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Chessence Premium Tournament No. 15 Group B

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13 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 20 Feb 2026 to 22 Feb 2026 in Willingen, Germany. Top 10 Elo average was 1355, and top seed was Nabil Chbib (🇩🇪 GER, 1835).

Wilhelm Hellhake (🇩🇪 GER, 1578) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Eric Pinkau (4.0) and Nabil Chbib (4.0). Hellhake shared the lead from round 2, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Wilhelm Hellhake (1578) beat Nabil Chbib (1835), a +257-point gap.

Location
🇩🇪Willingen, Germany
Dates
20 Feb 2026 → 22 Feb 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
🇩🇪Nabil Chbib1835
Avg top 10
1,355
Participants
13
Federations · 1 represented
🇩🇪Germany×12
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R3; 3 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
6
3
1
1
3
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Hellhake4Pinkau4Chbib4von Renesse3Schuetz3Allmacher2.5
R3–R5 · LEAD HELD

Wilhelm Hellhake held the sole lead from R3 through R5 without losing it.

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 4.0/5. Hellhake takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (14.0).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Wilhelm Hellhake lost to Eric Pinkau (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Wilhelm Hellhake*
0
1
1
2Eric Pinkau
1
*—
½
3Nabil Chbib
0
—*—
4Hans-Konstantin von Renesse
0
½
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Hellhake, Wilhelm1578GER+3B+5B+4N+6N−2B4.014.016.512.501959+97.2
2Pinkau, Eric1662GER+10N+4B=6B=5N+1N4.012.514.011.251863+20.8
3Chbib, Nabil1835GER−1N+12B+9N+7B+6N4.011.011.57.501851+1.8
4Schuetz, Robert1752GER+7B−2N−1B+13N+8B3.012.512.54.50820-27.0
5von Renesse, Hans-Konstantin1666GER+8B−1N+13N=2B=10N3.011.511.54.751427-12.6
6Allmacher, Marco1684GER+11N+9B=2N−1B−3B2.514.015.05.001588-11.0
7Hudobec, Nicolas0GER−4N=10B+11N−3N+13B2.59.59.51.759940.0
8Sedlmayr, David0GER−5N=11B+12N=10B−4N2.08.59.01.7515970.0
9Merx, Peter1626GER+13B−6N−3B=12N=11B2.08.08.00.751482-19.2
10Hasprich, Kevin0GER−2B=7NF=8N=5B1.511.511.53.7514710.0
11Schiffer, Peter0GER−6B=8N−7BF=9N1.09.09.02.0014610.0
12Bausch, Markus1747GERF−3N−8B=9BF0.58.08.01.001537-22.0
13FIDE 5330169840—−9NF−5B−4B−7N0.010.510.50.008810.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets