Chessence Premium Tournament No. 13 Group B
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.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight 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.
3 players finish on 4.0/5. Kusche takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (12.5).
Petra Grabowski won 3 in a row (R3–R5).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Thomas Christen | * | — | ½ | — |
| 2Petra Grabowski | — | * | — | — |
| 3Maximilian Kusche | ½ | — | * | 1 |
| 4Kilian Waluga | — | — | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kusche, Maximilian | 1809 | GER | +13B | +11N | =4B | =3N | +8B | 4.0 | 12.5 | 14.5 | 11.00 | 1960 | +15.2 |
| 2 | Grabowski, Petra | 1768 | GER | =18N | =10B | +14N | +6B | +4B | 4.0 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 9.75 | 1876 | +10.8 |
| 3 | Christen, Thomas | 0 | GER | =19N | +18B | +10N | =1B | +5N | 4.0 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 9.00 | 1790 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Schneider, Udo | 1797 | GER | +17N | +9B | =1N | =5B | −2N | 3.0 | 14.0 | 15.5 | 8.00 | 1828 | +4.4 |
| 5 | Adomeit, Herbert | 1798 | GER | +20N | +7B | =6N | =4N | −3B | 3.0 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 7.00 | 1887 | +9.0 |
| 6 | Ziegler, Martin | 1681 | GER | =15N | +19B | =5B | −2N | +13B | 3.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 5.50 | 1786 | +17.2 |
| 7 | Stracke, Andre | 1713 | GER | +16B | −5N | +11B | −8N | +15B | 3.0 | 10.5 | 12.5 | 6.50 | 1812 | +8.2 |
| 8 | Waluga, Kilian | 0 | GER | −10N | +20B | +19N | +7B | −1N | 3.0 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 5.00 | 1734 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Weronetzki, Ruediger | 1739 | GER | +12B | −4N | =13B | =15N | +14B | 3.0 | 9.5 | 11.5 | 6.50 | 997 | -8.4 |
| 10 | Jansen, Nora | 1675 | GER | +8B | =2N | −3B | =13N | =11B | 2.5 | 13.5 | 15.5 | 7.25 | 1754 | +4.4 |
| 11 | Zakirov, Nikita | 1737 | GER | +14N | −1B | −7N | +18B | =10N | 2.5 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 4.25 | 1607 | -29.2 |
| 12 | Giehring, Frank | 0 | GER | −9N | −14B | =20N | +17B | +18N | 2.5 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 3.00 | 1662 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Bendel, Frank | 0 | GER | −1N | +15B | =9N | =10B | −6N | 2.0 | 12.5 | 14.5 | 4.75 | 1533 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Hasprich, Kevin | 0 | GER | −11B | +12N | −2B | +16N | −9N | 2.0 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 4.50 | 1500 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Weronetzki, Duncan | 0 | GER | =6B | −13N | +17N | =9B | −7N | 2.0 | 11.0 | 12.5 | 4.50 | 1699 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Konle, Michael | 1525 | GER | −7N | =17B | =18N | −14B | +19N | 2.0 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 2.25 | 1686 | +32.8 |
| 17 | Iannotti, Tim | 1661 | GER | −4B | =16N | −15B | −12N | +20B | 1.5 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 2.00 | 1636 | -4.0 |
| 18 | Schlenkert, Ralf | 1580 | GER | =2B | −3N | =16B | −11N | −12B | 1.0 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 3.00 | 1552 | -2.4 |
| 19 | Schomann, Michael | 1789 | GER | =3B | −6N | −8B | =20N | −16B | 1.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 2.50 | 1324 | -34.6 |
| 20 | Hebert, Guido | 1586 | GER | −5B | −8N | =12B | =19B | −17N | 1.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 1.75 | 1476 | -14.8 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Konle, MichaelGER+32.82.0 pts · #9
- 2Ziegler, MartinGER+17.23.0 pts · #13
- 3Kusche, MaximilianGER+15.24.0 pts · #12
- 1Schomann, MichaelGER-34.61.0 pts · #19
- 2Zakirov, NikitaGER-29.22.5 pts · #11
- 3Hebert, GuidoGER-14.81.0 pts · #18
- R5+264 Elo gap
- R2+108 Elo gap