Gutenberg-Open Mainz 2025 B-Turnier

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107 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 29 May 2025 to 01 Jun 2025 in Mainz, Germany. 7 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1934, and top seed was Volker Kropp (🇩🇪 GER, 1983).

Volker Kropp (🇩🇪 GER, 1983) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Julian Behr (6.0) and Norbert Ahrends (5.5). Kropp won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Matthias Henzelmann (1672) beat Vincent Bremer (1973), a +301-point gap.

Location

🇩🇪Mainz, 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

🇩🇪Volker Kropp1983

Avg top 10

1,934

Participants

107

Federations · 7 represented

🇩🇪Germany×96

🇺🇦Ukraine×2

🇱🇺Luxembourg×2

🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan×1

🇦🇱Albania×1

🇬🇷Greece×1

🇳🇱Netherlands×1

Top 3

🥇
Volker Kropp
🇩🇪GER·1983
6.0pts·2120perf+20.2
🥈
Julian Behr
🇩🇪GER·1858
6.0pts·2129perf+44.6
🥉
Norbert Ahrends
🇩🇪GER·1964
5.5pts·1979perf+2.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R4; 2 players tied at 6.0/7, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Behr6Kropp6Hrytseniuk5.5Ahrends5.5Kobs5.5Henzelmann5.5

R4–R7 · LEAD HELD

Julian Behr held the sole lead from R4 through R7 without losing it.

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 6.0/7. Kropp takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (29.0).

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Julian Behr drew with Volker Kropp (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Julian Behr	*	½	—	½
2Volker Kropp	½	*	—	—
3Yanislav Hrytseniuk	—	—	*	—
4Norbert Ahrends	½	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Kropp, Volker	1983	GER	+37B	+70N	=8B	+17N	+15B	=2B	+10N	6.0	29.0	32.0	26.50	2120	+20.2
2	Behr, Julian	1858	GER	+65B	+45N	+27B	+25N	+24B	=1N	=3B	6.0	27.0	30.0	24.25	2129	+44.6
3	Ahrends, Norbert	1964	GER	+81B	=18N	+44B	=8N	+14B	+4B	=2N	5.5	29.5	32.0	24.25	1979	+2.8
4	Motzer, Marc	1811	GER	+105B	+49N	+5B	=15N	+9B	−3N	+22B	5.5	28.5	28.5	20.75	1913	+11.8
5	Hrytseniuk, Yanislav	0	UKR	+28N	+55B	−4N	+93B	=12N	+30N	+16B	5.5	26.5	28.5	20.50	1876	0.0
6	Kobs, Stephan	1890	GER	+66B	=56N	+64B	=11N	+13B	=8N	+19B	5.5	26.0	29.0	22.25	1849	-3.6
7	Henzelmann, Matthias	1672	GER	+95B	=9N	−16B	+49N	+78B	+24N	+20B	5.5	24.0	26.0	19.00	1982	+63.2
8	Balashvili, Amiran	1793	GER	+67B	+91N	=1N	=3B	+32N	=6B	=9B	5.0	29.0	31.0	20.00	1986	+63.6
9	Dany, Jakob	1923	GER	+76N	=7B	+52N	+34B	−4N	+31B	=8N	5.0	27.5	30.0	19.25	1906	+10.8
10	Jamal Jameel, Mahmoon	1933	GER	+50B	=44N	+18B	=13N	+38B	+25N	−1B	5.0	27.0	30.5	20.25	1916	-0.4
11	Beier, Claus Christian, Dr.	1670	GER	+106N	+89B	=12N	=6B	=16B	=15N	+25B	5.0	25.5	25.5	15.75	1935	+70.0
12	Doehne, Vincent	1816	GER	+79B	+74N	=11B	−24N	=5B	+44N	+38B	5.0	24.5	27.0	17.75	1885	+22.8
13	Musiol, Lukasz	1777	GER	+89N	+103B	=17N	=10B	−6N	+48B	+31N	5.0	24.5	25.5	15.25	1875	+28.8
14	Nischke, Klaus-Peter	1793	GER	+100N	=46B	=75N	+76B	−3N	+47B	+26N	5.0	21.5	22.5	14.00	1863	+23.6
15	Rau, John	1913	GER	+35N	+40B	+53N	=4B	−1N	=11B	=21N	4.5	29.0	32.5	19.00	1843	-19.2
16	Hattemer, Katrin	1880	GER	=47N	+97B	+7N	=26B	=11N	+28B	−5N	4.5	27.5	29.0	17.25	1843	-8.8
17	Henzelmann, Klaus	1854	GER	+51B	+96N	=13B	−1B	+40N	−19N	+45B	4.5	26.5	28.5	15.50	1908	+8.8
18	Kesavan, Sarvesh	1691	GER	+63N	=3B	−10N	=47B	=51N	+74B	+62N	4.5	24.5	27.0	15.75	1714	+3.6
19	Demenko, Olexandr	0	UKR	=93N	=36B	+23N	=77B	+52N	+17B	−6N	4.5	24.5	26.5	16.75	1836	0.0
20	Ristedt, Mathis	1812	GER	−54N	+82B	+35N	=28B	+75N	+29B	−7N	4.5	23.5	26.0	15.00	1652	-22.4
21	Graf, Ann-Jennifer	1775	GER	=39B	−64N	+43B	=51N	+79B	+37N	=15B	4.5	23.0	25.5	16.50	1885	+26.0
22	Ju, Eric Zirui	0	GER	=52N	+104B	−26N	+90B	+77N	+32B	−4N	4.5	21.5	22.5	11.25	1806	0.0
23	Wolf, Noah	1688	GER	+94B	−24N	−19B	+100N	+59B	=66N	+58B	4.5	20.5	21.5	11.50	1810	+32.4
24	Bremer, Vincent	1973	GER	+73N	+23B	=34N	+12B	−2N	−7B	=40N	4.0	29.0	32.0	16.50	1778	-31.0
25	Mailitis, Ricardo	1817	GER	+42N	+54B	+29N	−2B	+26N	−10B	−11N	4.0	28.0	31.5	15.50	1711	-30.4
26	Yozgyur, Ediz	1765	GER	=64B	+39N	+22B	=16N	−25B	+50N	−14B	4.0	25.5	28.5	15.75	1686	-18.0
27	Hofmann, Werner	1780	GER	+60N	+106B	−2N	=48B	=46N	=42B	=29N	4.0	24.5	24.5	11.00	1507	-20.8
28	Osipov, Savelii	1654	GER	−5B	+105N	+91B	=20N	+41B	−16N	=30B	4.0	24.5	24.5	10.25	1840	+49.6
29	Sauer, Arne	0	GER	+68B	+57N	−25B	+33N	=30B	−20N	=27B	4.0	24.0	27.0	14.50	1813	0.0
30	Koellner, Ulrich	1831	GER	+72N	=75B	=48N	+53B	=29N	−5B	=28N	4.0	23.5	26.0	13.50	1770	-6.2
31	Balluch, Emanuel	1826	GER	−74B	+42N	+65B	+96N	+45B	−9N	−13B	4.0	23.0	25.0	12.50	1706	-39.2
32	Sulic, Kresimir	1956	GER	+61N	−53B	+92B	+56N	−8B	−22N	+65B	4.0	23.0	25.0	12.00	1739	-23.6
33	Schaefer, Markus	1746	GER	−46N	+60B	+54N	−29B	=35N	+76B	=42N	4.0	22.5	25.0	13.50	1752	+1.6
34	Beier, Martin	1781	GER	+59B	+78N	=24B	−9N	=50B	=45N	=66B	4.0	22.5	25.0	13.00	1687	-23.1
35	Kanagaraj, Aarav	1589	GER	−15B	+95N	−20B	+80N	=33B	+68N	=41B	4.0	22.5	24.5	11.50	1737	+34.0
36	Denzer, Johannes	1921	GER	=43B	=19N	+66B	−45N	=65B	+84N	=39B	4.0	22.0	24.5	13.25	1656	-55.2
37	Will, Elina	1622	GER	−1N	−71B	+89N	+60B	+103N	−21B	+69N	4.0	22.0	23.0	9.50	1080	-15.6
38	de la Chevallerie, Gilbert	1754	GER	=80N	=98B	+74N	+67B	−10N	+46B	−12N	4.0	21.5	23.0	11.00	1693	-5.6
39	Blochwitz, Jonas	0	GER	=21N	−26B	=104N	+73B	=53N	+77B	=36N	4.0	21.5	22.5	12.00	1752	0.0
40	Metzger, Jan Patrick	1670	GER	+102B	−15N	=49B	+92N	−17B	+78N	=24B	4.0	21.0	22.0	9.25	1640	-4.4
41	Blinzler, Hans	1804	GER	=48N	+80B	=46N	=75B	−28N	+83B	=35N	4.0	20.0	22.5	11.75	1608	-50.0
42	Gabriel, Kjell	1531	GER	−25B	−31B	+107N	+101N	+86B	=27N	=33B	4.0	19.5	19.5	7.50	1696	+38.4
43	Mies, Frederik	1596	GER	=36N	−93B	−21N	=69B	+98N	+89B	+67N	4.0	18.5	20.0	10.00	1655	+8.0
44	Lannert, Len Andre	1687	GER	+69N	=10B	−3N	+72B	=48N	−12B	=47N	3.5	25.5	28.5	12.00	1677	-7.2
45	Wolf, Adam	1656	GER	+85N	−2B	+71N	+36B	−31N	=34B	−17N	3.5	25.5	28.0	11.50	1699	+9.6
46	Dill, Dominik	0	GER	+33B	=14N	=41B	=57N	=27B	−38N	=68B	3.5	24.5	27.5	13.75	1777	0.0
47	Langer, Johann Leander	1574	GER	=16B	=58N	=57B	=18N	+70B	−14N	=44B	3.5	24.5	27.5	12.75	1772	+70.0
48	Krannich, Eva	1509	GER	=41B	+86N	=30B	=27N	=44B	−13N	=50B	3.5	24.0	26.5	12.00	1736	+77.2
49	Gomilar, Gaetan	0	GER	+77N	−4B	=40N	−7B	=90N	=57B	+83N	3.5	23.5	25.5	9.75	1714	0.0
50	Machwirth, Ernst	1601	GER	−10N	+69B	=103N	+55B	=34N	−26B	=48N	3.5	23.0	24.0	10.75	1685	+18.4
51	Nguyen, Minh Anh	1563	GER	−17N	+101B	=55N	=21B	=18B	=56N	=75B	3.5	23.0	24.0	10.25	1684	+34.0
52	Neagu, Liviu	1749	GER	=22B	+62N	−9B	+64N	−19B	F	+82N	3.5	23.0	23.0	11.25	1688	-2.6
53	Baumgarten, Otto	1686	GER	+99B	+32N	−15B	−30N	=39B	−62N	+79B	3.5	22.5	24.0	10.00	1808	+24.0
54	Duizendstra, Ben	1514	GER	+20B	−25N	−33B	=58N	+81B	=75N	=56B	3.5	22.0	24.5	11.75	1739	+77.6
55	Solovev, Aleksei	1799	LUX	+84B	−5N	=51B	−50N	+64B	=65N	=59B	3.5	22.0	24.5	10.50	1532	-31.8
56	Milman, Sophie	1684	GER	+107N	=6B	=93N	−32B	=74N	=51B	=54N	3.5	21.0	21.0	8.50	1649	-14.8
57	Polat, Marcel	1794	GER	+82N	−29B	=47N	=46B	F	=49N	+74B	3.5	20.5	23.0	10.25	1808	+1.0
58	Bittner, Benjamin	1854	GER	=97N	=47B	−76N	=54B	+71N	+67B	−23N	3.5	20.0	21.5	10.25	1514	-100.0
59	Solovev, Nikolai	1432	LUX	−34N	+73B	−77N	+104B	−23N	+90B	=55N	3.5	19.5	20.5	7.75	1709	+92.8
60	Manuel dos Santos, Fabio	0	GER	−27B	−33N	+102B	−37N	+99B	=61N	+86B	3.5	19.5	20.5	6.75	1535	0.0
61	Matsoukas, Konstantinos	1602	GRE	−32B	+94N	=78B	=68N	F	=60B	+80N	3.5	19.0	21.0	9.00	1671	+4.4
62	Sharma, Arnav	0	GER	=90N	−52B	−83N	+105B	+72N	+53B	−18B	3.5	19.0	19.0	7.50	1658	0.0
63	Mala, Desjan	0	ALB	−18B	=81N	=87B	−66N	+101B	=79N	+90B	3.5	17.0	18.0	6.75	1571	0.0
64	Rabel, David	0	GER	=26N	+21B	−6N	−52B	−55N	=71B	+85N	3.0	24.0	26.5	10.50	1647	0.0
65	Reis, Sophie	1570	GER	−2N	+85B	−31N	+98B	=36N	=55B	−32N	3.0	24.0	25.5	7.75	1632	+10.0
66	Kim, David	1578	KGZ	−6N	+107B	−36N	+63B	F	=23B	=34N	3.0	23.5	23.5	7.75	1627	+6.0
67	Wolf, Anna	1488	GER	−8N	+87B	+70B	−38N	+96B	−58N	−43B	3.0	22.0	24.0	7.50	1661	+56.4
68	Cichon, Joerg	1771	GER	−29N	+100B	=72N	=61B	=76N	−35B	=46N	3.0	20.5	21.5	7.25	1575	-24.8
69	Reis, Tim	0	GER	−44B	−50N	=88B	=43N	+100B	+87N	−37B	3.0	20.0	21.0	6.75	1545	0.0
70	Srock, Philipp	1709	GER	+71N	−1B	−67N	+82B	−47N	F	+95B	3.0	20.0	20.0	7.50	1442	-56.0
71	Al Sholi, Hussam	0	GER	−70B	+37N	−45B	=81N	−58B	=64N	+97B	3.0	19.5	21.0	8.25	1613	0.0
72	Plaumann, Finja	1609	GER	−30B	+102N	=68B	−44N	−62B	=92N	+91B	3.0	18.0	19.0	5.50	1490	-16.0
73	Schmitz, Bernhard Hubert	1615	GER	−24B	−59N	+94B	−39N	F	+102N	+92B	3.0	18.0	19.0	5.00	902	-17.0
74	Haefner, Celine Milena	1536	GER	+31N	−12B	−38B	+91N	=56B	−18N	−57N	2.5	24.5	26.5	7.75	1568	+8.0
75	Blatzos, Aristotelis	1645	GER	F	=30N	=14B	=41N	−20B	=54B	=51N	2.5	24.5	25.5	10.00	1662	+3.2
76	Derr, Georg	1586	GER	−9B	+99N	+58B	−14N	=68B	−33N	F	2.5	23.0	24.5	6.50	1660	+12.4
77	Khalilov, Asrat	1692	GER	−49B	+79N	+59B	=19N	−22B	−39N	−84B	2.5	22.5	25.0	8.25	1610	-11.6
78	Fechner, Johan Henrik	0	GER	+87N	−34B	=61N	+83B	−7N	−40B	F	2.5	22.0	24.5	6.75	1608	0.0
79	Filis, Leon	1530	GER	−12N	−77B	+106N	+85B	−21N	=63B	−53N	2.5	21.5	21.5	4.25	943	-37.2
80	Glastra, Nickjan	0	NED	=38B	−41N	=81B	−35B	=85N	+88N	−61B	2.5	20.5	23.0	7.00	1530	0.0
81	Maibaum, Harry	1614	GER	−3N	=63B	=80N	=71B	−54N	−85B	+89N	2.5	20.5	22.5	6.50	937	-15.0
82	Kollmer, Otto	1494	GER	−57B	−20N	+99B	−70N	+94B	=86N	−52B	2.5	19.0	20.5	4.75	1381	-18.8
83	Cherniavskii, Lev	1638	GER	−91B	=84N	+62B	−78N	+92B	−41N	−49B	2.5	18.0	20.0	6.75	1456	-18.8
84	Muzyka, Irina	1494	GER	−55N	=83B	−90N	+97B	F	−36B	+77N	2.5	17.5	19.0	5.25	1661	+44.8
85	Sojczynski, Kevin	0	GER	−45B	−65N	+105B	−79N	=80B	+81N	−64B	2.5	17.0	17.0	3.75	1504	0.0
86	Cimicky, Vaclav	1671	GER	=98N	−48B	+97N	=103B	−42N	=82B	−60N	2.5	16.5	17.5	4.00	1438	-51.2
87	Vranckx, Gabriel	1627	GER	−78B	−67N	=63N	+88B	F	−69B	+99N	2.5	16.0	16.0	5.75	1526	-11.2
88	Brauckmann, Martin	1563	GER	F	F	=69N	−87N	+97B	−80B	+98N	2.5	11.0	11.0	4.50	1596	+3.6
89	Kollmer, Karla	0	GER	−13B	−11N	−37B	+102N	+91B	−43N	−81B	2.0	22.5	23.5	3.00	856	0.0
90	Fuchs, Andreas	1724	GER	=62B	−92N	+84B	−22N	=49B	−59N	−63N	2.0	21.0	23.0	6.00	1463	-12.8
91	Abou Taam, Karim	0	GER	+83N	−8B	−28N	−74B	−89N	+100B	−72N	2.0	19.0	20.0	3.50	1491	0.0
92	Ivanenko, Daryna	0	GER	=104N	+90B	−32N	−40B	−83N	=72B	−73N	2.0	18.5	19.5	4.00	1539	0.0
93	Schoeneich, Mika	1780	GER	=19B	+43N	=56B	−5N	F	—	—	2.0	17.5	20.5	8.00	1833	+5.2
94	Rachel, Fabienne	0	GER	−23N	−61B	−73N	+107B	−82N	=98B	=101N	2.0	16.0	16.0	1.25	800	0.0
95	Baz, Orhan	0	GER	−7N	−35B	F	F	+105N	+106B	−70N	2.0	13.5	13.5	0.00	1429	0.0
96	Erke, Georg	1634	GER	+101N	−17B	+98N	−31B	−67N	—	—	2.0	13.0	14.0	2.50	923	-48.0
97	Walteros, Rio	1563	GER	=58B	−16N	−86B	−84N	−88N	+107B	−71N	1.5	18.5	18.5	1.75	1326	-49.2
98	Tugendhat Tang, Kai Roby	0	GER	=86B	=38N	−96B	−65N	−43B	=94N	−88B	1.5	18.0	20.0	4.25	1360	0.0
99	FIDE 12980293	0	—	−53N	−76B	−82N	+106B	−60N	=101B	−87B	1.5	15.5	15.5	0.50	802	0.0
100	Hafner, Hans-Peter	1468	GER	−14B	−68N	F	−23B	−69N	−91N	+102B	1.0	19.5	20.5	1.00	951	-9.8
101	Singaraju, Sashank	0	GER	−96B	−51N	F	−42B	−63N	=99N	=94B	1.0	16.5	16.5	1.75	779	0.0
102	FIDE 533035490	0	—	−40N	−72B	−60N	−89B	+107N	−73B	−100N	1.0	16.5	16.5	0.00	791	0.0
103	Zeiger, Andre	0	GER	F	−13N	=50B	=86N	−37B	—	—	1.0	15.0	15.0	3.00	1475	0.0
104	Herrmann, Gerhard	1668	GER	=92B	−22N	=39B	−59N	—	—	—	1.0	12.0	14.0	3.00	631	-16.0
105	Pfaff, Helmut	1512	GER	−4N	−28B	−85N	−62N	−95B	F	F	0.0	17.5	17.5	0.00	933	-9.2
106	FIDE 533045496	0	—	−11B	−27N	−79B	−99N	F	−95N	F	0.0	15.0	15.0	0.00	860	0.0
107	Gerhardt, Liam	0	GER	−56B	−66N	−42B	−94N	−102B	−97N	F	0.0	15.0	15.0	0.00	789	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Solovev, NikolaiLUX
+92.8
3.5 pts · #30
2Duizendstra, BenGER
+77.6
3.5 pts · #29
3Krannich, EvaGER
+77.2
3.5 pts · #24

Top rating losers

1Bittner, BenjaminGER
-100.0
3.5 pts · #53
2Srock, PhilippGER
-56.0
3.0 pts · #76
3Denzer, JohannesGER
-55.2
4.0 pts · #33

Biggest upsets

R6+301 Elo gap
Henzelmann, Matthias1672 beat Bremer, Vincent1973
R1+298 Elo gap
Duizendstra, Ben1514 beat Ristedt, Mathis1812
R6+292 Elo gap
Solovev, Nikolai1432 beat Fuchs, Andreas1724