41. Internationales Boeblinger Open A

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95 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 26 Dec 2025 to 30 Dec 2025 in Boeblingen, Germany. 22 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2347, and top seed was Tobias Koelle (🇩🇪 GER, IM, 2471).

Tobias Koelle (🇩🇪 GER, IM, 2471) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Michael Fedorovsky (7.0) and Matthias Dann (7.0). Koelle won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Daniel Schaefer (1994) beat Bruno Engel (2290), a +296-point gap.

Location

🇩🇪Boeblingen, Germany

Dates

26 Dec 2025 → 30 Dec 2025

Time control

Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇩🇪IMTobias Koelle2471

Avg top 10

2,347

Participants

Titled players · 22

IM×4

FM×9

CM×4

WIM×2

WFM×3

Federations · 8 represented

🇩🇪Germany×70

🇧🇪Belgium×5

🇫🇷France×4

🇳🇱Netherlands×3

🇨🇭Switzerland×2

🇮🇳India×2

🇦🇺Australia×2

🇻🇳Vietnam×1

Top 3

🥇
IMTobias Koelle
🇩🇪GER·2471
7.5pts·2560perf+10.1
🥈
IMMichael Fedorovsky
🇩🇪GER·2388
7.0pts·2402perf+3.3
🥉
IMMatthias Dann
🇩🇪GER·2434
7.0pts·2432perf+1.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

IM Tobias Koelle led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Koelle7.5Dann7Fedorovsky7Kutsanyan6.5Ehmann6.5Docx6.5

R5–R9 · LEAD HELD

IM Tobias Koelle held the sole lead from R5 through R9 without losing it.

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Tobias Koelle drew with IM Matthias Dann (White).

R1–R6 · WIN STREAK

IM Tobias Koelle won 6 in a row (R1–R6).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1IMTobias Koelle	*	½	½	—
2IMMatthias Dann	½	*	—	—
3IMMichael Fedorovsky	½	—	*	—
4Andranik Kutsanyan	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Koelle, TobiasIM	2471	GER	+27B	+12N	+16B	+7N	+4B	+5N	=3B	=2N	=6B	7.5	51.0	56.0	45.75	2560	+10.1
2	Fedorovsky, MichaelIM	2388	GER	+11B	=15N	+54B	=26N	+18B	=4N	+16B	=1B	+13N	7.0	46.5	50.5	38.25	2402	+3.3
3	Dann, MatthiasIM	2434	GER	+87N	+68B	=26N	=5B	+14N	+15B	=1N	=4B	+10N	7.0	46.0	48.0	35.25	2432	+1.8
4	Ehmann, ThiloFM	2353	GER	+88B	+48N	+14B	+6N	−1N	=2B	+45B	=3N	=5B	6.5	49.0	51.0	33.25	2433	+11.2
5	Dubkov, AndrejFM	2307	GER	+29B	+84N	+85B	=3N	+13B	−1B	+21N	=6B	=4N	6.5	46.0	48.0	30.50	2373	+20.2
6	Docx, StefanIM	2371	BEL	+80N	+44B	+28N	−4B	+26B	=45N	+25B	=5N	=1N	6.5	44.5	47.5	31.75	2349	+0.5
7	Ngo, Quang ThaiFM	2325	VIE	+33N	+40B	+75N	−1B	−15N	+44B	+27N	=9B	+11N	6.5	43.5	46.5	30.50	2233	-13.0
8	Kutsanyan, Andranik	2184	UKR	+83N	−28B	−11N	+53B	+42N	+43B	=9B	+25N	+19B	6.5	40.0	42.5	29.00	2153	-5.8
9	Young, MicahCM	2019	AUS	+71N	=10B	−17N	+86B	+22N	+13B	=8N	=7N	=28B	6.0	44.0	46.0	28.50	2237	+96.5
10	Jochens, Arne, Dr.FM	2245	GER	+57B	=9N	+58B	−13N	+41B	=12N	+40B	+18N	−3B	6.0	42.5	46.5	28.25	2219	-4.6
11	Thiemann, Marc	2016	GER	−2N	+95B	+8B	−45N	+59B	+34N	=12B	+16N	−7B	5.5	44.5	44.5	23.75	2247	+52.4
12	Doll, Stefan	2083	GER	+23N	−1B	=42N	+57B	+63N	=10B	=11N	=20B	=17N	5.5	44.0	48.0	27.00	2206	+27.8
13	Goossens, HanneWIM	2132	BEL	+19B	=43N	+52B	+10B	−5N	−9N	+67B	+46N	−2B	5.5	44.0	47.5	25.75	2163	+7.6
14	Roos, David	2142	BEL	+76N	+42B	−4N	+43B	−3B	=29N	+41N	=23B	=15N	5.5	43.0	46.0	24.50	2155	+3.0
15	Muller-Moingt, BastienFM	2079	FRA	+95N	=2B	=67N	+55B	+7B	−3N	−18B	+52N	=14B	5.5	43.0	43.0	22.50	2210	+58.4
16	Junesch, GerhardFM	2252	GER	+56N	+50B	−1N	+54B	=44N	+30B	−2N	−11B	+43N	5.5	42.5	46.5	24.25	2192	-10.8
17	Geltz, NoahCM	2230	GER	+61B	=41N	+9B	=18N	=32B	−25N	=29B	+38N	=12B	5.5	41.5	45.5	27.75	2116	-25.0
18	Meyer, Roland	2112	GER	+51N	=67B	+78N	=17B	−2N	+85B	+15N	−10B	=20N	5.5	40.5	42.5	22.25	2195	+20.2
19	Sadbhav Rautela	1959	IND	−13N	=64N	+39B	+78B	=35N	=68B	+44N	+21B	−8N	5.5	39.5	42.5	24.25	2181	+107.2
20	Engel, Bruno	2290	GER	−41N	+36B	+84N	=40B	=25B	+38N	=46B	=12N	=18B	5.5	39.5	42.0	25.00	2106	-61.7
21	Stotyn, FabianCM	2176	GER	−52B	+94N	+29B	=41N	+58B	+32N	−5B	−19N	+40B	5.5	39.0	39.0	20.75	2115	-13.0
22	Weber, Daniel	2148	GER	+94B	=52N	=41B	=28N	−9B	=67N	+31B	+27B	=23N	5.5	38.5	38.5	21.25	2054	-21.0
23	Schramm, Luca	1944	GER	−12B	−27N	+88B	=48N	+81B	+58N	+32B	=14N	=22B	5.5	38.0	40.0	21.75	2148	+50.2
24	Chassard, CedricFM	2281	GER	+63B	−54N	+27B	−25N	+73B	−40N	=53N	+41B	+47B	5.5	35.5	39.0	23.50	2091	-38.4
25	Perreard, Nicolas	2046	SUI	=36N	=55B	+62N	+24B	=20N	+17B	−6N	−8B	=26N	5.0	43.5	47.5	24.75	2193	+32.6
26	Dorst, JohannesFM	2199	GER	+46B	+53N	=3B	=2B	−6N	−27N	=42B	+72N	=25B	5.0	43.5	47.0	23.75	2166	-6.8
27	Braeutigam, KaterinaWFM	2017	GER	−1N	+23B	−24N	+62B	+75N	+26B	−7B	−22N	+55B	5.0	43.5	46.5	21.50	2165	+62.0
28	Goldinov, Daniel	1974	GER	+49B	+8N	−6B	=22B	−30N	+47N	+68B	F	=9N	5.0	43.0	46.5	24.75	2243	+109.2
29	Schulte, Torsten	1996	GER	−5N	+66B	−21N	+77B	+49N	=14B	=17N	=35B	=30N	5.0	41.5	44.5	22.00	2164	+38.4
30	Wagner, Robert	2108	GER	+31B	=69N	=43B	=73N	+28B	−16N	=52B	=33N	=29B	5.0	37.5	41.0	22.75	2037	-17.2
31	Aryan Goyal	1951	IND	−30N	+38B	=68N	=70N	=47B	=33B	−22N	+65N	+61B	5.0	36.5	40.0	21.25	2083	+62.8
32	Foksha, Mischa	2051	GER	=55N	=62B	+77N	+75B	=17N	−21B	−23N	=42N	+46B	5.0	36.5	39.5	19.50	2043	-3.0
33	Kauth, Lukas	1996	GER	−7B	−59N	+66B	+79N	=69B	=31N	+75B	=30B	=35N	5.0	36.0	39.0	19.25	2051	+22.8
34	Foerster, Erik	2168	GER	−42N	+83B	=63N	+56B	=40N	−11B	=43N	+53B	=37N	5.0	36.0	38.5	19.50	2022	-34.0
35	Gaertner, Michael	2087	GER	+60B	−85N	+53B	=67N	=19B	−46N	+55B	=29N	=33B	5.0	35.5	37.5	21.50	1997	-21.6
36	Mallevaey, Armand	1927	FRA	=25B	−20N	−57B	=72N	+87N	=54B	+50N	=44B	+56N	5.0	35.0	37.0	19.00	2081	+35.4
37	Wang, Lachlan	1915	AUS	−40N	+91B	=49N	−63B	=57N	+83B	=56N	+70N	=34B	5.0	32.0	33.5	16.25	2083	+78.0
38	Schupp, Uwe	2038	GER	−69B	−31N	+94B	+92N	+61B	−20B	+77N	−17B	+60N	5.0	32.0	32.0	12.50	2058	+3.2
39	Messner, Harry	2095	GER	−43N	=76B	−19N	+74B	=83N	=60B	+85N	=56B	+52N	5.0	31.0	33.0	16.25	1979	-27.2
40	Lishoy Gengis Paratazham, Dildarav	2032	ENG	+37B	−7N	+59B	=20N	=34B	+24B	−10N	=49B	−21N	4.5	43.5	47.5	22.00	2170	+58.9
41	Schaefer, Daniel	1994	GER	+20B	=17B	=22N	=21B	−10N	+73N	−14B	−24N	+71B	4.5	42.5	46.0	20.75	2149	+34.6
42	Drissi, Anis	1965	FRA	+34B	−14N	=12B	=47N	−8B	+71N	=26N	=32B	=44N	4.5	41.5	45.0	20.75	2093	+30.0
43	Rechner, Jan PhilippCM	1951	GER	+39B	=13B	=30N	−14N	+70B	−8N	=34B	+68N	−16B	4.5	41.5	45.0	19.75	2133	+84.4
44	Nguyen, Noam	2048	FRA	+59B	−6N	+90B	+69N	=16B	−7N	−19B	=36N	=42B	4.5	41.0	42.5	16.50	2065	+1.6
45	Doll, Alexander	2237	GER	−53N	+61B	+50N	+11B	+85N	=6B	−4N	F	F	4.5	38.0	38.0	19.25	2186	-4.8
46	Kleih, Julian	1974	GER	−26N	=49N	=79B	+84B	+54N	+35B	=20N	−13B	−32N	4.5	37.5	40.0	18.00	2103	+29.6
47	Xue, Luka	2068	GER	=62N	−75B	+60N	=42B	=31N	−28B	+76N	+67B	−24N	4.5	34.5	37.5	17.25	1985	-41.6
48	Bodriyenko, Markiyan	2041	GER	+77N	−4B	−55N	=23B	=86N	=76B	+74N	=60B	=51N	4.5	34.0	36.0	16.00	1968	-37.2
49	Schenk-Pogan, NikolasFM	2203	SUI	−28N	=46B	=37B	+91N	−29B	+59N	+61B	=40N	F	4.5	33.5	33.5	16.50	2017	-36.0
50	Rombach, Michael	2019	GER	+86B	−16N	−45B	+90N	=55B	−52N	−36B	+74N	+72B	4.5	32.0	33.5	12.50	1987	-8.4
51	Caku, KlerWFM	1957	ALB	−18B	−70N	−80N	=82B	+93N	=78B	+86N	+75N	=48B	4.5	27.5	28.0	10.75	1977	+9.6
52	Nemtsas, Hristoforos	1966	GRE	+21N	=22B	−13N	−68B	+78N	+50B	=30N	−15B	−39B	4.0	40.0	43.0	18.25	2055	+21.4
53	Stanescu, Christian	1983	GER	+45B	−26B	−35N	−8N	+66B	+79N	=24B	−34N	=58B	4.0	39.5	42.5	16.25	2073	+20.0
54	Kostak, TetyanaWFM	2021	GER	+65B	+24B	−2N	−16N	−46B	=36N	−72B	+82N	=59B	4.0	39.0	42.0	17.00	2012	-5.0
55	Kelemen, Alexander	1933	GER	=32B	=25N	+48B	−15N	=50N	=63B	−35N	+85B	−27N	4.0	38.5	40.5	15.75	1979	+12.0
56	Kalia, Anant	1987	GER	−16B	=65N	+72B	−34N	+92B	=69N	=37B	=39N	−36B	4.0	36.5	38.0	13.75	1963	-6.4
57	Fischer, Daniel, Dr.	1984	GER	−10N	=74B	+36N	−12N	=37B	−75B	=79N	+76B	=64N	4.0	35.0	38.0	15.75	1941	-10.6
58	Eichenauer, Pascal	2052	GER	=72B	+79N	−10N	+76B	−21N	−23B	−60N	+73B	=53N	4.0	35.0	38.0	13.25	1962	-22.0
59	Pielawa, Martin	1929	GER	−44N	+33B	−40N	+80B	−11N	−49B	=78N	+84B	=54N	4.0	34.0	36.5	14.00	2001	+34.8
60	Colin, Peter	1944	BEL	−35N	=87B	−47B	=88N	+65B	=39N	+58B	=48N	−38B	4.0	34.0	36.0	14.75	1992	+12.4
61	Wadiei, Soroush	1981	GER	−17N	−45N	+71B	+81B	−38N	+86B	−49N	+77B	−31N	4.0	34.0	36.0	11.50	2003	+4.4
62	Shah, Shrey	1936	NED	=47B	=32N	−25B	−27N	−71B	+81N	−65B	+90N	+69B	4.0	33.5	35.0	12.75	1946	+6.4
63	Kuhn, Gerhard	1993	GER	−24N	+71B	=34B	+37N	−12B	=55N	+69B	F	F	4.0	32.0	32.0	16.50	2077	+15.2
64	Meulner, Fabian	2061	GER	−67N	=19B	=74N	=83B	=76N	−77B	+82B	=69N	=57B	4.0	29.0	31.5	14.00	1888	-41.4
65	Foksha, Alexander	1907	GER	−54N	=56B	−76N	=87B	−60N	+88B	+62N	−31B	+84N	4.0	28.5	30.5	11.50	1941	+8.8
66	Barikzai, Mohammed Daud	1913	GER	−84B	−29N	−33N	+93B	−53N	=91B	=80N	+79B	+77N	4.0	27.0	27.5	8.75	1923	+3.0
67	Wezel, Sebastian	1934	GER	+64B	=18N	=15B	=35B	=68N	=22B	−13N	−47N	F	3.5	39.0	42.5	16.50	2053	+24.0
68	Narr, Kevin	2082	GER	+73B	−3N	=31B	+52N	=67B	=19N	−28N	−43B	F	3.5	38.0	38.0	14.50	1971	-26.8
69	Retzlaff, Nick	1920	GER	+38N	=30B	=89N	−44B	=33N	=56B	−63N	=64B	−62N	3.5	35.5	37.5	15.00	1946	+10.8
70	Hoepfl, Dominik	2035	GER	−75N	+51B	=86N	=31B	−43N	=74B	+73N	−37B	F	3.5	32.5	34.5	13.25	1874	-35.4
71	Gupta, Akul	1890	NED	−9B	−63N	−61N	+94B	+62N	−42B	+83N	=78B	−41N	3.5	32.5	32.5	8.00	1904	+5.3
72	Cipra, Lothar	1933	GER	=58N	−78B	−56N	=36B	=84N	+87B	+54N	−26B	−50N	3.5	32.0	34.0	11.75	1952	+3.8
73	Mueller, Thomas	1940	GER	−68N	+80B	+81N	=30B	−24N	−41B	−70B	−58N	+93N	3.5	32.0	32.5	9.00	1973	+5.8
74	Westerhof, Fleur	1824	NED	F	=57N	=64B	−39N	+90B	=70N	−48B	−50B	+83N	3.5	29.5	29.5	9.75	1975	+59.2
75	Retzlaff, Kian	1918	GER	+70B	+47N	−7B	−32N	−27B	+57N	−33N	−51B	−85N	3.0	38.0	40.0	12.00	1908	-8.4
76	Koch, Martin	1959	GER	−14B	=39N	+65B	−58N	=64B	=48N	−47B	−57N	=81B	3.0	35.5	38.5	12.25	1921	-8.8
77	Kovalskyy, Alicia	1922	GER	−48B	+88N	−32B	−29N	+91B	+64N	−38B	−61N	−66B	3.0	33.5	35.0	7.50	1884	-17.2
78	Chernykh, Arkady	2042	GER	=79B	+72N	−18B	−19N	−52B	=51N	=59B	=71N	F	3.0	33.5	33.5	11.00	1872	-37.8
79	Burg, Samuel	1922	GER	=78N	−58B	=46N	−33B	+80N	−53B	=57B	−66N	=87N	3.0	31.5	33.5	9.75	1872	-11.6
80	Sieker, Roland	2013	GER	−6B	−73N	+51B	−59N	−79B	=90N	=66B	=86N	=82B	3.0	30.5	32.0	9.75	1848	-41.6
81	Straub, Ulrich, Dr.	2065	GER	=92B	=90N	−73B	−61N	−23N	−62B	+91N	=83B	=76N	3.0	25.5	27.0	5.75	1830	-114.8
82	Yugay, Artem Vlad	1908	FID	F	F	−91N	=51N	+88B	+84B	−64N	−54B	=80N	3.0	21.5	21.5	8.25	1962	+18.8
83	Kramer, Wolfgang	1968	GER	−8B	−34N	+93B	=64N	=39B	−37N	−71B	=81N	−74B	2.5	35.5	36.0	6.50	1840	-31.2
84	Huhn, Stefan	2026	GER	+66N	−5B	−20B	−46N	=72B	−82N	+90B	−59N	−65B	2.5	35.0	36.5	7.25	1845	-45.2
85	De Clercq, Marthe	1868	BEL	F	+35B	−5N	F	−45B	−18N	−39B	−55N	+75B	2.0	35.5	35.5	8.00	1935	+7.0
86	Oezden, Kadir	1876	GER	−50N	F	=70B	−9N	=48B	−61N	−51B	=80B	=88N	2.0	32.0	32.0	6.50	1817	-11.6
87	Notz, Lukas	2017	GER	−3B	=60N	−92B	=65N	−36B	−72N	=93N	F	=79B	2.0	28.5	28.5	5.75	1786	-50.6
88	Kroneder, Christian	2012	GER	−4N	−77B	−23N	=60B	−82N	−65N	F	+93B	=86B	2.0	28.5	28.5	3.50	1770	-52.4
89	Nassr, LinaWIM	2067	ALG	=90B	+92N	=69B	F	F	F	F	F	F	2.0	8.5	8.5	4.00	2056	-1.2
90	Pfeifer, Wilfried	1937	GER	=89N	=81B	−44N	−50B	−74N	=80B	−84N	−62B	F	1.5	27.0	27.0	4.00	1749	-36.4
91	Bueble, Joschua	1992	GER	F	−37N	+82B	−49B	−77N	=66N	−81B	F	F	1.5	22.5	22.5	5.00	1795	-31.0
92	Maier, Armin	1935	GER	=81N	−89B	+87N	−38B	−56N	F	F	F	F	1.5	16.0	16.0	3.50	1886	-6.4
93	Sensoy, Emir	1848	GER	F	F	−83N	−66N	−51B	F	=87B	−88N	−73B	0.5	18.5	18.5	1.00	1567	-61.2
94	Budde, Michael	1961	GER	−22N	−21B	−38N	−71N	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	19.5	19.5	0.00	1263	-29.6
95	Janasik, Gerhard, Dr.	1938	GER	−15B	−11N	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	11.0	11.0	0.00	1248	-14.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Goldinov, DanielGER
+109.2
5.0 pts · #38
2Sadbhav RautelaIND
+107.2
5.5 pts · #21
3Young, MicahCMAUS
+96.5
6.0 pts · #9

Top rating losers

1Straub, Ulrich, Dr.GER
-114.8
3.0 pts · #82
2Engel, BrunoGER
-61.7
5.5 pts · #16
3Sensoy, EmirGER
-61.2
0.5 pts · #93

Biggest upsets

R1+296 Elo gap
Schaefer, Daniel1994 beat Engel, Bruno2290
R2+260 Elo gap
WFMKostak, Tetyana2021 beat FMChassard, Cedric2281
R1+254 Elo gap
Stanescu, Christian1983 beat Doll, Alexander2237