Goteborgs schackveteraners KM 2025 Grp B R345
Open SwissStandard
16 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 07 Oct 2025 to 28 Oct 2025 in Goteborg, Sweden. Top 10 Elo average was 1773, and top seed was Sven Degerfeldt (🇸🇪 SWE, 1878).
Bertil Westergren (🇸🇪 SWE, 1853) won with 3.5/7, ahead of Borje Persson (2.5) and Robert Wiklund (2.0). Westergren won solo starting round 2.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Ilija Nikolic (1599) beat Bo Berg (1758), a +159-point gap.
Location
🇸🇪Goteborg, Sweden
Dates
07 Oct 2025 → 28 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇸🇪Sweden×16
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsBertil Westergren led from R2; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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R2–R7 · LEAD HELD
Bertil Westergren never relinquished the lead after R2; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Bertil Westergren | * | — | — | — |
| 2Borje Persson | — | * | — | 1 |
| 3Johan Lonnroth | — | — | * | — |
| 4Ilija Nikolic | — | 0 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Westergren, Bertil | 1853 | SWE | F | +14B | F | F | =3N | +9N | +4B | 3.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.00 | 2129 | +20.2 |
| 2 | Persson, Borje | 1756 | SWE | F | F | F | F | +9B | =8N | +6B | 2.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.75 | 2541 | +19.2 |
| 3 | Wiklund, Robert | 1848 | SWE | F | F | F | F | =1B | =13N | +8B | 2.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 3.50 | 1748 | -7.4 |
| 4 | Hodzic, Refik | 1783 | SWE | F | F | F | F | +15N | +10B | −1N | 2.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.00 | 1870 | +7.0 |
| 5 | Lonnroth, Johan | 1758 | SWE | F | F | F | F | −10N | +11N | +12B | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.00 | 1800 | +6.0 |
| 6 | Nikolic, Ilija | 1599 | SWE | F | F | F | F | +16N | +15B | −2N | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 1843 | +20.2 |
| 7 | Hallberg, Kristjan | 1602 | SWE | F | F | F | F | F | +16B | +14N | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2532 | +14.0 |
| 8 | Berg, Johan | 0 | SWE | F | F | F | F | +11B | =2B | −3N | 1.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 2.25 | 1795 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Degerfeldt, Sven | 1878 | SWE | F | F | F | F | −2N | −1B | +13B | 1.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.50 | 1627 | -20.8 |
| 10 | Westman, Lennart | 1728 | SWE | F | F | F | F | +5B | −4N | −11B | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2.00 | 1635 | -6.6 |
| 11 | Assarsjo, Ingemar | 1675 | SWE | F | F | F | F | −8N | −5B | +10N | 1.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.00 | 1742 | +0.8 |
| 12 | Brauer, Claes | 1578 | SWE | F | F | F | F | +14B | F | −5N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 964 | -5.0 |
| 13 | Ljungberg, Hans | 1689 | SWE | F | F | F | F | F | =3B | −9N | 0.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 1699 | +4.8 |
| 14 | Dahl, Stefan | 0 | SWE | F | −1N | F | F | −12N | F | −7B | 0.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.00 | 870 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Carlsson, Martin 1955 | 1668 | SWE | F | F | F | F | −4B | −6N | — | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 887 | -18.8 |
| 16 | Berg, Bo | 1758 | SWE | F | F | F | F | −6B | −7N | — | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 788 | -27.8 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Nikolic, IlijaSWE+20.22.0 pts · #3
- 2Westergren, BertilSWE+20.23.5 pts · #1
- 3Persson, BorjeSWE+19.22.5 pts · #5
Top rating losers
- 1Berg, BoSWE-27.80.0 pts · #16
- 2Degerfeldt, SvenSWE-20.81.0 pts · #10
- 3Carlsson, Martin 1955SWE-18.80.0 pts · #15
Biggest upsets
- R5+159 Elo gap
- R6+156 Elo gap
- R5+122 Elo gap