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Elberfelder Winter Schach 2026

Open SwissStandard

34 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 02 Jan 2026 to 04 Jan 2026 in Wuppertal, Germany. 1 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1980, and top seed was Merlin Maenken (🇩🇪 GER, CM, 2162).

Merlin Maenken (🇩🇪 GER, CM, 2162) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Felix Liesendahl (4.0) and Muhammed Asadzade (4.0). Maenken broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Klaus Dieter Koch (1549) beat Steven Bertram (1766), a +217-point gap.

Location
🇩🇪Wuppertal, Germany
Dates
02 Jan 2026 → 04 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇩🇪CMMerlin Maenken2162
Avg top 10
1,980
Participants
34
Titled players · 1
CM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇩🇪Germany×31
🇹🇷Turkiye×2
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

CM Merlin Maenken led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
16
8
3
2
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R5–R5 · LEAD HELD

CM Merlin Maenken never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

CM Merlin Maenken 5 wins (R1–R5)Muhammed Asadzade 3 wins (R3–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1CMMerlin Maenken*
1
1
2Ewald Fichtner*
3Muhammed Asadzade
0
*
4Felix Liesendahl
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Maenken, MerlinCM2162GER+19N+3B+13N+5B+2N5.014.016.516.502735+46.4
2Liesendahl, Felix1959GER+20N+27B+9N+6B1B4.014.015.010.002086+15.8
3Asadzade, Muhammed1901GER+17B1N+21B+14N+9B4.013.015.010.001996+24.8
4Fichtner, Ewald2048GER+26N+30B=6N+10B=5N4.011.512.59.002143+12.6
5Scharfenberg, Michael2143GER+28B+16N+15B1N=4B3.514.015.08.002072-4.8
6Peter, Laurenz1902GER+29B+14N=4B2N+17B3.513.014.08.001922+5.4
7Granz, Thomas1823GER=12N=11B+25N=8B+13N3.512.013.58.751928+14.4
8Podder, Michael1916GER+21B9N+22B=7N+15B3.511.013.08.251890-2.8
9Ertelt, Pornchai1740GER+31N+8B2B+16N3N3.014.014.56.501915+18.2
10Walczewski, Christopher1977GER+22B15N+19B4N+21B3.011.013.06.501848-13.8
11Bertram, Steven1766GER14B=7N+32B+18N=16B3.011.011.56.001724-8.0
12Sigacheva, Varvara1650GER=7BF=18N+26B+22N3.09.59.56.502004+52.8
13Balster, Semjon1911GER+23N+18B1B=15N7B2.513.515.55.751769-16.0
14Koch, Klaus Dieter1549GER+11N6B+27N3B=20N2.513.014.05.251798+59.2
15Hoelzer, Thomas1779GER+33N+10B5N=13B8N2.512.512.54.251900+21.2
16Arnz, Tom Niklas1885GER+25N5B+23N9B=11N2.511.513.05.001793-12.0
17Mertens, Dominik Alexander1652GER3N+26B+30N=20B6N2.511.512.53.751794+36.0
18Hamad, Wasim0GER+24B13N=12B11B+25N2.510.512.05.0017580.0
19Irtes, Deniz1692TUR1B+29N10N=25B+27N2.510.511.52.751826+29.6
20Yilmaz, Arda Efe1677TUR2B=32N+28B=17N=14B2.510.010.53.751701+5.2
21Rades, Andreas1678GER8N+31B3N+27B10N2.011.512.01.501693+0.8
22Landwehr, Ingo1689GER10N+33B8N+31B12B2.010.010.00.501048-18.4
23Mizich, Vadim1661GER13B+34N16B24N+28B2.08.08.01.001634-6.0
24Hosnjak, Christian1807GER18NFF+23B+29N2.05.55.53.002458+24.0
25Baziou, Rayane1655GER16B+28N7B=19N18B1.511.012.02.251689+5.2
26Albrecht, Linus Frederic1683GER4B17N+34B12N=31N1.510.010.00.25984-47.2
27Lojack, Rouven1749GER+34B2N14B21N19B1.011.011.00.00919-86.8
28Scheib, Jonas1704GER5N25B20N+34B23N1.09.59.50.00974-70.0
29Tiegs, Frank-Peter1657GER6N19B+33NF24B1.08.58.50.001000-37.6
30Klein, Andreas1810GER+32B4N17BFF1.07.07.00.501655-12.6
31Schroeder, Melanie0GER9B21NF22N=26B0.58.58.50.7513750.0
32Kelch, Volker1641GER30N=20B11NFF0.57.57.51.251477-22.4
33Koper, Anna Margarete0GER15B22N29BFF0.05.55.50.009070.0
34FIDE 533062544027N23B26N28NF0.05.55.50.008990.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets