15. Guetersloher Sparkassen-Cup Gruppe B

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70 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 15 Aug 2025 to 17 Aug 2025 in Guetersloh, Germany. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1928, and top seed was Stephan Petz (🇩🇪 GER, 1996).

Jakob Huether (🇩🇪 GER, 1840) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Lukas Bringer (4.5) and Christian Ringe (4.0). Huether took the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Till-Bastian Langer (1644) beat Henry Hoffmann (1892), a +248-point gap.

Location

🇩🇪Guetersloh, Germany

Dates

15 Aug 2025 → 17 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 · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇩🇪Stephan Petz1996

Avg top 10

1,928

Participants

Federations · 3 represented

🇩🇪Germany×67

🇨🇦Canada×1

🇳🇱Netherlands×1

Top 3

🥇
Jakob Huether
🇩🇪GER·1840
4.5pts·2113perf+47.6
🥈
Lukas Bringer
🇩🇪GER·1838
4.5pts·2065perf+32.8
🥉
Christian Ringe
🇩🇪GER·1913
4.0pts·2026perf+13.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R4; 2 players tied at 4.5/5, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Huether4.5Bringer4.5Ringe4Langer4Disse4Francke4

R4–R5 · LEAD HELD

Jakob Huether held the sole lead from R4 through R5 without losing it.

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.5/5. Huether takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (12.5).

R1–R4 · WIN STREAK

Jakob Huether won 4 in a row (R1–R4).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Jakob Huether	*	—	—	—
2Lukas Bringer	—	*	½	—
3Christian Ringe	—	½	*	—
4Till-Bastian Langer	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Huether, Jakob	1840	GER	+55N	+30B	+38N	+5B	=6N	4.5	12.5	14.0	12.00	2113	+47.6
2	Bringer, Lukas	1838	GER	+64B	+40N	=3B	+26N	+14B	4.5	11.5	12.5	10.50	2065	+32.8
3	Ringe, Christian	1913	GER	+37N	+12B	=2N	=7B	+15N	4.0	15.0	17.5	13.25	2026	+13.2
4	Francke, Helmut, Dr.	1879	GER	+28N	+11B	+15N	=6B	=7N	4.0	14.5	17.0	13.00	2008	+13.0
5	Peter, Laurenz	1888	GER	+35B	+29N	+9B	−1N	+38B	4.0	13.0	15.0	10.50	1966	+7.6
6	Disse, Lukas	1910	GER	+46B	+42N	+45B	=4N	=1B	4.0	12.5	14.5	10.25	2033	+28.8
7	Fritsch, Bastian	1851	GER	+51B	+39N	+34B	=3N	=4B	4.0	12.5	14.0	10.00	2003	+31.6
8	Langer, Till-Bastian	1644	GER	+18N	=16B	+53B	=14N	+21B	4.0	12.0	13.5	10.50	2060	+106.0
9	Baumann, Simon	1792	GER	+57B	+17N	−5N	+28B	=10N	3.5	13.0	14.5	8.75	1935	+22.8
10	Kandler, Pascal	1922	GER	+66B	−34N	+22B	+29N	=9B	3.5	11.5	11.5	7.25	1860	-13.6
11	Buente, Kirsten	1735	GER	+58B	−4N	=17B	+59N	+27B	3.5	11.0	12.5	7.00	2034	+30.6
12	Winter, Magnus	1777	GER	+69B	−3N	+51B	=27N	+31B	3.5	10.5	10.5	5.25	1895	+12.2
13	Makoveienko, Mykhaylo	1862	GER	=52N	+61B	−26N	+30B	+32N	3.5	9.0	10.0	6.75	2475	+30.4
14	Hesdahl, Ralf	1801	GER	=26N	+54B	+43N	=8B	−2N	3.0	13.0	14.5	6.75	1743	-9.6
15	Schmidt, Jakob	1765	GER	+68B	+50N	−4B	+25N	−3B	3.0	13.0	13.0	5.00	1882	+25.6
16	Prause, Dieter	1799	GER	+44B	=8N	=27B	=19N	=20B	3.0	12.5	14.5	8.25	1817	+2.4
17	Petz, Stephan	1996	GER	+22N	−9B	=11N	=43B	+26B	3.0	12.5	14.5	8.25	1633	-27.8
18	Altenbernd, Dirk	1813	GER	−8B	+44N	+40B	=20N	=19B	3.0	12.0	14.0	7.00	1689	-13.0
19	Gwardak, Jakob	1723	GER	−41N	+24B	+33N	=16B	=18N	3.0	11.5	13.5	8.50	1880	+41.6
20	Giede, Anna-Blume	1752	GER	=54N	=33B	+41N	=18B	=16N	3.0	10.5	12.0	7.00	1951	+21.0
21	Buente, Andreas, Dr.	1797	GER	+47N	−38B	+49N	+39B	−8N	3.0	10.0	12.0	6.00	1640	-16.4
22	Doeller, Nils	0	GER	−17B	+67N	−10N	+61B	+41N	3.0	9.5	9.5	3.00	1853	0.0
23	Steinbach, Martin	0	GER	+56B	−27N	−39B	+40N	+48B	3.0	8.5	10.0	5.50	1843	0.0
24	Burban, Bogdan	1619	GER	−45B	−19N	+65B	+56N	+42B	3.0	8.5	9.0	4.00	1754	+28.8
25	Popkiewicz, Adam	1833	GER	=61N	=52B	+66N	−15B	+43N	3.0	7.5	7.5	3.25	1816	-4.4
26	Doeller, Jan	0	GER	=14B	+70N	+13B	−2B	−17N	2.5	14.0	14.0	5.00	1867	0.0
27	Lueckner, Andreas	1969	GER	=32N	+23B	=16N	=12B	−11N	2.5	13.0	15.5	7.50	1670	-31.4
28	Haase, Kai	0	GER	−4B	+58N	+36B	−9N	=29B	2.5	12.5	14.0	5.25	1542	0.0
29	Leopold, Dieter	1774	GER	+63N	−5B	+52N	−10B	=28N	2.5	11.5	12.5	3.75	1666	-8.2
30	Kosfeld, Thorsten	1649	GER	+70B	−1N	=42B	−13N	+53B	2.5	11.5	11.5	2.50	1838	+24.4
31	Bajelani, Arad	1649	GER	=33N	=32B	+48N	=34B	−12N	2.5	11.0	13.0	5.75	1772	+33.2
32	Hagenhoff, Georg	1719	GER	=27B	=31N	=50B	+53N	−13B	2.5	10.5	12.0	5.00	1855	+17.6
33	Bascheck, Ralf	1832	GER	=31B	=20N	−19B	=51N	+57B	2.5	10.0	11.5	5.00	1611	-24.4
34	Moseler, Thomas	1781	GER	+67B	+10B	−7N	=31N	—	2.5	10.0	10.0	4.75	1853	+7.6
35	Schindehuette, Frank	1687	GER	−5N	=63B	+47N	−41B	+54N	2.5	9.5	10.5	4.00	1680	-2.6
36	Neumann, Ekkehard, Dr.	0	GER	−38N	+55B	−28N	+52B	=37B	2.5	8.5	10.0	4.25	1701	0.0
37	Hoogeveen, Luuk	1699	NED	−3B	+68N	F	+62B	=36N	2.5	7.5	7.5	2.25	1724	+1.0
38	Bartsch, Nelson	0	GER	+36B	+21N	−1B	F	−5N	2.0	14.0	16.0	5.50	1716	0.0
39	Meinike, Thorsten	0	GER	F	−7B	+23N	−21N	+44B	2.0	12.0	13.5	5.00	1636	0.0
40	Linnenbruegger, Felix	0	GER	+59N	−2B	−18N	−23B	+63N	2.0	12.0	13.0	2.50	1782	0.0
41	Oelmann, Henry	1979	GER	+19B	−45N	−20B	+35N	−22B	2.0	11.5	13.5	5.50	1737	-24.0
42	Siol, Juergen	1760	GER	+62N	−6B	=30N	=50B	−24N	2.0	11.5	12.5	3.25	1651	-14.6
43	Neumann, Hannes	1746	GER	+65B	=53N	−14B	=17N	−25B	2.0	10.5	11.0	2.75	1688	-12.0
44	Schmidt, Leah	1634	GER	−16N	−18B	+68N	+49B	−39N	2.0	10.0	10.0	2.00	1006	-22.0
45	Borchmann, Thorsten	1786	GER	+24N	+41B	−6N	F	—	2.0	9.0	11.0	5.00	1961	+28.0
46	Michel, Sebastian	1700	GER	−6N	−62B	+54N	=58B	=47N	2.0	9.0	10.0	3.25	1420	-20.8
47	Schmidt, Merle Laureen	1635	GER	−21B	=56N	−35B	+67N	=46B	2.0	9.0	9.0	1.75	1636	-0.4
48	Klausmeier, Achim	1755	GER	F	+57N	−31B	+55B	−23N	2.0	8.5	8.5	3.00	1656	-5.4
49	Wagner, Mattis	0	GER	−53B	+65N	−21B	−44N	+62B	2.0	7.5	8.0	1.50	1522	0.0
50	Neudorf, Noah Levin	1903	GER	F	−15B	=32N	=42N	+66B	2.0	7.5	7.5	2.25	1739	-17.4
51	Buethe, Joachim	1667	GER	−7N	+60B	−12N	=33B	−58N	1.5	11.5	13.0	2.75	1645	-3.0
52	Peters, Michael	0	GER	=13B	=25N	−29B	−36N	=65N	1.5	11.5	12.0	3.50	1699	0.0
53	Hoffmann, Henry	1892	GER	+49N	=43B	−8N	−32B	−30N	1.5	11.0	13.0	3.00	1367	-101.2
54	Wagner, Moritz	0	GER	=20B	−14N	−46B	+60N	−35B	1.5	10.5	12.0	3.00	1532	0.0
55	Burban, Victor	1662	GER	−1B	−36N	+67B	−48N	=56B	1.5	10.5	10.5	0.75	1650	-4.0
56	Makoveienko, Vitalii	1744	GER	−23N	=47B	=61N	−24B	=55N	1.5	9.5	10.5	2.25	1557	-42.0
57	Fahmi, Azzam	0	GER	−9N	−48B	=60N	+63B	−33N	1.5	9.5	10.5	1.75	1533	0.0
58	Buschmann, Sebastian	0	GER	−11N	−28B	F	=46N	+51B	1.5	9.5	9.5	2.50	1701	0.0
59	Schlierf, Heiko	1911	GER	−40B	=64N	+62N	−11B	—	1.5	6.5	7.5	1.50	1644	-19.0
60	Deshpande, Rucha	1467	CAN	F	−51N	=57B	−54B	+67N	1.5	6.5	6.5	0.75	1639	+18.0
61	Topal, Batuhan	1659	GER	=25B	−13N	=56B	−22N	—	1.0	9.5	11.0	2.25	1689	+2.2
62	Buethe, Christoph	1535	GER	−42B	+46N	−59B	−37N	−49N	1.0	8.5	10.0	2.00	1575	+5.2
63	Schwittay, Insa Marie	1564	GER	−29B	=35N	=64B	−57N	−40B	1.0	8.5	9.5	1.75	1582	+2.8
64	Stammen, York Magnus	1660	GER	−2N	=59B	=63N	F	—	1.0	7.0	7.0	1.25	1646	-3.6
65	Zehnpfennig, Jessika	0	GER	−43N	−49B	−24N	F	=52B	0.5	8.5	8.5	0.75	883	0.0
66	Bergstraesser, Axel, Dr.	1711	GER	−10N	F	−25B	F	−50N	0.0	9.5	9.5	0.00	1086	-32.4
67	Vorwerk, Rene	1610	GER	−34N	−22B	−55N	−47B	−60B	0.0	9.0	10.5	0.00	836	-74.4
68	FIDE 34646159	0	—	−15N	−37B	−44B	F	—	0.0	7.5	8.0	0.00	899	0.0
69	Schlueter, Oliver	0	GER	−12N	F	—	—	—	0.0	3.5	3.5	0.00	977	0.0
70	Ott, Lukas	1832	GER	−30N	−26B	—	—	—	0.0	2.5	5.0	0.00	848	-29.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Langer, Till-BastianGER
+106.0
4.0 pts · #2
2Huether, JakobGER
+47.6
4.5 pts · #4
3Gwardak, JakobGER
+41.6
3.0 pts · #7

Top rating losers

1Hoffmann, HenryGER
-101.2
1.5 pts · #62
2Vorwerk, ReneGER
-74.4
0.0 pts · #68
3Makoveienko, VitaliiGER
-42.0
1.5 pts · #45

Biggest upsets

R3+248 Elo gap
Langer, Till-Bastian1644 beat Hoffmann, Henry1892
R5+243 Elo gap
Kosfeld, Thorsten1649 beat Hoffmann, Henry1892
R5+234 Elo gap
Buente, Kirsten1735 beat Lueckner, Andreas1969