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Schwarzach Blitz 2026Tournament diary

Recap1 Aug 2026

Lost to a 1253 in round one, finished 17th

All 13 rounds

  1. 1✗ Loss1253
  2. 2✓ Win1520
  3. 3✓ Win1576
  4. 4✗ Loss2096
  5. 5✓ Win1596
  6. 6✗ Loss2148
  7. 7✗ Loss1581
  8. 8✓ Win1665
  9. 9✓ Win1531
  10. 10✓ Win1559
  11. 11✓ Win1713
  12. 12✗ Loss2072
  13. 13✓ Win1959

Score

8/ 13

8 won · 5 lost

Finish

17+12

vs seed 29

Performance

1812+1

vs rating 1811

Rating change

+15.2

since the start

Schwarzach Blitz 2026Turniertagebuch

Rückblick1. Aug. 2026

In Runde eins gegen 1253 verloren, am Ende Platz 17

Alle 13 Runden

  1. 1✗ Niederlage1253
  2. 2✓ Sieg1520
  3. 3✓ Sieg1576
  4. 4✗ Niederlage2096
  5. 5✓ Sieg1596
  6. 6✗ Niederlage2148
  7. 7✗ Niederlage1581
  8. 8✓ Sieg1665
  9. 9✓ Sieg1531
  10. 10✓ Sieg1559
  11. 11✓ Sieg1713
  12. 12✗ Niederlage2072
  13. 13✓ Sieg1959

Punkte

8/ 13

8 Siege · 5 Niederlagen

Platz

17+12

vs Startrang 29

Turnierleistung

1812+1

vs Elo 1811

Elo-Änderung

+15,2

seit Turnierstart

Lost to a 1253 in round one, finished 17thIn Runde eins gegen 1253 verloren, am Ende Platz 17

Started 29th of 75, finished 17th with 8 points out of 13, a 1812 performance and +15.2 on my FIDE blitz rating. The game I actually remember is round one. Kirana Groß is rated 1253 and I am rated 1811. She beat me, and she beat me properly.

The women played really well at this tournament and I like seeing more and more of them get into chess. I had just not planned on being the exhibit.

Pia Langeder (1576) in round 3 and Sebastian Gruber (1531) in round 9 were the flag wins. Both of them were borderline winning when their time ran out, and in blitz that is a full point, so I took both. I know exactly what happened there. The clock won, not me.

The middle was rough. Rounds 4 to 7 gave me one win, and Mario Rella (1581) handed me a second loss to a much lower-rated player in round 7. Then it turned: from round 8 I won five of my last six, and the one I dropped went to Nico Brenner (2072), who finished 7th in the whole field.

Black was kinder to me than White all day, 5 out of 7 with the black pieces and 3 out of 6 with White. A tournament that opens with a 1253 beating me and ends twelve places above my seed is a trade I take every time.