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Midtjysk EMT 2025 Round 1-5

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14 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 18 Aug 2025 to 22 Sept 2025 in Nr. Snede, Denmark. Top 10 Elo average was 1777, and top seed was Alexander Almasy (🇩🇰 DEN, 1932).

Lars Wisler Pedersen (🇩🇰 DEN, 1876) won with 4.0/5, ahead of John Engstrom (4.0) and Bent Christensen (3.5). Pedersen won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Soren Grymer-Hansen (1681) beat Alexander Almasy (1932), a +251-point gap.

Location
🇩🇰Nr. Snede, Denmark
Dates
18 Aug 2025 → 22 Sept 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇩🇰Alexander Almasy1932
Avg top 10
1,777
Participants
14
Federations · 1 represented
🇩🇰Denmark×14
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R4; 2 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
7
2
1
1
2
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5Engstrom takes lead
Engstrom4Pedersen4Christensen3.5Andersen3Thomsen3Heyn3
R4 · LEADER CHANGE15 Sept

John Engstrom takes the sole lead (3.5/4).

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.0/5. Pedersen takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (13.5).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

John Engstrom beat Lars Wisler Pedersen (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1John Engstrom*
1
½
½
2Lars Wisler Pedersen
0
*
1
—
3Bent Christensen
½
0
*—
4Knud Erik Andersen
½
——*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Pedersen, Lars Wisler1876DEN+8B+6N+3B−2N+4B4.013.515.511.501973+12.6
2Engstrom, John1861DEN+9B=5N+13B+1B=3N4.012.513.510.252051+23.6
3Christensen, Bent1719DEN+7B+4N−1N+8B=2B3.513.515.59.501861+20.0
4Thomsen, Jesper Heegaard1853DEN+10N−3B+5B+6N−1N3.013.515.58.001829-2.6
5Andersen, Knud Erik1867DEN+14N=2B−4N=9B+8N3.011.011.55.501755-11.6
6Heyn, Jorgen1699DEN+12N−1B+10N−4B+11N3.010.511.54.501759+6.2
7Madsen, Aage Valdemar1438DEN−3N−10B+12N=11B+14N2.58.08.52.251547+9.6
8Jensen, Lars Hinge1532DEN−1N+12B+11N−3N−5B2.012.013.02.501593+4.0
9Sorensen, Allan1660DEN−2N+11B=14N=5N−10B2.010.511.03.251637-3.8
10Sonberg, Bjarne1626DEN−4B+7N−6BF+9N2.010.510.54.501663+4.0
11Grymer-Hansen, Soren1681DEN+13B−9N−8B=7N−6B1.59.510.52.251503-23.8
12Romhild, Per1406DEN−6B−8N−7B+14B—1.07.58.00.5013520.0
13Almasy, Alexander1932DEN−11N+14B−2N——1.05.56.00.501566-26.6
14Hedemand, Karl1508DEN−5B−13N=9B−12N−7B0.58.59.51.001396-23.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets