ChessGeeks Pfingst-Open 2025 A-Turnier
Open SwissStandard
26 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 06 Jun 2025 to 08 Jun 2025 in Roedinghausen-Bruchmuehlen, Germany. 2 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2040, and top seed was Pascal Brunke (🇩🇪 GER, 2208).
Sviatoslav Sunko (🇩🇪 GER, 2042) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Ornella Falke (3.5) and Pascal Brunke (3.5). Sunko won solo starting round 4.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Adam Popkiewicz (1778) beat Herbert Kruse (2152), a +374-point gap.
Location
🇩🇪Roedinghausen-Bruchmuehlen, Germany
Dates
06 Jun 2025 → 08 Jun 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
Titled players · 2
CM×1
WCM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇩🇪Germany×25
🇵🇾Paraguay×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsSviatoslav Sunko led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
9
4
5
1
1
R4–R5 · LEAD HELD
Sviatoslav Sunko never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
R1–R5 · UNBEATEN
Sviatoslav Sunko went unbeaten across 5 games (R1–R5).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sviatoslav Sunko | * | — | 1 | ½ |
| 2CMDaniel Lichtmannecker | — | * | ½ | — |
| 3WCMOrnella Falke | 0 | ½ | * | — |
| 4Pascal Brunke | ½ | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sunko, Sviatoslav | 2042 | GER | +16N | +10B | =3N | +2B | +6N | 4.5 | 12.5 | 15.0 | 13.25 | 2350 | +32.4 |
| 2 | Falke, OrnellaWCM | 2006 | GER | +7B | +6N | =4B | −1N | +18B | 3.5 | 14.0 | 16.5 | 10.25 | 2097 | +12.6 |
| 3 | Brunke, Pascal | 2208 | GER | +15B | +14N | =1B | =8N | =5B | 3.5 | 13.5 | 16.0 | 10.50 | 2076 | -12.8 |
| 4 | Lichtmannecker, DanielCM | 2194 | GER | +13N | +11B | =2N | −6B | +8B | 3.5 | 12.0 | 14.5 | 9.75 | 2088 | -11.0 |
| 5 | Pickhard, Tobias | 1820 | GER | =12N | +17B | =11N | +13B | =3N | 3.5 | 11.0 | 13.5 | 9.25 | 2134 | +30.2 |
| 6 | Bade, Hans-Juergen | 1957 | GER | +23N | −2B | +16N | +4N | −1B | 3.0 | 14.0 | 15.5 | 7.50 | 2033 | +10.4 |
| 7 | Popkiewicz, Adam | 1778 | GER | −2N | +24B | +12N | =10B | =9N | 3.0 | 11.5 | 13.0 | 6.75 | 2060 | +54.8 |
| 8 | Rohm, Linus | 1936 | GER | +25N | =12B | +21N | =3B | −4N | 3.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 5.50 | 2101 | +21.4 |
| 9 | Neumann, Ekkehard, Dr. | 1773 | GER | −14B | +26N | =15B | +22N | =7B | 3.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 4.25 | 1810 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Szobries, Harald | 1957 | GER | +20B | −1N | =18B | =7N | =17B | 2.5 | 12.5 | 14.5 | 6.00 | 1838 | -12.0 |
| 11 | Bennemann, Ingmar | 1958 | GER | +18B | −4N | =5B | =15N | =13B | 2.5 | 12.0 | 14.5 | 6.75 | 1893 | -9.0 |
| 12 | Kruse, Herbert | 2152 | GER | =5B | =8N | −7B | +20N | =15B | 2.5 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 6.50 | 1828 | -36.6 |
| 13 | Grassnickel, Lutz, Dr. | 1839 | GER | −4B | +19N | +14B | −5N | =11N | 2.5 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 5.75 | 1933 | +21.6 |
| 14 | Altenbernd, Jannis-Domenik | 1992 | GER | +9N | −3B | −13N | =17B | +21N | 2.5 | 11.5 | 13.0 | 5.75 | 1854 | -11.2 |
| 15 | Prause, Helge | 1844 | GER | −3N | +23B | =9N | =11B | =12N | 2.5 | 11.5 | 13.0 | 5.50 | 2022 | +32.8 |
| 16 | Wernke-Schmiesing, Sebastian | 1794 | GER | −1B | +20N | −6B | +24N | =19B | 2.5 | 11.5 | 13.0 | 4.50 | 1842 | +5.8 |
| 17 | Schmidt, Mathis | 1508 | GER | =22B | −5N | +19B | =14N | =10N | 2.5 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 5.25 | 1868 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Lapehn, Klaus | 1770 | GER | −11N | +25B | =10N | +21B | −2N | 2.5 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 3.75 | 1903 | +17.0 |
| 19 | Schmidt, Ralf | 1702 | GER | =21N | −13B | −17N | +25B | =16N | 2.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 3.00 | 1807 | +11.0 |
| 20 | Klausmeier, Achim | 1763 | GER | −10N | −16B | +25N | −12B | +22B | 2.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 2.50 | 1709 | -7.6 |
| 21 | Henkemeier, Michael | 1889 | GER | =19B | +22N | −8B | −18N | −14B | 1.5 | 10.0 | 11.5 | 2.50 | 1528 | -33.8 |
| 22 | Renninger, David | 1879 | GER | =17N | −21B | +23N | −9B | −20N | 1.5 | 9.0 | 10.5 | 2.75 | 1682 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Spierenburg, Tom | 1768 | GER | −6B | −15N | −22B | +26N | =24B | 1.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.75 | 1706 | -14.8 |
| 24 | Benitez, Ivan | 1745 | PAR | F | −7N | +26B | −16B | =23N | 1.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.75 | 1655 | -10.2 |
| 25 | Lueders Vega, Iago Ernst | 1704 | GER | −8B | −18N | −20B | −19N | +26B | 1.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 0.00 | 1519 | -46.0 |
| 26 | Vesszoe, Aaron | 1626 | GER | F | −9B | −24N | −23B | −25N | 0.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 939 | -41.6 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Popkiewicz, AdamGER+54.83.0 pts · #7
- 2Prause, HelgeGER+32.82.5 pts · #15
- 3Sunko, SviatoslavGER+32.44.5 pts · #1
Top rating losers
- 1Lueders Vega, Iago ErnstGER-46.01.0 pts · #22
- 2Vesszoe, AaronGER-41.60.0 pts · #26
- 3Kruse, HerbertGER-36.62.5 pts · #11
Biggest upsets
- R3+374 Elo gap
- R4+237 Elo gap
- R3+194 Elo gap