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Grenke Freestyle Chess 2026 pairings

02 Apr, 2026by gprevenasΣκακιστικά νέα

This year’s Grenke Chess 2026 carries unprecedented importance. For the first time, the tournament serves as an official qualifier for the FIDE Freestyle Chess World Championship 2027. Live games with Magnus Carlsen, Vincent Keymer, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Levon Aronian, Ian Nepomniachtchi, and Jan-Krzysztof Duda, among dozens of grandmasters rated over 2700 will be daily on Chessdom.com.

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Grenke Freestyle Chess 2026 round 1 pairings


Bo. White Rtg Result Black Rtg
1 GM Carlsen, Magnus 2888 – WGM Khalafova, Narmin 2207
2 FM Kivisto, Mikko 2207 – GM Nepomniachtchi, Ian 2771
3 GM Aronian, Levon 2765 – CM Kumala, Aleksander 2201
4 FM Schnepp, Gunnar 2200 – GM Niemann, Hans Moke 2760
5 GM Keymer, Vincent 2754 – WIM Bluhm, Sonja Maria 2198
6 CM Laemmel, Sebastian 2197 – GM Duda, Jan-Krzysztof 2739
7 GM Dominguez Perez, Leinier 2731 – Schimnatkowski, Lukas 2194
8 WGM Nebolsina, Vera 2193 – GM Nihal Sarin, 2723
9 Temirbek, Stanislav 2190 – GM Fedoseev, Vladimir 2716
10 GM Aravindh, Chithambaram VR. 2707 – FM Hiermann, Dietmar 2189
11 CM Weigand, Anton 2189 – GM Sarana, Alexey 2702
12 GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 2700 – Maisch, Julian 2186
13 FM Bach, Matthias 2183 – GM Yakubboev, Nodirbek 2689
14 GM Maghsoodloo, Parham 2687 – FM Skibbe, Willi 2183
15 Casagrande, Federico 2181 – GM Liang, Awonder 2680
16 GM Mendonca, Leon Luke 2676 – Shi, Kecheng 2177
17 Brandt, Sebastian 2175 – GM Mamedov, Rauf 2673
18 GM Vitiugov, Nikita 2667 – FM Sreyas Payyappat, 2174
19 Ahner, Thomas 2171 – GM Tabatabaei, M. Amin 2661
20 GM Pranav, V 2657 – FM Oberst, Thomas 2168
21 Fidlin, Simon 2168 – GM Murzin, Volodar 2655
22 GM Saric, Ivan 2654 – WIM Duson, Robin 2167
23 Dieterle, Patrik 2166 – GM Karthikeyan, Murali 2653
24 GM Chigaev, Maksim 2647 – Schwibbert, Jonas 2165
25 CM Escudero Ribo, Eloi 2162 – GM Vokhidov, Shamsiddin 2641
26 GM Aryan Chopra, 2629 – Becker, Tobias 2160
27 Jeitz, Christian 2155 – GM Kamsky, Gata 2627
28 GM Jobava, Baadur 2625 – Rocamora Martorell, Ferran 2153
29 Meier, Jan 2152 – GM Lagarde, Maxime 2621
30 GM Van Wely, Loek 2621 – CM Germer, Philipp 2151
31 CM Quilter, Thomas A 2148 – GM Meier, Georg 2612
32 GM Bortnyk, Olexandr 2604 – WFM Khrapko, Marharyta 2142
33 Bulthuis, Jelle 2142 – GM Movsesian, Sergei 2579
34 GM Fridman, Daniel 2578 – Kuehn, Kolja 2140
35 FM Spiric, Igor 2139 – GM Wagner, Dennis 2570
36 GM Huschenbeth, Niclas 2567 – FM Heimrath, Reiner 2133
37 Farmani Anosheh, Yasha 2132 – GM Bok, Benjamin 2560
38 GM Van den Doel, Erik 2557 – Dietze, Sebastian 2127
39 Wu, Luka 2124 – GM Jussupow, Artur 2554
40 GM Sasikiran, Krishnan 2552 – CM Philipp, Mathias 2117
41 Heidel, Andre Nicolas 2117 – GM Kadric, Denis 2543
42 GM Schoppen, Casper 2540 – Rich, Daniel E 2111
43 Steinhart, Karl-Heinz 2110 – GM Noe, Christopher 2523
44 GM Ten Hertog, Hugo 2520 – Kommer, Bas 2109
45 GM Henderson de La Fuente, Lance 2510 – FM Bremond, Eric 2105
46 Bartelt, Max Peter 2104 – GM Klekowski, Maciej 2497
47 IM Koelle, Tobias 2494 – Hollander, Hans 2103
48 FM Ahn, Martin 2102 – IM Grieve, Harry 2493
49 GM Kaidanov, Gregory 2491 – Castillo Martinez, Eloi 2100
50 Voelbel, Patrick 2095 – IM Deuer, Marius 2490
51 GM Pijpers, Arthur 2486 – WGM Hrabinska, Myroslava 2094
52 Hofmann, Lorenz 2093 – GM Mons, Leon 2478
53 GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra 2474 – Kuehn, Martin 2093
54 Wimmer, Michael 2109 – GM Gokerkan, Cem Kaan 2512
55 Schulze, Andreas 2093 – GM Saric, Ante 2474
56 GM Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 2716 – CM Hoegl, Emanuel 2190
57 GM Dronavalli, Harika 2470 – Baur, Frank 2089
58 Schallner, Marc 2089 – IM Hagner, Bennet 2468
59 GM Muzychuk, Mariya 2463 – Van der Veen, Terry 2087
60 Mrotzek, Alexander 2084 – IM Zverev, Lev 2461
61 IM De Winter, Arthur 2459 – Germer, Marcel 2082
62 Mueller, Adrian 2076 – IM Trost, Edvin 2459
63 IM Feuerstack, Aljoscha 2453 – Perreard, Nicolas 2076
64 Klaus, Christian 2073 – IM Wagner, Dinara 2453
65 IM Tsolakidou, Stavroula 2452 – Kremser, Michael 2071
66 Truccano, Florent 2071 – GM Wirig, Anthony 2449
67 IM Baum, Jonasz 2447 – Tischler, Michel 2067
68 Wu, Leon 2067 – WGM Nurman, Alua 2443
69 WGM Shukhman, Anna 2440 – Bratu, Mircea 2060
70 Nicolai, Tim 2060 – IM Fromm, Marius 2437
71 IM Gschnitzer, Adrian 2434 – Braeutigam, Thomas 2059
72 Gulden, Tobias 2054 – IM Javakhishvili, Lela 2431
73 IM Pham, Khoi 2431 – Heinke, Jasper 2050
74 Rosenboom, Niko 2049 – GM Glek, Igor 2423
75 WGM Khamdamova, Afruza 2423 – Elk, Julius 2048
76 Kalisch, Michael 2045 – IM Rosner, Jonas 2422
77 GM Khotenashvili, Bella 2412 – Rombach, Michael 2045
78 Schell, Franz Juergen, Dr. 2045 – IM Narva, Mai 2411
79 IM Arabidze, Meri 2409 – Guthier, Max 2043
80 Le Montagner, Yoann 2043 – GM Stefanova, Antoaneta 2403
81 IM Zaitsev, Mikhail V. 2400 – CM Loef, Dirk 2042
82 Wacker, Felix 2041 – IM Rodriguez, Adrien 2391
83 IM Kamalidenova, Meruert 2389 – Mengler, Marc 2037
84 CM Willim, Michael 2032 – IM Leisch, Lukas 2388
85 Faerber, David 2388 – Gorainow, Nikita 2031
86 Just, Wolfgang 2031 – IM Hess, Max 2382
87 FM Moehn, Hans 2379 – Behrens, Kai 2027
88 Hoffmann, Achim Gunter, Dr. 2026 – FM Fecker, Noah 2371
89 IM Atalik, Ekaterina 2365 – Barthel, Ansgar 2024
90 Loheide, Michel 2024 – WGM Balabayeva, Xeniya 2365
91 IM Bivol, Alina 2361 – Rezazadeh, Mohammad 2022
92 Kalousek, Zdenek 2019 – FM Rezasade, Amir 2358
93 FM Sklokin-Bagiyan, Sergey 2356 – Neubauer, Juergen 2019
94 WIM Zvereva, Marija 2018 – IM Beikert, Guenther, Dr. 2348
95 IM Loeffler, Stefan 2333 – Bleuzen, Cedric 2016
96 Migliorini, Matteo 2015 – FM Becker, Matthias 2330
97 IM Gaponenko, Inna 2329 – Sucher, Johannes 2013
98 Falkenberg, Hendrik 2012 – FM Lavrinenkov, Vadim 2329
99 FM Dreelinck, Jacob 2328 – Bock, Marlon 2011
100 Minescu, Dragos-Olivar 2011 – WIM Schulze, Lara 2326
101 Stoettner, Moritz 2324 – von Bargen, Lukas 2010
102 Schneider, Michael 2008 – IM Roubalik, Jakub 2312
103 Powierski, Emil 2307 – Dorfner, Jeremias 2007
104 Nickel, Ruediger 2004 – IM Beltran Rueda, Santiago 2304
105 IM Popovic, Milos T 2303 – Demiddele, Kevin 2003
106 Spiekermann, Stefan 2003 – CM Stoettner, Lukas 2303
107 FM Khachatryan, Taron 2296 – Gabanach Fernandez, Victor 2000
108 Hoppe, Arthur 2000 – IM Reprintsev, Alexander 2283
109 Duong, Quang Bach 2282 – Hoffmann, Tim 1998
110 Stock, Christoph 1997 – IM Zatonskih, Anna 2281
111 FM Ryabukhin, Roman 2281 – Alic, Miran 1995
112 Thielke, Pascal 1995 – WGM Dolzhykova, Kateryna 2280
113 IM Claesen, Pieter 2278 – Besombes, Romain 1994
114 Alshihawi, Obai 1992 – IM Scholz, Christian, Dr. 2276
115 FM Degenhard, Simon 2276 – Moenius, Alexander 1992
116 Tonoyan, Tigran 1980 – CM Meyers, Mark 2263
117 FM Weber, Samuel 2262 – Brandl, Nico 1980
118 Westenthanner, Paul 1976 – FM Wyss, Jonas 2256
119 Hinterreiter, Markus 2251 – Bachmann, Nick 1975
120 Valean, David-Andrei 1972 – WIM Agrest, Inna 2249
121 Loos, Roland 2246 – von Wahden, Jens 1968
122 Gottas, Mike 1966 – FM Fichter, Fabian 2239
123 FM Yi, Danny 2231 – Voellinger, Florian 1964
124 Martin, Reiner, Dr. 1957 – Zolfagharian, Kevin 2229
125 CM Prieb, Robert 2227 – Wiesner, Alexander 1956
126 Gottschall, Lorenz 1950 – Von Alvensleben, Wolfram 2225
127 FM Adler, Joel 2224 – Yilmaz, Ahmet 1950
128 Standhartinger, Joachim 1948 – CM Hauser, Carlos, Dr. 2222
129 Schnell, Simon 2221 – Khalimjonov, Fayzullo 1945
130 Ewen, Rainer 1938 – FM Ruff, Maximilian 2219
131 Wolter, Detlev 2219 – Hock, Gerold 1903
132 Sutharjan, Dakxwin 1844 – FM Ciolek, Andreas 2216
133 Kearns, Christopher 2208 – Schulemann, Gero 1818
134 IM Durak, Can 2407 – not paired
135 IM Buksa, Nataliya 2392 – not paired
136 IM Caprio, Guido 2380 – not paired
137 WGM Kairbekova, Amina 2362 – not paired
138 FM Grimm, Sascha 2303 – not paired
139 CM Jyotshnav Talukdar, 2268 – not paired
140 WGM Movsesian, Julia 2202 – not paired
141 FM Matt, Fabian 2196 – not paired
142 Papaux, Steve 2179 – not paired
143 Diyap, Murat 2168 – not paired
144 Rahul Kumar, Pune 2145 – not paired
145 Simon, Florian 2135 – not paired
146 Wagner, Julian 2124 – not paired
147 Venkatasubramani, P. 2077 – not paired
148 Quirke, Jeffrey 2075 – not paired
149 Schrepp, Florian 2065 – not paired
150 CM Patlolla Indra Reddy, 2062 – not paired
151 Kalinski, Frank 2062 – not paired
152 Bolk, Matthias 2049 – not paired
153 Nickel, Arno 2045 – not paired
154 Kerz, Markus 2044 – not paired
155 Doenitz, Christian, Dr. 2023 – not paired
156 Seehaus, Bernhard, Dr. 1983 – not paired
157 Hematyar, Fardin 1973 – not paired
158 Mayer, Lucas 1961 – not paired
159 Bauer, Timon 1940 – not paired