43. Wilhelm-Werner-Gedaechtnis-Turnier B-Open
29 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 1813, and top seed was Ulrich Schuette (🇩🇪 GER, 1873).
Laurentius Nguyen (🇩🇪 GER, 1803) won with 7.0/7, ahead of Timo Rienaecker (5.0) and Vitaliy Sviridov (4.5). Nguyen won solo starting round 4.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Marco Swenty (1597) beat Vitaliy Sviridov (1832), a +235-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsLaurentius Nguyen led from R4; +2.0-point edge over the runner-up.
Laurentius Nguyen never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +2.0 over the runner-up.
Laurentius Nguyen 7 wins (R1–R7)Timo Rienaecker 4 wins (R4–R7)
Timo Rienaecker was #12 at R4, climbed to #2 over the final stretch.
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Laurentius Nguyen | * | — | 1 | — |
| 2Timo Rienaecker | — | * | 0 | — |
| 3Vitaliy Sviridov | 0 | 1 | * | — |
| 4Nauras Ismail | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nguyen, Laurentius | 1803 | GER | +13B | +9N | +15B | +25N | +7B | +8N | +3B | 7.0 | 23.0 | 24.5 | 24.50 | 2602 | +100.0 |
| 2 | Rienaecker, Timo | 0 | GER | +10B | −7N | −3B | +16N | +22B | +15N | +8B | 5.0 | 22.5 | 24.5 | 16.00 | 1863 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Sviridov, Vitaliy | 1832 | GER | −18N | +19B | +2N | =6B | +11N | +5B | −1N | 4.5 | 27.5 | 30.0 | 18.25 | 1781 | -6.6 |
| 4 | Ismail, Nauras | 1738 | GER | −14B | +17N | +13B | =15N | =9B | =10N | +7B | 4.5 | 22.0 | 25.0 | 16.00 | 1798 | +20.8 |
| 5 | Maruhn, Sebastian | 1756 | GER | +17B | +22N | +16B | =7N | −8B | −3N | +13B | 4.5 | 22.0 | 24.0 | 13.50 | 1772 | +4.4 |
| 6 | Staehly, Basil | 1771 | GER | +27B | =25N | =12B | =3N | =15B | =13N | +14B | 4.5 | 20.0 | 21.0 | 12.75 | 1883 | +24.0 |
| 7 | Grabowski, Petra | 1787 | GER | +19N | +2B | +8N | =5B | −1N | =12B | −4N | 4.0 | 29.0 | 31.5 | 15.75 | 1764 | -3.6 |
| 8 | Schuette, Ulrich | 1873 | GER | +23B | +14N | −7B | +22N | +5N | −1B | −2N | 4.0 | 26.0 | 28.0 | 12.00 | 1814 | -7.4 |
| 9 | Redondas Taboada, Antonio | 1712 | GER | +28N | −1B | =18N | +20B | =4N | +11B | −12N | 4.0 | 24.5 | 25.5 | 11.00 | 1738 | +4.4 |
| 10 | Martetschlaeger, Hubert | 1856 | GER | −2N | +18B | +26N | −11B | =14N | =4B | +22B | 4.0 | 21.5 | 23.0 | 10.00 | 1713 | -29.6 |
| 11 | Hengst, Ruediger | 1811 | GER | −22B | +27N | +14B | +10N | −3B | −9N | +17B | 4.0 | 21.0 | 22.0 | 11.50 | 1809 | +0.4 |
| 12 | Koths, Peter | 1812 | GER | −20N | +24B | =6N | +18B | F | =7N | +9B | 4.0 | 19.5 | 21.0 | 12.75 | 1811 | +0.4 |
| 13 | Felis, Timo | 0 | GER | −1N | +21B | −4N | +19B | +17N | =6B | −5N | 3.5 | 26.0 | 28.5 | 10.25 | 1652 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Lueders Vega, Iago Ernst | 1704 | GER | +4N | −8B | −11N | +21B | =10B | +16N | −6N | 3.5 | 24.0 | 26.5 | 12.00 | 1749 | +12.8 |
| 15 | Gutschke, Karl Ulrich, Dr. | 1804 | GER | +24N | +29B | −1N | =4B | =6N | −2B | F | 3.0 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 7.50 | 1797 | -0.4 |
| 16 | Winkler, Georg | 1784 | GER | +21N | =20B | −5N | −2B | =18N | −14B | +28N | 3.0 | 20.5 | 21.5 | 6.00 | 1489 | -62.0 |
| 17 | Knorr, Frank | 1583 | GER | −5N | −4B | +28N | +24B | −13B | +23N | −11N | 3.0 | 20.5 | 21.5 | 5.00 | 1637 | +6.6 |
| 18 | Swenty, Marco | 1597 | GER | +3B | −10N | =9B | −12N | =16B | =26N | F | 2.5 | 21.5 | 23.0 | 8.75 | 1727 | +31.2 |
| 19 | Glaschak, Joachim | 1605 | GER | −7B | −3N | +27B | −13N | =26N | =21B | =20N | 2.5 | 18.5 | 19.5 | 4.25 | 1490 | -7.6 |
| 20 | Seeber, Helmut | 1669 | GER | +12B | =16N | −25B | −9N | =23B | −22N | =19B | 2.5 | 17.5 | 19.0 | 7.75 | 1715 | +6.2 |
| 21 | Oenguen, Magnus | 0 | GER | −16B | −13N | F | −14N | +27B | =19N | +26B | 2.5 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 3.75 | 1424 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Fendel, Arsenij | 0 | GER | +11N | −5B | F | −8B | −2N | +20B | −10N | 2.0 | 24.0 | 25.0 | 6.50 | 1721 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Nagel, Detlev | 1662 | GER | −8N | =28B | =24N | =26B | =20N | −17B | F | 2.0 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 3.50 | 1483 | -19.0 |
| 24 | Neumann, Bernd | 1577 | GER | −15B | −12N | =23B | −17N | =28B | +27N | F | 2.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 2.50 | 1393 | -15.8 |
| 25 | Qesku, Vasilios | 0 | GER | F | =6B | +20N | −1B | F | F | F | 1.5 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 4.75 | 1748 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Juraschek, Andre | 0 | GER | −29N | F | −10B | =23N | =19B | =18B | −21N | 1.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 3.50 | 1542 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Henniges, Ulf | 0 | GER | −6N | −11B | −19N | +28B | −21N | −24B | F | 1.0 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 1.00 | 891 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Deseke, Raphael Diego Linus | 0 | GER | −9B | =23N | −17B | −27N | =24N | F | −16B | 1.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 2.00 | 1424 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Wohlrabe, Joerg | 1736 | GER | +26B | −15N | F | F | F | F | F | 1.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 1.50 | 1004 | -8.2 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Nguyen, LaurentiusGER+100.07.0 pts · #1
- 2Swenty, MarcoGER+31.22.5 pts · #19
- 3Staehly, BasilGER+24.04.5 pts · #14
- 1Winkler, GeorgGER-62.03.0 pts · #22
- 2Martetschlaeger, HubertGER-29.64.0 pts · #17
- 3Nagel, DetlevGER-19.02.0 pts · #24
- R1+235 Elo gap
- R1+143 Elo gap