Coupe de Luxembourg 2026 Round 1
KnockoutStandard
38 players participated in this 1-round tournament, held on 25 Jan 2026 in various, Luxembourg. 7 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2197, and top seed was Tykhon Cherniaiev (🇺🇦 UKR, FM, 2327).
Johnny Guo (🇱🇺 LUX, 1612) won with 1.0/1, ahead of Claude Goelff (1.0) and Slobodan J Filipovic (1.0).
Location
🇱🇺various, Luxembourg
Dates
25 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1
System
Knockout · 1 rounds
Titled players · 7
FM×4
CM×2
WGM×1
Federations · 8 represented
🇱🇺Luxembourg×29
🇺🇦Ukraine×2
🇪🇷Eritrea×1
🇫🇷France×1
🇵🇱Poland×1
🇷🇸Serbia×1
🇦🇿Azerbaijan×1
🇩🇪Germany×1
Top 3
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Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guo, Johnny | 1612 | LUX | +22B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2385 | +20.4 |
| 2 | Goelff, Claude | 1731 | LUX | +23N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2620 | +24.8 |
| 3 | Filipovic, Slobodan JCM | 2182 | SRB | +24B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2770 | +5.2 |
| 4 | Tequi, Lucas | 1790 | LUX | +20B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2659 | +20.0 |
| 5 | Gaspar, Lucien | 2057 | LUX | +36B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2636 | +4.2 |
| 6 | Jarocka, LiwiaFM | 2260 | POL | +33N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3007 | +8.8 |
| 7 | Kalmes, Rene | 1963 | LUX | +30N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2730 | +8.8 |
| 8 | Aliferenko, Aleksei | 2200 | UKR | +28B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2607 | +1.6 |
| 9 | Goelff, Michel | 0 | LUX | +?N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2504 | +16.4 |
| 10 | Sailer, Douglas | 1995 | LUX | +37B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2456 | +2.2 |
| 11 | Pinter, Szabolcs Peter | 1859 | HUN | +27N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2448 | +4.2 |
| 12 | Kayser, Patrick | 1781 | LUX | +31B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2635 | +23.2 |
| 13 | Philipowski, RobertFM | 2233 | GER | +32N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3031 | +10.0 |
| 14 | Witters, Patrick | 1993 | LUX | +34N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2676 | +6.4 |
| 15 | Ludewig, Robert | 1855 | LUX | +29B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2371 | +3.6 |
| 16 | Cherniaiev, TykhonFM | 2327 | UKR | +35N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2744 | +1.6 |
| 17 | Maltezeanu, StefanCM | 2152 | LUX | +25N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2735 | +2.4 |
| 18 | Plard, Axel | 2090 | LUX | +26B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2573 | +5.6 |
| 19 | Schlueter, Yves | 2053 | LUX | +21N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2770 | +7.6 |
| 20 | Corbin, Paul | 1879 | LUX | −4N | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1061 | -10.0 |
| 21 | Meurin, Patrick | 1965 | LUX | −19B | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1255 | -7.6 |
| 22 | Bsarani, Joseph | 1628 | LUX | −1N | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 781 | -20.4 |
| 23 | Leclere, Mohamed | 1806 | FRA | −2B | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 933 | -12.4 |
| 24 | Oberweis, Paul | 2002 | LUX | −3N | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1350 | -5.2 |
| 25 | Lopez Popov, Ivan | 1928 | LUX | −17B | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1476 | -2.4 |
| 26 | Zhang, Stanley | 1782 | LUX | −18N | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1282 | -5.6 |
| 27 | Decherf, Florent | 1661 | LUX | −11B | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1075 | -8.4 |
| 28 | Lang, Peter | 1751 | LUX | −8N | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1307 | -3.2 |
| 29 | Brosset, Louis | 1597 | LUX | −15N | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1032 | -7.2 |
| 30 | Meisch, Tanguy | 1970 | LUX | −7B | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1171 | -8.8 |
| 31 | Sivashankar, Samyukta | 1815 | LUX | −12N | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 981 | -23.2 |
| 32 | Khalafova, NarminWGM | 2244 | AZE | −13B | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1428 | -10.0 |
| 33 | Brittner, SergeFM | 2224 | LUX | −6B | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1451 | -8.8 |
| 34 | De Sousa Martinho, Vasco | 1789 | LUX | −14B | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1208 | -12.8 |
| 35 | Samuel Merhawi Gebrehiwet | 1824 | ERI | −16B | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1428 | -3.2 |
| 36 | Mertens, David | 1837 | LUX | −5N | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1268 | -4.2 |
| 37 | Hoffmann, Donny | 1624 | LUX | −10N | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1213 | -2.2 |
| 38 | Piocel, Alann | 0 | LUX | −?B | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1344 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Goelff, ClaudeLUX+24.81.0 pts · #2
- 2Kayser, PatrickLUX+23.21.0 pts · #12
- 3Guo, JohnnyLUX+20.41.0 pts · #1
Top rating losers
- 1Sivashankar, SamyuktaLUX-23.20.0 pts · #32
- 2Bsarani, JosephLUX-20.40.0 pts · #22
- 3De Sousa Martinho, VascoLUX-12.80.0 pts · #35