Deutsche Jugendmeisterschaft 2026 U12w

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46 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 24 May 2026 to 30 May 2026 in Willingen, Germany. 1 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1785, and top seed was Flora Yueya Huang (🇩🇪 GER, 1876).

Yuefan Chen (🇩🇪 GER, WCM, 1847) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Flora Yueya Huang (7.0) and Isabella Artemenko (6.0). Chen won solo starting round 7.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Mathilda Marie Essers (1446) beat Linnea Rhein (1743), a +297-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

🇩🇪Flora Yueya Huang1876

Avg top 10

1,785

Participants

Titled players · 1

WCM×1

Federations · 3 represented

🇩🇪Germany×39

🇮🇷Iran×1

🇵🇱Poland×1

Top 3

🥇
WCMYuefan Chen
🇩🇪GER·1847
7.5pts·1992perf+60.4
🥈
Flora Yueya Huang
🇩🇪GER·1876
7.0pts·1915perf+20.0
🥉
Isabella Artemenko
🇩🇪GER·1785
6.0pts·1785perf+2.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

WCM Yuefan Chen led from R7; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R7.

Co-leaders

Chen7.5Huang7Vignesh6Tu6Ito6Lukas6

R7–R9 · LEAD HELD

WCM Yuefan Chen held the sole lead from R7 through R9 without losing it.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

WCM Yuefan Chen drew with Flora Yueya Huang (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

WCM Yuefan Chen 3 wins (R1–R3)Flora Yueya Huang 3 wins (R1–R3)Sara Vignesh 3 wins (R6–R8)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1WCMYuefan Chen	*	½	½	1
2Flora Yueya Huang	½	*	—	—
3Sara Vignesh	½	—	*	0
4Tiffany Tu	0	—	1	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Chen, YuefanWCM	1847	GER	+29N	+7B	+9N	=2B	+6N	=3B	+10N	+4B	=8N	7.5	48.0	52.0	42.50	1992	+60.4
2	Huang, Flora Yueya	1876	GER	+22N	+36B	+4N	=1N	+5B	=10N	=9B	+3B	=7B	7.0	47.0	50.5	38.25	1915	+20.0
3	Artemenko, Isabella	1785	GER	+37B	=14N	=34B	+11B	+4N	=1N	=12B	−2N	+20B	6.0	45.0	48.5	30.75	1785	+2.4
4	Gubler, Miriam	1647	GER	+44B	+5N	−2B	+8N	−3B	+35N	+28B	−1N	+15B	6.0	45.0	47.5	27.00	1823	+74.0
5	Lukas, Olivia	1793	GER	+17N	−4B	+31N	+7B	−2N	+29B	−6N	+23B	+10N	6.0	44.0	48.0	29.00	1772	-6.4
6	Tu, Tiffany	1785	GER	+25B	=34N	+8B	+28N	−1B	−9N	+5B	=11N	+18B	6.0	44.0	47.5	30.00	1824	+19.6
7	Ito, Sarah	1703	GER	+32B	−1N	+41B	−5N	+37B	=15N	+16B	+13B	=2N	6.0	43.5	46.5	27.00	1804	+49.6
8	Vignesh, Sara	1748	GER	+31N	+19B	−6N	−4B	=22N	+36B	+34N	+9B	=1B	6.0	42.0	45.5	27.50	1756	+8.0
9	Satheesh, Dharshini	1768	GER	+41B	+12N	−1B	=36N	+14B	+6B	=2N	−8N	=11B	5.5	46.0	49.0	27.50	1786	+10.8
10	Giss, Annika	1628	GER	=30N	=38B	+17N	+22B	+34N	=2B	−1B	+12N	−5B	5.5	43.0	46.5	25.75	1718	+44.0
11	Chen, Aimee	1699	GER	+26B	=16N	+15B	−3N	=28B	=25N	+14B	=6B	=9N	5.5	41.5	45.5	27.00	1714	+10.4
12	Hendler, Felicitas	1599	GER	+40N	−9B	=39N	+21B	=13N	+18B	=3N	−10B	+25N	5.5	40.5	44.0	25.50	1700	+31.2
13	Zhong, Sophie Chenxin	1802	GER	=27B	=35N	=16B	+19N	=12B	=14N	+25B	−7N	+24B	5.5	40.0	43.5	25.75	1668	-55.2
14	Kuehn, Nicole	1547	GER	+45N	=3B	=23N	+18B	−9N	=13B	−11N	=17B	+31N	5.0	41.0	43.0	21.50	1668	+49.2
15	Sriram, Yashasri	1605	GER	+39N	=21B	−11N	=30B	+17N	=7B	=23N	+22B	−4N	5.0	40.5	44.0	22.75	1616	+4.8
16	Satheesh, Yazhini	1503	GER	+46N	=11B	=13N	=23B	=29N	=34B	−7N	=21B	+30N	5.0	38.0	38.0	18.00	1648	+51.6
17	Winkler, Anni	1562	GER	−5B	+42N	−10B	+45N	−15B	+32N	=24B	=14N	+28B	5.0	37.0	39.0	17.75	1562	-1.6
18	Xu, Dorothea Sicheng	1637	GER	=35B	=20N	+37B	−14N	+38B	−12N	+41B	+28N	−6N	5.0	36.0	39.0	18.25	1637	-0.4
19	Kotliarova, Emily	1550	GER	+33B	−8N	=35B	−13B	=39N	=26N	=37B	+38N	+32B	5.0	34.5	38.0	19.00	1567	+4.4
20	Langhammer, Valentine	1609	GER	=23N	=18B	−36N	−37N	+33B	+42B	+30N	+29B	−3N	5.0	34.5	37.5	19.75	1576	-14.0
21	FIDE 533050740	0	—	+24B	=15N	−28B	−12N	−41B	+45N	+35B	=16N	+29N	5.0	34.5	36.5	19.00	1578	0.0
22	Essers, Mathilda Marie	1446	GER	−2B	+32N	+45B	−10N	=8B	=24N	+27B	−15N	=23N	4.5	41.0	43.0	18.00	1608	+59.2
23	Elsayed Esam, Sally	1603	GER	=20B	+27N	=14B	=16N	+36B	−28N	=15B	−5N	=22B	4.5	39.0	42.5	20.25	1613	+4.4
24	Oeksuez, Meryem Naz	1573	GER	−21N	+43B	−38N	+39B	=30N	=22B	=17N	+26B	−13N	4.5	35.5	38.5	17.75	1542	-12.4
25	Artarov, Rina	1579	GER	−6N	−45B	+44N	+31B	+42N	=11B	−13N	+34B	−12B	4.5	35.5	37.5	15.75	1596	+2.0
26	Schmidt, Hannah	1463	GER	−11N	=29B	−30N	=40B	+44N	=19B	+36N	−24N	+35B	4.5	33.5	36.0	15.75	1536	+26.0
27	Rhein, Linnea	1743	GER	=13N	−23B	−29N	+33N	−35B	+43B	−22N	+40N	+34B	4.5	33.0	36.0	16.75	1450	-106.0
28	Tiuca, Emma	1671	GER	=38N	+30B	+21N	−6B	=11N	+23B	−4N	−18B	−17N	4.0	41.0	44.5	18.00	1539	-58.0
29	Ruddat, Maila	1528	GER	−1B	=26N	+27B	+35N	=16B	−5N	+38B	−20N	−21B	4.0	41.0	44.5	16.25	1609	+30.4
30	Biglari, Adrina	1654	IRI	=10B	−28N	+26B	=15N	=24B	=37N	−20B	+41N	−16B	4.0	37.0	40.0	16.75	1543	-53.2
31	Wolf, Aurelia	1487	GER	−8B	+44N	−5B	−25N	−32B	+46N	+33B	+37N	−14B	4.0	35.5	35.5	10.00	1345	-40.8
32	Subocz, Emma	1465	POL	−7N	−22B	=40N	=43B	+31N	−17B	+42N	+36B	−19N	4.0	34.5	37.5	13.75	1440	-11.6
33	FIDE 533091510	0	—	−19N	−39B	+43N	−27B	−20N	+44B	−31N	+46B	+41B	4.0	30.5	30.5	8.50	1455	0.0
34	Hleizer, Ahata	1545	GER	+43N	=6B	=3N	+38B	−10B	=16N	−8B	−25N	−27N	3.5	41.0	44.0	15.00	1546	-3.6
35	Missova, Dimana	1497	GER	=18N	=13B	=19N	−29B	+27N	−4B	−21N	+39B	−26N	3.5	39.5	43.0	15.75	1522	+4.8
36	Jodalli, Aarna	1604	GER	+42B	−2N	+20B	=9B	−23N	−8N	−26B	−32N	+44B	3.5	39.5	42.0	13.25	1417	-65.2
37	Mueller, Greta Waltraud	1574	GER	−3N	+40B	−18N	+20B	−7N	=30B	=19N	−31B	=38N	3.5	38.5	42.0	14.75	1465	-46.8
38	Jaensch, Layla	1420	GER	=28B	=10N	+24B	−34N	−18N	+40B	−29N	−19B	=37B	3.5	35.0	38.5	14.50	1447	+10.8
39	Profetta, Frida	0	GER	−15B	+33N	=12B	−24N	=19B	−41N	=40B	−35N	+42B	3.5	34.0	37.0	14.00	1306	-84.4
40	FIDE 533001898	0	—	−12B	−37N	=32B	=26N	+45B	−38N	=39N	−27B	+46N	3.5	31.0	31.0	8.00	1271	0.0
41	Richter, Mila	1647	GER	−9N	+46B	−7N	−42B	+21N	+39B	−18N	−30B	−33N	3.0	36.0	36.0	8.50	891	-70.4
42	Rabus, Luise	0	GER	−36N	−17B	+46N	+41N	−25B	−20N	−32B	+43B	−39N	3.0	31.5	31.5	6.00	1401	0.0
43	Seyedfakhari, Elena	1445	GER	−34B	−24N	−33B	=32N	+46B	−27N	=44B	−42N	+45B	3.0	28.0	28.0	5.25	1260	-32.4
44	FIDE 533091676	0	—	−4N	−31B	−25B	+46N	−26B	−33N	=43N	+45B	−36N	2.5	31.5	31.5	3.50	1137	0.0
45	FIDE 533062080	0	—	−14B	+25N	−22N	−17B	−40N	−21B	+46B	−44N	−43N	2.0	33.0	33.0	4.50	1276	0.0
46	Fahim, Lina	0	GER	−16B	−41N	−42B	−44B	−43N	−31B	−45N	−33N	−40B	0.0	28.0	30.0	0.00	721	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Gubler, MiriamGER
+74.0
6.0 pts · #12
2Chen, YuefanWCMGER
+60.4
7.5 pts · #1
3Essers, Mathilda MarieGER
+59.2
4.5 pts · #21

Top rating losers

1Rhein, LinneaGER
-106.0
4.5 pts · #35
2Profetta, FridaGER
-84.4
3.5 pts · #40
3Richter, MilaGER
-70.4
3.0 pts · #46

Biggest upsets

R7+297 Elo gap
Essers, Mathilda Marie1446 beat Rhein, Linnea1743
R5+246 Elo gap
Missova, Dimana1497 beat Rhein, Linnea1743
R3+215 Elo gap
Ruddat, Maila1528 beat Rhein, Linnea1743