48th German Solving Championship 2026 (Germany, Wiesloch 11.04./12.04.2026)

Rank Name Cat.   Country Rating # Title Round  1 - 20' Round  2 - 60' Round  3 - 100' Round  4 - 50' Round  5 - 80' Round  6 - 50' Total - 360 Perf. Rat. +/-
#2 #2 #2 ⏱ #3 #3 #3 ⏱ = + + ⏱ S#2 S#3 S#5 ⏱ #4 #5 #6 ⏱ H#2 H#3 H#4 ⏱ Points ⏱
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 90
1 David Hodge       GBR 2545.54 15 IM 5 5 5 16 5 3.5 5 60 5 5 2 100 5 5 5 42 5 5 5 65 5 5 2.5 50 83 333 2677.78 22.29
2 Ulrich Voigt       GER 2553.87 13 IM 5 5 5 20 5 5 5 53 5 3 5 100 5 5 5 31 5 5 5 62 5 3.5 - 50 81.5 316 2651.08 16.38
3 Arno Zude   s   GER 2506.70 23 GM 5 5 5 14 5 4 3 57 5 3 2 100 5 5 5 36 5 4.5 5 45 5 3.5 - 50 75 302 2535.39 4.83
4 Martynas Limontas       LTU 2563.42 10 GM 5 5 5 20 5 5 5 60 1 2 2 100 5 5 5 50 5 5 5 59 5 5 - 50 75 339 2535.39 -4.71
5 Boris Tummes       GER 2552.40 14 GM 5 5 5 20 5 0 4 60 5 2 2 100 5 5 5 37 5 5 5 61 5 3.5 2.5 50 74 328 2517.59 -5.88
6 Dolf Wissmann   s   NED 2249.11 86 GM 5 5 5 20 5 0 5 60 5 2 1 100 5 5 5 49 5 4.5 5 74 5 1.5 2.5 50 71.5 353 2473.10 37.74
7 Joost Michielsen       NED 2387.27 43 - 5 5 5 16 5 3.5 4 60 5 2 2 100 5 5 2.5 36 5 4.5 5 80 2.5 1.5 2.5 50 70 342 2446.40 9.96
8 Christian Glöckler   j   GER 2023.19 179 - 5 5 5 15 5 4 4 58 5 5 2 99 5 5 - 50 5 0 5 80 5 - 2.5 50 67.5 352 2401.90 63.84
9 Michael Pfannkuche   s   GER 2209.91 95 GM 5 5 5 20 4 5 5 60 0 2 1 100 5 5 2.5 50 5 5 5 80 2.5 1.5 - 50 63.5 360 2330.71 20.37
10 Andrey Selivanov       FID 2401.80 39 GM 5 5 5 19 3 3.5 5 60 0 1 4 100 5 5 2.5 30 5 5 0 80 5 3.5 0 50 62.5 339 2312.91 -14.97
11 Wouter van Rijn       NED 2078.41 155 - 5 5 5 20 5 4 3 60 0 5 2 100 4 4 5 50 3 3 0 80 1.25 - 5 50 59.25 360 2255.07 29.79
12 Claus Czeremin   s   GER 2077.17 157 - 5 5 5 20 5 0 4 60 5 2 2 99 2.5 4 5 35 5 1.5 5 80 2.5 - - 50 58.5 344 2241.72 27.75
13 Arvydas Mockus       LTU 1948.68 216 - 5 5 5 20 5 0 - 60 1 2 2 100 5 3 0 50 5 5 5 74 2.5 1.5 5 50 57 354 2215.02 44.88
14 Roland Ott   s   SUI 2322.38 62 - 5 5 5 20 5 0 4 60 1 3 2 100 5 5 0 50 5 5 0 80 2.5 3.5 0 50 56 360 2197.22 -21.09
15 Dmitrijus Chocenka       LTU 2260.68 81 - 5 5 5 20 4 0 4 60 5 5 2 100 4 5 0 50 5 0 0 80 5 1.5 - 50 55.5 360 2188.32 -12.21
16 Andreas Rein   s   GER 2204.70 97 - 5 5 5 20 - 3 5 60 1 2 2 100 5 5 0 50 5 - 5 79 5 1.5 - 50 54.5 359 2170.53 -5.76
17 Ronald Schäfer   s   GER 2284.76 73 FM 5 5 5 18 5 0 1 60 1 3 2 100 5 5 - 47 3 - 5 80 5 1.5 2.5 50 54 355 2161.63 -20.76
18 Jakob Leck       GER 2078.40 156 - 5 5 5 20 5 - 3 58 0 2 3 100 5 2 0 50 5 5 0 80 5 3.5 0 50 53.5 358 2152.73 12.54
19 Richard Dobiáš       SVK 2213.11 94 - 5 5 5 20 5 0 4 60 1 2 2 85 5 - 0 50 5 4.5 0 77 3.75 3.5 - 50 50.75 342 2103.78 -18.42
20 Wilfried Neef   s   GER 1981.04 197 FM 5 5 5 20 0 1 3 60 0 1 2 99 5 5 0 50 0 1.5 5 74 5 1.5 - 50 45 353 2001.44 3.45
21 Christian Ahmels   s   GER 2261.15 na - - 5 5 5 18 4 - 0 60 1 2 2 100 5 4 0 50 3 0 5 80 2.5 1.5 - 50 45 358 2001.44 -43.77
22 Robert Włodarczyk       POL 2008.74 187 - 5 5 0 20 5 - 4 60 1 2 2 100 4 5 0 50 5 3 0 80 2.5 1.5 - 50 45 360 2001.44 -1.23
23 Johan de Boer   s   NED 2181.38 113 FM 5 5 0 20 0 4 - 60 1 0 1 99 5 5 0 50 5 3 0 80 2.5 3.5 - 50 40 359 1912.45 -45.33
24 Thomas Walther   s   GER 2017.48 184 - 5 5 5 20 3 - - 60 0 2 1 100 3 2 0 50 3 0 - 80 2.5 3.5 - 50 35 360 1823.46 -32.70
25 Mark Müller       GER - - - 0 5 5 16 5 0 4 60 1 2 2 100 5 3 - 50 - - - 80 1.25 - - 50 33.25 356 1792.31 -
26 Michael Schnabel       GER 1927.14 236 - 5 5 0 20 4 - - 60 1 0 1 100 2.5 2 - 50 0 0 5 80 3.75 - - 50 29.25 360 1721.12 -34.74
27 Peter Hahnewald   s   GER 1850.01 na - - 5 5 5 20 2 0 0 60 1 2 2 100 2.5 - - 50 0 0 0 80 1.25 - - 50 25.75 360 1658.82 -32.22
28 Hans-Bert Jung   s   GER - - - 0 5 0 15 2 0 0 59 0 2 1 38 5 - - 47 0 0 0 80 - - - 50 15 289 1467.49 -
Main Judge: Axel Steinbrink          Problems Selected by: Axel Steinbrink

Date 12.04.2026
Top Ten Average Rating 2437.93
Category 5

Points
Name Country # Points Perf. Rat.
David Hodge GBR 1 20 2677.78
Ulrich Voigt GER 2 18 2651.08
Arno Zude GER 3 16 2535.39
Martynas Limontas LTU 4 14 2535.39
Boris Tummes GER 5 12 2517.59
Dolf Wissmann NED 6 10 2473.10
Joost Michielsen NED 7 8 2446.40
Christian Glöckler GER 8 6 2401.90
Michael Pfannkuche GER 9 4 2330.71
Andrey Selivanov FID 10 2 2312.91
Wouter van Rijn NED 11 1 2255.07

Tournaments
# Location Date Name Top 10 Cat. Winners
1 ARM 12.10.2025 2nd Hamlet Amiryan Memorial Tournament 2025 2341.71 7 Danila Pavlov
2 SUI 25.10.2025 40th Open Swiss Solving Championship 2025 2421.78 5 Danila Pavlov
3 BEL 08.11.2025 30th Belgian Solving Championship 2025 2192.92 10 Eddy Van Beers
4 ROU 23.11.2025 Cugir City Championship 1857.09 10 Daniel Dumitrescu
5 POL 11.01.2026 49th International Polish Championship 2026 2568.86 2 Kacper Piorun
6 FIN 14.02.2026 47th Finnish Chess Solving Championship 2026 2119.80 10 Kari Karhunen
7 GBR 21.02.2026 Winton British Solving Championship 2026 2485.99 4 Joost Michielsen
8 NED 14.03.2026 31st Dutch Open Chess Solving Championship 2026 2346.88 7 Eddy Van Beers
9 AZE 05.04.2026 45th Azerbaijan Chess Solving Championship 2026 2195.60 10 Danila Pavlov
10 GER 12.04.2026 48th German Solving Championship 2026 2437.93 5 David Hodge

Standings
# Name Country Pts. Perf. Rat.
(≤6) 		1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
# Pts. # Pts. # Pts. # Pts. # Pts. # Pts.
1 David Hodge GBR 66 2621.37 POL#7 14 GBR#3 18 NED#2 14 GER#1 20    
2 Eddy Van Beers BEL 58 2724.89 SUI#2 18 BEL#1 10 GBR#5 14 NED#1 16    
3 Joost Michielsen NED 54 2428.24 SUI#6 10 BEL#3 6 GBR#1 22 NED#5 8 GER#7 8  
4 Martynas Limontas LTU 48 2516.08 POL#2 24 FIN#3 6 GBR#10 4 GER#4 14    
5 Danila Pavlov FID 46 2792.00 ARM#1 16 SUI#1 20 AZE#1 10      
6 Kevinas Kuznecovas LTU 38 2614.51 POL#3 22 GBR#4 16        
7 Kacper Piorun POL 26 2871.89 POL#1 26          
8 Taras Rudenko UKR 26 2553.11 SUI#3 16 POL#9 10        
9 Piotr Murdzia POL 20 2624.01 POL#4 20          
10 John Nunn GBR 20 2590.36 GBR#2 20          
11 Dolf Wissmann NED 20 2373.47 BEL#2 8 GBR#12 1 NED#9 1 GER#6 10    
12 Anton Nasyrov FID 18 2651.24 ARM#4 10 AZE#2 8        
13 Ulrich Voigt GER 18 2651.08 GER#2 18          
14 Nikos Sidiropoulos GRE 18 2594.85 POL#5 18          
15 Andy Ooms BEL 18 2426.11 GBR#8 8 NED#4 10        
16 Arno Zude GER 17 2443.89 SUI#11 1 GER#3 16        
17 Piotr Górski POL 16 2565.69 POL#6 16          
18 Vidmantas Satkus LTU 16 2425.00 POL#12 4 GBR#6 12        
19 Roland Ott SUI 16 2422.40 SUI#8 6 GBR#7 10        
20 Michael Pfannkuche GER 16 2357.59 NED#3 12 GER#9 4        
21 Aleksandr Bulavka FID 14 2709.72 ARM#2 14          
22 Ronald Schäfer GER 14 2552.79 SUI#4 14          
23 Wouter van Rijn NED 13 2338.59 SUI#5 12 GER#11 1        
24 Ural Khasanov FID 12 2681.82 ARM#3 12          
25 Boris Tummes GER 12 2517.59 GER#5 12          
26 Jakub Marciniszyn POL 12 2478.20 POL#8 12          
27 Kari Karhunen FIN 10 2579.45 FIN#1 10          
28 Tomáš Peitl SVK 10 2405.30 POL#9 10          
29 Daniel Dumitrescu ROU 10 2182.56 ROU#1 10          
30 Aleksey Popov FID 8 2584.17 ARM#5 8          
31 Ekaterina Shestakova FID 8 2544.04 ARM#6 6 AZE#5 2        
32 Darya Efimova FID 8 2466.08 ARM#7 4 AZE#4 4        
33 Jorma Paavilainen FIN 8 2436.02 FIN#2 8          
34 Valery Kopyl UKR 8 2378.53 SUI#7 8          
35 Johan de Boer NED 8 2281.15 BEL#5 2 NED#6 6        
36 Razvan-Andrei Burja-Udrea ROU 8 2114.88 ROU#2 8          
37 Araz Almammadov AZE 6 2673.37 AZE#3 6          
38 Jonathan Mestel GBR 6 2435.21 GBR#9 6          
39 Christian Glöckler GER 6 2401.90 GER#8 6          
40 Robert Włodarczyk POL 6 2376.13 POL#11 6          
41 Cristian-Daniel Oltean ROU 6 2087.81 ROU#3 6          
42 Thomas Maeder SUI 4 2361.11 SUI#9 4          
43 Hans Uitenbroek NED 4 2285.80 BEL#4 4          
44 Michel Caillaud FRA 4 2272.05 NED#7 4          
45 Henry Tanner FIN 4 2202.94 FIN#4 4          
46 Matei-Maria Uta ROU 4 2049.46 ROU#4 4          
47 Omer Friedland ISR 2 2406.12 GBR#11 2          
48 Roman Tkhoruk SUI 2 2361.11 SUI#10 2          
49 Andrey Selivanov FID 2 2312.91 GER#10 2          
50 Stasys Steponavičius LTU 2 2303.23 POL#13 2          
51 Dirk Borst NED 2 2247.07 NED#8 2          
52 Mikalai Sihnevich FID 2 2207.50 ARM#8 2          
53 Terho Marlo FIN 2 2158.12 FIN#5 2          
54 Alexandru Mihalcescu ROU 2 1882.51 ROU#5 2          
55 Anastasiya Chekina FID 1 2391.88 AZE#6 1          
56 Marek Kolčák SVK 1 2295.94 POL#14 1          
57 Grigory Filin FID 1 2186.58 ARM#9 1          
58 Jim Wittebol NED 1 2121.43 BEL#6 1          
59 Arvydas Mockus LTU 1 1960.89 FIN#6 1          
59 Janne Syväniemi FIN 1 1960.89 FIN#6 1          
61 Ovidiu Craciun ROU 1 1823.86 ROU#6 1          

ID Tag Difficulty Average 5(Correct Solution) 0 < Pts. < 5 0 (Wrong Solution) - (No Solution)
18 H#4 822 0.89 2 6 3 17
5 #3 674 1.63 3 9 11 5
12 S#5 660 1.70 8 3 11 6
9 + 600 2.00 1 27 0 0
17 H#3 596 2.02 2 19 0 7
7 = 592 2.04 9 12 7 0
8 + 528 2.36 4 22 2 0
14 #5 464 2.68 9 9 7 3
15 #6 428 2.86 16 0 10 2
6 #3 400 3.00 7 14 3 4
16 H#2 294 3.53 13 14 0 1
13 #4 236 3.82 19 4 4 1
11 S#3 222 3.89 17 8 0 3
4 #3 208 3.96 17 8 2 1
3 #2 142 4.29 24 0 4 0
10 S#2 90 4.55 21 7 0 0
1 #2 72 4.64 26 0 2 0
2 #2 0 5.00 28 0 0 0


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