Sparkassen Open Lautertal 2025 B-Gruppe

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44 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 17 Oct 2025 to 19 Oct 2025 in Lautertal, Germany. Top 10 Elo average was 1685, and top seed was Orm Lahann (🇩🇪 GER, 1731).

Bastian Freund (🇩🇪 GER, 0) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Eric Zirui Ju (4.0) and Jannik Sander (4.0). Freund took the lead from round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Aumkar Sriram (1507) beat Orm Lahann (1731), a +224-point gap.

Location

🇩🇪Lautertal, Germany

Dates

17 Oct 2025 → 19 Oct 2025

Time control

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

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇩🇪Orm Lahann1731

Avg top 10

1,685

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇩🇪Germany×37

Top 3

🥇
Bastian Freund
🇩🇪GER
4.5pts·1715perf0.0
🥈
Eric Zirui Ju
🇩🇪GER·1700
4.0pts·2432perf+48.8
🥉
Jannik Sander
🇩🇪GER·1690
4.0pts·1771perf+8.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Bastian Freund led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Freund4.5Ju4Muszak4Mathiyalagan4Sander4Hammes4— ex-leaders:Freundled R4–R5, #14

R4–R5 · LEAD HELD

Bastian Freund held the sole lead from R4 through R5 without losing it.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Bastian Freund beat Eric Zirui Ju (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Bastian Freund 4 wins (R1–R4)Eric Zirui Ju 3 wins (R1–R3)Tomasz Muszak 3 wins (R2–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Bastian Freund	*	1	—	—
2Eric Zirui Ju	0	*	—	—
3Tomasz Muszak	—	—	*	½
4Ragesh Mathiyalagan	—	—	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Freund, Bastian	0	GER	+39N	+15B	+38N	+2N	=3B	4.5	12.0	13.0	11.00	1715	0.0
2	Ju, Eric Zirui	1700	GER	+25N	+40B	+6N	−1B	+7N	4.0	14.0	15.0	10.50	2432	+48.8
3	Sander, Jannik	1690	GER	+27N	=10B	+32N	+9B	=1N	4.0	13.5	15.0	11.00	1771	+8.0
4	Mathiyalagan, Ragesh	1602	GER	+42B	+35N	+8N	=7B	=5N	4.0	12.5	12.5	8.75	1808	+33.2
5	Muszak, Tomasz	1693	GER	=18B	+17N	+26B	+20N	=4B	4.0	11.5	13.5	10.25	1904	+30.0
6	Hammes, Martin	1637	GER	+41B	+31N	−2B	+24N	+14B	4.0	11.0	11.5	7.50	1678	+4.8
7	Huebner, Jakob	1684	GER	+29B	+19N	+12B	=4N	−2B	3.5	13.5	15.5	9.50	1633	-8.4
8	Rafikova, Nailya	1672	GER	+16B	+24N	−4B	=19N	+12B	3.5	12.5	14.5	9.25	1406	-28.0
9	Wurm, Frank	1651	GER	+30B	+13N	=15B	−3N	+17B	3.5	12.5	14.5	9.00	1593	-3.0
10	Sriram, Aumkar	1507	GER	+44B	=3N	−20B	+18N	+22B	3.5	11.5	11.5	7.00	1699	+29.6
11	Pichl, Johann	1696	GER	=17B	−18N	+23B	+26N	+19B	3.5	9.5	11.5	7.75	2405	+15.0
12	Meltz, Thomas	0	GER	+34B	+23N	−7N	+?B	−8N	3.0	10.5	10.5	3.50	1563	0.0
13	Menger, Fabian	1496	GER	+28N	−9B	−21N	+23B	+29N	3.0	10.0	12.0	6.00	850	-11.6
14	Simons, Manfred	1656	GER	−23N	+34B	+27N	+28B	−6N	3.0	10.0	11.5	5.50	837	-21.2
15	Morche, Matthias	0	GER	+?B	−1N	=9N	=25B	+?N	3.0	10.0	10.0	2.75	1724	0.0
16	Fitting, Noah Philipp	0	GER	−8N	−21B	+42N	+27B	+32N	3.0	9.5	9.5	3.50	872	0.0
17	Gehlhar, Till	0	GER	=11N	−5B	+33N	+32B	−9N	2.5	12.5	14.0	4.75	1541	0.0
18	Schaefer, Stefan	0	GER	=5N	+11B	−?N	−10B	+33N	2.5	12.5	12.5	7.00	1615	0.0
19	Aurich, Michael	1596	GER	+38N	−7B	+39N	=8B	−11N	2.5	11.5	12.5	3.75	1411	-25.6
20	Rupprecht, Juergen	1675	GER	=36N	+33B	+10N	−5B	−35N	2.5	10.5	12.0	5.75	1682	+0.8
21	FIDE 533060185	0	—	−24B	+16N	+13B	=22N	F	2.5	10.5	10.5	7.25	1634	0.0
22	Lahann, Orm	1731	GER	=33N	=36B	+25N	=21B	−10N	2.5	9.5	11.0	4.75	1297	-44.0
23	Singaraju, Sashank	0	GER	+14B	−12B	−11N	−13N	+43B	2.0	12.5	12.5	3.00	1491	0.0
24	FIDE 533028028	0	—	+21N	−8B	F	−6B	+28N	2.0	12.0	12.0	4.50	855	0.0
25	Fritsch, Gerhard	0	GER	−2B	+42N	−22B	=15N	=26B	2.0	11.5	11.5	2.50	1409	0.0
26	Wolf, Guenther	1614	GER	+37N	=32B	−5N	−11B	=25N	2.0	11.0	12.5	3.25	895	-31.2
27	Giri, Ayus	0	GER	−3B	+43N	−14B	−16N	+39B	2.0	11.0	11.0	1.00	873	0.0
28	Steinborn, Steffen	0	GER	−13B	+30N	+31B	−14N	−24B	2.0	10.0	12.0	4.00	776	0.0
29	Kirchmann, Gerhard	0	GER	−7N	−38B	+34N	+39B	−13B	2.0	9.0	10.0	2.50	790	0.0
30	Paturu, Kuladeep Reddy	0	GER	−9N	−28B	+43N	−33B	+38N	2.0	8.0	8.0	1.00	762	0.0
31	Ried, Gerhard	0	GER	+?N	−6B	−28N	+38B	−?B	2.0	7.0	7.0	1.00	1554	0.0
32	Lucas, Julius	0	GER	+?B	=26N	−3B	−17N	−16B	1.5	11.5	11.5	1.00	1648	0.0
33	Titze, Pablo	1472	GER	=22B	−20N	−17B	+30N	−18B	1.5	10.0	12.0	3.25	1511	+3.2
34	FIDE 533006741	0	—	−12N	−14N	−29B	+42B	=36N	1.5	9.5	9.5	0.75	856	0.0
35	Bohn, Marius	0	GER	F	−4B	F	=?N	+20B	1.5	7.5	7.5	2.50	1639	0.0
36	Rafikov, Artur	0	GER	=20B	=22N	−?B	−?N	=34B	1.5	6.5	6.5	3.25	1492	0.0
37	Fischer, Grit	0	GER	−26B	−?N	F	=41B	+42N	1.5	2.5	2.5	0.25	827	0.0
38	FIDE 533053650	0	—	−19B	+29N	−1B	−31N	−30B	1.0	11.0	13.0	2.00	796	0.0
39	Menger, Marvin	0	GER	−1B	+?N	−19B	−29N	−27N	1.0	11.0	11.0	0.00	1645	0.0
40	Chuikin, Maksym	1577	GER	+43B	−2N	F	—	—	1.0	5.5	5.5	0.00	900	-13.2
41	Bauch, Josua	0	GER	−6N	−?B	−?B	=37N	F	0.5	5.5	5.5	0.75	879	0.0
42	FIDE 533055769	0	—	−4N	−25B	−16B	−34N	−37B	0.0	10.5	12.0	0.00	802	0.0
43	FIDE 533057516	0	—	−40N	−27B	−30B	F	−23N	0.0	7.0	7.0	0.00	777	0.0
44	FIDE 533056013	0	—	−10N	F	F	—	—	0.0	5.5	5.5	0.00	706	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Ju, Eric ZiruiGER
+48.8
4.0 pts · #1
2Mathiyalagan, RageshGER
+33.2
4.0 pts · #6
3Muszak, TomaszGER
+30.0
4.0 pts · #3

Top rating losers

1Lahann, OrmGER
-44.0
2.5 pts · #25
2Wolf, GuentherGER
-31.2
2.0 pts · #38
3Rafikova, NailyaGER
-28.0
3.5 pts · #26

Biggest upsets

R5+224 Elo gap
Sriram, Aumkar1507 beat Lahann, Orm1731