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 (🇮🇱 ISR, GM, 2425).

Nikita Rau (🇩🇪 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

🇩🇪various, Germany

Dates

14 Dec 2025 → 21 Dec 2025

Time control

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

System

Team · 2 rounds

Top seed

🇮🇱GMAlexander Bagrationi2425

Avg top 10

2,321

Participants

Titled players · 26

GM×1

IM×7

FM×12

CM×4

WGM×1

WFM×1

Federations · 8 represented

🇩🇪Germany×76

🇳🇱Netherlands×2

🇺🇦Ukraine×2

🇹🇷Turkiye×1

🇷🇺Russia×1

🇮🇱Israel×1

🇷🇴Romania×1

🇧🇪Belgium×1

Top 3

🥇
Nikita Rau
🇩🇪GER·2056
2.0pts·2830perf+18.8
🥈
Timo Leonard
🇩🇪GER·2173
1.5pts·2371perf+10.4
🥉
Philipp Welzel
🇩🇪GER·2189
1.0pts·2941perf+8.6

Standings

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#	Player	Fed	Elo	Pts	Avg opp.	Perf	Δ Elo
1	Rau, Nikita	🇩🇪GER	2056	2.0	2030	2830	+18.8
2	Leonard, Timo	🇩🇪GER	2173	1.5	2178	2371	+10.4
13	Welzel, Philipp	🇩🇪GER	2189	1.0	2141	2941	+8.6
19	CMSonnenschein, Philipp	🇩🇪GER	2182	1.0	2247	3047	+11.8
3	Kutzner, Stephen	🇩🇪GER	2102	1.0	2035	2035	-3.4
17	Runte, Moritz	🇩🇪GER	2141	1.0	2243	2243	+5.6
26	WGMVoicu-Jagodzinsky, Carmen	🇷🇴ROU	2247	1.0	2215	2215	-1.8
4	CMJagodzinsky, Andreas	🇩🇪GER	2183	1.0	2090	2090	-5.0
11	Rybarczyk, Klaus	🇩🇪GER	2113	1.0	2088	2088	-1.4
5	Vlasov, Igor	🇩🇪GER	2196	1.0	2155	2955	+8.8
16	Meyer, Ralph	🇩🇪GER	1997	1.0	2028	2828	+21.6
28	Zitzewitz, Roland	🇩🇪GER	1942	1.0	2102	2902	+28.4
6	Tran, Duc Cuong	🇩🇪GER	2104	1.0	2222	3022	+13.2
7	Poggemann, Alexander	🇩🇪GER	1834	1.0	2071	2871	+16.0
8	Kruse, Janik	🇩🇪GER	2149	1.0	2061	2861	+7.6
9	Loseries, Uwe	🇩🇪GER	2130	1.0	2067	2867	+8.2
10	Koehler, Justus	🇩🇪GER	2143	1.0	2155	2955	+10.4
12	Keller, Thomas	🇩🇪GER	2193	1.0	2156	2956	+9.0
14	FMForchert, Martin	🇩🇪GER	2338	1.0	2212	3012	+3.3
15	WFMNeumann, Helena	🇩🇪GER	2007	1.0	2035	2835	+21.6
18	Perkampus, Laurin	🇩🇪GER	2151	1.0	2297	3097	+14.0
20	IMBesou, Hussain	🇩🇪GER	2396	1.0	2250	3050	+3.0
21	IMCoenen, Norbert	🇩🇪GER	2253	1.0	2209	3009	+4.4
22	Makoveienko, Mykhaylo	🇩🇪GER	1948	1.0	1892	2692	+16.8
23	Loeschcke, Christian	🇩🇪GER	1997	1.0	1790	2590	+4.6
24	Beilfuss, Wilfried, Dr.	🇩🇪GER	2091	1.0	2069	2869	+9.4
25	FMHuesmann, Thomas	🇧🇪BEL	2161	1.0	2165	2965	+10.2
27	IMLoifenfeld, Jakov	🇷🇺RUS	2359	1.0	2247	3047	+3.5
29	Hoette, Philipp	🇩🇪GER	2137	1.0	1922	2722	+4.6
30	Fohler, Claus	🇩🇪GER	2197	1.0	1999	2799	+4.8
50	CMBroehl, Stephan	🇩🇪GER	2155	0.5	2190	1997	-8.0
53	Hofmann, Benjamin	🇩🇪GER	2028	0.5	2055	1862	-8.4
54	Gramb, Marius	🇩🇪GER	2148	0.5	2113	2113	-1.0
55	Brockhaus, Philip	🇩🇪GER	2024	0.5	2183	2183	+4.2
31	Simon, Hans Christian	🇩🇪GER	2143	0.5	2139	2139	-0.2
32	Kauch, Markus	🇩🇪GER	2139	0.5	2143	2143	+0.2
33	FMKniest, Oliver	🇩🇪GER	2115	0.5	2200	2200	+2.4
34	Nagel, Bernhard	🇩🇪GER	2148	0.5	2226	2226	+2.2
35	Breitkopf-Lazar, Patrick-Robert	🇩🇪GER	2156	0.5	2175	2175	+1.2
36	Winkler, Yonathan	🇩🇪GER	2211	0.5	2265	2265	+3.2
37	FMCoenen, Michael	🇩🇪GER	2265	0.5	2211	2211	-0.8
38	FMBerg, Michael	🇩🇪GER	2235	0.5	2145	2145	-2.4
39	GMBagrationi, Alexander	🇮🇱ISR	2425	0.5	2378	2378	-0.7
41	Neuer, Thomas	🇩🇪GER	1997	0.5	1951	1951	-1.2
42	Wickenfeld, Stefan	🇩🇪GER	2169	0.5	2175	2175	+0.2
44	Koehler, Ronald	🇩🇪GER	2087	0.5	2214	2214	+3.4
45	Stenzel, Thomas	🇩🇪GER	2046	0.5	2116	2116	+2.0
46	Trinh, Fabian Dat	🇩🇪GER	1951	0.5	1997	1997	+1.2
47	Pfeffer, Ruprecht	🇩🇪GER	2200	0.5	2115	2115	-2.4
48	IMGruen, Gerd-Peter	🇩🇪GER	2246	0.5	2182	2182	-0.9
49	Mann, Gergely	🇩🇪GER	2182	0.5	2246	2246	+1.8
51	FMMichalczak, Thomas	🇩🇪GER	2226	0.5	2148	2148	-2.2
52	Wiekert, Martin	🇩🇪GER	2145	0.5	2235	2235	+2.4
56	Meier, Jan	🇩🇪GER	2175	0.5	2156	2156	-0.6
57	Fox, Daniel	🇩🇪GER	2175	0.5	2169	2169	-0.2
58	Goessling, Guido	🇩🇪GER	2207	0.5	2236	2236	+0.8
59	FMLitwak, Aleksej	🇩🇪GER	2236	0.5	2207	2207	-0.8
61	Zolfagharian, Kevin	🇩🇪GER	2214	0.5	2087	2087	-3.4
62	IMSielecki, Christof	🇩🇪GER	2378	0.5	2425	2425	+0.7
63	Schaefer, Juergen	🇩🇪GER	2116	0.5	2046	2046	-2.0
60	FMDahm, Jochen	🇩🇪GER	2206	0.5	2173	2173	-1.0
40	Schumacher, Markus	🇩🇪GER	1888	0.5	1682	1682	-5.2
43	Jagodzinsky, Lukas	🇩🇪GER	1682	0.5	1888	1888	+10.4
68	IMHaskelman, Evgen	🇺🇦UKR	2134	0.0	2055	1255	-6.1
65	Ossig, Rainer	🇩🇪GER	2150	0.0	2173	1373	-9.4
74	FMWigger, Jochen	🇩🇪GER	2297	0.0	2146	1346	-28.2
81	Koehler, Christian Friedrich	🇩🇪GER	2247	0.0	2303	1503	-17.0
64	CMWinkels, Marcel	🇳🇱NED	1892	0.0	1948	1148	-8.4
66	Brandt, Sebastian	🇩🇪GER	2156	0.0	2193	1393	-9.0
67	Kovalyov, Dima	🇩🇪GER	1790	0.0	1997	1197	-9.2
69	Ucaroglu Melih, Furkan	🇹🇷TUR	1922	0.0	2137	1337	-4.6
70	Roth, Markus, Prof.	🇩🇪GER	2155	0.0	2143	1343	-10.4
71	FMWagner, Alexej	🇩🇪GER	2209	0.0	2253	1453	-8.8
72	Lamby, Philipp, Dr.	🇩🇪GER	2222	0.0	2104	1304	-13.2
73	FMKaufeld, Juergen	🇩🇪GER	2212	0.0	2338	1538	-6.6
75	Schmidt, Boris	🇩🇪GER	2035	0.0	2007	1207	-21.6
76	Peschel, Andreas	🇩🇪GER	1999	0.0	2197	1397	-4.8
77	Engel, Johann	🇩🇪GER	2128	0.0	2102	1302	-10.8
78	FMKrallmann, Matthias	🇩🇪GER	2165	0.0	2161	1361	-10.2
79	De Vries, Leon	🇳🇱NED	2061	0.0	2150	1350	-7.6
82	Bilenko, Yaroslav	🇺🇦UKR	2069	0.0	2091	1291	-18.8
83	Borchert, Stephan	🇩🇪GER	2067	0.0	2130	1330	-8.2
84	Kleff, Andre	🇩🇪GER	2071	0.0	1834	1034	-16.0
85	IMSonntag, Hans-Hubert	🇩🇪GER	2250	0.0	2396	1596	-3.0
80	Lamek, Dirk, Dr.	🇩🇪GER	1926	0.0	2055	1255	-13.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Zitzewitz, RolandGER
+28.4
1.0 pts · #28
2Neumann, HelenaWFMGER
+21.6
1.0 pts · #15
3Meyer, RalphGER
+21.6
1.0 pts · #16

Top rating losers

1Wigger, JochenFMGER
-28.2
0.0 pts · #74
2Schmidt, BorisGER
-21.6
0.0 pts · #75
3Bilenko, YaroslavUKR
-18.8
0.0 pts · #82

Biggest upsets

R2+237 Elo gap
Poggemann, Alexander1834 beat Kleff, Andre2071
R1+160 Elo gap
Zitzewitz, Roland1942 beat Kutzner, Stephen2102
R1+156 Elo gap
Runte, Moritz2141 beat FMWigger, Jochen2297