NRW-Liga Gruppe 2 2025-2026 Dezember 2025
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85 players participated in this 2-round tournament, held from 14 Dec 2025 to 21 Dec 2025 in various, Germany. 26 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2321, and top seed was Alexander Bagrationi (๐ฎ๐ฑ ISR, GM, 2425).
Nikita Rau (๐ฉ๐ช GER, 2056) won with 2.0/2, ahead of Timo Leonard (1.5) and Philipp Welzel (1.0). Rau broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Alexander Poggemann (1834) beat Andre Kleff (2071), a +237-point gap.
Location
๐ฉ๐ชvarious, Germany
Dates
14 Dec 2025 โ 21 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1
System
Team ยท 2 rounds
Titled players ยท 26
GMร1
IMร7
FMร12
CMร4
WGMร1
WFMร1
Federations ยท 8 represented
๐ฉ๐ชGermanyร76
๐บ๐ฆUkraineร2
๐ณ๐ฑNetherlandsร2
๐ท๐บRussiaร1
๐ท๐ดRomaniaร1
๐ง๐ชBelgiumร1
๐ฎ๐ฑIsraelร1
๐น๐ทTurkiyeร1
Top 3
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Standings
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| # | Player | Fed | Elo | Pts | Avg opp. | Perf | ฮ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rau, Nikita | ๐ฉ๐ชGER | 2056 | 2.0 | 2030 | 2830 | +18.8 |
| 2 | Leonard, Timo | ๐ฉ๐ชGER | 2173 | 1.5 | 2178 | 2371 | +10.4 |
| 13 | Welzel, Philipp | ๐ฉ๐ชGER | 2189 | 1.0 | 2141 | 2941 | +8.6 |
| 19 | CMSonnenschein, Philipp | ๐ฉ๐ชGER | 2182 | 1.0 | 2247 | 3047 | +11.8 |
| 3 | Kutzner, Stephen | ๐ฉ๐ชGER | 2102 | 1.0 | 2035 | 2035 | -3.4 |
| 17 | Runte, Moritz | ๐ฉ๐ชGER | 2141 | 1.0 | 2243 | 2243 | +5.6 |
| 26 | WGMVoicu-Jagodzinsky, Carmen | ๐ท๐ดROU | 2247 | 1.0 | 2215 | 2215 | -1.8 |
| 4 | CMJagodzinsky, Andreas | ๐ฉ๐ชGER | 2183 | 1.0 | 2090 | 2090 | -5.0 |
| 11 | Rybarczyk, Klaus | ๐ฉ๐ชGER | 2113 | 1.0 | 2088 | 2088 | -1.4 |
| 5 | Vlasov, Igor | ๐ฉ๐ชGER | 2196 | 1.0 | 2155 | 2955 | +8.8 |
| 16 | Meyer, Ralph | ๐ฉ๐ชGER | 1997 | 1.0 | 2028 | 2828 | +21.6 |
| 28 | Zitzewitz, Roland | ๐ฉ๐ชGER | 1942 | 1.0 | 2102 | 2902 | +28.4 |
| 6 | Tran, Duc Cuong | ๐ฉ๐ชGER | 2104 | 1.0 | 2222 | 3022 | +13.2 |
| 7 | Poggemann, Alexander | ๐ฉ๐ชGER | 1834 | 1.0 | 2071 | 2871 | +16.0 |
| 8 | Kruse, Janik | ๐ฉ๐ชGER | 2149 | 1.0 | 2061 | 2861 | +7.6 |
| 9 | Loseries, Uwe | ๐ฉ๐ชGER | 2130 | 1.0 | 2067 | 2867 | +8.2 |
| 10 | Koehler, Justus | ๐ฉ๐ชGER | 2143 | 1.0 | 2155 | 2955 | +10.4 |
| 12 | Keller, Thomas | ๐ฉ๐ชGER | 2193 | 1.0 | 2156 | 2956 | +9.0 |
| 14 | FMForchert, Martin | ๐ฉ๐ชGER | 2338 | 1.0 | 2212 | 3012 | +3.3 |
| 15 | WFMNeumann, Helena | ๐ฉ๐ชGER | 2007 | 1.0 | 2035 | 2835 | +21.6 |
| 18 | Perkampus, Laurin | ๐ฉ๐ชGER | 2151 | 1.0 | 2297 | 3097 | +14.0 |
| 20 | IMBesou, Hussain | ๐ฉ๐ชGER | 2396 | 1.0 | 2250 | 3050 | +3.0 |
| 21 | IMCoenen, Norbert | ๐ฉ๐ชGER | 2253 | 1.0 | 2209 | 3009 | +4.4 |
| 22 | Makoveienko, Mykhaylo | ๐ฉ๐ชGER | 1948 | 1.0 | 1892 | 2692 | +16.8 |
| 23 | Loeschcke, Christian | ๐ฉ๐ชGER | 1997 | 1.0 | 1790 | 2590 | +4.6 |
| 24 | Beilfuss, Wilfried, Dr. | ๐ฉ๐ชGER | 2091 | 1.0 | 2069 | 2869 | +9.4 |
| 25 | FMHuesmann, Thomas | ๐ง๐ชBEL | 2161 | 1.0 | 2165 | 2965 | +10.2 |
| 27 | IMLoifenfeld, Jakov | ๐ท๐บRUS | 2359 | 1.0 | 2247 | 3047 | +3.5 |
| 29 | Hoette, Philipp | ๐ฉ๐ชGER | 2137 | 1.0 | 1922 | 2722 | +4.6 |
| 30 | Fohler, Claus | ๐ฉ๐ชGER | 2197 | 1.0 | 1999 | 2799 | +4.8 |
| 50 | CMBroehl, Stephan | ๐ฉ๐ชGER | 2155 | 0.5 | 2190 | 1997 | -8.0 |
| 53 | Hofmann, Benjamin | ๐ฉ๐ชGER | 2028 | 0.5 | 2055 | 1862 | -8.4 |
| 54 | Gramb, Marius | ๐ฉ๐ชGER | 2148 | 0.5 | 2113 | 2113 | -1.0 |
| 55 | Brockhaus, Philip | ๐ฉ๐ชGER | 2024 | 0.5 | 2183 | 2183 | +4.2 |
| 31 | Simon, Hans Christian | ๐ฉ๐ชGER | 2143 | 0.5 | 2139 | 2139 | -0.2 |
| 32 | Kauch, Markus | ๐ฉ๐ชGER | 2139 | 0.5 | 2143 | 2143 | +0.2 |
| 33 | FMKniest, Oliver | ๐ฉ๐ชGER | 2115 | 0.5 | 2200 | 2200 | +2.4 |
| 34 | Nagel, Bernhard | ๐ฉ๐ชGER | 2148 | 0.5 | 2226 | 2226 | +2.2 |
| 35 | Breitkopf-Lazar, Patrick-Robert | ๐ฉ๐ชGER | 2156 | 0.5 | 2175 | 2175 | +1.2 |
| 36 | Winkler, Yonathan | ๐ฉ๐ชGER | 2211 | 0.5 | 2265 | 2265 | +3.2 |
| 37 | FMCoenen, Michael | ๐ฉ๐ชGER | 2265 | 0.5 | 2211 | 2211 | -0.8 |
| 38 | FMBerg, Michael | ๐ฉ๐ชGER | 2235 | 0.5 | 2145 | 2145 | -2.4 |
| 39 | GMBagrationi, Alexander | ๐ฎ๐ฑISR | 2425 | 0.5 | 2378 | 2378 | -0.7 |
| 41 | Neuer, Thomas | ๐ฉ๐ชGER | 1997 | 0.5 | 1951 | 1951 | -1.2 |
| 42 | Wickenfeld, Stefan | ๐ฉ๐ชGER | 2169 | 0.5 | 2175 | 2175 | +0.2 |
| 44 | Koehler, Ronald | ๐ฉ๐ชGER | 2087 | 0.5 | 2214 | 2214 | +3.4 |
| 45 | Stenzel, Thomas | ๐ฉ๐ชGER | 2046 | 0.5 | 2116 | 2116 | +2.0 |
| 46 | Trinh, Fabian Dat | ๐ฉ๐ชGER | 1951 | 0.5 | 1997 | 1997 | +1.2 |
| 47 | Pfeffer, Ruprecht | ๐ฉ๐ชGER | 2200 | 0.5 | 2115 | 2115 | -2.4 |
| 48 | IMGruen, Gerd-Peter | ๐ฉ๐ชGER | 2246 | 0.5 | 2182 | 2182 | -0.9 |
| 49 | Mann, Gergely | ๐ฉ๐ชGER | 2182 | 0.5 | 2246 | 2246 | +1.8 |
| 51 | FMMichalczak, Thomas | ๐ฉ๐ชGER | 2226 | 0.5 | 2148 | 2148 | -2.2 |
| 52 | Wiekert, Martin | ๐ฉ๐ชGER | 2145 | 0.5 | 2235 | 2235 | +2.4 |
| 56 | Meier, Jan | ๐ฉ๐ชGER | 2175 | 0.5 | 2156 | 2156 | -0.6 |
| 57 | Fox, Daniel | ๐ฉ๐ชGER | 2175 | 0.5 | 2169 | 2169 | -0.2 |
| 58 | Goessling, Guido | ๐ฉ๐ชGER | 2207 | 0.5 | 2236 | 2236 | +0.8 |
| 59 | FMLitwak, Aleksej | ๐ฉ๐ชGER | 2236 | 0.5 | 2207 | 2207 | -0.8 |
| 61 | Zolfagharian, Kevin | ๐ฉ๐ชGER | 2214 | 0.5 | 2087 | 2087 | -3.4 |
| 62 | IMSielecki, Christof | ๐ฉ๐ชGER | 2378 | 0.5 | 2425 | 2425 | +0.7 |
| 63 | Schaefer, Juergen | ๐ฉ๐ชGER | 2116 | 0.5 | 2046 | 2046 | -2.0 |
| 60 | FMDahm, Jochen | ๐ฉ๐ชGER | 2206 | 0.5 | 2173 | 2173 | -1.0 |
| 40 | Schumacher, Markus | ๐ฉ๐ชGER | 1888 | 0.5 | 1682 | 1682 | -5.2 |
| 43 | Jagodzinsky, Lukas | ๐ฉ๐ชGER | 1682 | 0.5 | 1888 | 1888 | +10.4 |
| 68 | IMHaskelman, Evgen | ๐บ๐ฆUKR | 2134 | 0.0 | 2055 | 1255 | -6.1 |
| 65 | Ossig, Rainer | ๐ฉ๐ชGER | 2150 | 0.0 | 2173 | 1373 | -9.4 |
| 74 | FMWigger, Jochen | ๐ฉ๐ชGER | 2297 | 0.0 | 2146 | 1346 | -28.2 |
| 81 | Koehler, Christian Friedrich | ๐ฉ๐ชGER | 2247 | 0.0 | 2303 | 1503 | -17.0 |
| 64 | CMWinkels, Marcel | ๐ณ๐ฑNED | 1892 | 0.0 | 1948 | 1148 | -8.4 |
| 66 | Brandt, Sebastian | ๐ฉ๐ชGER | 2156 | 0.0 | 2193 | 1393 | -9.0 |
| 67 | Kovalyov, Dima | ๐ฉ๐ชGER | 1790 | 0.0 | 1997 | 1197 | -9.2 |
| 69 | Ucaroglu Melih, Furkan | ๐น๐ทTUR | 1922 | 0.0 | 2137 | 1337 | -4.6 |
| 70 | Roth, Markus, Prof. | ๐ฉ๐ชGER | 2155 | 0.0 | 2143 | 1343 | -10.4 |
| 71 | FMWagner, Alexej | ๐ฉ๐ชGER | 2209 | 0.0 | 2253 | 1453 | -8.8 |
| 72 | Lamby, Philipp, Dr. | ๐ฉ๐ชGER | 2222 | 0.0 | 2104 | 1304 | -13.2 |
| 73 | FMKaufeld, Juergen | ๐ฉ๐ชGER | 2212 | 0.0 | 2338 | 1538 | -6.6 |
| 75 | Schmidt, Boris | ๐ฉ๐ชGER | 2035 | 0.0 | 2007 | 1207 | -21.6 |
| 76 | Peschel, Andreas | ๐ฉ๐ชGER | 1999 | 0.0 | 2197 | 1397 | -4.8 |
| 77 | Engel, Johann | ๐ฉ๐ชGER | 2128 | 0.0 | 2102 | 1302 | -10.8 |
| 78 | FMKrallmann, Matthias | ๐ฉ๐ชGER | 2165 | 0.0 | 2161 | 1361 | -10.2 |
| 79 | De Vries, Leon | ๐ณ๐ฑNED | 2061 | 0.0 | 2150 | 1350 | -7.6 |
| 82 | Bilenko, Yaroslav | ๐บ๐ฆUKR | 2069 | 0.0 | 2091 | 1291 | -18.8 |
| 83 | Borchert, Stephan | ๐ฉ๐ชGER | 2067 | 0.0 | 2130 | 1330 | -8.2 |
| 84 | Kleff, Andre | ๐ฉ๐ชGER | 2071 | 0.0 | 1834 | 1034 | -16.0 |
| 85 | IMSonntag, Hans-Hubert | ๐ฉ๐ชGER | 2250 | 0.0 | 2396 | 1596 | -3.0 |
| 80 | Lamek, Dirk, Dr. | ๐ฉ๐ชGER | 1926 | 0.0 | 2055 | 1255 | -13.2 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets โ the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Zitzewitz, RolandGER+28.41.0 pts ยท #28
- 2Neumann, HelenaWFMGER+21.61.0 pts ยท #15
- 3Meyer, RalphGER+21.61.0 pts ยท #16
Top rating losers
- 1Wigger, JochenFMGER-28.20.0 pts ยท #74
- 2Schmidt, BorisGER-21.60.0 pts ยท #75
- 3Bilenko, YaroslavUKR-18.80.0 pts ยท #82
Biggest upsets
- R2+237 Elo gap
- R1+160 Elo gap
- R1+156 Elo gap