Deutsche Jugendmeisterschaft 2026 U14w

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32 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 24 May 2026 to 30 May 2026 in Willingen, Germany. 3 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1886, and top seed was Christina Jordan (🇨🇭 SUI, WFM, 2106).

Yueyi Chen (🇩🇪 GER, WCM, 2037) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Maria Klymenko (7.0) and Lilian Schirmbeck (6.5). Chen shared the lead from round 8, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 9: Enya Marie Wang (1794) beat Christina Jordan (WFM, 2106), a +312-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

🇨🇭WFMChristina Jordan2106

Avg top 10

1,886

Participants

Titled players · 3

WFM×1

WCM×2

Federations · 2 represented

🇩🇪Germany×30

🇨🇭Switzerland×1

Top 3

🥇
WCMYueyi Chen
🇩🇪GER·2037
7.0pts·2064perf+15.6
🥈
Maria Klymenko
🇩🇪GER·1804
7.0pts·2069perf+119.2
🥉
WCMLilian Schirmbeck
🇩🇪GER·1919
6.5pts·1994perf+38.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 2 players tied at 7.0/9, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Klymenko7Chen7Schirmbeck6.5Jordan6Wang6Bohatyrova6

R6 · LEADER CHANGE27 May

WFM Christina Jordan takes the sole lead (5.0/6).

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.0/9. Chen takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (46.0).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Maria Klymenko drew with WCM Yueyi Chen (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Maria Klymenko	*	½	½	½
2WCMYueyi Chen	½	*	½	½
3WCMLilian Schirmbeck	½	½	*	½
4WFMChristina Jordan	½	½	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Chen, YueyiWCM	2037	GER	+16N	=11B	+9N	=2B	=3N	+10B	=4B	+7N	+5B	7.0	46.0	50.5	38.25	2064	+15.6
2	Klymenko, Maria	1804	GER	+19N	+22B	=4B	=1N	=5B	+9N	=3N	+8B	+12B	7.0	44.5	48.5	35.75	2069	+119.2
3	Schirmbeck, LilianWCM	1919	GER	+24B	+29N	+12B	=4N	=1B	−5N	=2B	+9N	+14B	6.5	45.0	48.0	32.00	1994	+38.0
4	Jordan, ChristinaWFM	2106	SUI	+17N	+15B	=2N	=3B	+8N	+13B	=1N	=5N	−6B	6.0	47.0	51.5	32.25	1926	-62.4
5	Bohatyrova, Mariia	1818	GER	=25B	+26N	+11N	=8B	=2N	+3B	+18N	=4B	−1N	6.0	44.5	48.0	30.25	1954	+62.8
6	Wang, Enya Marie	1794	GER	−22N	+19B	+7N	+16B	−13N	+20B	−8N	+17B	+4N	6.0	38.5	42.5	28.50	1879	+38.8
7	Noennig, Lotte	1740	GER	+32B	=10N	−6B	−11N	+30B	+21N	+15B	−1B	+8N	5.5	39.5	40.5	20.00	1798	+24.0
8	Schmidt, Sophie	1699	GER	=31B	+20N	+10B	=5N	−4B	+12N	+6B	−2N	−7B	5.0	44.5	46.5	24.00	1808	+47.2
9	Burchardi, Helena	1868	GER	=20B	+25N	−1B	+30N	+11B	−2B	+13N	−3B	=10N	5.0	43.0	46.0	21.00	1811	-23.6
10	Sobczak, Zuzanna	1909	GER	+13N	=7B	−8N	+14B	+12B	−1N	=17N	=11B	=9B	5.0	42.5	47.0	25.00	1797	-50.8
11	Busch, Lara Sophie	1684	GER	+28N	=1N	−5B	+7B	−9N	=14B	+19N	=10N	=16B	5.0	42.0	45.5	23.75	1845	+72.8
12	Mersmann, Jasmin	1628	GER	+27N	+18B	−3N	+17B	−10N	−8B	+16N	+13B	−2N	5.0	42.0	45.5	22.00	1825	+91.6
13	Wolf, Helena	1719	GER	−10B	+32N	+15N	+29B	+6B	−4N	−9B	−12N	+21B	5.0	38.5	39.5	18.50	1796	+28.8
14	Huang, Jasmin Shuya	1732	GER	=21B	=31N	=30B	−10N	+26B	=11N	+20N	+18B	−3N	5.0	35.5	37.5	19.00	1747	+6.0
15	Komar, Valerie	1702	GER	+23N	−4N	−13B	+19B	+16N	−18B	−7N	+22B	=17N	4.5	38.0	42.0	18.75	1769	+27.6
16	Fruth, Julia	1744	GER	−1B	+28N	+21B	−6N	−15B	+31N	−12B	+30N	=11N	4.5	38.0	40.0	15.00	1685	-29.6
17	Tu, Audrey	1683	GER	−4B	+23N	+31B	−12N	=21B	+29N	=10B	−6N	=15B	4.5	37.5	39.5	15.75	1736	+20.4
18	Stiehler, Mara	1783	GER	=26B	−12N	+25B	=20N	+31B	+15N	−5B	−14N	=24B	4.5	35.5	37.5	15.75	1678	-49.6
19	Ali, Maha	1824	GER	−2B	−6N	+28B	−15N	+24B	+25N	−11B	−21N	+30B	4.0	37.5	40.5	14.00	1638	-86.8
20	Didas, Emma	1530	GER	=9N	−8B	+24N	=18B	+29N	−6N	−14B	=27B	=23N	4.0	37.0	40.0	15.50	1700	+75.2
21	Margaryan, Mane	1600	GER	=14N	=27B	−16N	+22B	=17N	−7B	=23N	+19B	−13N	4.0	36.5	40.0	16.50	1683	+40.4
22	Fettan, Nua	1738	GER	+6B	−2N	−29B	−21N	=27N	+23B	=26B	−15N	+25B	4.0	36.0	39.0	17.00	1674	-30.8
23	Alnajjar, Sara	1584	GER	−15B	−17B	+32N	=26N	=25B	−22N	=21B	+29N	=20B	4.0	31.0	32.0	11.50	1594	+1.6
24	Briese, Sophie	1694	GER	−3N	−30B	−20B	=28N	−19N	+32B	+31B	+26N	=18N	4.0	31.0	32.0	10.50	1601	-42.8
25	Heidtkamp, Anna	1698	GER	=5N	−9B	−18N	+32B	=23N	−19B	=27N	+28B	−22N	3.5	34.5	35.5	11.25	1601	-41.6
26	Hladeniuk, Yelyzaveta	1731	GER	=18N	−5B	=27N	=23B	−14N	=28B	=22N	−24B	+32N	3.5	34.5	35.5	10.75	1567	-69.2
27	Werner, Amelie	1774	GER	−12B	=21N	=26B	−31N	=22B	=30N	=25B	=20N	=29B	3.5	30.0	32.0	12.50	1572	-97.6
28	Waeldchen, Anna	1543	GER	−11B	−16B	−19N	=24B	+32N	=26N	=29B	−25N	+31B	3.5	29.5	30.5	8.25	1572	+10.0
29	Suryaprakash, Smrithi	1763	GER	+30N	−3B	+22N	−13N	−20B	−17B	=28N	−23B	=27N	3.0	35.0	38.0	10.50	1553	-98.8
30	Margaryan, Mari	1612	GER	−29B	+24N	=14N	−9B	−7N	=27B	+32N	−16B	−19N	3.0	34.5	35.5	9.25	1574	-15.6
31	Birkenheier, Larissa	1565	GER	=8N	=14B	−17N	+27B	−18N	−16B	−24N	−32B	−28N	2.0	34.5	35.5	8.50	1514	-20.8
32	FIDE 533091501	0	—	−7N	−13B	−23B	−25N	−28B	−24N	−30B	+31N	−26B	1.0	32.0	34.0	2.00	1303	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Klymenko, MariaGER
+119.2
7.0 pts · #1
2Mersmann, JasminGER
+91.6
5.0 pts · #9
3Didas, EmmaGER
+75.2
4.0 pts · #22

Top rating losers

1Suryaprakash, SmrithiGER
-98.8
3.0 pts · #25
2Werner, AmelieGER
-97.6
3.5 pts · #23
3Ali, MahaGER
-86.8
4.0 pts · #20

Biggest upsets

R9+312 Elo gap
Wang, Enya Marie1794 beat WFMJordan, Christina2106
R5+233 Elo gap
Didas, Emma1530 beat Suryaprakash, Smrithi1763
R8+224 Elo gap
Margaryan, Mane1600 beat Ali, Maha1824