Oberfraenkische Einzelmeisterschaft 2025-2026

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51 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 19 Feb 2026 to 22 Feb 2026 in Kronach, Germany. 1 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2040, and top seed was Yaroslav Demchenko (🇺🇦 UKR, FM, 2296).

Yaroslav Demchenko (🇺🇦 UKR, FM, 2296) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Christopher Hartleb (5.5) and Marko Hofmann (5.5). Demchenko shared the lead from round 6, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Frank Ziegler (1445) beat Nasibullo Komilov (1824), a +379-point gap.

Location

🇩🇪Kronach, Germany

Dates

19 Feb 2026 → 22 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

Top seed

🇺🇦FMYaroslav Demchenko2296

Avg top 10

2,040

Participants

Titled players · 1

FM×1

Federations · 3 represented

🇩🇪Germany×47

🇺🇦Ukraine×1

🇭🇷Croatia×1

Top 3

🥇
FMYaroslav Demchenko
🇺🇦UKR·2296
5.5pts·2380perf+6.6
🥈
Christopher Hartleb
🇩🇪GER·2082
5.5pts·2193perf+37.2
🥉
Marko Hofmann
🇩🇪GER·1960
5.5pts·2169perf+30.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R7; 3 players tied at 5.5/7, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Hartleb5.5Demchenko5.5Hofmann5.5Moenius5Wolf5Kellmann5

R5 · LEADER CHANGE21 Feb

Tizian Wagner takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 5.5/7. Demchenko takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (28.0).

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Christopher Hartleb drew with FM Yaroslav Demchenko (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Christopher Hartleb	*	½	1	—
2FMYaroslav Demchenko	½	*	—	1
3Marko Hofmann	0	—	*	—
4Alexander Moenius	—	0	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Demchenko, YaroslavFM	2296	UKR	+10N	+20B	+5N	+8B	F	+9B	=2N	5.5	28.0	31.5	25.25	2380	+6.6
2	Hartleb, Christopher	2082	GER	+47B	=28N	+3B	=30N	+6B	+8N	=1B	5.5	26.5	27.5	21.75	2193	+37.2
3	Hofmann, Marko	1960	GER	+34N	=26B	−2N	+18B	+17N	+12B	+9N	5.5	25.0	28.0	21.00	2169	+30.8
4	Wolf, Pablo	2012	GER	+39N	+21B	+7N	=25B	−9N	+13B	=5N	5.0	26.0	28.5	19.75	2097	+16.0
5	Moenius, Alexander	1975	GER	+31B	+37N	−1B	=14N	+30B	+11N	=4B	5.0	24.5	27.5	17.50	2071	+17.6
6	Scheidt, Joerg, Prof. Dr.	1975	GER	+42N	−23B	+39N	+10B	−2N	+26B	+16B	5.0	23.0	25.5	16.50	1940	-3.8
7	Kellmann, Andreas	1968	GER	+43B	+29N	−4B	=26N	+27B	+14N	=8B	5.0	22.5	25.0	16.25	2025	+8.2
8	Riemer, Ralf	1976	GER	+38N	+16B	+23N	−1N	+15B	−2B	=7N	4.5	27.5	30.5	17.00	2050	+11.8
9	Wagner, Tizian	2001	GER	=30B	+27N	+28B	+11N	+4B	−1N	−3B	4.5	26.0	29.0	16.50	2034	+6.8
10	Reich, Elisabeth	1842	GER	−1B	+34N	+49B	−6N	+29B	=15N	+24B	4.5	24.0	25.0	12.50	1997	+36.0
11	Wolf, Vincent	1784	GER	+15B	=13N	+22N	−9B	+19N	−5B	=12N	4.0	25.5	29.5	16.00	2036	+46.6
12	Urytskyy, Arkadiy	2033	GER	+18B	+14N	−25B	+16N	=13B	−3N	=11B	4.0	25.5	29.0	16.00	1899	-21.2
13	Guether, Jens	1964	GER	+46N	=11B	=26N	+23B	=12N	−4N	=14B	4.0	23.5	25.5	13.00	1944	-2.0
14	Mueller, Dirk	1898	GER	+48N	−12B	+42N	=5B	+33N	−7B	=13N	4.0	23.5	24.5	11.00	1865	-9.2
15	Herpich, Nico	1991	GER	−11N	+46B	+44N	+20B	−8N	=10B	=17N	4.0	23.0	25.0	12.25	1882	-18.2
16	Voigt, Uwe	1888	GER	+45N	−8N	+40B	−12B	+35N	+20B	−6N	4.0	23.0	25.0	11.50	1861	0.0
17	Averkova, Mariia	1724	GER	=22N	−36B	+31B	+28N	−3B	+44N	=15B	4.0	22.5	24.5	12.00	1960	+86.0
18	Trinkwalter, Jan	1817	GER	−12N	+48B	=24B	−3N	+41B	=19N	+29B	4.0	22.5	23.5	10.25	1858	+9.2
19	Koch, Christian	1977	GER	=27B	−30N	+32B	+21N	−11B	=18B	+23N	4.0	21.5	24.5	14.00	1857	-20.8
20	Deml, Tilo	1947	GER	+41B	−1N	+43B	−15N	+44B	−16N	+27B	4.0	21.5	23.5	10.00	1996	+7.8
21	Horn, Alexander	1889	GER	+40B	−4N	=29B	−19B	+31N	=28N	+32B	4.0	21.0	23.5	11.50	1879	-1.2
22	Leiss, Nicolas	1962	GER	=17B	+32N	−11B	=29N	=26B	=27N	+33B	4.0	20.0	23.0	12.50	1753	-42.8
23	Wachter, Michael	1864	GER	+50B	+6N	−8B	−13N	+34B	=24N	−19B	3.5	24.0	25.0	10.75	1887	+2.8
24	Schwarzmann, Holger, Dr.	2058	GER	−44N	+35B	=18N	=33B	+42N	=23B	−10N	3.5	20.5	22.5	10.75	1805	-73.6
25	Stierhof, Michael	1970	GER	+35N	+44B	+12N	=4N	F	F	F	3.5	19.5	19.5	11.50	2237	+23.2
26	Matus, Norbert	0	GER	F	=3N	=13B	=7B	=22N	−6N	+28B	3.0	26.5	26.5	12.25	1958	0.0
27	Ebel, Kilian	1763	GER	=19N	−9B	+45N	+36B	−7N	=22B	−20N	3.0	24.5	26.5	9.00	1846	+24.0
28	Wunder, Stefan	1917	GER	+33N	=2B	−9N	−17B	+39N	=21B	−26N	3.0	24.0	26.5	10.25	1828	-12.0
29	Sittner, Johannes	1545	GER	+51N	−7B	=21N	=22B	−10N	+42B	−18N	3.0	24.0	24.0	6.50	1827	0.0
30	Mueller, Torsten	1794	GER	=9N	+19B	+36N	=2B	−5N	F	F	3.0	22.0	22.0	12.00	2073	+72.8
31	Schumacher, Andrej	1748	GER	−5N	=45B	−17N	+40N	−21B	+43B	=35N	3.0	21.0	23.0	7.50	1662	-23.6
32	Fraass, Rudolf	1739	GER	=36N	−22B	−19N	=38B	+46N	+40B	−21N	3.0	20.5	22.5	7.50	1755	+2.8
33	Kreilinger, Kai	1595	GER	−28B	+47N	+37B	=24N	−14B	=36B	−22N	3.0	20.5	21.5	7.25	1877	0.0
34	Averkova, Olena	1716	GER	−3B	−10B	F	+47N	−23N	+38B	+36N	3.0	20.5	20.5	7.00	1870	+23.6
35	Stier, Felix	1736	GER	−25B	−24N	+50B	+37N	−16B	=41N	=31B	3.0	19.5	20.5	6.75	1780	+8.0
36	Schwarzmann, Tobias	1972	GER	=32B	+17N	−30B	−27N	+48B	=33N	−34B	3.0	19.0	20.0	8.00	1598	-48.2
37	Schulz, Horst	1860	GER	+49N	−5B	−33N	−35B	=43N	=39B	+46N	3.0	18.0	19.0	5.50	1722	-18.8
38	Bauschke, Norman	1754	GER	−8B	−40N	=41B	=32N	+49B	−34N	+45B	3.0	17.5	18.5	5.75	1571	-19.4
39	Kuhlemann, Claus	1804	GER	−4B	+41N	−6B	=48N	−28B	=37N	=40B	2.5	21.0	22.0	5.75	1728	-10.4
40	Kern, Daniel	1460	GER	−21N	+38B	−16N	−31B	+47B	−32N	=39N	2.5	19.5	20.5	5.25	1736	0.0
41	Gorka, Merle	1624	GER	−20N	−39B	=38N	+45B	−18N	=35B	=42N	2.5	19.0	21.0	6.25	1608	-5.6
42	Fischer, Jan	1746	GER	−6B	+50N	−14B	+49N	−24B	−29N	=41B	2.5	19.0	20.0	3.25	1567	-32.8
43	Wolf, Alfred	1731	GER	−7N	+51B	−20N	−44B	=37B	−31N	+47B	2.5	18.0	18.0	2.50	1767	+10.8
44	Sabol, Goran	1823	CRO	+24B	−25N	−15B	+43N	−20N	−17B	F	2.0	21.5	21.5	6.00	1779	-7.8
45	Ziegler, Frank	1445	GER	−16B	=31N	−27B	−41N	=50B	+47N	−38N	2.0	16.5	17.5	3.00	1594	0.0
46	Knauer, Manfred	1727	GER	−13B	−15N	−47B	+50N	−32B	+48N	−37B	2.0	16.0	17.0	2.00	1076	-62.0
47	Komilov, Nasibullo	1824	GER	−2N	−33B	+46N	−34B	−40N	−45B	−43N	1.0	18.5	20.5	2.00	1621	-43.6
48	Kuehnberger, Maximilian	1516	GER	−14B	−18N	F	=39B	−36N	−46B	=49N	1.0	16.5	16.5	1.75	1478	0.0
49	FIDE 533075794	1336	—	−37B	F	−10N	−42B	−38N	=50N	=48B	1.0	15.0	15.0	1.00	1001	0.0
50	FIDE 533076804	1388	—	−23N	−42B	−35N	−46B	=45N	=49B	F	1.0	14.0	14.0	1.50	969	0.0
51	Benner, Viktor	1915	GER	−29B	−43N	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	8.5	8.5	0.00	931	-14.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Averkova, MariiaGER
+86.0
4.0 pts · #8
2Mueller, TorstenGER
+72.8
3.0 pts · #21
3Wolf, VincentGER
+46.6
4.0 pts · #11

Top rating losers

1Schwarzmann, Holger, Dr.GER
-73.6
3.5 pts · #18
2Knauer, ManfredGER
-62.0
2.0 pts · #49
3Schwarzmann, TobiasGER
-48.2
3.0 pts · #43

Biggest upsets

R6+379 Elo gap
Ziegler, Frank1445 beat Komilov, Nasibullo1824
R1+370 Elo gap
Sittner, Johannes1545 beat Benner, Viktor1915
R5+364 Elo gap
Kern, Daniel1460 beat Komilov, Nasibullo1824