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Austrian Youth Championship Boys U18 2026

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25 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 29 Mar 2026 to 02 Apr 2026 in Fuerstenfeld, Austria. 3 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2155, and top seed was Theodor Gold (🇦🇹 AUT, FM, 2323).

Oliver Fuertler (🇦🇹 AUT, 2071) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Julian Jetzl (5.5) and Theodor Gold (5.0). Fuertler shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Oliver Fuertler (2071) beat Julian Leitgeb (FM, 2306), a +235-point gap.

Location
🇦🇹Fuerstenfeld, Austria
Dates
29 Mar 2026 → 02 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇦🇹FMTheodor Gold2323
Avg top 10
2,155
Participants
25
Titled players · 3
FM×2
CM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇦🇹Austria×25
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R7; 2 players tied at 5.5/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
7
3
6
3
3
2
2
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Fuertler5.5Jetzl5.5Gold5Leitgeb4.5Schneider4.5Squasi4.5
R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.5/7. Fuertler takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (27.0).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Oliver Fuertler drew with Julian Jetzl (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Oliver Fuertler 3 wins (R2–R4)FM Theodor Gold 3 wins (R2–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Oliver Fuertler*
½
½
1
2Julian Jetzl
½
*
1
½
3FMTheodor Gold
½
0
*—
4FMJulian Leitgeb
0
½
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Fuertler, Oliver2071AUT=3B+17N+8B+5N=2B+14N=4B5.527.030.022.502374+105.2
2Jetzl, Julian2184AUT+18N+9B=4N+14B=1N+3N=5B5.527.029.522.252350+31.6
3Gold, TheodorFM2323AUT=1N+19B+23N+4B=6N−2B+11B5.026.027.517.002224-10.8
4Schneider, Aron2156AUT+15B+10N=2B−3N+8B=5N=1N4.528.532.019.252240+56.0
5Leitgeb, JulianFM2306AUT=12B+16N+6N−1B+7N=4B=2N4.528.031.519.002187-18.0
6Squasi, Ernesto2012AUT+21B+25N−5B+10N=3B−11N+14B4.523.023.012.002180+47.2
7Geroe, Leonhard2125AUT=16B−8N+15B+13N−5B=12N+23B4.023.525.012.752103-4.4
8Nicolussi, Hieronymus2063AUT=14N+7B−1N+23B−4N=17B+21N4.022.524.010.752081+31.2
9Gschwandtl, Alexander1999AUT+22B−2N+25B+18N−14B=13N=10B4.021.521.58.502018+4.4
10Ortner, Sebastian2061AUT+24N−4B+22N−6B=15N+18B=9N4.021.022.09.251959-24.0
11Gruenwald, SimonCM2129AUT−23N+20B−18N+19B+16N+6B−3N4.019.521.012.002053-20.4
12Guba, Viktor2018AUT=5N−14B−19N+25B+23N=7B+15N4.019.019.09.252036+0.8
13Reichhuetter, Richard2130AUT+20N=23B−14N−7B+19N=9B+17N4.018.520.09.752023-18.0
14Maier, Tobias2027AUT=8B+12N+13B−2N+9N−1B−6N3.527.531.514.002066+7.2
15Brandlmaier, Felix1968AUT−4N+24B−7N+22B=10B+20N−12B3.520.521.57.001902-20.4
16Keusch, Bernhard2000AUT=7N−5B=17B+24N−11B=19N+18N3.520.021.08.001992+0.4
17Fitz, Jonathan David1992AUT=19N−1B=16N+20B=18B=8N−13B3.021.523.58.001928-26.0
18Hahn, Stefan2003AUT−2B+21N+11B−9B=17N−10N−16B2.524.026.07.501945-30.4
19Boesch, Fynn1839AUT=17B−3N+12B−11N−13B=16BF2.023.523.57.251944+38.4
20Stoegerer, Felix1937AUT−13B−11N+21B−17NF−15B+25N2.016.516.52.001776-26.4
21Brenner, Nico1911AUT−6N−18B−20NF+24B+22N−8B2.016.016.03.001662-59.2
22Biebl, Daniel0AUT−9NF−10B−15N+25N−21B+24B2.014.514.51.0016610.0
23Haselsberger, Armin1977AUT+11B=13N−3B−8N−12BF−7N1.525.025.06.001917-21.2
24Maleczek, Kian1576AUT−10B−15NF−16B−21N+25B−22N1.015.015.00.001159-14.4
25Broederbauer, Alexander0AUTF−6B−9N−12N−22B−24N−20B0.017.517.50.0011040.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets