1. Maasch & Kirsch Schachfestival 2026 B-Open

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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

Top seed

🇫🇷Hugo Debard1992

Avg top 10

1,916

Participants

Federations · 7 represented

🇩🇪Germany×43

🇦🇹Austria×8

🇹🇷Turkiye×2

🇨🇭Switzerland×1

🇧🇴Bolivia×1

🇮🇳India×1

🇫🇷France×1

Top 3

🥇
Hugo Debard
🇫🇷FRA·1992
4.5pts·2161perf+14.6
🥈
Michael Seidl
🇩🇪GER·1727
4.5pts·2239perf+118.4
🥉
Franz Haselbeck
🇩🇪GER·1893
4.0pts·2039perf+17.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.5/5, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Seidl4.5Debard4.5Haselbeck4Maerz4Kermer4Mittermaier4

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
+118.4
4.5 pts · #1
2Zhu, YunchengGER
+54.0
2.5 pts · #24
3Liu, YiningGER
+51.2
3.0 pts · #13

Top rating losers

1Decker, WernerGER
-56.0
0.0 pts · #61
2Lippl, SiegfriedGER
-53.6
1.0 pts · #46
3Rasimowitz, RalfGER
-51.2
2.0 pts · #53

Biggest upsets

R5+317 Elo gap
Danner, Erwin1617 beat Habermann, Andre1934
R3+260 Elo gap
Cespedes, Sandra1639 beat Lippl, Siegfried1899
R3+224 Elo gap
Koenig, Frank1710 beat Habermann, Andre1934