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Bayerische Jugend-EM 2026 U16

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24 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 06 Apr 2026 to 10 Apr 2026 in Bad Kissingen, Germany. 4 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 2048, and top seed was Viktor Ratushnyi (🇺🇦 UKR, 2175).

Lorenz Fischer (🇩🇪 GER, 1938) won with 5.0/7, ahead of Emir Mujdzic (5.0) and Benedikt Heller (5.0).

The biggest upset came in round 1: Kyrylo Kholodnykh (1607) beat Theodor Buerger (1910), a +303-point gap.

Location
🇩🇪Bad Kissingen, Germany
Dates
06 Apr 2026 → 10 Apr 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 · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇦Viktor Ratushnyi2175
Avg top 10
2,048
Participants
24
Federations · 4 represented
🇩🇪Germany×18
🇺🇦Ukraine×4
🇮🇹Italy×1
🇦🇹Austria×1
Top 3
  • 🥇
    Lorenz Fischer
    🇩🇪GER·1938
    5.0pts·2133perf+62.4
  • 🥈
    Emir Mujdzic
    🇩🇪GER·1999
    5.0pts·2119perf+46.0
  • 🥉
    Benedikt Heller
    🇩🇪GER·1981
    5.0pts·2124perf+58.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R7; 5 players tied at 5.0/7, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
10
4
1
1
1
3
5
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Buerger5Blodig5Mujdzic5Heller5Fischer5Vardanian4.5— ex-leaders:Fischerled R3–R5, #8
R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

5 players finish on 5.0/7. Fischer takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (27.5).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Theodor Buerger 3 wins (R5–R7)Vincent Blodig 3 wins (R5–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Theodor Buerger*—
0
—
2Vincent Blodig—*——
3Emir Mujdzic
1
—*
½
4Benedikt Heller——
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Fischer, Lorenz1938GER+17B+4N+2N=7B+8N−6B=3B5.027.530.521.502133+62.4
2Mujdzic, Emir1999GER+21B+9N−1B+5N=3B=7N+11B5.027.029.019.502119+46.0
3Heller, Benedikt1981GER+23N=6B=12N+9B=2N+13B=1N5.025.527.018.002124+58.0
4Blodig, Vincent2089GER+14N−1B=18N=12B+9N+8B+6N5.024.026.518.502114+15.6
5Buerger, Theodor1910GER−19N+20B+21N−2B+18N+12B+7N5.020.022.014.502011+39.6
6Vardanian, Yurii2103UKR+15B=3N=13B+10N=7B+1N−4B4.526.529.518.252057-12.4
7Savchuk, Alexander1930GER+20B+19N=10B=1N=6N=2B−5B4.026.028.514.251951+13.2
8Schrimpf, Michael1945AUT+24B−10N+19B+11N−1B−4N+15B4.023.525.011.001950+6.8
9Sajka, Noah2020GER+22N−2B+23N−3N−4B+18B+13N4.023.024.59.501896-34.4
10Martin Fernandez, Rafael2079GER+18N+8B=7N−6B−13N+21B=12N4.022.024.012.251999-25.2
11Salsa, Nicola2147ITA=16N=12B+14N−8B+21N+20B−2N4.021.023.010.751931-62.4
12Ratushnyi, Viktor2175UKR=13B=11N=3B=4N+15B−5N=10B3.526.529.513.751984-64.4
13Papst, Arthur1905GER=12N+16B=6N=18B+10B−3N−9B3.524.026.512.251980+26.8
14Dersewski, Jonas1731GER−4B+17N−11B−20N=19N=16B+22N3.020.022.07.751605-37.6
15Winkler, David1763GER−6N−23B+16N+19B−12N+22B−8N3.019.521.07.501736-16.4
16Stalder, Justus1725GER=11B−13N−15B+17N=20B=14N=18B3.019.021.59.001705-10.8
17Aigner, Niklas0GER−1N−14B=22N−16B+24N=19B+20N3.018.019.56.2516680.0
18Jadron, Sebastian1780GER−10B+24N=4B=13N−5B−9N=16N2.524.526.07.251813+5.6
19Kholodnykh, Kyrylo1607UKR+5B−7B−8N−15N=14B=17N=23B2.522.023.58.751692+20.4
20Akperov, Ali1674UKR−7N−5N+24B+14B=16N−11N−17B2.522.023.56.001784+27.2
21Schindler, Felix1804GER−2N+22B−5B+23N−11B−10NF2.021.523.03.501712-25.6
22Flemming, Paul0GER−9B−21N=17B=24N+23B−15N−14B2.016.518.03.7515770.0
23Uygun, Mustafa Can1624GER−3B+15N−9B−21B−22N−24B=19N1.518.520.04.251616-8.4
24Fecher, Ben1676GER−8N−18B−20N=22B−17B+23NF1.516.017.52.501563-24.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets
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