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VJEM Niederrhein 2026 U18

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16 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 02 Jan 2026 to 06 Jan 2026 in Kranenburg, Germany. Top 10 Elo average was 1888, and top seed was Mykhailo Nezhyvenko (🇩🇪 GER, 2136).

Vincent Zander (🇩🇪 GER, 1980) won with 5.0/7, ahead of Batuhan Ege Guelcan (5.0) and Linus Kraus (4.5). Zander won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Kaspar Immel (1670) beat Efecan Atar (1916), a +246-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
🇩🇪Mykhailo Nezhyvenko2136
Avg top 10
1,888
Participants
16
Federations · 1 represented
🇩🇪Germany×14
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R7; 2 players tied at 5.0/7, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
6
2
2
1
2
1
2
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7Guelcan takes lead
Zander5Guelcan5Kraus4.5Immel4.5Nezhyvenko4.5Meyer4— ex-leaders:Fetahovicled R4, #7
R6 · LEADER CHANGE05 Jan

Batuhan Ege Guelcan takes the sole lead (4.5/6).

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.0/7. Zander takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (24.5).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Vincent Zander lost to Batuhan Ege Guelcan (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Vincent Zander*
0
1
—
2Batuhan Ege Guelcan
1
*
0
½
3Linus Kraus
0
1
*
1
4Kaspar Immel—
½
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Zander, Vincent1980GER=10B+9N=6B−2N+13B+3N+7B5.024.526.517.751956-1.2
2Guelcan, Batuhan Ege1882GER+16N−3N+12B+1B+7N=4B=5N5.024.524.515.502004+33.2
3Kraus, Linus1982GER+5N+2B=7N=4B+9N−1B=6N4.527.030.519.251978+3.6
4Nezhyvenko, Mykhailo2136GER=9B+10N=8B=3N=6B=2N+11B4.524.527.517.001908-59.2
5Immel, Kaspar1670GER−3B+16N=14B=6N+8B+10N=2B4.522.522.512.751910+74.8
6Meyer, Henry1854GER+13B=8N=1N=5B=4N=7B=3B4.026.528.515.251929+23.6
7Fetahovic, Sarah1901GER+12B+14N=3B+8N−2B=6N−1N4.024.526.011.751907+1.2
8Atar, Efecan1916GER+11N=6B=4N−7B−5N+12B+9N4.023.525.512.751784-35.6
9Tuma, Milad1721GER=4N−1B+11N+10B−3B+13N−8B3.524.526.510.751778+8.0
10Kossler, Noah1647GER=1N−4B+16B−9N+11N−5B+15B3.521.521.56.501530-23.2
11Stratmann, Lasse0GER−8B+13N−9B+12N−10B+15N−4N3.019.520.55.0010550.0
12Theiner, Mattis0GER−7N+15B−2N−11BF−8N+16B2.017.017.01.0011000.0
13Cakmak, Furkan0GER−6N−11B+15N+16B−1N−9BF2.016.516.51.0010480.0
14Tesic, Luka1837GER+15N−7B=5N————1.58.59.53.251593-25.2
15FIDE 5330685340—−14B−12N−13BF+16N−11B−10N1.012.012.00.009420.0
16FIDE 5330685180—−2B−5B−10N−13N−15BF−12N0.018.018.00.009330.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets