Wuerttembergische Jugendeinzelmeisterschaften 2026 U14
Open SwissStandard
31 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 04 Apr 2026 to 11 Apr 2026 in Lindau, Germany. Top 10 Elo average was 1921, and top seed was Yibo Zhang (🇩🇪 GER, 2079).
Ben Kaufmann (🇩🇪 GER, 1959) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Eduard Rau (5.5) and Vihaan Thombre (5.0). Kaufmann won solo starting round 4.
The biggest upset came in round 6: Vihaan Thombre (1700) beat Nick Retzlaff (1931), a +231-point gap.
Location
🇩🇪Lindau, Germany
Dates
04 Apr 2026 → 11 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇩🇪Germany×27
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsBen Kaufmann led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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7
2
1
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R4–R7 · LEAD HELD
Ben Kaufmann never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Ben Kaufmann beat Eduard Rau (Black).
R1–R4 · WIN STREAK
Ben Kaufmann won 4 in a row (R1–R4).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ben Kaufmann | * | 1 | — | 1 |
| 2Eduard Rau | 0 | * | 1 | — |
| 3Vihaan Thombre | — | 0 | * | ½ |
| 4Maksym Kelembet | 0 | — | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kaufmann, Ben | 1959 | GER | +15N | +16B | +2N | +9B | =8N | +5B | +4N | 6.5 | 26.0 | 29.5 | 27.50 | 2310 | +97.6 |
| 2 | Rau, Eduard | 2044 | GER | +20B | +3N | −1B | +23N | =4B | +19N | +10B | 5.5 | 26.0 | 28.5 | 19.75 | 2020 | +0.4 |
| 3 | Thombre, Vihaan | 1700 | GER | +30N | −2B | +15N | +11B | =6N | +8B | =5N | 5.0 | 26.0 | 26.5 | 16.50 | 1995 | +88.8 |
| 4 | Zhang, Yibo | 2079 | GER | +13N | +10B | =8N | =6B | =2N | +7B | −1B | 4.5 | 29.0 | 33.0 | 19.50 | 1986 | -26.4 |
| 5 | Kelembet, Maksym | 2016 | GER | +17N | +11B | =6N | =8B | +9N | −1N | =3B | 4.5 | 28.0 | 31.5 | 18.25 | 1905 | -32.0 |
| 6 | Wakankar, Arnav | 1808 | GER | +18B | +24N | =5B | =4N | =3B | −9N | +14B | 4.5 | 24.5 | 27.0 | 16.00 | 1864 | +13.2 |
| 7 | Kelembet, Artem | 1928 | GER | −23B | =14N | +24B | +17N | +25B | −4N | +9B | 4.5 | 20.5 | 23.0 | 14.25 | 1926 | +4.4 |
| 8 | Retzlaff, Nick | 1931 | GER | +14B | +23N | =4B | =5N | =1B | −3N | =12B | 4.0 | 28.0 | 30.5 | 15.75 | 1866 | -18.8 |
| 9 | Hellriegel, Hannes | 1841 | GER | +22N | +31B | +19N | −1N | −5B | +6B | −7N | 4.0 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 10.50 | 1819 | -7.2 |
| 10 | Cilo, Seyyid | 1836 | GER | +29N | −4N | +25B | =16B | =12N | +15B | −2N | 4.0 | 23.5 | 24.0 | 10.25 | 1818 | -7.2 |
| 11 | Gendzelevsky, Stefan | 1765 | GER | +21B | −5N | +20B | −3N | =14B | +25N | =19B | 4.0 | 22.0 | 24.5 | 11.75 | 1767 | +1.6 |
| 12 | Tselepidis, Konstantinos | 1758 | GER | −24B | =22N | =14B | +18N | =10B | +20N | =8N | 4.0 | 20.5 | 23.0 | 13.25 | 1861 | +22.0 |
| 13 | Yin, Zezhong | 1647 | GER | −4B | −18N | +28B | +24N | =20B | =23N | +21B | 4.0 | 18.5 | 20.5 | 10.25 | 1733 | +8.8 |
| 14 | Wuestenberg, Benjamin | 1684 | GER | −8N | =7B | =12N | +29B | =11N | +16B | −6N | 3.5 | 24.5 | 25.0 | 10.25 | 1749 | +17.6 |
| 15 | Dang, Johannes | 1656 | GER | −1B | +28N | −3B | +21N | +23B | −10N | =20B | 3.5 | 24.0 | 26.0 | 9.00 | 1580 | -22.4 |
| 16 | Mahr, Thorben | 1645 | GER | +28B | −1N | +18B | =10N | −19B | −14N | +24B | 3.5 | 22.5 | 24.5 | 9.50 | 1484 | -28.4 |
| 17 | Masson Podolsky, Mikhail | 1554 | GER | −5B | +21N | =30B | −7B | =22N | =24N | +23B | 3.5 | 20.0 | 20.5 | 8.50 | 1681 | +12.4 |
| 18 | Klimovich, Maximilian | 0 | GER | −6N | +13B | −16N | −12B | =27N | +22B | =26N | 3.0 | 21.5 | 23.5 | 9.25 | 1533 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Hapieiev, Denys | 1742 | GER | =27N | +26B | −9B | F | +16N | −2B | =11N | 3.0 | 21.5 | 22.0 | 9.00 | 1697 | -14.4 |
| 20 | Lu, Alexander | 1614 | GER | −2N | +29B | −11N | +31B | =13N | −12B | =15N | 3.0 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 4.25 | 1528 | -23.2 |
| 21 | Schwalenberg, Fiete | 1537 | GER | −11N | −17B | +26N | −15B | +29N | +27B | −13N | 3.0 | 19.5 | 20.0 | 5.00 | 1394 | -34.4 |
| 22 | Liu, Luka | 0 | GER | −9B | =12B | +27N | −25N | =17B | −18N | +31B | 3.0 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 5.75 | 1614 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Bischoff, Aaron | 0 | GER | +7N | −8B | +31N | −2B | −15N | =13B | −17N | 2.5 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 6.50 | 1600 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Kuebler, Leon | 0 | GER | +12N | −6B | −7N | −13B | +28N | =17B | −16N | 2.5 | 24.0 | 26.0 | 7.75 | 1530 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Jose, Kevin | 1726 | GER | =26N | +27B | −10N | +22B | −7N | −11B | F | 2.5 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 6.25 | 1577 | -30.8 |
| 26 | FIDE 533082839 | 0 | — | =25B | −19N | −21B | −27B | +31N | =29N | =18B | 2.5 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 3.00 | 1317 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Delmas, Lev | 1537 | GER | =19B | −25N | −22B | +26N | =18B | −21N | F | 2.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 5.50 | 1396 | -21.6 |
| 28 | Neumueller, Tim | 0 | GER | −16N | −15B | −13N | F | −24B | +31N | +29B | 2.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 0.50 | 850 | 0.0 |
| 29 | FIDE 533082871 | 0 | — | −10B | −20N | F | −14N | −21B | =26B | −28N | 0.5 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 1.25 | 868 | 0.0 |
| 30 | FIDE 533082812 | 0 | — | −3B | F | =17N | F | F | F | F | 0.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 1.75 | 1434 | 0.0 |
| 31 | FIDE 533082820 | 0 | — | F | −9N | −23B | −20N | −26B | −28B | −22N | 0.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 0.00 | 928 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Kaufmann, BenGER+97.66.5 pts · #1
- 2Thombre, VihaanGER+88.85.0 pts · #5
- 3Tselepidis, KonstantinosGER+22.04.0 pts · #10
Top rating losers
- 1Schwalenberg, FieteGER-34.43.0 pts · #21
- 2Kelembet, MaksymGER-32.04.5 pts · #3
- 3Jose, KevinGER-30.82.5 pts · #24
Biggest upsets
- R6+231 Elo gap
- R7+120 Elo gap