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Hamburger Einzelmeisterschaft 2026 Meisterklasse

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18 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 23 May 2026 to 31 May 2026 in Hamburg, Germany. 3 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2141, and top seed was Malte Colpe (🇩🇪 GER, IM, 2358).

Malte Colpe (🇩🇪 GER, IM, 2358) won with 9.0/9, ahead of Valerian Giraud (7.0) and Jakob Goepfert (5.5). Colpe won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Elias Mandelkow (1940) beat Hauke, Dr. Reddmann (FM, 2198), a +258-point gap.

Location
🇩🇪Hamburg, Germany
Dates
23 May 2026 → 31 May 2026
Time control
Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇩🇪IMMalte Colpe2358
Avg top 10
2,141
Participants
18
Titled players · 3
IM×2
FM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇩🇪Germany×17
FIDE (no federation)×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

IM Malte Colpe led from R4; +2.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
6
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
R4–R9 · LEAD HELD

IM Malte Colpe never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +2.0 over the runner-up.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Malte Colpe beat Valerian Giraud (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

IM Malte Colpe 9 wins (R1–R9)Valerian Giraud 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Colpe, MalteIM2358GER+17N+4B+3N+2B+5B+10N+11B+9N+6N9.038.539.539.502879+15.4
2Giraud, Valerian2067GER+6N+5B+13N1N+8B=3B=7N+4B+11B7.041.044.030.002301+52.4
3Goepfert, Jakob2103GER+15N+14B1B5N+7B=2N4B+12N+10B5.540.542.520.502206+24.6
4Pittelkow, Andreas, Dr.2039GER+10B1N=12B+6B=14N=5B+3N2N=8B5.042.545.521.752165+28.4
5Keyser, Robin2192GER+7B2N+16B+3B1N=4N=10B=8N9B4.544.045.017.752067-28.0
6Mandelkow, Elias1940GER2B+9N+10B4N=11B=7N=8B+13N1B4.542.045.017.752085+32.4
7Spaet, Alexander1996GER5N+17B+11N=14B3N=6B=2B=10N=13B4.535.036.015.252104+25.4
8Haertel, Leon1947GER=11N+18B14N+13B2N=12B=6N=5B=4N4.534.035.014.502058+50.8
9Markovic, Daniel2026GER14N6B=15N+18B10B+16N+13N1B+5N4.531.032.010.502077+10.8
10Reddmann, Hauke, Dr.FM2198GER4N+15B6N+12B+9N1B=5N=7B3N4.041.043.014.502033-38.4
11Pakhomov, Denis2090FID=8B=16N7BF=6N+13B1N+15B2N3.535.536.510.001985-23.6
12Schell, Franz Juergen, Dr.2045GER=18N13B=4N10N+16B=8NF3B+15N3.526.026.08.251962-18.2
13Atri, Jamshid2061GER=16B+12N2B8N+15B11N9B6B=7N3.034.035.08.251871-45.6
14Chevelevitch, Evgueni, Dr.IM2252GER+9B3N+8B=7N=4BFFFF3.024.024.013.752094-9.3
15Bohlmann, Eric1986GER3B10N=9B+16N13NF=18B11N12B2.026.026.03.751836-31.0
16Al Amin, Sami1867GER=13N=11B5N15B12N9BFFF1.021.021.03.251794-20.0
17Eberle, Triona2036GER1B7N+18NFFFFFF1.018.018.01.001939-8.8
18Schwarzkopf, Joerg, Dr.1839GER=12B8N17B9NFF=15NFF1.015.515.52.751768-8.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets