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37. Kieler Open 2025

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130 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 02 Aug 2025 to 08 Aug 2025 in Kiel, Germany. 6 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2190, and top seed was Malek Koniahli (🇸🇾 SYR, FM, 2347).

Jeremy Hommer (🇩🇪 GER, FM, 2229) won with 8.5/9, ahead of Bao Anh Le Bui (7.0) and Alex Browning (7.0). Hommer won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Rainer Hansel (1957) beat Malek Koniahli (FM, 2347), a +390-point gap.

Location
🇩🇪Kiel, Germany
Dates
02 Aug 2025 → 08 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes for first 40 moves and 15 min. for the rest of the game with 30 sec. increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇸🇾FMMalek Koniahli2347
Avg top 10
2,190
Participants
130
Titled players · 6
FM×4
CM×1
WCM×1
Federations · 8 represented
🇩🇪Germany×121
🇩🇰Denmark×2
🇹🇷Turkiye×1
🇸🇪Sweden×1
🇮🇱Israel×1
🇦🇹Austria×1
🇸🇾Syria×1
🇬🇧England×1
Top 3
  • 🥇
    🇩🇪GER·2229
    8.5pts·2499perf+43.6
  • 🥈
    🇩🇪GER·2213
    7.0pts·2242perf+10.6
  • 🥉
    🇩🇪GER·2279
    7.0pts·2235perf-3.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

FM Jeremy Hommer led from R5; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
55
23
8
3
1
1
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
R5–R9 · LEAD HELD

FM Jeremy Hommer never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Jeremy Hommer beat FM Alex Browning (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

FM Jeremy Hommer 5+3 wins (R1–R5, R7–R9)FM Alex Browning 4 wins (R1–R4)CM Bjarne Vollbehr 4 wins (R4–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FMJeremy Hommer*
1
1
½
2FMAlex Browning
0
*—
½
3CMBjarne Vollbehr
0
—*—
4Bao Anh Le Bui
½
½
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Hommer, JeremyFM2229GER+103B+54N+29B+16N+3B=2N+9B+5N+14B8.549.052.048.502499+43.6
2Bui, Bao Anh Le2213GER+48N+39B=18N+40B+4N=1B+16N=6B=3B7.050.055.041.252242+10.6
3Browning, AlexFM2279GER+44N+76B+57N+13B−1N=4B+18N+20B=2N7.049.053.037.502235-3.6
4Stegert, Jonas2045GER+117B+60N+10B+19N−2B=3N=8B+17N+37N7.047.550.036.252161+26.2
5Vollbehr, BjarneCM2178GER+118B+87N−19B+22N+17B+21N+37B−1B+13N7.045.047.533.502146-4.4
6Ghadimi, Mohammed Reza2177GER+58N+38B=53N+18B=20N=13B+27N=2N=7B6.545.550.035.252109-9.2
7Alija, Arian1853GER+106N=11B+55N−20N+25B+40B+62N=13B=6N6.544.047.032.002101+102.8
8Chakhalov, Mikael1884GER=68N=23B+104N=24B+55N+61B=4N=12B+20N6.543.546.532.002020+65.6
9Helms, Finn2113GER+74N=52B+72N+53B=37N+54B−1N=16B+18N6.542.046.030.002078-7.2
10Eitel, Luc1872GER+80N+85B−4N+59B=32N−62B+74N+27B+16N6.540.544.029.751995+51.2
11Schletter, Felix2097GER+109B=7N−86B+73N=52B=22N+41B+19N+31B6.540.043.031.251982-19.6
12Goldmann, David1989GER+88B−17N−103B+110N+77B+75N+56B=8N+28B6.536.539.527.751946-15.2
13Leipert, Pieter2006GER+78B+41N+17B−3N+56B=6N+19B=7N−5B6.047.551.531.002073+16.6
14Saglam, Buelent2128GER+104B+67N+28B=37N=21B−16N+86N+54B−1N6.042.545.526.252056-13.2
15Jablonski, Ture1793GER+50N−19B+89N=34B+76N−18B+53N+40B=26N6.040.544.027.501959+63.2
16Henke, Jaron1988GER+63N+47B+25N−1B+38N+14B−2B=9N−10B5.550.054.529.252036+11.0
17Ahrens, Jan1810GER+82N+12B−13N+45B−5N+30B+38N−4B=21B5.547.551.528.752034+91.6
18Aguike, Toshiya1888GER+73B+61N=2B−6N+41B+15N−3B+59N−9B5.547.051.027.502027+42.8
19Weisshorn, Lasse1881GER+121B+15N+5N−4B+72N=20B−13N−11B+61N5.546.549.026.752021+33.4
20Petzold, Johannes Julius2088GER+94N+90B=64N+7B=6B=19N+31B−3N−8B5.545.549.027.252011-29.6
21Joppien, Arne1996GER+59N=55B+52N+64B=14N−5B+32N−37B=17N5.542.547.027.001958-6.8
22Laucht, Philipp1821GER+128N=26B=45N−5B+73N=11B=43N+93B=25N5.542.044.023.251957+41.6
23Thomsen, Flemming1714GER=33B=8N+87B=28N−39N+76B=34N+38B=54N5.541.545.026.251965+119.6
24Roessing, Jona1793GER+96B−29N+65B=8N=53N−38B+45N+57B=30N5.541.044.525.751918+28.0
25Hibbeler, Sascha0GER+75B+33N−16B=49N−7N=46B+72N+95B=22B5.541.044.524.7519050.0
26Poulsen, Iver2066DEN+77B=22N=49B=41N=86B=32B=55N+46N=15B5.540.544.026.501886-37.2
27Lehmann, Christoph1933GER+102N−64B+48N=90B+60N+34B−6B−10N+52B5.540.544.024.751936+0.8
28Olde, Henning1878GER+105N+66B−14N=23B=64N+72B=59N+62B−12N5.540.043.023.251947+14.2
29Schmidt, Peter1898GER+127N+24B−1N−72B=94N+79B=61N=32B+55N5.540.042.022.751875-5.4
30Kern, Burkhard1916GER+70B=46N=42B−56N+69B−17N+103B+75N=24B5.538.541.523.751850-14.8
31Quiring, Nikolai1923GER+81N−72B+118N+79B=61N+39B−20N+47B−11N5.538.541.022.751908-2.6
32Berezovskii, ArinaWCM1783ISR−115N+98B+50N+114B=10B=26N−21B=29N+86B5.538.041.023.751964+72.8
33Haffner, Alexander2049GER=23N−25B+100N=44B+109N=64B−47N+58B+60N5.538.041.023.001903-24.0
34Serreck, Uwe1873GER+98B−115B+74N=15N+103B−27N=23B=42N+63B5.537.040.023.251896+4.4
35Zimmermann, Manfred1912GER−85N−105BF+129N+107B+106N+48B=56N+59B5.527.027.018.251744-23.0
36Hebbinghaus, HolgerFM2138GERFF+107N+81B=58N+85B+60N+39B—5.524.524.522.252177+2.6
37Hansel, Rainer1957GER+84N+79B+115N=14B=9BF−5N+21N−4B5.045.048.022.752126+30.2
38Rohmann, Volker1847GER+65B−6N+91B+42N−16B+24N−17B−23N+74B5.042.045.522.501835-4.2
39Schiller, Thomas1854GER+111B−2N=88B+66N+23B−31N+44B−36N=42B5.041.544.522.251882+4.8
40Hufendiek, Ekkehard1926GER=91B+112N+46B−2N+90B−7N+64B−15N=41B5.041.044.020.251874-9.6
41Schramm, Daniel1816GER+93N−13B+81N=26B−18N+94B−11N+68B=40N5.040.544.020.751888+14.2
42Gremmel, David Aaron1717GER=45N+62B=30N−38B+57N+114B−54N=34B=39N5.039.542.522.501937+103.2
43Horn, Peter2028GER−66N+99B=44N+63B+71NF=22B=55B=47N5.038.542.022.501866-29.6
44Karlinder, Lovis Neo1783GER−3B+122N=43B=33N+92B=53B−39N+87N=57B5.038.541.019.251921+52.8
45Schramm, Bernd1949GER=42B+69N=22B−17N+117B−56N−24B+89N+75B5.038.040.519.751777-35.8
46Juergenpott, Maximilian1807GER+123N=30B−40N−62B+70N=25N+120B−26B+73N5.037.039.519.001795-2.6
47Erk, Ben1810GER+125B−16N−73B+97N=65B+89N+33B−31N=43B5.037.039.019.251895+25.2
48Sturm, Simon1779GER−2B+111N−27B+83N+96BF−35N+108N+76B5.036.039.017.501859+14.0
49Tonke, Kai1829GER=99N+100B=26N=25B−62N=58B=85N=73B+82N5.035.038.520.751756-9.8
50Schoenrock, Elia0GER−15B+121N−32B−91N+83B−63N+97B+78N+87B5.034.537.017.5017720.0
51Putz, Lukas1545AUT−52N−74B+127N−58B+81N−57B+109N+104B+79N5.031.533.516.001772+89.6
52Ladendorf, Luis1840GER+51B=9N−21B+78N=11N−59B=58N+85B−27N4.542.045.521.251904+27.6
53Schulz, Gerhard1878GER+97B+83N=6B−9N=24B=44N−15B+77NF4.542.045.520.001880+0.4
54Aguike, Chidera1869GER+101N−1B+94N+85BF−9N+42B−14N=23B4.542.045.018.251917+17.6
55Steinbach, Julian1816GER+119B=21N−7B+112N−8B+65N=26B=43N−29B4.542.044.518.001830+2.0
56Glatz, Okke1801GER+113N−57B+105N+30B−13N+45B−12N=35BF4.540.543.519.251905+38.4
57Schalla, Dieter1907GER+110B+56N−3B−61N−42B+51N+78B−24N=44N4.540.543.519.001764-31.8
58Hinken, Philipp1768GER−6B−65N+111B+51N=36B=49N=52B−33N+100B4.540.043.019.001824+19.2
59Rath, Matthias0GER−21B+119N+95B−10N+87B+52N=28B−18B−35N4.540.042.516.7518420.0
60Hentrop, Malte1818GER+89B−4B=63N+70N−27B+88N−36B+92N−33B4.539.543.017.251802-5.8
61Gulamov, Elmir1797GER+120N−18B+108N+57B=31B−8N=29B=86N−19B4.539.542.017.251805+2.8
62Wenzel, Martin1978GER=69B−42N+96B+46N+49B+10N−7B−28N—4.538.041.522.251812-30.2
63Gorbatschow, Bogdan1729GER−16B+125N=60B−43NF+50B+101N+71B−34N4.537.039.017.251807+20.0
64Wang, Kaiwen1804GER+129B+27N=20B−21N=28B=33N−40N+80B—4.536.537.018.251932+45.2
65Husfeld, Jasper Morten1723GER−38N+58B−24N+118B=47N−55B=76N=72B+94N4.536.038.517.001802+39.2
66Wallstab, Bernd1742GER+43B−28N=67B−39B=80N+96N−75B+120N=95N4.535.037.517.001742-3.2
67Buecker, Timo1854GER+107N−14B=66N=68B−85N=73B+70N=74B=93N4.534.537.517.751757-18.2
68Gerdts, Martina1677GER=8B−86N+129B=67N−75B=77N+117B−41N+90B4.533.534.014.001772+19.6
69El Waqoudi, Yasser1725GER=62N−45B=93N+82B−30N=101B−87B+98N+89B4.533.036.516.751707-7.6
70Fluck, Oliver1697DEN−30N+123B=71N−60B−46B+125N−67B+119N+92B4.532.534.512.751600-14.8
71Schmidt, Gunar1834GER=112B=91N=70B+88N−43B=78N=92B−63N+85B4.532.035.016.251736-35.2
72Behrendt, Matthias1800GER+130B+31N−9B+29N−19B−28N−25B=65N=110B4.041.541.514.751846+5.4
73Schwab, Lennard0GER−18N+120B+47N−11B−22B=67N+90B=49N−46B4.040.543.015.7517790.0
74Schmidt, Aaron Joel1760GER−9B+51N−34B=125N+98B+90N−10B=67N−38N4.040.042.015.251780+4.8
75Ahrens, Gunnar1804GER−25N+80B−85N+116B+68N−12B+66N−30B−45N4.039.042.016.001782-5.2
76Koch, Ralf-Johannes1855GER+122B−3N+77B=103N−15B−23N=65B+91N−48N4.038.541.013.751714-33.6
77Cordts, Elof1749GER−26N+128B−76N+93B−12N=68B+110N−53B=80N4.035.537.512.751632-22.6
78Messow, Adrian1738GER−13N=93B+99N−52B+112N=71B−57N−50B+101N4.035.038.014.001752+5.2
79Bonnke, Christopher0GER+92B−37N+83B−31N=89B−29N=108B+106N−51B4.035.038.013.7516280.0
80Kurschis, Anton1654GER−10B−75N+126B=95N=66B=117N+88B−64N=77B4.033.035.012.751706+26.0
81Christiansen, Henning1697GER−31B+130N−41B−36N−51B+107N=119B=112B+108N4.032.532.58.751623-17.2
82Geschonke, Peter0GER−17B−88N+121B−69N+97B−91N+124B+103N−49B4.031.033.511.5017330.0
83Paepke, Aaron1634GER+114N−53B−79N−48B−50N+123B−104N+126B+103B4.030.032.010.501769+49.6
84Steiner, Peter Markus1723GER−37B=92N−112B=119NF+122N−106B+111N+107B4.026.028.511.501648-12.8
85Rothe, Justin1695GER+35B−10N+75B−54N+67B−36N=49B−52N−71N3.540.544.516.501799+44.0
86Schodra, Lasse1843GER=108N+68B+11N−115B=26NF−14B=61B−32N3.540.543.517.501876+6.0
87Frahm, Ben Jonas1856GER+116N−5B−23N+105B−59N=110B+69N−44B−50N3.537.540.512.001782-25.6
88Johnson, Mark1733GER−12N+82B=39N−71B+99N−60B−80N−100B+123N3.535.538.012.501572-68.0
89Taci, Demir1434TUR−60N+117N−15B+104B=79N−47B+94N−45B−69N3.535.538.011.0017070.0
90Hielscher, Ursula1826GER+126B−20N+110B=27N−40N−74B−73N+105B−68N3.534.536.510.751683-26.0
91Philp, Steven0ENG=40N=71B−38N+50B−114N+82B−95N−76B=120B3.534.036.515.0015860.0
92Reinhardt, Maximilian Christian0GER−79N=84B=102N+100B−44N+104B=71N−60B−70N3.533.536.512.5016900.0
93Kroschel, Finn0GER−41B=78N=69B−77N+105N+118BF−22N=67B3.533.536.012.0017240.0
94Eitel, Liz1753GER−20B+126N−54B+120N=29B−41N−89B+121N−65B3.533.535.59.751685-27.2
95Birkholz, Karl Lukas1834GER=100N=108B−59N=80BF=103N+91B−25N=66B3.533.036.012.501654-22.6
96Richter, Justin0GER−24N+127B−62N+102B−48N−66B−105N=122N+121B3.531.033.09.2516560.0
97Priemer, Soeren Gregor1656GER−53N−114B+123N−47B−82N+113B−50N=99B+118N3.530.533.09.751667+1.2
98Fischer, Bastian1649GER−34N−32N=119B+113B−74N+112BF−69B+117N3.530.530.59.751612-6.4
99Kats, Jona1495GER=49B−43N−78B+122N−88B−108N=111B=97N+124B3.529.532.010.751618+48.8
100Roell, Laura1534GER=95B−49N−33B−92N+129B+102BF+88N−58N3.529.529.59.251745+28.0
101Luethge, Jorik1646GER−54B−103N−125B+126N+119B=69N−63B+117N−78B3.527.529.59.251618-11.6
102Kathage, Holger1710GER−27B=129N=92B−96N=108B−100N=126B=113N+122B3.526.527.08.501547-22.0
103Koerber, Uwe1779GER−1N+101B+12N=76B−34N=95B−30N−82B−83N3.041.545.013.751779-3.8
104Iglanov, Edwin1763GER−14N+107B−8B−89N+111B−92N+83B−51N−106B3.034.537.510.001661-42.4
105Deba, Daniel1657GER−28B+35N−56B−87N−93B=111N+96B−90N=113B3.032.535.512.001618-13.2
106Knorr, Frank1590GER−7B−109N−117B+124NF−35B+84N−79B+104N3.032.535.09.501724+22.6
107Klein, Edmund1601GER−67B−104N−36B+130N−35N−81B+116N+109B−84N3.032.532.56.001599-6.4
108Christiansen, Jana-Marie1566GER=86B=95N−61B−109N=102N+99B=79N−48B−81B3.031.534.510.751598+11.6
109Grinman, Anatoli1753GER−11N+106B−114N+108B−33B−120N−51B−107N+119B3.031.534.08.501599-62.8
110Schulz, Tommy0GER−57N+113B−90N−12BF=87N−77B+118B=72N3.031.533.59.2516850.0
111Stree, Henning1591GER−39N−48B−58N+127B−104N=105B=99N−84B+126N3.030.032.07.251562-16.0
112Wang, Kaichen1533GER=71N−40B+84N−55B−78B−98N+125B=81N—3.029.531.510.251611+20.0
113Liewert, Lutz0GER−56B−110N=122B−98N=121B−97N+129N=102B=105N3.026.026.56.2515210.0
114Lille, Karl1857SWE−83B+97N+109B−32N+91B−42NF——3.025.028.010.001637-58.8
115Koniahli, MalekFM2347SYR+32B+34N−37B+86NF————3.020.524.014.502143-13.4
116Kollmann, Timo1633GER−87B−118N+130B−75N−120B−124N−107B+129N+125B3.020.520.52.50941-71.6
117Traier, Daniel1745GER−4N−89B+106N+128B−45N=80B−68N−101B−98B2.534.036.07.001562-39.6
118Thielemann, Joachim1776GER−5N+116B−31B−65N+125B−93N=121B−110N−97B2.532.534.56.251603-29.2
119Turke, Benno0GER−55N−59B=98N=84B−101N+127B=81N−70B−109N2.531.533.57.7515680.0
120Philp, Martin0GER−61B−73NF−94B+116N+109B−46N−66B=91N2.531.031.07.7516220.0
121Hogreve, Holger1662GER−19N−50B−82N=123B=113N+128B=118N−94B−96N2.529.531.56.001597-8.6
122Kohler, Andreas1615GER−76N−44B=113N−99B=123N−84B+128N=96B−102N2.529.031.06.501414-69.6
123Kats, Roman1528GER−46B−70N−97B=121N=122B−83N+130B=124N−88B2.528.028.03.751433-34.8
124Lund, Thomas1666GERFF−128N−106B+130N+116B−82N=123B−99N2.518.018.04.251382-75.2
125Fischer, Emil Fiete0GER−47N−63B+101N=74B−118N−70B−112N=127B−116N2.030.032.06.5014770.0
126Knudsen, Max Leon1452GER−90N−94B−80N−101B=127N+129B=102N−83N−111B2.027.027.53.251366-28.0
127Michel, Joachim1688GER−29B−96N−51B−111N=126B−119NF=125N+130B2.023.523.52.001300-36.8
128Krueger, Dietrich1448GER−22B−77N+124B−117NF−121N−122B+130NF2.022.522.52.501435+2.4
129Liesow, Maximilian0GER−64N=102B−68N−35B−100N−126N−113B−116B—0.527.529.51.7512530.0
130FIDE 5330487460—−72N−81B−116N−107B−124BF−123N−128B−127N0.023.023.00.008280.0

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