Bezirkseinzelmeisterschaft Hannover 2025 B-Gruppe
22 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 23 Oct 2025 to 26 Oct 2025 in Lehrte, Germany. Top 10 Elo average was 1869, and top seed was Michael Sokolowski (🇩🇪 GER, 1918).
Darius Rausch (🇩🇪 GER, 1849) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Alexander Nicolai Nolte (4.5) and Nicolas Drews (4.5). Rausch won solo starting round 3.
The biggest upset came in round 6: Johannes Schieble (1635) beat Helge Wittur (1907), a +272-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsDarius Rausch led from R3; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.
Darius Rausch never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
Darius Rausch 4 wins (R1–R4)Johannes Schieble 3 wins (R5–R7)
Johannes Schieble was #11 at R4, climbed to #1 over the final stretch.
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Darius Rausch | * | — | ½ | 1 |
| 2Johannes Schieble | — | * | ½ | — |
| 3Alexander Nicolai Nolte | ½ | ½ | * | ½ |
| 4Nicolas Drews | 0 | — | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rausch, Darius | 1849 | GER | +19B | +15N | +3N | +14B | =2B | =4N | =7B | 5.5 | 22.5 | 24.5 | 18.00 | 2041 | +29.8 |
| 2 | Nolte, Alexander Nicolai | 1880 | GER | =11N | =5B | +12N | +6B | =1N | =3B | =8N | 4.5 | 26.0 | 29.5 | 18.50 | 1884 | +1.8 |
| 3 | Drews, Nicolas | 1862 | GER | +16B | +6N | −1B | =10N | +9B | =2N | =4B | 4.5 | 25.5 | 28.0 | 16.25 | 1948 | +13.6 |
| 4 | Luft, Benjamin | 1892 | GER | =9B | =12N | =8B | +15N | +14B | =1B | =3N | 4.5 | 23.5 | 26.0 | 15.50 | 1884 | -1.2 |
| 5 | Schieble, Johannes | 1635 | GER | =7B | =2N | −6B | =19N | +20B | +15N | +9B | 4.5 | 20.5 | 22.0 | 12.75 | 1929 | +54.0 |
| 6 | Braun, Alexander | 1831 | GER | +10B | −3B | +5N | −2N | −7B | +21N | +13B | 4.0 | 24.0 | 25.5 | 12.50 | 1809 | -3.0 |
| 7 | Martetschlaeger, Hubert | 1835 | GER | =5N | −11B | =17N | +18B | +6N | =10B | =1N | 4.0 | 23.5 | 26.0 | 14.50 | 1812 | -3.0 |
| 8 | Staehly, Basil | 1795 | GER | −14N | +16B | =4N | +13B | =10B | =9N | =2B | 4.0 | 21.5 | 24.0 | 13.50 | 1984 | +50.8 |
| 9 | Backhaus, Manfred | 1767 | GER | =4N | +13B | =14N | +11B | −3N | =8B | −5N | 3.5 | 24.0 | 26.5 | 12.00 | 1804 | +11.6 |
| 10 | Rinne, Torben | 0 | GER | −6N | F | +20B | =3B | =8N | =7N | +11B | 3.5 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 11.25 | 1837 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Sauer, Ben | 1721 | GER | =2B | +7N | =15B | −9N | =13B | +14N | −10N | 3.5 | 21.0 | 23.5 | 11.50 | 1861 | +37.6 |
| 12 | Grabowski, Petra | 1780 | GER | =13N | =4B | −2B | =16N | =17N | =18B | +19B | 3.5 | 19.5 | 21.5 | 9.50 | 1802 | +3.8 |
| 13 | Sokolowski, Michael | 1918 | GER | =12B | −9N | +19B | −8N | =11N | +17B | −6N | 3.0 | 21.0 | 23.0 | 8.00 | 1719 | -75.2 |
| 14 | Fuhrmann, Luca Dario | 0 | GER | +8B | +20N | =9B | −1N | −4N | −11B | −16N | 2.5 | 23.5 | 25.0 | 7.25 | 1698 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Wittur, Helge | 1907 | GER | +17N | −1B | =11N | −4B | =16N | −5B | =20B | 2.5 | 23.0 | 24.5 | 6.25 | 1677 | -43.2 |
| 16 | Redondas Taboada, Antonio | 1716 | GER | −3N | −8N | F | =12B | =15B | =20N | +14B | 2.5 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 6.25 | 1692 | -3.2 |
| 17 | Danisch, Garvin, Dr. | 1777 | GER | −15B | =19N | =7B | =20N | =12B | −13N | =21B | 2.5 | 16.5 | 18.0 | 6.25 | 1717 | -12.8 |
| 18 | Rehbein, Vitus | 1716 | GER | F | F | +21B | −7N | +22B | =12N | — | 2.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 3.25 | 1894 | +38.0 |
| 19 | Busch, Hans-Hinrich | 1710 | GER | −1N | =17B | −13N | =5B | −21N | +22B | −12N | 2.0 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 3.50 | 1634 | -14.4 |
| 20 | Ahlvers, Carsten | 1858 | GER | F | −14B | −10N | =17B | −5N | =16B | =15N | 1.5 | 18.0 | 20.5 | 3.75 | 1673 | -20.2 |
| 21 | Balint, Levente | 1726 | GER | F | F | −18N | F | +19B | −6B | =17N | 1.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 3.25 | 1672 | -12.4 |
| 22 | Rademacher, Bengt | 1855 | GER | F | F | F | F | −18N | −19N | F | 0.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 913 | -27.8 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Schieble, JohannesGER+54.04.5 pts · #1
- 2Staehly, BasilGER+50.84.0 pts · #7
- 3Rehbein, VitusGER+38.02.5 pts · #17
- 1Sokolowski, MichaelGER-75.23.0 pts · #10
- 2Wittur, HelgeGER-43.22.5 pts · #14
- 3Rademacher, BengtGER-27.80.0 pts · #22
- R6+272 Elo gap
- R5+223 Elo gap
- R2+151 Elo gap