1. Almtaler Schachturnier 2025 Gruppe A

Open SwissStandard

46 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 19 Jun 2025 to 22 Jun 2025 in Scharnstein, Austria. 6 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2150, and top seed was Nikolaus Stanec (🇦🇹 AUT, GM, 2479).

Harry Grieve (🇬🇧 ENG, IM, 2475) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Nikolaus Stanec (4.0) and Tobias Maier (4.0). Grieve won solo starting round 3.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Aadith Ranganathan (1824) beat Alexander Gschwandtl (2043), a +219-point gap.

Location

🇦🇹Scharnstein, Austria

Dates

19 Jun 2025 → 22 Jun 2025

Time control

Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇦🇹GMNikolaus Stanec2479

Avg top 10

2,150

Participants

Titled players · 6

GM×1

IM×1

FM×1

CM×2

WFM×1

Federations · 3 represented

🇦🇹Austria×40

🇩🇪Germany×5

🇬🇧England×1

Top 3

🥇
IMHarry Grieve
🇬🇧ENG·2475
5.0pts·2908perf+5.2
🥈
GMNikolaus Stanec
🇦🇹AUT·2479
4.0pts·2319perf-6.0
🥉
Tobias Maier
🇦🇹AUT·1998
4.0pts·2260perf+60.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

IM Harry Grieve led from R3; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Grieve5Maier4Stanec4Sandhoefner3.5Stadler3.5Posch3.5

R3–R5 · LEAD HELD

IM Harry Grieve never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R1–R5 · WIN STREAK

IM Harry Grieve won 5 in a row (R1–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1IMHarry Grieve	*	—	—	1
2Tobias Maier	—	*	½	—
3GMNikolaus Stanec	—	½	*	—
4FMFlorian Sandhoefner	0	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Grieve, HarryIM	2475	ENG	+19B	+16N	+5B	+6N	+4B	5.0	13.0	15.5	15.50	2908	+5.2
2	Stanec, NikolausGM	2479	AUT	+42N	=3B	+11B	+15N	=5B	4.0	13.0	13.5	9.75	2319	-6.0
3	Maier, Tobias	1998	AUT	+46B	=2N	=18B	+19N	+10N	4.0	12.0	12.0	8.75	2260	+60.8
4	Posch, Roland	2015	AUT	+23B	+17N	=6B	+7B	−1N	3.5	14.5	17.0	10.25	2235	+27.4
5	Stadler, Alexander	2081	GER	+25N	+20B	−1N	+21B	=2N	3.5	14.0	16.5	9.50	2295	+24.6
6	Sandhoefner, FlorianFM	2234	AUT	+33N	+30B	=4N	−1B	+35N	3.5	12.5	14.5	7.75	2217	+0.2
7	Gruenwald, SimonCM	2149	AUT	+31B	+12N	=15B	−4N	+18B	3.5	11.5	13.5	8.75	2110	-8.4
8	Savio, Alfred Jun.	2016	AUT	=26N	=21B	+25N	=9B	+22N	3.5	11.0	13.5	9.25	2060	+5.8
9	Brandlmaier, Felix	1959	AUT	−17B	+46N	+36B	=8N	+15B	3.5	10.0	10.0	5.75	2018	+17.6
10	Gschwandtl, Alexander	2043	AUT	+13B	−11N	+22B	+32N	−3B	3.0	12.5	14.5	7.50	1985	-14.4
11	Ranganathan, Aadith	1824	GER	+37N	+10B	−2N	=35B	=27N	3.0	11.5	13.0	6.75	2117	+73.6
12	Wiesner, Hans-Dieter	1965	AUT	+41N	−7B	=26N	=24B	+31N	3.0	10.5	11.5	5.50	2001	+5.0
13	Wolfmajer, Wolfgang	1883	AUT	−10N	+41B	=30N	=16B	+32B	3.0	9.5	10.5	5.25	2022	+19.0
14	Gruenwald, Beat	1793	AUT	−20N	=33B	+38N	=37B	+42N	3.0	7.5	8.0	3.75	1991	+53.2
15	Prober, RaphaelCM	2011	AUT	+45N	+24B	=7N	−2B	−9N	2.5	13.5	13.5	4.25	2061	+9.2
16	Leitner, Kevin	1996	AUT	+28N	−1B	F	=13N	+23B	2.5	13.0	13.0	6.50	2087	+7.4
17	Wieser, Vincent	1771	AUT	+9N	−4B	=24N	=20B	=19B	2.5	12.0	14.5	7.25	1958	+48.0
18	Riedler, Sebastian	1926	AUT	=34N	+40B	=3N	=27B	−7N	2.5	12.0	13.0	5.25	1931	+0.6
19	Lachmair, Erwin	1899	AUT	−1N	+45B	+43N	−3B	=17N	2.5	12.0	12.0	1.75	1931	+2.0
20	Huber, Guenther	1971	AUT	+14B	−5N	=23B	=17N	=33B	2.5	11.5	13.5	6.50	1881	-11.8
21	Wimmer, Herbert	1920	AUT	+43B	=8N	=32B	−5N	=29B	2.5	11.5	12.0	4.50	1918	-0.2
22	Kezic, Andreas	1913	AUT	=36N	+34B	−10N	+26B	−8B	2.5	11.0	12.5	5.25	1882	-4.0
23	Hellerschmid, Andreas	1859	AUT	−4N	+37B	=20N	+30B	−16N	2.5	10.5	12.0	4.75	1991	+35.2
24	Gruber, Gernot	1944	AUT	+44B	−15N	=17B	=12N	=28B	2.5	10.5	11.0	4.50	1867	-10.2
25	Mistelbauer, Bernhard	1884	AUT	−5B	+44N	−8B	=34N	+37N	2.5	10.5	11.0	3.00	1922	+4.8
26	Meffert, Peter, Dr.	1879	GER	=8B	=36N	=12B	−22N	+45B	2.5	10.5	10.5	4.00	1890	+1.6
27	Breneis, Gerhard	1989	AUT	=38N	F	+31B	=18N	=11B	2.5	9.0	9.0	5.50	1961	-3.4
28	Hoebarth, Guenter	1829	AUT	−16B	−31N	+45N	+43B	=24N	2.5	7.5	7.5	1.75	1882	+7.2
29	Woegerer, Gerald	1804	AUT	−30N	=42B	=40N	+36B	=21N	2.5	7.0	7.5	3.50	1857	+7.0
30	Mitzka, Franz	1979	AUT	+29B	−6N	=13B	−23N	=34B	2.0	11.5	13.5	5.00	1836	-19.8
31	Ploss, Johannes	1887	AUT	−7N	+28B	−27N	+40B	−12B	2.0	11.5	12.5	3.50	1867	-3.6
32	Horvath, MariaWFM	1947	AUT	=40N	+39B	=21N	−10B	−13N	2.0	10.0	11.0	3.25	1809	-18.8
33	Walter, Gerhard	1899	AUT	−6B	=14N	F	+41B	=20N	2.0	10.0	10.0	3.75	1946	+3.8
34	Sonnberger, Norbert	1759	AUT	=18B	−22N	=39N	=25B	=30N	2.0	9.5	11.0	4.25	1828	+8.8
35	Fleuch, Hans-Juergen	1973	GER	=39N	+38B	F	=11N	−6B	2.0	9.5	9.5	3.75	1921	-6.2
36	Raab-Obermayr, Michael	1715	AUT	=22B	=26B	−9N	−29N	=39B	1.5	11.0	12.5	3.25	1722	+0.4
37	Freimueller, Peter	1992	AUT	−11B	−23N	+46B	=14N	−25B	1.5	11.0	11.0	1.50	1690	-40.4
38	Wirthumer, Gunter	1823	AUT	=27B	−35N	−14B	=44N	=43N	1.5	8.0	8.5	1.75	1703	-16.4
39	Gleis, Wolfgang	1800	GER	=35B	−32N	=34B	F	=36N	1.5	7.5	8.0	2.75	1762	-10.0
40	Imre, Gerald	1761	AUT	=32B	−18N	=29B	−31N	F	1.0	9.0	9.0	2.25	1698	-6.2
41	Nussbaumer, Josef	1787	AUT	−12B	−13N	F	−33N	+44B	1.0	8.5	8.5	0.50	1684	-10.6
42	Krassnitzer, Julia	1909	AUT	−2B	=29N	F	F	−14B	0.5	11.0	11.0	1.25	1696	-17.6
43	Schaufler, Elias	1743	AUT	−21N	F	−19B	−28N	=38B	0.5	9.0	9.0	0.75	1546	-33.2
44	Soellradl, Friedrich	1760	AUT	−24N	−25B	F	=38B	−41N	0.5	7.5	7.5	0.75	1538	-19.2
45	Trattner, Alfred	1842	AUT	−15B	−19N	−28B	F	−26N	0.0	10.0	10.0	0.00	1105	-33.4
46	Schmoller, Josef	1833	AUT	−3N	−9B	−37N	F	F	0.0	9.0	9.0	0.00	1183	-18.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Ranganathan, AadithGER
+73.6
3.0 pts · #10
2Maier, TobiasAUT
+60.8
4.0 pts · #2
3Gruenwald, BeatAUT
+53.2
3.0 pts · #14

Top rating losers

1Freimueller, PeterAUT
-40.4
1.5 pts · #38
2Trattner, AlfredAUT
-33.4
0.0 pts · #46
3Schaufler, EliasAUT
-33.2
0.5 pts · #43

Biggest upsets

R2+219 Elo gap
Ranganathan, Aadith1824 beat Gschwandtl, Alexander2043
R1+188 Elo gap
Wieser, Vincent1771 beat Brandlmaier, Felix1959
R1+168 Elo gap
Ranganathan, Aadith1824 beat Freimueller, Peter1992