Helsingborg Sommarturnering 2025 R45
Open SwissStandard
8 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 08 May 2025 to 15 May 2025 in Helsingborg, Sweden. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1310, and top seed was Mats Liljenberg (🇸🇪 SWE, 1873).
Volker Sarodnick (🇸🇪 SWE, 1831) won with 1.5/5, ahead of Kirtan Muthuraman (1.5) and Mats Liljenberg (1.5). Sarodnick shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
Location
🇸🇪Helsingborg, Sweden
Dates
08 May 2025 → 15 May 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Federations · 3 represented
🇸🇪Sweden×6
🇮🇳India×1
🇩🇰Denmark×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R5; 4 players tied at 1.5/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 4 at the finish.
Co-leaders
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8
8
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4
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
4 players finish on 1.5/5. Sarodnick takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (2.5).
R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Volker Sarodnick drew with Ted Henrik Sandbech (White).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Volker Sarodnick | * | ½ | — | — |
| 2Ted Henrik Sandbech | ½ | * | — | — |
| 3Kirtan Muthuraman | — | — | * | ½ |
| 4Mats Liljenberg | — | — | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sarodnick, Volker | 1831 | SWE | F | F | F | +5N | =4B | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.75 | 1919 | +4.4 |
| 2 | Muthuraman, Kirtan | 1643 | SWE | F | F | F | =3B | +7N | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.25 | 1886 | +12.0 |
| 3 | Liljenberg, Mats | 1873 | SWE | F | F | F | =2N | +6B | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.25 | 1643 | -6.0 |
| 4 | Sandbech, Ted Henrik | 1690 | DEN | F | F | F | +8B | =1N | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 1947 | +13.0 |
| 5 | Aulin, Jonas | 1764 | SWE | F | F | F | −1B | +8N | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 1754 | -0.2 |
| 6 | Johansson, Christer 1957 | 0 | SWE | F | F | F | =7N | −3N | 0.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.25 | 1086 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Grmas, Matej | 0 | SWE | F | F | F | =6B | −2B | 0.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.25 | 843 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Ishaan Vasudev Vinod Kumar | 1677 | IND | F | F | F | −4N | −5B | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 926 | -34.4 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Sandbech, Ted HenrikDEN+13.01.5 pts · #2
- 2Muthuraman, KirtanSWE+12.01.5 pts · #4
- 3Sarodnick, VolkerSWE+4.41.5 pts · #1
Top rating losers
- 1Ishaan Vasudev Vinod KumarIND-34.40.0 pts · #6
- 2Liljenberg, MatsSWE-6.01.5 pts · #5
- 3Aulin, JonasSWE-0.21.0 pts · #3