2. Clara-Wieck Chess-Open 2026

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72 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 15 May 2026 to 17 May 2026 in Zwickau, Germany. 2 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2101, and top seed was Lukas Daniel Steger (🇩🇪 GER, 2214).

Edwin Fischer (🇩🇪 GER, 2204) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Lukas Daniel Steger (4.5) and Karsten Schulz (4.5). Fischer won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Dariia Kalynychenko (1439) beat Ronald Schwarz (1898), a +459-point gap.

Location

🇩🇪Zwickau, Germany

Dates

15 May 2026 → 17 May 2026

Time control

Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇩🇪Lukas Daniel Steger2214

Avg top 10

2,101

Participants

Titled players · 2

FM×1

WIM×1

Federations · 4 represented

🇩🇪Germany×52

🇺🇦Ukraine×3

🇲🇾Malaysia×1

🇵🇱Poland×1

Top 3

🥇
Edwin Fischer
🇩🇪GER·2204
4.5pts·2296perf+8.6
🥈
Lukas Daniel Steger
🇩🇪GER·2214
4.5pts·2295perf+13.2
🥉
FMKarsten Schulz
🇩🇪GER·2157
4.5pts·2278perf+12.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 3 players tied at 4.5/5, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Steger4.5Schulz4.5Fischer4.5Czaeczine4Sielaff4Pulik4

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 4.5/5. Fischer takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (13.5).

R3–R5 · WIN STREAK

Lukas Daniel Steger won 3 in a row (R3–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Lukas Daniel Steger	*	—	—	—
2FMKarsten Schulz	—	*	—	1
3Edwin Fischer	—	—	*	—
4WIMAnne Czaeczine	—	0	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Fischer, Edwin	2204	GER	+28N	+21B	=17N	+6B	+10N	4.5	13.5	16.5	15.00	2296	+8.6
2	Steger, Lukas Daniel	2214	GER	+11B	=9N	+16B	+17N	+8B	4.5	13.5	16.5	14.75	2295	+13.2
3	Schulz, KarstenFM	2157	GER	+37B	+18N	=8B	+15N	+4B	4.5	13.5	16.0	14.25	2278	+12.4
4	Czaeczine, AnneWIM	2127	GER	+31N	+44B	+23N	+7B	−3N	4.0	14.5	16.5	12.00	2150	+5.6
5	Pulik, Krzysztof	2078	POL	+34N	+13B	−6N	+44B	+22N	4.0	13.5	15.5	11.50	2089	+2.8
6	Czaeczine, Paula	1901	GER	+54B	+48N	+5B	−1N	+24B	4.0	13.5	15.5	11.00	2219	+49.2
7	Sielaff, Michael	2050	GER	+46B	+25N	+35B	−4N	+16B	4.0	12.5	14.5	10.50	2145	+12.4
8	Klein, Timon	2031	GER	+56N	+26B	=3N	+12B	−2N	3.5	15.5	17.0	10.25	2105	+24.0
9	Seidel, Oliver	1897	GER	+63B	=2B	=19N	=11N	+40B	3.5	13.5	14.5	9.00	1849	-4.0
10	Moser, Axel	2113	GER	=29B	+47N	+27B	+36N	−1B	3.5	13.0	15.0	9.00	2008	-7.6
11	Glaeser, Alexander	1721	GER	−2N	+41B	+71N	=9B	+44N	3.5	12.5	12.5	6.25	1952	+32.4
12	Schoenbeck, Stephan	1942	GER	+65B	=15N	+38B	−8N	+36B	3.5	11.5	12.5	7.50	1949	+0.8
13	Lutz, Toni	1825	GER	+70B	−5N	+46B	=20N	+35B	3.5	11.5	11.5	6.00	2028	+41.6
14	Roehl, Rainer	2024	GER	+39B	=38N	−15B	+55N	+25B	3.5	11.0	12.5	8.25	1920	-10.2
15	Stiehler, Mara	1783	GER	+49N	=12B	+14N	−3B	=30N	3.0	14.5	16.5	8.75	2009	+43.6
16	Kaemmerer, Leon	1919	GER	+58N	+43B	−2N	+23B	−7N	3.0	14.0	15.5	7.00	1934	+4.0
17	Lenhardt, Manfred	1986	GER	+53B	+64N	=1B	−2B	=21N	3.0	14.0	15.0	6.75	2007	+4.8
18	Horn, Jens	1861	GER	+41N	−3B	+50N	=19B	=20B	3.0	13.0	15.0	7.50	1846	-3.2
19	Sproessig, Lionel	1613	GER	+20B	=27N	=9B	=18N	=33B	3.0	12.5	15.5	9.25	1986	+90.0
20	Birkner, Frank	2012	GER	−19N	+51B	+28N	=13B	=18N	3.0	12.5	14.5	8.25	1755	-24.2
21	Niemann, Silvio	1848	GER	+45B	−1N	+37B	=40N	=17B	3.0	12.5	14.5	7.25	1968	+8.0
22	Zenker, Felix	2002	GER	=47B	=29N	+55B	+32N	−5B	3.0	12.0	13.5	7.00	1855	-15.4
23	Simmank, Robert	1775	GER	+57B	+24N	−4B	−16N	+46B	3.0	12.0	13.5	6.50	1937	+30.4
24	Hiemer, Bernd	2000	GER	+50N	−23B	+34N	+64B	−6N	3.0	12.0	13.0	6.00	1827	-19.0
25	Manthey, Andre	1839	GER	+52N	−7B	+58N	+45B	−14N	3.0	11.5	13.0	5.50	1738	-7.2
26	Dittmann, Benno	1815	GER	+67B	−8N	+39B	=35N	=27B	3.0	11.5	12.0	5.75	1875	+12.8
27	Loeffler, Bernd	1903	GER	+59N	=19B	−10N	+56B	=26N	3.0	11.0	12.5	6.00	1811	-16.8
28	Meusel, Johannes	1720	GER	−1B	+63N	−20B	+59N	+47B	3.0	11.0	12.0	4.50	1797	+11.6
29	Frey, Lino	1703	GER	=10N	=22B	−44N	+52B	+45N	3.0	10.5	12.5	7.25	1856	+18.0
30	Anagnostoudis, Angelos	1914	GER	+40B	=55N	−36B	+38N	=15B	3.0	10.5	12.0	7.25	1789	-26.8
31	Brunen, Raul	1713	GER	−4B	−45N	+57B	+63N	+53B	3.0	9.5	10.5	4.50	1852	+10.0
32	Ivashchenko, Petro	1753	UKR	−48N	+54B	+49N	−22B	+50N	3.0	9.0	11.0	6.00	1803	+4.4
33	Schwarz, Ronald	1898	GER	−61N	+59B	=56N	+42B	=19N	3.0	8.5	10.0	6.25	1636	-27.4
34	Ivashchenko, Yurii	1677	UKR	−5B	+72N	−24B	+70N	+64N	3.0	8.0	8.0	1.00	1841	+19.2
35	Czaeczine, Laura	1942	GER	+42N	+60B	−7N	=26B	−13N	2.5	13.0	14.5	5.50	1804	-32.8
36	Braemigk, Eren Maximilian	1763	GER	=51N	+61B	+30N	−10B	−12N	2.5	12.0	13.5	5.50	1852	+18.0
37	Spreer, Lutz	1715	GER	−3N	+52B	−21N	=41B	+60N	2.5	12.0	13.5	4.75	1786	+3.6
38	Buss, Alexander	1838	GER	+66N	=14B	−12N	−30B	+56N	2.5	11.5	12.5	4.25	1796	-5.2
39	Huebler, Lennis	1625	GER	−14N	+62B	−26N	+49B	=43N	2.5	11.0	12.5	4.75	1591	-6.4
40	Roesner, Anton	0	GER	−30N	+69B	+60N	=21B	−9N	2.5	11.0	11.5	3.50	1770	0.0
41	FIDE 34690204	0	—	−18B	−11N	+67B	=37N	+65B	2.5	10.0	10.5	2.75	1493	0.0
42	Zimmermann, Lukas	1563	GER	−35B	=57N	+48B	−33N	+55B	2.5	9.0	10.5	4.25	1745	+22.4
43	Ottlik, Marie	1753	GER	+71B	−16N	−45B	+58N	=39B	2.5	9.0	9.0	2.75	1686	-10.0
44	Weiss, Ina	1839	GER	+72B	−4N	+29B	−5N	−11B	2.0	14.5	14.5	3.00	1714	-28.0
45	Hierold, Til	0	GER	−21N	+31B	+43N	−25N	−29B	2.0	12.0	14.5	5.50	1699	0.0
46	Frank, Arne	1700	GER	−7N	+66B	−13N	+62B	−23N	2.0	12.0	13.0	2.50	1083	-33.6
47	Haertel, Ben	1609	GER	=22N	−10B	+51N	=60B	−28N	2.0	11.5	13.0	4.25	1682	+8.0
48	FIDE 533082669	0	—	+32B	−6B	−42N	−53N	+66B	2.0	11.5	12.5	4.00	1509	0.0
49	FIDE 533072442	0	—	−15B	+65N	−32B	−39N	+63B	2.0	9.5	10.5	2.00	920	0.0
50	Weiss, Nora	1603	GER	−24B	+67N	−18B	+71N	−32B	2.0	9.5	9.5	0.50	1071	-22.4
51	Prykhodko, Artem	0	UKR	=36B	−20N	−47B	=57N	+72N	2.0	9.0	9.0	2.00	1522	0.0
52	FIDE 533085447	0	—	−25B	−37N	+68B	−29N	+71B	2.0	9.0	9.0	0.50	952	0.0
53	Woo, Ken Lam Daniel	1591	MAS	−17N	F	+72B	+48B	−31N	2.0	8.0	8.0	2.00	1050	-8.2
54	FIDE 12962660	0	—	−6N	−32N	F	+68B	+70B	2.0	7.5	7.5	0.50	1027	0.0
55	Stiehler, Daniel	1770	GER	+69N	=30B	−22N	−14B	−42N	1.5	12.0	12.5	2.00	1554	-39.2
56	Bosse, Christian	1650	GER	−8B	+70N	=33B	−27N	−38B	1.5	12.0	12.0	1.50	1596	-4.6
57	FIDE 533089043	0	—	−23N	=42B	−31N	=51B	=61N	1.5	10.5	12.0	3.00	1430	0.0
58	Wiediker, Niklas	1515	GER	−16B	+68N	−25B	−43B	=62N	1.5	10.0	10.5	1.25	1036	-16.4
59	Huebler, Leonas	1447	GER	−27B	−33N	+66B	−28B	=67N	1.5	10.0	10.5	1.25	1005	-13.2
60	Sikorra, Philipp	1769	GER	+68B	−35N	−40B	=47N	−37B	1.5	9.5	10.0	1.50	1482	-21.2
61	Kalynychenko, Dariia	1439	GER	+33B	−36N	F	F	=57B	1.5	8.0	8.0	3.75	1801	+31.6
62	FIDE 533089140	0	—	−64B	−39N	+65B	−46N	=58B	1.5	7.0	8.0	1.75	1343	0.0
63	FIDE 533083061	0	—	−9N	−28B	+69N	−31B	−49N	1.0	11.5	12.0	0.50	977	0.0
64	Moeckel, Jens	1820	GER	+62N	−17B	F	−24N	−34B	1.0	10.5	12.0	1.50	1088	-24.6
65	FIDE 533082200	0	—	−12N	−49B	−62N	+69B	−41N	1.0	9.5	10.0	0.50	1142	0.0
66	Steppat, Tristan	0	GER	−38B	−46N	−59N	+72B	−48N	1.0	8.0	8.0	0.00	862	0.0
67	FIDE 533087920	0	—	−26N	−50B	−41N	F	=59B	0.5	9.0	9.0	0.75	1349	0.0
68	FIDE 533084360	0	—	−60N	−58B	−52N	−54N	=69B	0.5	7.0	7.5	0.25	842	0.0
69	FIDE 533086265	0	—	−55B	−40N	−63B	−65N	=68N	0.5	6.0	6.5	0.25	970	0.0
70	FIDE 533085439	0	—	−13N	−56B	F	−34B	−54N	0.0	10.5	12.0	0.00	917	0.0
71	FIDE 533087440	0	—	−43N	F	−11B	−50B	−52N	0.0	10.0	10.0	0.00	892	0.0
72	FIDE 533085579	0	—	−44N	−34B	−53N	−66N	−51B	0.0	9.0	10.0	0.00	902	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Sproessig, LionelGER
+90.0
3.0 pts · #14
2Czaeczine, PaulaGER
+49.2
4.0 pts · #21
3Stiehler, MaraGER
+43.6
3.0 pts · #20

Top rating losers

1Stiehler, DanielGER
-39.2
1.5 pts · #52
2Frank, ArneGER
-33.6
2.0 pts · #64
3Czaeczine, LauraGER
-32.8
2.5 pts · #18

Biggest upsets

R1+459 Elo gap
Kalynychenko, Dariia1439 beat Schwarz, Ronald1898
R1+399 Elo gap
Sproessig, Lionel1613 beat Birkner, Frank2012
R3+241 Elo gap
Stiehler, Mara1783 beat Roehl, Rainer2024