Grenke Freestyle Chess 2026 pairings

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