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VJEM Niederrhein 2026 U12

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19 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 02 Jan 2026 to 06 Jan 2026 in Kranenburg, Germany. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1120, and top seed was Alexander Blem (🇩🇪 GER, 1720).

Alexander Blem (🇩🇪 GER, 1720) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Theo Heilmann (5.5) and Wilhelm Zeyin Ni (5.0). Blem shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Mio Runhan Liu (1587) beat Alexander Blem (1720), a +133-point gap.

Location
🇩🇪Kranenburg, Germany
Dates
02 Jan 2026 → 06 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇩🇪Alexander Blem1720
Avg top 10
1,120
Participants
19
Federations · 2 represented
🇩🇪Germany×16
🇺🇦Ukraine×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 5.5/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
9
5
1
2
1
3
2
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7Blem takes lead
R5 · LEADER CHANGE05 Jan

Alexander Blem takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.5/7. Blem takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (27.0).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Alexander Blem beat Theo Heilmann (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Blem, Alexander1720GER+7N+9B=3N+2N+12B4B+5N5.527.030.023.001680-8.8
2Heilmann, Theo1624GER+14N+12B+6N1B+3N=5B+4N5.526.029.021.501767+22.8
3Ni, Wilhelm Zeyin1619GER+10B+11N=1B+5N2B=7N+6B5.027.030.520.251479-14.0
4Liu, Mio Runhan1587GER11B+10N=5B+8N+13B+1N2B4.526.529.518.501815+47.6
5Herawi, Erwin0GER+17N+?B=4N3B+6N=2N1B4.027.027.011.5015790.0
6Harensa, Oskar0GER+13B+8N2B+7N5B+12N3N4.025.528.514.0015970.0
7Engels, Yang0GER1B+18N+?N6B+14N=3B=8B4.023.023.09.0016470.0
8Michelson, Nathan1545GER=15N6B+10N4B+17N+14B=7N4.022.525.013.00787-17.6
9Liu, Yichen1507GER+18B1N=16B13N=11B+15N+12B4.021.022.510.75859-24.0
10Geiss, Janus Michael0GER3N4B8B+19N+?B+13N+16B4.019.519.56.0015390.0
11Lassak, Max0GER+4N3B12N=15B=9N+17B=14N3.522.525.012.0015710.0
12Dvornyk, Mark0UKR+19B2N+11B+16N1N6B9N3.025.525.56.508170.0
13Martens, David Viktor1596GER6N+15B=14N+9B4N10B=17N3.022.525.09.751547-6.0
14Manoharan, Kavin0GER2B+19N=13B+?N7B8N=11B3.020.020.03.2515310.0
15Liu, Taihe0GER=8B13N=18B=11N=16B9B+19N3.019.019.06.0012770.0
16FIDE 5330687470?N+17B=9N12B=15N+18B10N3.018.018.07.5014130.0
17Jablkowski, Filip0GER5B16N+19B+18N8B11N=13B2.519.019.03.0013790.0
18FIDE 53306833009N7B=15N17B+19N16N?B1.516.516.51.508060.0
19Rahman, Faeq Abdur0GER12N14B17N10B18B?N15B0.017.017.00.009040.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets