2. Schwaigern Open 2026 B-Turnier

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53 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 14 May 2026 to 17 May 2026 in Schwaigern, Germany. 8 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1836, and top seed was Thomas Frenznick (🇩🇪 GER, 1966).

Marc Motzer (🇩🇪 GER, 1822) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Heiko Haussmann (5.5) and Maximilian Mitin (5.0). Motzer shared the lead from round 2, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Maximilian Mitin (1698) beat Thomas Frenznick (1966), a +268-point gap.

Location

🇩🇪Schwaigern, Germany

Dates

14 May 2026 → 17 May 2026

Time control

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

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇩🇪Thomas Frenznick1966

Avg top 10

1,836

Participants

Federations · 8 represented

🇩🇪Germany×43

🇫🇷France×1

🇷🇴Romania×1

🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina×1

🇳🇱Netherlands×1

🇹🇷Turkiye×1

🇮🇳India×1

🇱🇺Luxembourg×1

Top 3

🥇
Marc Motzer
🇩🇪GER·1822
5.5pts·1959perf+22.8
🥈
Heiko Haussmann
🇩🇪GER
5.5pts·1742perf0.0
🥉
Maximilian Mitin
🇩🇪GER·1698
5.0pts·2080perf+97.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 5.5/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Motzer5.5Haussmann5.5Theile-Rasche5Arora5Mitin5Duran5

R5–R7 · LEAD HELD

Marc Motzer held the sole lead from R5 through R7 without losing it.

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.5/7. Motzer takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (27.5).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Marc Motzer 5 wins (R1–R5)Heiko Haussmann 3 wins (R4–R6)Ingo Theile-Rasche 3 wins (R4–R6)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Marc Motzer	*	—	½	—
2Heiko Haussmann	—	*	—	—
3Ingo Theile-Rasche	½	—	*	—
4Ryan Arora	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Motzer, Marc	1822	GER	+6N	+22B	+20N	+3B	+9N	−10B	=8N	5.5	27.5	31.0	24.00	1959	+22.8
2	Haussmann, Heiko	0	GER	+48N	+53B	−9N	+21B	+17N	+3B	=10N	5.5	23.5	23.5	16.75	1742	0.0
3	Mitin, Maximilian	1698	GER	+50B	+14N	+16B	−1N	+11B	−2N	+28B	5.0	27.0	28.5	17.50	2080	+97.6
4	Arora, Ryan	1826	GER	+45B	=24N	=7B	+5N	=12B	+20N	=11B	5.0	26.0	28.0	19.25	1922	+29.2
5	Duran, Emrah	1698	TUR	+29N	−9B	+32N	−4B	+21N	+15B	+17N	5.0	24.5	27.5	18.00	1818	+19.4
6	Walke Kedar	1604	IND	−1B	+43N	−12B	+40N	+33N	+27B	+19N	5.0	23.0	25.5	15.50	1804	+26.6
7	Dollmann, Guenter	1801	GER	=39N	+30B	=4N	+24B	F	+14N	+9B	5.0	22.5	22.5	18.75	2095	+52.0
8	Theile-Rasche, Ingo	1829	GER	=46B	=44N	=36B	+25N	+23B	+12N	=1B	5.0	21.5	23.5	17.50	1818	-0.4
9	Schott, Reimund	1840	FRA	+25B	+5N	+2B	+15N	−1B	=28N	−7N	4.5	28.5	32.0	19.75	1848	+2.2
10	Eschweiler, Martin	1746	GER	=49B	+40N	F	=11N	+15B	+1N	=2B	4.5	26.5	28.0	17.75	1942	+24.6
11	Siegmann, Harald	1805	GER	+23N	=38B	+41N	=10B	−3N	+22B	=4N	4.5	24.0	26.5	15.50	1806	+0.8
12	Sriram, Aumkar	1744	GER	=30N	=37B	+6N	+33B	=4N	−8B	+38B	4.5	23.5	26.0	15.75	1738	+0.4
13	Rieber, Rene	1827	GER	=37N	+39B	F	+38B	−20N	+23B	+26N	4.5	20.0	22.5	13.25	1780	-5.0
14	Holzinger, Markus	1831	GER	+42N	−3B	+37N	=20B	+16N	−7B	=18N	4.0	24.0	26.5	12.75	1756	-13.4
15	Kupfer, Levin	1813	GER	+36B	+31N	+21B	−9B	−10N	−5N	+20B	4.0	24.0	26.5	12.50	1646	-44.8
16	Seybold, Marco	1777	GER	+26N	+47B	−3N	=22B	−14B	=25N	+30N	4.0	22.5	24.5	12.00	1661	-18.2
17	Jesch, Alexander	1671	GER	−47N	+26B	+53N	+27B	−2B	+34N	−5B	4.0	22.5	22.5	10.00	1905	+49.2
18	Scherp, Manuel	1701	GER	−21B	+51N	+44B	−28N	=26B	+36N	=14B	4.0	19.0	20.5	9.75	1812	+34.0
19	Pitic, Mustafa	1766	BIH	−31B	=23N	+49B	=46N	+39B	+32N	−6B	4.0	19.0	20.5	9.75	1649	-14.2
20	Riedel, Thomas	1708	GER	+32N	+28N	−1B	=14N	+13B	−4B	−15N	3.5	26.5	29.5	13.00	1800	+17.2
21	Perlin, Timur	0	GER	+18N	+34B	−15N	−2N	−5B	+37B	=22N	3.5	25.0	27.5	11.25	1736	0.0
22	Kappes, Florian	1681	GER	+35B	−1N	+31B	=16N	=34B	−11N	=21B	3.5	23.5	26.5	11.25	1603	-7.4
23	Kruijssen, Diederik	1589	NED	−11B	=19B	+30N	+52B	−8N	−13N	+47B	3.5	23.0	24.0	8.00	1680	+12.6
24	FIDE 24669407	0	—	+33N	=4B	=27N	−7N	F	=31B	+32B	3.5	22.5	22.5	11.75	1737	0.0
25	Salwasser, Demian	1647	GER	−9N	=48B	+47N	−8B	+35N	=16B	=27N	3.5	22.0	24.0	9.75	1611	-10.0
26	Werner, Andreas	1569	GER	−16B	−17N	+45B	+43N	=18N	+41B	−13B	3.5	21.5	23.5	9.00	1662	+13.4
27	Bencze, Josef	1802	GER	=44B	+46N	=24B	−17N	+36B	−6N	=25B	3.5	20.5	22.5	9.00	1623	-28.2
28	Frenznick, Thomas	1966	GER	+52N	−20B	+38N	+18B	F	=9B	−3N	3.5	20.5	20.5	9.75	1769	-54.0
29	Kern, Hans-Joachim	1488	GER	−5B	−36N	+51B	−42N	=45B	+53N	+40B	3.5	16.0	16.0	5.00	1551	+18.4
30	Faisz, David	1538	GER	=12B	−7N	−23B	+49N	=42B	+44N	−16B	3.0	21.5	23.0	7.00	1617	+25.6
31	Kreiner, Bernhard	0	GER	+19N	−15B	−22N	+37B	F	=24N	=34B	3.0	20.5	20.5	9.75	1733	0.0
32	Sivashankar, Shrishti	1518	LUX	−20B	+45N	−5B	+44N	+46B	−19B	−24N	3.0	20.0	22.0	6.00	1667	+47.2
33	FIDE 533088942	0	—	−24B	F	+52N	−12N	−6B	+39N	+41B	3.0	19.0	19.0	6.00	1681	0.0
34	Nieke, Karl-Friedrich	1780	GER	+51B	−21N	F	+35B	=22N	−17B	=31N	3.0	18.5	18.5	7.75	1643	-11.0
35	Ziaja, Michael	0	GER	−22N	+42B	F	−34N	−25B	+45N	+36B	3.0	17.0	17.0	7.00	1659	0.0
36	Anzinger, Simon	1598	GER	−15N	+29B	=8N	+41B	−27N	−18B	−35N	2.5	23.0	25.5	8.50	1669	+19.2
37	Ludwig, Lothar	1623	GER	=13B	=12N	−14B	−31N	=43B	−21N	+50B	2.5	22.0	23.5	7.25	1676	+3.8
38	Gaensmantel, Arno	1667	GER	+43B	=11N	−28B	−13N	+53B	F	−12N	2.5	21.5	21.5	4.75	1514	-25.6
39	Gnielka, Thomas, Dr.	0	GER	=7B	−13N	=40B	+47N	−19N	−33B	=45B	2.5	21.0	23.0	6.75	1558	0.0
40	Ludwig, Vincent	1527	GER	=41N	−10B	=39N	−6B	+49N	=42B	−29N	2.5	20.5	22.0	5.25	1497	-9.6
41	Alsabra, Stewart	1720	GER	=40B	+49N	−11B	−36N	+48B	−26N	−33N	2.5	18.0	19.5	4.75	1542	-58.0
42	Wehrle, Guido	1635	GER	−14B	−35N	=50B	+29B	=30N	=40N	F	2.5	17.5	17.5	7.00	1596	-4.6
43	Renz, Rebecca	0	GER	−38N	−6B	F	−26B	=37N	+50N	+44B	2.5	17.0	17.0	4.75	1460	0.0
44	Salwasser, Andrej	1583	GER	=27N	=8B	−18N	−32B	+52N	−30B	−43N	2.0	21.0	22.0	5.25	1549	-6.0
45	Diehm, Axel	1615	GER	−4N	−32B	−26N	+51B	=29N	−35B	=39N	2.0	20.5	22.0	4.50	1446	-45.6
46	Pitic, Alen	1634	GER	=8N	−27B	+48N	=19B	−32N	F	F	2.0	20.0	20.0	6.50	1622	-4.8
47	Blagojevic, Luka	0	GER	+17B	−16N	−25B	−39B	F	+48N	−23N	2.0	19.5	19.5	6.00	1575	0.0
48	Thotli, Jathin Krishna	1553	GER	−2B	=25N	−46B	+50N	−41N	−47B	=49N	2.0	17.0	18.5	4.00	1443	-22.4
49	Alexe, Marius	1541	ROU	=10N	−41B	−19N	−30B	−40B	=51N	=48B	1.5	18.5	20.0	4.00	1402	-47.2
50	Reinwald, Leonhard	0	GER	−3N	−52B	=42N	−48B	+51N	−43B	−37N	1.5	16.0	17.0	2.75	1431	0.0
51	Hertlein, Markus	1576	GER	−34N	−18B	−29N	−45N	−50B	=49B	+53N	1.5	15.5	15.5	0.75	1259	-33.8
52	Pollinger, Stephanie	1656	GER	−28B	+50N	−33B	−23N	−44B	F	F	1.0	13.5	13.5	1.50	913	-26.6
53	FIDE 533064130	0	—	F	−2N	−17B	F	−38N	−29B	−51B	0.0	17.0	17.0	0.00	801	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Mitin, MaximilianGER
+97.6
5.0 pts · #7
2Dollmann, GuenterGER
+52.0
5.0 pts · #13
3Jesch, AlexanderGER
+49.2
4.0 pts · #25

Top rating losers

1Alsabra, StewartGER
-58.0
2.5 pts · #31
2Frenznick, ThomasGER
-54.0
3.5 pts · #11
3Alexe, MariusROU
-47.2
1.5 pts · #43

Biggest upsets

R7+268 Elo gap
Mitin, Maximilian1698 beat Frenznick, Thomas1966
R2+258 Elo gap
Riedel, Thomas1708 beat Frenznick, Thomas1966
R6+198 Elo gap
Walke Kedar1604 beat Bencze, Josef1802