LEM Sachsen-Anhalt 2026 Open

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102 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 31 Jan 2026 to 03 Feb 2026 in Magdeburg, Germany. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1967, and top seed was Peter Lehmann (🇩🇪 GER, 2067).

Roman Kornienko (🇺🇦 UKR, 1541) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Konstantin Spiess (5.5) and Oguzhan Direk (5.5). Kornienko shared the lead from round 6 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Roman Kornienko (1541) beat Peter Lehmann (2067), a +526-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

🇩🇪Peter Lehmann2067

Avg top 10

1,967

Participants

102

Federations · 2 represented

🇩🇪Germany×91

🇺🇦Ukraine×3

Top 3

🥇
Roman Kornienko
🇺🇦UKR·1541
6.0pts·2150perf+196.4
🥈
Konstantin Spiess
🇩🇪GER
5.5pts·1898perf0.0
🥉
Oguzhan Direk
🇩🇪GER·2020
5.5pts·2602perf+37.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Roman Kornienko led from R7; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Kornienko6Spiess5.5Direk5.5Sikorra5Wetterau5Schumacher5— ex-leaders:Bertramled R4, #34

R7 · LEADER CHANGE03 Feb

Roman Kornienko takes the sole lead (6.0/7).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Roman Kornienko 5 wins (R3–R7)Konstantin Spiess 3 wins (R1–R3)Oguzhan Direk 3 wins (R1–R3)

R4 · FORMER LEADER FALL

Karsten Bertram held the sole lead at R4 but finished #34.

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Roman Kornienko	*	—	—	—
2Konstantin Spiess	—	*	½	—
3Oguzhan Direk	—	½	*	—
4Philipp Sikorra	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Kornienko, Roman	1541	UKR	=34B	=15N	+46B	+35N	+9B	+44N	+4B	6.0	26.0	29.5	25.25	2150	+196.4
2	Spiess, Konstantin	0	GER	+?N	+47B	+37N	=3B	=16N	+10B	=7N	5.5	27.5	27.5	20.00	1898	0.0
3	Direk, Oguzhan	2020	GER	+62B	+32N	+76B	=2N	F	+5B	+11N	5.5	26.5	29.0	22.25	2602	+37.6
4	Lehmann, Peter	2067	GER	+66N	+41B	=6N	+29B	=11N	+22B	−1N	5.0	28.5	31.5	20.50	1865	-24.0
5	Wetterau, Nathanael	1973	GER	+50B	+46N	=8B	=12N	+18B	−3N	+35B	5.0	27.5	31.0	20.50	1934	-4.2
6	Schumacher, Maik	1870	GER	+52B	+17N	=4B	+27N	=20B	=16B	=12N	5.0	27.5	30.5	21.00	1974	+20.8
7	Patzschke, Carlo	1878	GER	+61B	+33N	+45B	−40N	=12B	+17N	=2B	5.0	26.5	29.5	20.25	1947	+22.0
8	Klymenko, Maria	1761	GER	+80N	+31B	=5N	−16B	+36N	=25B	+28N	5.0	25.5	28.0	19.00	1867	+22.0
9	Friedrich, Karl	1872	GER	+81N	+19B	−29N	+47B	−1N	+60B	+32N	5.0	25.0	27.5	17.50	1819	-6.4
10	Garz, Liam	1710	GER	+83B	+13N	=91B	=28B	+42N	−2N	+26B	5.0	24.5	26.5	18.00	2045	+86.0
11	Gronemeyer, Moritz Jakob	1723	GER	+100B	=91N	+34B	+53N	=4B	+15N	−3B	5.0	24.0	24.0	15.00	2049	+49.8
12	Winterstein, Nils	1746	GER	+86B	+54N	=53B	=5B	=7N	+76N	=6B	5.0	23.5	25.5	16.50	2013	+84.8
13	Sikorra, Philipp	1796	GER	+73N	−10B	−75N	+56B	+82N	+19B	+25N	5.0	22.0	24.0	16.50	1890	+13.0
14	Schlange, Jonathan	1814	GER	+85B	−45N	+77B	−17N	+61B	+52N	+33B	5.0	20.5	22.5	14.50	1798	-1.6
15	Oswald, Michael	1946	GER	=24N	=1B	+71N	+25B	+29N	−11B	=22N	4.5	28.0	31.0	18.50	1782	-24.2
16	Moeller, Tom	1959	GER	+84B	+30N	=27B	+8N	=2B	=6N	−20B	4.5	28.0	30.0	18.25	1898	-16.0
17	Ghulami, Ahmad Naweed	1734	GER	+65N	−6B	+95N	+14B	=28N	−7B	+48N	4.5	25.5	26.5	14.50	1767	+5.6
18	Fritzsche, David	1774	GER	+56N	=25B	=21N	+75B	−5N	+31B	=23N	4.5	25.0	27.5	16.00	1794	+7.2
19	Jensch, Lyonel	1735	GER	+88B	−9N	+39B	+38N	=44B	−13N	+76B	4.5	24.0	26.0	14.25	1826	+33.2
20	Haj-Ahmad, Housam	1905	GER	F	+55N	F	+48B	=6N	+30B	+16N	4.5	23.5	23.5	17.50	2099	+34.8
21	Ulrich, Karl-Heinz	1944	GER	=72B	+58N	=18B	=30N	=27B	=45N	+47B	4.5	22.5	25.5	16.00	1807	-21.2
22	Tanukusuma, Kyllian Gotthold	1786	GER	+55B	=57N	=49B	+59N	+52B	−4N	=15B	4.5	22.0	25.0	14.50	1824	+17.6
23	Wagner, Bernd	1885	GER	+77B	−27N	+61B	=33N	=45B	+59N	=18B	4.5	22.0	24.5	14.50	1799	-13.2
24	Ziem, Ole	1639	GER	=15B	+72N	−54B	−26N	+85B	+53N	+44B	4.5	21.0	23.0	13.75	1890	+90.0
25	Zinn, August	1682	GER	+99B	=18N	+26B	−15N	+53B	=8N	−13B	4.0	26.0	26.5	12.25	1824	+22.0
26	Schillig, Sascha	1788	GER	=36N	+70B	−25N	+24B	=32N	+29B	−10N	4.0	25.5	28.5	15.50	1701	-11.6
27	Bernhardt, Eduard	1747	GER	+90N	+23B	=16N	−6B	=21N	=38B	=54N	4.0	25.5	27.5	14.50	1914	+26.4
28	Reinhard, Ralf-Peter	1853	GER	+78B	=49N	+57B	=10N	=17B	=33N	−8B	4.0	25.0	27.5	14.00	1732	-20.6
29	Hoffmann, Svenja	1728	GER	+101B	+44N	+9B	−4N	−15B	−26N	+55B	4.0	25.0	25.0	11.50	1836	+32.0
30	Scharff, Oskar	1716	GER	+69N	−16B	+31N	=21B	+54B	−20N	=38N	4.0	24.5	27.5	14.25	1855	+33.2
31	Krimphove, Finley Nicolas	0	GER	+35B	−8N	−30B	+43N	+84B	−18N	+59B	4.0	24.5	26.5	13.00	1732	0.0
32	Noennig, Lotte	1749	GER	+89B	−3B	+67N	=54N	=26B	+39N	−9B	4.0	24.5	26.5	12.50	1779	+14.8
33	Boehm, Florian	1740	GER	+93N	−7B	+86N	=23B	+37N	=28B	−14N	4.0	24.5	26.0	11.75	1772	+8.4
34	Schwarz, Hans	1808	GER	=1N	+36B	−11N	−52N	+77B	=65B	+67N	4.0	24.0	26.5	14.00	1596	-26.6
35	Roessling, Laura Marie	1726	GER	−31N	+80B	+82N	−1B	+75N	+67B	−5N	4.0	23.0	25.0	10.00	1657	-14.8
36	Kremkau, Tobias	0	GER	=26B	−34N	+58B	+62N	−8B	+46N	=79B	4.0	22.5	25.0	12.75	1770	0.0
37	Paul, Andre David	1790	GER	+68B	+64N	−2B	=45N	−33B	=58N	+52B	4.0	22.0	25.0	12.25	1754	-4.4
38	Gieraths, Tim	1867	GER	−75N	+56B	+60N	−19B	+64B	=27N	=30B	4.0	21.5	24.0	13.00	1785	-20.8
39	Vuong, Kevin	1460	GER	−41N	+79B	−19N	+71B	+66N	−32B	+60N	4.0	21.5	24.0	11.50	1827	+109.6
40	Bertram, Karsten	2006	GER	+71N	+48B	+42N	+7B	F	F	F	4.0	21.0	21.0	15.50	2567	+12.8
41	Fricke, Sebastian	0	GER	+39B	−4N	−52B	−55N	+90B	+78N	+63B	4.0	20.5	22.5	11.50	1553	0.0
42	Lautenschlaeger, Friedrich	1766	GER	+97B	+59N	−40B	+49N	−10B	+55N	F	4.0	19.0	19.0	10.00	1823	+19.2
43	Pflug, Johan	1652	GER	F	F	+69N	−31B	+100N	+56B	+70N	4.0	13.0	13.0	9.00	2287	+11.2
44	Berndt, Christopher	1852	GER	+82N	−29B	+81N	+66B	=19N	−1B	−24N	3.5	24.5	26.5	9.75	1634	-75.6
45	Rabe, Fabian	1727	GER	+98N	+14B	−7N	=37B	=23N	=21B	F	3.5	23.5	23.5	12.00	1862	+18.0
46	Janeke, Thomas	1749	GER	+87N	−5B	−1N	=80B	+72N	−36B	+77N	3.5	23.0	25.0	8.75	1697	-5.8
47	Lehnert, Steffen	1741	GER	+95B	−2N	+85B	−9N	=78B	+57N	−21N	3.5	22.5	23.5	7.25	1692	-6.4
48	Richter, Christoph	0	GER	+63B	−40N	+78B	−20N	=57B	+68N	−17B	3.5	22.0	24.5	10.00	1600	0.0
49	Gueldenpfennig, Gavin	1728	GER	+74N	=28B	=22N	−42B	−67N	=75B	+78N	3.5	21.0	23.5	11.00	1629	-13.4
50	Feine, Stefan	1655	GER	−5N	+69B	F	F	+95N	+73B	=51N	3.5	20.0	20.0	8.75	1749	+7.6
51	Schuerhoff, Tim	0	GER	−64B	−68N	−63B	+74B	+69N	+84N	=50B	3.5	18.5	20.5	9.75	1666	0.0
52	Lobzova, Daria	1558	UKR	−6N	+65B	+41N	+34B	−22N	−14B	−37N	3.0	26.5	29.5	11.00	1573	+2.4
53	Holtmeier, Volker	1879	GER	+60N	+92B	=12N	−11B	−25N	−24B	=72N	3.0	24.5	26.5	9.00	1614	-47.2
54	Reitz, Gerhard	1960	GER	F	−12B	+24N	=32B	−30N	+64N	=27B	3.0	24.5	24.5	11.50	1717	-36.0
55	Kowalski, Jonathan	1488	GER	−22N	−20B	+74N	+41B	+92N	−42B	−29N	3.0	24.0	26.0	9.00	1540	+8.4
56	Tilenbaev, Akyl	1487	GER	−18B	−38N	+94B	−13N	+88B	−43N	+83B	3.0	21.5	23.0	5.50	972	-26.8
57	Koenig, Marius	1609	GER	+79N	=22B	−28N	=92B	=48N	−47B	=64B	3.0	21.0	23.0	9.00	1718	+48.0
58	Wall, David	1681	GER	=70N	−21B	−36N	+87B	+80N	=37B	F	3.0	21.0	23.0	8.00	1728	+3.6
59	Herzog, Mats	1717	GER	+96N	−42B	+99N	−22B	+73N	−23B	−31N	3.0	21.0	21.5	4.50	1547	-34.8
60	Pohl, Cosmo Hermann	1571	GER	−53B	+102N	−38B	+89N	+63B	−9N	−39B	3.0	21.0	21.0	5.00	1467	-29.6
61	Zubchenko-Fritzsche, Marina	1568	GER	−7N	+93B	−23N	+100B	−14N	−70B	+88N	3.0	21.0	21.0	3.50	1059	-18.4
62	Bevzenko, Pavlo	0	UKR	−3N	=87B	+70N	−36B	−65N	+85B	=68N	3.0	20.5	22.5	7.50	1670	0.0
63	Kovalchuk, Valentyn	0	GER	−48N	−71B	+51N	+81B	−60N	+66B	−41N	3.0	20.0	22.5	9.00	1615	0.0
64	Vogt, Joerg	1703	GER	+51N	−37B	+96N	=76B	−38N	−54B	=57N	3.0	20.0	21.0	7.25	1546	-19.2
65	Kasten, Luna Seraphine	0	GER	−17B	−52N	+97B	=77N	+62B	=34N	F	3.0	20.0	20.5	6.75	1578	0.0
66	Mertens, Lothar	1671	GER	−4B	+89N	+83B	−44N	−39B	−63N	+86B	3.0	19.5	21.5	6.00	1516	-17.6
67	Huether, Bjoern	1548	GER	−91B	+100N	−32B	+83N	+49B	−35N	−34B	3.0	19.5	19.5	5.50	1527	-4.8
68	Nguyen Mac, Truong Giang	0	GER	−37N	+51B	=92N	+79B	−76N	−48B	=62B	3.0	19.0	21.0	8.50	1694	0.0
69	Kutschenreuter, Leo	0	GER	−30B	−50N	−43B	+94N	−51B	+87N	+84B	3.0	19.0	20.5	5.50	1550	0.0
70	Spiess, Marina	0	GER	=58B	−26N	−62B	=97N	+89B	+61N	−43B	3.0	19.0	19.5	6.75	1614	0.0
71	Brueggemann, Frank	1656	GER	−40B	+63N	−15B	−39N	+93B	+82N	F	3.0	19.0	19.0	6.50	1552	-12.8
72	Schulze, Jonas	1552	GER	=21N	−24B	+87N	F	−46B	+99N	=53B	3.0	18.0	18.0	6.25	1660	+21.2
73	Kuhlmann, Mirko	1524	GER	−13B	−83N	+88B	+93N	−59B	−50N	+90B	3.0	17.5	19.0	5.50	923	-29.6
74	Mederake, Fynn	0	GER	−49B	−78N	−55B	−51N	+97B	+89N	+82B	3.0	16.5	17.0	4.50	1555	0.0
75	Fischer, Florian	0	GER	+38B	−76N	+13B	−18N	−35B	=49N	F	2.5	23.5	23.5	10.75	1719	0.0
76	Fize, Aleksandrs	1765	GER	F	+75B	−3N	=64N	+68B	−12B	−19N	2.5	23.5	23.5	7.00	1479	-54.0
77	Aronau, Aliaksandr	1610	GER	−23N	+90B	−14N	=65B	−34N	+80B	−46B	2.5	22.5	24.5	6.00	1014	-38.4
78	Aronau, Michael	1552	GER	−28N	+74B	−48N	+96B	=47N	−41B	−49B	2.5	21.5	22.5	5.75	1501	-6.4
79	Wetterau, Jonathan	1831	GER	−57B	−39N	F	−68N	+86B	+81B	=36N	2.5	18.5	18.5	6.50	1398	-31.4
80	Spiess, Nicolas Maximilian	0	GER	−8B	−35N	+101B	=46N	−58B	−77N	+98B	2.5	18.5	18.5	2.25	1339	0.0
81	Kasten, Noah Alexander	1561	GER	−9B	+88N	−44B	−63N	+83B	−79N	=93B	2.5	18.0	19.5	4.75	1052	-18.4
82	Hleizer, Ahata	1552	GER	−44B	+101N	−35B	+86N	−13B	−71B	−74N	2.0	20.5	20.5	2.00	958	-41.6
83	Doell, Lennart	0	GER	−10N	+73B	−66N	−67B	−81N	+94B	−56N	2.0	19.5	21.0	4.50	1311	0.0
84	Baturaygil, Ali, Dr.	1643	GER	−16N	−86B	+90N	+95B	−31N	−51B	−69N	2.0	19.0	20.0	3.00	1159	-2.6
85	Graf, Yvonne	1542	GER	−14N	+98B	−47N	=99B	−24N	−62N	=87B	2.0	18.5	19.0	1.75	1339	-18.2
86	Dobrynina, Alona	0	GER	−12N	+84N	−33B	−82B	−79N	+101B	−66N	2.0	18.5	18.5	2.00	1427	0.0
87	Kuhlmann, Naya	1449	GER	−46B	=62N	−72B	−58N	+96N	−69B	=85N	2.0	17.5	18.5	3.50	1309	-23.6
88	FIDE 34689532	0	—	−19N	−81B	−73N	+98B	−56N	+95B	−61B	2.0	17.0	17.5	1.50	775	0.0
89	Noennig, Nina	1458	GER	−32N	−66B	+98N	−60B	−70N	−74B	+101N	2.0	16.5	16.5	0.50	864	-29.2
90	FIDE 533071195	0	—	−27B	−77N	−84B	+101N	−41N	+100B	−73N	2.0	15.5	15.5	0.00	830	0.0
91	Kriegler, Torsten	1822	GER	+67N	=11B	=10N	F	F	F	F	2.0	13.0	13.0	8.00	1785	-2.4
92	El Halabi, Fayez	1736	GER	+102B	−53N	=68B	=57N	−55B	F	F	2.0	12.0	12.0	3.00	1366	-54.4
93	Dobrynina, Alina	0	GER	−33B	−61N	F	−73B	−71N	+96B	=81N	1.5	16.5	16.5	2.25	1244	0.0
94	FIDE 533072663	0	—	F	F	−56N	−69B	=98N	−83N	+100B	1.5	8.5	8.5	0.25	687	0.0
95	FIDE 533072655	0	—	−47N	F	−17B	−84N	−50B	−88N	+96B	1.0	16.5	16.5	1.00	893	0.0
96	Berndt, Ruben	0	GER	−59B	+97N	−64B	−78N	−87B	−93N	−95N	1.0	13.0	13.5	0.50	1352	0.0
97	Lepp, Dawid	1538	GER	−42N	−96B	−65N	=70B	−74N	F	F	0.5	14.5	14.5	1.50	966	-8.4
98	FIDE 533025959	0	—	−45B	−85N	−89B	−88N	=94B	F	−80N	0.5	13.5	14.0	0.75	776	0.0
99	Almeri, Mahmoud	0	GER	−25N	F	−59B	=85N	F	−72B	F	0.5	12.0	12.0	1.00	1301	0.0
100	FIDE 533070571	0	—	−11N	−67B	F	−61N	−43B	−90N	−94N	0.0	18.5	18.5	0.00	822	0.0
101	FIDE 533069263	0	—	−29N	−82B	−80N	−90B	F	−86N	−89B	0.0	14.5	14.5	0.00	784	0.0
102	FIDE 533029202	0	—	−92N	−60B	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	7.5	7.5	0.00	854	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Kornienko, RomanUKR
+196.4
6.0 pts · #1
2Vuong, KevinGER
+109.6
4.0 pts · #20
3Ziem, OleGER
+90.0
4.5 pts · #8

Top rating losers

1Berndt, ChristopherGER
-75.6
3.5 pts · #28
2El Halabi, FayezGER
-54.4
2.0 pts · #85
3Fize, AleksandrsGER
-54.0
2.5 pts · #83

Biggest upsets

R7+526 Elo gap
Kornienko, Roman1541 beat Lehmann, Peter2067
R2+371 Elo gap
Vuong, Kevin1460 beat Wetterau, Jonathan1831
R5+331 Elo gap
Kornienko, Roman1541 beat Friedrich, Karl1872