66. Offene Stadtmeisterschaft Ulm & Neu-Ulm 66. Offene Stadtmeisterschaft Ulm & Neu-Ulm Oktober 2025
36 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 04 Oct 2025 to 25 Oct 2025 in Ulm, Germany. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1997, and top seed was Matthias Schwab (🇩🇪 GER, 2113).
Matthias Schwab (🇩🇪 GER, 2113) won with 2.5/5, ahead of Arnd Mayer (2.5) and Ulrich Junger (2.5). Schwab shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Antonio Panella (1716) beat Giuseppe Sanna (1890), a +174-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R5; 4 players tied at 2.5/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 4 at the finish.
4 players finish on 2.5/5. Schwab takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (4.5).
Matthias Schwab drew with Arnd Mayer (Black).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Matthias Schwab | * | ½ | — | — |
| 2Arnd Mayer | ½ | * | — | — |
| 3Ulrich Junger | — | — | * | — |
| 4Jingfu Zhang | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Schwab, Matthias | 2113 | GER | +18N | F | F | +23B | =2N | 2.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.25 | 2215 | +6.6 |
| 2 | Mayer, Arnd | 1992 | GER | +32B | F | F | +17N | =1B | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.25 | 2195 | +10.4 |
| 3 | Junger, Ulrich | 1992 | GER | +20N | F | F | =15B | +16N | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.50 | 2002 | +0.4 |
| 4 | Zhang, Jingfu | 1798 | GER | =10N | F | F | +34B | +9B | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.25 | 2724 | +26.8 |
| 5 | Papadopoulou, Soultana | 1908 | GER | F | F | F | +7N | +22B | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.00 | 2611 | +30.0 |
| 6 | Pogan, Sebastian | 1965 | GER | =16N | F | F | =11B | +15N | 2.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.25 | 2008 | +3.6 |
| 7 | Koenke, Dominik | 1705 | GER | F | +24N | F | −5B | +36N | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 1683 | -1.0 |
| 8 | Zomartova, Ilya | 1912 | GEO | +33B | F | F | −29N | +10B | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.50 | 1236 | -13.2 |
| 9 | Heinrich, Klaus | 1924 | GER | =13N | F | F | +27B | −4N | 1.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.75 | 1745 | -14.0 |
| 10 | Brandenburg, Tim | 0 | GER | =4B | F | F | +33N | −8N | 1.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.25 | 1662 | 0.0 |
| 11 | van gen Hassend, Max | 2032 | GER | +28B | F | F | =6N | F | 1.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.00 | 2048 | +1.4 |
| 12 | Ziad, Amar | 1671 | GER | +19B | F | F | −25B | =31N | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.25 | 1055 | -5.4 |
| 13 | Panella, Antonio | 1716 | GER | =9B | F | F | +32N | F | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 2100 | +40.0 |
| 14 | Cirillo, Dominik | 0 | GER | −26N | F | F | =?N | +32B | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1835 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Saxinger, Michael | 1836 | GER | =21B | F | F | =3N | −6B | 1.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.75 | 1858 | +3.6 |
| 16 | Kinzel, Andreas | 1782 | GER | =6B | F | F | =21N | −3B | 1.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.50 | 1858 | +11.2 |
| 17 | Stegmaier, Luca-David | 0 | GER | F | F | F | −2B | +18N | 1.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.00 | 1938 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Hoffart, Alexander | 1884 | GER | −1B | F | F | +31N | −17B | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.50 | 1313 | -4.2 |
| 19 | Tewathia, Anirudh | 0 | GER | −12N | F | F | +24B | −20N | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.00 | 1568 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Wutzke, Andreas | 0 | GER | −3B | F | F | F | +19B | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.00 | 1192 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Sieber, Heiko | 1991 | GER | =15N | F | F | =16B | F | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 1809 | -9.6 |
| 22 | Kelemen, Alexander | 1917 | GER | F | F | F | +26B | −5N | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 1943 | +1.4 |
| 23 | Wolf, Rainer | 1950 | GER | +31B | F | F | −1N | F | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.50 | 1313 | -5.6 |
| 24 | Akkaya, Pars | 1458 | GER | F | −7B | F | −19N | +35B | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 904 | -7.6 |
| 25 | Saive, Philipp | 1855 | GER | F | F | F | +12N | F | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.50 | 2478 | +10.8 |
| 26 | Krauss, Rainer | 1977 | GER | +14B | F | F | −22N | F | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.50 | 1117 | -11.6 |
| 27 | Goda, Frederic | 1722 | GER | +30B | F | F | −9N | F | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.00 | 1124 | -4.8 |
| 28 | Spaeth, Gerhard | 1745 | GER | −11N | F | F | F | +30B | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.00 | 1232 | -3.2 |
| 29 | Gulden, Tobias | 2036 | GER | F | F | F | +8B | F | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.00 | 2712 | +6.6 |
| 30 | FIDE 533057745 | 0 | — | −27N | F | +35B | F | −28N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 934 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Kromminga, Stephan | 0 | GER | −23N | F | F | −18B | =12B | 0.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.75 | 1564 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Sanna, Giuseppe | 1890 | GER | −2N | F | F | −13B | −14N | 0.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.00 | 1054 | -21.8 |
| 33 | FIDE 533008701 | 0 | — | −8N | F | F | −10B | F | 0.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 1112 | 0.0 |
| 34 | FIDE 533050341 | 0 | — | F | F | F | −4N | F | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 998 | 0.0 |
| 35 | Rottler, Stefan Wilhelm | 0 | GER | −?B | F | −30N | F | −24N | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 774 | 0.0 |
| 36 | FIDE 533006520 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | −7B | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 904 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Panella, AntonioGER+40.01.5 pts · #4
- 2Papadopoulou, SoultanaGER+30.02.0 pts · #2
- 3Zhang, JingfuGER+26.82.5 pts · #14
- 1Sanna, GiuseppeGER-21.80.0 pts · #29
- 2Heinrich, KlausGER-14.01.5 pts · #9
- 3Zomartova, IlyaGEO-13.22.0 pts · #25
- R4+174 Elo gap
- R5+126 Elo gap