17th BPB Limburg Open 2025 Group D

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39 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 06 Jun 2025 to 09 Jun 2025 in Maastricht, Netherlands. 5 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1549, and top seed was Daniel Tassone (🇩🇪 GER, 1594).

Bjarne Kneesch (🇩🇪 GER, 0) won with 7.0/7, ahead of Daniel Tassone (5.5) and Wolfgang Roentgen (5.5). Kneesch won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Dien Slangen-Knuit (1411) beat Jean-Claude Lin (1573), a +162-point gap.

Location

🇳🇱Maastricht, Netherlands

Dates

06 Jun 2025 → 09 Jun 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇩🇪Daniel Tassone1594

Avg top 10

1,549

Participants

Federations · 5 represented

🇳🇱Netherlands×18

🇩🇪Germany×10

🇧🇪Belgium×7

🇱🇺Luxembourg×1

🇫🇷France×1

Top 3

🥇
Bjarne Kneesch
🇩🇪GER
7.0pts·1548perf0.0
🥈
Daniel Tassone
🇩🇪GER·1594
5.5pts·2310perf+30.8
🥉
Wolfgang Roentgen
🇩🇪GER
5.5pts·1647perf0.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Bjarne Kneesch led from R4; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Kneesch7Roentgen5.5Tassone5.5Zaprudis5Banai5Verschoor4.5— ex-leaders:Kneeschled R4–R7, #25

R4–R7 · LEAD HELD

Bjarne Kneesch never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Bjarne Kneesch 7 wins (R1–R7)Wolfgang Roentgen 3 wins (R5–R7)

R4–R7 · FORMER LEADER FALL

Bjarne Kneesch held the sole lead at R4–R7 but finished #25.

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Bjarne Kneesch	*	—	—	—
2Wolfgang Roentgen	—	*	½	—
3Daniel Tassone	—	½	*	—
4Stergios Zaprudis	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Kneesch, Bjarne	0	GER	+33B	+14N	+11B	+20N	+6B	+7N	+8B	7.0	24.0	26.0	26.00	1548	0.0
2	Tassone, Daniel	1594	GER	=3B	=34N	+32B	+14N	=21B	+6N	+9B	5.5	23.0	25.0	19.75	2310	+30.8
3	Roentgen, Wolfgang	0	GER	=2N	+16B	+23N	−8B	+?N	+22B	+?N	5.5	19.5	19.5	12.25	1647	0.0
4	Zaprudis, Stergios	0	BEL	−8B	+24N	+16N	+28B	−7B	+15N	+14B	5.0	22.5	25.0	16.00	1518	0.0
5	Banai, Mehdi	1590	GER	+31N	+32B	−20B	−21N	+29B	+18N	+11B	5.0	18.5	20.5	14.50	2273	+27.2
6	Beekhuis, Lennart	0	NED	+26N	=21B	+12N	+17B	−1N	−2B	+22N	4.5	26.0	29.0	15.00	1592	0.0
7	Heuts, Guido	1528	NED	−20N	+39B	+37N	+11B	+4N	−1B	=10N	4.5	25.0	25.5	13.25	1499	-1.6
8	Verschoor, Floor	0	NED	+4N	+10B	F	+3N	=22B	+?B	−1N	4.5	25.0	25.0	16.50	1588	0.0
9	Ponsen, Bert	1547	BEL	=15N	−12B	+35N	+25B	+17N	+21B	−2N	4.5	22.5	24.5	13.25	1517	-1.6
10	Drummen, Marcel	1499	NED	+25B	−8N	−14B	+37N	+34B	+20N	=7B	4.5	20.5	22.0	11.75	1528	+1.6
11	Pipeleers, Tobias	0	BEL	+27B	+?B	−1N	−7N	+28B	+23B	−5N	4.0	25.0	25.0	8.50	1428	0.0
12	Den Toom, Esteban	0	NED	=?B	+9N	−6B	−29N	+32B	+28N	=17B	4.0	19.5	19.5	10.75	1532	0.0
13	Lin, Jean-Claude	1573	GER	−14B	=33N	=30B	−24N	+37B	+35N	+21N	4.0	16.0	17.5	8.75	1465	-17.2
14	Birken, Constantin Elias	0	GER	+13N	−1B	+10N	−2B	=27N	+?B	−4N	3.5	29.0	29.0	10.00	1592	0.0
15	Greten, Dennis	0	NED	=9B	+29N	=?B	−22N	+19N	−4B	=25N	3.5	21.5	21.5	9.75	1544	0.0
16	Cibis, Christian	1554	GER	F	−3N	−4B	=30N	+33B	+24N	+20B	3.5	21.0	21.0	9.25	1671	+12.0
17	Kokkula, Advaith Krishna	0	NED	F	+19B	+?N	−6N	−9B	+27B	=12N	3.5	19.5	19.5	8.50	1503	0.0
18	Malhan, Kiyaan	0	NED	F	+35B	=28N	−?N	+26B	−5B	+23N	3.5	15.5	15.5	9.25	1403	0.0
19	Van Calster, Stan	1458	BEL	F	−17N	=33B	+32N	−15B	+34N	+29B	3.5	15.5	15.5	7.50	2273	+41.6
20	Levkin, Ilya	0	NED	+7B	+23B	+5N	−1B	−?N	−10B	−16N	3.0	27.5	27.5	12.50	1473	0.0
21	Koppelaar, Jesse	0	NED	+30B	=6N	F	+5B	=2N	−9N	−13B	3.0	26.0	26.0	12.50	1570	0.0
22	Van den Berg, Michiel	1590	NED	+24B	=28N	F	+15B	=8N	−3N	−6B	3.0	23.5	23.5	10.00	2211	+10.8
23	FIDE 40100200	0	—	+37B	−20N	−3B	+33N	+24B	−11N	−18B	3.0	21.0	22.5	6.50	1431	0.0
24	Slangen-Knuit, Dien	1411	NED	−22N	−4B	+39N	+13B	−23N	−16B	+32N	3.0	20.5	21.0	6.50	1547	+28.8
25	Misiak, Alexander	0	GER	−10N	+31B	F	−9N	+36B	=29N	=15B	3.0	19.5	19.5	7.50	1233	0.0
26	Tok, Tuana	0	GER	−6B	+38N	F	−?B	−18N	+30N	+36B	3.0	13.5	13.5	5.50	1544	0.0
27	Biemans, Mariette	0	NED	−11N	+?B	F	=34N	=14B	−17N	+?B	3.0	13.0	13.0	2.75	1562	0.0
28	Sivashankar, Shrishti	1451	LUX	+?N	=22B	=18B	−4N	−11N	−12B	=34B	2.5	21.5	21.5	4.25	1590	0.0
29	Roersma, Melvin	1472	NED	F	−15B	+36N	+12B	−5N	=25B	−19N	2.5	21.0	21.0	7.50	724	-34.4
30	Gooijers, Richard	1545	NED	−21N	−37B	=13N	=16B	=31N	−26B	+38N	2.5	17.5	18.5	6.00	1563	+1.0
31	Janssen, Maurice	0	NED	−5B	−25N	+38B	−36N	=30B	−32N	+?N	2.5	15.5	15.5	2.25	1263	0.0
32	Kindts, Christelle	1472	BEL	+38B	−5N	−2N	−19B	−12N	+31B	−24B	2.0	23.5	24.5	3.50	713	-71.6
33	Eyckens, Roy	0	BEL	−1N	=13B	=19N	−23B	−16N	+?B	−35B	2.0	23.0	23.0	3.75	1313	0.0
34	Bocquenet-Drouode, Isis	1401	FRA	F	=2B	=?N	=27B	−10N	−19B	=28N	2.0	19.0	19.0	5.50	1330	0.0
35	Ten Dam, Thijs	1439	NED	F	−18N	−9B	F	+38N	−13B	+33N	2.0	15.0	15.0	3.00	760	-26.8
36	Chaudhuri, Aarini	0	NED	F	−?N	−29B	+31B	−25N	+38B	−26N	2.0	12.0	12.0	3.50	713	0.0
37	Ivanchenko, Anna	0	GER	−23N	+30N	−7B	−10B	−13N	=39B	F	1.5	19.0	19.0	2.75	1343	0.0
38	Schouteden, Linda	0	BEL	−32N	−26B	−31N	+?B	−35B	−36N	−30B	1.0	14.0	14.0	0.00	686	0.0
39	FIDE 40116476	0	—	−?N	−7N	−24B	F	F	=37N	F	0.5	9.0	9.0	0.75	694	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Van Calster, StanBEL
+41.6
3.5 pts · #10
2Tassone, DanielGER
+30.8
5.5 pts · #11
3Slangen-Knuit, DienNED
+28.8
3.0 pts · #8

Top rating losers

1Kindts, ChristelleBEL
-71.6
2.0 pts · #37
2Roersma, MelvinNED
-34.4
2.5 pts · #34
3Ten Dam, ThijsNED
-26.8
2.0 pts · #38

Biggest upsets

R4+162 Elo gap
Slangen-Knuit, Dien1411 beat Lin, Jean-Claude1573