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VJEM Niederrhein 2026 U16

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16 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 1546, and top seed was Sai Ritvik Arvapalli (🇮🇳 IND, 1924).

Tomke Ritzenhoff (🇩🇪 GER, 1895) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Dima Kovalyov (5.0) and Sai Ritvik Arvapalli (5.0). Ritzenhoff won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Dima Kovalyov (1781) beat Sai Ritvik Arvapalli (1924), a +143-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
🇮🇳Sai Ritvik Arvapalli1924
Avg top 10
1,546
Participants
16
Federations · 2 represented
🇩🇪Germany×15
🇮🇳India×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tomke Ritzenhoff led from R4; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
7
3
2
1
1
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Ritzenhoff6.5Kovalyov5Arvapalli5Alugili4.5Yilmaz4Bongartz4
R4–R7 · LEAD HELD

Tomke Ritzenhoff never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Tomke Ritzenhoff beat Dima Kovalyov (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Tomke Ritzenhoff 6 wins (R1–R6)Dima Kovalyov 3 wins (R1–R3)Sai Ritvik Arvapalli 3 wins (R3–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Tomke Ritzenhoff*
1
1
1
2Dima Kovalyov
0
*
1
½
3Sai Ritvik Arvapalli
0
0
*
1
4Yosef Alugili
0
½
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Ritzenhoff, Tomke1895GER+9B+7N+4B+2N+5B+3N=6B6.526.529.527.502151+56.8
2Kovalyov, Dima1781GER+15B+3N+6B−1B=4N+5N=7N5.028.030.019.251894+36.4
3Sai Ritvik Arvapalli1924IND+13N−2B+16N+9B+11N−1B+4N5.024.025.514.001768-28.8
4Alugili, Yosef1871GER+16N+5B−1N+11B=2B+9N−3B4.526.027.513.501717-33.2
5Hesse, Frederik1616GER+14N−4N+8B+10B−1N−2B+12N4.025.027.511.501607-3.2
6Bongartz, Jonah1592GER=8B+11N−2N=7B=9N+12B=1N4.024.527.013.501673+11.2
7Yilmaz, Deniz1719GER+12N−1B−11N=6N+8B+15N=2B4.024.026.012.501631-14.0
8Thai, Elias0GER=6N=10B−5N+16B−7N=11B+15N3.519.521.08.2514520.0
9Khalil, Zorba0GER−1N+12B+13N−3N=6B−4B=16N3.025.026.57.7515910.0
10Heinke, Marian1654GER−11B=8N+15B−5N−12B+14N=13B3.017.519.57.501324-34.0
11Linden, Philip Nam0GER+10N−6B+7B−4N−3B=8N−14B2.524.026.58.7516800.0
12Berneburg, Laurenz0GER−7B−9N=14B+13B+10N−6N−5B2.520.523.06.7515280.0
13Nawrath, Lars1412GER−3B=15N−9B−12N=14N+16B=10N2.518.019.55.251543+8.8
14Schmitz, Evan0GER−5B−16B=12N=15N=13B−10B+11N2.516.518.06.0012890.0
15Yeter, Emre Kaan0GER−2N=13B−10N=14B+16N−7B−8B2.020.522.04.0013210.0
16Chaban, Artem0GER−4B+14N−3B−8N−15B−13N=9B1.521.023.04.009380.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets