Schach Tirol Open 2025 Group A
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56 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 23 Aug 2025 to 30 Aug 2025 in Innsbruck, Austria. 14 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2356, and top seed was Philipp Schlosser (🇩🇪 GER, GM, 2468).
Raja Harshit (🇮🇳 IND, GM, 2453) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Nikolaus Stanec (7.0) and Igor Glek (7.0). Harshit shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Andreas Blaesche (1925) beat Benedikt Huber (FM, 2272), a +347-point gap.
Location
🇦🇹Innsbruck, Austria
Dates
23 Aug 2025 → 30 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Titled players · 14
GM×4
IM×1
FM×9
Federations · 8 represented
🇦🇹Austria×29
🇩🇪Germany×15
🇮🇹Italy×3
🇳🇱Netherlands×2
🇺🇦Ukraine×1
🇸🇬Singapore×1
🇲🇦Morocco×1
🇮🇳India×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsTight race until R9; 3 players tied at 7.0/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.
Co-leaders
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4
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3
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R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
3 players finish on 7.0/9. Harshit takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (47.0).
R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
GM Nikolaus Stanec drew with GM Raja Harshit (Black).
R1–R3 · WIN STREAK
GM Raja Harshit won 3 in a row (R1–R3).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1GMNikolaus Stanec | * | ½ | ½ | — |
| 2GMRaja Harshit | ½ | * | ½ | 1 |
| 3GMIgor Glek | ½ | ½ | * | — |
| 4FMBenjamin Kienboeck | — | 0 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raja HarshitGM | 2453 | IND | +36N | +34B | +11N | =5B | +4N | =2B | =3N | +9B | =6N | 7.0 | 47.0 | 50.5 | 37.50 | 2516 | +8.4 |
| 2 | Stanec, NikolausGM | 2452 | AUT | +30B | =19N | +41B | +21N | =3B | =1N | +7B | =6N | +8B | 7.0 | 45.0 | 48.0 | 35.50 | 2441 | +1.3 |
| 3 | Glek, IgorGM | 2429 | BEL | +23N | =27B | +42N | +13B | =2N | +10B | =1B | +12N | =5N | 7.0 | 43.5 | 46.5 | 34.50 | 2444 | +4.7 |
| 4 | Kienboeck, BenjaminFM | 2198 | AUT | +43B | =5B | +27N | +6N | −1B | =8N | +11B | =7N | +10B | 6.5 | 44.5 | 47.5 | 31.75 | 2417 | +52.2 |
| 5 | Schlosser, PhilippGM | 2468 | GER | +39B | =4N | +19B | =1N | =8B | +13N | =6B | =10N | =3B | 6.0 | 47.0 | 50.5 | 32.00 | 2374 | -8.1 |
| 6 | Kruckenhauser, ArthurFM | 2338 | AUT | +47N | +49B | =8N | −4B | +27N | +14B | =5N | =2B | =1B | 6.0 | 44.0 | 47.0 | 27.75 | 2329 | +3.2 |
| 7 | Hofer, Emilian | 2244 | AUT | −28N | +53N | +38B | +46B | +52N | =9B | −2N | =4B | +12N | 6.0 | 36.5 | 38.5 | 21.50 | 2187 | -6.0 |
| 8 | Lerch, JohannesFM | 2204 | AUT | +29N | +22B | =6B | =10N | =5N | =4B | =9N | +15B | −2N | 5.5 | 45.5 | 49.5 | 28.00 | 2296 | +23.4 |
| 9 | Wohlfahrt, HerbertFM | 2362 | AUT | =25B | =46N | +12B | +35N | +17B | =7N | =8B | −1N | =18N | 5.5 | 41.5 | 44.5 | 25.50 | 2202 | -27.8 |
| 10 | Simenon, JozefFM | 2257 | NED | +35B | +12N | F | =8B | +24N | −3N | +17B | =5B | −4N | 5.0 | 43.0 | 43.0 | 23.75 | 2261 | +2.8 |
| 11 | Huber, BenediktFM | 2272 | GER | +20N | +14B | −1B | −17N | +15N | +52B | −4N | =32B | =13N | 5.0 | 42.5 | 44.5 | 21.50 | 2120 | -60.8 |
| 12 | Tumanyan, Gor | 2026 | AUT | +50N | −10B | −9N | +37B | +46N | +24B | +27N | −3B | −7B | 5.0 | 38.5 | 41.5 | 18.00 | 2162 | +28.4 |
| 13 | Hengl, Philip | 2214 | AUT | +26B | =52N | +28B | −3N | +41B | −5B | −15N | +42N | =11B | 5.0 | 37.5 | 39.5 | 18.00 | 2158 | -22.4 |
| 14 | Pribozic, Manuel | 1939 | AUT | +40B | −11N | =54B | +16N | +21B | −6N | =32B | =26N | =19B | 5.0 | 37.5 | 39.0 | 20.50 | 2177 | +53.2 |
| 15 | Beisteiner, Joachim | 2039 | AUT | +56N | =18B | −21B | +45N | −11B | +34N | +13B | −8N | =16B | 5.0 | 37.0 | 37.5 | 17.50 | 2154 | +26.6 |
| 16 | Kozissnik, Christian | 2062 | AUT | −22N | +29B | =33N | −14B | =23N | +44B | +31N | =20B | =15N | 5.0 | 36.0 | 39.0 | 20.25 | 1995 | -16.2 |
| 17 | Blaesche, Andreas | 1925 | GER | −21N | +36B | +40N | +11B | −9N | +49B | −10N | −24B | +27N | 5.0 | 35.5 | 38.5 | 19.00 | 2199 | +119.6 |
| 18 | Platzgummer, FabianIM | 2283 | AUT | +38B | =15N | F | −24B | +29N | =36B | =20N | +21N | =9B | 5.0 | 35.5 | 35.5 | 21.50 | 2168 | -10.1 |
| 19 | Benedikt, Noah | 2078 | AUT | +44N | =2B | −5N | −52B | −22N | +55B | +29N | +36B | =14N | 5.0 | 35.0 | 36.0 | 17.50 | 2077 | -8.4 |
| 20 | Heppert, Lars | 1985 | GER | −11B | =31N | +53B | =51N | +44B | =32N | =18B | =16N | =21B | 5.0 | 33.0 | 35.0 | 17.50 | 2075 | +19.8 |
| 21 | Pilz, DieterFM | 2142 | AUT | +17B | F | +15N | −2B | −14N | +22B | +36N | −18B | =20N | 4.5 | 40.0 | 40.0 | 20.50 | 2105 | -7.0 |
| 22 | Wagner, Sebastian | 1870 | AUT | +16B | −8N | =32B | −41N | +19B | −21N | =33B | =30N | +42B | 4.5 | 35.0 | 38.0 | 19.00 | 2074 | +46.8 |
| 23 | Fuochi, Tommaso | 1996 | ITA | −3B | =37N | −45B | +48N | =16B | +43N | =42B | =27B | =31N | 4.5 | 32.5 | 35.5 | 15.75 | 2002 | -1.2 |
| 24 | Felix, RaphaelFM | 2106 | RSA | F | +25N | =52B | +18N | −10B | −12N | +28B | +17N | F | 4.5 | 30.5 | 30.5 | 19.50 | 2138 | +15.6 |
| 25 | Gaitzsch, Martin | 1994 | GER | =9N | −24B | =43N | −34B | =55B | +53N | +41B | =33N | =28B | 4.5 | 30.0 | 31.0 | 13.75 | 2034 | +8.0 |
| 26 | Haselsberger, Armin | 1957 | AUT | −13N | =40N | +48B | =32B | −49N | +51B | +30N | =14B | F | 4.5 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 15.75 | 2059 | +43.2 |
| 27 | Reitemann, Jonathan | 2077 | GER | +45B | =3N | −4B | +28N | −6B | +33N | −12B | =23N | −17B | 4.0 | 42.0 | 45.0 | 16.75 | 2046 | -9.4 |
| 28 | Sovago, Philipp | 1969 | AUT | +7B | F | −13N | −27B | =30N | +46B | −24N | +52B | =25N | 4.0 | 33.0 | 33.0 | 15.25 | 2038 | +13.4 |
| 29 | Ampferer, Michael | 1956 | AUT | −8B | −16N | +50B | +39N | −18B | −35N | −19B | +56N | +52N | 4.0 | 32.5 | 33.0 | 9.00 | 1965 | +2.0 |
| 30 | Platz, Daniel | 2001 | GER | −2N | −44B | F | +43N | =28B | +45N | −26B | =22B | +48N | 4.0 | 32.0 | 32.0 | 13.25 | 1970 | -9.2 |
| 31 | Siding, Michael | 1866 | AUT | −49N | =20B | +47N | =33B | F | =42N | −16B | +35N | =23B | 4.0 | 31.0 | 31.0 | 14.75 | 2016 | +31.8 |
| 32 | Dietrich, Peter | 2070 | AUT | F | =51B | =22N | =26N | +35B | =20B | =14N | =11N | F | 4.0 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 16.75 | 2028 | -7.2 |
| 33 | Kreigenfeld, Sven | 2027 | GER | =48B | =54N | =16B | =31N | F | −27B | =22N | =25B | +37N | 4.0 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 14.75 | 1967 | -24.8 |
| 34 | von Schlippe, Nikolai | 2088 | GER | +37B | −1N | −35B | +25N | F | −15B | +52N | F | +47B | 4.0 | 28.5 | 28.5 | 13.00 | 2072 | -3.4 |
| 35 | Greussing, Stefan | 1971 | AUT | −10N | +50B | +34N | −9B | −32N | +29B | −40N | −31B | =39N | 3.5 | 33.5 | 36.5 | 12.75 | 1986 | 0.0 |
| 36 | Maras, Houssni | 2006 | MAR | −1B | −17N | +56B | +55N | +51B | =18N | −21B | −19N | F | 3.5 | 33.5 | 34.0 | 6.50 | 2014 | -2.2 |
| 37 | Pal, Rohan | 1909 | ENG | −34N | =23B | =39B | −12N | =38B | =47N | =45B | +41N | −33B | 3.5 | 30.5 | 33.5 | 11.75 | 1928 | +7.6 |
| 38 | Westerhof, Fleur | 1987 | NED | −18N | +56B | −7N | −49B | =37N | =39B | =44N | +51B | F | 3.5 | 30.0 | 30.5 | 8.00 | 1969 | -12.4 |
| 39 | Bendel, Ralf | 2014 | GER | −5N | =43B | =37N | −29B | =45B | =38N | =47B | =50N | =35B | 3.5 | 29.5 | 32.5 | 11.25 | 1907 | -28.8 |
| 40 | Maurer, JochenFM | 2160 | GER | −14N | =26B | −17B | +53N | F | +41N | +35B | F | F | 3.5 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 10.75 | 2005 | -22.0 |
| 41 | Sucher, Johannes | 2045 | AUT | =51N | +55B | −2N | +22B | −13N | −40B | −25N | −37B | =44N | 3.0 | 33.5 | 34.5 | 8.25 | 1904 | -36.0 |
| 42 | Schnabl, Andreas | 2041 | AUT | =53B | +48N | −3B | =44N | F | =31B | =23N | −13B | −22N | 3.0 | 33.0 | 33.0 | 9.75 | 1907 | -32.0 |
| 43 | Podini, Francesco | 1942 | ITA | −4N | =39N | =25B | −30B | +50N | −23B | =46N | −48B | =51N | 3.0 | 32.0 | 34.5 | 9.75 | 1829 | -27.8 |
| 44 | Platzgummer, Peter | 1894 | AUT | −19B | +30N | F | =42B | −20N | −16N | =38B | =45N | =41B | 3.0 | 31.5 | 31.5 | 10.25 | 1925 | +5.2 |
| 45 | Wieser, Vincent | 1893 | AUT | −27N | =47B | +23N | −15B | =39N | −30B | =37N | =44B | F | 3.0 | 30.5 | 30.5 | 11.00 | 1903 | +2.0 |
| 46 | Dhanesh, Venkata Narayanaswamy | 1871 | SGP | F | =9B | +49N | −7N | −12B | −28N | =43B | −47N | +56B | 3.0 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 7.75 | 1956 | +24.8 |
| 47 | Balzer, Lars | 1992 | GER | −6B | =45N | −31B | =56N | F | =37B | =39N | +46B | −34N | 3.0 | 27.5 | 27.5 | 8.25 | 1891 | -24.6 |
| 48 | Falkensteiner, Benjamin | 1833 | AUT | =33N | −42B | −26N | −23B | F | =50N | +56B | +43N | −30B | 3.0 | 26.5 | 26.5 | 7.00 | 1867 | +5.6 |
| 49 | Maurizio, Antonio | 2055 | ITA | +31B | −6N | −46B | +38N | +26B | −17N | F | F | F | 3.0 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 12.00 | 1991 | -11.0 |
| 50 | Kebbedies, Frank | 1823 | GER | −12B | −35N | −29N | F | −43B | =48B | +55N | =39B | +53N | 3.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 6.25 | 1852 | +4.6 |
| 51 | Kurz, Andreas | 1855 | AUT | =41B | =32N | F | =20B | −36N | −26N | =53B | −38N | =43B | 2.5 | 28.5 | 28.5 | 8.50 | 1839 | -3.4 |
| 52 | Melchior, Korbinian | 1797 | GER | F | =13B | =24N | +19N | −7B | −11N | −34B | −28N | −29B | 2.0 | 37.5 | 37.5 | 9.75 | 1906 | +30.0 |
| 53 | Eder, Alexander | 1848 | AUT | =42N | −7B | −20N | −40B | +56N | −25B | =51N | F | −50B | 2.0 | 28.0 | 28.0 | 3.25 | 1800 | -12.4 |
| 54 | Bodrov, Timofey | 2129 | UKR | =55N | =33B | =14N | F | F | F | F | F | F | 1.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 5.00 | 1963 | -13.0 |
| 55 | Oberschmid, Patrik | 1923 | AUT | =54B | −41N | F | −36B | =25N | −19N | −50B | F | F | 1.0 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 3.00 | 1739 | -51.6 |
| 56 | Vonach, Bernhard, Dr. | 1843 | GER | −15B | −38N | −36N | =47B | −53B | F | −48N | −29B | −46N | 0.5 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 1.50 | 1498 | -49.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Blaesche, AndreasGER+119.65.0 pts · #19
- 2Pribozic, ManuelAUT+53.25.0 pts · #12
- 3Kienboeck, BenjaminFMAUT+52.26.5 pts · #4
Top rating losers
- 1Huber, BenediktFMGER-60.85.0 pts · #16
- 2Oberschmid, PatrikAUT-51.61.0 pts · #55
- 3Vonach, Bernhard, Dr.GER-49.00.5 pts · #56
Biggest upsets
- R4+347 Elo gap
- R4+281 Elo gap
- R1+275 Elo gap