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Niederbayerische Einzelmeisterschaft 2026 Meisterklasse

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18 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 09 Apr 2026 to 12 Apr 2026 in Roehrnbach, Germany. 1 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2021, and top seed was Alfred Engelbrecht (🇩🇪 GER, 2209).

Alexander Stadler (🇩🇪 GER, 2142) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Roland Knechtel (5.0) and Michael Mueller (4.5). Stadler won solo starting round 6.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Michael Suess (1607) beat Christoph Heiduk (1838), a +231-point gap.

Location
🇩🇪Roehrnbach, Germany
Dates
09 Apr 2026 → 12 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 120 minutes for game with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇩🇪Alfred Engelbrecht2209
Avg top 10
2,021
Participants
18
Titled players · 1
FM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇩🇪Germany×17
🇮🇳India×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Alexander Stadler led from R3; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
6
2
1
5
2
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Stadler5.5Knechtel5Palmi4.5Mueller4.5Bergmann4Fuchs4
R3–R7 · LEAD HELD

Alexander Stadler held the sole lead from R3 through R7 without losing it.

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Alexander Stadler beat FM Roland Knechtel (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Alexander Stadler 3 wins (R1–R3)Herbert Palmi 3 wins (R2–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Alexander Stadler*
1
½
1
2FMRoland Knechtel
0
*—
0
3Herbert Palmi
½
—*—
4Michael Mueller
0
1
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Stadler, Alexander2142GER+10N+6B+2N−5B+11N+3B=4N5.525.529.022.752252+18.2
2Knechtel, RolandFM2122GER+17B+14N−1B+7N−3B+5B+6N5.024.025.015.002145+7.4
3Mueller, Michael1999GER=12N+13B=5N+10B+2N−1N=7B4.525.028.017.002156+25.0
4Palmi, Herbert1978GER−13N+9B+16N+14B=5N=6B=1B4.522.524.014.252043+14.4
5Engelbrecht, Alfred2209GER+11B=7N=3B+1N=4B−2N=8B4.027.531.017.502042-53.2
6Fuchs, Michael1980GER+16B−1N=7B+17N+10B=4N−2B4.024.025.010.252032+10.2
7Woitylak, Steffen1949GER+15N=5B=6N−2B+14N=9B=3N4.023.525.512.251995+10.6
8Raitner, Josef1804GER=9N=12B−10N=13B+18N+11B=5N4.021.022.011.501974+41.2
9Bergmann, Reiner1960GER=8B−4N+15B−11N+16B=7N+14B4.020.021.59.501889-10.8
10Schultes, Christoph, Dr.1923GER−1B+17N+8B−3N−6N+15B=12N3.523.024.08.501929+0.8
11Bernauer, Thomas1945GER−5N=15B+12N+9B−1B−8N+18N3.522.523.59.001822-34.4
12Linkamp, Ralf0GER=3B=8N−11B=16N+13B−14N=10B3.020.522.09.7518020.0
13Heiduk, Christoph1838GER+4B−3N−14B=8N−12N=18B+17B3.019.020.08.001859+3.2
14Suess, Michael1607GERF−2B+13N−4N−7B+12B−9N2.023.523.56.001706+15.2
15Gurbanli, Shakir1741GER−7B=11N−9N=18B+17B−10NF2.017.518.53.251788+5.4
16Covaci, Nicolae1851GER−6NF−4B=12B−9N+17NF1.518.518.52.501763-17.2
17Revanth R1907IND−2N−10B+18N−6B−15N−16B−13N1.019.020.01.001109-120.4
18Yemelyanenko, Roman0GERFF−17B=15N−8B=13N−11B1.013.513.52.5016070.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets