Offene Solinger Stadtmeisterschaft 2025 November
Open SwissStandard
33 players participated in this 3-round tournament, held from 14 Nov 2025 to 28 Nov 2025 in Solingen, Germany. 1 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2038, and top seed was Oliver Kniest (🇩🇪 GER, FM, 2139).
Markus Boos (🇩🇪 GER, 2112) won with 2.0/3, ahead of Hans-Joachim Boschek (2.0) and Dennis Wolter (2.0). Boos shared the lead from round 2, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Marius Linke (1840) beat Ulrich Waagener (2073), a +233-point gap.
Location
🇩🇪Solingen, Germany
Dates
14 Nov 2025 → 28 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 3 rounds
Titled players · 1
FM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇩🇪Germany×32
🇪🇸Spain×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 3 roundsTight race until R3; 4 players tied at 2.0/3, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
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4
R3 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
4 players finish on 2.0/3. Boos takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (1.0).
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boos, Markus | 2112 | GER | F | +27N | +8B | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2856 | +17.0 |
| 2 | Boschek, Hans-Joachim, Dr. | 1912 | GER | F | +31N | +20B | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.50 | 2536 | +12.2 |
| 3 | Wolter, Dennis | 1836 | GER | F | +30N | +18B | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.50 | 2590 | +17.6 |
| 4 | Meckel, Helmut | 1870 | GER | F | +29N | +28B | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2385 | +7.0 |
| 5 | Fichtner, Ewald | 2061 | GER | F | =21N | +11B | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.25 | 2259 | +10.2 |
| 6 | Vranidis, Athanassios | 1891 | GER | F | =18B | +19N | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.75 | 1988 | +4.8 |
| 7 | Linke, Marius | 1840 | GER | F | =22N | +27B | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 2267 | +21.6 |
| 8 | Goerke, Joachim | 2038 | GER | F | +9N | −1N | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 2006 | -1.8 |
| 9 | Fetahovic, Sarah | 1899 | GER | F | −8B | +13N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1930 | +3.2 |
| 10 | Speck, Stefan | 1927 | GER | F | −12N | +15B | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1900 | -1.4 |
| 11 | Kniest, OliverFM | 2139 | GER | F | +23B | −5N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.50 | 1900 | -10.6 |
| 12 | Loriguillo Gonzalez, Gregorio | 1977 | ESP | F | +10B | F | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.00 | 2727 | +8.6 |
| 13 | Fraenzel, Marius, Dr. | 1821 | GER | F | +25N | −9B | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.50 | 1870 | +2.8 |
| 14 | Guelcan, Batuhan Ege | 1829 | GER | F | =19B | =23N | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.50 | 1726 | -10.8 |
| 15 | Bertram, Steven | 1825 | GER | F | +33B | −10N | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1127 | -14.4 |
| 16 | Atar, Semih Akif | 1679 | GER | F | F | +32N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2629 | +28.0 |
| 17 | Wawi, Fares | 0 | GER | F | F | +29B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1436 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Bock, Juergen | 1790 | GER | F | =6N | −3N | 0.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.75 | 1671 | -6.0 |
| 19 | Pitz, Lukas | 1800 | GER | F | =14N | −6B | 0.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.50 | 1667 | -13.6 |
| 20 | Atar, Efecan | 1912 | GER | =24B | F | −2N | 0.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.25 | 1756 | -16.0 |
| 21 | Flesch, Stefan, Dr. | 1992 | GER | F | =5B | F | 0.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.75 | 2061 | +2.0 |
| 22 | Blomel, Christopher | 2074 | GER | F | =7B | F | 0.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.75 | 1840 | -5.8 |
| 23 | Wawi, Bilal Alexander | 1652 | GER | F | −11N | =14B | 0.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.50 | 1748 | +6.0 |
| 24 | Scheidtmann, Kian | 1986 | GER | =20N | F | F | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.25 | 1912 | -2.0 |
| 25 | Steinbach, Wolfgang | 1839 | GER | F | −13B | =26N | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.25 | 1541 | -15.6 |
| 26 | Chen, Aimee | 1646 | GER | F | F | =25B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1840 | +10.0 |
| 27 | Waagener, Ulrich | 2073 | GER | F | −1B | −7N | 0.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 1176 | -24.8 |
| 28 | Littek, Oliver | 1698 | GER | F | F | −4N | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 1071 | -5.4 |
| 29 | Muschal, Holger | 1416 | GER | F | −4B | −17N | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 1016 | -3.2 |
| 30 | Rolla, Oliver | 0 | GER | F | −3B | F | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1036 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Dhanasekaran Meenambigai, Diya | 1559 | GER | F | −2B | F | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1112 | -4.4 |
| 32 | Kovalyov, Dima | 1829 | GER | F | F | −16B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 880 | -28.0 |
| 33 | Ruhnau, Cedrik | 0 | GER | F | −15N | F | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1023 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Atar, Semih AkifGER+28.01.0 pts · #13
- 2Linke, MariusGER+21.61.5 pts · #5
- 3Wolter, DennisGER+17.62.0 pts · #7
Top rating losers
- 1Kovalyov, DimaGER-28.00.0 pts · #29
- 2Waagener, UlrichGER-24.80.0 pts · #30
- 3Atar, EfecanGER-16.00.5 pts · #25
Biggest upsets
- R3+233 Elo gap
- R3+150 Elo gap