Internationale Stuttgarter Stadtmeisterschaft 2025 A-Turnier

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100 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 29 May 2025 to 01 Jun 2025 in Ditzingen, Germany. 18 titled players from 7 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2297, and top seed was Vyacheslav Ikonnikov ( FID, GM, 2451).

Vyacheslav Ikonnikov ( FID, GM, 2451) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Bryan Smith (5.5) and Joachim Braun (5.5). Ikonnikov took the lead from round 6.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Nils Wurmbauer (1986) beat Alfred Nemitz (FM, 2335), a +349-point gap.

Location

🇩🇪Ditzingen, Germany

Dates

29 May 2025 → 01 Jun 2025

Time control

Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Top seed

GMVyacheslav Ikonnikov2451

Avg top 10

2,297

Participants

100

Titled players · 18

GM×2

FM×12

CM×3

WFM×1

Federations · 7 represented

🇩🇪Germany×93

🇺🇸United States of America×2

🇸🇾Syria×1

🇨🇾Cyprus×1

🇫🇷France×1

🇱🇮Liechtenstein×1

FIDE (no federation)×1

Top 3

🥇
GMVyacheslav Ikonnikov
FID·2451
6.5pts·2603perf+8.3
🥈
GMBryan Smith
🇺🇸USA·2375
5.5pts·2421perf+5.0
🥉
Joachim Braun
🇩🇪GER·2157
5.5pts·2418perf+45.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

GM Vyacheslav Ikonnikov led from R6; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.

Co-leaders

Ikonnikov6.5Nemitz5.5Degenhard5.5Kabisch5.5Smith5.5Braun5.5

R6 · LEADER CHANGE31 May

GM Vyacheslav Ikonnikov takes the sole lead (5.5/6).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

GM Vyacheslav Ikonnikov 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R5–R7)FM Alfred Nemitz 4 wins (R2–R5)FM Simon Degenhard 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1GMVyacheslav Ikonnikov	*	—	—	½
2FMAlfred Nemitz	—	*	—	1
3FMSimon Degenhard	—	—	*	—
4FMThilo Kabisch	½	0	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Ikonnikov, VyacheslavGM	2451	FID	+37B	+19N	+7B	=4N	+12B	+2N	+11B	6.5	29.5	33.0	30.25	2603	+8.3
2	Smith, BryanGM	2375	USA	+77N	+21B	+16N	+5B	+3N	−1B	=8N	5.5	31.5	34.0	25.00	2421	+5.0
3	Braun, Joachim	2157	GER	+69N	+33B	+9N	+8B	−2B	=11N	+14B	5.5	28.5	31.0	23.25	2418	+45.4
4	Kabisch, ThiloFM	2208	GER	+63N	+62B	+56N	=1B	−6N	+9B	+16N	5.5	27.5	30.5	21.75	2388	+30.8
5	Degenhard, SimonFM	2249	GER	+65B	+48N	+28B	−2N	+24B	=7N	+13B	5.5	26.5	29.5	21.50	2356	+18.2
6	Nemitz, AlfredFM	2335	GER	−15N	+89B	+70N	+25B	+4B	=13N	+12B	5.5	25.5	27.0	20.25	2300	-2.8
7	Albrecht, NeilFM	2131	GER	+44N	+15B	−1N	+33B	+21N	=5B	=20B	5.0	29.5	33.0	21.50	2283	+56.0
8	Zuferi, EnisFM	2351	GER	+59B	+46N	=24B	−3N	+37B	+32N	=2B	5.0	26.0	29.0	18.75	2252	-5.7
9	Lehmann, Stefan	2103	GER	+40B	+61N	−3B	+59N	+18B	−4N	+26B	5.0	26.0	29.0	18.00	2197	+18.6
10	Yasmo, Daniil	2232	GER	=70B	=80N	+72B	+64N	=32B	=17N	+28B	5.0	20.5	22.5	16.00	2154	-20.0
11	Mohammad, SamirFM	2281	SYR	+49B	=64N	+32B	=24N	+28B	=3B	−1N	4.5	27.5	30.5	17.75	2218	-4.3
12	Weidenhoefer, MaxCM	2171	GER	+71N	=47B	+36N	+38B	−1N	+30B	−6N	4.5	26.5	29.0	15.25	2207	+8.4
13	Seitz, Patrick	2202	GER	=82B	+86N	+29B	+17N	=14B	=6B	−5N	4.5	26.0	28.0	16.50	2236	+7.8
14	Jochens, Arne, Dr.FM	2253	GER	+87N	=25B	+50N	+30B	=13N	=16B	−3N	4.5	26.0	28.0	16.00	2199	-8.0
15	Wurmbauer, Nils	1986	GER	+6B	−7N	+61B	=34N	=20N	=52B	+56N	4.5	25.5	28.5	17.50	2233	+45.0
16	Li, Yunqi	2124	GER	+91B	+60N	−2B	+41N	+43B	=14N	−4B	4.5	25.5	27.0	13.75	2203	+31.2
17	Kostak, TetyanaWFM	2092	GER	+79N	=36B	+27N	−13B	+44N	=10B	=21N	4.5	25.0	27.0	16.00	2106	+4.4
18	Gustain, Marc	2157	GER	+26B	=38N	+42B	F	−9N	+41N	+29B	4.5	23.5	23.5	16.75	2188	+4.6
19	Notz, Lukas	2023	GER	+73N	−1B	=69N	=31B	+63N	+39B	=52N	4.5	23.0	25.5	14.00	2127	+17.8
20	Gramlich, SebastianFM	2234	GER	=58N	+92B	=25N	=43N	=15B	+62B	=7N	4.5	23.0	24.5	14.50	2098	-20.6
21	Zhang, Yibo	2014	GER	+88B	−2N	+91B	+80N	−7B	+38N	=17B	4.5	22.0	23.5	10.75	2123	+39.6
22	Ludwig, Sebastian	2038	GER	−39B	=45N	−57B	+93N	+82B	+70N	+37B	4.5	18.0	19.0	10.75	2034	+0.2
23	Walter, Richard	2041	GER	−36N	−79B	+73N	=74B	+66N	+58B	+71N	4.5	17.0	19.0	12.25	2030	-2.6
24	Grill, Bernd	2113	GER	+74N	+31B	=8N	=11B	−5N	=25B	=35N	4.0	27.0	29.5	15.25	2163	+9.6
25	Muller-Moingt, BastienFM	2007	FRA	+85B	=14N	=20B	−6N	+57B	=24N	=51B	4.0	25.0	27.0	13.25	2168	+57.6
26	Wadiei, Soroush	1959	GER	−18N	+76B	+35N	+53B	−30N	+56B	−9N	4.0	24.0	26.5	13.00	2155	+37.2
27	Metzdorf, Jonas	1812	GER	+41B	=29N	−17B	+49N	=34B	=43N	=32B	4.0	23.5	27.0	14.75	2088	+49.6
28	Henrich, ThomasFM	2083	GER	+66N	+84B	−5N	+87B	−11N	+42B	−10N	4.0	23.5	25.5	10.50	2118	+7.2
29	Sulzbacher, Kurt	2050	GER	+67N	=27B	−13N	+69B	=38N	+40B	−18N	4.0	23.0	25.5	12.75	2034	-2.0
30	Nunez Gregoire, DanielFM	2167	GER	F	+58B	+47N	−14N	+26B	−12N	+43B	4.0	23.0	23.0	14.00	2187	+7.6
31	Kleih, Julian	1942	GER	+52B	−24N	=46B	=19N	=64B	+83N	=34B	4.0	22.5	24.5	13.00	2108	+31.8
32	Capelja, Christian	2026	GER	+97N	+95B	−11N	+39B	=10N	−8B	=27N	4.0	22.5	22.5	8.50	2082	+9.6
33	Jerie, Sven	1994	GER	+98B	−3N	+81B	−7N	−40B	+68N	+60B	4.0	22.0	22.0	8.00	2001	+1.8
34	Sokratov, Stanislav	2106	GER	−42N	+74B	+63N	=15B	=27N	=71B	=31N	4.0	21.5	24.0	13.00	1985	-21.2
35	Klings, Peter	2025	GER	=96B	=81N	−26B	=61N	+88B	+79N	=24B	4.0	16.5	17.0	8.25	1978	-8.2
36	Thalheim, Jona	1893	GER	+23B	=17N	−12B	=46N	−41B	+59N	=49B	3.5	24.0	27.0	13.25	2040	+27.0
37	Kabakchiev, Alexander	1992	GER	−1N	+73B	+84N	=56B	−8N	+85B	−22N	3.5	23.5	25.5	8.00	2070	+10.6
38	Hagenmeyer, Jannis	1928	GER	+76N	=18B	+94N	−12N	=29B	−21B	=47N	3.5	23.5	24.5	9.50	2069	+26.0
39	Burg, Samuel	1890	GER	+22N	−56B	+48B	−32N	+46B	−19N	=65B	3.5	23.0	26.0	13.00	2027	+25.4
40	Wolf, Rainer	1932	GER	−9N	+99B	=62N	=47B	+33N	−29N	=41B	3.5	23.0	23.0	9.00	2025	+17.8
41	Gabriel, Josef	2000	GER	−27N	+97B	+60N	−16B	+36N	−18B	=40N	3.5	23.0	23.0	8.25	1957	-8.0
42	Goldinov, Daniel	1932	GER	+34B	F	−18N	=51B	+50N	−28N	+62B	3.5	22.5	22.5	12.25	2141	+68.0
43	Lasslop, Uwe	2011	GER	=92N	+100B	+55N	=20B	−16N	=27B	−30N	3.5	22.0	22.0	8.50	2027	+2.8
44	Prillwitz, Marco	1948	GER	−7B	=52N	+90B	+83N	−17B	=64N	=54N	3.5	21.5	23.0	8.50	2037	+16.4
45	Giebler, Kai	1935	GER	−56N	=22B	=58N	+75B	=54N	=47B	=50N	3.5	21.0	23.5	11.50	2008	+13.6
46	Schulte, Torsten	2007	GER	+78N	−8B	=31N	=36B	−39N	=72B	+74N	3.5	21.0	23.5	10.00	1974	-8.0
47	Zitzelsberger, Philipp	1998	GER	+90B	=12N	−30B	=40N	=79B	=45N	=38B	3.5	21.0	22.5	10.00	1980	-3.4
48	Urbansky, Jan	1994	GER	+75N	−5B	−39N	=66B	=60N	=67B	+81N	3.5	20.5	22.5	9.00	1939	-22.0
49	Schaefer, Daniel	1982	GER	−11N	+68B	=95N	−27B	+89N	=53B	=36N	3.5	20.0	20.5	8.25	1926	-11.2
50	Hubel, Merten	2041	GER	=81B	+96N	−14B	=57N	−42B	+69N	=45B	3.5	19.0	19.5	7.25	1968	-14.2
51	Migl, Dieter	2113	GER	=57B	=72N	=64B	=42N	+59B	F	=25N	3.5	19.0	19.0	11.00	2028	-12.8
52	Krockenberger, MartinFM	2120	GER	−31N	=44B	F	+95B	+87N	=15N	=19B	3.5	19.0	19.0	8.75	2002	-16.8
53	Rosenberger, Frank	2077	GER	F	+57N	=80B	−26N	=70B	=49N	+63B	3.5	18.0	18.0	10.00	1998	-11.4
54	Huhn, Stefan	2076	GER	−60B	−91N	+97B	+81N	=45B	=65N	=44B	3.5	16.5	16.5	7.00	1927	-27.6
55	Heron, AndrewCM	2160	LIE	=72B	+82N	−43B	−71N	=69B	=57N	+79B	3.5	16.0	18.0	8.00	1960	-72.4
56	Kerpe, Andreas	2118	GER	+45B	+39N	−4B	=37N	=71B	−26N	−15B	3.0	24.5	27.0	10.00	1940	-33.6
57	Stierle, Martin	1933	GER	=51N	−53B	+22N	=50B	−25N	=55B	=58N	3.0	22.5	25.5	11.25	2010	+13.6
58	Hoefer, Daniel	1981	GER	=20B	−30N	=45B	=88N	+61B	−23N	=57B	3.0	22.5	24.0	9.25	1956	-6.2
59	Stute, Wolfgang	1989	GER	−8N	+78B	+75N	−9B	−51N	−36B	+92N	3.0	22.0	23.5	6.50	1945	-20.4
60	Osmanovic, Faruk	1915	GER	+54N	−16B	−41B	=86N	=48B	+76N	−33N	3.0	21.5	23.5	8.75	1989	+13.4
61	Konstantinides, Savvas	1874	CYP	+99N	−9B	−15N	=35B	−58N	+77B	=72N	3.0	21.5	21.5	5.75	1961	+31.6
62	Bueter, Norbert	2003	GER	+93B	−4N	=40B	=79N	+80B	−20N	−42N	3.0	21.0	22.0	5.75	1933	-14.4
63	Koch, Martin	1975	GER	−4B	+93N	−34B	+92N	−19B	+80N	−53N	3.0	21.0	22.0	4.50	1937	-7.8
64	Gheng, Dominik	2001	GER	+68N	=11B	=51N	−10B	=31N	=44B	—	3.0	20.5	23.5	10.75	2057	+8.0
65	Gheng, Simona	1981	GER	−5N	−75B	+78N	+67B	F	=54B	=39N	3.0	20.5	20.5	9.00	1961	-3.6
66	Heilig, Tim Markus	1926	GER	−28B	=83N	=86B	=48N	−23B	=82N	+89B	3.0	18.0	19.5	6.25	1938	+1.8
67	Jakob, Steffen	1900	GER	−29B	−94B	+68N	−65N	+73B	=48N	=83B	3.0	18.0	19.0	8.25	1915	+2.4
68	Park, Manuel	1828	GER	−64B	−49N	−67B	+97N	+84N	−33B	+82B	3.0	17.5	17.5	4.00	1891	+22.8
69	Braak, Richard, Dr.	1959	GER	−3B	+98N	=19B	−29N	=55N	−50B	=75N	2.5	23.5	23.5	5.25	1902	-11.6
70	Scheeff, Volker	1980	GER	=10N	F	−6B	+84B	=53N	−22B	=85N	2.5	22.5	22.5	7.25	2011	+1.8
71	Wezel, Sebastian	1962	GER	−12B	=90N	F	+55B	=56N	=34N	−23B	2.5	21.0	21.5	7.75	2009	+6.6
72	Wettengel, Alexander	1961	GER	=55N	=51B	−10N	F	=76B	=46N	=61B	2.5	21.0	21.0	8.00	2022	+8.2
73	Schmidt, Markus	1867	GER	−19B	−37N	−23B	+90N	−67N	=78B	+88B	2.5	19.5	21.0	4.25	1822	-9.4
74	Mock, Oskar	1935	GER	−24B	−34N	+98B	=23N	−83B	+88N	−46B	2.5	19.5	19.5	3.75	1893	-8.6
75	Weiser, Moritz	1798	GER	−48B	+65N	−59B	−45N	=93B	=86N	=69B	2.5	17.5	18.5	5.75	1853	+16.0
76	Kaufmann, Kurt	2091	GER	−38B	−26N	F	+77B	=72N	−60B	+84N	2.5	17.5	17.5	5.75	1881	-68.8
77	Roth, Stefan	1992	GER	−2B	−88N	=93B	−76N	+90B	−61N	+80B	2.5	16.0	17.0	4.00	1847	-29.8
78	Fischermann, Simon	1847	GER	−46B	−59N	−65B	+98N	−81B	=73N	+90B	2.5	15.5	15.5	2.75	1803	-18.0
79	Amiral, Kamal Jan	1929	USA	−17B	+23N	F	=62B	=47N	−35B	−55N	2.0	23.0	23.0	7.75	1928	-0.8
80	Langer, Niklas	1815	GER	+94N	=10B	=53N	−21B	−62N	−63B	−77N	2.0	21.5	22.5	5.25	1881	+16.8
81	Weigel, Curt	1895	GER	=50N	=35B	−33N	−54B	+78N	F	−48B	2.0	21.0	21.0	6.25	1871	-3.4
82	Pfeifer, Wilfried	1963	GER	=13N	−55B	=89N	=85B	−22N	=66B	−68N	2.0	20.5	22.0	5.50	1814	-29.2
83	Nagelsdiek, Michael	2038	GER	−84N	=66B	F	−44B	+74N	−31B	=67N	2.0	18.0	18.0	5.50	1796	-38.8
84	Sax, Leon	1876	GER	+83B	−28N	−37B	−70N	−68B	+93N	−76B	2.0	17.5	18.5	3.00	1819	-11.8
85	Dosch, Alexander	1848	GER	−25N	−87B	F	=82N	+86B	−37N	=70B	2.0	16.0	16.0	4.25	1861	+2.4
86	Faulhaber, Rolf, Dr.	1995	GER	=89N	−13B	=66N	=60B	−85N	=75B	—	2.0	15.0	16.5	5.00	1790	-32.8
87	Bodriyenko, Markiyan	1981	GER	−14B	+85N	+88B	−28N	−52B	—	—	2.0	14.0	15.5	3.50	1961	-7.2
88	Wolff, Calvin	1859	GER	−21N	+77B	−87N	=58B	−35N	−74B	−73N	1.5	19.0	21.0	4.00	1741	-38.4
89	Bisanz, Daniel	1798	GER	=86B	−6N	=82B	=91N	−49B	F	−66N	1.5	17.5	17.5	2.75	1809	0.0
90	Schreiber, Stephan	1801	GER	−47N	=71B	−44N	−73B	−77N	+97B	−78N	1.5	17.0	17.0	1.25	1696	-16.8
91	Retzlaff, Kian	1946	GER	−16N	+54B	−21N	=89B	F	F	F	1.5	14.5	14.5	4.25	1917	-8.4
92	Gheng, Hannelore	1854	GER	=43B	−20N	F	−63B	F	+98N	−59B	1.5	14.0	14.0	1.75	1852	-2.4
93	Bauer, Dieter	1828	GER	−62N	−63B	=77N	−22B	=75N	−84B	F	1.0	17.5	17.5	2.50	1675	-21.0
94	Einwiller, Dieter	2000	GER	−80B	+67N	−38B	F	—	—	—	1.0	8.5	8.5	3.00	1756	-19.6
95	Retzlaff, Nick	1790	GER	F	−32N	=49B	−52N	F	F	F	0.5	12.5	12.5	1.75	1770	-2.8
96	Fiala, Marco	1867	GER	=35N	−50B	F	—	—	—	—	0.5	7.5	10.0	2.00	1840	-1.2
97	Seybold, Marco	1870	GER	−32B	−41N	−54N	−68B	F	−90N	F	0.0	15.5	15.5	0.00	1146	-40.2
98	Hofmann, Diego	1796	GER	−33N	−69B	−74N	−78B	F	−92B	F	0.0	14.0	14.0	0.00	1118	-68.4
99	Marquardt, Alexander	2029	GER	−61B	−40N	F	—	—	—	—	0.0	6.5	8.5	0.00	1103	-26.8
100	Rechner, Jan PhilippCM	1838	GER	F	−43N	F	—	—	—	—	0.0	5.5	5.5	0.00	1211	-10.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Goldinov, DanielGER
+68.0
3.5 pts · #52
2Muller-Moingt, BastienFMFRA
+57.6
4.0 pts · #31
3Albrecht, NeilFMGER
+56.0
5.0 pts · #8

Top rating losers

1Heron, AndrewCMLIE
-72.4
3.5 pts · #38
2Kaufmann, KurtGER
-68.8
2.5 pts · #76
3Hofmann, DiegoGER
-68.4
0.0 pts · #100

Biggest upsets

R1+349 Elo gap
Wurmbauer, Nils1986 beat FMNemitz, Alfred2335
R4+198 Elo gap
Wezel, Sebastian1962 beat CMHeron, Andrew2160
R4+194 Elo gap
Braun, Joachim2157 beat FMZuferi, Enis2351