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Wiener Amateurschachklub Open 2026

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38 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 30 Apr 2026 to 03 May 2026 in Vienna, Austria. 4 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2154, and top seed was Nikolaus Stanec (🇦🇹 AUT, GM, 2433).

Nikolaus Stanec (🇦🇹 AUT, GM, 2433) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Tom Nolz (4.0) and Nathaniel Wickramasinghe (4.0). Stanec broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Christoph Kornfehl (1824) beat Andrii Karasevych (2012), a +188-point gap.

Location
🇦🇹Vienna, Austria
Dates
30 Apr 2026 → 03 May 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇦🇹GMNikolaus Stanec2433
Avg top 10
2,154
Participants
38
Titled players · 4
GM×1
CM×1
WIM×1
WFM×1
Federations · 3 represented
🇦🇹Austria×34
🇺🇦Ukraine×3
🇧🇸Bahamas×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

GM Nikolaus Stanec led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
17
7
3
2
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R5–R5 · LEAD HELD

GM Nikolaus Stanec never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Nikolaus Stanec beat Tom Nolz (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

GM Nikolaus Stanec 5 wins (R1–R5)Tom Nolz 3 wins (R1–R3)Nathaniel Wickramasinghe 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1GMNikolaus Stanec*
1
1
2Tom Nolz
0
*
3Nathaniel Wickramasinghe
0
*
4Dario Soldo*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Stanec, NikolausGM2433AUT+14N+34B+7N+2B+3N5.014.015.015.002887+6.1
2Nolz, Tom2232AUT+22B+20N+17B1N+10B4.013.015.010.002374+17.4
3Wickramasinghe, Nathaniel2060AUT+24B+30N+12B+5N1B4.013.014.59.502294+27.6
4Soldo, Dario1945AUT+6B=10N+15B=12N+26B4.011.513.510.752328+48.6
5Leonov, Leonid1936AUT+21N+8B=10N3B+15B3.513.015.510.002238+80.4
6Veladzic, Benjamin2087AUT4N=9B+27N+14B+18N3.512.514.58.752158+19.2
7Jevremovic, Filip2069AUT+31B+23N1B=13N+12B3.512.013.57.252222+38.0
8Groessing, Daniel-Yosuke2095AUT+11B5N+32B=19N+13B3.511.513.08.252125+8.0
9Exler, VeronikaWIM2159AUT=13B=6N=22B+16N+17B3.511.013.09.002156+0.4
10Pribitzer, Stefan2131AUT+26N=4B=5B+20N2N3.014.016.08.252097-3.8
11Steinert, Martin1954AUT8N25B+36N+35B+23N3.07.57.52.002005+7.2
12Radnaev, LeoCM2175AUT+32N+19B3N=4B7N2.514.015.56.002016-41.6
13Karelina, PolinaWFM1984BAH=9N+21B=16N=7B8N2.513.015.57.252061+10.4
14Kuntner, Reinhard2008AUT1B=24N+28B6N+31B2.512.514.04.502072+6.2
15Fuertler, Oliver2071AUT+27N=16B4N+22B5N2.512.014.05.251941-34.8
16Kucharski, Michael1896AUT+25N=15N=13B9B=20N2.511.013.05.752058+21.0
17Wiedermann, Daniel2063AUT+33N+35B2N=18B9N2.511.011.02.252027-4.6
18Karasevych, Andrii2012UKR30B+33N+23B=17N6B2.59.510.54.251948-8.2
19Bitarafhaghighi, Hossein2022AUT+36N12N+30B=8BF2.59.59.53.252081+6.2
20Hellerschmid, Andreas2036AUT+38N2B+35N10B=16B2.59.59.51.251991-11.6
21Karner, Daniel2086AUT5B13N+33B=31N+30B2.59.010.03.251914-22.2
22Schwaiger, Michael2007AUT2N+37B=9N15N=32B2.011.511.52.501997-2.2
23Gaiovy, Danylo1859AUT+29N7B18N+32N11B2.011.012.53.501937+19.6
24Hoebarth, Guenter1901AUT3N=14B+29NF=28B2.010.510.54.252036+14.6
25Taizhanov, Aissultan2040AUT16B+11N+31B26NF2.010.011.54.501935-22.8
26Klausner, Felix1975AUT10B+36NF+25B4N2.010.010.02.001992+1.8
27Aichinger, Johannes1920AUT15B=28N6B=30N+35N2.09.59.51.751899-6.4
28Stinner, David2050AUTF=27B14N+33B=24N2.07.57.53.001935-12.6
29Sauper, Dorian2027AUT23B31N24B+37N+36B2.05.55.50.001813-28.8
30Kornfehl, Christoph1824AUT+18N3B19N=27B21N1.511.513.53.501871+5.0
31Gockner, Martin1916AUT7N+29B25N=21B14N1.510.512.53.251897-2.6
32Veladzic, Isak1985AUT12B+38N8N23B=22N1.510.010.01.001853-35.6
33Kravchuk, Aleksandr1909AUT17B18B21N28N+37B1.09.59.50.001782-14.8
34Mykhailets, Polina2042UKR+37N1NFFF1.07.07.00.002166+8.8
35Feseniuk, Pavlo1822AUTF17N20B11N27B0.010.010.00.001193-44.8
36Hrdina, Karl1851AUT19B26B11BF29N0.09.59.50.001195-24.6
37Stasiv, Eugenia1899UKR34B22NF29B33N0.06.06.00.001196-59.2
38Grzywacz, Phillip1876AUT20B32BFFF0.04.04.00.001211-12.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets