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42. Open Untergrombach 2026 A-Open

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154 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 02 Jan 2026 to 06 Jan 2026 in Bruchsal-Untergrombach, Germany. 10 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2322, and top seed was Vyacheslav Ikonnikov ( FID, GM, 2451).

Marco Dobrikov (🇩🇪 GER, IM, 2386) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Vyacheslav Ikonnikov (6.0) and Benedikt Dauner (6.0). Dobrikov shared the lead from round 2, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Carsten Dege (1926) beat Vladimir Podat (FM, 2273), a +347-point gap.

Location
🇩🇪Bruchsal-Untergrombach, Germany
Dates
02 Jan 2026 → 06 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
Avg top 10
2,322
Participants
154
Titled players · 10
GM×2
IM×3
FM×5
Federations · 8 represented
🇩🇪Germany×143
🇺🇦Ukraine×2
🇮🇳India×2
🇫🇷France×2
🇳🇱Netherlands×1
🇷🇸Serbia×1
🇳🇴Norway×1
FIDE (no federation)×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R7; 4 players tied at 6.0/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 4 at the finish.

Co-leaders
53
19
7
3
1
1
4
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

4 players finish on 6.0/7. Dobrikov takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (30.0).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Benedikt Dauner drew with Joachim Braun (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

FM Benedikt Dauner 4 wins (R1–R4)Joachim Braun 3 wins (R2–R4)GM Vyacheslav Ikonnikov 3 wins (R3–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FMBenedikt Dauner*
½
——
2Joachim Braun
½
*——
3GMVyacheslav Ikonnikov——*
½
4IMMarco Dobrikov——
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Dobrikov, MarcoIM2386GER+19B+43N+37B+9N+8B=2B=5N6.030.034.028.252527+12.5
2Ikonnikov, VyacheslavGM2451FID+106N=40B+61B+7N+49B=1N+26B6.027.530.025.002467+2.0
3Dauner, BenediktFM2333GER+34N+89B+136N+38B=4N=5B+9N6.027.529.523.752438+8.7
4Braun, Joachim2190GER=147B+42N+122B+91N=3B+31N+8B6.024.525.021.752350+26.6
5Poetsch, HagenGM2441GER+64B=60N+25B+32N+11B=3N=1B5.529.032.524.752386-2.0
6Wilhelm, Jochen2047GER+31B+94N−8B+77N+84B=10B+22N5.525.028.020.502223+28.6
7Backhaus, Silas2149GER+92N=45B+135N−2B+63N+56B+15N5.524.526.518.502217+11.4
8Anwesh, UpadhyayaIM2405IND+128N+14B+6N+17B−1N+38B−4N5.031.033.021.002293-6.5
9Stillger, BernhardFM2222GER+50N+41B+46N−1B+16B+17N−3B5.029.033.021.002276+13.4
10Wartlick, Karl2206GER+72B=35N=65B+95N+28B=6N=13B5.026.029.020.002115-12.4
11Nied, Pascal2197GER=85N+69B+73N+74B−5N=25B+46N5.024.527.518.252170-0.8
12Dornblueth, Christian1938GER=123N=57B=58N+92B+117N=18B+33N5.021.023.516.502049+20.4
13Hellerud, Lauritz Nissen1999NOR+138N+90B−38N=117B+107N+57B=10N5.020.522.014.252049+23.6
14Giacomelli, Bernd1958GER+104B−8N−84B+120N+110B+129N+32B5.020.022.014.002081+21.4
15Bilovol, Mykyta1982UKR+86B+36N=16B=26N+32B=49N−7B4.526.529.517.502168+69.2
16Diyap, Murat2168GER+58N+80B=15N+21B−9N=35B=25N4.526.029.518.002042-17.2
17Dausch, ReneIM2160GER+96B+63N+18B−8N+65B−9B=40N4.525.528.516.502152+0.4
18Zimmer, Rolf2031GER+67N+51B−17N+34BF=12N+31B4.525.025.018.002109+11.8
19Hinkel, Simon1871GER−1N=44B+124N+108B=40N+68B=27N4.524.526.514.252093+39.2
20Petermann, Michail2129GER+79B+29N=21B−49N−22B+107N+108B4.523.526.015.252051-11.2
21Weis, Olga1946GER+98B+33B=20N−16N−42B+127N+64B4.523.525.514.752061+18.0
22Weil, Raphael1892GER=109N+143B−74N+66B+20N+55B−6B4.523.524.514.252013+46.8
23Garbuszus, Juergen2048GER=76B=62N+82B+30N−31B=42N+56B4.523.026.517.001957-15.0
24Werner, Martin, Dr.2003GER+78N=117B=56N+51B−33N=36B+70N4.522.525.016.001995-0.2
25Fritz, Denis1967GER=141N+124B−5N+85B+106N=11N=16B4.522.524.013.002107+24.4
26du Maire, Jerome2168GERF+147N+35B=15B+68N+33B−2N4.522.522.514.252278+17.4
27Feger, Andreas2158GER=69N=59B=36N=125B+87B+75N=19B4.522.024.015.251955-29.2
28Chua, Daniel James2000GER=66N+152B=117N+112B−10N+67B=29N4.521.521.511.251975-5.2
29Philipp, Nils1888GER+144N−20B=57N+141B=39B+91N=28B4.521.022.011.502028+27.0
30Gusev, Daniil1906GER−90N+138B+127N−23B=88N+86B+71N4.519.020.511.501932+10.4
31Kostic, Stefan1828GER−6N+151B+89N+46B+23N−4B−18N4.027.527.511.502033+37.0
32Pitic, Jasmin2050SRB+154N+93B+55N−5B−15N+51B−14N4.026.026.011.002044-2.6
33Kratochwil, ChristianFM2250GER+105B−21N+100B+60N+24B−26N−12B4.025.028.014.002011-36.2
34Sitzler, Matthias1864GER−3B+104N+53B−18N+60B−37N+116B4.025.027.513.002002+24.6
35Wellenreich, Tim1941GER+126N=10B−26N+69B+58N=16NF4.025.027.013.752125+28.0
36Hank, Holger1881GER+111N−15B=27B+100N=37B=24N=53B4.024.527.014.001976+19.2
37Pemsel, Alexander2036GER+118N+81B−1N=93B=36N+34BF4.024.527.013.502081+11.6
38Thiercelin, Jerome2149FRA+84B+48N+13B−3N+75B−8N—4.023.526.515.502194+8.4
39Arlt, Reinhard2092GER+88N=135B=45N=56B=29N=54B=41N4.023.025.014.001943-25.6
40Wiederspahn, Markus1966GER+130B=2NF=87N=19B+84N=17B4.023.023.014.002078+16.2
41Grundmann, Alexander1930GER+121B−9N=62B+72N−57B+99N=39B4.022.525.012.751936+1.2
42Prassas, David1841GER=71N−4B+126N+73B+21N=23B—4.022.024.014.002116+84.0
43Rotzinger, Markus1960GER+44N−1B=125N−58B+118N=88B+85N4.022.024.012.001959-2.0
44Heisel, Ronny1778GER−43B=19N=96B+150N+61B=65N=60B4.022.022.511.251970+72.8
45Gutfleisch, Florian1910GER+148B=7N=39B=52N=91B−74N+129B4.022.022.510.752037+21.0
46Dasselaar, Hendrik2000GER+142B+149N−9B−31N+62B+112N−11B4.021.522.08.001994-0.8
47Schmidt, Danny2003GER+129B−61N=72B=64N=59B=50N+84B4.021.023.012.251900-18.6
48Sauter, Claus1905GER+113N−38B=66N=67B=86N=59B+88N4.020.523.012.251897-1.2
49Cofmann, VeaceslavFM2253GER=125N+85B+108N+20B−2N=15B—4.020.522.513.252161-8.8
50Bablich, Tobias1852GER−9B=119N=115B=99N+130B=47B+87N4.020.022.011.001900+15.2
51Notheisen, Achim1882GER+140B−18N+139B−24N+115B−32N+98B4.020.021.58.501870+1.6
52Vishnevetsky, Michael0GER=59N=127B+128N=45B−56N+106B=54N4.019.521.511.2518980.0
53Zimmermann, Paul1981GER=124N=66B−34N+111B+125N=70B=36N4.019.521.511.001846-22.2
54Dauner, Karl1885GER−97B=86N+131B=62N+139B=39N=52B4.019.521.010.751826-6.6
55Albrecht, Benjamin1968GER+131B+97N−32B+110NF−22N+93B4.019.019.010.501968+1.4
56Steiner, Matias1892URU+87B=91N=24B=39N+52B−7N−23N3.525.528.512.751953+8.4
57Buchner, Alexander1772GER=122B=12N=29BF+41N−13N+65B3.524.525.013.502000+74.0
58Koenig, Nico1850GER−16B+98N=12B+43N−35B=122N=75B3.524.026.512.501949+36.0
59Raab, Hendrik1830GER=52B=27N=63B=135B=47N=48N=77B3.523.525.512.751963+20.2
60Scheynin, Julia1962GER+70N=5B=137N−33B−34N+110B=44N3.523.525.511.752020+6.4
61Wellenreich, Jenni1881GER+114N+47B−2N−68B−44N+126B=67N3.523.525.510.251897+1.6
62Brandl, Alexander1824GER=68N=23B=41N=54B−46N+139B=73N3.523.525.011.251903+15.2
63Langer, Wolfgang1924GER+153N−17B=59N+83B−7B=87N=76B3.523.523.58.501891-6.6
64Schneider, Birgit1875GER−5N=70B+152N=47B=123N+89B−21N3.523.023.08.001930+8.0
65Spiegelberg, Silvia1953GER+145N=137B=10N+71B−17N=44B−57N3.522.523.510.002006+8.4
66Zrnic, Sasa1808GER=28B=53N=48B−22N−89N+146B+106N3.522.523.59.751906+36.8
67Rauthe, Pascal1821GER−18B=102N+148B=48N+94B−28N=61B3.522.523.08.751864+8.0
68Dushatskiy, Fedor2032GER=62B+120N=112B+61N−26B−19N=72B3.522.024.510.751893-25.2
69Wuerfel, Christian1848GER=27B−11N+121B−35N−99B+97N+115B3.522.024.510.251876+3.0
70Burkhardt, Tim1780GER−60B=64N+147B=94N+77B=53N−24B3.522.022.59.251920+48.4
71Eberhart, Erik2079GER=42B+101N=95B−65N+96B=93N−30B3.521.024.011.001884-35.0
72Moisa, Ghita1851GER−10N+153B=47N−41B=126N+113B=68N3.521.021.07.251908+9.0
73Lorenz, Michael1923GER=103B+132N−11B−42N+141B=116N=62B3.520.021.58.001771-24.8
74Schrems, Hermann2052GER=101B+76N+22B−11NF+45B—3.520.020.013.502083+4.6
75Dege, Carsten1926GER−117N+142B+88N+137B−38N−27B=58N3.519.521.08.251973+6.4
76Garcia, Arthur1832GER=23N−74B=143N=109B=111N+132B=63N3.518.519.59.001771-21.2
77Wilk, Jan1884GER+151N−136B+134N−6B−70N+124B=59N3.518.518.55.751816-11.8
78Roos, Matthias1813GER−24B−134N+98B−139N+103B=95N+107B3.518.019.510.001770-6.8
79Hellriegel, Hannes1844GER−20N−116B=109N+121B=113N=114B+111N3.517.019.58.751718-46.4
80Knopf, Klaus0GER+133B−16N−110B−86N=114N+138B+118N3.517.018.57.2518210.0
81Meffert, Peter, Dr.1886GER+134B−37N−87B=130N=100B=115N+127B3.516.518.57.751722-26.8
82Bopp, Sven1862GER−137N+145B−23N−123B+133N=90B+109N3.516.517.57.001847-5.2
83Storch, Dominik1838GER−91B=148N+102B−63N+140B−108N+114B3.516.016.57.251786-9.2
84Holzwarth, Patrick1847GER−38N+144B+14N+136B−6N−40B−47N3.024.525.58.001917+11.4
85Schemel, Thomas1851GER=11B−49N+119B−25N=90B+100N−43B3.023.526.09.501893+3.6
86Scheja, David1793GER−15N=54B=140N+80B=48B−30N=95B3.023.525.09.751742-8.0
87Huck, Jannik1682GER−56N+118B+81N=40B−27N=63B−50B3.023.025.59.751869+58.8
88Shahisavandi, Abdollah1841GER−39B+133N−75B+97N=30B=43N−48B3.023.025.09.251827-3.2
89Iwanziw, Niklas1952GER+119B−3N−31B=142N+66B−64N=101B3.022.524.08.251844-23.0
90Miller, Renold1693GER+30B−13N=94B−107B=85N=82N=105B3.022.024.510.751842+50.8
91Hayen, Andre2076GER+83N=56B+107N−4B=45N−29B—3.021.524.09.751933-22.2
92Sewarte, Peter1844GER−7B=121N+103B−12N−116B+130N=99B3.021.523.57.751755-18.0
93Schott, Reimund1890FRA+102B−32N+99B=37NF=71B−55N3.021.521.59.751912+3.8
94Apelt, Werner1886GER+116N−6B=90N=70B−67N−120B+133N3.020.522.57.751737-28.0
95Barikzai, Mohammed Daud1913GER=143N+123B=71N−10B−112N=78B=86N3.020.021.08.001836-15.8
96Prassas, Georg1849GER−17N=113B=44N+143B−71N=109B=102N3.020.021.07.001768-17.0
97Tomovski, Leon1614GER+54N−55B−106N−88B+119N−69B+126N3.019.521.58.501801+61.2
98Kissner, Leon1762GER−21N−58B−78N+144N+128B+125B−51N3.019.520.55.001786+7.6
99Schulten, Katrin1693GER−135N+154B−93N=50B+69N−41B=92N3.019.519.57.001822+45.6
100Koch, Dennis1754GER=108N+150B−33N−36B=81N−85B+125N3.019.019.55.501884+21.0
101Kaupp, Sven1836GER=74N−71B=123N=113B=109N=111B=89N3.017.520.08.251773-12.4
102Tarlakovski, Oliver1654GER−93N=67B−83N=124B=138N+128N=96B3.017.018.57.001787+48.4
103Sudheer Babu Surendranath Pai1706IND=73N−107B−92N=138B−78N+131N+124B3.016.518.06.501783+13.8
104Krahl, Robin1775GER−14N−34B=114N=146B−132N+143B+139N3.016.017.04.251729-11.6
105Hansult, Manfred1860GER−33N=126B−141N=119B=146N+140B=90N3.014.515.55.751751-23.2
106Gutzen, Werner1877GER−2B=131N+97B+116N−25B−52N−66B2.523.525.56.501788-16.6
107Samman, Richard1878GER=132B+103N−91B+90N−13B−20B−78N2.522.024.07.001778-33.2
108Maedler, Thomas1940GER=100B+115N−49B−19NF+83B−20N2.522.023.57.501881-11.8
109Bolz, Reiner1666GER=22B−112N=79B=76N=101B=96N−82B2.521.023.58.751752+14.2
110Stehlik, Thorsten1820GER−136N+114B+80N−55B−14N−60N=113B2.521.023.07.251674-45.6
111Boehm, Lennard1569GER−36B+129N=149B−53N=76B=101N−79B2.520.020.55.501764+28.2
112Kinzig, Lars1855GERF+109B=68N−28N+95B−46BF2.520.020.07.251922+8.8
113Hoehmann, Tobias1690GER−48B=96N=120B=101N=79B−72N=110N2.519.522.07.251743+17.2
114Becker, Samuel1605GER−61B−110N=104B+131N=80B=79N−83N2.519.521.57.001699+26.4
115Esslinger, Marcel1780GER=150N−108B=50N+128B−51N=81B−69N2.519.520.06.001790+0.8
116Shapiro, Leon1618GER−94B+79NF−106B+92N=73B−34N2.519.519.58.251817+56.0
117Dollmann, Guenter1744GER+75B=24N=28B=13N−12B——2.519.022.510.501973+57.2
118Kaupp, Wolfgang1825GER−37B−87N+145B=140N−43B+121N−80B2.518.519.54.251745-13.8
119Toth, Luca1774GER−89N=50B−85N=105N−97B+144B=132N2.518.019.05.501669-34.0
120Adlkhah, Sassan1803GERF−68B=113N−14B+143N+94NF2.517.517.55.251855+6.6
121Janssen, Soeren1748GER−41N=92B−69N−79N+151B−118B+145N2.517.517.52.501709-7.8
122Ahmad, Momin1950GER=57N+141B−4NF=127B=58B—2.516.516.56.001899-5.8
123Marinkov, Sascha1748GER=12B−95N=101B+82N=64B——2.515.018.09.251885+36.8
124Brauer, Julian1787GER=53B−25N−19B=102N+134B−77N−103N2.022.524.55.501654-25.8
125Berger, Lars1860GER=49B=139N=43B=27N−53B−98N−100B2.022.524.07.001752-21.8
126Nettelbeck, Jann1761GER−35B=105N−42B+147N=72B−61N−97B2.021.021.53.751676-16.2
127Rall, Michael0GERF=52N−30B+134B=122N−21B−81N2.021.021.05.2517140.0
128Kessler, Georg1871GER−8B+130N−52B−115N−98N−102B+144N2.019.520.53.001688-31.0
129Haug, Siegmund1813GER−47N−111B+153N+132BF−14B−45N2.019.519.52.001596-26.6
130Yan, Haichen1782GER−40N−128B+151N=81B−50N−92B=140N2.018.018.02.501648-51.6
131Antritter, Dieter1784GER−55N=106B−54N−114B=144N−103B+143N2.017.018.02.751611-33.2
132Totzke, Hildegard0GER=107N−73BF−129N+104B−76N=119B2.017.017.05.5017070.0
133Klingel, Markus1739GER−80N−88B−142N+145N−82B+134N−94B2.016.517.53.001673-20.0
134Locke, Andreas1626GER−81N+78B−77B−127N−124N−133B+151B2.016.516.53.501662+8.8
135Wilk, Joerg1906GER+99B=39N−7B=59NF——2.016.018.06.751941+3.4
136Schmitt-Schott, Joscha2016GER+110B+77N−3B−84N———2.012.515.06.001971-5.6
137Podat, VladimirFM2273UKR+82B=65N=60B−75N———2.010.514.07.001929-30.8
138Friedrich, Reinhard1796GER−13B−30N=144B=103N=102B−80NF1.520.021.03.501628-22.6
139Schubert, Ben1503GERF=125B−51N+78B−54N−62N−104B1.520.020.04.501646+30.4
140Blum-Barth, Elias1608GER−51NF=86B=118B−83N−105N=130B1.518.018.03.751638+7.2
141Tacke, Sebastian1783GER=25B−122N+105B−29N−73N——1.515.518.05.251768-4.0
142Parshin, Wladimir1800GER−46N−75N+133B=89BF——1.513.015.03.501817+1.6
143Traier, Daniel1706GER=95B−22N=76B−96N−120B−104N−131B1.019.521.53.251526-26.2
144Schneider, Peter1631GER−29B−84N=138N−98B=131B−119N−128B1.017.018.51.751509-32.4
145Reich, Adrian1774GER−65B−82N−118N−133BF+151N−121B1.014.014.00.001517-37.6
146Schwemmle, Gerald1738GERFFF=104N=105B−66NF1.011.011.03.001687-3.8
147Knoepfle, Andreas1851GER=4N−26B−70N−126B———0.514.016.03.001656-19.0
148Zhang, Jinchen1701NED−45N=83B−67NF———0.511.011.01.751584-15.2
149Kunz, Thorsten1881GERF−46B=111NF———0.510.010.01.251593-14.0
150Seeger, Klaus1962GER=115B−100NF−44B———0.59.59.51.251498-35.0
151Faisz, David1610GER−77B−31N−130BF−121N−145B−134N0.015.015.00.00974-70.4
152Bruns, Patrick, Dr.1792GERF−28N−64BF———0.08.58.50.001137-12.4
153Trachuk, Andriy1737GER−63B−72N−129B————0.07.09.00.001063-40.0
154Zschorsch, Peter1834GER−32B−99N—————0.04.07.00.001072-18.2

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