Krefelder Osteropen 2026

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54 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 02 Apr 2026 to 06 Apr 2026 in Krefeld, Germany. 1 titled players from 6 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2101, and top seed was Sidney Panjer (🇩🇪 GER, FM, 2317).

Sidney Panjer (🇩🇪 GER, FM, 2317) won with 6.0/7, ahead of David Ray Sarmiento (5.5) and Ivan Riabtsev (5.5). Panjer won solo starting round 6.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Justus Josef Stueer (1782) beat Julian-Frank Reuter (2176), a +394-point gap.

Location

🇩🇪Krefeld, Germany

Dates

02 Apr 2026 → 06 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

🇩🇪FMSidney Panjer2317

Avg top 10

2,101

Participants

Titled players · 1

FM×1

Federations · 6 represented

🇩🇪Germany×48

🇧🇪Belgium×1

🇳🇱Netherlands×1

🇮🇳India×1

🇺🇦Ukraine×1

🇵🇭Philippines×1

Top 3

🥇
FMSidney Panjer
🇩🇪GER·2317
6.0pts·2315perf+0.2
🥈
David Ray Sarmiento
🇵🇭PHI·1996
5.5pts·2262perf+46.2
🥉
Ivan Riabtsev
🇺🇦UKR·2054
5.5pts·2172perf+21.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

FM Sidney Panjer led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.

Co-leaders

Panjer6Sarmiento5.5Riabtsev5.5Wilde5Weidert5Muranyi4.5

R6–R7 · LEAD HELD

FM Sidney Panjer held the sole lead from R6 through R7 without losing it.

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Sidney Panjer drew with David Ray Sarmiento (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

FM Sidney Panjer 3 wins (R1–R3)David Ray Sarmiento 3 wins (R4–R6)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1FMSidney Panjer	*	½	½	1
2David Ray Sarmiento	½	*	—	—
3Ivan Riabtsev	½	—	*	—
4Justin Wilde	0	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Panjer, SidneyFM	2317	GER	+24N	+12B	+20N	=3B	+4N	+15B	=2N	6.0	28.0	31.5	26.00	2315	+0.2
2	Sarmiento, David Ray	1996	PHI	+47N	+10B	−13N	+16B	+6N	+14B	=1B	5.5	27.5	29.5	22.00	2262	+46.2
3	Riabtsev, Ivan	2054	UKR	+26B	=21N	+43B	=1N	=14B	+23N	+9B	5.5	25.0	27.0	20.25	2172	+21.6
4	Wilde, Justin	2016	GER	+40N	+22B	=6N	+5B	−1B	+8N	=15N	5.0	27.5	30.0	19.75	2147	+25.8
5	Weidert, Florian	2003	BEL	=37B	+53N	+30B	−4N	+43B	=7N	+20B	5.0	20.5	20.5	12.00	1968	+0.2
6	Langner, Jasper	2061	GER	+19N	=17B	=4B	+27N	−2B	+21N	=7B	4.5	26.5	30.0	17.75	2026	-4.6
7	Krueger, Andre	2014	GER	=41N	+9B	=17N	+22B	=33N	=5B	=6N	4.5	24.5	27.0	17.50	1990	-0.8
8	Parameswaran, Vithushan	1962	GER	=18N	+41B	+29N	+20B	−13N	−4B	+22N	4.5	24.0	26.5	15.00	2040	+27.6
9	Stueer, Justus Josef	1782	GER	+14B	−7N	+44B	=23N	+21B	+37N	−3N	4.5	23.5	25.5	13.75	2064	+99.2
10	Hepting, Frank	1877	GER	+28B	−2N	=36B	=30N	+51B	+27N	=11N	4.5	22.5	23.5	13.00	1897	+5.6
11	Muranyi, Erich	2025	GER	+38B	=42N	=21B	+25N	−15B	+29N	=10B	4.5	21.5	23.5	14.50	1935	-11.6
12	Wenzke, Elias	1975	GER	+50B	−1N	+42B	−14N	=30B	+36N	+25B	4.5	21.0	23.0	11.50	1926	-4.2
13	Nezhyvenko, Mykhailo	2200	GER	+31B	+23N	+2B	=15N	+8B	—	—	4.5	17.5	20.5	18.50	2341	+25.6
14	Reuter, Julian-Frank	2176	GER	−9N	+18B	+24N	+12B	=3N	−2N	=17B	4.0	28.0	31.5	16.75	1923	-35.8
15	Kuipers, Dustin	2106	GER	+39B	F	+16N	=13B	+11N	−1N	=4B	4.0	27.5	30.0	15.75	2163	+10.6
16	Doppalapudi, Vishal	1900	GER	+48B	+44N	−15B	−2N	+36B	=25N	=18B	4.0	21.5	23.5	10.25	1899	+1.4
17	Spickermann, Sven, Dr.	1909	GER	+45B	=6N	=7B	−43N	=38B	+26N	=14N	4.0	21.0	23.0	13.25	1892	-0.6
18	Gaschler, Merlin	0	GER	=8B	−14N	+28B	−36N	+39B	+43N	=16N	4.0	21.0	23.0	12.25	1935	0.0
19	Ni, Wilhelm Zeyin	1732	GER	−6B	=28N	+53B	+42N	−23B	=31N	+40B	4.0	19.0	19.0	7.75	1838	+32.4
20	Hoellman, Ludger	1977	GER	+36B	+25N	−1B	−8N	=26B	+30N	−5N	3.5	25.5	28.0	10.75	1856	-20.2
21	Sai Ritvik Arvapalli	1855	IND	+32N	=3B	=11N	=33B	−9N	−6B	+37N	3.5	25.0	27.5	12.00	1864	+1.2
22	Kuhn, Andreas	1829	GER	+54B	−4N	+26B	−7N	=27B	+38N	−8B	3.5	23.5	23.5	7.75	1826	-1.6
23	Goedde, Patrick	2005	GER	+35N	−13B	+34N	=9B	+19N	−3B	—	3.5	21.5	24.5	12.25	1912	-10.4
24	von der Weyden, Louis	1819	GER	−1B	+48N	−14B	=37N	+28B	=40N	=31B	3.5	21.5	23.5	9.50	1770	-11.4
25	Menai, Nick	1820	GER	+51N	−20B	+47N	−11B	+34N	=16B	−12N	3.5	21.5	22.5	8.00	1821	+2.2
26	Karaschewski, Kevin	1691	GER	−3N	+51B	−22N	+32B	=20N	−17B	+49N	3.5	21.5	22.5	7.75	1724	+2.6
27	Schless, Sebastian	1944	GER	+52N	F	+39B	−6B	=22N	−10B	+42N	3.5	21.0	22.0	7.25	1843	-12.0
28	Emil, Emre	0	GER	−10N	=19B	−18N	+52B	−24N	+46B	+38B	3.5	20.5	21.5	7.50	1688	0.0
29	Wolff, Julian	1866	GER	F	+37N	−8B	=38N	+44B	−11B	+36N	3.5	18.5	18.5	8.25	1857	-0.8
30	Schmermbeck, Tim	1690	GER	F	+46B	−5N	=10B	=12N	−20B	+45N	3.0	21.5	21.5	8.50	1783	+27.6
31	Schocke, Mark	1808	GER	−13N	+40B	−33N	+35B	F	=19B	=24N	3.0	20.5	20.5	9.25	1833	+2.2
32	Kuchta, Tom	0	GER	−21B	=38N	=37B	−26N	+35N	=42B	=39B	3.0	17.5	19.5	7.75	1634	0.0
33	De Vries, Leon	2015	NED	−42B	+50N	+31B	=21N	=7B	—	—	3.0	13.0	15.0	9.00	1857	-16.2
34	Hansen, Lukas	1756	GER	−44B	+45N	−23B	+48N	−25B	+51N	—	3.0	13.0	14.0	5.00	1710	-11.6
35	Zachau, Roland	1584	GER	−23B	−39N	+54B	−31N	−32B	+53N	+51B	3.0	13.0	13.0	1.00	1629	+2.8
36	Stolpe, Marcel	0	GER	−20N	+52B	=10N	+18B	−16N	−12B	−29B	2.5	24.0	25.0	7.25	1655	0.0
37	Emekli, Gabriel	1585	GER	=5N	−29B	=32N	=24B	+46N	−9B	−21B	2.5	23.0	25.0	7.75	1663	+16.8
38	Theiner, Mattis	1671	GER	−11N	=32B	+49N	=29B	=17N	−22B	−28N	2.5	22.0	24.0	7.25	1754	+17.2
39	Kia, Arman Mehdi	1768	GER	−15N	+35B	−27N	−40B	−18N	+47B	=32N	2.5	20.0	22.0	6.50	1722	-16.4
40	Standers, Bruno	1644	GER	−4B	−31N	+45B	+39N	F	=24B	−19N	2.5	20.0	20.0	6.25	1709	+15.6
41	Luven, Thomas	1603	GER	=7B	−8N	−46N	+49B	−50N	−45B	+54N	2.5	17.0	17.0	4.25	1460	-25.8
42	Meisters, Leon	1634	GER	+33N	=11B	−12N	−19B	F	=32N	−27B	2.0	22.5	22.5	6.75	1789	+27.6
43	Gruendker, Jona	1771	GER	F	+49B	−3N	+17B	−5N	−18B	—	2.0	20.5	20.5	6.00	1867	+19.6
44	Pfaar, Zeno	2042	GER	+34N	−16B	−9N	+46B	−29N	—	—	2.0	15.0	17.0	5.00	1717	-40.0
45	Caspers, Nicolai	1451	GER	−17N	−34B	−40N	+54B	F	+41N	−30B	2.0	15.0	15.0	2.50	1468	+0.8
46	Krishnamurthy, Srivathsa Suresh	1417	GER	F	−30N	+41B	−44N	−37B	−28N	+52B	2.0	14.5	14.5	3.50	1565	+32.8
47	Reinacher, Detlev	1691	GER	−2B	+54N	−25B	−51N	−48B	−39N	+53B	2.0	14.5	14.5	0.00	1404	-42.4
48	Bakanov, Hordii	1532	GER	−16N	−24B	+52N	−34B	+47N	—	—	2.0	12.5	13.5	3.00	1660	+27.2
49	Takada, Kazuko	1503	GER	F	−43N	−38B	−41N	+53B	+52N	−26B	2.0	11.5	11.5	1.00	1502	-1.6
50	Pohlmann, Marco	1579	GER	−12N	−33B	F	+53N	+41B	—	—	2.0	10.0	10.0	2.50	1773	+32.4
51	Koper, Anna Margarete	1411	GER	−25B	−26N	F	+47B	−10N	−34B	−35N	1.0	19.5	19.5	2.00	1451	+5.6
52	Kulida, Nazar	1493	GER	−27B	−36N	−48B	−28N	+54N	−49B	−46N	1.0	15.5	15.5	0.00	786	-65.2
53	Krishnamurthy, Padmasini	1535	GER	F	−5B	−19N	−50B	−49N	−35B	−47N	0.0	18.0	18.0	0.00	871	-81.2
54	FIDE 533084858	0	—	−22N	−47B	−35N	−45N	−52B	F	−41B	0.0	14.0	14.0	0.00	809	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Stueer, Justus JosefGER
+99.2
4.5 pts · #9
2Sarmiento, David RayPHI
+46.2
5.5 pts · #2
3Krishnamurthy, Srivathsa SureshGER
+32.8
2.0 pts · #40

Top rating losers

1Krishnamurthy, PadmasiniGER
-81.2
0.0 pts · #53
2Kulida, NazarGER
-65.2
1.0 pts · #54
3Reinacher, DetlevGER
-42.4
2.0 pts · #50

Biggest upsets

R1+394 Elo gap
Stueer, Justus Josef1782 beat Reuter, Julian-Frank2176
R1+381 Elo gap
Meisters, Leon1634 beat De Vries, Leon2015
R4+280 Elo gap
Koper, Anna Margarete1411 beat Reinacher, Detlev1691