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National Individual Championship 2026 Cat. B

Open SwissStandard

23 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 04 Apr 2026 to 12 Apr 2026 in Wasserbillig, Luxembourg. 6 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1874, and top seed was Arthur Maier (🇩🇪 GER, 1998).

Yashar Movahedi (🇮🇷 IRI, 1925) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Vasco De Sousa Martinho (6.0) and Alexandre Morlot (5.0). Movahedi won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Donny Hoffmann (1656) beat Arthur Maier (1998), a +342-point gap.

Location
🇱🇺Wasserbillig, Luxembourg
Dates
04 Apr 2026 → 12 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇩🇪Arthur Maier1998
Avg top 10
1,874
Participants
23
Federations · 6 represented
🇱🇺Luxembourg×17
🇩🇪Germany×2
🇭🇺Hungary×1
🇮🇷Iran×1
🇪🇷Eritrea×1
🇫🇷France×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Yashar Movahedi led from R3; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
7
2
1
2
1
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Movahedi6.5De Sousa Martinho6Selzer5Morlot5Esmer4Neuman3.5
R3–R7 · LEAD HELD

Yashar Movahedi held the sole lead from R3 through R7 without losing it.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Yashar Movahedi drew with Vasco De Sousa Martinho (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Yashar Movahedi 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R5–R7)Vasco De Sousa Martinho 3 wins (R5–R7)Luca Selzer 3 wins (R2–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Yashar Movahedi*
½
1
1
2Vasco De Sousa Martinho
½
*
1
½
3Luca Selzer
0
0
*—
4Alexandre Morlot
0
½
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Movahedi, Yashar1925IRI+4B+18N+13B=2N+3B+6B+8N6.526.028.525.502236+39.6
2De Sousa Martinho, Vasco1886LUX+14B=3N+6B=1B+4N+13N+7B6.026.529.523.752121+73.2
3Morlot, Alexandre1813FRA+21B=2B+8N+15B−1N=7N+13B5.025.527.516.252011+37.6
4Selzer, Luca1813GER−1N+22B+9B+10N−2B+15N+14B5.025.526.514.001964+64.8
5Esmer, Hamza1768LUX=6B=20N+7B−13N=18B=9N+16B4.019.021.012.251830+24.8
6Pinter, Szabolcs Peter1899HUN=5N+12B−2N+11B+14B−1NF3.526.526.512.001858-5.6
7Stirn, Fernand1847LUX−10N+19B−5N+12B+16N=3B−2N3.525.027.511.501760-16.2
8Neuman, Carlo1856LUX+23B+10N−3B=14N−13B+18N−1B3.523.523.57.501768-16.0
9Ludewig, Robert1867LUX=12N=11B−4N=18N+17B=5B=10N3.522.525.011.501742-23.4
10Hoffmann, Donny1656LUX+7B−8B+17N−4B−15N+21N=9B3.521.523.510.251842+33.0
11Pleim, Eva1688LUX=16B=9N=18B−6N+23B=14N=17B3.518.518.57.501801+42.8
12Pleim, Emile1764LUX=9B−6N=21B−7N+22B=20N+18B3.517.018.07.251821+20.4
13Guo, Johnny1634LUXF+15B−1N+5B+8N−2B−3N3.028.028.010.501846+65.6
14Goelff, Michel1773LUX−2N+21N+16B=8B−6N=11B−4N3.024.526.58.501793+5.2
15Samuel Merhawi Gebrehiwet1829ERI+19B−13N+20B−3N+10B−4BF3.021.021.08.001693-21.2
16Kries, Yvon1783LUX=11N=17B−14N+22N−7B+19B−5N3.019.520.56.751683-19.4
17Solovev, Aleksei1704LUX=20B=16N−10B=19N−9N+23B=11N3.018.018.05.501667-8.0
18Mertens, David1818LUX+22N−1B=11N=9B=5N−8B−12N2.524.525.56.501694-24.2
19Macia Tell, Dario1653LUX−15N−7NF=17B+20B−16N+22N2.515.515.54.501690+10.4
20Brittner, Laurent1614LUX=17N=5B−15N=21B−19N=12BF2.018.018.06.251661+10.4
21Maier, Arthur1998GER−3N−14B=12N=20NF−10B+23N2.017.017.02.751605-116.0
22Bava, Roberto1704LUX−18B−4N+23N−16B−12NF−19B1.016.516.50.001489-60.8
23Pereira, Marco1759LUX−8NF−22BF−11N−17N−21B0.013.013.00.00990-93.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets