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Niederrheinische Einzelmeisterschaft 2026

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22 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 03 Jun 2026 to 07 Jun 2026 in Kempen, Germany. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 2073, and top seed was Eugen Heinert (🇩🇪 GER, 2173).

Ihor Diduh (🇺🇦 UKR, 2090) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Eugen Heinert (5.5) and Andre Kienitz (5.0). Diduh shared the lead from round 6, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Lukas Pitz (1825) beat Erich Muranyi (1991), a +166-point gap.

Location
🇩🇪Kempen, Germany
Dates
03 Jun 2026 → 07 Jun 2026
Time control
Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇩🇪Eugen Heinert2173
Avg top 10
2,073
Participants
22
Federations · 2 represented
🇩🇪Germany×21
🇺🇦Ukraine×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R7; 2 players tied at 5.5/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
5
2
4
4
6
3
2
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Heinert5.5Diduh5.5Kienitz5Thelen4Pitz4Skoerys4
R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.5/7. Diduh takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (25.0).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Eugen Heinert drew with Ihor Diduh (Black).

R1–R7 · UNBEATEN

Eugen Heinert went unbeaten across 7 games (R1–R7).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Eugen Heinert*
½
½
—
2Ihor Diduh
½
*
½
—
3Andre Kienitz
½
½
*—
4Armin Thelen———*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Diduh, Ihor2090UKR+13B+11N=2B=3B=8N+9N+4B5.525.028.521.502298+35.8
2Heinert, Eugen2173GER+18N+17B=1N=8B=3N+10B+9N5.524.026.519.502280+17.6
3Kienitz, Andre2138GER=16B+10N+4B=1N=2B+8N=7B5.026.029.020.002175+8.2
4Skoerys, Fabian2068GER=19B+16N−3N=14B+18N+5B−1N4.023.526.012.502041-4.4
5Paus, Franz2006GER=12N=6B=14N=15B+11B−4N+16B4.022.025.013.752021+3.4
6Thelen, Armin1952GER=9B=5N=11B+13N−10B=12N+8B4.021.525.014.252042+17.6
7Pitz, Lukas1825GER=8N=18B+15N=10N−9B+19B=3N4.021.524.013.252059+42.6
8Zahn, Richard1979GER=7B+21N+9B=2N=1B−3B−6N3.527.529.012.502025+8.2
9Preuschoff, Michael2128GER=6N+12B−8N+18B+7N−1B−2B3.526.028.512.001973-27.2
10Liedmann, Dennis1998GER+22N−3B+19N=7B+6N−2NF3.524.525.09.001995+2.0
11Grosse-Frintrop, Gerd2062GER+20N−1B=6N+12B−5N+14BF3.524.026.011.001996-9.2
12Wolter, Dennis1848GER=5B−9N+16B−11N+20B=6B=14N3.521.523.510.751981+48.0
13Strater, Heinz1925GER−1N+20B+17N−6B−14N=15B+21N3.521.523.08.251960+6.2
14Heinzel, Thomas1889GER−17B+22N=5B=4N+13B−11N=12B3.521.522.09.751949+11.2
15Muranyi, Erich1991GER=21B=19N−7B=5N=17B=13N+18B3.519.521.09.751933-10.8
16Glinzk, Michael1984GER=3N−4B−12N+20B=22N+17B−5N3.021.522.07.751898-15.0
17Witthans, Martin2077GER+14N−2N−13B=19B=15N−16N+22B3.021.522.07.001882-69.2
18Guelcan, Batuhan Ege1942GER−2B=7N+21B−9N−4B+22N−15N2.522.022.54.001857-33.2
19Skoerys, Michael1887GER=4N=15B−10B=17N+21B−7NF2.520.021.56.751915+3.4
20Siemes, Robert1848GER−11B−13N+22B−16N−12N+21BF2.017.518.02.001766-13.2
21Schott, Detlef1871GER=15N−8B−18N+22B−19N−20N−13B1.517.518.02.251659-36.0
22Rades, Andreas1654GER−10B−14B−20N−21N=16B−18B−17N0.517.519.01.501519-13.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets