Bruehler Stadtmeisterschaft 2025 Mai 2025
Open SwissStandard
30 players participated in this 2-round tournament, held from 13 May 2025 to 27 May 2025 in Bruehl, Germany. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 2037, and top seed was Thomas Keller (🇩🇪 GER, 2175).
Johann Romaker (🇩🇪 GER, 2024) won with 2.0/2, ahead of Igor Vlasov (2.0) and Karim Rabiya (2.0). Romaker shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Wolfgang Vos (1671) beat Friedhelm Heuser (2007), a +336-point gap.
Location
🇩🇪Bruehl, Germany
Dates
13 May 2025 → 27 May 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 2 rounds
Federations · 3 represented
🇩🇪Germany×26
🇳🇱Netherlands×1
🇮🇳India×1
Top 3
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Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romaker, Johann | 2024 | GER | +12N | +13B | 2.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.00 | 2497 | +2.6 |
| 2 | Vlasov, Igor | 2101 | GER | +25B | +21N | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.50 | 2854 | +17.6 |
| 3 | Rabiya, Karim | 1801 | GER | +24N | +20B | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.50 | 2561 | +8.8 |
| 4 | Hoefner, Christoph | 2005 | GER | =5B | +18N | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 1.75 | 1963 | -1.8 |
| 5 | Buedenbender, Hermann | 1783 | GER | =4N | +24B | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 2076 | +15.0 |
| 6 | Kranz, Kilian | 1489 | GER | +15B | =17N | 1.5 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 1.50 | 1963 | +47.2 |
| 7 | Neubauer, Juergen | 1965 | GER | =14N | +25B | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.50 | 2126 | +8.2 |
| 8 | Heirich, Andreas | 1907 | NED | +26N | =14B | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.50 | 2013 | +5.4 |
| 9 | Vos, Wolfgang | 1671 | GER | +27N | =16B | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.50 | 2232 | +52.0 |
| 10 | Annak, Ulas | 2015 | GER | =20N | +22B | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.75 | 2571 | +8.0 |
| 11 | Themm, Rainer | 1971 | GER | =22N | +26B | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1937 | -2.8 |
| 12 | Volkmar, Vincent | 0 | GER | −1B | +?N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1760 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Ross, Udo | 1697 | GER | +30B | −1N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1224 | -5.2 |
| 14 | Haffer, Michael | 1923 | GER | =7B | =8N | 1.0 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 1.50 | 1936 | +1.6 |
| 15 | Kronseder, Michael | 1746 | GER | −6N | +19B | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 1.00 | 689 | -16.4 |
| 16 | Keller, Thomas | 2175 | GER | =21B | =9N | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1970 | -8.6 |
| 17 | Schmidt, Stephan | 1794 | GER | =23N | =6B | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1489 | -7.2 |
| 18 | Ashwath C S | 1757 | IND | +29N | −4B | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 1940 | +9.4 |
| 19 | FIDE 533034761 | 0 | — | +28B | −15N | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 946 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Wisskirchen, Willi | 0 | GER | =10B | −3N | 0.5 | 2.0 | 3.5 | 0.75 | 1715 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Gramb, Marius | 2165 | GER | =16N | −2B | 0.5 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 0.50 | 1945 | -11.6 |
| 22 | Lichtblau, Ernst | 1771 | GER | =11B | −10N | 0.5 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 0.75 | 1800 | +1.2 |
| 23 | FIDE 12960829 | 0 | — | =17B | −?B | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.50 | 1794 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Selke, Karsten | 1761 | GER | −3B | −5N | 0.0 | 2.0 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 992 | -36.4 |
| 25 | Schottmueller, Christoph | 1943 | GER | −2N | −7N | 0.0 | 2.0 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 1233 | -30.4 |
| 26 | Olbrich, Tobias | 1717 | GER | −8B | −11N | 0.0 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 1139 | -8.8 |
| 27 | Heuser, Friedhelm | 2007 | GER | −9B | F | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 871 | -17.6 |
| 28 | Voss, Frederik | 0 | GER | −19N | −?B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 813 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Bartsch, Karl-Heinz | 1875 | GER | −18B | F | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 957 | -26.4 |
| 30 | Ploschke, Dieter | 0 | GER | −13N | −?B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 967 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Vos, WolfgangGER+52.01.5 pts · #8
- 2Kranz, KilianGER+47.21.5 pts · #5
- 3Vlasov, IgorGER+17.62.0 pts · #1
Top rating losers
- 1Selke, KarstenGER-36.40.0 pts · #22
- 2Schottmueller, ChristophGER-30.40.0 pts · #24
- 3Bartsch, Karl-HeinzGER-26.40.0 pts · #29
Biggest upsets
- R1+336 Elo gap
- R1+257 Elo gap
- R1+118 Elo gap