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LEM Sachsen-Anhalt 2026 Masters

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16 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 31 Jan 2026 to 03 Feb 2026 in Magdeburg, Germany. 4 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2150, and top seed was Vinzent Spitzl (🇩🇪 GER, FM, 2345).

Vinzent Spitzl (🇩🇪 GER, FM, 2345) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Daniel Malek (5.0) and Frank Dannhauer (4.5). Spitzl won solo starting round 3.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Michael Goergens (1997) beat Daniel Malek (FM, 2310), a +313-point gap.

Location
🇩🇪Magdeburg, Germany
Dates
31 Jan 2026 → 03 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇩🇪FMVinzent Spitzl2345
Avg top 10
2,150
Participants
16
Titled players · 4
FM×3
WFM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇩🇪Germany×16
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

FM Vinzent Spitzl led from R3; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
6
2
1
1
1
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Spitzl6Malek5Dannhauer4.5Voigt4Haubold4Petzold4
R3–R7 · LEAD HELD

FM Vinzent Spitzl never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Vinzent Spitzl drew with FM Daniel Malek (White).

R1–R4 · WIN STREAK

FM Vinzent Spitzl won 4 in a row (R1–R4).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FMVinzent Spitzl*
½
1
1
2FMDaniel Malek
½
*——
3Frank Dannhauer
0
—*
½
4WFMAnastasia Voigt
0
—
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Spitzl, VinzentFM2345GER+6B+7N+4B+10N=2B=5N+3B6.025.028.023.502416+10.6
2Malek, DanielFM2310GER−11N=15B+16N+7B=1N+4B+5B5.022.023.016.252217-4.9
3Dannhauer, Frank1981GER=8N+9B=14B=6N+4B+11N−1N4.524.026.515.502208+82.4
4Petzold, Johannes Julius2028GER+16N+5B−1N+11B−3N−2N+10B4.025.526.511.002180+54.4
5Haubold, SebastianFM2187GER+12B−4N=7B+14N+6B=1B−2N4.025.027.513.752168-4.8
6Voigt, AnastasiaWFM2015GER−1N+13B+8N=3B−5N=10N+11B4.024.026.512.752171+28.0
7Shevchenko, Igor2029GER+13B−1B=5N−2N+12B=8B=9N3.524.527.010.502127+32.0
8Noennig, Jakob2226GER=3B−10N−6B+12N+15B=7N=16N3.519.020.08.501996-77.2
9Pflug, Anton1972GER=10B−3N=12B−13N+16B+15N=7B3.517.518.57.001981+2.8
10Lippert, Daniel2201GER=9N+8B=11N−1B=14N=6B−4N3.024.026.510.002056-27.2
11Goergens, Michael1997GER+2B=14N=10B−4N+13B−3B−6N3.023.025.510.252037+5.2
12Schaefer, Toni1937GER−5N=16B=9N−8B−7N=13B+15N2.518.519.55.001917-11.6
13Richter, Andreas1912GER−7N−6N+15B+9B−11N=12NF2.518.018.06.251921+0.8
14Rohde, Niclas2159GER+15N=11B=3N−5B=10BFF2.516.016.06.752057-12.8
15Kelm, Daniel1919GER−14B=2N−13N+16B−8N−9B−12B1.519.520.53.501828-17.6
16Kuhlmann, Nils Magnus1891GER−4B=12N−2B−15N−9NF=8B1.020.020.03.001789-32.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets