5. Int. Baden-Badener Faschingsopen 2026 B-Gruppe

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93 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 13 Feb 2026 to 17 Feb 2026 in Baden-Baden, Germany. 7 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1856, and top seed was Ivan Kateryniuk (🇺🇦 UKR, 1914).

Michael Guettler (🇩🇪 GER, 1873) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Ivan Kateryniuk (7.0) and Aaron Mueller (7.0). Guettler shared the lead from round 7 and won solo starting round 8.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Simon Anzinger (1545) beat Moritz Weiser (1824), a +279-point gap.

Location

🇩🇪Baden-Baden, Germany

Dates

13 Feb 2026 → 17 Feb 2026

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇺🇦Ivan Kateryniuk1914

Avg top 10

1,856

Participants

Federations · 7 represented

🇩🇪Germany×86

🇷🇴Romania×2

🇪🇪Estonia×1

🇫🇷France×1

🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina×1

🇨🇭Switzerland×1

🇺🇦Ukraine×1

Top 3

🥇
Michael Guettler
🇩🇪GER·1873
7.5pts·2074perf+63.2
🥈
Ivan Kateryniuk
🇺🇦UKR·1914
7.0pts·1942perf+10.4
🥉
Aaron Mueller
🇩🇪GER·1727
7.0pts·1998perf+114.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Michael Guettler led from R8; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R8.

Co-leaders

Guettler7.5Wilde7Mueller7Kateryniuk7Rannap6.5Ignatov6.5— ex-leaders:Bremenkampled R5, #8Kravchenkoled R6, #23

R6 · LEADER CHANGE16 Feb

Kostiantyn Kravchenko takes the sole lead (5.5/6).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Michael Guettler 3 wins (R6–R8)Mark Wilde 3 wins (R7–R9)Aaron Mueller 4+3 wins (R1–R4, R7–R9)

R6 · FORMER LEADER FALL

Kostiantyn Kravchenko held the sole lead at R6 but finished #23.

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Michael Guettler	*	—	—	—
2Mark Wilde	—	*	0	—
3Aaron Mueller	—	1	*	—
4Ivan Kateryniuk	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Guettler, Michael	1873	GER	+26B	+24N	=14B	+10N	=7B	+23N	+8B	+9N	=5N	7.5	46.5	51.5	42.25	2074	+63.2
2	Kateryniuk, Ivan	1914	UKR	+51B	+15N	+16B	−8N	+27B	+5N	−18B	+14N	+7B	7.0	46.0	50.0	38.50	1942	+10.4
3	Mueller, Aaron	1727	GER	+63B	+34N	+4B	+18N	−8B	−7N	+37B	+25N	+9B	7.0	45.5	49.0	36.50	1998	+114.4
4	Wilde, Mark	1828	GER	+48N	+50B	−3N	+75B	=23N	=24B	+21N	+15B	+8N	7.0	42.0	45.0	33.00	1908	+34.4
5	Rannap, Mart	0	EST	F	+36N	+41B	+19N	+37B	−2B	+6N	+18N	=1B	6.5	46.0	46.0	35.25	1880	0.0
6	Ignatov, Dmitriy	1843	GER	+33B	+27N	−8B	=29N	+10B	+28N	−5B	+11N	+19B	6.5	45.0	50.0	35.00	1930	+15.6
7	Popitz, Paul	1810	GER	+80B	+17N	=55B	+88N	=1N	+3B	=9N	+23B	−2N	6.5	44.0	46.0	30.50	1946	+56.8
8	Bremenkamp, Holger	1725	GER	+83N	+46B	+6N	+2B	+3N	−9B	−1N	+12B	−4B	6.0	51.5	54.0	33.50	1897	+41.4
9	Kravchenko, Kostiantyn	1859	GER	+21B	+87N	=19B	+55N	+14B	+8N	=7B	−1B	−3N	6.0	47.0	49.0	28.50	1841	-4.2
10	Lukas, Olivia	1637	GER	F	+58N	+42B	−1B	−6N	+22B	+44N	+24B	+18N	6.0	42.5	42.5	28.50	1888	+94.0
11	Waibel, Dominik	1616	GER	+12N	−16B	+76N	+32B	−15N	+80B	+39N	−6B	+23N	6.0	41.0	43.5	26.00	1891	+131.6
12	Flemming, Klaus, Dr.	1748	GER	−11B	+79N	+17B	−27N	+26B	+62N	+29B	−8N	+38N	6.0	40.5	43.5	26.50	1755	+0.6
13	Kravchenko, Andrii	1721	GER	+75N	−20B	−74N	−17B	+46N	+57B	+50N	+48B	+32N	6.0	35.0	38.0	24.00	1744	+11.2
14	Ott, Claudius	1743	GER	+39N	+90B	=1N	+57B	−9N	+20B	=15N	−2B	=17N	5.5	45.0	46.5	24.25	1787	+12.6
15	Gendzelevsky, Stefan	1715	GER	+91B	−2B	+48N	+26N	+11B	=25N	=14B	−4N	=16B	5.5	45.0	46.0	24.00	1817	+50.4
16	Cejda, Moritz	1785	GER	+31B	+11N	−2N	=56B	=28N	+40B	=24N	=17B	=15N	5.5	43.5	47.0	27.75	1761	-4.6
17	Sriram, Aumkar	1619	GER	+30B	−7B	−12N	+13N	=49B	+53N	+45B	=16N	=14B	5.5	43.0	47.0	27.00	1846	+110.4
18	Winker, Mathias	1860	GER	+74N	=40B	+81N	−3B	+67B	+19N	+2N	−5B	−10B	5.5	43.0	45.5	23.75	1833	-3.0
19	Ju, Eric Zirui	1738	GER	+43B	+38N	=9N	−5B	+56N	−18B	+61N	+20B	−6N	5.5	42.5	46.0	24.50	1786	+20.4
20	Yin, Zezhong	1509	GER	+28B	+13N	−37B	=30N	+53B	−14N	+52B	−19N	+54B	5.5	39.5	43.5	25.50	1806	+138.0
21	Djawid, Ben Kian	1658	GER	−9N	+86B	F	+77N	+30B	=37N	−4B	+49N	+25B	5.5	36.5	36.5	21.25	1885	+85.6
22	Tomovski, Leon	1677	GER	−38B	+91N	=77B	+42N	−25B	−10N	+55B	+80N	+37B	5.5	33.5	34.5	17.50	1739	+21.6
23	Friedrich, Hartmut	1777	GER	+79B	+70N	+49B	=37N	=4B	−1B	+38N	−7N	−11B	5.0	43.5	46.5	20.75	1752	-4.6
24	Juengling, Leonard	1695	GER	+72B	−1B	=43N	+71N	+55B	=4N	=16B	−10N	=31B	5.0	42.5	46.0	21.50	1690	-2.8
25	Heyartz, Wolfgang	1863	GER	−50N	+89B	+40N	=74B	+22N	=15B	+35N	−3B	−21N	5.0	40.0	41.5	20.75	1707	-34.8
26	Kretschmer, Thomas	1662	GER	−1N	+78B	+34N	−15B	−12N	+75B	−32N	+81B	+52B	5.0	39.0	41.5	17.50	1660	-1.2
27	Bienek, Dominik	1684	GER	+78N	−6B	+46N	+12B	−2N	−44B	+74N	+56B	F	5.0	38.0	38.0	20.00	1760	+14.4
28	Jakob, Lucas	1704	GER	−20N	+85B	+73N	+49N	=16B	−6B	=56N	−38B	+48N	5.0	37.0	39.5	18.50	1774	+29.6
29	Wang, Enya Marie	1683	GER	−55N	+83B	+70N	=6B	+57N	=39B	−12N	−32B	+56N	5.0	36.0	38.5	18.50	1769	+36.4
30	Reich, Adrian	1736	GER	−17N	+60B	+50N	=20B	−21N	−41B	=59N	+75B	+62B	5.0	35.5	38.5	18.50	1664	-17.8
31	Zeneli, Igli	1635	GER	−16N	−39B	+89N	+76B	=44N	+51B	=48N	=35B	=24N	5.0	35.5	37.0	17.75	1723	+21.8
32	Weiser, Moritz	1824	GER	=71B	+93N	−88B	−11N	+73B	=54N	+26B	+29N	−13B	5.0	35.0	35.5	17.75	1678	-68.4
33	Blatzos, Aristotelis	1649	GER	−6N	F	+68B	−38N	+77B	=66N	+63B	=37N	+49B	5.0	33.0	33.0	18.00	1845	+72.4
34	Becker, Matthias	0	GER	+85N	−3B	−26B	=48N	=71B	+79N	+62B	+45N	F	5.0	33.0	33.0	17.25	1705	0.0
35	Schwemmle, Gerald	1734	GER	−90N	−73B	+83N	+60B	+75N	+74B	−25B	=31N	=41B	5.0	30.0	31.5	16.75	1687	-11.6
36	Gerhardt, Noah	1582	GER	=82N	−5B	−45B	−86N	+83N	=84B	+78N	+67B	+87N	5.0	27.0	29.0	13.50	1779	+53.6
37	Lisin, Wladimir	1812	GER	+60N	+59B	+20N	=23B	−5N	=21B	−3N	=33B	−22N	4.5	43.5	47.0	20.25	1701	-21.8
38	Vogel, Konstantin	0	GER	+22N	−19B	=64N	+33B	F	+52N	−23B	+28N	−12B	4.5	39.5	39.5	21.25	1730	0.0
39	Depner, Michael, Dr.	1785	GER	−14B	+31N	=71B	+54N	+66B	=29N	−11B	=41N	F	4.5	37.0	37.0	19.00	1685	-20.0
40	Gailis, Gunnar	1682	GER	+89B	=18N	−25B	=61N	+43B	−16N	=66B	=53N	=42B	4.5	36.0	37.5	16.50	1669	-2.2
41	Durst, Lorenz	1624	GER	F	+82B	−5N	−53N	+42B	+30N	=49B	=39B	=35N	4.5	36.0	36.0	18.75	1772	+38.8
42	Malsch, Maxim	0	GER	=64N	+65B	−10N	−22B	−41N	+76B	=51N	+74B	=40N	4.5	34.5	37.5	15.50	1659	0.0
43	Slavetinsky, Alexander	1614	GER	−19N	+80N	=24B	=44B	−40N	−47B	+82N	=51B	+63N	4.5	34.0	36.5	15.25	1665	+20.8
44	Schillert, Nikolaj	1687	GER	=58B	−88N	+93B	=43N	=31B	+27N	−10B	=66N	=46B	4.5	34.0	34.5	16.00	1588	-50.4
45	Siegel, Lara	1747	GER	=65N	−55B	+36N	+59B	=74N	=61B	−17N	−34B	+69B	4.5	33.0	36.0	17.00	1718	-4.0
46	Scheibe, Tim	1569	GER	+92B	−8N	−27B	−80N	−13B	+89N	+86N	+50B	=44N	4.5	31.5	32.5	10.75	1603	+13.6
47	Peponis, Pantelis	1779	GER	−59N	−48B	=58B	+93N	−85B	+43N	+69B	−54N	+61B	4.5	29.0	29.5	13.75	1602	-41.2
48	Mayer, Joshua	1648	GER	−4B	+47N	−15B	=34B	+58N	+55N	=31B	−13N	−28B	4.0	41.5	45.0	16.50	1591	-23.6
49	Arora, Ryan	1887	GER	+69N	+76B	−23N	−28B	=17N	+59B	=41N	−21B	−33N	4.0	37.5	40.5	15.00	1626	-117.6
50	Xu, Dorothea Sicheng	1670	GER	+25B	−4N	−30B	=58N	+68B	=85N	−13B	−46N	+81N	4.0	37.0	39.5	14.00	1605	-28.8
51	Hoffmann, Sophia	1672	GER	−2N	+92B	−56N	+78B	F	−31N	=42B	=43N	+55B	4.0	32.0	32.0	12.00	1506	-45.6
52	Brennenstuhl, Jan	1712	GER	=66N	=56B	=59N	=90B	+81N	−38B	−20N	+60B	−26N	4.0	31.5	33.0	12.00	1581	-55.6
53	Steinmassl, Guido	1722	GER	=93B	+61N	−57N	+41B	−20N	−17B	+65N	=40B	F	4.0	31.0	31.0	14.00	1586	-29.0
54	Rafikova, Nailya	1645	GER	F	−57B	+82N	−39B	+84N	=32B	=80N	+47B	−20N	4.0	30.5	30.5	13.25	1602	-16.4
55	Valavoor, Dhyaan	0	GER	+29B	+45N	=7N	−9B	−24N	−48B	−22N	+64B	−51N	3.5	40.5	44.0	16.25	1638	0.0
56	Kaykan, Harun Bekir	1548	GER	F	=52N	+51B	=16N	−19B	+67N	=28B	−27N	−29B	3.5	37.5	37.5	14.75	1662	+46.8
57	Gheng, Hannes Lucas	1493	GER	F	+54N	+53B	−14N	−29B	−13N	=67B	−62N	+74B	3.5	34.5	34.5	12.75	1645	+60.4
58	Senthilkumar, Dhyanush	1472	GER	=44N	−10B	=47N	=50B	−48B	−69N	+72B	=73N	=60N	3.5	33.5	37.0	13.50	1570	+42.0
59	Breaz, Albert	1629	ROU	+47B	−37N	=52B	−45N	+86B	−49N	=30B	=63N	F	3.5	32.5	34.5	12.75	1663	+10.0
60	Winterstein, Tim	1635	GER	−37B	−30N	+91B	−35N	=72B	=77N	+68B	−52N	=58B	3.5	32.0	33.0	9.50	1540	-23.8
61	Karabetyan, Levon	1560	GER	F	−53B	+69N	=40B	+64N	=45N	−19B	=87B	−47N	3.5	32.0	32.0	12.50	1669	+45.2
62	Vlad, Mark	1671	GER	F	=66B	=84N	=81B	+70N	−12B	−34N	+57B	−30N	3.5	31.5	31.5	11.25	1581	-32.8
63	Morgel, Alexander	1687	GER	−3N	−75B	−78N	+92B	+89N	+70B	−33N	=59B	−43B	3.5	31.0	32.0	7.75	1548	-60.0
64	Wehrle, Guido	1673	GER	=42B	=77N	=38B	−66N	−61B	=68N	=70B	−55N	+78N	3.5	29.5	32.5	12.50	1392	-37.8
65	Blum-Barth, Elias	1612	GER	=45B	−42N	−67B	−68N	+93B	+72N	−53B	−70N	+84B	3.5	29.5	30.0	8.75	1555	-26.8
66	Akkus, Finian	1553	GER	=52B	=62N	F	+64B	−39N	=33B	=40N	=44B	F	3.5	29.5	29.5	14.25	1695	+52.8
67	Rafikov, Damir	1666	GER	F	−81B	+65N	+84B	−18N	−56B	=57N	−36N	+75B	3.5	29.0	29.0	10.75	1538	-56.4
68	Schubert, Ben	1535	GER	−76N	=69B	−33N	+65B	−50N	=64B	−60N	=82B	+83N	3.5	28.5	31.0	10.75	1563	+10.4
69	Schmidt, Emelie	1664	GER	−49B	=68N	−61B	F	+82N	+58B	−47N	+84B	−45N	3.5	28.5	28.5	10.25	1531	-51.2
70	Engberts, Stephan	1563	GER	+86N	−23B	−29B	+87N	−62B	−63N	=64N	+65B	F	3.5	28.0	28.0	9.25	1583	+6.0
71	Erke, Georg	1636	GER	=32N	=84B	=39N	−24B	=34N	+81B	=87N	F	F	3.5	26.5	26.5	12.00	1662	+6.8
72	Kissel, Noah	1510	GER	−24N	−74B	−85N	+83B	=60N	−65B	−58N	+89B	+82N	3.5	26.0	27.5	8.25	1442	-29.2
73	Schmidt, Sophie	1618	GER	F	+35N	−28B	F	−32N	=86B	=84N	=58B	+76N	3.5	26.0	26.0	12.00	1649	+10.8
74	Saravanja, Ante A	1656	BIH	−18B	+72N	+13B	=25N	=45B	−35N	−27B	−42N	−57N	3.0	39.0	42.5	14.25	1614	-10.2
75	Merz, Raphael	1584	GER	−13B	+63N	+87B	−4N	−35B	−26N	+77B	−30N	−67N	3.0	38.0	40.0	8.50	1567	-4.4
76	Gehring, Horst	1708	GER	+68B	−49N	−11B	−31N	−79B	−42N	+91B	+77N	−73B	3.0	32.5	33.5	7.50	1535	-76.0
77	Thotli, Jathin Krishna	1522	GER	=84N	=64B	=22N	−21B	−33N	=60B	−75N	−76B	+89N	3.0	31.5	33.0	9.00	1479	-10.0
78	Bocquenet-Drouode, Isis	1427	FRA	−27B	−26N	+63B	−51N	−87B	+93N	−36B	+79N	−64B	3.0	31.0	31.5	7.00	1526	0.0
79	Merx, Peter	1626	GER	−23N	−12B	=86N	=82B	+76N	−34B	−81N	−78B	+92N	3.0	29.0	30.0	6.25	1589	-10.4
80	Hourieh, Sami	1715	GER	−7N	−43B	+92N	+46B	F	−11N	=54B	−22B	F	2.5	36.0	37.0	7.50	1539	-68.4
81	Weber, Selim	1513	GER	F	+67N	−18B	=62N	−52B	−71N	+79B	−26N	−50B	2.5	32.0	32.0	8.25	1546	+10.4
82	Kudinov, Mykhailo	0	GER	=36B	−41N	−54B	=79N	−69B	+91N	−43B	=68N	−72B	2.5	31.5	32.5	6.75	1430	0.0
83	Gernert, Rafael	1553	GER	−8B	−29N	−35B	−72N	−36B	+92N	=89B	+86N	−68B	2.5	31.5	32.5	3.75	1340	-99.2
84	Graf, Tom	1456	GER	=77B	=71N	=62B	−67N	−54B	=36N	=73B	−69N	−65N	2.5	30.0	33.0	9.25	1455	-2.4
85	Muehlenberg, Torsten	1596	GER	−34B	−28N	+72B	F	+47N	=50B	F	F	F	2.5	22.0	22.0	10.00	1759	+34.8
86	Drexler, Martin	0	GER	−70B	−21N	=79B	+36B	−59N	=73N	−46B	−83B	F	2.0	31.0	32.0	8.25	1411	0.0
87	Blum, Michael	1693	GER	F	−9B	−75N	−70B	+78N	F	=71B	=61N	−36B	2.0	29.0	29.0	6.50	1357	-50.4
88	Anzinger, Simon	1545	GER	F	+44B	+32N	−7B	F	F	F	F	F	2.0	16.0	16.0	9.50	1902	+54.8
89	Breaz, Arthur	1402	ROU	−40N	−25N	−31B	+91N	−63B	−46B	=83N	−72N	−77B	1.5	31.5	32.5	2.25	1343	-26.0
90	Ogrinz, Beatrice	1600	GER	+35B	−14N	F	=52N	F	F	F	F	F	1.5	19.0	19.0	7.00	1729	+21.2
91	Kassube, Kevin	1570	SUI	−15N	−22B	−60N	−89B	+92N	−82B	−76N	F	F	1.0	24.5	25.0	1.00	1343	-65.2
92	Mueller, Axel, Dr.	1560	GER	−46N	−51N	−80B	−63N	−91B	−83B	+93N	F	−79B	1.0	21.5	21.5	0.50	1305	-91.2
93	Niedenthal, Robert	1588	GER	=53N	−32B	−44N	−47B	−65N	−78B	−92B	F	F	0.5	26.5	26.5	2.00	1298	-32.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Yin, ZezhongGER
+138.0
5.5 pts · #11
2Waibel, DominikGER
+131.6
6.0 pts · #5
3Mueller, AaronGER
+114.4
7.0 pts · #6

Top rating losers

1Arora, RyanGER
-117.6
4.0 pts · #44
2Gernert, RafaelGER
-99.2
2.5 pts · #86
3Mueller, Axel, Dr.GER
-91.2
1.0 pts · #91

Biggest upsets

R3+279 Elo gap
Anzinger, Simon1545 beat Weiser, Moritz1824
R3+260 Elo gap
Bocquenet-Drouode, Isis1427 beat Morgel, Alexander1687
R9+238 Elo gap
Blatzos, Aristotelis1649 beat Arora, Ryan1887