NRW-Liga Gruppe 2 2025-2026 Oktober 2025

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77 players participated in this 2-round tournament, held on 05 Oct 2025 in various, Germany. 22 titled players from 6 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2316, and top seed was Benjamin Tereick (🇩🇪 GER, IM, 2409).

Janik Kruse (🇩🇪 GER, 2137) won with 1.0/2, ahead of Christian Loeschcke (1.0) and Alexej Wagner (1.0).

The biggest upset came in round 1: Benjamin Hofmann (1979) beat Ralph Blasek (FM, 2166), a +187-point gap.

Location

🇩🇪various, Germany

Dates

05 Oct 2025

Time control

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

System

Team · 2 rounds

Top seed

🇩🇪IMBenjamin Tereick2409

Avg top 10

2,316

Participants

Titled players · 22

IM×7

FM×10

CM×4

WFM×1

Federations · 6 represented

🇩🇪Germany×69

🇺🇦Ukraine×3

🇧🇪Belgium×2

🇨🇿Czech Republic×1

🇷🇺Russia×1

🇳🇱Netherlands×1

Top 3

🥇
Janik Kruse
🇩🇪GER·2137
1.0pts·2941perf+10.0
🥈
Christian Loeschcke
🇩🇪GER·1991
1.0pts·2628perf+5.6
🥉
FMAlexej Wagner
🇩🇪GER·2200
1.0pts·2887perf+7.0

Standings

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#	Player	Fed	Elo	Pts	Avg opp.	Perf	Δ Elo
1	Kruse, Janik	🇩🇪GER	2137	1.0	2141	2941	+10.0
2	Loeschcke, Christian	🇩🇪GER	1991	1.0	1828	2628	+5.6
3	FMWagner, Alexej	🇩🇪GER	2200	1.0	2087	2887	+7.0
4	Fox, Daniel	🇩🇪GER	2165	1.0	2174	2974	+10.2
5	FMForchert, Martin	🇩🇪GER	2330	1.0	2409	3209	+6.1
6	FMLitwak, Aleksej	🇩🇪GER	2214	1.0	2204	3004	+9.8
7	De Vries, Leon	🇳🇱NED	2033	1.0	1855	2655	+5.4
8	Sepe, Giovanni Paolo	🇩🇪GER	2039	1.0	1901	2701	+14.8
9	IMHaskelman, Evgen	🇺🇦UKR	2132	1.0	2178	2978	+5.6
10	FMKrallmann, Matthias	🇩🇪GER	2156	1.0	2135	2935	+9.4
11	Trinh, Fabian Dat	🇩🇪GER	1939	1.0	2007	2807	+11.8
12	IMBesou, Hussain	🇩🇪GER	2376	1.0	2158	2958	+4.4
13	FMHuesmann, Thomas	🇧🇪BEL	2119	1.0	2054	2854	+8.2
14	WFMNeumann, Helena	🇩🇪GER	2105	1.0	2020	2820	+15.2
15	Fichtner, Ewald	🇩🇪GER	2057	1.0	1838	2638	+4.4
16	CMBroehl, Stephan	🇩🇪GER	2142	1.0	2255	3055	+13.0
17	Hofmann, Benjamin	🇩🇪GER	1979	1.0	2166	2966	+14.8
18	Hoette, Philipp	🇩🇪GER	2078	1.0	2038	2838	+8.8
19	FMKaufeld, Juergen	🇩🇪GER	2184	1.0	2366	3166	+14.8
20	CMBodicky, Michal	🇨🇿CZE	2170	1.0	2055	2855	+6.8
21	Bilenko, Yaroslav	🇺🇦UKR	2056	1.0	1930	2730	+13.2
22	Wecker, Martin	🇩🇪GER	2111	1.0	2197	2997	+12.4
23	Meyer, Ralph	🇩🇪GER	1970	1.0	2104	2904	+27.2
24	Koehler, Christian Friedrich	🇩🇪GER	2251	1.0	2200	3000	+8.6
25	Wickenfeld, Stefan	🇩🇪GER	2170	1.0	2150	2950	+9.4
26	IMSielecki, Christof	🇩🇪GER	2390	0.5	2180	2180	-2.7
28	Simon, Hans Christian	🇩🇪GER	2146	0.5	2036	2036	-3.0
31	Brockhaus, Philip	🇩🇪GER	2036	0.5	2146	2146	+3.0
34	Koehler, Justus	🇩🇪GER	2133	0.5	2150	2150	+0.4
38	Ossig, Rainer	🇩🇪GER	2150	0.5	2133	2133	-0.4
43	Goessling, Guido	🇩🇪GER	2209	0.5	2154	2154	-1.6
46	CMSonnenschein, Philipp	🇩🇪GER	2154	0.5	2209	2209	+1.6
50	Winkler, Yonathan	🇩🇪GER	2180	0.5	2390	2390	+10.8
27	Heiligtag, Matthias	🇩🇪GER	1959	0.5	2144	2144	+9.6
29	Kauch, Markus	🇩🇪GER	2144	0.5	1959	1959	-4.8
30	Kutzner, Stephen	🇩🇪GER	2106	0.5	2229	2229	+3.4
32	Leonard, Timo	🇩🇪GER	2172	0.5	2196	2196	+0.6
33	Lamby, Philipp, Dr.	🇩🇪GER	2229	0.5	2106	2106	-3.4
35	Rybarczyk, Klaus	🇩🇪GER	2092	0.5	2263	2263	+4.4
36	Borchert, Stephan	🇩🇪GER	2045	0.5	2211	2211	+4.4
37	Keller, Thomas	🇩🇪GER	2187	0.5	2273	2273	+2.4
39	Nagel, Bernhard	🇩🇪GER	2175	0.5	2134	2134	-1.2
40	FMCoenen, Michael	🇩🇪GER	2273	0.5	2187	2187	-1.2
41	Engel, Johann	🇩🇪GER	2112	0.5	2242	2242	+3.6
42	IMCoenen, Norbert	🇩🇪GER	2263	0.5	2093	2093	-2.2
44	Meyer, Armin	🇩🇪GER	2242	0.5	2112	2112	-3.6
45	FMAuer, Martin	🇩🇪GER	2196	0.5	2172	2172	-0.6
48	Gramb, Marius	🇩🇪GER	2179	0.5	2194	2194	+0.4
49	Tran, Duc Cuong	🇩🇪GER	2134	0.5	2175	2175	+1.2
51	Mann, Gergely	🇩🇪GER	2194	0.5	2179	2179	-0.4
52	CMJagodzinsky, Andreas	🇩🇪GER	2211	0.5	2045	2045	-4.4
47	Zhuravel, Danylo	🇺🇦UKR	0	0.5	2038	2038	0.0
61	IMTereick, Benjamin	🇩🇪GER	2409	0.0	2330	1530	-6.1
62	Rosenberg, Thomas	🇩🇪GER	1900	0.0	1999	1199	-7.4
68	Neuer, Thomas	🇩🇪GER	2020	0.0	2105	1305	-7.6
74	Beilfuss, Wilfried, Dr.	🇩🇪GER	2104	0.0	1970	1170	-13.6
53	Schumacher, Markus	🇩🇪GER	1855	0.0	2033	1233	-5.4
54	Wiekert, Martin	🇩🇪GER	2158	0.0	2376	1576	-4.4
55	Breitkopf-Lazar, Patrick-Robert	🇩🇪GER	2197	0.0	2111	1311	-24.8
56	FMBlasek, Ralph	🇩🇪GER	2166	0.0	1979	1179	-14.8
57	Poggemann, Alexander	🇩🇪GER	1838	0.0	2057	1257	-4.4
58	Vlasov, Igor	🇩🇪GER	2204	0.0	2214	1414	-9.8
59	FMMeessen, Rudolf	🇧🇪BEL	2200	0.0	2251	1451	-8.6
60	Stenzel, Thomas	🇩🇪GER	2054	0.0	2119	1319	-8.2
63	Cramer, Volker	🇩🇪GER	2037	0.0	2078	1278	-8.8
64	Roth, Markus, Prof.	🇩🇪GER	2178	0.0	2132	1332	-11.2
65	Manavalan, Harikrishna	🇩🇪GER	1828	0.0	1991	1191	-11.2
66	Runte, Moritz	🇩🇪GER	2150	0.0	2170	1370	-9.4
67	Rau, Nikita	🇩🇪GER	2056	0.0	2170	1370	-6.8
69	Meier, Jan	🇩🇪GER	2174	0.0	2165	1365	-10.2
70	Loseries, Uwe	🇩🇪GER	2141	0.0	2138	1338	-10.0
71	IMLoifenfeld, Jakov	🇷🇺RUS	2366	0.0	2184	1384	-7.4
72	Kubitza, Georg	🇩🇪GER	1930	0.0	2056	1256	-13.2
73	Koehler, Ronald	🇩🇪GER	2087	0.0	2200	1400	-7.0
75	Peschel, Andreas	🇩🇪GER	2007	0.0	1939	1139	-11.8
76	Paris, Michael	🇩🇪GER	2135	0.0	2156	1356	-9.4
77	IMSonntag, Hans-Hubert	🇩🇪GER	2255	0.0	2142	1342	-6.5

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Meyer, RalphGER
+27.2
1.0 pts · #23
2Neumann, HelenaWFMGER
+15.2
1.0 pts · #14
3Kaufeld, JuergenFMGER
+14.8
1.0 pts · #19

Top rating losers

1Breitkopf-Lazar, Patrick-RobertGER
-24.8
0.0 pts · #55
2Blasek, RalphFMGER
-14.8
0.0 pts · #56
3Beilfuss, Wilfried, Dr.GER
-13.6
0.0 pts · #74

Biggest upsets

R1+187 Elo gap
Hofmann, Benjamin1979 beat FMBlasek, Ralph2166
R1+182 Elo gap
FMKaufeld, Juergen2184 beat IMLoifenfeld, Jakov2366
R2+134 Elo gap
Meyer, Ralph1970 beat Beilfuss, Wilfried, Dr.2104