15. Ems-Vechte-Cup

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58 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 03 Oct 2025 to 05 Oct 2025 in Lingen, Germany. 1 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2031, and top seed was Lev Gutman (🇩🇪 GER, GM, 2263).

Thore Meiwes (🇩🇪 GER, 2128) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Tammo Aden (4.0) and Admir Adrovic (4.0). Meiwes won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Oskar Wilting (1454) beat Michael Hinrichs (1833), a +379-point gap.

Location

🇩🇪Lingen, Germany

Dates

03 Oct 2025 → 05 Oct 2025

Time control

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

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇩🇪GMLev Gutman2263

Avg top 10

2,031

Participants

Titled players · 1

GM×1

Federations · 3 represented

🇩🇪Germany×53

🇲🇪Montenegro×2

🇬🇷Greece×1

Top 3

🥇
Thore Meiwes
🇩🇪GER·2128
5.0pts·2744perf+23.4
🥈
Tammo Aden
🇩🇪GER·2091
4.0pts·1996perf-5.6
🥉
Admir Adrovic
🇲🇪MNE·2013
4.0pts·1985perf-1.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Thore Meiwes led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Meiwes5Adrovic4Aden4Ebert3.5Nuerenberg3.5Jansen3.5

R4–R5 · LEAD HELD

Thore Meiwes never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Thore Meiwes 5 wins (R1–R5)Admir Adrovic 4 wins (R2–R5)

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Meiwes, Thore	2128	GER	+26N	+19B	+8N	+5B	+4N	5.0	13.5	16.0	16.00	2744	+23.4
2	Aden, Tammo	2091	GER	=44B	+38N	+18B	=7N	+6B	4.0	12.0	13.5	11.00	1996	-5.6
3	Adrovic, Admir	2013	MNE	−25B	+45N	+35B	+24N	+17B	4.0	10.0	11.5	9.00	1985	-1.0
4	Gutman, LevGM	2263	GER	+30B	+15N	+13B	=6N	−1B	3.5	15.5	18.0	11.25	2139	-4.0
5	Freimuth, Julius	0	GER	+46B	+27N	+9B	−1N	=13B	3.5	14.5	16.0	9.25	1995	0.0
6	Tietje, Daniel	0	GER	+31B	+22N	+16B	=4B	−2N	3.5	14.0	16.5	10.75	1985	0.0
7	Jansen, Dirk	2019	GER	+41N	+24B	=12N	=2B	=8N	3.5	13.5	15.5	10.00	2043	+4.4
8	Mildner, Ramon	1929	GER	+37B	+29N	−1B	+30N	=7B	3.5	13.5	15.5	8.75	2001	+11.0
9	Nuerenberg, Marius	1939	GER	+28N	+21B	−5N	+22B	=14N	3.5	13.0	15.5	10.25	2124	+14.4
10	Rosin, Michael	2006	GER	+35N	=20B	=14N	+21B	=12N	3.5	13.0	15.0	10.00	1970	-6.8
11	Reckzuegel, Philipp	1991	GER	+23B	=18N	=17B	+20N	=16B	3.5	12.5	15.5	10.75	1967	-1.8
12	Ebert, Mika	1924	GER	+49B	+25N	=7B	=17N	=10B	3.5	12.5	14.0	9.00	1993	+10.8
13	Adrovic, Asmir	1930	MNE	+40N	+39B	−4N	+26B	=5N	3.5	11.5	13.5	8.25	2045	+22.8
14	Krueger, Moritz	1891	GER	=45B	+44N	=10B	+29N	=9B	3.5	11.0	12.5	8.25	1943	+17.6
15	Wernke-Schmiesing, Sebastian	1840	GER	+52N	−4B	=28N	+32B	+27B	3.5	11.0	12.0	7.25	1925	+11.4
16	Schnier, Steffen	1928	GER	+53N	+42B	−6N	+36B	=11N	3.5	11.0	12.0	6.75	2063	+12.0
17	Aden, Keno	1887	GER	+36N	+51B	=11N	=12B	−3N	3.0	13.0	14.0	6.50	1862	-0.8
18	Kraas, Hans-Joachim, Dr.	1793	GER	+55N	=11B	−2N	+28B	=19N	3.0	13.0	13.0	5.75	1903	+21.6
19	Henkemeier, Michael	1855	GER	+50B	−1N	=25B	+37N	=18B	3.0	12.5	14.0	6.25	1823	-2.8
20	Juergenpott, Maximilian	1805	GER	+47N	=10N	=27B	−11B	+36N	3.0	11.5	13.0	6.50	1855	+5.8
21	Milonas, Hrisowalandis Anastasios	1798	GRE	+57B	−9N	+31B	−10N	+35B	3.0	11.5	11.5	4.50	1822	+2.2
22	von Knobloch, Benedikt	1789	GER	+56N	−6B	+40N	−9N	+37B	3.0	11.0	11.0	4.00	1851	+5.0
23	Will, Thomas	1680	GER	−11N	+47B	−24N	+43B	+39N	3.0	10.0	11.5	5.50	1767	+8.6
24	Aden, Dagmar	1834	GER	+43N	−7N	+23B	−3B	=26N	2.5	13.0	15.0	6.25	1780	-5.8
25	Salim, Florian	1703	GER	+3N	−12B	=19N	−33B	+48N	2.5	13.0	14.5	7.00	1819	+20.8
26	Emlinger, Maximilian	1730	GER	−1B	+50N	+38B	−13N	=24B	2.5	13.0	14.5	4.75	1773	+4.2
27	Hepting, Frank	1901	GER	+32N	−5B	=20N	+44B	−15N	2.5	12.5	14.0	5.50	1828	-6.6
28	Lueders Vega, Iago Ernst	1673	GER	−9B	+57N	=15B	−18N	+45B	2.5	11.5	11.5	3.25	1695	+1.6
29	Klausmeier, Achim	1764	GER	+48N	−8B	+53N	−14B	=34B	2.5	11.0	12.0	3.75	1731	-4.4
30	Klages, Jonas	1732	GER	−4N	+52B	+51N	−8B	=33N	2.5	10.5	11.5	3.25	1758	0.0
31	Persson, Torbjoern	1651	GER	−6N	+55B	−21N	=48B	+46N	2.5	9.5	9.5	2.25	998	-12.0
32	Groeneveld, Heiko, Dr.	1582	GER	−27B	=46N	+45B	−15N	+44N	2.5	9.0	10.5	3.75	1750	+32.8
33	Hinrichs, Michael	1833	GER	−38B	−36N	+57B	+25N	=30B	2.5	9.0	9.0	3.75	1515	-63.6
34	Tunka, Josef	1839	GER	−51B	F	+46N	+40B	=29N	2.5	7.0	7.0	4.75	1889	+2.6
35	Hemme, Gregory	1690	GER	−10B	+43N	−3N	+52B	−21N	2.0	12.5	13.5	3.00	1679	-6.8
36	Sigacheva, Varvara	1521	GER	−17B	+33B	+42N	−16N	−20B	2.0	12.0	14.0	4.50	1773	+53.6
37	Knorr, Frank	1613	GER	−8N	+56B	+39N	−19B	−22N	2.0	11.5	11.5	2.00	1647	+2.6
38	Wilting, Oskar	1454	GER	+33N	−2B	−26N	−41B	+54N	2.0	11.0	11.5	3.00	1583	+18.8
39	Lehner, Hendrik Elias	1791	GER	+54B	−13N	−37B	+49N	−23B	2.0	10.0	10.5	2.00	1513	-57.2
40	Kleemann, Karl	1628	GER	−13B	+54N	−22B	−34N	+56B	2.0	9.5	9.5	0.50	1053	-26.0
41	Subenko, Alexander	1703	GER	−7B	F	+47N	+38N	−42B	2.0	9.0	9.0	3.50	1626	-12.0
42	Scheibl, Luis	1779	GER	+58B	−16N	−36B	F	+41N	2.0	8.5	8.5	2.00	1588	-14.8
43	Lehner, Jens	1457	GER	−24B	−35B	+56N	−23N	+55B	2.0	7.5	7.5	0.00	935	-20.0
44	Schwentker, Benjamin	1705	GER	=2N	−14B	+48N	−27N	−32B	1.5	12.5	14.0	3.50	1544	-30.8
45	Wessels, Keke	1555	GER	=14N	−3B	−32N	+54B	−28N	1.5	12.5	13.0	2.25	1453	-20.0
46	Krueger, Bjoern	0	GER	−5N	=32B	−34B	+50N	−31B	1.5	11.0	12.5	2.75	1561	0.0
47	Leppin, Mattis	0	GER	−20B	−23N	−41B	+58N	=49B	1.5	9.5	9.5	0.75	1372	0.0
48	Karacelik, Oemer	0	GER	−29B	+49N	−44B	=31N	−25B	1.5	9.0	10.5	2.75	1536	0.0
49	Glaschak, Joachim	1600	GER	−12N	−48B	+55N	−39B	=47N	1.5	8.5	8.5	0.75	1056	-7.8
50	Pawlus, Daniel	1521	GER	−19N	−26B	=54N	−46B	+58N	1.5	7.5	7.5	0.25	993	-14.0
51	Iseke, Reinhard	0	GER	+34N	−17N	−30B	F	—	1.0	8.0	10.0	2.50	1694	0.0
52	Saltenbrock, Theodor	1484	GER	−15B	−30N	+58B	−35N	—	1.0	8.0	8.0	0.00	954	-21.6
53	Mettenbrink, Tammo	1611	GER	−16B	+58N	−29B	—	—	1.0	6.0	6.0	0.00	1047	-16.8
54	Klages, Justus	0	GER	−39N	−40B	=50B	−45N	−38B	0.5	7.5	9.0	0.75	1222	0.0
55	Scherdin, Jamie	0	GER	−18B	−31N	−49B	F	−43N	0.0	9.0	9.0	0.00	825	0.0
56	Wilting, Titus	0	GER	−22B	−37N	−43B	F	−40N	0.0	9.0	9.0	0.00	821	0.0
57	FIDE 533058202	0	—	−21N	−28B	−33N	F	—	0.0	8.0	8.0	0.00	968	0.0
58	FIDE 34676490	0	—	−42N	−53B	−52N	−47B	−50B	0.0	6.0	7.0	0.00	799	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Sigacheva, VarvaraGER
+53.6
2.0 pts · #24
2Groeneveld, Heiko, Dr.GER
+32.8
2.5 pts · #28
3Meiwes, ThoreGER
+23.4
5.0 pts · #2

Top rating losers

1Hinrichs, MichaelGER
-63.6
2.5 pts · #36
2Lehner, Hendrik EliasGER
-57.2
2.0 pts · #41
3Schwentker, BenjaminGER
-30.8
1.5 pts · #44

Biggest upsets

R1+379 Elo gap
Wilting, Oskar1454 beat Hinrichs, Michael1833
R2+312 Elo gap
Sigacheva, Varvara1521 beat Hinrichs, Michael1833
R1+310 Elo gap
Salim, Florian1703 beat Adrovic, Admir2013