Sparkassen Chess Trophy 2025 Internationales Frauenturnier
Double Round-RobinStandard
Location
🇩🇪Dortmund, Germany
Dates
03 Aug 2025 → 10 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: 40 Moves in 120 Min. / / 30 Min. Incr. 30 Sec.
System
Double RR · 6 rounds
Titled players · 4
GM×1
IM×3
Federations · 3 represented
🇩🇪Germany×2
🇫🇷France×1
🇨🇳China×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 4 · 6 roundsIM Miaoyi Lu led from R2 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight.
Co-leaders
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R2–R6 · LEAD HELD
IM Miaoyi Lu never relinquished the lead after R2; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.
R3 · DECISIVE LEAD06 Aug
IM Miaoyi Lu opens a +1.5-point gap over the chasing pack (closest: GM Elisabeth Paehtz); the title is out of reach before R6.
HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND · 2 games
IM Miaoyi Lu 1.5–0.5 against GM Elisabeth Paehtz (R3 1-0, R5 ½-½) — decisive in 1/2.
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇨🇳IMLu, Miaoyi | 2439 | * | 1½ | 01 | 11 | 4.5 | 11.00 | 15.0 | +12.0 | 2597 |
| 2 | 🇩🇪GMPaehtz, Elisabeth | 2406 | ½0 | * | ½1 | ½½ | 3.0 | 8.00 | 18.0 | +0.8 | 2415 |
| 3 | 🇩🇪IMWagner, Dinara | 2404 | 01 | 0½ | * | 01 | 2.5 | 8.00 | 19.0 | -4.0 | 2358 |
| 4 | 🇫🇷IMDaulyte-Cornette, Deimante | 2401 | 00 | ½½ | 01 | * | 2.0 | 5.50 | 20.0 | -8.8 | 2291 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Lu, MiaoyiIMCHN+12.04.5 pts · #1
- 2Paehtz, ElisabethGMGER+0.83.0 pts · #2
- 3Wagner, DinaraIMGER-4.02.5 pts · #3
Top rating losers
- 1Daulyte-Cornette, DeimanteIMFRA-8.82.0 pts · #4
- 2Wagner, DinaraIMGER-4.02.5 pts · #3
- 3Paehtz, ElisabethGMGER0.83.0 pts · #2