Offene Bezirkseinzelmeisterschaften Halle 2025

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72 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 16 May 2025 to 18 May 2025 in Halle (Saale), Germany. 2 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2106, and top seed was Chris Huckebrink (🇩🇪 GER, 2252).

Thore Meiwes (🇩🇪 GER, 2124) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Edwin Fischer (4.0) and Mathias Haensel (4.0). Meiwes shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Lennis Huebler (1528) beat Ekkehard Kuehn (1834), a +306-point gap.

Location

🇩🇪Halle (Saale), Germany

Dates

16 May 2025 → 18 May 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇩🇪Chris Huckebrink2252

Avg top 10

2,106

Participants

Titled players · 2

CM×2

Federations · 4 represented

🇩🇪Germany×68

🇳🇱Netherlands×1

🇵🇱Poland×1

🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina×1

Top 3

🥇
Thore Meiwes
🇩🇪GER·2124
4.0pts·2229perf+14.4
🥈
Edwin Fischer
🇩🇪GER·2189
4.0pts·2213perf+3.2
🥉
Mathias Haensel
🇩🇪GER·1791
4.0pts·2097perf+76.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 5 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 5 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Haensel4Meiwes4Radulovic4Fischer4Timar4Schmidtke3.5

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

5 players finish on 4.0/5. Meiwes takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (15.0).

R1–R5 · UNBEATEN

Mathias Haensel went unbeaten across 5 games (R1–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Mathias Haensel	*	—	—	—
2Thore Meiwes	—	*	½	½
3Drazen Radulovic	—	½	*	—
4Edwin Fischer	—	½	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Meiwes, Thore	2124	GER	+29N	+8B	=2N	+7B	=4B	4.0	15.0	17.5	13.50	2229	+14.4
2	Fischer, Edwin	2189	GER	+15B	+14N	=1B	+35N	=11B	4.0	13.5	16.0	12.25	2213	+3.2
3	Haensel, Mathias	1791	GER	=24B	+9N	+25B	=6N	+17B	4.0	12.5	15.0	12.00	2097	+76.8
4	Radulovic, Drazen	2201	BIH	+42N	+26B	=23N	+10B	=1N	4.0	12.5	14.5	11.25	2239	+7.0
5	Timar, Yannick	1915	NED	+58B	−11B	+31N	+37N	+16B	4.0	11.5	13.0	9.50	2019	+16.0
6	Bauer, Burkhard	2024	GER	=30B	+21N	+34N	=3B	=12N	3.5	13.0	15.5	10.50	2012	-1.0
7	Richter, Andreas	1903	GER	=34B	+30N	+13B	−1N	+32B	3.5	12.5	15.0	9.75	1972	+9.4
8	Fischer, Joerg	1791	GER	+70B	−1N	+20B	=13N	+50B	3.5	12.5	12.5	6.75	1989	+25.2
9	Patzschke, Carlo	1874	GER	=19N	−3B	+33B	+38N	+25B	3.5	12.0	14.5	9.00	1887	+3.6
10	Seidel, Arne Christian	1812	GER	+17B	=57N	+16B	−4N	+44B	3.5	12.0	13.5	8.75	2093	+50.4
11	Klys, KacperCM	2133	POL	+61B	+5N	+57B	F	=2N	3.5	12.0	13.0	8.50	2393	+45.6
12	Schmidtke, Olaf	0	GER	+40B	−28N	+45B	+56N	=6B	3.5	10.5	12.0	7.75	1783	0.0
13	Zander, Ben Erik	1686	GER	+71B	+61N	−7N	=8B	+26N	3.5	10.5	10.5	5.25	1970	+58.8
14	Homberger, Jan	1942	GER	+49N	−2B	+19N	=27B	=18N	3.0	12.5	14.5	7.75	1863	-8.0
15	Kern, Rene	1879	GER	−2N	+18B	=27N	+43B	=31N	3.0	12.0	14.0	7.50	1877	-0.6
16	Ilori, Oluwadamilola	0	GER	+53N	+48B	−10N	+42B	−5N	3.0	11.5	13.0	5.50	1867	0.0
17	Grosse, Frank	1850	GER	−10N	+43B	+60N	+46B	−3N	3.0	11.5	12.5	5.00	1711	-14.0
18	Becker, Dominik	1756	GER	+45B	−15N	+62B	=25N	=14B	3.0	10.5	11.5	5.75	1748	-1.2
19	Fricke, Sebastian	0	GER	=9B	=24N	−14B	+68N	+56B	3.0	10.5	10.5	4.50	1852	0.0
20	Roesch, Julian	2011	GER	+51N	−23B	−8N	+60B	+43N	3.0	10.0	11.0	5.00	1906	-10.0
21	Sikorra, Philipp	1836	GER	F	−6B	+54N	+53B	+27N	3.0	9.0	9.0	5.50	1882	+4.0
22	Debler, Bernd	0	GER	=36N	−60B	+66N	=24B	+48N	3.0	8.0	8.5	5.00	1688	0.0
23	Huckebrink, Chris	2252	GER	+28B	+20N	=4B	F	F	2.5	13.0	13.0	7.50	2305	+4.6
24	Senebald, Roland	1912	GER	=3N	=19B	=44B	=22N	=39B	2.5	12.5	14.5	7.25	1764	-23.6
25	Oehler, Jonas	1627	GER	+65N	+51B	−3N	=18B	−9N	2.5	12.5	13.5	4.50	1731	+19.2
26	Wendling, Jens	1932	GER	+55B	−4N	+38B	=44N	−13B	2.5	12.0	13.5	5.00	1837	-12.4
27	Ignatova, Gabriela	1665	GER	+69N	=29B	=15B	=14N	−21B	2.5	11.5	11.5	4.25	1793	+23.2
28	Gregory, Christopher	1884	GER	−23N	+12B	=37B	−32N	+65B	2.5	11.0	12.0	5.75	1154	-35.6
29	Scherner, Roberto	1862	GER	−1B	=27N	=32B	=45N	+67B	2.5	11.0	11.5	4.00	1724	-34.4
30	Binnewies, Markus	1861	GER	=6N	−7B	−43N	+66B	+54N	2.5	10.5	11.0	3.75	1726	-14.8
31	Alugili, Yosef	1751	GER	F	+62N	−5B	+33N	=15B	2.5	10.5	10.5	5.00	1804	+8.4
32	Kettmann, Hartmut	1655	GER	+68N	−42B	=29N	+28B	−7N	2.5	10.5	10.5	3.75	1795	+26.0
33	Kovanovic, Momir	1619	GER	+47N	=49B	−9N	−31B	+60N	2.5	10.0	11.0	4.00	1763	+36.8
34	Tittmann, Julian	1782	GER	=7N	F	−6B	+67N	+35B	2.5	10.0	10.0	4.75	1853	+10.0
35	Miculka, Andreas	0	GER	+67N	=58N	+55B	−2B	−34N	2.5	9.5	10.0	2.75	1848	0.0
36	Huebler, Lennis	1528	GER	=22B	−44N	=39B	=61N	+55B	2.5	9.0	10.0	4.75	1802	+52.4
37	Schadeberg, Lukas	0	GER	F	+66B	=28N	−5B	+42N	2.5	9.0	9.0	3.75	1804	0.0
38	Hoffmann, Heiko	1737	GER	=66N	+63B	−26N	−9B	+59N	2.5	8.5	9.0	2.75	1621	-12.4
39	Sen, Nazim Emrah	1772	GER	−54N	=53B	=36N	+72B	=24N	2.5	8.0	8.0	3.25	1549	-34.4
40	Stolzenwald, Frank	1581	GER	−12N	+69B	−58B	=55N	+64B	2.5	7.5	7.5	1.75	1791	+16.0
41	Pilz, Tobias	1758	GER	=63N	=56B	−46N	=54B	+53N	2.5	6.5	7.5	3.50	1609	-23.6
42	Sniegowski, Richard	1877	GER	−4B	+32N	+50B	−16N	−37B	2.0	12.0	14.0	4.50	1937	+9.6
43	Rohde, Ragnar	1662	GER	+59B	−17N	+30B	−15N	−20B	2.0	11.5	13.0	4.00	1707	+6.8
44	Elert, Eric	1728	GER	F	+36B	=24N	=26B	−10N	2.0	11.0	11.0	5.00	1796	+7.2
45	Holke, Henrik, Dr.	1546	GER	−18N	+68B	−12N	=29B	=47N	2.0	11.0	11.0	2.25	1672	+17.2
46	Rogozhin, David	0	GER	=64N	=47B	+41B	−17N	−49B	2.0	9.5	10.5	4.00	1721	0.0
47	Dumbrava, Maximilian	1774	GER	−33B	=46N	+59B	−50N	=45B	2.0	8.5	10.0	3.50	1309	-70.0
48	Wohlfahrt, Jonas	1865	GER	−57B	−16N	+64B	+63N	−22B	2.0	8.5	9.5	2.00	1977	+15.6
49	Muecke, Michael	1840	GER	−14B	=33N	=67B	F	+46N	2.0	8.5	9.0	3.50	1606	-18.2
50	Elsayed Esam, Sally	1581	GER	F	+64B	−42N	+47B	−8N	2.0	8.5	8.5	3.00	1796	+43.2
51	Simmank, Robert	1852	GER	−20B	−25N	=63B	=64N	+68B	2.0	7.5	7.5	1.00	1544	-62.4
52	Grunewald, Mitko	1725	GER	−62B	=59N	=61B	−65N	+63B	2.0	4.5	5.5	2.25	1914	+9.8
53	Vorsatz, Emil	0	GER	−16B	=39N	+69B	−21N	−41B	1.5	11.0	11.0	1.25	1516	0.0
54	Grunewald, Stephan	1582	GER	+39B	−55N	−21B	=41N	−30B	1.5	10.5	12.0	3.75	1663	+17.6
55	Kuehn, Ekkehard	1834	GER	−26N	+54B	−35N	=40B	−36N	1.5	10.0	11.5	2.75	1569	-54.0
56	Yilmaz, Deniz	1679	GER	F	=41N	+65B	−12B	−19N	1.5	10.0	10.0	2.25	1758	+4.4
57	Tiarks, Jann-ChristianCM	2248	GER	+48N	=10B	−11N	F	F	1.5	9.0	9.0	3.75	1949	-19.8
58	Doehn, Friedemann	1797	GER	−5N	=35B	+40N	F	F	1.5	9.0	9.0	3.75	1748	-2.4
59	Rogozhin, Georg	0	GER	−43N	=52B	−47N	+69N	−38B	1.5	8.5	8.5	1.00	1403	0.0
60	Koenig, Marius	1644	GER	F	+22N	−17B	−20N	−33B	1.0	11.5	11.5	3.00	1015	-27.6
61	Lehnert, Stefan	1874	GER	−11N	−13B	=52N	=36B	F	1.0	11.5	11.5	2.25	1575	-30.2
62	Zeitler, Viktor	0	GER	+52N	−31B	−18N	F	F	1.0	9.5	9.5	2.00	1619	0.0
63	Greither, Flora	1567	GER	=41B	−38N	=51N	−48B	−52N	1.0	9.0	11.0	2.25	1547	-5.2
64	Kaschuba, Juergen	1742	GER	=46B	−50N	−48N	=51B	−40N	1.0	8.5	10.5	2.00	1398	-32.0
65	Sen, Sascha	0	GER	−25B	F	−56N	+52B	−28N	1.0	8.5	8.5	2.00	1536	0.0
66	Huebler, Leonas	1461	GER	=38B	−37N	−22B	−30N	F	0.5	10.5	10.5	1.25	1605	+10.0
67	Komiljonov, Firdavs	1631	GER	−35B	F	=49N	−34B	−29N	0.5	9.5	9.5	1.00	1557	-9.2
68	Jafarov, Elias	0	GER	−32B	−45N	F	−19B	−51N	0.0	9.5	9.5	0.00	884	0.0
69	Ghriwati, Mohamad	0	GER	−27B	−40N	−53N	−59B	F	0.0	8.0	8.5	0.00	823	0.0
70	Seidl, Milan	1799	GER	−8N	F	F	F	F	0.0	6.0	6.0	0.00	991	-20.4
71	Froelich, Joseph	0	GER	−13N	F	F	F	F	0.0	4.0	4.0	0.00	886	0.0
72	FIDE 533038295	0	—	F	F	F	−39N	F	0.0	3.5	3.5	0.00	972	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Haensel, MathiasGER
+76.8
4.0 pts · #1
2Zander, Ben ErikGER
+58.8
3.5 pts · #22
3Huebler, LennisGER
+52.4
2.5 pts · #23

Top rating losers

1Dumbrava, MaximilianGER
-70.0
2.0 pts · #62
2Simmank, RobertGER
-62.4
2.0 pts · #49
3Kuehn, EkkehardGER
-54.0
1.5 pts · #46

Biggest upsets

R5+306 Elo gap
Huebler, Lennis1528 beat Kuehn, Ekkehard1834
R5+246 Elo gap
Zander, Ben Erik1686 beat Wendling, Jens1932
R4+229 Elo gap
Kettmann, Hartmut1655 beat Gregory, Christopher1884