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1. Binzer Seniorenfruehling 2026

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18 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 11 Apr 2026 to 19 Apr 2026 in Binz, Germany. 1 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1976, and top seed was Keith C Arkell (🇬🇧 ENG, GM, 2390).

Keith C Arkell (🇬🇧 ENG, GM, 2390) won with 9.0/9, ahead of Iver Poulsen (7.0) and Lars Balzer (7.0). Arkell won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Rene Mummert (1678) beat Norbert Westphal (2023), a +345-point gap.

Location
🇩🇪Binz, Germany
Dates
11 Apr 2026 → 19 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: All Moves in 130 Min. Incr. 30 Sec. / /
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇬🇧GMKeith C Arkell2390
Avg top 10
1,976
Participants
18
Titled players · 1
GM×1
Federations · 3 represented
🇩🇪Germany×16
🇬🇧England×1
🇩🇰Denmark×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

GM Keith C Arkell led from R4; +2.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
8
4
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
Arkell9Balzer7Poulsen7Martetschlaeger5.5Witte5Pews4.5
R4–R9 · LEAD HELD

GM Keith C Arkell never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +2.0 over the runner-up.

R2 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Keith C Arkell beat Lars Balzer (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

GM Keith C Arkell 9 wins (R1–R9)Lars Balzer 3 wins (R7–R9)Iver Poulsen 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R7–R9)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1GMKeith C Arkell*
1
1
1
2Lars Balzer
0
*
½
½
3Iver Poulsen
0
½
*
1
4Hubert Martetschlaeger
0
½
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Arkell, Keith CGM2390ENG+15B+3N+6B+2N+12B+4N+5N+8B+9B9.040.543.543.502803+7.0
2Poulsen, Iver2032DEN+10N+4B+12N−1B=5B=3N+6B+11N+8N7.043.046.531.502163+30.0
3Balzer, Lars1956GER+18N−1B+5N+13B=4N=2B+8N+12B+6N7.042.044.028.752126+39.8
4Martetschlaeger, Hubert1855GER+16B−2N+14B+9N=3B−1B+7N=5B=10N5.544.047.023.001926+14.8
5Witte, Ronald2002GER=14B+7N−3B+8B=2N+9N−1B=4N=11B5.045.048.522.501906-20.2
6Bischoff, Ulrich2007GER+8N+13B−1N−12B=14N+10B−2N+16B−3B4.541.544.516.251856-30.6
7Pews, Kristine1838GER−13N−5B+18N+17B−8N+14B−4B=15N+16N4.530.532.513.001722-26.0
8Mummert, Rene1678GER−6B+15N+17B−5N+7B+12N−3B−1N−2B4.043.546.514.001899+89.6
9Gerke, Steffen0GER+11N−12B+10N−4B+13N−5B=16N=18B−1N4.037.539.514.0018010.0
10Gaedicke, Volker1744GER−2B+16N−9B=14N=11B−6N+15B=13N=4B4.035.038.014.251792+9.2
11Strangalies, Walter1831GER−9B=14N−13N+16B=10N+18B=12N−2B=5N4.033.535.513.001778-10.0
12Westphal, Norbert, Dr.2023GER+17B+9N−2B+6N−1N−8B=11B−3NF3.542.542.513.501842-34.0
13Weiss, Hans-Peter1548GER+7B−6N+11B−3N−9B=15N−17N=10B=18N3.534.036.013.001769+39.2
14Schwandowski, Udo1669GER=5N=11B−4N=10B=6B−7N=18N=17B=15B3.533.535.512.751749+15.4
15Zeiger, Frank1827GER−1N−8B=16N=18B=17N=13B−10N=7B=14N3.034.536.59.751611-52.6
16Maibaum, Harry1565GER−4N−10B=15B−11N+18N+17B=9B−6N−7B3.032.534.58.501661+15.4
17Hanft, Guenter1716GER−12N+18B−8N−7N=15B−16N+13B=14NF3.027.027.08.751637-19.2
18Kowalski, Hans-Ludwig1642GER−3B−17N−7B=15N−16B−11N=14B=9N=13B2.032.535.57.001493-30.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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