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Hamburger Jugendeinzelmeisterschaft (HJEM) 2026 U16

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24 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 28 Feb 2026 to 06 Mar 2026 in Schoenhagen, Germany. Top 10 Elo average was 1854, and top seed was Yunong Elias Lu (🇩🇪 GER, 2158).

Yunong Elias Lu (🇩🇪 GER, 2158) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Leon Haertel (7.0) and Yannic Boehler (6.0). Lu shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Yannic Boehler (1876) beat Yunong Elias Lu (2158), a +282-point gap.

Location
🇩🇪Schoenhagen, Germany
Dates
28 Feb 2026 → 06 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇩🇪Yunong Elias Lu2158
Avg top 10
1,854
Participants
24
Federations · 1 represented
🇩🇪Germany×24
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 7.0/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
11
5
2
3
1
1
3
1
2
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
Lu7Haertel7Boehler6Stein5.5Gorbatschow5.5Prasanth5.5
R5–R9 · LEAD HELD

Yunong Elias Lu held the sole lead from R5 through R9 without losing it.

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.0/9. Lu takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (43.5).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Yunong Elias Lu beat Leon Haertel (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Yunong Elias Lu*
1
0
1
2Leon Haertel
0
*
1
½
3Yannic Boehler
1
0
*
½
4Levi Jonatan Stein
0
½
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Lu, Yunong Elias2158GER+15N+4B=7N+8B+2N+5B−3N+10B=9N7.043.547.536.502040-35.2
2Haertel, Leon1907GER+24N+12B+3B=5N−1B+7N+4N=8B+11N7.043.044.532.252005+41.2
3Boehler, Yannic1876GER+22N+10B−2N+7B+16N=4B+1B=5N−6B6.044.047.029.001871-1.6
4Gorbatschow, Bogdan1754GER+20B−1N+11B+6N=5B=3N−2B+7N=8B5.545.549.026.751870+40.4
5Stein, Levi Jonatan1763GER+14N+8B+17N=2B=4N−1N=6B=3B=13N5.545.049.027.751903+64.0
6Prasanth, Rishi1773GER+19N−7B+23N−4B=15N+16B=5N=11B+3N5.538.541.023.501740-10.0
7Steinbach, Aaron1690GER+11B+6N=1B−3N=9B−2B+22N−4B+15N5.044.547.523.001811+38.4
8Wartenberg, Alexander1930GER+18B−5N+10B−1N=11B+21N=13B=2N=4N5.042.546.022.751823-38.4
9Neumann, Hannes1878GER−23N+13B=12N=15B=7N−10B+14N+18B=1B5.038.040.523.251849-12.0
10Grebita, Magnus1706GER+16B−3N−8N+17B=13B+9N=11B−1N=12B4.540.544.519.751800+28.0
11Martirosyan, Hayko0GER−7N+19B−4N+24B=8N+15B=10N=6N−2B4.540.542.017.0017460.0
12He, Saiqi1731GER+21B−2N=9B−16N=18B=14N+20N=13B=10N4.537.040.518.251719-4.4
13Iachanou, Daniel1722GER=17B−9N=15N+19B=10N=22B=8N=12N=5B4.536.539.519.251760+16.0
14Michel, Tobias1590GER−5B=18N−16B=20N+19N=12B−9B+23N+21B4.534.036.516.001702+34.0
15Gretzinger, Maximilian1770GER−1B+20N=13B=9N=6B−11N=18B+21N−7B4.039.042.516.501729-16.4
16Cai, Tudor0GER−10N=22B+14N+12B−3B−6N−21B=20N+24B4.035.036.513.7516400.0
17Polster, Martha1705GER=13N+23B−5B−10N=21B−18N=19B+22N=20B4.032.535.013.251479-71.2
18Blome, Antonia1677GER−8N=14B=24N=22B=12N+17B=15N−9N=23B4.032.534.014.001691+2.8
19Vorderbrueggen, Quinn1606GER−6B−11N+20B−13N−14B=23B=17N+24N+22B4.032.033.511.251528-20.4
20Scheffler, Matheo0GER−4N−15B−19N=14B+23N+24N−12B=16B=17N3.533.034.510.2515180.0
21Abram, Kristina-Maria1557GER−12N=24B=22N+23B=17N−8B+16N−15B−14N3.531.533.010.751445-32.4
22Gerlach, Rasmus0GER−3B=16N=21B=18N+24B=13N−7B−17B−19N3.035.036.59.501537-59.6
23Kuehn, Julian0GER+9B−17N−6B−21N−20B=19N=24B−14B=18N2.534.035.59.7515310.0
24Yan, Jenny1595GER−2B=21N=18B−11N−22N−20B=23N−19B−16N1.533.536.05.001493-22.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets