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43. Wilhelm-Werner-Gedaechtnis-Turnier A-Open

Open SwissStandard

16 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 29 May 2025 to 01 Jun 2025 in Bad Salzdetfurth, Germany. Top 10 Elo average was 1960, and top seed was Juergen Garbuszus (🇩🇪 GER, 2075).

Alexander Belakhin (🇩🇪 GER, 1916) won with 5.0/7, ahead of Maximilian Vogel (5.0) and Thorsten Roth (5.0). Belakhin shared the lead from round 3, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Alexander Belakhin (1916) beat Maximilian Vogel (2072), a +156-point gap.

Location
🇩🇪Bad Salzdetfurth, 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
🇩🇪Juergen Garbuszus2075
Avg top 10
1,960
Participants
16
Federations · 1 represented
🇩🇪Germany×16
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R7; 3 players tied at 5.0/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.

Co-leaders
6
1
3
2
2
2
3
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Roth5Belakhin5Vogel5Soellig4.5Seer4Garbuszus4
R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 5.0/7. Belakhin takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (24.0).

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Thorsten Roth drew with Alexander Belakhin (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Thorsten Roth 4 wins (R3–R6)Alexander Belakhin 3 wins (R2–R4)Maximilian Vogel 3 wins (R5–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Thorsten Roth*
½
——
2Alexander Belakhin
½
*
1
½
3Maximilian Vogel—
0
*
½
4Martin Soellig—
½
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Belakhin, Alexander1916GER=9N+15B+13N+2B=5N=4B=3B5.024.026.017.752132+41.2
2Vogel, Maximilian2072GER=15N+9B=4B−1N+11N+12B+5N5.021.523.515.252083+5.6
3Roth, Thorsten1971GER−6N=11B+9N+14B+12N+5B=1N5.021.023.515.752065+17.8
4Soellig, Martin1955GER+11N+6B=2N−5B+10N=1N=8B4.524.527.016.252048+18.2
5Garbuszus, Juergen2075GER+7B=12N+10B+4N=1B−3N−2B4.026.529.015.251984-15.6
6Ritter, Uwe1882GER+3B−4N−8B−7N+16B+13B+15N4.021.523.511.501940+9.4
7Seer, Maurice1885GER−5N=8BF+6B=15N+14B+10N4.019.021.012.252055+27.2
8Huhs, Sven1982GER−12B=7N+6N=11B=13N=10B=4N3.520.523.012.251890-17.6
9Rueggeberg, Jan1899GER=1B−2N−3B−16N=14N+11B+13N3.022.524.58.751932+5.4
10Siebert, Marco Leander1863GER+14N=13B−5N+15B−4B=8N−7B3.021.023.07.501895+5.4
11Friedhoff, Kai1833GER−4B=3N+16B=8N−2B−9N=14N2.523.525.57.501765-20.0
12Paashaus, Detlef1880GER+8N=5B=14N=13B−3B−2N−16B2.522.524.58.001927+6.4
13Hertel, Holger1935GER+16B=10N−1B=12N=8B−6N−9B2.521.023.06.501711-35.2
14Juergenpott, Maximilian1867GER−10B+16N=12B−3N=9B−7N=11B2.520.022.06.001695-26.6
15Pothast, Laurenz1914GER=2B−1NF−10N=7B+16N−6B2.025.027.06.501683-28.8
16Netuschil, Marvin0GER−13N−14B−11N+9B−6N−15B+12N2.017.019.05.5017290.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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