1. Maasch & Kirsch Schachfestival 2026 B-Open
Open SwissStandard
61 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 17 Apr 2026 to 19 Apr 2026 in Burghausen, Germany. 7 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1916, and top seed was Hugo Debard (🇫🇷 FRA, 1992).
Hugo Debard (🇫🇷 FRA, 1992) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Michael Seidl (4.5) and Franz Haselbeck (4.0). Debard won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Erwin Danner (1617) beat Andre Habermann (1934), a +317-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
Federations · 7 represented
🇩🇪Germany×43
🇦🇹Austria×8
🇹🇷Turkiye×2
🇨🇭Switzerland×1
🇧🇴Bolivia×1
🇮🇳India×1
🇫🇷France×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.5/5, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
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R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 4.5/5. Debard takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (14.5).
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
Michael Seidl 3 wins (R3–R5)Franz Haselbeck 4 wins (R1–R4)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michael Seidl | * | — | — | ½ |
| 2Hugo Debard | — | * | 1 | — |
| 3Franz Haselbeck | — | 0 | * | — |
| 4Maximilian Maerz | ½ | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Debard, Hugo | 1992 | FRA | +41N | +5B | =7N | +13B | +3B | 4.5 | 14.5 | 16.5 | 14.75 | 2161 | +14.6 |
| 2 | Seidl, Michael | 1727 | GER | +8N | =4B | +29N | +17B | +10B | 4.5 | 14.0 | 16.5 | 14.50 | 2239 | +118.4 |
| 3 | Haselbeck, Franz | 1893 | GER | +56N | +20B | +16N | +14B | −1N | 4.0 | 13.5 | 14.0 | 9.50 | 2039 | +17.6 |
| 4 | Maerz, Maximilian | 1861 | GER | +38B | =2N | =26B | +22N | +14B | 4.0 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 11.50 | 1963 | +11.8 |
| 5 | Mittermaier, Johann | 1793 | GER | +51B | −1N | +28B | +52N | +15B | 4.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 7.50 | 1935 | +15.0 |
| 6 | Kermer, Jan | 1791 | GER | +54N | +35N | =25B | =21B | +18N | 4.0 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 8.75 | 2068 | +35.2 |
| 7 | Gloessl, Gunter | 1793 | AUT | +45N | +36B | =1B | =25N | =9B | 3.5 | 12.5 | 14.0 | 8.75 | 1946 | +16.2 |
| 8 | Nagy, Laszlo | 1938 | GER | −2B | +32N | =19B | +42N | +27B | 3.5 | 12.5 | 14.0 | 8.00 | 1787 | -14.2 |
| 9 | Bieringer, Konrad | 1903 | GER | =30N | +59B | =11N | +20B | =7N | 3.5 | 12.5 | 13.0 | 8.25 | 1867 | -4.0 |
| 10 | Abbasov, Amil | 1829 | GER | +44N | +37B | =13N | +30B | −2N | 3.5 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 7.50 | 1854 | +3.2 |
| 11 | Schaffer, Erik | 1795 | GER | =31B | +27N | =9B | +53N | =25B | 3.5 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 7.75 | 1858 | +6.8 |
| 12 | Carda, Christian Michael | 1726 | GER | −35B | +58N | +36B | =39N | +34B | 3.5 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 6.00 | 1724 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Lehner-Dittenberger, Sebastian | 1760 | AUT | +57N | +18B | =10B | −1N | =19B | 3.0 | 14.0 | 14.5 | 6.75 | 1834 | +11.6 |
| 14 | Gurbanli, Shakir | 1741 | GER | +34B | +50N | +15B | −3N | −4N | 3.0 | 13.5 | 14.5 | 6.50 | 1859 | +12.6 |
| 15 | Konradt, Michael | 1812 | GER | +23N | +49B | −14N | +16B | −5N | 3.0 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 7.00 | 1788 | -2.8 |
| 16 | Sadighi, Armin | 1786 | GER | +24N | +17B | −3B | −15N | +53B | 3.0 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 7.00 | 1750 | -2.6 |
| 17 | Winterstetter, Reiner | 1920 | GER | +19B | −16N | +37B | −2N | +40B | 3.0 | 12.5 | 14.5 | 7.00 | 1793 | -15.4 |
| 18 | Penn, Peter | 1887 | GER | +61B | −13N | +40B | +26N | −6B | 3.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 4.50 | 1809 | -19.6 |
| 19 | Liu, Yining | 1697 | GER | −17N | +45B | =8N | +50B | =13N | 3.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 5.75 | 1892 | +51.2 |
| 20 | Yilmaz, Aras | 1790 | TUR | +58B | −3N | +51B | −9N | +38B | 3.0 | 10.5 | 11.0 | 3.50 | 1761 | -3.0 |
| 21 | Loeffelholz, Christian | 1837 | GER | =27B | +28N | +42B | =6N | F | 3.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 7.25 | 1868 | +3.4 |
| 22 | Breu, Alfons | 1736 | GER | −36N | +23B | +49N | −4B | +52N | 3.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 5.00 | 1832 | +7.6 |
| 23 | Danner, Erwin | 1617 | AUT | −15B | −22N | +61B | +37N | +35B | 3.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 4.00 | 1843 | +29.4 |
| 24 | Huber, Wolfgang | 0 | GER | −16B | +61N | =33B | +?N | =26B | 3.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 2.50 | 1786 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Tsiapouris, Michael, Dr. | 1894 | GER | +40B | F | =6N | =7B | =11N | 2.5 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 7.50 | 1864 | -3.6 |
| 26 | Ondrouschek, Hendrik | 1763 | SUI | =32B | +31N | =4N | −18B | =24N | 2.5 | 12.5 | 15.0 | 7.25 | 1787 | +4.0 |
| 27 | Cespedes, Sandra | 1639 | BOL | =21N | −11B | +55B | +33N | −8N | 2.5 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 5.00 | 1862 | +28.0 |
| 28 | Zhu, Yuncheng | 1563 | GER | +43N | −21B | −5N | +46B | =29N | 2.5 | 11.0 | 12.5 | 4.25 | 1779 | +54.0 |
| 29 | Putz, Ernst | 1815 | AUT | +60B | =42N | −2B | =38N | =28B | 2.5 | 10.5 | 11.0 | 3.50 | 1574 | -26.0 |
| 30 | Koenig, Frank | 1710 | GER | =9B | +47N | +35B | −10N | F | 2.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 5.25 | 1882 | +18.0 |
| 31 | Ito, Sarah | 1614 | GER | =11N | −26B | −41N | +59B | +43N | 2.5 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 3.75 | 1682 | +12.8 |
| 32 | Debus, Alexander | 0 | GER | =26N | −8B | −39B | +55N | +?B | 2.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 2.25 | 1853 | 0.0 |
| 33 | Jergler, Martin | 1839 | GER | −49N | +44B | =24N | −27B | +42N | 2.5 | 8.5 | 9.5 | 4.50 | 1654 | -19.2 |
| 34 | Engelmann, Markus | 0 | AUT | −14N | +56B | =?N | +43B | −12N | 2.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 2.00 | 1740 | 0.0 |
| 35 | Habermann, Andre | 1934 | GER | +12N | −6B | −30N | +44B | −23N | 2.0 | 13.0 | 14.5 | 5.00 | 1623 | -39.4 |
| 36 | FIDE 533083690 | 0 | — | +22B | −7N | −12N | F | +39B | 2.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 5.00 | 1789 | 0.0 |
| 37 | Carda, Irene | 1698 | GER | +39B | −10N | −17N | −23B | +57N | 2.0 | 11.5 | 12.0 | 2.50 | 1662 | -4.8 |
| 38 | Zorlu, Aziz Ediz | 1649 | TUR | −4N | =43B | +59N | =29B | −20N | 2.0 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 2.50 | 1619 | -5.6 |
| 39 | Rasimowitz, Ralf | 1899 | GER | −37N | =46B | +32N | =12B | −36N | 2.0 | 10.0 | 11.5 | 5.00 | 1572 | -51.2 |
| 40 | Huber, Andreas | 1695 | GER | −25N | +54B | −18N | +57B | −17N | 2.0 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 1.50 | 1668 | -3.8 |
| 41 | Lindner, Manuel | 1734 | GER | −1B | −51N | +31B | F | +50N | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 3.50 | 1769 | +3.2 |
| 42 | Lichtmannecker, Hans-Juergen | 1706 | GER | +55N | =29B | −21N | −8B | −33B | 1.5 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 2.25 | 1717 | +1.0 |
| 43 | Daehne, Christian | 1782 | GER | −28B | =38N | +47B | −34N | −31B | 1.5 | 9.5 | 11.0 | 2.50 | 1490 | -30.6 |
| 44 | Margraf, Dieter | 1630 | GER | −10B | −33N | +45B | −35N | =58B | 1.5 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 1.75 | 1611 | -2.6 |
| 45 | Moradi, Yasamin | 1613 | GER | −7B | −19N | −44N | +61B | =46N | 1.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 0.75 | 1543 | -18.0 |
| 46 | Hoch, Jannik | 1667 | GER | −50B | =39N | =57B | −28N | =45B | 1.5 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 2.00 | 1521 | -19.8 |
| 47 | Hemanth Gowda, Parinitha | 1480 | AUT | F | −30B | −43N | +56B | =48N | 1.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.25 | 1647 | +29.6 |
| 48 | Holzner, Josef | 1759 | AUT | −52B | +60N | −53B | −54N | =47B | 1.5 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 1.25 | 1342 | -42.4 |
| 49 | Kainz, Eva-Maria | 1642 | GER | +33B | −15N | −22B | F | F | 1.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 2.50 | 1671 | +2.0 |
| 50 | Hecker, Jakob | 1868 | GER | +46N | −14B | F | −19N | −41B | 1.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 1.50 | 1517 | -36.8 |
| 51 | Walke Kedar | 1600 | IND | −5N | +41B | −20N | F | F | 1.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 2.00 | 1647 | +3.6 |
| 52 | Doberchak, Emily Alice | 0 | GER | +48N | F | F | −5B | −22B | 1.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 1.50 | 1638 | 0.0 |
| 53 | FIDE 16253213 | 0 | — | −?B | F | +48N | −11B | −16N | 1.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.50 | 1583 | 0.0 |
| 54 | Loeffelholz, Simon | 1590 | GER | −6B | −40N | F | +48B | F | 1.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.50 | 1623 | +4.8 |
| 55 | Lippl, Siegfried | 1899 | GER | −42B | F | −27N | −32B | +56N | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.50 | 1552 | -53.6 |
| 56 | Braeuer, Mario | 1686 | AUT | −3B | −34N | =60B | −47N | −55B | 0.5 | 9.0 | 9.5 | 0.25 | 957 | -24.4 |
| 57 | Mandziuk, Varvara | 1407 | GER | −13B | F | =46N | −40N | −37B | 0.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.75 | 1383 | -3.5 |
| 58 | FIDE 16205880 | 0 | — | −20N | −12B | F | F | =44N | 0.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.75 | 1442 | 0.0 |
| 59 | Latschen, Wolfgang | 0 | GER | =?B | −9N | −38B | −31N | F | 0.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.00 | 1407 | 0.0 |
| 60 | FIDE 533086818 | 0 | — | −29N | −48B | =56N | F | F | 0.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.25 | 1480 | 0.0 |
| 61 | Decker, Werner | 1675 | GER | −18N | −24B | −23N | −45N | F | 0.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 0.00 | 906 | -56.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Seidl, MichaelGER+118.44.5 pts · #1
- 2Zhu, YunchengGER+54.02.5 pts · #24
- 3Liu, YiningGER+51.23.0 pts · #13
Top rating losers
- 1Decker, WernerGER-56.00.0 pts · #61
- 2Lippl, SiegfriedGER-53.61.0 pts · #46
- 3Rasimowitz, RalfGER-51.22.0 pts · #53
Biggest upsets
- R5+317 Elo gap
- R3+260 Elo gap
- R3+224 Elo gap