Chessence Masters Tournament No. 11
16 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 08 Aug 2025 to 10 Aug 2025 in Willingen, Germany. 3 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2048, and top seed was Alexis Buchinger (🇩🇪 GER, 2080).
Dirk Norbert Jansen (🇩🇪 GER, CM, 2072) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Tamila Trunz (3.5) and Ben Hagenbeck-Huebert (3.0). Jansen won solo starting round 2.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Nils Philipp (1902) beat Michelle Trunz (WFM, 2034), a +132-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsCM Dirk Norbert Jansen led from R2; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.
CM Dirk Norbert Jansen never relinquished the lead after R2; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
CM Dirk Norbert Jansen drew with Tamila Trunz (Black).
CM Dirk Norbert Jansen won 3 in a row (R1–R3).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1CMDirk Norbert Jansen | * | ½ | 1 | — |
| 2Tamila Trunz | ½ | * | — | ½ |
| 3Ben Hagenbeck-Huebert | 0 | — | * | — |
| 4Philipp Hagemeister | — | ½ | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jansen, Dirk NorbertCM | 2072 | GER | +16B | +12N | +13B | =2N | +3B | 4.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 7.75 | 2360 | +29.6 |
| 2 | Trunz, Tamila | 1985 | GER | +4B | =13N | +8B | =1B | =6N | 3.5 | 13.0 | 14.5 | 10.00 | 2199 | +57.6 |
| 3 | Hagenbeck-Huebert, Ben | 2012 | GER | =5N | =7B | +16N | +9B | −1N | 3.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 5.25 | 2117 | +14.4 |
| 4 | Kieselbach, Jannik | 2068 | GER | −2N | +14B | +9N | =6B | =7N | 3.0 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 6.25 | 2096 | +7.6 |
| 5 | Buchinger, Alexis | 2080 | GER | =3B | −8N | =7N | +14B | +11B | 3.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 5.75 | 2080 | -0.4 |
| 6 | Hagemeister, Philipp | 2064 | GER | F | +11N | +12B | =4N | =2B | 3.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 6.75 | 2190 | +13.0 |
| 7 | Mueller, Mark | 2020 | GER | =10B | =3N | =5B | =8N | =4B | 2.5 | 11.5 | 13.5 | 6.75 | 1989 | -4.0 |
| 8 | Schellmann, FrankCM | 1972 | GER | =9N | +5B | −2N | =7B | =10N | 2.5 | 11.5 | 13.5 | 6.50 | 1989 | +2.8 |
| 9 | Weyer, Jonas | 2050 | GER | =8B | +10N | −4B | −3N | +16N | 2.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 3.25 | 1973 | -20.0 |
| 10 | Poetsch, Tomas | 1811 | GER | =7N | −9B | −14N | +12B | =8B | 2.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 4.00 | 1917 | +13.0 |
| 11 | Trunz, MichelleWFM | 2034 | GER | −12N | −6B | +15N | +16B | −5N | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.50 | 1919 | -31.6 |
| 12 | Philipp, Nils | 1902 | GER | +11B | −1B | −6N | −10N | =15B | 1.5 | 11.5 | 12.0 | 2.25 | 1829 | -10.0 |
| 13 | Koenig, Christian | 2073 | GER | +14N | =2B | −1N | F | F | 1.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 2.75 | 2020 | -4.4 |
| 14 | Schermer, Denis | 2002 | GER | −13B | −4N | +10B | −5N | F | 1.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 2.00 | 1815 | -19.0 |
| 15 | Leiser, Joachim | 1909 | GER | F | F | −11B | F | =12N | 0.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.75 | 1775 | -13.6 |
| 16 | Kieselbach, Marvin | 2000 | GER | −1N | F | −3B | −11N | −9B | 0.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 0.00 | 1242 | -70.4 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Trunz, TamilaGER+57.63.5 pts · #2
- 2Jansen, Dirk NorbertCMGER+29.64.5 pts · #1
- 3Hagenbeck-Huebert, BenGER+14.43.0 pts · #3
- 1Kieselbach, MarvinGER-70.40.0 pts · #16
- 2Trunz, MichelleWFMGER-31.62.0 pts · #10
- 3Weyer, JonasGER-20.02.5 pts · #7
- R1+132 Elo gap
- R2+108 Elo gap