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Chessence Premium Tournament No. 13 Group B

Open SwissStandard

20 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 08 Aug 2025 to 10 Aug 2025 in Willingen, Germany. Top 10 Elo average was 1751, and top seed was Maximilian Kusche (🇩🇪 GER, 1809).

Maximilian Kusche (🇩🇪 GER, 1809) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Petra Grabowski (4.0) and Thomas Christen (4.0). Kusche shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Michael Konle (1525) beat Michael Schomann (1789), a +264-point gap.

Location
🇩🇪Willingen, Germany
Dates
08 Aug 2025 → 10 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇩🇪Maximilian Kusche1809
Avg top 10
1,751
Participants
20
Federations · 1 represented
🇩🇪Germany×20
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 3 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 6 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.

Co-leaders
7
3
4
6
3
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 4.0/5. Kusche takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (12.5).

R3–R5 · WIN STREAK

Petra Grabowski won 3 in a row (R3–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Thomas Christen*
½
2Petra Grabowski*
3Maximilian Kusche
½
*
1
4Kilian Waluga
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Kusche, Maximilian1809GER+13B+11N=4B=3N+8B4.012.514.511.001960+15.2
2Grabowski, Petra1768GER=18N=10B+14N+6B+4B4.010.511.59.751876+10.8
3Christen, Thomas0GER=19N+18B+10N=1B+5N4.010.511.59.0017900.0
4Schneider, Udo1797GER+17N+9B=1N=5B2N3.014.015.58.001828+4.4
5Adomeit, Herbert1798GER+20N+7B=6N=4N3B3.013.014.07.001887+9.0
6Ziegler, Martin1681GER=15N+19B=5B2N+13B3.011.012.05.501786+17.2
7Stracke, Andre1713GER+16B5N+11B8N+15B3.010.512.56.501812+8.2
8Waluga, Kilian0GER10N+20B+19N+7B1N3.010.511.55.0017340.0
9Weronetzki, Ruediger1739GER+12B4N=13B=15N+14B3.09.511.56.50997-8.4
10Jansen, Nora1675GER+8B=2N3B=13N=11B2.513.515.57.251754+4.4
11Zakirov, Nikita1737GER+14N1B7N+18B=10N2.511.512.54.251607-29.2
12Giehring, Frank0GER9N14B=20N+17B+18N2.57.58.53.0016620.0
13Bendel, Frank0GER1N+15B=9N=10B6N2.012.514.54.7515330.0
14Hasprich, Kevin0GER11B+12N2B+16N9N2.012.014.04.5015000.0
15Weronetzki, Duncan0GER=6B13N+17N=9B7N2.011.012.54.5016990.0
16Konle, Michael1525GER7N=17B=18N14B+19N2.07.58.52.251686+32.8
17Iannotti, Tim1661GER4B=16N15B12N+20B1.59.510.52.001636-4.0
18Schlenkert, Ralf1580GER=2B3N=16B11N12B1.013.015.03.001552-2.4
19Schomann, Michael1789GER=3B6N8B=20N16B1.012.013.02.501324-34.6
20Hebert, Guido1586GER5B8N=12B=19B17N1.010.011.01.751476-14.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets