NRW-Liga Gruppe 2 2025-2026 November 2025
Team SwissStandard
64 players participated in this 1-round tournament, held on 09 Nov 2025 in various, Germany. 18 titled players from 6 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2282, and top seed was Hussain Besou (🇩🇪 GER, IM, 2410).
Giovanni Paolo Sepe (🇩🇪 GER, 1927) won with 1.0/1, ahead of Michal Bodicky (1.0) and Johann Engel (1.0).
The biggest upset came in round 1: Philip Brockhaus (2009) beat Martin Auer (FM, 2195), a +186-point gap.
Location
🇩🇪various, Germany
Dates
09 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1
System
Team · 1 rounds
Titled players · 18
IM×5
FM×10
CM×3
Federations · 6 represented
🇩🇪Germany×59
🇧🇪Belgium×1
🇳🇱Netherlands×1
🇺🇦Ukraine×1
🇨🇿Czech Republic×1
🇻🇳Vietnam×1
Top 3
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Standings
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| # | Player | Fed | Elo | Pts | Avg opp. | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sepe, Giovanni Paolo | 🇩🇪GER | 1927 | 1.0 | 2097 | 2897 | +28.8 |
| 2 | CMBodicky, Michal | 🇨🇿CZE | 2190 | 1.0 | 2138 | 2938 | +8.6 |
| 3 | Engel, Johann | 🇩🇪GER | 2116 | 1.0 | 2180 | 2980 | +11.8 |
| 4 | Kesseler, Heiko | 🇩🇪GER | 2105 | 1.0 | 2253 | 3053 | +14.0 |
| 5 | Scheidtmann, Kian | 🇩🇪GER | 1986 | 1.0 | 1959 | 2759 | +9.2 |
| 6 | Hoette, Philipp | 🇩🇪GER | 2087 | 1.0 | 2167 | 2967 | +12.2 |
| 7 | Welzel, Philipp | 🇩🇪GER | 2179 | 1.0 | 2179 | 2979 | +10.0 |
| 8 | Winkler, Yonathan | 🇩🇪GER | 2193 | 1.0 | 2154 | 2954 | +18.0 |
| 9 | Goldkuhle, Collin | 🇩🇪GER | 1988 | 1.0 | 2107 | 2907 | +26.4 |
| 10 | Borchert, Stephan | 🇩🇪GER | 2049 | 1.0 | 1913 | 2713 | +6.4 |
| 11 | Koehler, Justus | 🇩🇪GER | 2133 | 1.0 | 2126 | 2926 | +9.8 |
| 12 | Lamby, Philipp, Dr. | 🇩🇪GER | 2222 | 1.0 | 2179 | 2979 | +8.8 |
| 13 | CMSonnenschein, Philipp | 🇩🇪GER | 2170 | 1.0 | 2241 | 3041 | +12.0 |
| 14 | FMGupta, Milon | 🇩🇪GER | 2178 | 1.0 | 2012 | 2812 | +5.6 |
| 15 | Brockhaus, Philip | 🇩🇪GER | 2009 | 1.0 | 2195 | 2995 | +14.8 |
| 16 | Meier, Jan | 🇩🇪GER | 2164 | 1.0 | 2193 | 2993 | +10.8 |
| 17 | FMLitwak, Aleksej | 🇩🇪GER | 2224 | 1.0 | 2109 | 2909 | +6.8 |
| 18 | Heuser, Friedhelm | 🇩🇪GER | 1999 | 1.0 | 1912 | 2712 | +7.6 |
| 19 | Graf, Tobias | 🇩🇪GER | 1981 | 1.0 | 2028 | 2828 | +11.4 |
| 20 | Ossig, Rainer | 🇩🇪GER | 2150 | 0.5 | 2139 | 2139 | -0.4 |
| 21 | Goessling, Guido | 🇩🇪GER | 2207 | 0.5 | 2200 | 2200 | -0.2 |
| 22 | FMCoenen, Michael | 🇩🇪GER | 2269 | 0.5 | 2207 | 2207 | -0.9 |
| 23 | FMNgo, Quang Thai | 🇻🇳VIE | 2325 | 0.5 | 2189 | 2189 | -3.6 |
| 24 | Zolfagharian, Kevin | 🇩🇪GER | 2209 | 0.5 | 2380 | 2380 | +4.6 |
| 25 | Kubitza, Georg | 🇩🇪GER | 1917 | 0.5 | 1916 | 1916 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Beilfuss, Wilfried, Dr. | 🇩🇪GER | 2090 | 0.5 | 2131 | 2131 | +1.2 |
| 27 | Meyer, Armin | 🇩🇪GER | 2238 | 0.5 | 2148 | 2148 | -2.4 |
| 28 | FMKniest, Oliver | 🇩🇪GER | 2139 | 0.5 | 2150 | 2150 | +0.4 |
| 29 | FMWagner, Alexej | 🇩🇪GER | 2207 | 0.5 | 2269 | 2269 | +1.8 |
| 30 | Pfeffer, Ruprecht | 🇩🇪GER | 2200 | 0.5 | 2207 | 2207 | +0.2 |
| 31 | FMKaufeld, Juergen | 🇩🇪GER | 2204 | 0.5 | 2410 | 2410 | +5.2 |
| 32 | Becker, Friedhelm | 🇩🇪GER | 1887 | 0.5 | 2089 | 2089 | +10.4 |
| 33 | Alexopoulos, Spiros Orestis, Dr. | 🇩🇪GER | 1916 | 0.5 | 1917 | 1917 | 0.0 |
| 34 | Peters, Alex | 🇩🇪GER | 2160 | 0.5 | 2155 | 2155 | -0.2 |
| 35 | Kruse, Janik | 🇩🇪GER | 2147 | 0.5 | 2238 | 2238 | +2.4 |
| 36 | Loseries, Uwe | 🇩🇪GER | 2131 | 0.5 | 2090 | 2090 | -1.2 |
| 37 | Vlasov, Igor | 🇩🇪GER | 2194 | 0.5 | 2261 | 2261 | +1.8 |
| 38 | IMBesou, Hussain | 🇩🇪GER | 2410 | 0.5 | 2204 | 2204 | -2.6 |
| 39 | di Franco, Patricio | 🇩🇪GER | 2089 | 0.5 | 1887 | 1887 | -5.2 |
| 40 | Schnitker, Rainer | 🇩🇪GER | 1982 | 0.5 | 2033 | 2033 | +2.8 |
| 41 | FMHuesmann, Thomas | 🇧🇪BEL | 2155 | 0.5 | 2160 | 2160 | +0.2 |
| 42 | IMCoenen, Norbert | 🇩🇪GER | 2261 | 0.5 | 2194 | 2194 | -0.9 |
| 43 | Keller, Thomas | 🇩🇪GER | 2189 | 0.5 | 2325 | 2325 | +3.6 |
| 44 | IMSielecki, Christof | 🇩🇪GER | 2380 | 0.5 | 2209 | 2209 | -2.3 |
| 45 | Cramer, Volker | 🇩🇪GER | 2032 | 0.5 | 1982 | 1982 | -1.4 |
| 46 | Roth, Markus, Prof. | 🇩🇪GER | 2167 | 0.0 | 2087 | 1287 | -12.2 |
| 47 | FMAuer, Martin | 🇩🇪GER | 2195 | 0.0 | 2009 | 1209 | -14.8 |
| 48 | Tran, Duc Cuong | 🇩🇪GER | 2109 | 0.0 | 2224 | 1424 | -6.8 |
| 49 | CMWinkels, Marcel | 🇳🇱NED | 1912 | 0.0 | 1999 | 1199 | -7.6 |
| 50 | Riekenbrauk, Joerg | 🇩🇪GER | 1913 | 0.0 | 2049 | 1249 | -6.4 |
| 51 | Senay, Baris | 🇩🇪GER | 2097 | 0.0 | 1929 | 1129 | -14.4 |
| 52 | Breitkopf-Lazar, Patrick-Robert | 🇩🇪GER | 2180 | 0.0 | 2116 | 1316 | -23.6 |
| 53 | Gramb, Marius | 🇩🇪GER | 2179 | 0.0 | 2222 | 1422 | -8.8 |
| 54 | Neuer, Thomas | 🇩🇪GER | 2012 | 0.0 | 2178 | 1378 | -5.6 |
| 55 | Mann, Gergely | 🇩🇪GER | 2193 | 0.0 | 2164 | 1364 | -10.8 |
| 56 | Wickenfeld, Stefan | 🇩🇪GER | 2179 | 0.0 | 2179 | 1379 | -10.0 |
| 57 | Wiekert, Martin | 🇩🇪GER | 2154 | 0.0 | 2193 | 1393 | -9.0 |
| 58 | Fecke, Andreas | 🇩🇪GER | 2107 | 0.0 | 1988 | 1188 | -13.2 |
| 59 | Huette, Stefan | 🇩🇪GER | 2028 | 0.0 | 1981 | 1181 | -11.4 |
| 60 | IMHaskelman, Evgen | 🇺🇦UKR | 2138 | 0.0 | 2190 | 1390 | -4.3 |
| 61 | Paris, Michael | 🇩🇪GER | 2126 | 0.0 | 2133 | 1333 | -9.8 |
| 62 | IMGruen, Gerd-Peter | 🇩🇪GER | 2253 | 0.0 | 2105 | 1305 | -7.0 |
| 63 | FMMichalczak, Thomas | 🇩🇪GER | 2241 | 0.0 | 2170 | 1370 | -12.0 |
| 64 | Borchert, Andreas | 🇩🇪GER | 1959 | 0.0 | 1986 | 1186 | -9.2 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Sepe, Giovanni PaoloGER+28.81.0 pts · #1
- 2Goldkuhle, CollinGER+26.41.0 pts · #9
- 3Winkler, YonathanGER+18.01.0 pts · #8
Top rating losers
- 1Breitkopf-Lazar, Patrick-RobertGER-23.60.0 pts · #52
- 2Auer, MartinFMGER-14.80.0 pts · #47
- 3Senay, BarisGER-14.40.0 pts · #51
Biggest upsets
- R1+186 Elo gap
- R1+170 Elo gap
- R1+148 Elo gap