Offene Bezirkseinzelmeisterschaften Halle 2026

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64 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 24 Apr 2026 to 26 Apr 2026 in Halle (Saale), Germany. 3 titled players from 7 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2057, and top seed was Henrik Petersen (🇩🇪 GER, FM, 2301).

Axel Moser (🇩🇪 GER, 2118) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Kacper Klys (4.0) and Henrik Petersen (4.0). Moser broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Tim Baum (1425) beat Sebastian Rucks (1834), a +409-point gap.

Location

🇩🇪Halle (Saale), Germany

Dates

24 Apr 2026 → 26 Apr 2026

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇩🇪FMHenrik Petersen2301

Avg top 10

2,057

Participants

Titled players · 3

FM×1

CM×1

WFM×1

Federations · 7 represented

🇩🇪Germany×50

🇵🇱Poland×2

🇲🇦Morocco×1

🇺🇦Ukraine×1

🇨🇭Switzerland×1

🇹🇷Turkiye×1

🇨🇱Chile×1

Top 3

🥇
Axel Moser
🇩🇪GER·2118
4.5pts·2328perf+21.8
🥈
CMKacper Klys
🇵🇱POL·2265
4.0pts·2268perf+6.8
🥉
FMHenrik Petersen
🇩🇪GER·2301
4.0pts·2247perf-2.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Axel Moser led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Moser4.5Klys4Petersen4Geldner4Schubert4Kornienko4

R5–R5 · LEAD HELD

Axel Moser held the sole lead from R5 through R5 without losing it.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Axel Moser drew with CM Kacper Klys (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Axel Moser 3 wins (R1–R3)CM Kacper Klys 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Axel Moser	*	½	—	—
2CMKacper Klys	½	*	½	—
3FMHenrik Petersen	—	½	*	—
4Gerrit Geldner	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Moser, Axel	2118	GER	+10B	+18N	+37B	=2N	+9B	4.5	14.0	16.0	14.00	2328	+21.8
2	Klys, KacperCM	2265	POL	+35N	+16B	+38N	=1B	=3N	4.0	14.0	16.0	11.75	2268	+6.8
3	Petersen, HenrikFM	2301	GER	+22B	+8N	=13B	+26N	=2B	4.0	13.5	16.0	12.50	2247	-2.4
4	Geldner, Gerrit	2067	GER	+27N	−13B	+30B	+36N	+17B	4.0	11.0	13.0	10.00	2070	+1.4
5	Schubert, Hartmut	1940	GER	=28N	+60B	=7N	+38B	+20N	4.0	11.0	11.5	8.50	2118	+26.4
6	Kornienko, Roman	1737	UKR	=7B	=36N	+54B	+37N	+14B	4.0	10.5	11.5	8.75	1987	+43.2
7	Keidel, Clemens Elias	0	GER	=6N	+50B	=5B	=10N	+26B	3.5	14.0	15.5	9.75	1926	0.0
8	Voigt, AnastasiaWFM	2025	GER	+17B	−3B	+39N	+13N	=12B	3.5	13.5	15.5	9.75	2072	+7.0
9	Zimmermann, Felix	1975	GER	=19N	+40B	+15N	+29B	−1N	3.5	13.0	15.0	9.00	1976	+2.4
10	Ruhs, Marco	1888	GER	−1N	+42B	+43N	=7B	+29N	3.5	12.5	14.5	8.25	1969	+17.2
11	Kirsch, Sebastian	1960	GER	=36B	−21N	+57B	+32N	+30B	3.5	10.0	11.0	7.00	1850	-10.4
12	Tittmann, Julian	1848	GER	F	+55B	+41N	+42B	=8N	3.5	8.5	8.5	6.75	2092	+40.8
13	Sutbas, Batuhan	1906	TUR	+32B	+4N	=3N	−8B	=25N	3.0	14.5	17.0	10.00	2064	+19.0
14	Vuong, Kevin	1570	GER	−15N	+62B	+16N	+19B	−6N	3.0	13.0	13.0	6.00	1824	+48.0
15	Yang, Markus	1736	GER	+14B	+22N	−9B	−17N	+36B	3.0	12.5	14.5	8.00	1902	+22.2
16	Wohlfahrt, Jonas	1972	GER	+20B	−2N	−14B	+31N	+37B	3.0	12.5	14.5	7.50	1892	-15.6
17	Miculka, Andreas	1861	GER	−8N	+39B	+44N	+15B	−4N	3.0	12.5	14.5	7.00	1894	+10.4
18	Molina Hidalgo, Juan	1948	CHI	+45N	−1B	+55N	=25B	=21N	3.0	12.5	13.5	6.00	1914	-3.6
19	Scherner, Roberto	1852	GER	=9B	=23N	+34B	−14N	+55B	3.0	12.0	13.0	6.75	1765	-12.4
20	Oldenburg, Theo	1831	GER	−16N	+43B	+56N	+33B	−5B	3.0	11.5	12.5	5.50	1733	-7.6
21	Marnyuk, Serhiy	1810	GER	=50N	+11B	−29N	+39B	=18B	3.0	11.0	12.5	7.75	1901	+13.0
22	Richter, Andreas	1913	GER	−3N	−15B	+60N	+41B	+42N	3.0	11.0	11.5	4.50	1896	-2.4
23	Freitag, Peter	0	GER	=40N	=19B	=31N	=24B	+38N	3.0	10.5	12.5	7.25	1755	0.0
24	Jamalli, Ali	1550	GER	+51N	=27B	−26B	=23N	+46B	3.0	10.0	11.5	6.25	1851	+41.6
25	Schadeberg, Lukas	1797	GER	F	+44B	+51N	=18N	=13B	3.0	9.5	9.5	6.50	1936	+22.8
26	Baerthel, Klaus	1925	GER	=60N	+28B	+24N	−3B	−7N	2.5	13.0	13.5	5.75	1947	+2.2
27	Bodling, Florian	1885	GER	−4B	=24N	=28B	+54N	=34B	2.5	12.0	13.0	5.00	1675	-22.2
28	Brueckner, Julian	1789	GER	=5B	−26N	=27N	+56B	=33N	2.5	11.5	12.5	5.50	1792	+0.4
29	Koenig, Marius	1597	GER	+64N	=56B	+21B	−9N	−10B	2.5	11.0	11.0	3.50	1766	+21.2
30	Persson, Boerje Pontus	1612	GER	+63N	=45B	−4N	+50B	−11N	2.5	11.0	11.0	2.50	1842	+18.6
31	Koepke, Aleksis	1697	SUI	−33N	+48N	=23B	−16B	+51N	2.5	10.5	12.0	5.00	1844	+14.4
32	Reckner, Jens	1768	GER	−13N	+41B	=53N	−11B	+52N	2.5	10.0	11.5	4.25	1761	-0.6
33	Jamalli, Malak	0	GER	+31B	+46N	F	−20N	=28B	2.5	10.0	10.0	5.75	1785	0.0
34	Baum, Tim	1425	GER	−39N	+63B	−19N	+40B	=27N	2.5	9.5	9.5	3.25	1707	+43.6
35	Schmidt, Thilo	1882	GER	−2B	−37N	+62N	=52B	+44N	2.5	9.5	9.5	2.75	1705	-19.8
36	Lehnert, Stefan	1829	GER	=11N	=6B	+59N	−4B	−15N	2.0	14.5	15.5	4.75	1682	-15.6
37	Kalliwoda, Enrico	1734	GER	+49N	+35B	−1N	−6B	−16N	2.0	14.0	16.0	4.50	1778	+3.2
38	Sen, Nazim Emrah	1740	GER	+46B	+61N	−2B	−5N	−23B	2.0	13.0	13.0	2.00	1816	+7.6
39	Baumgarten, Fred	1700	GER	+34B	−17N	−8B	−21N	+56B	2.0	12.0	13.0	3.50	1587	-12.0
40	Rucks, Sebastian	1834	GER	=23B	−9N	=48B	−34N	+54B	2.0	11.0	12.0	3.50	1562	-25.8
41	Grunewald, Stephan	1590	GER	+47B	−32N	−12B	−22N	+62B	2.0	11.0	11.0	2.00	1043	-11.6
42	Hoffmann, Heiko	1725	GER	+54B	−10N	+61B	−12N	−22B	2.0	11.0	11.0	1.00	1587	-13.6
43	Vincent, Aezzra Marvin Anak	1662	GER	+53B	−20N	−10B	=47N	=45B	2.0	10.5	12.0	3.50	1568	-12.0
44	Huebler, Lennis	1580	GER	+57B	−25N	−17B	+61N	−35B	2.0	9.5	9.5	1.00	1047	-21.2
45	kokodil, Othmane	1803	MAR	−18B	=30N	−50N	+60B	=43N	2.0	9.0	9.5	2.75	1714	-24.8
46	Zander, Ben Erik	1744	GER	−38N	−33B	+58N	+59B	−24N	2.0	8.5	9.5	2.00	845	-50.4
47	FIDE 533077495	0	—	−41N	−51B	+49N	=43B	=48B	2.0	8.0	9.5	4.00	1627	0.0
48	Grunewald, Mitko	1716	GER	=56N	−31B	=40N	=51B	=47N	2.0	8.0	9.0	3.25	1573	-7.4
49	Tilenbaev, Akyl	1540	GER	−37B	−57N	−47B	+58N	+61B	2.0	6.0	6.0	1.00	934	-10.0
50	Haj-Ahmad, Housam	1940	GER	=21B	−7N	+45B	−30N	F	1.5	11.0	11.0	3.50	1742	-29.2
51	Baum, Ralf	0	GER	−24B	+47N	−25B	=48N	−31B	1.5	10.5	12.5	3.00	1368	0.0
52	Elsayed Esam, Sally	1588	GER	F	−53N	+63B	=35N	−32B	1.5	6.5	6.5	1.25	1632	+3.6
53	Olivos Ramirez, Gustavo	0	POL	−43N	+52B	=32B	F	F	1.5	6.0	6.0	2.75	1673	0.0
54	Huebler, Leonas	1469	GER	−42N	+58B	−6N	−27B	−40N	1.0	10.5	11.5	1.00	991	-21.6
55	Keleti, Hugo	1683	GER	+59B	−12N	−18B	F	−19N	1.0	10.5	10.5	1.00	1083	-29.6
56	Schuerhoff, Tim	0	GER	=48B	=29N	−20B	−28N	−39N	1.0	10.0	12.0	2.25	1487	0.0
57	FIDE 533077908	0	—	−44N	+49B	−11N	F	F	1.0	7.5	7.5	2.00	1568	0.0
58	FIDE 533042179	0	—	F	−54N	−46B	−49B	+59N	1.0	6.0	6.0	1.00	784	0.0
59	Sen, Sascha	0	GER	−55N	+64B	−36B	−46N	−58B	1.0	6.0	6.0	0.00	952	0.0
60	Weigelt, Joachim	1768	GER	=26B	−5N	−22B	−45N	F	0.5	11.5	11.5	1.25	1573	-16.4
61	FIDE 533085455	0	—	F	−38B	−42N	−44B	−49N	0.0	8.0	8.0	0.00	846	0.0
62	FIDE 533048266	0	—	F	−14N	−35B	F	−41N	0.0	7.5	7.5	0.00	881	0.0
63	FIDE 533078246	0	—	−30B	−34N	−52N	F	F	0.0	6.5	6.5	0.00	742	0.0
64	FIDE 533082413	0	—	−29B	−59N	F	F	F	0.0	4.5	4.5	0.00	797	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Vuong, KevinGER
+48.0
3.0 pts · #26
2Baum, TimGER
+43.6
2.5 pts · #34
3Kornienko, RomanUKR
+43.2
4.0 pts · #7

Top rating losers

1Zander, Ben ErikGER
-50.4
2.0 pts · #63
2Keleti, HugoGER
-29.6
1.0 pts · #60
3Haj-Ahmad, HousamGER
-29.2
1.5 pts · #36

Biggest upsets

R4+409 Elo gap
Baum, Tim1425 beat Rucks, Sebastian1834
R3+402 Elo gap
Vuong, Kevin1570 beat Wohlfahrt, Jonas1972
R4+328 Elo gap
Persson, Boerje Pontus1612 beat Haj-Ahmad, Housam1940