Deutsche Jugendmeisterschaft 2026 U16

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34 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 24 May 2026 to 30 May 2026 in Willingen, Germany. 9 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2290, and top seed was Alfred Nemitz (🇩🇪 GER, FM, 2363).

Alfred Nemitz (🇩🇪 GER, FM, 2363) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Levi Malinowsky (6.5) and Nikita Nechitaylo (6.0). Nemitz won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Floris Thuemler (1977) beat Daniel Nunez Gregoire (FM, 2331), a +354-point gap.

Location

🇩🇪Willingen, Germany

Dates

24 May 2026 → 30 May 2026

Time control

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

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇩🇪FMAlfred Nemitz2363

Avg top 10

2,290

Participants

Titled players · 9

FM×8

CM×1

Federations · 2 represented

🇩🇪Germany×33

🇺🇦Ukraine×1

Top 3

🥇
FMAlfred Nemitz
🇩🇪GER·2363
7.5pts·2462perf+21.0
🥈
FMLevi Malinowsky
🇩🇪GER·2311
6.5pts·2363perf+14.0
🥉
FMNikita Nechitaylo
🇩🇪GER·2315
6.0pts·2366perf+12.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

FM Alfred Nemitz led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Nemitz7.5Malinowsky6.5Albrecht6Schwitkowski6Nechitaylo6Skembris5.5

R5–R9 · LEAD HELD

FM Alfred Nemitz never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R1–R3 · WIN STREAK

FM Alfred Nemitz won 3 in a row (R1–R3).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1FMAlfred Nemitz	*	—	½	—
2FMLevi Malinowsky	—	*	—	½
3FMNeil Albrecht	½	—	*	—
4Luka Schwitkowski	—	½	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Nemitz, AlfredFM	2363	GER	+17B	+16N	+9B	=11N	+7B	+3B	=6N	=4N	+8B	7.5	43.5	48.0	39.75	2462	+21.0
2	Malinowsky, LeviFM	2311	GER	+13B	−9N	=3B	+26N	+21B	=5N	=15B	+6B	+7N	6.5	42.0	45.5	31.75	2363	+14.0
3	Nechitaylo, NikitaFM	2315	GER	+18N	=15B	=2N	+9B	+11B	−1N	+5B	=7B	=4N	6.0	46.5	51.0	32.25	2366	+12.4
4	Albrecht, NeilFM	2316	GER	+24N	−11B	+22N	=16B	+8N	+15B	=7N	=1B	=3B	6.0	42.5	46.0	29.25	2315	+1.2
5	Schwitkowski, Luka	2252	GER	+23N	+8B	−11N	+12B	=15N	=2B	−3N	+16B	+14N	6.0	42.0	46.0	29.50	2284	+16.8
6	Mohylnyi, StepanFM	2282	UKR	+12B	−7N	=13B	+17N	+16N	+11B	=1B	−2N	=9B	5.5	44.5	49.0	28.00	2227	-10.2
7	Amini, Yusuf	2065	GER	+27N	+6B	=15N	+29B	−1N	+20B	=4B	=3N	−2B	5.5	44.0	47.0	24.75	2275	+98.0
8	Skembris, Simon MaxCM	2156	GER	+30B	−5N	=17B	+31N	−4B	+12N	+21B	+11N	−1N	5.5	41.0	44.0	22.25	2214	+30.8
9	Noennig, Jakob	2245	GER	+28N	+2B	−1N	−3N	+29B	−10N	+30B	+25B	=6N	5.5	41.0	44.0	22.25	2241	+6.8
10	Nunez Gregoire, DanielFM	2331	GER	=22N	−29B	+33N	=18B	=12N	+9B	−11N	+24B	+17B	5.5	35.0	37.0	22.25	2180	-30.2
11	Herrmann, JakobFM	2212	GER	+34B	+4N	+5B	=1B	−3N	−6N	+10B	−8B	=13N	5.0	47.0	48.0	24.75	2258	+12.0
12	Dodul, Arthur	2016	GER	−6N	+27B	+20N	−5N	=10B	−8B	=24N	+30N	+21B	5.0	38.0	41.0	19.50	2172	+70.8
13	Hempel, Lorenz	2002	GER	−2N	+28B	=6N	−22B	−24N	+27B	+19N	+26N	=11B	5.0	36.0	39.5	20.25	2151	+67.2
14	Mujdzic, Emir	2045	GER	−31B	+33N	−25B	=19N	=30B	+18N	+29B	+15N	−5B	5.0	32.0	34.0	17.75	2092	+21.2
15	Schuricht, Emil FrederickFM	2273	GER	+19B	=3N	=7B	+25N	=5B	−4N	=2N	−14B	=16N	4.5	44.0	47.5	22.25	2144	-28.0
16	Nguyen, Thanh An	2077	GER	+32N	−1B	+23N	=4N	−6B	=24B	+22N	−5N	=15B	4.5	41.0	44.0	18.00	2173	+44.0
17	Ritzenhoff, Tomke	2029	GER	−1N	+32B	=8N	−6B	+27N	=21N	=26B	+22B	−10N	4.5	39.0	42.0	17.00	2141	+49.2
18	Bangert, Jonas	2130	GER	−3B	+19N	=21B	=10N	−20N	−14B	=28N	+27B	+24N	4.5	36.5	40.0	18.00	2085	-20.4
19	Retzlaff, Kian	1957	GER	−15N	−18B	+32N	=14B	=26B	=25N	−13B	+34N	+28N	4.5	32.5	33.5	13.50	2027	+30.8
20	Holtwessels, Jan	2078	GER	=33B	=31N	−12B	+23N	+18B	−7N	F	+29N	=25B	4.5	32.0	34.0	15.75	2055	-8.8
21	Stephanblome, Felix	2164	GER	=29N	=25B	=18N	+24B	−2N	=17B	−8N	+23B	−12N	4.0	37.0	40.0	15.25	2033	-61.6
22	Vranckx, Oscar	2164	GER	=10B	=26N	−4B	+13N	=25B	=29N	−16B	−17N	+31B	4.0	35.5	38.5	15.75	2041	-56.4
23	Fischer, Lorenz	2024	GER	−5B	+30N	−16B	−20B	+31N	−26N	+33B	−21N	+29B	4.0	31.5	33.5	11.00	2026	+1.2
24	Aniol, Nico	2087	GER	−4B	+34N	=26B	−21N	+13B	=16N	=12B	−10N	−18B	3.5	38.0	39.0	12.50	2046	-22.8
25	Mueller, Maximilian	1958	GER	=26B	=21N	+14N	−15B	=22N	=19B	F	−9N	=20N	3.5	36.5	40.0	15.25	2095	+51.2
26	Lu, Yunong Elias	2178	GER	=25N	=22B	=24N	−2B	=19N	+23B	=17N	−13B	F	3.5	35.5	35.5	14.00	2024	-66.4
27	Arslan, Savas	1841	GER	−7B	−12N	+34B	=28N	−17B	−13N	+32B	−18N	+33B	3.5	33.0	34.0	7.75	1913	+29.6
28	Sniegowski, Richard	1944	GER	−9B	−13N	=30B	=27B	=32N	=34N	=18B	+33N	−19B	3.5	31.0	32.0	9.50	1909	-20.4
29	Thuemler, Floris	1977	GER	=21B	+10N	+31B	−7N	−9N	=22B	−14N	−20B	−23N	3.0	38.0	41.0	12.50	1986	-0.4
30	Pauls, Florian	1971	GER	−8N	−23B	=28N	+33B	=14N	+31B	−9N	−12B	−32B	3.0	34.5	36.5	9.25	1891	-39.6
31	Radeke, Timothy	1884	GER	+14N	=20B	−29N	−8B	−23B	−30N	+34B	=32N	−22N	3.0	32.0	33.0	9.75	1889	-0.4
32	Jablonski, Ture	1792	GER	−16B	−17N	−19B	+34N	=28B	−33B	−27N	=31B	+30N	3.0	28.5	29.5	7.25	1838	+18.8
33	Freimuth, Julius	2040	GER	=20N	−14B	−10B	−30N	=34B	+32N	−23N	−28B	−27N	2.0	32.0	33.0	5.75	1774	-122.8
34	Tabales, Lennart	1920	GER	−11N	−24B	−27N	−32B	=33N	=28B	−31N	−19B	F	1.0	28.0	28.0	2.75	1648	-100.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Amini, YusufGER
+98.0
5.5 pts · #8
2Dodul, ArthurGER
+70.8
5.0 pts · #14
3Hempel, LorenzGER
+67.2
5.0 pts · #11

Top rating losers

1Freimuth, JuliusGER
-122.8
2.0 pts · #33
2Tabales, LennartGER
-100.8
1.0 pts · #34
3Lu, Yunong EliasGER
-66.4
3.5 pts · #27

Biggest upsets

R2+354 Elo gap
Thuemler, Floris1977 beat FMNunez Gregoire, Daniel2331
R8+228 Elo gap
Mujdzic, Emir2045 beat FMSchuricht, Emil Frederick2273
R2+217 Elo gap
Amini, Yusuf2065 beat FMMohylnyi, Stepan2282