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29. Wertheraner Schloss-Open 2026 Gruppe A

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28 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 26 Mar 2026 to 29 Mar 2026 in Werther, Germany. 7 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2193, and top seed was Pascal Brunke (🇩🇪 GER, 2275).

Kan Nakahara (🇯🇵 JPN, CM, 2171) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Pascal Brunke (5.0) and Oliver Kniest (5.0). Nakahara clinched sole first place in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Felix Zenker (1948) beat Alexander Hilverda (2216), a +268-point gap.

Location
🇩🇪Werther, Germany
Dates
26 Mar 2026 → 29 Mar 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
🇩🇪Pascal Brunke2275
Avg top 10
2,193
Participants
28
Titled players · 7
FM×4
CM×2
WCM×1
Federations · 4 represented
🇩🇪Germany×24
🇳🇱Netherlands×2
🇺🇦Ukraine×1
🇯🇵Japan×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

CM Kan Nakahara led from R7; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R7.

Co-leaders
13
2
3
4
1
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7Nakahara takes lead
R7 · LEADER CHANGE29 Mar

CM Kan Nakahara takes the sole lead (5.5/7).

R4–R6 · WIN STREAK

Pascal Brunke won 3 in a row (R4–R6).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1CMKan Nakahara*
1
½
2FMOliver Kniest*
1
3Pascal Brunke
0
*
1
4Robin Bentel
½
0
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Nakahara, KanCM2171JPN+23B+21N=4B=6N=5B+11N+2N5.524.026.520.002380+36.2
2Brunke, Pascal2275GER+8B=13N=7B+4N+6B+5N1B5.026.530.020.752327+10.0
3Kniest, OliverFM2122GER+24N=12B=17N=9B+4B=6N+7B5.023.025.518.252313+36.6
4Bentel, Robin2197GER+18N+15B=1N2B3N+21B+8B4.526.028.515.752228+6.6
5Medvedyk, VolodymyrFM2178UKR21N+19B+20N+13B=1N2B+11B4.523.526.015.752224+9.2
6Scheffner, Axel, Dr.FM2236GER+20N=11B+22N=1B2N=3B=9N4.026.028.514.502175-10.0
7Van der Velden, BramCM2150NED+10N=17B=2N=12B=9N+14B3N4.025.028.015.252172+5.0
8Algra, Jouke2093NED2N=10B+19N=22B+23N+12B4N4.022.525.012.252130+7.6
9Hebbinghaus, HolgerFM2167GER=19N=22B+21B=3N=7B=16N=6B4.022.024.513.502130-5.6
10Zenker, Felix1948GER7B=8N=27B=18N+24B=20N+17N4.019.520.511.002143+36.2
11Burkhardt, Holger2123GER+14B=6N16B+15B+17N1B5N3.524.527.512.002137+3.0
12Scholz, Peter2181GER+25B=3N=13B=7N=16B8N=14N3.523.525.011.252085-17.8
13Schaller, Fabian2158GER+28B=2B=12N5N14B+22N=15B3.522.523.09.002085-12.8
14Bennemann, Ingmar1941GER11N+18B15N+25B+13N7N=12B3.521.022.59.752121+32.6
15Kruse, Herbert2120GER+26B4N+14B11N=21N=17B=13N3.520.522.09.502084-6.4
16von Zimmermann, Georg2097GER22N+23B+11N=17B=12N=9BF3.519.019.011.252162+11.6
17Hilverda, Alexander2216GER+27B=7N=3B=16N11B=15N10B3.023.524.59.002042-16.4
18Platz, Thomas2077GER4B14N+24N=10B=19N=23B=20N3.020.523.08.751970-20.6
19Schaller, Torsten, Dr.2011GER=9B5N8B=26N=18B=24N+28N3.019.520.06.002000-2.8
20Linde, Wolfgang2092GER6B+28N5B23N+25N=10B=18B3.019.520.05.502017-14.8
21Browning, Rebecca2022GER+5B1B9N+27N=15B4N23N2.524.525.57.252032+1.0
22Arslan, Berkan1945GER+16B=9N6B=8NF13B=24N2.521.521.58.752057+36.4
23Groen, Benjamin2019GER1N16NF+20B8B=18N+21B2.521.521.57.002035+1.8
24Eggenstein, Frank1934GER3B=27N18B+28N10N=19B=22B2.518.519.03.751918-4.0
25Schirmbeck, LilianWCM2036GER12NF=28B14N20B+26BF1.512.012.01.751875-43.2
26Wolek, Lukas1931GER15NFF=19B+28B25NF1.58.58.52.001948+2.4
27Fuhlrott, Tim2087GER17N=24B=10N21BFFF1.012.012.03.251837-26.2
28Pennig, Felix1973GER13N20B=25N24B26NF19B0.515.015.00.751626-82.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets