SMUK SKAK Weekend EMT 2025 - 18

Open SwissStandard

10 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 22 Aug 2025 to 24 Aug 2025 in Skanderborg, Denmark. Top 10 Elo average was 901, and top seed was Harish S Rao (🇩🇰 DEN, 1578).

Sebastian Jacobsen (🇩🇰 DEN, 0) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Kristian Ulmer (4.0) and David Harlund (3.0). Jacobsen shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

Location

🇩🇰Skanderborg, Denmark

Dates

22 Aug 2025 → 24 Aug 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes for first 40 moves and 15 min. for the rest of the game with 30 sec. increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇩🇰Harish S Rao1578

Avg top 10

901

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇩🇰Denmark×10

Top 3

🥇
Sebastian Jacobsen
🇩🇰DEN
4.0pts·1575perf0.0
🥈
Kristian Ulmer
🇩🇰DEN·1469
4.0pts·2307perf+44.4
🥉
David Harlund
🇩🇰DEN·1526
3.0pts·1524perf-0.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R2; 2 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Jacobsen4Ulmer4Harlund3Bland3Langhorn2.5Sandmann2.5

R2–R5 · LEAD HELD

Sebastian Jacobsen held the sole lead from R2 through R5 without losing it.

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.0/5. Jacobsen takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (12.0).

R2 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Sebastian Jacobsen beat Kristian Ulmer (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Sebastian Jacobsen	*	1	½	—
2Kristian Ulmer	0	*	1	—
3David Harlund	½	0	*	—
4Anna Elmholdt Bland	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Jacobsen, Sebastian	0	DEN	+7N	+2N	=3B	=5B	+6N	4.0	12.0	14.0	11.25	1575	0.0
2	Ulmer, Kristian	1469	DEN	+9N	−1B	+6B	+3N	+5N	4.0	12.0	13.5	9.50	2307	+44.4
3	Harlund, David	1526	DEN	=10N	+5B	=1N	−2B	+7N	3.0	12.5	13.0	6.75	1524	-0.2
4	Bland, Anna Elmholdt	0	DEN	−5N	+9B	+10N	−6N	+8B	3.0	8.5	9.0	4.00	1479	0.0
5	Langhorn, Andreas	0	DEN	+4B	−3N	+7B	=1N	−2B	2.5	14.0	16.0	7.00	1399	0.0
6	Sandmann, Mattis Majvang	1487	DEN	=8N	+10B	−2N	+4B	−1B	2.5	13.0	13.5	4.50	1277	-22.0
7	Rao, Harish S	1578	DEN	−1B	+8B	−5N	+9N	−3B	2.0	11.5	13.0	3.50	1499	-4.4
8	Bendixen, Linnea	1471	DEN	=6B	−7N	=9N	+10B	−4N	2.0	9.0	9.5	2.50	1340	-13.2
9	Harpsoe, Naya	0	DEN	−2B	−4N	=8B	−7B	+10N	1.5	11.0	11.5	1.50	1233	0.0
10	Skytte, Amanda	1483	DEN	=3B	−6N	−4B	−8N	−9B	0.5	10.5	12.0	1.50	1222	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Ulmer, KristianDEN
+44.4
4.0 pts · #2
2Skytte, AmandaDEN
0.0
0.5 pts · #7
3Jacobsen, SebastianDEN
0.0
4.0 pts · #1

Top rating losers

1Sandmann, Mattis MajvangDEN
-22.0
2.5 pts · #8
2Bendixen, LinneaDEN
-13.2
2.0 pts · #10
3Rao, Harish SDEN
-4.4
2.0 pts · #6