Bezirkseinzelmeisterschaft Hannover 2025 A-Gruppe
Open SwissStandard
32 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 23 Oct 2025 to 26 Oct 2025 in Lehrte, Germany. 4 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2145, and top seed was Christian Polster (🇩🇪 GER, FM, 2264).
Tim Sauer (🇩🇪 GER, CM, 2235) won with 5.0/7, ahead of Anton Weigand (5.0) and Christian Polster (5.0). Sauer shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 6: Jonah Koelling (1962) beat Patrick Lick (2160), a +198-point gap.
Location
🇩🇪Lehrte, Germany
Dates
23 Oct 2025 → 26 Oct 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 · 7 rounds
Titled players · 4
FM×1
CM×3
Federations · 2 represented
🇩🇪Germany×31
🇬🇹Guatemala×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsTight race until R7; 5 players tied at 5.0/7, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
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4
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5
R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
5 players finish on 5.0/7. Sauer takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (27.5).
R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
FM Christian Polster drew with CM Anton Weigand (Black).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1FMChristian Polster | * | ½ | — | — |
| 2CMAnton Weigand | ½ | * | — | 1 |
| 3Thore Meiwes | — | — | * | — |
| 4Philip Reimer | — | 0 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sauer, TimCM | 2235 | GER | +18B | +14N | +5B | +3N | =4B | −7N | =2B | 5.0 | 27.5 | 31.0 | 22.00 | 2289 | +22.4 |
| 2 | Weigand, AntonCM | 2181 | GER | +22B | +8N | =3B | −7N | +15B | +4N | =1N | 5.0 | 26.5 | 29.5 | 20.50 | 2264 | +16.6 |
| 3 | Polster, ChristianFM | 2264 | GER | +32N | +6B | =2N | −1B | +10N | =9B | +7B | 5.0 | 26.5 | 27.5 | 18.00 | 2232 | -2.4 |
| 4 | Reimer, Philip | 2204 | GER | +24N | =13B | +19N | +6B | =1N | −2B | +8N | 5.0 | 25.0 | 28.0 | 18.75 | 2193 | +1.0 |
| 5 | Meiwes, Thore | 2128 | GER | +27N | +10B | −1N | =13B | +20N | =6B | +9N | 5.0 | 24.0 | 26.0 | 17.00 | 2169 | +9.0 |
| 6 | Schulz, Daniel | 2049 | GER | +16B | −3N | +31B | −4N | +14B | =5N | +13B | 4.5 | 25.5 | 26.5 | 14.00 | 2166 | +22.6 |
| 7 | Bruns, Kai-Christian | 2142 | GER | +9B | =19N | F | +2B | =23N | +1B | −3N | 4.0 | 25.0 | 26.5 | 17.00 | 2223 | +14.8 |
| 8 | Koelling, Jonah | 1962 | GER | +11N | −2B | =25N | +19B | =13N | +23B | −4B | 4.0 | 23.5 | 26.0 | 13.00 | 2069 | +39.6 |
| 9 | Zweigait, Leon | 1919 | GER | −7N | =11B | +32N | +25B | +24N | =3N | −5B | 4.0 | 23.5 | 24.5 | 11.00 | 2073 | +54.4 |
| 10 | Herrmann, Andreas | 2030 | GER | +30B | −5N | +16B | =23N | −3B | =13B | +21N | 4.0 | 23.0 | 24.0 | 10.75 | 2089 | +11.2 |
| 11 | Prahl, Niklas | 1844 | GER | −8B | =9N | +22B | −15N | +26B | =14N | +28B | 4.0 | 20.5 | 22.5 | 11.25 | 2009 | +31.6 |
| 12 | Gottschalk, Siegfried | 1935 | GER | =23B | −29N | =30B | =26N | +18B | +20N | =15B | 4.0 | 17.0 | 18.0 | 11.50 | 2021 | +16.4 |
| 13 | Kieselbach, Jannik | 2042 | GER | +26B | =4N | =23B | =5N | =8B | =10N | −6N | 3.5 | 25.5 | 28.0 | 13.00 | 2061 | +7.2 |
| 14 | Daemmig, Matthias, Dr. | 2044 | GER | +21N | −1B | −20N | +16B | −6N | =11B | +26N | 3.5 | 23.0 | 25.5 | 11.00 | 1958 | -15.8 |
| 15 | Hilker, Bjoern | 1997 | GER | =25N | =20B | =17N | +11B | −2N | =21B | =12N | 3.5 | 22.5 | 25.0 | 12.00 | 1944 | -10.2 |
| 16 | Kubicki, Ulrich | 1908 | GER | −6N | +28B | −10N | −14N | =22B | +25B | +19N | 3.5 | 20.5 | 22.5 | 9.00 | 1960 | +10.0 |
| 17 | Castro Niemann, Quentin Jose | 1988 | GER | +31B | −23N | =15B | =20B | =21N | =19N | =18B | 3.5 | 19.0 | 20.0 | 9.00 | 1940 | -9.2 |
| 18 | Hlavchev, Ivan | 1955 | GER | −1N | =25B | =21N | +30B | −12N | +31B | =17N | 3.5 | 19.0 | 20.0 | 6.50 | 1952 | -2.8 |
| 19 | Baumann, Simon | 1826 | GER | +28N | =7B | −4B | −8N | +25N | =17B | −16B | 3.0 | 22.5 | 24.5 | 8.25 | 1956 | +41.2 |
| 20 | Pothast, Laurenz | 1885 | GER | =29B | =15N | +14B | =17N | −5B | −12B | =22N | 3.0 | 22.5 | 24.0 | 9.25 | 1959 | +12.8 |
| 21 | Scholz, Tom | 1897 | GER | −14B | =22N | =18B | +27N | =17B | =15N | −10B | 3.0 | 21.0 | 23.0 | 8.75 | 1931 | +6.0 |
| 22 | Ehlert, Horst | 1937 | GER | −2N | =21B | −11N | =32B | =16N | +27N | =20B | 3.0 | 20.5 | 21.5 | 7.25 | 1891 | -10.0 |
| 23 | Lick, Patrick | 2160 | GER | =12N | +17B | =13N | =10B | =7B | −8N | — | 3.0 | 19.5 | 23.0 | 11.25 | 2017 | -22.8 |
| 24 | Wall, Henrik | 1948 | GER | −4B | =30N | =26B | +31N | −9B | −28N | +27B | 3.0 | 16.5 | 17.5 | 4.75 | 1896 | -11.0 |
| 25 | Gehrke, Mathias | 1876 | GER | =15B | =18N | =8B | −9N | −19B | −16N | +31N | 2.5 | 21.5 | 22.5 | 6.50 | 1816 | -12.2 |
| 26 | Schramm, Kilian | 1891 | GER | −13N | =32B | =24N | =12B | −11N | +30B | −14B | 2.5 | 19.0 | 20.0 | 5.00 | 1848 | -9.2 |
| 27 | Kettner-Nikolaus, Frank | 1913 | GER | −5B | −31N | +28N | −21B | +32N | −22B | −24N | 2.0 | 17.0 | 18.0 | 3.00 | 1797 | -22.6 |
| 28 | Polenz, Fredrik | 1959 | GER | −19B | −16N | −27B | F | +30N | +24B | −11N | 2.0 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 4.00 | 1761 | -32.0 |
| 29 | Lossi C., Cyrano JoseCM | 2032 | GUA | =20N | +12B | F | — | — | — | — | 1.5 | 8.0 | 11.0 | 5.50 | 2103 | +3.4 |
| 30 | Serreck, Uwe | 1877 | GER | −10N | =24B | =12N | −18N | −28B | −26N | F | 1.0 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 3.50 | 1680 | -27.4 |
| 31 | Leppert, Stefan | 1857 | GER | −17N | +27B | −6N | −24B | F | −18N | −25B | 1.0 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 2.00 | 1682 | -24.2 |
| 32 | Woelk, Marvin | 1958 | GER | −3B | =26N | −9B | =22N | −27B | F | — | 1.0 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 2.75 | 1745 | -27.4 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Zweigait, LeonGER+54.44.0 pts · #9
- 2Baumann, SimonGER+41.23.0 pts · #22
- 3Koelling, JonahGER+39.64.0 pts · #8
Top rating losers
- 1Polenz, FredrikGER-32.02.0 pts · #27
- 2Serreck, UweGER-27.41.0 pts · #31
- 3Woelk, MarvinGER-27.41.0 pts · #32
Biggest upsets
- R6+198 Elo gap
- R3+159 Elo gap
- R1+133 Elo gap