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Niedersachsen Landeseinzelmeisterschaft 2026 Meisterturnier

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24 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 02 Jan 2026 to 05 Jan 2026 in Verden (Aller), Germany. 13 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2297, and top seed was Johannes von Mettenheim (🇩🇪 GER, 2375).

Felix Hampel (🇩🇪 GER, FM, 2333) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Johannes von Mettenheim (5.0) and Edward Bundan (5.0). Hampel shared the lead from round 5 and won solo starting round 6.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Jarno Scheffner (2010) beat Tim Sauer (CM, 2269), a +259-point gap.

Location
🇩🇪Verden (Aller), Germany
Dates
02 Jan 2026 → 05 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇩🇪Johannes von Mettenheim2375
Avg top 10
2,297
Participants
24
Titled players · 13
IM×1
FM×7
CM×5
Federations · 1 represented
🇩🇪Germany×24
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

FM Felix Hampel led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
9
2
5
1
2
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7Hampel takes lead
Hampel5.5Bundan5von Mettenheim5Meiwes4.5Voege4.5Riemay4
R6 · LEADER CHANGE04 Jan

FM Felix Hampel takes the sole lead (5.0/6).

R1–R7 · UNBEATEN

FM Felix Hampel went unbeaten across 7 games (R1–R7).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FMFelix Hampel*—
½
—
2FMEdward Bundan—*
0
—
3Johannes von Mettenheim
½
1
*—
4Thore Meiwes———*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Hampel, FelixFM2333GER+22N+12B=6N=7B+4N+9B=2N5.525.527.521.002493+26.8
2von Mettenheim, Johannes2375GER=7N+3B+11N−4B+17N+6N=1B5.027.030.020.752389+2.0
3Bundan, EdwardFM2103GER+21B−2N+15B+16N=6B=4B+9N5.024.026.517.252430+121.6
4Voege, TobiasFM2307GER+5B=16N+17B+2N−1B=3N=8B4.527.030.018.502359+10.6
5Meiwes, Thore2164GER−4N+23B=8N=11B+20N=10B+13N4.522.524.514.002273+21.6
6Nechitaylo, NikitaFM2255GER+18N+8B=1B=10N=3N−2B=11N4.027.530.516.252282+6.4
7Reimer, Philip2226GER=2B+19N+14B=1N−9N=8B=10N4.026.028.515.252329+20.2
8Stelmaszyk, NicoFM2360GER+15B−6N=5B+19N=10B=7N=4N4.024.527.014.502265-8.1
9Polster, ChristianFM2257GER=19B=14N+20B+13N+7B−1N−3B4.024.026.513.002215-6.4
10Plischki, SebastianIM2282GER+13B=17N=16B=6B=8N=5N=7B4.023.026.014.752282+0.2
11Tonndorf, MatthiasFM2163GER=14B+21N−2B=5N=16B+19N=6B4.022.525.012.502285+23.4
12Riemay, DavidCM2250GER+20B−1N−13B−14N+22B+18B+17N4.021.023.010.502218-4.4
13Peters, Tom2155GER−10N+24B+12N−9B=14B+16N−5B3.523.023.59.252187+7.2
14Bargsten, JustusCM2283GER=11N=9B−7N+12B=13N=17B=16N3.522.525.512.752217-12.8
15Mueer, Sebastian2206GER−8N+18B−3N−17B=21N+24B+20N3.520.020.57.252115-14.6
16Weigand, AntonCM2233GER+23N=4B=10N−3B=11N−13B=14B3.024.526.510.002126-20.0
17von Estorff, JacobCM2231GER+24B=10B−4N+15N−2B=14N−12B3.024.525.07.752170-9.6
18Scheffner, Jarno2010GER−6B−15N+24N+21B−19B−12N+22B3.018.519.05.002100+14.4
19Holtwessels, Jan2062GER=9N−7B+22N−8B+18N−11B−23N2.521.023.07.002058-5.6
20Hoellman, Ludger1996GER−12N+22B−9N+23B−5B=21N−15B2.520.522.55.252077+12.0
21Sauer, TimCM2269GER−3N−11B+23N−18N=15B=20B=24N2.520.020.55.251939-116.4
22Sieber, Bert2167GER−1B−20N−19B+24N−12N+23B−18N2.019.520.02.501902-48.4
23Kieselbach, Marvin1936GER−16B−5N−21B−20N+24B−22N+19B2.017.017.53.001946-1.6
24Lau, Theodor1836GER−17N−13N−18B−22B−23N−15N=21B0.517.519.51.251713-12.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets