33. DSK-Open 2026 Januar 2026
Open SwissStandard
72 players participated in this 3-round tournament, held from 09 Jan 2026 to 30 Jan 2026 in Duesseldorf, Germany. 1 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2122, and top seed was Francesco De Gleria (🇩🇪 GER, IM, 2388).
Francesco De Gleria (🇩🇪 GER, IM, 2388) won with 3.0/3, ahead of Michael Preuschoff (3.0) and Guenter Steinkuehler (2.5). De Gleria shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Robin Mathews (1519) beat Holger Knaeble (1721), a +202-point gap.
Location
🇩🇪Duesseldorf, Germany
Dates
09 Jan 2026 → 30 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes for first 40 moves and 15 min. for the rest of the game with 30 sec. increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 3 rounds
Titled players · 1
IM×1
Federations · 5 represented
🇩🇪Germany×64
🇹🇷Turkiye×2
🇵🇱Poland×1
🇳🇬Nigeria×1
🇺🇦Ukraine×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 3 roundsTight race until R3; 2 players tied at 3.0/3, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
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R3 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 3.0/3. De Gleria takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (3.0).
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
IM Francesco De Gleria 3 wins (R1–R3)Michael Preuschoff 3 wins (R1–R3)
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | De Gleria, FrancescoIM | 2388 | GER | +45N | +44B | +12N | 3.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.00 | 2806 | +2.7 |
| 2 | Preuschoff, Michael | 2152 | GER | +64B | +36N | +11B | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.00 | 2713 | +13.4 |
| 3 | Steinkuehler, Guenter | 2131 | GER | +31B | =4N | +22B | 2.5 | 4.0 | 5.5 | 4.25 | 2119 | +0.4 |
| 4 | Piekorz, Roland | 1935 | GER | +53N | =3B | +49N | 2.5 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 2.75 | 2131 | +10.0 |
| 5 | von Stahl, Mark | 1929 | GER | =26B | +23N | +20B | 2.5 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 3.75 | 2574 | +5.8 |
| 6 | Juegel, Marcel | 2081 | GER | +37B | =32N | +24B | 2.5 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 3.25 | 2088 | +1.6 |
| 7 | EMEKA, Emmanuel Udodi | 0 | NGR | =27N | +?B | +21N | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.25 | 1887 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Markgraf, Jonas | 2026 | GER | +41N | =22B | +38N | 2.5 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 2.75 | 2037 | +1.6 |
| 9 | Berndt, Axel | 2072 | GER | +54N | =21B | +39N | 2.5 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 2.25 | 2079 | +1.4 |
| 10 | Krueger, Andre | 2000 | GER | +61B | =20N | +48B | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.75 | 2012 | +1.4 |
| 11 | Fichtner, Ewald | 2048 | GER | +55N | +15B | −2N | 2.0 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 2.50 | 2024 | +0.2 |
| 12 | Riabtsev, Ivan | 2043 | UKR | +29B | +42N | −1B | 2.0 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 2.50 | 2016 | -0.6 |
| 13 | Weichert, Eddy | 1992 | GER | +40B | +17N | F | 2.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 3.00 | 2395 | +3.2 |
| 14 | Scheck, Kyrill | 2147 | GER | +63N | +19B | F | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2.00 | 2653 | +6.8 |
| 15 | Kostowski, Ireneus, Dr. | 1892 | GER | +33B | −11N | +43B | 2.0 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 2.50 | 1784 | -3.8 |
| 16 | Ciornei, Dragos, Dr. | 2094 | GER | +59N | +34B | F | 2.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 2.00 | 2616 | +7.4 |
| 17 | Aktepe, Kayra Davut | 0 | TUR | +25N | −13B | +?N | 2.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.50 | 1949 | +27.6 |
| 18 | Markov, German | 0 | GER | +46B | +51N | F | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 2.00 | 1974 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Liesendahl, Felix | 1959 | GER | +56B | −14N | +37B | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 1.50 | 1918 | -0.4 |
| 20 | Biessner, Eberhard | 1774 | GER | +58N | =10B | −5N | 1.5 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 1.75 | 1772 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Ritzenhoff, Tomke | 1895 | GER | +68N | =9N | −7B | 1.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.25 | 2072 | +9.2 |
| 22 | Anschuetz, Wolfgang | 1871 | GER | +67B | =8N | −3N | 1.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.25 | 1886 | +1.2 |
| 23 | Puetter, Rudolf | 0 | GER | +35N | −5B | =50B | 1.5 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 2.00 | 1836 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Liu, Xiao-You | 1846 | GER | +57N | =30B | −6N | 1.5 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 1.25 | 1878 | +2.4 |
| 25 | Westenberger, Klaus | 1906 | GER | −17B | +40N | =28B | 1.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 1.75 | 1825 | -3.2 |
| 26 | Vorwerg, Nils | 0 | GER | =5N | −38B | +55N | 1.5 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 1.75 | 1793 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Autiero, Giovanni | 1838 | GER | =7B | +62N | F | 1.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.25 | 2396 | +8.0 |
| 28 | Lohberg, David | 1668 | GER | −30N | +57B | =25N | 1.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 1.25 | 1791 | +8.8 |
| 29 | Marschall, Andreas | 1633 | GER | −12N | =47B | +53N | 1.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 1.00 | 1231 | -3.2 |
| 30 | Xue, Luka | 2061 | GER | +28B | =24N | F | 1.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.25 | 1950 | -7.6 |
| 31 | Rades, Andreas | 1676 | GER | −3N | =53B | +62B | 1.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.25 | 1836 | +6.2 |
| 32 | Riesen, Peter | 1919 | GER | +65N | =6B | F | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.25 | 2081 | +4.2 |
| 33 | Orlov, Mikhail | 0 | GER | −15N | =55B | +66N | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.25 | 1755 | 0.0 |
| 34 | Weber, Thomas | 1938 | GER | +71B | −16N | =54B | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.25 | 1689 | -12.4 |
| 35 | Reimer, Felix Ryu | 1781 | GER | −23B | +56N | =58B | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 0.75 | 2339 | +4.0 |
| 36 | Jahn, Thomas | 1940 | GER | +43N | −2B | F | 1.0 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 1.00 | 1846 | -3.0 |
| 37 | Krstovic, Marko | 1672 | GER | −6N | +65B | −19N | 1.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 1216 | -9.6 |
| 38 | Peters, Soeren | 1796 | GER | F | +26N | −8B | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.50 | 1226 | -8.4 |
| 39 | Meyer, Stefan | 1851 | GER | F | +52N | −9B | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.00 | 1892 | +1.8 |
| 40 | Aizbalts, Martin | 1595 | GER | −13N | −25B | +65N | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 1149 | -4.4 |
| 41 | Satheesh, Dharshini | 1624 | GER | −8B | +67N | F | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 1223 | -3.2 |
| 42 | Baumgarten, Nils | 0 | GER | +47N | −12B | F | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 1.00 | 1243 | 0.0 |
| 43 | Mathews, Robin | 1519 | GER | −36B | +66B | −15N | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 1719 | +23.2 |
| 44 | Walczewski, Christopher | 1977 | GER | +69N | −1N | F | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 1978 | 0.0 |
| 45 | Yilmaz, Deniz | 1719 | GER | −1B | F | +61N | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 1870 | +11.2 |
| 46 | Alugili, Yosef | 1871 | GER | −18N | +69B | F | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 2378 | +6.0 |
| 47 | Sumin, Mikhail | 0 | GER | −42B | =29N | =59B | 1.0 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 1652 | 0.0 |
| 48 | Bilau, Max | 1824 | GER | F | +70B | −10N | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 1794 | -1.4 |
| 49 | Tenbuecken, Stefan | 0 | GER | +66N | F | −4B | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 1828 | +20.8 |
| 50 | Hausleitner, Nick | 1798 | GER | F | =60B | =23N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1431 | -16.0 |
| 51 | Wellen, Heinz, Dr. | 1997 | GER | +72N | −18B | F | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 2413 | +3.6 |
| 52 | Cao, Da | 1710 | POL | F | −39B | +70N | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1720 | +0.8 |
| 53 | Lundt, Jens | 0 | GER | −4B | =31N | −29B | 0.5 | 4.0 | 5.5 | 0.75 | 1474 | 0.0 |
| 54 | Mekus, Manuela | 1670 | GER | −9B | F | =34N | 0.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.75 | 1811 | +5.0 |
| 55 | Heinke, Marian | 1654 | GER | −11B | =33N | −26B | 0.5 | 3.5 | 5.0 | 0.75 | 1248 | -3.2 |
| 56 | Satheesh, Yazhini | 1539 | GER | −19N | −35B | =57N | 0.5 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 0.25 | 1060 | -11.2 |
| 57 | Hardy Zuniga, Arsenio | 0 | GER | −24B | −28N | =56B | 0.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 0.25 | 1411 | 0.0 |
| 58 | Standers, Bruno | 0 | GER | −20B | F | =35N | 0.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.75 | 1585 | 0.0 |
| 59 | Neumair, Dorian | 1674 | GER | −16B | F | =47N | 0.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.50 | 1273 | -1.6 |
| 60 | Scheufele, Daniel | 1431 | GER | F | =50N | F | 0.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.50 | 1798 | +16.0 |
| 61 | Huneke, Markus | 1620 | GER | −10N | F | −45B | 0.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 1060 | -18.0 |
| 62 | Diepenbrock, Wolfram, Dr. | 1596 | GER | F | −27B | −31N | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 957 | -23.6 |
| 63 | Jusic, Ahmed | 1689 | GER | −14B | F | F | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 1289 | -1.6 |
| 64 | Irtes, Deniz | 1692 | TUR | −2N | F | F | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 1292 | -3.2 |
| 65 | Koper, Anna Margarete | 0 | GER | −32B | −37N | −40B | 0.0 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 903 | -23.6 |
| 66 | Knaeble, Holger | 1721 | GER | −49B | −43N | −33B | 0.0 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 719 | -30.4 |
| 67 | FIDE 533070253 | 0 | — | −22N | −41B | F | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 947 | 0.0 |
| 68 | FIDE 16296834 | 0 | — | −21B | F | F | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1095 | 0.0 |
| 69 | Oezdemir, Anna Valentina | 1578 | GER | −44B | −46N | F | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1124 | -9.2 |
| 70 | Lietz, Guenter | 1588 | GER | F | −48N | −52B | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 968 | -21.2 |
| 71 | FIDE 533063117 | 0 | — | −34N | F | F | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 1138 | 0.0 |
| 72 | Zhuravlev, Ivan | 1613 | GER | −51B | F | F | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 1197 | -3.6 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Aktepe, Kayra DavutTUR+27.62.0 pts · #22
- 2Mathews, RobinGER+23.21.0 pts · #19
- 3Tenbuecken, StefanGER+20.81.0 pts · #37
Top rating losers
- 1Knaeble, HolgerGER-30.40.0 pts · #65
- 2Diepenbrock, Wolfram, Dr.GER-23.60.0 pts · #57
- 3Koper, Anna MargareteGER-23.60.0 pts · #58
Biggest upsets
- R2+202 Elo gap