1. Maasch & Kirsch Schachfestival 2026 A-Open

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36 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 17 Apr 2026 to 19 Apr 2026 in Burghausen, Germany. 13 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2359, and top seed was Raja Harshit (🇮🇳 IND, GM, 2494).

Oliver Stork (🇩🇪 GER, FM, 2369) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Tobias Kolb (4.0) and Raja Harshit (4.0). Stork shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Emre Demirbas (2132) beat Taron Shagbazyan (IM, 2430), a +298-point gap.

Location

🇩🇪Burghausen, Germany

Dates

17 Apr 2026 → 19 Apr 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 · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇮🇳GMRaja Harshit2494

Avg top 10

2,359

Participants

Titled players · 13

GM×1

IM×3

FM×6

CM×2

WGM×1

Federations · 8 represented

🇩🇪Germany×21

🇹🇷Turkiye×4

🇮🇪Ireland×2

🇦🇹Austria×2

🇵🇱Poland×1

🇨🇿Czech Republic×1

🇬🇧England×1

🇮🇳India×1

Top 3

🥇
FMOliver Stork
🇩🇪GER·2369
4.0pts·2436perf+8.8
🥈
FMTobias Kolb
🇩🇪GER·2412
4.0pts·2457perf+3.7
🥉
GMRaja Harshit
🇮🇳IND·2494
4.0pts·2465perf-0.3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R3; 3 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Kolb4Stork4Harshit4Hinterreiter3.5Koepke3.5Friedrich3.5

R3–R5 · LEAD HELD

FM Tobias Kolb held the sole lead from R3 through R5 without losing it.

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 4.0/5. Stork takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (12.5).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Tobias Kolb drew with FM Oliver Stork (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1FMTobias Kolb	*	½	—	—
2FMOliver Stork	½	*	—	1
3GMRaja Harshit	—	—	*	—
4Markus Hinterreiter	—	0	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Stork, OliverFM	2369	GER	+16N	=17B	+15N	+7B	=2B	4.0	12.5	15.0	11.75	2436	+8.8
2	Kolb, TobiasFM	2412	GER	+25N	+29B	+13N	=9B	=1N	4.0	11.0	12.0	8.50	2457	+3.7
3	Raja HarshitGM	2494	IND	=14N	+26B	+30N	=5B	+9N	4.0	10.5	11.5	8.50	2465	-0.3
4	Friedrich, Ricardo	2266	GER	+20N	=15B	=14N	+13B	=5N	3.5	11.0	13.0	8.75	2241	-1.6
5	Stoettner, LukasFM	2303	GER	+36B	=27N	+23B	=3N	=4B	3.5	11.0	11.0	6.50	2371	+9.8
6	Koepke, ChristianIM	2345	GER	=22B	=10N	+32B	=8N	+23B	3.5	10.5	11.5	7.25	2266	-3.8
7	Hinterreiter, Markus	2252	GER	=12B	+31N	+21B	−1N	+25B	3.5	10.5	11.5	6.00	2273	+3.8
8	Ozdemir, Serhan BeratFM	2221	TUR	+33N	−13B	+26N	=6B	+20N	3.5	9.5	10.0	5.75	2173	-4.0
9	Kanyamarala, TarunIM	2404	IRL	=10B	+22N	+17B	=2N	−3B	3.0	13.5	15.5	8.00	2308	-4.4
10	Iwan, Patryk	2094	POL	=9N	=6B	+29N	+27B	−18B	3.0	10.5	11.5	5.75	2381	+72.0
11	Heinrich, JohnFM	2319	GER	−15N	+20B	+16N	=14B	=19N	3.0	10.0	12.0	7.00	2160	-18.4
12	Ranganathan, Aadith	1993	GER	=7N	−14B	=34N	+29B	+24N	3.0	9.0	9.5	5.00	2165	+44.8
13	Aydogdu, Cagatay	1981	TUR	+19B	+8N	−2B	−4N	=30N	2.5	13.5	14.5	6.50	2253	+32.2
14	Belin, Anton	2106	GER	=3B	+12N	=4B	=11N	F	2.5	13.5	13.5	8.25	2363	+49.6
15	Pivovartsev, Stanislav	2052	UKR	+11B	=4N	−1B	−18N	+29B	2.5	13.0	14.0	5.75	2313	+30.8
16	Zaiarski, Stepan	2086	MDA	−1B	+28N	−11B	=31N	+26B	2.5	10.0	11.0	3.50	2124	+3.8
17	Player, Edmund C	2177	ENG	+34B	=1N	−9N	F	+31B	2.5	9.5	10.0	3.50	2284	+11.0
18	Shagbazyan, TaronIM	2430	CZE	−21B	F	=25N	+15B	+10N	2.5	9.0	9.0	6.25	2194	-10.0
19	Steinhauer, Artur	2179	GER	−13N	F	+33B	+21N	=11B	2.5	8.0	8.0	4.00	2144	-2.8
20	Hotman, Cagan Arhan	2019	TUR	−4B	−11N	+35B	+32N	−8B	2.0	11.0	11.0	1.00	2120	+22.8
21	Demirbas, Emre	2132	TUR	+18N	=30B	−7N	−19B	=22N	2.0	10.5	11.5	4.00	2135	-0.6
22	Spiesberger, Gerhard	1958	AUT	=6N	−9B	=31B	=26N	=21B	2.0	10.0	11.0	4.00	2089	+12.8
23	Stadler, Alexander	2142	GER	+28B	F	−5N	+30B	−6N	2.0	9.5	9.5	2.50	2206	+6.6
24	Koernlein, Daniel, Dr.	1951	GER	−27B	−32N	+28B	+33N	−12B	2.0	7.0	7.5	2.00	1885	-14.4
25	Maurer, JochenFM	2118	GER	−2B	+35N	=18B	F	−7N	1.5	12.5	12.5	1.25	2183	+4.2
26	Heppert, Lars	1966	GER	+32B	−3N	−8B	=22B	−16N	1.5	12.0	13.0	2.00	2012	+2.8
27	Kern, Johannes, Dr.	2186	GER	+24N	=5B	F	−10N	F	1.5	8.5	8.5	3.75	2116	-5.2
28	Notz, Lukas	1960	GER	−23N	−16B	−24N	+35N	=33B	1.5	7.0	7.0	0.25	1848	-11.4
29	Kocak, Ediz	2181	GER	+35B	−2N	−10B	−12N	−15N	1.0	12.5	12.5	0.00	1867	-39.8
30	Kanyamarala, TrishaWGM	2216	IRL	F	=21N	−3B	−23N	=13B	1.0	10.5	10.5	2.25	1994	-23.6
31	Chua, Daniel James	2006	GER	F	−7B	=22N	=16B	−17N	1.0	10.5	10.5	2.25	1925	-16.8
32	Monninger, Moritz	2172	GER	−26N	+24B	−6N	−20B	F	1.0	9.0	9.0	2.00	1877	-30.2
33	Dullinger, Klaus	0	GER	−8B	F	−19N	−24B	=28N	0.5	9.5	9.5	0.75	1756	0.0
34	Wolfmaier, Johannes Joshua	1975	GER	−17N	F	=12B	F	F	0.5	5.5	5.5	1.50	1892	-8.4
35	Kranewitter, NorbertCM	1984	AUT	−29N	−25B	−20N	−28B	F	0.0	6.0	6.0	0.00	1270	-31.0
36	Kanz, Ahmad SafyCM	2023	AFG	−5N	F	F	F	F	0.0	6.0	6.0	0.00	1503	-3.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Iwan, PatrykPOL
+72.0
3.0 pts · #10
2Belin, AntonGER
+49.6
2.5 pts · #17
3Ranganathan, AadithGER
+44.8
3.0 pts · #9

Top rating losers

1Kocak, EdizGER
-39.8
1.0 pts · #27
2Kranewitter, NorbertCMAUT
-31.0
0.0 pts · #35
3Monninger, MoritzGER
-30.2
1.0 pts · #29

Biggest upsets

R1+298 Elo gap
Demirbas, Emre2132 beat IMShagbazyan, Taron2430
R1+267 Elo gap
Pivovartsev, Stanislav2052 beat FMHeinrich, John2319
R2+240 Elo gap
Aydogdu, Cagatay1981 beat FMOzdemir, Serhan Berat2221