Bezirk Hannover Open 2026

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43 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 30 Apr 2026 to 03 May 2026 in Hannover, Germany. 4 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1935, and top seed was Leon Zweigait (🇩🇪 GER, 2035).

Moritz Krueger (🇩🇪 GER, 1886) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Ahmet Kaan Erol (5.5) and Leon Zweigait (5.0). Krueger won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Ahmet Kaan Erol (1838) beat Leon Zweigait (2035), a +197-point gap.

Location

🇩🇪Hannover, Germany

Dates

30 Apr 2026 → 03 May 2026

Time control

Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇩🇪Leon Zweigait2035

Avg top 10

1,935

Participants

Federations · 4 represented

🇩🇪Germany×35

🇮🇹Italy×1

🇫🇷France×1

🇬🇷Greece×1

Top 3

🥇
Moritz Krueger
🇩🇪GER·1886
5.5pts·2084perf+53.2
🥈
Ahmet Kaan Erol
🇩🇪GER·1838
5.5pts·2160perf+40.8
🥉
Leon Zweigait
🇩🇪GER·2035
5.0pts·2040perf+2.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 5.5/7, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Erol5.5Krueger5.5Scholz5Schubert5Zweigait5Wittur5— ex-leaders:Erolled R5, #7

R5 · LEADER CHANGE02 May

Ahmet Kaan Erol takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.5/7. Krueger takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (28.5).

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Ahmet Kaan Erol drew with Moritz Krueger (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Ahmet Kaan Erol	*	½	½	—
2Moritz Krueger	½	*	—	1
3Tom Scholz	½	—	*	—
4Sven Schubert	—	0	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Krueger, Moritz	1886	GER	+28N	+12B	+4B	−8N	+13B	=2N	+3B	5.5	28.5	31.5	24.25	2084	+53.2
2	Erol, Ahmet Kaan	1838	GER	+40B	+22N	=13B	+16N	+3B	=1B	=7N	5.5	26.5	27.5	20.25	2160	+40.8
3	Zweigait, Leon	2035	GER	+19N	+29B	+7N	+9B	−2N	+8B	−1N	5.0	29.0	32.0	21.00	2040	+2.4
4	Schubert, Sven	2001	GER	+34N	+15B	−1N	=17B	+18N	+10B	=8N	5.0	26.5	28.5	18.75	2009	+3.0
5	Gehrke, Mathias	1835	GER	+35N	−9B	+20N	+23B	=7N	=15B	+14N	5.0	24.5	26.5	17.50	1902	+9.4
6	Wittur, Helge	1864	GER	+41N	+14B	−9N	+12B	−10N	+23B	+15N	5.0	24.5	24.5	15.50	1915	+9.2
7	Scholz, Tom	1903	GER	+43B	+23N	−3B	+26N	=5B	+22N	=2B	5.0	24.5	24.5	14.25	1986	+16.4
8	Herrmann, Andreas	2009	GER	+26B	=16N	+18B	+1B	=9N	−3N	=4B	4.5	28.0	31.0	19.25	1997	-0.4
9	Vilain, Thomas	1937	FRA	+32B	+5N	+6B	−3N	=8B	=11N	=13B	4.5	28.0	30.5	19.00	2014	+12.4
10	Martetschlaeger, Hubert	1855	GER	=25B	+27N	+22B	=13N	+6B	−4N	=11B	4.5	24.5	27.5	16.75	1992	+19.8
11	Prahl, Niklas	1882	GER	=27B	F	+25N	+14B	+17N	=9B	=10N	4.5	23.0	23.0	17.00	1885	+1.6
12	Wilmink, Luca	1791	GER	+36B	−1N	+42B	−6N	+34B	=13N	+24B	4.5	21.5	21.5	9.00	1842	+5.6
13	Shugar, Sean	0	GER	+?N	+17B	=2N	=10B	−1N	=12B	=9N	4.0	28.5	28.5	13.50	1855	0.0
14	Mueller, Wolfgang	0	GER	+21B	−6N	+38B	−11N	+27B	+16N	−5B	4.0	25.0	26.0	11.50	1722	0.0
15	Serreck, Uwe	1849	GER	+31B	−4N	+32B	+34N	=16B	=5N	−6B	4.0	24.5	26.5	12.00	1828	-3.4
16	Hertrampf, Noah	1847	GER	+30N	=8B	+24N	−2B	=15N	−14B	+28N	4.0	24.0	27.0	13.25	1901	+11.2
17	Goertzen, Simon	1825	ITA	+39B	−13N	+33B	=4N	−11B	+21N	=18B	4.0	23.5	24.5	11.50	1843	+4.0
18	Zweigait, Bjoern	1822	GER	+42N	=24B	−8N	+19B	−4B	+33N	=17N	4.0	23.0	23.0	10.00	1860	+11.2
19	Danisch, Garvin, Dr.	1748	GER	−3B	+25N	=21B	−18N	+36N	=24B	+35N	4.0	20.5	22.5	10.25	1648	-7.0
20	Lueders Vega, Iago Ernst	1692	GER	−22B	+40N	−5B	+21N	−23N	+38B	+29N	4.0	18.5	19.5	8.50	1654	-8.0
21	Haupt, Florian	0	GER	−14N	+41B	=19N	−20B	+25N	−17B	+34N	3.5	21.0	21.0	7.00	1702	0.0
22	Polenz, Fredrik	1927	GER	+20N	−2B	−10N	+37B	+32N	−7B	F	3.0	23.5	23.5	8.50	1728	-26.4
23	Kedrowitsch, Marcel Alexander	1771	GER	+38N	−7B	F	−5N	+20B	−6N	+26B	3.0	23.0	23.0	8.00	1734	-10.4
24	Engelking, Michael	1907	GER	+33B	=18N	−16B	=27N	=26B	=19N	−12N	3.0	22.5	25.0	9.50	1686	-79.6
25	Danisch, Bennett Laif	0	GER	=10N	−19B	−11B	+31N	−21B	=36N	+37B	3.0	21.5	23.5	8.25	1555	0.0
26	Mavropoulos, Charitonas	1737	GRE	−8N	+37B	+28N	−7B	=24N	=29B	−23N	3.0	21.5	23.5	8.00	1649	-20.8
27	Kahl, Lisa	1543	GER	=11N	−10B	+41N	=24B	−14N	=32B	=30N	3.0	21.5	21.5	6.50	1778	+54.0
28	Schroeder, Torben	0	GER	−1B	+36N	−26B	+38N	−29B	+31N	−16B	3.0	20.5	21.5	6.00	1031	0.0
29	Juerke, Uwe	1854	GER	+37N	−3N	−34B	=30B	+28N	=26N	−20B	3.0	20.0	22.0	8.00	1472	-72.8
30	Kohlmeyer, Benjamin	0	GER	−16B	−32N	+39B	=29N	−33B	+41N	=27B	3.0	16.0	16.0	4.00	1568	0.0
31	FIDE 533087601	0	—	−15N	−34B	+35N	−25B	+39N	−28B	+38N	3.0	15.0	16.0	4.00	981	0.0
32	Soechtig, Erik Simon	1710	GER	−9N	+30B	−15N	F	−22B	=27N	+33B	2.5	20.0	20.0	7.00	1636	-10.4
33	Will, Thomas	1667	GER	−24N	+35B	−17N	=36B	+30N	−18B	−32N	2.5	18.5	20.5	6.00	1016	-24.4
34	Redondas Taboada, Antonio	1712	GER	−4B	+31N	+29N	−15B	−12N	−35B	−21B	2.0	23.0	25.0	6.00	1681	-3.6
35	Meth, Moritz	0	GER	−5B	−33N	−31B	F	+37N	+34N	−19B	2.0	18.5	18.5	4.00	1548	0.0
36	FIDE 533081611	0	—	−12N	−28B	F	=33N	−19B	=25B	+39N	2.0	18.0	18.0	3.75	1462	0.0
37	FIDE 533077320	0	—	−29B	−26N	+40B	−22N	−35B	+39B	−25N	2.0	15.0	16.0	2.00	1039	0.0
38	Moeckel, Ferdinand	0	GER	−23B	F	−14N	−28B	+40N	−20N	−31B	1.0	18.0	18.0	1.00	932	0.0
39	FIDE 533088144	0	—	−17N	−?B	−30N	+41B	−31B	−37N	−36B	1.0	14.0	14.0	0.00	1680	0.0
40	Grigoryan, Anton	0	GER	−2N	−20B	−37N	F	−38B	F	+41B	1.0	12.5	12.5	0.00	1563	0.0
41	Bochmann, Bradley Mike	1535	GER	−6B	−21N	−27B	−39N	F	−30B	−40N	0.0	16.5	16.5	0.00	904	-24.4
42	FIDE 533082120	0	—	−18B	F	−12N	F	F	F	F	0.0	11.0	11.0	0.00	1007	0.0
43	Fendel, Arsenij	1652	GER	−7N	F	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	5.0	5.0	0.00	1103	-7.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Kahl, LisaGER
+54.0
3.0 pts · #16
2Krueger, MoritzGER
+53.2
5.5 pts · #9
3Erol, Ahmet KaanGER
+40.8
5.5 pts · #7

Top rating losers

1Engelking, MichaelGER
-79.6
3.0 pts · #11
2Juerke, UweGER
-72.8
3.0 pts · #34
3Polenz, FredrikGER
-26.4
3.0 pts · #23

Biggest upsets

R5+197 Elo gap
Erol, Ahmet Kaan1838 beat Zweigait, Leon2035
R7+162 Elo gap
Lueders Vega, Iago Ernst1692 beat Juerke, Uwe1854
R7+149 Elo gap
Krueger, Moritz1886 beat Zweigait, Leon2035