Bayerische Jugend-EM 2026 U12

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22 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 06 Apr 2026 to 10 Apr 2026 in Bad Kissingen, Germany. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1739, and top seed was Mark Stahlberg (🇩🇪 GER, 1851).

Mikhail Barsov (🇩🇪 GER, 1837) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Mark Stahlberg (5.5) and Jan Spielmann (5.0). Barsov won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

Location

🇩🇪Bad Kissingen, Germany

Dates

06 Apr 2026 → 10 Apr 2026

Time control

Standard: 40 Moves in 75 Min. Incr. 30 Sec. / / 15 Min. Incr. 30 Sec.

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇩🇪Mark Stahlberg1851

Avg top 10

1,739

Participants

Federations · 2 represented

🇩🇪Germany×17

🇷🇴Romania×1

Top 3

🥇
Mikhail Barsov
🇩🇪GER·1837
5.5pts·1955perf+40.4
🥈
Mark Stahlberg
🇩🇪GER·1851
5.5pts·1890perf+16.4
🥉
Jan Spielmann
🇩🇪GER·1769
5.0pts·1862perf+35.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R4; 2 players tied at 5.5/7, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Barsov5.5Stahlberg5.5Spielmann5Dutta4.5Mittermeier4.5Wittenberger4.5

R6 · LEADER CHANGE09 Apr

Mark Stahlberg takes the sole lead (5.0/6).

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.5/7. Barsov takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (27.5).

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Mikhail Barsov lost to Mark Stahlberg (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Mikhail Barsov	*	0	1	—
2Mark Stahlberg	1	*	½	—
3Jan Spielmann	0	½	*	½
4Nikhil Dutta	—	—	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Barsov, Mikhail	1837	GER	+15B	=5N	+8B	+3N	+4B	−2B	+7N	5.5	27.5	30.5	22.75	1955	+40.4
2	Stahlberg, Mark	1851	GER	+17N	+12B	=4B	=5N	+10B	+1N	=3B	5.5	26.5	29.5	22.50	1890	+16.4
3	Spielmann, Jan	1769	GER	=6N	+15B	+11N	−1B	+7N	+9B	=2N	5.0	27.0	30.0	19.50	1862	+35.6
4	Mittermeier, Luca	1820	GER	+13N	+14B	=2N	=7B	−1N	+12B	=6N	4.5	26.5	30.0	17.50	1761	-15.6
5	Wittenberger, Henri	1725	GER	+19B	=1B	=6N	=2B	−9N	+16N	+8B	4.5	26.5	29.0	17.25	1758	+12.4
6	Dutta, Nikhil	1615	GER	=3B	+16N	=5B	=12B	+15N	=8N	=4B	4.5	24.5	27.5	16.75	1776	+62.0
7	Kleinschrod, Jakob	1625	GER	+16B	=8N	+9B	=4N	−3B	+10N	−1B	4.0	26.5	29.5	14.75	1721	+30.0
8	Kayl, Benjamin	1717	GER	+18N	=7B	−1N	+11B	+12N	=6B	−5N	4.0	25.5	28.0	13.75	1694	-8.0
9	Nguyen Trung, Atticus	1629	GER	+22N	=11B	−7N	+14B	+5B	−3N	=10B	4.0	24.0	24.5	12.00	1687	+15.2
10	Simlacher, Daniel	0	GER	−11N	+18B	+14N	+13B	−2N	−7B	=9N	3.5	24.0	26.5	11.50	1614	0.0
11	Dahnovici, Alexander-Leonard	1797	ROU	+10B	=9N	−3B	−8N	=17B	=13B	+18N	3.5	23.0	25.5	11.25	1489	-79.6
12	Savchuk, Andrej	1562	GER	+21B	−2N	+17B	=6N	−8B	−4N	+22B	3.5	23.0	23.5	7.25	1546	-7.2
13	Li, Junchi	1605	GER	−4B	+20N	+19B	−10N	=16B	=11N	=15B	3.5	20.0	22.0	9.25	1599	-4.0
14	Goetz, Georg	1521	GER	+20B	−4N	−10B	−9N	+21B	=15N	+19B	3.5	19.5	21.0	7.50	1400	-17.2
15	Nabe, Sebastian	1571	GER	−1N	−3N	+20B	+17N	−6B	=14B	=13N	3.0	25.0	27.0	8.50	1511	-20.8
16	Kinateder, Vitus	1555	GER	−7N	−6B	+22N	+18B	=13N	−5B	=17N	3.0	22.0	22.5	6.25	1368	-46.0
17	Nickel, Alexander	1471	GER	−2B	+21N	−12N	−15B	=11N	+22N	=16B	3.0	20.0	20.5	5.25	1427	-13.6
18	FIDE 533081476	0	—	−8B	−10N	+21B	−16N	=19B	+20N	−11B	2.5	18.5	20.0	4.75	890	0.0
19	FIDE 533081468	0	—	−5N	+22B	−13N	−20B	=18N	+21B	−14N	2.5	17.5	18.0	3.25	817	0.0
20	FIDE 533081492	0	—	−14N	−13B	−15N	+19N	=22B	−18B	=21N	2.0	16.5	17.0	3.50	766	0.0
21	Buhleier, Tim	0	GER	−12N	−17B	−18N	+22B	−14N	−19N	=20B	1.5	17.0	17.5	1.50	718	0.0
22	FIDE 533081484	0	—	−9B	−19N	−16B	−21N	=20N	−17B	−12N	0.5	18.0	19.5	1.00	754	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Dutta, NikhilGER
+62.0
4.5 pts · #3
2Barsov, MikhailGER
+40.4
5.5 pts · #1
3Spielmann, JanGER
+35.6
5.0 pts · #2

Top rating losers

1Dahnovici, Alexander-LeonardROU
-79.6
3.5 pts · #12
2Kinateder, VitusGER
-46.0
3.0 pts · #16
3Nabe, SebastianGER
-20.8
3.0 pts · #11