Gavleborg DM 2025 std
Open SwissStandard
16 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 12 Sept 2025 to 14 Sept 2025 in Gavle, Sweden. Top 10 Elo average was 1858, and top seed was Toni Soppela (🇸🇪 SWE, 2092).
Thomas Gustafsson (🇸🇪 SWE, 1988) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Toni Soppela (4.0) and Lars Persson (3.0). Gustafsson won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Sebastian Hemsen (1625) beat Tomas Jakobsson (1841), a +216-point gap.
Location
🇸🇪Gavle, Sweden
Dates
12 Sept 2025 → 14 Sept 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇸🇪Sweden×16
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
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R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 4.0/5. Gustafsson takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (13.0).
R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Thomas Gustafsson beat Toni Soppela (White).
R1–R4 · WIN STREAK
Toni Soppela won 4 in a row (R1–R4).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Thomas Gustafsson | * | 1 | — | — |
| 2Toni Soppela | 0 | * | 1 | 1 |
| 3Thomas Hogberg | — | 0 | * | — |
| 4Mikael Soderberg | — | 0 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gustafsson, Thomas | 1988 | SWE | +11N | +7B | −3N | +6B | +2B | 4.0 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 12.00 | 2079 | +13.8 |
| 2 | Soppela, Toni | 2092 | SWE | +10N | +4B | +9N | +3B | −1N | 4.0 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 11.00 | 2124 | +6.2 |
| 3 | Persson, Lars | 2024 | SWE | +12B | =5N | +1B | −2N | =4B | 3.0 | 14.0 | 16.0 | 9.00 | 1988 | -2.8 |
| 4 | Hogberg, Thomas | 1982 | SWE | +8B | −2N | =5B | +11N | =3N | 3.0 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 8.00 | 1922 | -4.4 |
| 5 | Dahlblom Sundin, Love | 1861 | SWE | +6N | =3B | =4N | −9B | +14N | 3.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 7.00 | 1847 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Ingelman-Sundberg, Simon | 1587 | SWE | −5B | +12N | +13B | −1N | +10B | 3.0 | 11.0 | 12.5 | 5.50 | 1802 | +19.8 |
| 7 | Jakobsson, Tomas | 1841 | SWE | +14B | −1N | +11B | −8N | +12B | 3.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 5.00 | 1767 | -8.2 |
| 8 | Hemsen, Sebastian | 1625 | SWE | −4N | F | +10B | +7B | +9N | 3.0 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 8.00 | 2005 | +38.0 |
| 9 | Soderberg, Mikael | 1723 | SWE | +16N | +15B | −2B | +5N | −8B | 3.0 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 4.50 | 1832 | +26.8 |
| 10 | Sandberg, Jan-Henrik | 1701 | SWE | −2B | +13N | −8N | +14B | −6N | 2.0 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 2.50 | 1523 | -20.6 |
| 11 | Thejls, Henning | 1648 | SWE | −1B | +14N | −7N | −4B | +15N | 2.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 2.00 | 1743 | +9.2 |
| 12 | Raiha, Charlie | 1658 | SWE | −3N | −6B | +15N | +13B | −7N | 2.0 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 2.50 | 1599 | -15.2 |
| 13 | Yeghoyan, Tigran | 0 | SWE | =15N | −10B | −6N | −12N | +16B | 1.5 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 1.00 | 1485 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Tiveskog, Magnus | 1556 | SWE | −7N | −11B | +16B | −10N | −5B | 1.0 | 10.0 | 10.5 | 0.50 | 1472 | -21.6 |
| 15 | Larsson, Ove | 1709 | SWE | =13B | −9N | −12B | =16N | −11B | 1.0 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 1.00 | 1313 | -75.6 |
| 16 | Kolesnikova, Anastasiia | 1511 | SWE | −9B | F | −14N | =15B | −13N | 0.5 | 8.5 | 9.5 | 0.50 | 1390 | -16.4 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Hemsen, SebastianSWE+38.03.0 pts · #8
- 2Soderberg, MikaelSWE+26.83.0 pts · #4
- 3Ingelman-Sundberg, SimonSWE+19.83.0 pts · #10
Top rating losers
- 1Larsson, OveSWE-75.61.0 pts · #15
- 2Tiveskog, MagnusSWE-21.61.0 pts · #12
- 3Sandberg, Jan-HenrikSWE-20.62.0 pts · #14
Biggest upsets
- R4+216 Elo gap
- R4+138 Elo gap
- R5+114 Elo gap