Wiener Vereinsmeisterschaft 2025-2026 B-Liga Round 5

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79 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held on 17 Jan 2026 in Vienna, Austria. 4 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2032, and top seed was Aron Schneider (🇦🇹 AUT, 2059).

Aron Schneider (🇦🇹 AUT, 2059) won with 1.0/5, ahead of Marko Locatin (1.0) and Aleksandr Kravchuk (1.0). Schneider shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Arthur Gold (1827) beat Guntram Knecht (2037), a +210-point gap.

Location

🇦🇹Vienna, Austria

Dates

17 Jan 2026

Time control

Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1

System

Team · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇦🇹Aron Schneider2059

Avg top 10

2,032

Participants

Titled players · 4

FM×1

WFM×2

WCM×1

Federations · 8 represented

🇦🇹Austria×64

🇱🇹Lithuania×2

🇩🇪Germany×2

🇵🇱Poland×2

🇨🇿Czech Republic×1

🇷🇸Serbia×1

🇱🇰Sri Lanka×1

🇦🇱Albania×1

Top 3

🥇
Aron Schneider
🇦🇹AUT·2059
1.0pts·2635perf+5.6
🥈
Marko Locatin
🇦🇹AUT·1919
1.0pts·2556perf+5.6
🥉
Aleksandr Kravchuk
🇦🇹AUT·1904
1.0pts·2643perf+8.4

Standings

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#	Player	Fed	Elo	Pts	Avg opp.	Perf	Δ Elo
1	Schneider, Aron	🇦🇹AUT	2059	1.0	1835	2635	+5.6
2	Locatin, Marko	🇦🇹AUT	1919	1.0	1756	2556	+5.6
3	Kravchuk, Aleksandr	🇦🇹AUT	1904	1.0	1843	2643	+8.4
4	Virag, Zoltan	🇸🇰SVK	1980	1.0	1920	2720	+7.6
5	Wais, Michael	🇦🇹AUT	1947	1.0	1853	2653	+6.6
6	Fuehrer, Werner	🇦🇹AUT	1924	1.0	1786	2586	+5.6
7	Gold, Arthur	🇦🇹AUT	1827	1.0	2043	2843	+21.6
8	Lotz, Dominik	🇦🇹AUT	1974	1.0	1937	2737	+8.6
9	Vaitkevicius, Kasparas	🇱🇹LTU	1870	1.0	1735	2535	+6.0
10	Pirveli, Luca	🇦🇹AUT	1934	1.0	1917	2717	+9.2
11	Prager, Manfred	🇦🇹AUT	1920	1.0	1788	2588	+5.8
12	Somasundram, Jayakumar	🇱🇰SRI	1809	1.0	1836	2636	+8.8
13	Krejcar, Walter	🇦🇹AUT	1777	1.0	1779	2579	+11.0
14	WFMHorvath, Maria	🇦🇹AUT	1880	1.0	1774	2574	+6.4
15	Nagel, Herbert	🇦🇹AUT	1958	1.0	1844	2644	+6.6
16	Abadjian, Vahram	🇦🇹AUT	1924	1.0	1878	2678	+8.8
17	Hrvacanin, Stefan	🇧🇦BIH	1917	1.0	1785	2585	+13.6
18	WCMKudlak, Julia	🇵🇱POL	1937	1.0	2006	2806	+11.0
19	Scheiber, Daniel Berndt	🇦🇹AUT	1852	1.0	1925	2725	+20.0
20	Holzammer, Florestan	🇦🇹AUT	1904	1.0	1791	2591	+7.4
21	Scheidl, Bernhard	🇦🇹AUT	1886	1.0	1694	2494	+9.6
22	Devine, Christopher	🇳🇱NED	2056	1.0	2053	2853	+10.0
23	Sarikyan, Hrayr	🇦🇹AUT	1908	1.0	1778	2578	+6.6
24	Stadler, Peter	🇦🇹AUT	1994	1.0	1818	2618	+5.0
25	Strohmer, Christian	🇦🇹AUT	1739	1.0	1779	2579	+11.2
26	Gockner, Martin	🇦🇹AUT	1931	0.5	2005	2005	+2.2
27	Galek, Pawel-Piotr	🇦🇹AUT	1845	0.5	1877	1877	+1.8
28	Merei, David	🇦🇹AUT	2001	0.5	1940	1940	-2.4
29	Rumpf, Werner	🇦🇹AUT	1860	0.5	1641	1641	-6.0
30	FMHigatsberger, Michael	🇦🇹AUT	2048	0.5	1928	1928	-3.6
31	Gashi, Milot	🇦🇹AUT	1911	0.5	1969	1969	+3.2
32	Sauper, Dorian	🇦🇹AUT	2001	0.5	1871	1871	-3.4
33	Seifert, Leopold	🇦🇹AUT	1896	0.5	1809	1809	-1.8
34	Hysenaj, Hamdi	🇦🇹AUT	1847	0.5	1925	1925	+2.4
35	WFMBorek, Jutta	🇦🇹AUT	2021	0.5	1972	1972	-0.8
36	Prummer, Sebastian	🇦🇹AUT	1981	0.5	1925	1925	-6.8
37	Dzevat, Dzemaili	🇦🇹AUT	1646	0.5	1880	1880	+12.0
38	Pfeiffer, Gerhard	🇦🇹AUT	1862	0.5	2011	2011	+4.4
39	Radnaev, Leo	🇦🇹AUT	2001	0.5	2043	2043	0.0
40	Kern, Julian	🇦🇹AUT	1899	0.5	1841	1841	-2.4
41	Suetzl, Wolfgang	🇦🇹AUT	1747	0.5	1847	1847	+3.2
42	Seidl, Reinhard	🇦🇹AUT	1871	0.5	1995	1995	+3.4
43	Stasiv, Oleksandr	🇺🇦UKR	1921	0.5	2047	2047	+3.4
44	Danner, Lambert	🇦🇹AUT	1990	0.5	1923	1923	-2.2
45	Kuzmits, Helmut	🇦🇹AUT	1928	0.5	2060	2060	+3.6
46	Mlynek, Petr	🇨🇿CZE	2001	0.5	1842	1842	-4.4
47	Tuetuencue, Emirhan	🇦🇹AUT	1903	0.5	2027	2027	+2.4
48	Huber, Heinrich	🇦🇹AUT	1975	0.5	1912	1912	-1.6
49	Poyntner, Erich	🇦🇹AUT	1872	0.5	1731	1731	-3.2
50	Beck, Viktor	🇦🇹AUT	1944	0.5	1866	1866	-2.4
51	Zoernpfenning, Siegfried	🇦🇹AUT	2043	0.5	2044	2044	0.0
52	Cika, Agron	🇦🇱ALB	1972	0.5	2001	2001	+0.8
53	Keller, Niklas	🇦🇹AUT	1866	0.5	1955	1955	+4.8
54	Goebel Lukasz	🇵🇱POL	1795	0.0	1919	1119	-5.6
55	Zenuni, Astrit	🇦🇹AUT	1777	0.0	1908	1108	-6.4
56	Brueggeboes, Anton	🇩🇪GER	1878	0.0	1918	1118	-8.8
58	Wiater, Michael	🇦🇹AUT	1788	0.0	1900	1100	-6.6
59	Paunovic, Dejan	🇷🇸SRB	1744	0.0	1885	1085	-6.0
60	Jacob, Serafin	🇩🇪GER	1904	0.0	1926	1126	-20.0
61	Neuhold, Manfred	🇦🇹AUT	1835	0.0	1881	1081	-8.8
62	Thoma, Wilhelm	🇦🇹AUT	2053	0.0	2056	1256	-10.0
63	Komarek, Ludwig	🇦🇹AUT	1793	0.0	1889	1089	-7.4
64	Pivi, Mauro	🇮🇹ITA	1975	0.0	1984	1184	-8.6
65	Tarhuni, Adam	🇦🇹AUT	1810	0.0	1739	939	-11.2
66	Knecht, Guntram	🇦🇹AUT	2037	0.0	2013	1213	-10.8
67	Wirthumer, Gunter	🇦🇹AUT	1786	0.0	1945	1145	-5.8
68	Kutschker, Alexander	🇦🇹AUT	1698	0.0	1894	1094	-4.8
69	Eller, Martin	🇦🇹AUT	1961	0.0	1973	1173	-11.0
70	Marinovic, Sara	🇦🇹AUT	1863	0.0	1898	1098	-8.4
71	Racinskas, Azuolas	🇱🇹LTU	1844	0.0	1969	1169	-13.2
72	Kucharski, Michael	🇦🇹AUT	1918	0.0	1943	1143	-9.2
73	Cekani, Sokol	🇦🇹AUT	1793	0.0	1899	1099	-6.8
74	Gstrein, Matteo	🇦🇹AUT	1774	0.0	1741	941	-22.0
75	Oehlinger, Markus	🇦🇹AUT	1853	0.0	2147	1347	-2.8
76	Berbati, Kadri	🇦🇹AUT	1921	0.0	2009	1209	-7.6
77	Deliukin, Pavlo	🇦🇹AUT	1824	0.0	2008	1208	-5.0
78	Ptak, Alfred	🇦🇹AUT	1786	0.0	1949	1149	-5.6
79	Marku, Anton	🇦🇹AUT	1894	0.0	1976	1176	-6.6
57	Bhatt, Krishna Datt	🇦🇹AUT	0	0.0	1751	951	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Gold, ArthurAUT
+21.6
1.0 pts · #7
2Scheiber, Daniel BerndtAUT
+20.0
1.0 pts · #19
3Hrvacanin, StefanBIH
+13.6
1.0 pts · #17

Top rating losers

1Gstrein, MatteoAUT
-22.0
0.0 pts · #74
2Jacob, SerafinGER
-20.0
0.0 pts · #60
3Racinskas, AzuolasLTU
-13.2
0.0 pts · #71

Biggest upsets

R5+210 Elo gap
Gold, Arthur1827 beat Knecht, Guntram2037