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96. Badische Einzelmeisterschaft (BEM) 2025

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23 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 02 Oct 2025 to 05 Oct 2025 in Ettlingen, Germany. 5 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2221, and top seed was Stefan Loeffler (🇩🇪 GER, IM, 2340).

Volodymyr Vyval (🇺🇦 UKR, FM, 2245) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Lukas Pfatteicher (5.0) and Stefan Loeffler (4.5). Vyval won solo starting round 6.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Michail Gkegkas (1856) beat Hans-Joachim Vatter (FM, 2175), a +319-point gap.

Location
🇩🇪Ettlingen, Germany
Dates
02 Oct 2025 → 05 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇩🇪IMStefan Loeffler2340
Avg top 10
2,221
Participants
23
Titled players · 5
IM×1
FM×3
CM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇩🇪Germany×22
🇺🇦Ukraine×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

FM Volodymyr Vyval led from R6; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.

Co-leaders
6
2
3
3
2
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Vyval6Pfatteicher5Loeffler4.5Nied4.5Doll4Petermann4
R6–R7 · LEAD HELD

FM Volodymyr Vyval never relinquished the lead after R6; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Volodymyr Vyval drew with Lukas Pfatteicher (Black).

R5–R7 · WIN STREAK

FM Volodymyr Vyval won 3 in a row (R5–R7).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FMVolodymyr Vyval*
½
1
—
2Lukas Pfatteicher
½
*
½
1
3IMStefan Loeffler
0
½
*
1
4Pascal Nied—
0
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Vyval, VolodymyrFM2245UKR=12B+19N+8B=2N+3N+11B+5B6.024.526.522.252459+32.6
2Pfatteicher, Lukas2218GER+11B+7N=3N=1B+4B=5N=6B5.027.030.521.252372+29.8
3Loeffler, StefanIM2340GER+22B+4N=2B=6N−1B+15N=9N4.526.527.515.002285-4.3
4Nied, Pascal2216GER+17N−3B+14N=5B−2N+16B+13N4.523.025.514.0022030.0
5Skembris, Simon MaxCM2158GER=18B+12N=6B=4N+7B=2B−1N4.027.029.015.252225+27.2
6Doll, Alexander2237GER=13N+14B=5N=3B=15N=9B=2N4.024.527.515.502193-7.0
7Cofmann, VeaceslavFM2270GER+15N−2B=13N+17B−5N=8B+11N4.023.025.512.752160-18.8
8Braun, Joachim2202GER=19B+18N−1N+16B−11B=7N+15B4.021.023.010.502123-12.4
9Petermann, Michail2146GER+21BF=16N=12N+20B=6N=3B4.018.518.511.252224+13.6
10Uhlmann, Tim2150GER=16N=13B=17N−15B=14N+23B+21N4.017.018.09.002028-41.6
11Sauer, Frank2032GER−2N+23B=15N+21B+8N−1N−7B3.524.025.08.502113+14.4
12Eberhart, Erik2082GER=1N−5B+18N=9B−13N=14B+16N3.523.525.511.252067-2.8
13Ruegert, Jonathan2040GER=6B=10N=7B=20N+12B=18N−4B3.522.024.011.502156+21.0
14Wiesner, Paul2014GER+20B−6N−4B=22N=10B=12N+18B3.520.021.08.252136+22.0
15Schlenker, Joerg2086GER−7B+21N=11B+10N=6B−3B−8N3.024.026.09.752105+2.6
16Fucik, Timo1904GER=10B=20N=9B−8N+19B−4N−12B2.522.024.07.002039+20.6
17Scheinmaier, Mark2031GER−4B+22N=10B−7N−18B=19N=23B2.517.518.54.501992-17.6
18Doll, Rebecca1959GER=5N−8B−12BF+17N=13B−14N2.021.021.06.251963+0.4
19Spieker, Michael2017GER=8N−1B−20B+23N−16N=17BF2.018.018.04.251954-10.6
20Vatter, Hans-JoachimFM2175GER−14N=16B+19N=13B−9N−21BF2.017.518.55.001871-23.4
21Gkegkas, Michail1856GER−9N−15BF−11N+22B+20N−10B2.017.517.53.001996+18.4
22Arlt, Reinhard2135GER−3N−17B=23N=14B−21NFF1.015.515.52.251791-43.2
23Uhlmann, Jonas1914GERF−11N=22B−19BF−10N=17N1.013.013.01.751833-18.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets