NRW-Liga Gruppe 1 2025-2026 Dezember 2025

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79 players participated in this 1-round tournament, held on 21 Dec 2025 in various, Germany. 29 titled players from 6 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2341, and top seed was Jeroen Bosch (🇳🇱 NED, IM, 2410).

Tom Hoefken (🇩🇪 GER, 2064) won with 1.0/1, ahead of Dirk Schuh (1.0) and Steven Baerwolf (1.0).

The biggest upset came in round 1: Yannic Damm (1942) beat Andre Schaffarczyk (2083), a +141-point gap.

Location

🇩🇪various, Germany

Dates

21 Dec 2025

Time control

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

System

Team · 1 rounds

Top seed

🇳🇱IMJeroen Bosch2410

Avg top 10

2,341

Participants

Titled players · 29

GM×1

IM×6

FM×19

CM×2

WCM×1

Federations · 6 represented

🇩🇪Germany×69

🇧🇪Belgium×3

🇳🇱Netherlands×3

🇨🇿Czech Republic×1

🇹🇷Turkiye×1

🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina×1

Top 3

🥇
Tom Hoefken
🇩🇪GER·2064
1.0pts·2878perf+10.4
🥈
IMDirk Schuh
🇩🇪GER·2368
1.0pts·2931perf+2.0
🥉
Steven Baerwolf
🇩🇪GER·2221
1.0pts·3126perf+12.8

Standings

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#	Player	Fed	Elo	Pts	Avg opp.	Perf	Δ Elo
1	Hoefken, Tom	🇩🇪GER	2064	1.0	2078	2878	+10.4
2	IMSchuh, Dirk	🇩🇪GER	2368	1.0	2131	2931	+2.0
3	Baerwolf, Steven	🇩🇪GER	2221	1.0	2326	3126	+12.8
4	FMWittke, Rene	🇩🇪GER	2279	1.0	2082	2882	+5.0
5	Buschmann, Andreas	🇩🇪GER	2096	1.0	2010	2810	+7.6
6	Kettler, Ilija Jonas	🇩🇪GER	2177	1.0	2161	2961	+9.6
7	Hoefer, Severin Paul	🇩🇪GER	1989	1.0	2016	2816	+10.8
8	Raasch, Joerg	🇩🇪GER	2181	1.0	1781	2581	+1.6
9	Albrecht, Oliver	🇩🇪GER	2155	1.0	2222	3022	+11.8
10	FMNiermann, Tristan	🇩🇪GER	2394	1.0	2225	3025	+2.8
11	GMHaub, Thorsten Michael	🇩🇪GER	2303	1.0	2285	3085	+4.7
12	WCMReinecke, Katharina	🇩🇪GER	1932	1.0	1781	2581	+6.0
13	Cnossen, Wiebe	🇳🇱NED	2143	1.0	2145	2945	+10.0
14	Damm, Yannic	🇩🇪GER	1942	1.0	2083	2883	+13.8
15	Viebahn, Dirk	🇩🇪GER	2166	1.0	2259	3059	+12.6
16	FMRebentisch, Tom	🇩🇪GER	2270	1.0	2410	3210	+13.8
17	Tomiczny, Darius	🇩🇪GER	2011	1.0	2012	2812	+10.0
18	Falkenberg, Hendrik	🇩🇪GER	2001	1.0	2049	2849	+11.4
19	Tymura, Achim	🇩🇪GER	2011	0.5	2008	2008	0.0
20	Brunke, Pascal	🇩🇪GER	2267	0.5	2233	2233	-1.0
21	Wahl, Felix	🇩🇪GER	2123	0.5	2192	2192	+2.0
22	Wisskirchen, Andreas	🇩🇪GER	2209	0.5	2194	2194	-0.4
23	FMKurt, Sascha	🇳🇱NED	2233	0.5	2267	2267	+1.0
24	FMBalduan, Markus	🇩🇪GER	2234	0.5	2167	2167	-1.8
25	FMOdendahl, Reiner	🇩🇪GER	2248	0.5	2235	2235	-0.2
26	Siehoff, Konrad	🇩🇪GER	1895	0.5	1971	1971	+4.0
27	Saoudi, Lahcen, Dr.	🇩🇪GER	2131	0.5	1947	1947	-9.6
28	Bouaraba, Max	🇩🇪GER	2116	0.5	2271	2271	+4.2
29	FMNoetzel, Frank	🇩🇪GER	2184	0.5	2037	2037	-4.0
30	FMVajic, Goran	🇧🇦BIH	2310	0.5	2319	2319	+0.2
31	IMSchleining, Zoya	🇩🇪GER	2319	0.5	2310	2310	-0.1
32	Karsunke, Marvin	🇩🇪GER	1971	0.5	1895	1895	-2.0
33	Horstmann, Olaf	🇩🇪GER	2132	0.5	2167	2167	+1.0
34	FMWacker, Peter	🇩🇪GER	2167	0.5	2234	2234	+1.8
35	IMPieper-Emden, Carsten	🇩🇪GER	2217	0.5	1971	1971	-3.1
36	FMHarff, Marcel	🇩🇪GER	2344	0.5	2167	2167	-2.3
37	Deider, Kevin	🇧🇪BEL	1971	0.5	2217	2217	+6.2
38	Woeltge, Carsten	🇩🇪GER	1934	0.5	2042	2042	+3.0
39	Aulich, Marcell	🇩🇪GER	2161	0.5	2237	2237	+2.0
40	Gruermann, Martin	🇩🇪GER	2237	0.5	2161	2161	-2.0
41	FMNordsieck, Thomas	🇩🇪GER	2259	0.5	2318	2318	+1.6
42	Riekert, Adrian	🇩🇪GER	2008	0.5	2011	2011	0.0
43	Bonnmann, Reinhard	🇩🇪GER	2271	0.5	2116	2116	-4.2
44	IMAlienkin, Aleksander	🇧🇪BEL	2318	0.5	2259	2259	-0.8
45	Juegel, Marcel	🇩🇪GER	2088	0.5	2199	2199	+3.0
46	Hoppe, Thilo	🇩🇪GER	2106	0.5	2244	2244	+3.8
47	FMHintze, Helge	🇩🇪GER	2192	0.5	2123	2123	-2.0
48	Stork, Holger	🇩🇪GER	2042	0.5	1934	1934	-3.0
49	FMWendler, David	🇩🇪GER	2235	0.5	2248	2248	+0.4
50	Schwibbert, Jonas	🇩🇪GER	2167	0.5	2344	2344	+4.6
51	Weber, Meikel	🇩🇪GER	1947	0.5	2131	2131	+4.8
52	Kemper, Michael	🇩🇪GER	1919	0.5	1978	1978	+1.6
53	Bentel, Robin	🇩🇪GER	2244	0.5	2106	2106	-3.8
54	CMGulatz, Maurice	🇩🇪GER	2220	0.5	2315	2315	+2.6
55	Limp, Roland	🇩🇪GER	2037	0.5	2184	2184	+4.0
56	FMBayer, Ernst-Wolfgang	🇩🇪GER	2199	0.5	2088	2088	-3.0
57	IMGulbas, Cemil	🇹🇷TUR	2315	0.5	2220	2220	-1.3
58	Wimmer, Juergen	🇩🇪GER	2194	0.5	2209	2209	+0.4
59	FMDresen, Ulrich	🇩🇪GER	2167	0.5	2132	2132	-1.0
60	Meertens, Martin	🇩🇪GER	1978	0.5	1919	1919	-1.6
61	Heuwinkel, Maximilian	🇩🇪GER	1771	0.0	2171	1371	-1.6
62	Gikas, Andreas Basilius	🇩🇪GER	2082	0.0	2279	1479	-5.0
63	FMSoukup, Jiri	🇨🇿CZE	2326	0.0	2221	1421	-6.4
64	FMHaag, Martin	🇩🇪GER	2225	0.0	2394	1594	-5.6
65	Pfleger, Sascha	🇩🇪GER	2010	0.0	2096	1296	-7.6
66	Iolis, Oleg	🇧🇪BEL	2161	0.0	2177	1377	-9.6
68	Rausch, Linus	🇩🇪GER	1781	0.0	1931	1131	-6.0
69	Fuchs, Thomas	🇩🇪GER	2049	0.0	2001	1201	-11.4
70	Himpenmacher, Andy	🇩🇪GER	2222	0.0	2155	1355	-11.8
71	FMKotter, Ralf	🇩🇪GER	2285	0.0	2303	1503	-9.4
72	Brunke, Christian	🇩🇪GER	2145	0.0	2143	1343	-10.0
73	CMWerbeck, Torsten	🇩🇪GER	2016	0.0	1989	1189	-10.8
74	FMOswald, Hans-Joachim	🇩🇪GER	2259	0.0	2166	1366	-12.6
75	Lorenz, Roger	🇩🇪GER	2131	0.0	2368	1568	-4.0
76	IMBosch, Jeroen	🇳🇱NED	2410	0.0	2270	1470	-6.9
77	Schaffarczyk, Andre	🇩🇪GER	2083	0.0	1942	1142	-13.8
78	Weichert, Eddy	🇩🇪GER	2012	0.0	2011	1211	-20.0
79	Fuhlrott, Tim	🇩🇪GER	2078	0.0	2064	1264	-10.4
67	FIDE 12999075	—	0	0.0	1924	1124	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Rebentisch, TomFMGER
+13.8
1.0 pts · #16
2Damm, YannicGER
+13.8
1.0 pts · #14
3Baerwolf, StevenGER
+12.8
1.0 pts · #3

Top rating losers

1Weichert, EddyGER
-20.0
0.0 pts · #78
2Schaffarczyk, AndreGER
-13.8
0.0 pts · #77
3Oswald, Hans-JoachimFMGER
-12.6
0.0 pts · #74

Biggest upsets

R1+141 Elo gap
Damm, Yannic1942 beat Schaffarczyk, Andre2083
R1+140 Elo gap
FMRebentisch, Tom2270 beat IMBosch, Jeroen2410
R1+105 Elo gap
Baerwolf, Steven2221 beat FMSoukup, Jiri2326