1. Schwaigern Open 2025 A-Turnier

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61 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 29 May 2025 to 01 Jun 2025 in Schwaigern, Germany. 7 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2178, and top seed was Veaceslav Cofmann (🇩🇪 GER, FM, 2250).

Markus Albert (🇩🇪 GER, 2221) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Noah Geltz (5.5) and Veaceslav Cofmann (5.5). Albert shared the lead from round 5 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Ben Ebert (1685) beat Clemens Fellhauer (2027), a +342-point gap.

Location

🇩🇪Schwaigern, 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

🇩🇪FMVeaceslav Cofmann2250

Avg top 10

2,178

Participants

Titled players · 7

FM×4

CM×3

Federations · 8 represented

🇩🇪Germany×53

🇷🇸Serbia×2

🇹🇬Togo×1

🇺🇦Ukraine×1

🇱🇺Luxembourg×1

🇨🇭Switzerland×1

🇦🇹Austria×1

🇫🇷France×1

Top 3

🥇
Markus Albert
🇩🇪GER·2221
6.0pts·2406perf+28.6
🥈
CMNoah Geltz
🇩🇪GER·2176
5.5pts·2222perf+9.6
🥉
FMVeaceslav Cofmann
🇩🇪GER·2250
5.5pts·2323perf+12.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Markus Albert led from R7; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R7.

Co-leaders

Albert6Cofmann5.5Geltz5.5Koellner5Wiechert5Doll5— ex-leaders:Schenk-Poganled R3, #10

R7 · LEADER CHANGE01 Jun

Markus Albert takes the sole lead (6.0/7).

R5–R7 · WIN STREAK

Markus Albert won 3 in a row (R5–R7).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Markus Albert	*	—	1	1
2FMVeaceslav Cofmann	—	*	—	½
3CMNoah Geltz	0	—	*	—
4CMAaron Noah Koellner	0	½	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Albert, Markus	2221	GER	+24N	+11B	=8N	=6B	+2N	+14B	+4N	6.0	28.5	32.0	27.25	2406	+28.6
2	Geltz, NoahCM	2176	GER	+50B	=10N	+22B	+13N	−1B	+31N	+8B	5.5	25.5	28.0	19.75	2222	+9.6
3	Cofmann, VeaceslavFM	2250	GER	+34B	+44N	=4B	=12N	+20B	=5N	+13B	5.5	25.0	27.5	20.25	2323	+12.8
4	Koellner, Aaron NoahCM	2184	GER	+41N	+18B	=3N	+9B	=14N	+12B	−1B	5.0	28.5	31.0	20.25	2266	+17.4
5	Doll, Alexander	2194	GER	+23B	=22N	+52N	=8B	+15N	=3B	=7N	5.0	26.0	28.5	19.25	2169	+0.2
6	Wiechert, HansFM	2100	GER	=16B	+29N	+39B	=1N	=31B	=26N	+18B	5.0	24.0	27.0	18.75	2099	+2.8
7	Koellner, Christof	2068	GER	+42B	−33N	=41B	+23N	+21B	+20N	=5B	5.0	21.0	23.5	16.75	2076	+4.4
8	Backhaus, Silas	2135	GER	+32N	+35B	=1B	=5N	+33B	=9N	−2N	4.5	27.0	30.0	16.75	2127	+2.8
9	Doll, Stefan	2068	GER	+43N	+21B	F	−4N	+10B	=8B	+15N	4.5	24.0	24.0	16.75	2140	+12.4
10	Stark, Timo	1918	GER	+31N	=2B	−20N	+51B	−9N	+27B	+21B	4.5	23.5	26.0	15.25	2031	+21.8
11	Hahn, Cedric	1990	GER	+37N	−1N	+42B	=32B	=29N	=16B	+17N	4.5	23.5	26.0	14.75	2011	+4.8
12	Schenk-Pogan, NikolasFM	2204	SUI	+46N	+28B	+33N	=3B	F	−4N	+29B	4.5	23.0	23.0	15.25	2185	+1.2
13	Ensslinger, Colin	2081	GER	+49N	+25B	=14N	−2B	=17N	+35B	−3N	4.0	25.5	28.0	13.00	2076	+1.2
14	Schnepp, GunnarFM	2215	AUT	+59B	+17N	=13B	+45N	=4B	−1N	F	4.0	25.0	26.0	12.00	2149	-6.4
15	Gerold, Robin	1769	GER	−17B	+59N	+34B	+18N	−5B	+48N	−9B	4.0	23.0	24.0	10.50	2046	+48.2
16	Stark, Sven	1863	GER	=6N	−20B	=53N	+37B	+22B	=11N	=31B	4.0	22.5	25.0	14.00	1959	+18.0
17	Pepi, Lucas	1963	GER	+15N	−14B	=49N	+50B	=13B	+33N	−11B	4.0	22.0	24.5	12.75	1980	+3.8
18	Pradeep, HarshillCM	1936	GER	+61N	−4N	+54B	−15B	+43N	+52B	−6N	4.0	21.0	21.0	7.00	1961	+7.8
19	Fellhauer, Clemens	2027	GER	=54B	+27N	−45N	−33B	+50N	=32B	+35N	4.0	17.5	19.5	11.50	1864	-27.0
20	Feil, Stephan, Dr.	2084	GER	=27B	+16N	+10B	=26N	−3N	−7B	=40N	3.5	26.0	29.0	13.50	1989	-17.0
21	Maimur, Georgii	1831	UKR	+48N	−9N	=23B	+38B	−7N	+46B	−10N	3.5	23.0	25.5	9.75	1974	+43.6
22	Fritz, Denis	1950	GER	+55N	=5B	−2N	=49B	−16N	+43B	=25N	3.5	23.0	25.0	10.00	1926	-10.4
23	Gutfleisch, Florian	1866	GER	−5N	+55B	=21N	−7B	F	+44N	+36B	3.5	21.0	21.0	9.25	2035	+52.4
24	Bopp, Sven	1880	GER	−1B	+37N	−31B	+47N	=28B	=49N	=52B	3.5	20.5	23.0	9.75	1895	+1.4
25	Kuebart, Thore, Dr.	1857	GER	+30B	−13N	−36N	+55B	=39B	=28N	=22B	3.5	20.5	22.5	10.50	1970	+20.2
26	Pitic, Jasmin	2046	SRB	+51N	=45B	F	=20B	+32N	=6B	F	3.5	20.5	20.5	11.00	2054	+3.6
27	Panic, Luka M	1845	SRB	=20N	−19B	=48N	+58B	=40B	−10N	+42B	3.5	20.0	21.0	8.00	1919	+13.6
28	Schulz, Tim	1976	GER	+47B	−12N	=51B	F	=24N	=25B	+32N	3.5	19.5	19.5	10.25	1953	-4.9
29	Vennemann, Juergen	1873	GER	F	−6B	+60N	+56N	=11B	+36B	−12N	3.5	19.5	19.5	7.75	2021	+23.2
30	Kolb, Wolfgang	2099	GER	−25N	−49B	=47B	−34N	+60N	+41B	+46N	3.5	16.5	17.0	6.75	1838	-88.4
31	Miller, Renold	1677	GER	−10B	F	+24N	+36B	=6N	−2B	=16N	3.0	25.5	25.5	11.00	1968	+80.4
32	Gabel, Reinhold	1864	GER	−8B	+58N	+44B	=11N	−26B	=19N	−28B	3.0	22.5	23.5	7.75	1919	+9.6
33	Breaz, Adrian	1761	GER	+38N	+7B	−12B	+19N	−8N	−17B	—	3.0	22.0	25.0	12.00	2052	+40.2
34	Egbe, Kossi Thierry	1885	TOG	−3N	=60B	−15N	+30B	−51N	=37B	+54N	3.0	20.5	21.0	7.25	1847	-10.2
35	Gusev, Daniil	1890	GER	+58B	−8N	=56B	=41N	+44B	−13N	−19B	3.0	19.5	20.5	5.75	1867	-8.8
36	Foerderreuther, Jonas	1993	GER	=53B	=54N	+25B	−31N	+41B	−29N	−23N	3.0	18.5	20.5	8.25	1767	-41.6
37	Vonhof, Martin	1776	GER	−11B	−24B	+61N	−16N	=55B	=34N	+59B	3.0	18.0	18.0	3.50	1797	+6.0
38	Gavrin, Tim	1957	GER	−33B	−42N	+57B	−21N	=47B	+55N	=56N	3.0	15.5	17.5	6.25	1714	-89.2
39	Rota, Emile	1946	LUX	+57B	F	−6N	=43B	=25N	+51B	—	3.0	15.5	15.5	7.50	1930	-1.6
40	Guckes, Fabian	1932	GER	−45B	−51N	F	+60B	=27N	+54N	=20B	3.0	14.5	14.5	6.00	1832	-15.8
41	Ellerichmann, Gerrit	1865	GER	−4B	+57N	=7N	=35B	−36N	−30N	=47B	2.5	22.0	24.0	7.25	1857	-4.4
42	Bencze, Josef	1802	GER	−7N	+38B	−11N	=48B	−46N	+58B	−27N	2.5	21.0	22.0	5.25	1812	-0.4
43	Broncel, Kevin	1822	GER	−9B	=48B	+46N	=39N	−18B	−22N	=44B	2.5	20.0	22.5	6.50	1878	+8.6
44	Wessbecher, Hubert	2016	FRA	+60N	−3B	−32N	+53B	−35N	−23B	=43N	2.5	20.0	20.5	4.25	1794	-42.0
45	Ebert, Ben	1685	GER	+40N	=26N	+19B	−14B	−52N	F	F	2.5	19.5	19.5	8.75	2020	+38.0
46	Froitzheim, Ralf	1866	GER	−12B	=47N	−43B	+54N	+42B	−21N	−30B	2.5	19.0	21.0	5.75	1805	-14.6
47	Doerzbach, Jona	1773	GER	−28N	=46B	=30N	−24B	=38N	=50B	=41N	2.5	18.5	21.0	7.00	1828	+16.4
48	Boos, Patrick	2076	GER	−21B	=43N	=27B	=42N	+56B	−15B	F	2.5	18.5	20.5	6.25	1742	-49.4
49	Kunz, Thorsten	1831	GER	−13B	+30N	=17B	=22N	F	=24B	—	2.5	18.5	18.5	9.00	1995	+21.0
50	Kamm, Guenter	1865	GER	−2N	+61B	F	−17N	−19B	=47N	+57B	2.5	18.0	18.0	3.25	1833	-7.4
51	Link, Justus	1798	GER	−26B	+40B	=28N	−10N	+34B	−39N	—	2.5	17.5	20.5	7.75	1894	+14.0
52	Dushatskiy, Fedor	2017	GER	F	+53N	−5B	F	+45B	−18N	=24N	2.5	17.5	17.5	6.75	1895	-14.6
53	Mattes, Sam	1785	GER	=36N	−52B	=16B	−44N	=58N	−56B	+60N	2.5	15.0	15.5	4.50	1752	-15.6
54	Boger, Michael	1793	GER	=19N	=36B	−18N	−46B	+57N	−40B	−34B	2.0	19.5	21.5	5.50	1749	-9.4
55	Molitor, Marwin	1740	GER	−22B	−23N	+59B	−25N	=37N	−38B	=58N	2.0	17.5	18.5	3.00	1682	-12.0
56	Faerber, Anna	1702	GER	F	F	=35N	−29B	−48N	+53N	=38B	2.0	14.5	14.5	5.50	1844	+31.2
57	Huener, Timo	1704	GER	−39N	−41B	−38N	+59N	−54B	+61B	−50N	2.0	14.0	14.0	1.00	1698	-6.4
58	Ziegler, Michel Sami	1594	GER	−35N	−32B	F	−27N	=53B	−42N	=55B	1.0	16.5	16.5	2.25	1549	-11.6
59	Kreis, Karl-Heinz	1877	GER	−14N	−15B	−55N	−57B	F	+60B	−37N	1.0	15.5	15.5	0.50	1561	-48.6
60	Eschweiler, Martin	1792	GER	−44B	=34N	−29B	−40N	−30B	−59N	−53B	0.5	18.0	19.0	1.50	1502	-36.4
61	Wehrle, Guido	1693	GER	−18B	−50N	−37B	F	F	−57N	—	0.0	11.5	11.5	0.00	1022	-26.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Miller, RenoldGER
+80.4
3.0 pts · #40
2Gutfleisch, FlorianGER
+52.4
3.5 pts · #25
3Gerold, RobinGER
+48.2
4.0 pts · #17

Top rating losers

1Gavrin, TimGER
-89.2
3.0 pts · #31
2Kolb, WolfgangGER
-88.4
3.5 pts · #29
3Boos, PatrickGER
-49.4
2.5 pts · #42

Biggest upsets

R3+342 Elo gap
Ebert, Ben1685 beat Fellhauer, Clemens2027
R4+316 Elo gap
Miller, Renold1677 beat Foerderreuther, Jonas1993
R2+307 Elo gap
Breaz, Adrian1761 beat Koellner, Christof2068