CChessStats

93. Pfaelzischer Schachkongress 2026 Meisterturnier A (MTA)

Round-RobinStandard

10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 27 Mar 2026 to 04 Apr 2026 in Kaiserslautern, Germany. 4 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2203, and top seed was Martin Heider (🇩🇪 GER, 2395).

Martin Heider (🇩🇪 GER, 2395) won with 8.5/9, ahead of Arkadi Syrov (5.5) and Oleg Yakovenko (5.5). Heider won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Markus Mueller (CM, 2038) beat Arkadi Syrov (FM, 2334), a +296-point gap.

Location
🇩🇪Kaiserslautern, Germany
Dates
27 Mar 2026 → 04 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1
System
Round-robin · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇩🇪Martin Heider2395
Avg top 10
2,203
Participants
10
Titled players · 4
FM×2
CM×2
Federations · 1 represented
🇩🇪Germany×10
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 10 · 9 rounds

Martin Heider led from R5 onwards, the title was decided early. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
#1#2#5#10R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
R5–R9 · LEAD HELD

Martin Heider never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +3.0 over the runner-up.

R7 · DECISIVE LEAD03 Apr

Martin Heider opens a +1.5-point gap over the chasing pack (closest: FM Roland Ollenberger); the title is out of reach before R9.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Martin Heider beat Oleg Yakovenko (White).

Cross-table

#PlayerElo12345678910PtsSBBhΔ EloPerf
1🇩🇪Heider, Martin2395*111½111118.534.0036.5+16.72625
3🇩🇪FMSyrov, Arkadi23340*½11½½0115.521.0039.5-13.42268
2🇩🇪Yakovenko, Oleg22270½*½½½½1115.518.7539.5+13.62280
4🇩🇪Musiolik, David226100½*0111115.517.7539.5+4.62276
5🇩🇪FMOllenberger, Roland2177½0½1*011015.019.5040.0+16.82248
6🇩🇪CMBold, Andre22350½½01*01115.017.0040.0+1.82242
7🇩🇪Huschens, Matthias20940½½001*½½½3.513.7541.5+7.42135
8🇩🇪CMMueller, Markus2038010000½*½13.09.2542.0+10.82096
9🇩🇪Junker, Reiner2214000010½½*13.08.7542.0-16.42076
10🇩🇪Roth, Jonas2051000000½00*0.51.7544.5-84.41775

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets