Wiener Betriebsmeisterschaft 2025-2026 C-Liga Round 7
Open SwissStandard
35 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held on 18 Feb 2026 in Vienna, Austria. 2 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2085, and top seed was Peter Schreiner (🇦🇹 AUT, IM, 2438).
Simon Waach (🇦🇹 AUT, 1945) won with 1.0/7, ahead of Gernot Kammerer (1.0) and Yousef El Gebaly (1.0).
The biggest upset came in round 7: Yousef El Gebaly (1765) beat Mauro Pivi (1975), a +210-point gap.
Location
🇦🇹Vienna, Austria
Dates
18 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes for first 40 moves and 15 min. for the rest of the game with 30 sec. increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Titled players · 2
IM×1
CM×1
Federations · 5 represented
🇦🇹Austria×30
🇮🇹Italy×1
🇺🇦Ukraine×1
🇦🇱Albania×1
🇩🇪Germany×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsTight race until R7; 12 players tied at 1.0/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 103 co-leaders at R4 to 13 at the finish.
Co-leaders
103
103
103
103
103
103
13
R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
12 players finish on 1.0/7. Waach takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (0.0).
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waach, Simon | 1945 | AUT | F | F | F | F | F | F | +34B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2550 | +10.0 |
| 2 | Kammerer, Gernot | 2102 | AUT | F | F | F | F | F | F | +28B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2699 | +4.4 |
| 3 | El Gebaly, Yousef | 1765 | AUT | F | F | F | F | F | F | +25B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2726 | +12.4 |
| 4 | Rongitsch, Thomas | 2038 | AUT | F | F | F | F | F | F | +27N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2677 | +5.6 |
| 5 | Neff, GregorCM | 2142 | AUT | F | F | F | F | F | F | +24B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2626 | +2.6 |
| 6 | Haberberger, Ernst | 1979 | AUT | F | F | F | F | F | F | +31B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2793 | +10.2 |
| 7 | Langmantel, Robert | 1942 | AUT | F | F | F | F | F | F | +26B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2750 | +11.2 |
| 8 | Proyer, Enno | 2073 | AUT | F | F | F | F | F | F | +33N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2773 | +7.2 |
| 9 | Grujicic, Momcilo | 1973 | AUT | F | F | F | F | F | F | +29N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2621 | +7.6 |
| 10 | Steinmetz, Bruno | 1923 | AUT | F | F | F | F | F | F | +30B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2482 | +3.6 |
| 11 | Schreiner, PeterIM | 2438 | AUT | F | F | F | F | F | F | +32N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2889 | +1.2 |
| 12 | Riegler, Rene | 2010 | AUT | F | F | F | F | F | F | +23B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2717 | +7.4 |
| 13 | Truppe, Thomas | 1890 | AUT | F | F | F | F | F | F | =21B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1926 | +1.0 |
| 14 | Ramoser, Mario | 1964 | AUT | F | F | F | F | F | F | =20N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1848 | -3.2 |
| 15 | Stasiv, Oleksandr | 1921 | UKR | F | F | F | F | F | F | =22B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1905 | -1.0 |
| 16 | Elsler, Nikita | 0 | AUT | F | F | F | F | F | F | =19B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1880 | +7.6 |
| 17 | Newrkla, Alexander | 1887 | AUT | F | F | F | F | F | F | =18N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1916 | +1.2 |
| 18 | Jarius, Hans Juergen | 1944 | AUT | F | F | F | F | F | F | =17B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1871 | -1.2 |
| 19 | Opl, Klaus | 1899 | AUT | F | F | F | F | F | F | =16N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1740 | -3.8 |
| 20 | Pitra, Robert | 1824 | AUT | F | F | F | F | F | F | =14B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1966 | +3.2 |
| 21 | Abadjian, Vahram | 1924 | AUT | F | F | F | F | F | F | =13N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1890 | -1.0 |
| 22 | Klein, Leo | 1887 | GER | F | F | F | F | F | F | =15N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1941 | +1.0 |
| 23 | Kucharski, Michael | 1918 | AUT | F | F | F | F | F | F | −12N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1215 | -7.4 |
| 24 | Nachtnebel, Harry | 1839 | AUT | F | F | F | F | F | F | −5N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1342 | -2.6 |
| 25 | Pivi, Mauro | 1975 | ITA | F | F | F | F | F | F | −3N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1039 | -12.4 |
| 26 | Zaynard, Andreas | 1927 | AUT | F | F | F | F | F | F | −7N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1108 | -11.2 |
| 27 | Jauker, Valentin | 1881 | AUT | F | F | F | F | F | F | −4B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1246 | -5.6 |
| 28 | Groebl, Markus | 1892 | AUT | F | F | F | F | F | F | −2N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1322 | -4.4 |
| 29 | Kamptner, Wolfgang | 1814 | AUT | F | F | F | F | F | F | −9B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1107 | -7.6 |
| 30 | Hager, Harald | 1688 | AUT | F | F | F | F | F | F | −10N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1148 | -7.2 |
| 31 | Oberhammer, Ignaz | 2009 | AUT | F | F | F | F | F | F | −6N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1187 | -10.2 |
| 32 | Forer, Lorenz | 2084 | AUT | F | F | F | F | F | F | −11B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1632 | -2.4 |
| 33 | Cika, Agron | 1973 | ALB | F | F | F | F | F | F | −8B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1272 | -7.2 |
| 34 | Kniely, Maximilian | 1750 | AUT | F | F | F | F | F | F | −1N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1145 | -10.0 |
| 35 | FIDE 1667858 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | F | F | −?N | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1059 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1El Gebaly, YousefAUT+12.41.0 pts · #3
- 2Langmantel, RobertAUT+11.21.0 pts · #7
- 3Haberberger, ErnstAUT+10.21.0 pts · #6
Top rating losers
- 1Pivi, MauroITA-12.40.0 pts · #26
- 2Zaynard, AndreasAUT-11.20.0 pts · #27
- 3Oberhammer, IgnazAUT-10.20.0 pts · #32
Biggest upsets
- R7+210 Elo gap