Baltic Chess Open 2025 B

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57 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 30 Oct 2025 to 02 Nov 2025 in Kiel, Germany. 5 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1887, and top seed was Andres Peschke (🇪🇸 ESP, 1950).

Lars Berger (🇩🇪 GER, 1808) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Juri Pfeiffer (6.0) and Elia Schoenrock (5.5). Berger won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Barbora Ticha (1467) beat Matthias Hoefig (1751), a +284-point gap.

Location

🇩🇪Kiel, Germany

Dates

30 Oct 2025 → 02 Nov 2025

Time control

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

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇪🇸Andres Peschke1950

Avg top 10

1,887

Participants

Federations · 5 represented

🇩🇪Germany×48

🇨🇿Czech Republic×6

🇪🇸Spain×1

🇩🇰Denmark×1

🇮🇱Israel×1

Top 3

🥇
Lars Berger
🇩🇪GER·1808
6.0pts·2125perf+52.0
🥈
Juri Pfeiffer
🇩🇪GER·1837
6.0pts·2046perf+65.2
🥉
Elia Schoenrock
🇩🇪GER·1755
5.5pts·2025perf+96.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R4; 2 players tied at 6.0/7, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Berger6Pfeiffer6Schoenrock5.5Prasanth5.5Stein5.5Fomenkov5

R6 · LEADER CHANGE02 Nov

Elia Schoenrock takes the sole lead (5.5/6).

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 6.0/7. Berger takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (29.0).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Lars Berger beat Juri Pfeiffer (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Lars Berger	*	1	0	—
2Juri Pfeiffer	0	*	1	—
3Elia Schoenrock	1	0	*	—
4Rishi Prasanth	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Berger, Lars	1808	GER	+25B	+16N	+17B	+2N	+6B	−3N	+8B	6.0	29.0	32.5	27.00	2125	+52.0
2	Pfeiffer, Juri	1837	GER	+56N	+23B	+15N	−1B	+21N	+14B	+3B	6.0	26.5	27.0	21.00	2046	+65.2
3	Schoenrock, Elia	1755	GER	+34B	=8N	+27B	+17N	+4B	+1B	−2N	5.5	29.5	32.5	24.25	2025	+96.8
4	Stein, Max	1792	ISR	+37N	+12B	=7N	+9B	−3N	+13B	+14N	5.5	27.5	30.0	22.25	2019	+70.8
5	Prasanth, Rishi	1757	GER	+36N	−7B	+30N	=40B	+51N	+9B	+11N	5.5	21.5	23.5	18.00	1941	+58.4
6	Fomenkov, Alexander	1871	GER	+48B	+31N	+18B	F	−1N	+7B	+10N	5.0	24.5	24.5	18.50	2045	+24.0
7	Erk, Ben	1847	GER	+42B	+5N	=4B	=19N	=22B	−6N	+23B	4.5	27.0	29.0	17.50	1850	+5.6
8	Wecke, Thoralf	1841	GER	+33N	=3B	=41N	+35B	+19N	=11B	−1N	4.5	25.5	27.5	15.50	1893	+7.8
9	Quiring, Nikolai	1889	GER	+35B	+24N	=14B	−4N	+23B	−5N	+36B	4.5	24.5	27.0	14.00	1798	-12.0
10	Korte, Andreas	1713	GER	=12N	+55B	−16N	+39B	+27B	+22N	−6B	4.5	22.5	23.5	12.25	1939	+42.6
11	Sviridov, Vitaliy	1832	GER	−21B	+33N	+46B	+50N	+24B	=8N	−5B	4.5	22.0	24.0	12.75	1851	+4.4
12	Ueckermann, Stefan	1905	GER	=10B	−4N	=47B	+46N	+37B	=24N	+26B	4.5	21.5	23.5	13.00	1825	-12.8
13	Nicolaysen, Bjarne	0	GER	−23B	=26N	+49B	+25N	+41B	−4N	+22B	4.5	21.5	23.5	12.75	1693	0.0
14	Engelhaupt, Henry	1815	GER	+43N	+30B	=9N	=21B	+18N	−2N	−4B	4.0	27.0	29.0	13.50	1762	-16.4
15	Peschke, Andres	1950	ESP	+20B	+22N	−2B	−24N	+40B	=18B	=19N	4.0	25.0	27.0	13.50	1847	-18.2
16	Hasselgruber, Robert Ferenc	1895	GER	+44N	−1B	+10B	−22N	=26B	+25N	=21B	4.0	24.5	26.5	13.50	1768	-44.0
17	Sala, Oezkan	1881	GER	+38N	+39B	−1N	−3B	+35N	=29B	=18N	4.0	24.0	26.0	10.75	1802	-28.0
18	Schwab, Lennard	1783	GER	+45B	+50N	−6N	+28B	−14B	=15N	=17B	4.0	22.5	24.5	11.50	1876	+37.2
19	Hartung, Kim	1808	GER	=41N	+53B	+40N	=7B	−8B	=21N	=15B	4.0	20.5	22.0	10.50	1850	+16.0
20	Kroschel, Finn	1738	GER	−15N	−43B	−32N	+56B	+54N	+53B	+44B	4.0	13.5	14.0	5.00	1737	0.0
21	Groenebaum, Benjamin	1658	GER	+11N	+28B	F	=14N	−2B	=19B	=16N	3.5	26.0	26.0	14.00	1894	+76.4
22	Hansson, Pelle	1810	GER	+32N	−15B	+29N	+16B	=7N	−10B	−13N	3.5	25.0	28.0	12.75	1849	+14.4
23	Farouk, Isa Mohideen	1507	GER	+13N	−2N	=31B	+44B	−9N	+42B	−7N	3.5	25.0	27.0	10.25	1736	+60.4
24	Konradt, Michael	1789	GER	+51N	−9B	+43N	+15B	−11N	=12B	−27N	3.5	23.0	25.0	10.25	1818	+6.0
25	Cerny, Zbysek	1643	CZE	−1N	+52B	=39N	−13B	+38N	−16B	+35N	3.5	21.5	23.5	8.00	1831	+63.6
26	Madelmayer, Maik	1692	GER	−28N	=13B	=55N	+32B	=16N	+48B	−12N	3.5	21.5	22.5	9.75	1772	+12.4
27	Rulofs, Henrik	1936	GER	+52N	=40B	−3N	+53B	−10N	F	+24B	3.5	19.5	21.0	8.00	1797	-40.0
28	Eberle, Simon	1838	DEN	+26B	−21N	+42B	−18N	=36B	F	+29N	3.5	19.0	21.0	10.25	1728	-15.6
29	Gwyther, Kilian	1696	GER	−50B	+34N	−22B	+55N	+39B	=17N	−28B	3.5	18.0	19.0	8.00	1756	+23.2
30	Birkholz, Frank	0	GER	+57B	−14N	−5B	=45N	−42N	+52B	+48N	3.5	17.5	18.0	5.50	1717	0.0
31	Lorenzen, Peer	1776	GER	+54N	−6B	=23N	−51B	−49N	+47B	+42N	3.5	16.5	17.5	6.75	1648	-46.4
32	Merbecks, Yannik	1652	GER	−22B	−35N	+20B	−26N	+57B	−36N	+45B	3.0	18.0	18.5	6.50	1633	-7.6
33	Kurschis, Anton	1694	GER	−8B	−11B	+54N	−36N	=55B	+45N	=39N	3.0	16.5	17.5	4.50	1632	-24.0
34	Ticha, Barbora	1467	CZE	−3N	−29B	−44N	−54B	+56N	+57B	+43N	3.0	14.5	15.0	3.00	1631	+54.4
35	Arslan, Savas	1708	GER	−9N	+32B	+36B	−8N	−17B	=37N	−25B	2.5	22.0	24.5	6.75	1632	-31.2
36	Slonek, Richard	1502	CZE	−5B	F	−35N	+33B	=28N	+32B	−9N	2.5	22.0	22.0	7.75	1700	+52.8
37	Rothe, Justin	1742	GER	−4B	−46N	+56N	+43B	−12N	=35B	F	2.5	18.5	19.0	3.75	1666	-26.0
38	Spreu, Joerg	1707	GER	−17B	+45N	−50B	=47N	−25B	F	+54N	2.5	15.5	16.5	4.00	1644	-11.4
39	Hoppe, Marc	1801	GER	+49B	−17N	=25B	−10N	−29N	F	=33B	2.0	21.0	23.0	5.25	1579	-35.6
40	Tobianski, Karina	1813	GER	+46B	=27N	−19B	=5N	−15N	F	F	2.0	21.0	21.0	6.50	1748	-9.0
41	Vesovic, Ivan	0	GER	=19B	+47N	=8B	F	−13N	F	F	2.0	21.0	21.0	6.25	1797	0.0
42	Hallfarth, Luise	1696	GER	−7N	+54B	−28N	F	+30B	−23N	−31B	2.0	19.5	19.5	4.50	1469	-28.2
43	Pitzschel, Joerg	1613	GER	−14B	+20N	−24B	−37N	−45B	+55N	−34B	2.0	19.0	20.0	5.00	1524	-34.8
44	Steiner, Peter Markus	1710	GER	−16B	−49N	+34B	−23N	+46B	F	−20N	2.0	18.5	20.5	5.00	1519	-30.2
45	Lescinskij, Timofej	1577	CZE	−18N	−38B	=52N	=30B	+43N	−33B	−32N	2.0	18.0	20.0	4.75	1502	-22.0
46	Freudenberg, Robin	1652	GER	−40N	+37B	−11N	−12B	−44N	+54B	−47N	2.0	17.5	18.5	3.50	1594	-24.4
47	Lohmann, Rene	1683	GER	F	−41B	=12N	=38B	−48N	−31N	+46B	2.0	16.5	16.5	5.50	1677	-1.4
48	Schmidt, Jesse	1703	GER	−6N	−51B	F	+57N	+47B	−26N	−30B	2.0	16.5	16.5	2.50	1648	-16.0
49	Khattar, Ranvir Singh	1603	GER	−39N	+44B	−13N	F	+31B	F	F	2.0	15.5	15.5	5.50	1888	+45.6
50	Al Amin, Sami	1851	GER	+29N	−18B	+38N	−11B	F	F	F	2.0	14.5	14.5	6.00	1755	-21.2
51	Brabcova, Nikola	1602	CZE	−24B	+48N	F	+31N	−5B	F	F	2.0	14.5	14.5	5.50	1756	+32.8
52	Turp, Hueseyin	1723	GER	−27B	−25N	=45B	F	=53N	−30N	+56B	2.0	14.5	14.5	2.25	1620	-14.6
53	Pavlov, Dmitriy	1648	GER	F	−19N	+57B	−27N	=52B	−20N	F	1.5	14.0	14.0	1.50	1642	-1.8
54	Hrbkova, Johana	1575	CZE	−31B	−42N	−33B	+34N	−20B	−46N	−38B	1.0	18.0	20.0	3.00	1367	-62.4
55	Lalla, Karol	1643	GER	F	−10N	=26B	−29B	=33N	−43B	F	1.0	16.5	16.5	3.25	1442	-24.6
56	Johnson, Mark	1667	GER	−2B	=57N	−37B	−20N	−34B	F	−52N	0.5	18.0	18.0	0.25	1309	-42.2
57	Hoefig, Matthias	1751	GER	−30N	=56B	−53N	−48B	−32N	−34N	F	0.5	13.5	13.5	0.25	1261	-112.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Schoenrock, EliaGER
+96.8
5.5 pts · #3
2Groenebaum, BenjaminGER
+76.4
3.5 pts · #27
3Stein, MaxISR
+70.8
5.5 pts · #10

Top rating losers

1Hoefig, MatthiasGER
-112.4
0.5 pts · #56
2Hrbkova, JohanaCZE
-62.4
1.0 pts · #53
3Lorenzen, PeerGER
-46.4
3.5 pts · #28

Biggest upsets

R6+284 Elo gap
Ticha, Barbora1467 beat Hoefig, Matthias1751
R5+223 Elo gap
Korte, Andreas1713 beat Rulofs, Henrik1936
R4+203 Elo gap
Farouk, Isa Mohideen1507 beat Steiner, Peter Markus1710