tschaturanga Winter Cup 2026 Group F Round 5-7
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.
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How it unfolded
Top 7 · 7 roundsMateusz Szewczyk led from R6 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight. Title race converged from 8 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.
Mateusz Szewczyk never relinquished the lead after R6; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.
Mateusz Szewczyk opens a +1.5-point gap over the chasing pack (closest: Josef Giefing); the title is out of reach before R7.
Mateusz Szewczyk won 3 in a row (R5–R7).
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
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| 1 | 🇦🇹Szewczyk, Mateusz | 1719 | * | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 3.0 | 2.00 | 2.0 | +56.0 | 2561 |
| 2 | 🇦🇹Giefing, Josef | 1727 | — | * | — | — | ½ | — | 1 | 1.5 | 0.50 | 2.0 | +7.6 | 1862 |
| 3 | 🇦🇹Lettner, Stefan | 1730 | 0 | — | * | 1 | — | — | — | 1.0 | 1.00 | 5.5 | +5.6 | 1783 |
| 5 | 🇦🇹Mittelbach, Eduard | 1773 | 0 | — | 0 | * | — | 1 | — | 1.0 | 0.50 | 4.5 | -16.4 | 1578 |
| 4 | 🇦🇹Niesswohl, Werner | 1601 | — | ½ | — | — | * | ½ | — | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2.0 | +4.4 | 1654 |
| 6 | 🇦🇹Stanojevic, Milan | 1607 | — | — | — | 0 | ½ | * | — | 0.5 | 0.50 | 2.0 | -5.6 | 1485 |
| 7 | 🇦🇹Knittel-Templ, Richard | 1698 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | * | 0.0 | 0.00 | 4.5 | -41.6 | 949 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Szewczyk, MateuszAUT+56.03.0 pts · #1
- 2Giefing, JosefAUT+7.61.5 pts · #2
- 3Lettner, StefanAUT+5.61.0 pts · #3
- 1Knittel-Templ, RichardAUT-41.60.0 pts · #7
- 2Mittelbach, EduardAUT-16.41.0 pts · #5
- 3Stanojevic, MilanAUT-5.60.5 pts · #6