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Mittelfraenkischer Schachkongress 2026 Nebenturnier

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27 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 22 May 2026 to 25 May 2026 in Nuernberg, Germany. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1831, and top seed was Steffen Schoene (🇩🇪 GER, 1907).

Olha Ratushna (🇺🇦 UKR, 1769) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Timo Loos (5.0) and Hermann Schloetterer (4.5). Ratushna shared the lead from round 5 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Maike Arlt (1488) beat Christian Thomas Nuesslein (1776), a +288-point gap.

Location
🇩🇪Nuernberg, Germany
Dates
22 May 2026 → 25 May 2026
Time control
Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇩🇪Steffen Schoene1907
Avg top 10
1,831
Participants
27
Federations · 2 represented
🇩🇪Germany×25
🇺🇦Ukraine×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Olha Ratushna led from R7; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
10
2
1
1
3
3
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7Ratushna takes lead
Ratushna5.5Loos5Jain4.5Hahn4.5Schloetterer4.5Balhar4.5— ex-leaders:Balharled R3–R4, #17
R7 · LEADER CHANGE25 May

Olha Ratushna takes the sole lead (5.5/7).

R3–R5 · WIN STREAK

Olha Ratushna won 3 in a row (R3–R5).

R3–R4 · FORMER LEADER FALL

Michael Balhar held the sole lead at R3–R4 but finished #17.

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Olha Ratushna*——
1
2Timo Loos—*—
½
3Vihaan Jain——*—
4Thomas Hahn
0
½
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Ratushna, Olha1769UKR+20B−12N+26B+17N+3B=4N+6B5.522.523.517.752084+55.6
2Loos, Timo1834GER+14B=8N=17B+18N+4B=6N=3B5.024.026.518.501868+10.0
3Schloetterer, Hermann1807GER+24N=5B=18N+12B−1N+11B=2N4.524.526.515.0018040.0
4Balhar, Michael1772GER+22N+26B+12N=11B−2N=1B=5N4.524.525.513.751704-8.2
5Jain, Vihaan1692GER+21B=3N+9B−13N+11N=7B=4B4.524.026.516.501920+86.8
6Hahn, Thomas1806GER=17B=19N+22B+20N+13B=2B−1N4.522.024.513.751791-0.4
7Weissmann, Peter1820GER=15B−17N+16B+8N=9B=5N=10N4.023.526.515.501779-4.8
8Becker, Christian1735GER+10N=2B−11N−7B+23N+12B=13N4.023.525.513.751825+29.6
9Suess, Helmut1854GER+25N=11B−5N+23B=7NF+17B4.019.521.510.751852-0.2
10Hanek, Erik1876GER−8B+14NF+22N=18B+19N=7B4.019.019.011.751862+0.4
11Bilger, Ralf1736GER+13B=9N+8B=4N−5B−3N=15B3.525.028.513.501795+19.2
12Nikolaiev, Mykyta0GER+23N+1B−4B−3N=19B−8N+21B3.523.525.511.2517840.0
13Schoene, Steffen1907GER−11N+25B+24N+5B−6NF=8B3.521.523.510.501778-18.6
14Barnowski, Roman1727GER−2N−10B+27B=21N=15B=16N+19B3.521.021.07.251778+8.4
15Dragomir, Andrei Eduard0GER=7N−18B−23N+25B=14N+24B=11N3.517.519.59.5017560.0
16Tamrazyan, Mariam1569GERF=23B−7N+26N=21B=14B+24N3.515.015.07.001757+47.6
17Koltsov, Roman1608GER=6N+7B=2N−1B+20BF−9N3.026.529.011.251745+33.6
18FIDE 5330509880—=19B+15N=3B−2B=10NFF2.523.523.59.0017410.0
19Lang, Franz, Dr.1795GER=18N=6B−20N+24B=12N−10B−14N2.520.522.57.251673-27.2
20Hassel, Tim0GER−1NF+19B−6B−17N=21N+22B2.520.520.56.2516590.0
21Hestermann, Hans-Ludwig1831GER−5N−24B+25N=14B=16N=20B−12N2.519.521.56.751597-62.0
22Arlt, Maike1488GER−4B+27N−6N−10B=25N+23B−20N2.519.519.53.001729+63.6
23Nuesslein, Christian Thomas1776GER−12B=16N+15B−9N−8B−22N=25B2.021.023.06.251435-42.6
24Sarcevic, Ivo1629GER−3B+21N−13B−19N+26B−15N−16B2.020.021.03.501542-10.8
25Mueller, Gerhard1728GER−9B−13N−21B−15N=22B+26N=23N2.018.019.03.251531-23.8
26Tamrazyan, Vladislav0GER+27B−4N−1N−16B−24N−25BF1.017.517.50.0014320.0
27Walch, Roger1760GER−26N−22B−14NFFFF0.07.07.00.00808-27.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets