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Chessence Masters Tournament No. 14

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16 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 12 Jun 2026 to 14 Jun 2026 in Willingen, Germany. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2061, and top seed was Chris Huckebrink (🇩🇪 GER, 2263).

Georg Kubitza (🇩🇪 GER, 1905) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Stefan Schork (4.5) and Daniel Kuhn (3.5). Kubitza shared the lead from round 2, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Mark Mueller (2034) beat Chris Huckebrink (2263), a +229-point gap.

Location
🇩🇪Willingen, Germany
Dates
12 Jun 2026 → 14 Jun 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes for first 40 moves and 15 min. for the rest of the game with 30 sec. increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇩🇪Chris Huckebrink2263
Avg top 10
2,061
Participants
16
Titled players · 1
CM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇩🇪Germany×16
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.5/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
6
3
2
2
2
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Kubitza4.5Schork4.5Kuhn3.5Pittelkow3Johnen2.5Cassel2.5
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.5/5. Kubitza takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (13.5).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Georg Kubitza drew with Stefan Schork (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Georg Kubitza 3 wins (R1–R3)Stefan Schork 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Georg Kubitza*
½
1
1
2Stefan Schork
½
*—
1
3Daniel Kuhn
0
—*—
4Andreas, Dr. Pittelkow
0
0
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Kubitza, Georg1905GER+3N+4B+9N=2B+5N4.513.515.513.252388+110.8
2Schork, Stefan2108GER+14B+10N+5B=1N+4B4.512.013.010.752337+22.0
3Kuhn, Daniel2032GER−1B+16N+13B=5N+6B3.511.011.55.752158+16.8
4Pittelkow, Andreas, Dr.2039GER+16B−1N+10B+12N−2N3.012.513.04.002041+0.6
5Mueller, Mark2034GER+7N+15B−2N=3B−1B2.515.016.05.252045+1.2
6Johnen, Daniel2113GER=8N−9B+7N+13B−3N2.510.512.05.251979-17.8
7Cassel, Silas1915GER−5B=11N−6B+14N+9B2.59.010.04.001995+10.6
8Schellmann, FrankCM1974GER=6B=12N=11B=9N=10N2.58.510.05.001980+0.8
9ter Stal, Lars1896GER=12B+6N−1B=8B−7N2.012.013.54.501908+1.2
10Schoene, Karsten1921GER+13B−2B−4N=11N=8B2.012.013.53.751962+5.2
11Hoffmann, Matthias1975GER−15N=7B=8N=10B=12B2.08.59.54.251941-5.8
12Jonnek, Thomas1994GER=9N=8BF−4B=11N1.59.510.53.251884-12.6
13Martin, Dennis2076GER−10N+14B−3N−6N=16B1.59.09.51.251839-31.8
14Kuehn, Matthias1956GER−2N−13N+16B−7BF1.09.09.00.501811-15.2
15Huckebrink, Chris2263GER+11B−5NFFF1.06.06.02.002005-12.6
16Philipp, Nils1916GER−4N−3B−14NF=13N0.59.09.00.751704-18.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets