32B | −1N | =23B | +20B | 3.5 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 8.25 | 1522 | +11.6 |
| 9 | Thai, Elias | 0 | GER | +36B | −14N | +16B | =47N | +27B | 3.5 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 8.25 | 1586 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Ruckriegel, Helmut | 1577 | GER | =33N | +51B | =15N | +32B | =12N | 3.5 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 7.25 | 1706 | +26.4 |
| 11 | Fendt, Fabian | 0 | GER | +56N | =49B | −6N | +29B | +28B | 3.5 | 10.5 | 11.0 | 6.25 | 1540 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Soehn, Alexander | 0 | GER | −52B | +41N | +36B | +34N | =10B | 3.5 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 7.75 | 1530 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Reckers, Juergen | 0 | GER | =51N | −?B | +44N | +35B | +25B | 3.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 6.50 | 1410 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Holzmann, Dagmar | 1585 | GER | +53N | +9B | +18N | −1B | −5B | 3.0 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 7.50 | 1405 | -14.6 |
| 15 | Holzhaeuser, Thibaut Lautaro | 1554 | GER | +58B | =24N | =10B | +40N | −3B | 3.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 5.00 | 1577 | +1.2 |
| 16 | FIDE 16223012 | 0 | — | +40B | −5N | −9N | +45B | +35N | 3.0 | 11.5 | 13.0 | 5.50 | 1559 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Kuroczik, Patricia | 0 | GER | +47B | −1N | −23N | +43B | +32N | 3.0 | 11.0 | 12.5 | 5.50 | 1397 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Holzhaeuser, Andreas | 1552 | GER | +41B | +52N | −14B | −20N | +36B | 3.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 5.00 | 1658 | +17.2 |
| 19 | Wrobel, Boris | 0 | GER | −28N | +46B | −31N | +38B | +33N | 3.0 | 8.5 | 10.0 | 5.50 | 1542 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Jiang, Yuzhao | 0 | GER | F | +58N | +45B | +18B | −8N | 3.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 4.50 | 1549 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Barsoum, David | 0 | GER | −45B | +37N | −34B | +52N | +42B | 3.0 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 5.00 | 1505 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Pakusa, Fabian | 0 | GER | −49N | =44B | =51N | +37B | +31N | 3.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 5.25 | 1410 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Reiter, Ute | 1499 | GER | −24B | +54N | +17B | =8N | −7B | 2.5 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 5.75 | 1321 | -18.4 |
| 24 | Pinsdorf, Benedikt | 0 | GER | +23N | =15B | −?N | =33B | =26B | 2.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 6.25 | 1531 | 0.0 |
| 25 | FIDE 533058113 | 0 | — | +48B | −3N | +52B | =?B | −13N | 2.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 2.50 | 1447 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Nagel, Simon | 1467 | GER | −6N | +56B | −35N | +51B | =24N | 2.5 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 2.75 | 2265 | +39.6 |
| 27 | Doelling, Markus | 0 | GER | +?N | +35B | =4N | −?B | −9N | 2.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 4.00 | 1384 | 0.0 |
| 28 | FIDE 533072060 | 0 | — | +19B | =?N | +?B | −?B | −11N | 2.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 3.00 | 1556 | 0.0 |
| 29 | FIDE 533061440 | 0 | — | =?N | +33B | −?N | −11N | +?B | 2.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 2.00 | 1560 | 0.0 |
| 30 | FIDE 533071993 | 0 | — | +?N | =?B | −?N | −?N | +44B | 2.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.50 | 1566 | 0.0 |
| 31 | FIDE 533034753 | 0 | — | −8B | +48N | +19B | −5N | −22B | 2.0 | 13.5 | 15.0 | 4.50 | 693 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Poethen, Heiko | 1561 | GER | +54B | −8N | +38B | −10N | −17B | 2.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 3.00 | 715 | -45.2 |
| 33 | Voss, Frederik | 1525 | GER | =10B | −29N | +50B | =24N | −19B | 2.0 | 11.5 | 13.0 | 4.50 | 1577 | +2.8 |
| 34 | FIDE 533071870 | 0 | — | −3B | +55N | +21N | −12B | −?N | 2.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 4.00 | 696 | 0.0 |
| 35 | FIDE 533072841 | 0 | — | +?B | −27N | +26B | −13N | −16B | 2.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 2.50 | 1487 | 0.0 |
| 36 | Chen, Alex | 1586 | GER | −9N | +57B | −12N | +55B | −18N | 2.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 1.00 | 752 | -22.0 |
| 37 | FIDE 533059934 | 0 | — | −7N | −21B | +53N | −22N | +51B | 2.0 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 2.00 | 1493 | 0.0 |
| 38 | FIDE 533049920 | 0 | — | −4N | +53B | −32N | −19N | +55B | 2.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 2.00 | 760 | 0.0 |
| 39 | Grundbach, Wolfgang | 1561 | GER | +55B | −4B | −40N | −42N | +52B | 2.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 2.00 | 1493 | -7.2 |
| 40 | Wellmann, Paul | 0 | GER | −16N | F | +39B | −15B | +?N | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 2.00 | 1557 | 0.0 |
| 41 | FIDE 533035601 | 0 | — | −18N | −12B | +57N | −?B | +54N | 2.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.00 | 724 | 0.0 |
| 42 | Zheng, Liam | 0 | GER | −?B | +?N | −47N | +39B | −21N | 2.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 2.00 | 1581 | 0.0 |
| 43 | Mag, Martina | 0 | GER | −?N | =?B | =?N | −17N | +57B | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 1496 | 0.0 |
| 44 | Pakusa, Luisa | 0 | GER | −1B | =22N | −13B | +48N | −30N | 1.5 | 13.5 | 15.0 | 3.00 | 704 | 0.0 |
| 45 | Krishnamurthy, Padmasini | 1583 | GER | +21N | −7B | −20N | −16N | =46B | 1.5 | 12.5 | 14.0 | 3.75 | 1334 | -26.0 |
| 46 | Brandt, Hilda | 1479 | GER | −5B | −19N | −54B | +56B | =45N | 1.5 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 1.25 | 1546 | +11.2 |
| 47 | FIDE 533006822 | 0 | — | −17N | F | +42B | =9B | −?N | 1.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 3.75 | 756 | 0.0 |
| 48 | FIDE 533072108 | 0 | — | −25N | −31B | =56N | −44B | +53N | 1.5 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 1.25 | 1520 | 0.0 |
| 49 | FIDE 533068917 | 0 | — | +22B | =11N | −?B | F | F | 1.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 4.75 | 756 | 0.0 |
| 50 | Irrlitz, Kai | 0 | GER | −?N | =?B | −33N | −?B | +56N | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.50 | 1447 | 0.0 |
| 51 | Hafner, Hans-Peter | 1410 | GER | =13B | −10N | =22B | −26N | −37N | 1.0 | 12.5 | 14.5 | 3.25 | 722 | -14.0 |
| 52 | Krishnamurthy, Srivathsa Suresh | 1427 | GER | +12N | −18B | −25N | −21B | −39N | 1.0 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 3.50 | 757 | -26.0 |
| 53 | Albrecht, Severin | 0 | GER | −14B | −38N | −37B | +58N | −48B | 1.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.00 | 785 | 0.0 |
| 54 | Rathay, Noah | 0 | GER | −32N | −23B | +46N | −?N | −41B | 1.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.50 | 1388 | 0.0 |
| 55 | FIDE 533071500 | 0 | — | −39N | −34B | +58B | −36N | −38N | 1.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.00 | 774 | 0.0 |
| 56 | Hingst, Dieter Max Otto | 1520 | GER | −11B | −26N | =48B | −46N | −50B | 0.5 | 9.0 | 10.5 | 0.75 | 673 | -45.2 |
| 57 | FIDE 533068062 | 0 | — | −2B | −36N | −41B | F | −43N | 0.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 0.00 | 786 | 0.0 |
| 58 | FIDE 533034761 | 0 | — | −15N | −20B | −55N | −53B | F | 0.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.00 | 753 | 0.0 |
| 59 | FIDE 34682015 | 0 | — | −?B | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 756 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Hendler, FelicitasGER+44.84.5 pts · #4
- 2Nagel, SimonGER+39.62.5 pts · #12
- 3Ruckriegel, HelmutGER+26.43.5 pts · #1
Top rating losers
- 1Poethen, HeikoGER-45.22.0 pts · #55
- 2Hingst, Dieter Max OttoGER-45.20.5 pts · #49
- 3Krishnamurthy, PadmasiniGER-26.01.5 pts · #40
Biggest upsets
- R2+110 Elo gap