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2. Airport Open 2026

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18 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 02 Jan 2026 to 05 Jan 2026 in Oberding, Germany. 4 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1846, and top seed was Namik Krasnikov (🇺🇦 UKR, 2181).

Tugrul Turel (🇩🇪 GER, 2177) won with 5.5/7, ahead of K M Nilash Nethul Kottage (5.0) and Eman P D (5.0). Turel won solo starting round 3.

The biggest upset came in round 1: K M Nilash Nethul Kottage (1613) beat Eman P D (1958), a +345-point gap.

Location
🇩🇪Oberding, Germany
Dates
02 Jan 2026 → 05 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇦Namik Krasnikov2181
Avg top 10
1,846
Participants
18
Federations · 4 represented
🇩🇪Germany×7
🇮🇳India×5
🇱🇰Sri Lanka×2
🇺🇦Ukraine×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tugrul Turel led from R3; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
6
2
1
1
1
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Turel5.5Kottage5Eman P5Nikhil T5Krasnikov4Gopalakrishnan4
R3–R7 · LEAD HELD

Tugrul Turel held the sole lead from R3 through R7 without losing it.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Tugrul Turel beat K M Nilash Nethul Kottage (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Tugrul Turel 5 wins (R1–R5)Eman P D 3 wins (R4–R6)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Tugrul Turel*
1
0
½
2K M Nilash Nethul Kottage
0
*
1
½
3Eman P D
1
0
*—
4Nikhil T L
½
½
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Turel, Tugrul2177GER+10B+9N+7B+5N+2B−3N=4B5.526.029.522.002096-13.2
2Kottage, K M Nilash Nethul1613SRI+3B=11N+9B=4B−1N+16N+8B5.025.526.517.001981+108.4
3Eman P D1958IND−2N+15B=8N+12B+7N+1B=5B5.024.025.516.751955+3.2
4Nikhil T L1942IND=6B+14N+16B=2N=5B+12N=1N5.023.024.014.751934+2.4
5Krasnikov, Namik2181UKRF+6N+11B−1B=4N+9B=3N4.026.026.015.502032-16.6
6Nyrav Gopalakrishnan1604IND=4N−5B+13N=8B−12N+11N+16B4.020.021.010.251803+56.0
7Rohr, Norman0GER+12B+8B−1N=11N−3BF+10N3.523.023.011.0018540.0
8Geier, Jakob1714GER+18B−7N=3B=6N+14B=10B−2N3.523.023.08.251613-12.2
9Kanthaneyan Swaminathan1712IND+17N−1B−2N+13B+11B−5N=12B3.522.022.06.251775+9.2
10Grunert, Greta1623GER−1N+17B−12N+16B+15B=8N−7B3.517.517.54.251550-12.8
11Gupta, Saksham1798GER+15N=2B−5N=7B−9N−6B+17N3.021.521.55.751456-68.0
12Sadhana S N1728IND−7NF+10B−3N+6B−4B=9N2.524.524.59.251769+8.8
13Davis, Linus1628GERF−16N−6B−9N+17NF+15B2.010.010.01.50859-36.4
14Rangika, K M Chamil0SRI=?N−4B=15N+17B−8NFF2.010.010.00.7515230.0
15FIDE 5330485840—−11B−3N=14BF−10N+17B−13N1.515.515.51.009520.0
16Suryanarayanan, Ashwin0GERF+13B−4N−10NF−2B−6N1.019.519.52.0014430.0
17FIDE 5640275890—−9B−10NF−14N−13B−15N−11B0.015.515.50.008910.0
18FIDE 346239900—−8NFFFFFF0.06.06.00.009140.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets