XXVIII. Rhein-Main-Open Gruppe A

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101 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 03 Jun 2026 to 07 Jun 2026 in Bad Homburg vor der Hoehe, Germany. 10 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2286, and top seed was Jonathan Carlstedt (🇩🇪 GER, IM, 2430).

Adam Baranyai-Molnar (🇭🇺 HUN, FM, 2307) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Jonathan Carlstedt (6.0) and Tymur Musiienko (5.5). Baranyai-Molnar won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Till Hasenpflug (1825) beat Uwe Kersten (IM, 2204), a +379-point gap.

Location

🇩🇪Bad Homburg vor der Hoehe, Germany

Dates

03 Jun 2026 → 07 Jun 2026

Time control

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

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇩🇪IMJonathan Carlstedt2430

Avg top 10

2,286

Participants

101

Titled players · 10

IM×4

FM×4

CM×2

Federations · 8 represented

🇩🇪Germany×91

🇺🇦Ukraine×2

🇬🇷Greece×1

🇳🇱Netherlands×1

🇵🇱Poland×1

🇭🇰Hong Kong China×1

🇺🇸United States of America×1

🇭🇺Hungary×1

Top 3

🥇
FMAdam Baranyai-Molnar
🇭🇺HUN·2307
6.0pts·2494perf+29.0
🥈
IMJonathan Carlstedt
🇩🇪GER·2430
6.0pts·2472perf+3.1
🥉
Tymur Musiienko
🇩🇪GER·2133
5.5pts·2422perf+100.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R7; 2 players tied at 6.0/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Baranyai-Molnar6Carlstedt6Schmid5.5Musiienko5.5Krause5Peng5

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 6.0/7. Baranyai-Molnar takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (30.5).

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Adam Baranyai-Molnar drew with IM Jonathan Carlstedt (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

FM Adam Baranyai-Molnar 3 wins (R1–R3)IM Jonathan Carlstedt 5 wins (R1–R5)FM Roland Schmid 3 wins (R5–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1FMAdam Baranyai-Molnar	*	½	—	½
2IMJonathan Carlstedt	½	*	—	½
3FMRoland Schmid	—	—	*	—
4Tymur Musiienko	½	½	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Baranyai-Molnar, AdamFM	2307	HUN	+37B	+11N	+15B	=3N	+7B	=2N	+6B	6.0	30.5	34.5	28.75	2494	+29.0
2	Carlstedt, JonathanIM	2430	GER	+46N	+22B	+91N	+5B	+9N	=1B	=3N	6.0	28.5	30.5	24.75	2472	+3.1
3	Musiienko, Tymur	2133	GER	+28N	+31B	+16N	=1B	+10N	=9B	=2B	5.5	29.5	33.5	25.25	2422	+100.4
4	Schmid, RolandFM	2158	GER	+92N	+42B	−25N	=21B	+47N	+22B	+13N	5.5	23.5	25.5	19.50	2272	+18.4
5	Wolf, Ulrich Martin, Dr.	2152	GER	+45B	+75N	+14B	−2N	+24B	=12N	=8B	5.0	27.5	30.0	19.25	2275	+23.0
6	Krause, JonahFM	2327	GER	+39N	+60B	=13N	=24B	+16N	+29B	−1N	5.0	26.5	29.5	19.25	2268	-6.8
7	Peng, Xiang-Tobias	2190	GER	F	+33B	+40N	+13B	−1N	+30N	+10B	5.0	26.5	26.5	20.50	2394	+30.6
8	Dubiel, JacekIM	2354	POL	+18N	=40B	=24N	+27B	=22N	+25B	=5N	5.0	25.5	29.0	20.75	2204	-9.7
9	Lesny, Florian	2272	GER	+53B	+68N	+41B	+25N	−2B	=3N	F	4.5	26.5	29.0	15.75	2239	0.0
10	Neukirchner, PascalFM	2341	GER	+54B	=55N	+34B	+43N	−3B	+15N	−7N	4.5	25.5	28.5	16.50	2188	-22.4
11	Seidel, Andre	2114	GER	+89N	−1B	=18N	+52B	=32N	+54B	=17N	4.5	25.5	27.5	15.00	2123	+5.2
12	Riabtsev, Ivan	2052	UKR	=33N	+74B	=23N	+38B	+54N	=5B	F	4.5	24.5	27.0	16.00	2131	+12.4
13	Pradeep, HarshillCM	2130	GER	+80B	+70N	=6B	−7N	+68B	+34N	−4B	4.5	24.5	27.0	14.00	2140	+8.8
14	Bollmann, Henrik	2118	GER	+65N	+59B	−5N	+26B	−29N	=21B	+23N	4.5	24.0	27.0	16.00	2127	+3.2
15	Musiienko, Platon	2122	GER	+79N	+51B	−1N	+90B	=23N	−10B	+39N	4.5	24.0	26.0	13.50	2173	+21.2
16	Schroer, Klaus	2072	GER	+44B	+96N	−3B	+67N	−6B	+70N	=20B	4.5	24.0	25.5	12.75	2087	+5.8
17	Derr, OlegCM	2194	GER	+49N	=21B	=27N	−23B	+53B	+41N	=11B	4.5	23.5	26.5	16.25	2040	-42.0
18	Kappeler, Georg	1823	GER	−8B	+97N	=11B	=55N	+83B	+35N	=19B	4.5	23.0	24.0	13.00	2127	+52.2
19	Steigleder, Maximilian	2131	GER	+66N	=90B	=21N	=51B	+39N	=23B	=18N	4.5	22.5	24.5	15.50	2067	-19.2
20	Sreeramulu, Aarush	2094	GER	−26N	+71B	−39N	+57N	+81B	+27B	=16N	4.5	21.5	23.5	13.75	2032	-16.4
21	Novak, Volker	2040	GER	+57B	=17N	=19B	=4N	=43B	=14N	=30B	4.0	26.5	29.5	16.25	2140	+20.8
22	Karpasyuk, Yevgen	2084	UKR	+63B	−2N	+81B	+61N	=8B	−4N	=31B	4.0	26.5	28.5	12.50	2111	+6.0
23	Kuhn, Gerhard	2012	GER	+94N	=43B	=12B	+17N	=15B	=19N	−14B	4.0	26.0	27.5	14.50	2124	+22.4
24	Mandalka, Justus	2015	GER	+83B	+85N	=8B	=6N	−5N	+38B	F	4.0	25.0	27.0	13.00	2163	+46.0
25	Dolidze, David	2138	GER	+69B	+56N	+4B	−9B	+70N	−8N	−28B	4.0	24.5	27.0	13.50	2104	-8.0
26	Graschdankin, Roman	1905	GER	+20B	=35N	=30B	−14N	=55B	+68N	=34B	4.0	24.0	26.5	14.50	2104	+73.6
27	Beckmann, David	2007	GER	=72N	+50B	=17B	−8N	+56B	−20N	+58B	4.0	23.5	26.0	13.00	2014	+3.0
28	Gao, Chenzhuo	1940	GER	−3B	F	=60N	=40B	+42N	+36B	+25N	4.0	23.5	23.5	14.75	2164	+72.4
29	Klein, Levent	2185	GER	−56B	+73N	+58B	+41N	+14B	−6N	F	4.0	23.0	25.5	13.50	2069	-21.2
30	Mueller, Christian	2125	GER	=74N	+82B	=26N	=39B	+51N	−7B	=21N	4.0	22.5	24.5	12.50	2009	-17.8
31	Mueller, Milo	1982	GER	+93B	−3N	=69B	=56N	+61B	=32B	=22N	4.0	22.0	24.0	11.75	2014	+13.2
32	Solonar, StefanIM	2243	GER	+81B	−41N	=53B	+75N	=11B	=31N	=37B	4.0	21.5	23.5	12.25	2100	-9.0
33	Wilk, Jan	1849	GER	=12B	−7N	=88B	=76N	=48B	+73N	+67N	4.0	21.0	23.0	11.75	1950	+18.0
34	Fang, Borui	1987	GER	=82N	+72B	−10N	+59B	+77N	−13B	=26N	4.0	21.0	23.0	11.00	1965	-6.0
35	Lindam, Ingo	2110	GER	+71N	=26B	=90N	−54B	+49N	−18B	+59N	4.0	20.5	22.5	12.00	1919	-31.2
36	von Auer, Ulrich	2002	GER	=73B	=48N	−61B	+63N	+45B	−28N	+53B	4.0	20.0	22.5	12.50	1903	-16.6
37	Hornung, Thomas	1982	GER	−1N	−86B	+89N	=64B	+72N	+77B	=32N	4.0	20.0	22.0	10.50	1947	-5.4
38	Faqiry, Ramat	1967	GER	−85B	+83N	+95B	−12N	+44B	−24N	+62N	4.0	19.0	20.5	10.00	1865	-14.8
39	Kuban, Guenther	2052	GER	−6B	+62N	+20B	=30N	−19B	+57N	−15B	3.5	25.5	28.5	12.50	2055	+1.6
40	Kania, Markus	1973	GER	+97B	=8N	−7B	=28N	=58B	=53N	=52N	3.5	23.5	24.5	10.25	1984	0.0
41	FIDE 34667415	0	—	+78N	+32B	−9N	−29B	+71N	−17B	=49N	3.5	23.0	25.5	10.75	2043	0.0
42	Busch, Lorenz	1980	GER	+84B	−4N	=56B	=45N	−28B	=44N	+69B	3.5	22.0	24.0	9.50	1908	-13.6
43	Rubsamen, Cornelius	2162	USA	+58B	=23N	+55B	−10B	=21N	F	=46N	3.5	22.0	22.0	11.75	2103	-7.6
44	Stiller, Bjoern	1853	GER	−16N	=47B	=50N	+85B	−38N	=42B	+68B	3.5	21.5	23.5	9.75	1885	+6.4
45	Gaertner, David	1892	GER	−5N	=77B	+72N	=42B	−36N	+86B	=47N	3.5	21.0	23.0	9.25	1894	+0.8
46	Soppa, Christoph	1958	GER	−2B	=63N	=82B	=62N	+84B	=64N	=43B	3.5	20.5	22.5	9.25	1918	-9.4
47	von Wahden, Jens	1968	GER	−96B	=44N	+74B	+69N	−4B	=58N	=45B	3.5	20.5	22.0	10.00	1875	-16.8
48	Muehlpfordt, Thomas	2003	GER	=50N	=36B	=52N	−77B	=33N	=71B	+78N	3.5	20.0	22.5	11.25	1818	-32.0
49	Schmitt, Carsten	1869	GER	−17B	=57N	=84B	+73N	−35B	+76N	=41B	3.5	20.0	22.0	9.25	1875	-1.0
50	Shanmuganathan, Adhav	1685	GER	=48B	−27N	=44B	−81N	+63B	+61N	=70B	3.5	19.5	21.5	10.75	1893	+71.6
51	Martin, Reiner, Dr.	1957	GER	+88B	−15N	+87B	=19N	−30B	+69N	F	3.5	19.5	19.5	8.75	2001	+8.8
52	Rohatgi, Kushagra	1937	GER	F	+93N	=48B	−11N	+82B	=55N	=40B	3.5	18.5	18.5	9.00	2004	+23.2
53	Liu, Jonas	1857	GER	−9N	+89B	=32N	+60B	−17N	=40B	−36N	3.0	23.5	25.5	8.75	2021	+48.0
54	Hasenpflug, Till	1825	GER	−10N	+64B	+100B	+35N	−12B	−11N	−55B	3.0	23.5	24.5	8.00	2025	+60.0
55	Shanawaz Thabrez, Shahzaib	2066	GER	F	=10B	−43N	=18B	=26N	=52B	+54N	3.0	23.0	26.0	11.25	1999	-20.8
56	Weil, Michael	1895	GER	+29N	−25B	=42N	=31B	−27N	=78B	=57N	3.0	22.5	25.0	10.50	1920	+2.8
57	Donecker, Stefan	1741	GER	−21N	=49B	+79N	−20B	+66N	−39B	=56B	3.0	21.5	24.0	8.75	1903	+26.0
58	Siegismund, Florian	1860	GER	−43N	+78B	−29N	+99B	=40N	=47B	−27N	3.0	21.0	22.0	7.00	1906	+6.0
59	Gundel, Julian	1898	GER	+100B	−14N	=68B	−34N	=62B	+74N	−35B	3.0	20.5	21.5	6.25	1945	+13.2
60	Mao, Kevin	2010	GER	+62B	−6N	=28B	−53N	−69B	=82N	+84B	3.0	19.5	21.5	8.00	1855	-29.6
61	Leitzig, Reamonn Franky James	1733	GER	−91N	+94B	+36N	−22B	−31N	−50B	+86N	3.0	19.5	21.0	7.50	1864	+19.0
62	Schmitt, Clemens	1846	GER	−60N	−39B	+98N	=46B	=59N	+81N	−38B	3.0	19.0	20.0	6.25	1875	+4.8
63	Froehlich-Dill, Astrid	1817	GER	−22N	=46B	=99N	−36B	−50N	+98B	+87N	3.0	18.0	19.0	5.25	1771	-10.0
64	Ju, Eric Zirui	1754	GER	F	−54N	+94B	=37N	+75B	=46B	F	3.0	17.5	17.5	7.75	1965	+55.6
65	Schmitt, Hans Walter	1986	GER	−14B	−100N	−76B	=74N	+95N	+85B	=66N	3.0	16.0	17.0	6.25	1776	-31.6
66	Kretner, Georg-Ulrich	1881	GER	−19B	−87N	+97B	=84N	−57B	+94N	=65B	3.0	16.0	17.0	5.00	1784	-19.6
67	Sasikumar Anitha, Sarvesh	1936	GER	+98N	−91B	+96N	−16B	F	+83N	−33B	3.0	15.0	15.0	4.50	1860	-21.6
68	Feick, Claas Marten	1876	GER	+76N	−9B	=59N	+86B	−13N	−26B	−44N	2.5	22.0	24.0	6.00	1835	-22.8
69	Huang, Flora Yueya	1876	GER	−25N	+98B	=31N	−47B	+60N	−51B	−42N	2.5	21.5	22.5	6.00	1851	-11.2
70	Chaganti, Prahasith Reddy	1882	GER	+95N	−13B	+85N	F	−25B	−16B	=50N	2.5	20.5	22.0	5.25	1785	-26.8
71	Riazi, Dominik	1775	GER	−35B	−20N	+93B	+87N	−41B	=48N	F	2.5	20.0	22.0	5.75	1947	+40.4
72	Arslan, Abdussamed	1669	GER	=27B	−34N	−45B	+88N	−37B	−75N	+94B	2.5	20.0	21.5	5.50	1788	+33.2
73	Matsoukas, Konstantinos	1731	GRE	=36N	−29B	=92N	−49B	+98N	−33B	=80B	2.5	20.0	21.0	5.25	1796	+16.4
74	Kaiser, Danny	1825	GER	=30B	−12N	−47N	=65B	+99N	−59B	=95B	2.5	19.5	20.5	5.25	1819	-4.4
75	Cordes, Jule	1960	NED	+99N	−5B	=86N	−32B	−64N	+72B	F	2.5	19.0	20.0	4.50	1814	-22.6
76	Kesavan, Sarvesh	1730	GER	−68B	−81N	+65N	=33B	=92N	−49B	=79N	2.5	17.5	19.5	7.25	1802	+23.2
77	Lee, Matthew Kwan Ho	1716	HKG	F	=45N	+80B	+48N	−34B	−37N	F	2.5	17.5	17.5	7.75	1942	+28.0
78	Ruell, Michael	1760	GER	−41B	−58N	−83B	+97N	+88B	=56N	−48B	2.5	17.0	18.0	4.50	1767	-0.2
79	Kopf, Rainer	1839	GER	−15B	=88N	−57B	=80N	=87B	=84N	=76B	2.5	16.5	18.5	5.50	1697	-28.4
80	Mallmann, Bernd	1847	GER	−13N	=99B	−77N	=79B	=86N	=87B	=73N	2.5	16.0	17.0	5.00	1694	-30.2
81	Klein, Deniz	1956	GER	−32N	+76B	−22N	+50B	−20N	−62B	F	2.0	21.5	23.5	6.00	1822	-42.8
82	Dieter, Juergen, Dr.	1745	GER	=34B	−30N	=46N	=92B	−52N	=60B	F	2.0	20.0	22.0	6.25	1870	+16.2
83	Moldenhauer, Lennart	1779	GER	−24N	−38B	+78N	+95B	−18N	−67B	−93B	2.0	20.0	21.5	4.00	1607	-24.4
84	Glavev, Danail	1742	GER	−42N	=92B	=49N	=66B	−46N	=79B	−60N	2.0	19.0	21.0	5.50	1769	+6.8
85	Keglevic, Christian	1647	GER	+38N	−24B	−70B	−44N	=94B	−65N	=88B	2.0	19.0	20.5	5.75	1714	+14.0
86	Gaertner, Johannes	1773	GER	F	+37N	=75B	−68N	=80B	−45N	−61B	2.0	18.0	18.0	6.50	1757	-3.0
87	Koehlich, Viktor	1749	GER	−90N	+66B	−51N	−71B	=79N	=80N	−63B	2.0	17.0	19.0	5.50	1714	-7.4
88	Valavoor, Dhyaan	1659	GER	−51N	=79B	=33N	−72B	−78N	=89B	=85N	2.0	17.0	19.0	5.25	1633	-12.8
89	Erbach, Juergen	1817	GER	−11B	−53N	−37B	−94N	+97B	=88N	=96B	2.0	16.5	17.5	2.75	1665	-29.6
90	Spiegelberg, Silvia	1987	GER	+87B	=19N	=35B	−15N	F	F	F	2.0	15.0	15.0	6.25	2028	+4.8
91	Werner, Claus	2166	GER	+61B	+67N	−2B	F	F	F	F	2.0	14.5	14.5	6.00	2169	+2.2
92	Zimmer, Gerald, Dr.	1951	GER	−4B	=84N	=73B	=82N	=76B	F	F	2.0	14.5	14.5	4.50	1749	-26.4
93	Lazar, Norbert	1781	GER	−31N	−52B	−71N	−98B	F	+99B	+83N	2.0	14.0	14.0	3.00	1666	-37.6
94	Boscher, Hans	1741	GER	−23B	−61N	−64N	+89B	=85N	−66B	−72N	1.5	17.5	19.5	3.00	1558	-32.0
95	Caranovic, Nenad	0	GER	−70B	F	−38N	−83N	−65B	+96B	=74N	1.5	15.5	15.5	2.75	1657	0.0
96	Mueller, Jens	1658	GER	+47N	−16B	−67B	F	F	−95N	=89N	1.5	14.5	14.5	4.50	1858	+16.4
97	Morgen, Andreas	1749	GER	−40N	−18B	−66N	−78B	−89N	F	+99B	1.0	16.5	16.5	1.00	1542	-29.8
98	Basedow, Marc	1635	GER	−67B	−69N	−62B	+93N	−73B	−63N	F	1.0	16.0	16.0	2.00	1558	-10.2
99	Pade, Joachim	1635	GER	−75B	=80N	=63B	−58N	−74B	−93N	−97N	1.0	15.5	16.5	2.75	1525	-14.6
100	Kersten, UweIM	2204	GER	−59N	+65B	−54N	F	F	F	F	1.0	9.0	9.0	3.00	1778	-15.5
101	FIDE 533043442	0	—	−?N	F	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	4.0	4.0	0.00	1157	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Musiienko, TymurGER
+100.4
5.5 pts · #4
2Graschdankin, RomanGER
+73.6
4.0 pts · #19
3Gao, ChenzhuoGER
+72.4
4.0 pts · #25

Top rating losers

1Klein, DenizGER
-42.8
2.0 pts · #84
2Derr, OlegCMGER
-42.0
4.5 pts · #46
3Lazar, NorbertGER
-37.6
2.0 pts · #78

Biggest upsets

R3+379 Elo gap
Hasenpflug, Till1825 beat IMKersten, Uwe2204
R1+320 Elo gap
Keglevic, Christian1647 beat Faqiry, Ramat1967
R1+310 Elo gap
Mueller, Jens1658 beat von Wahden, Jens1968