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

Federations · 2 represented

🇩🇪Germany×40

🇳🇱Netherlands×1

Top 3

🥇
Felicitas Hendler
🇩🇪GER·1504
4.5pts·1805perf+44.8
🥈
FIDE 533053510
—
4.5pts·1605perf0.0
🥉
FIDE 533027412
—
4.0pts·1585perf0.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R4; 2 players tied at 4.5/5, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Hendler4.54.5Haefner4Meuer444

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	Bernartz, Kimberly	0	GER	+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	Rovinsky, David	0	GER	=?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	Das, Shreyas	0	GER	−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
+44.8
4.5 pts · #4
2Nagel, SimonGER
+39.6
2.5 pts · #12
3Ruckriegel, HelmutGER
+26.4
3.5 pts · #1

Top rating losers

1Poethen, HeikoGER
-45.2
2.0 pts · #55
2Hingst, Dieter Max OttoGER
-45.2
0.5 pts · #49
3Krishnamurthy, PadmasiniGER
-26.0
1.5 pts · #40

Biggest upsets

R2+110 Elo gap
Ten Dam, Thijs1451 beat Poethen, Heiko1561