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tschaturanga Winter Cup 2026 Group F Round 5-7

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7 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 02 Mar 2026 to 16 Mar 2026 in Vienna, Austria. Top 10 Elo average was 1694, and top seed was Eduard Mittelbach (🇦🇹 AUT, 1773).

Mateusz Szewczyk (🇦🇹 AUT, 1719) won with 3.0/7, ahead of Josef Giefing (1.5) and Stefan Lettner (1.0). Szewczyk shared the lead from round 5 and won solo starting round 6.

Location
🇦🇹Vienna, Austria
Dates
02 Mar 2026 → 16 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇦🇹Eduard Mittelbach1773
Avg top 10
1,694
Participants
7
Federations · 1 represented
🇦🇹Austria×7
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 7 · 7 rounds

Mateusz Szewczyk led from R6 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight. Title race converged from 8 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.

Co-leaders
8
8
8
8
2
1
1
#1#2#4#7R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Szewczyk#1Giefing#2Lettner#3Niesswohl#4Mittelbach#5Stanojevic#6Knittel-Templ#7
R6–R7 · LEAD HELD

Mateusz Szewczyk never relinquished the lead after R6; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

R7 · DECISIVE LEAD16 Mar

Mateusz Szewczyk opens a +1.5-point gap over the chasing pack (closest: Josef Giefing); the title is out of reach before R7.

R5–R7 · WIN STREAK

Mateusz Szewczyk won 3 in a row (R5–R7).

Cross-table

#PlayerElo1234567PtsSBBhΔ EloPerf
1🇦🇹Szewczyk, Mateusz1719*—11——13.02.002.0+56.02561
2🇦🇹Giefing, Josef1727—*——½—11.50.502.0+7.61862
3🇦🇹Lettner, Stefan17300—*1———1.01.005.5+5.61783
5🇦🇹Mittelbach, Eduard17730—0*—1—1.00.504.5-16.41578
4🇦🇹Niesswohl, Werner1601—½——*½—1.01.002.0+4.41654
6🇦🇹Stanojevic, Milan1607———0½*—0.50.502.0-5.61485
7🇦🇹Knittel-Templ, Richard169800————*0.00.004.5-41.6949

Key insights

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