1. Itzehoer Chess-Cup Gruppe B

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61 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 03 Oct 2025 to 05 Oct 2025 in Itzehoe, Germany. Top 10 Elo average was 1735, and top seed was Dominik Kofert (🇩🇪 GER, 1855).

Alexandru-Teodor Oita-Dragota (🇩🇪 GER, 1692) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Jacob Neumann (4.0) and Natan Escher (4.0). Oita-Dragota clinched sole first place in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Ata Lucien Dintinger (1512) beat Johannes Lipp (1721), a +209-point gap.

Location

🇩🇪Itzehoe, Germany

Dates

03 Oct 2025 → 05 Oct 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes for first 40 moves and 15 min. for the rest of the game with 30 sec. increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇩🇪Dominik Kofert1855

Avg top 10

1,735

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇩🇪Germany×60

Top 3

🥇
Alexandru-Teodor Oita-Dragota
🇩🇪GER·1692
4.5pts·1992perf+62.0
🥈
Jacob Neumann
🇩🇪GER
4.0pts·1715perf0.0
🥉
Natan Escher
🇩🇪GER·1593
4.0pts·1928perf+50.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Alexandru-Teodor Oita-Dragota led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Oita-Dragota4.5Polster4Neumann4Osmers4Escher4Koop4

R5 · LEADER CHANGE05 Oct

Alexandru-Teodor Oita-Dragota takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Alexandru-Teodor Oita-Dragota beat Martha Polster (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Alexandru-Teodor Oita-Dragota 4 wins (R2–R5)Martha Polster 4 wins (R1–R4)Jacob Neumann 3 wins (R2–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Alexandru-Teodor Oita-Dragota	*	1	—	—
2Martha Polster	0	*	—	—
3Jacob Neumann	—	—	*	½
4Julian Osmers	—	—	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Oita-Dragota, Alexandru-Teodor	1692	GER	=27N	+46B	+30N	+26B	+5N	4.5	11.5	13.0	11.75	1992	+62.0
2	Neumann, Jacob	0	GER	=4N	+27B	+13N	+9B	=3N	4.0	15.0	17.5	13.50	1715	0.0
3	Escher, Natan	1593	GER	+29B	+14N	=7B	+10N	=2B	4.0	14.5	17.0	13.25	1928	+50.4
4	Osmers, Julian	1723	GER	=2B	+20N	+28B	=12N	+19B	4.0	13.5	16.0	12.25	1935	+15.4
5	Polster, Martha	1607	GER	+37N	+34B	+8B	+32N	−1B	4.0	12.5	14.5	10.00	1844	+59.6
6	Koop, Michael	1553	GER	−9N	+59B	+57N	+17B	+21B	4.0	10.5	10.5	7.00	1748	+15.8
7	Pavlov, Dmitriy	1648	GER	+43N	+19B	=3N	=11B	=14N	3.5	14.0	16.0	10.50	1725	+10.2
8	Golke, Philipp	1668	GER	+40N	+17B	−5N	=15B	+18B	3.5	13.5	15.5	9.75	1789	+19.6
9	Eichler, Tim	1645	GER	+6B	=28N	+31B	−2N	+30B	3.5	13.0	15.5	10.25	2017	+67.2
10	Fischer, Nikolai	1718	GER	+36N	+22B	=11N	−3B	+26N	3.5	13.0	15.0	9.25	1761	+11.2
11	Kalkowski, Andreas	1646	GER	+53B	+42N	=10B	=7N	=12B	3.5	12.5	13.5	8.25	1747	+21.2
12	Toman, Darius	1618	GER	+35N	+48B	=26N	=4B	=11N	3.5	12.0	13.5	8.50	1795	+47.6
13	Schindel, Volker	1752	GER	+49B	=31N	−2B	+29N	+28B	3.5	11.5	13.0	7.75	2031	+40.8
14	Solar, Mavi	1599	GER	+60N	−3B	+34N	+35B	=7B	3.5	11.5	11.5	5.75	1672	+15.2
15	Moeller, Patrick	0	GER	=46N	+33B	=47N	=8N	+31B	3.5	10.0	11.5	8.25	1692	0.0
16	Pitzschel, Joerg	1616	GER	−26N	+37B	+36N	+46B	=32B	3.5	9.0	10.5	6.75	1770	+42.4
17	Hollatz, Jens	1661	GER	+18B	−8N	+42B	−6N	+44B	3.0	12.5	14.5	7.00	1522	-22.4
18	Frank, Maximilian	0	GER	−17N	+43B	+40N	+22B	−8N	3.0	11.5	13.5	7.00	1663	0.0
19	Dintinger, Ata Lucien	1512	GER	+54N	−7N	+38B	+44B	−4N	3.0	11.5	12.5	5.00	1713	+53.6
20	Straub, Jake	0	GER	+23N	−4B	−35N	+36B	+40N	3.0	11.0	13.0	7.00	1690	0.0
21	Bartels, Leonard	1563	GER	+38N	−26B	+39N	+41B	−6N	3.0	10.5	12.5	6.00	1489	-11.2
22	Margaryan, Mari	1638	GER	+55B	−10N	+49B	−18N	+45B	3.0	10.0	11.0	4.50	1847	+34.0
23	Wang, Chris-Enyu	1709	GER	−20B	−29N	+55B	+56N	+38B	3.0	8.5	9.5	4.00	2486	+18.8
24	Menke, Xaver Louis	1471	GER	−34N	−39B	+54B	+53N	+41N	3.0	7.0	8.0	4.00	1627	+24.8
25	Kollath, Leno	1685	GER	+58N	+47B	F	F	+35N	3.0	4.5	4.5	4.50	2390	+29.6
26	Krause, Ortwin, Dr.	1604	GER	+16B	+21N	=12B	−1N	−10B	2.5	15.0	18.0	8.25	1641	+10.0
27	Engelberg, Sebastian	1560	GER	=1B	−2N	−33N	+50B	+46N	2.5	12.5	14.0	5.25	1684	+20.0
28	Kofert, Dominik	1855	GER	+59N	=9B	−4N	+48B	−13N	2.5	12.5	12.5	3.25	1604	-54.4
29	Uz, Kaan	0	GER	−3N	+23B	=48N	−13B	+47N	2.5	12.0	13.5	5.25	1652	0.0
30	Juergens, Nico	1645	GER	+56B	=52N	−1B	+33B	−9N	2.5	12.0	13.0	4.25	1580	-15.6
31	Brandt, Volker	1671	GER	+61N	=13B	−9N	+47B	−15N	2.5	12.0	12.0	3.25	1693	+2.4
32	Peters, Leopold	1692	GER	+39N	+57B	F	−5B	=16N	2.5	11.0	12.0	4.75	1417	-29.2
33	Ploog, Jakob	1648	GER	=41B	−15N	+27B	−30N	+34N	2.5	10.5	12.5	5.50	1678	+2.6
34	Melekestsev, Kyrylo	1452	GER	+24B	−5N	−14B	+42N	−33B	2.0	13.0	15.0	5.00	1388	-12.4
35	Moeller, Jens-Albrecht	1615	GER	−12B	+56N	+20B	−14N	−25B	2.0	13.0	14.0	4.00	834	-56.8
36	Sengupta, Aroop Ratan	1581	GER	−10B	+54N	−16B	−20N	+56B	2.0	11.0	12.0	2.00	1462	-19.2
37	Martens, Nele	1518	GER	−5B	−16N	=50B	=51N	+54B	2.0	10.5	11.5	2.50	1425	-14.8
38	Eichmann, Andreas	1686	GER	−21B	+50N	−19N	+58B	−23N	2.0	10.5	11.5	2.50	795	-74.8
39	Polster, Maike	0	GER	−32B	+24N	−21B	−45N	+61B	2.0	10.5	10.5	3.00	1499	0.0
40	Schlueter, Felix	1723	GER	−8B	+53N	−18B	+60N	−20B	2.0	10.5	10.5	1.00	1646	-8.8
41	Bauta, Luan	0	GER	=33N	=51B	+58N	−21N	−24B	2.0	10.0	11.0	3.00	1287	0.0
42	Joehnke, Thore	0	GER	+51N	−11B	−17N	−34B	+58N	2.0	10.0	11.0	2.50	786	0.0
43	Braeutigam, Viktoria	1528	GER	−7B	−18N	−56B	+55N	+53B	2.0	8.5	9.5	2.00	1636	+11.6
44	Lipp, Johannes	1721	GER	−52B	+55N	+60B	−19N	−17N	2.0	8.5	8.5	1.00	819	-76.0
45	Jendryschik, Lina	1694	GER	−47N	−58B	+59N	+39B	−22N	2.0	7.5	7.5	2.00	800	-50.8
46	Steiner, Peter Markus	1710	GER	=15B	−1N	+51B	−16N	−27B	1.5	14.0	15.5	3.25	822	-37.2
47	Rabe, Elina	1564	GER	+45B	−25N	=15B	−31N	−29B	1.5	11.5	13.5	3.75	1560	-0.4
48	Lalla, Karol	1643	GER	+50B	−12N	=29B	−28N	F	1.5	10.0	11.5	2.75	937	-15.2
49	Eichler, Bjoern	1747	GER	−13N	+61B	−22N	=57B	F	1.5	9.0	9.0	0.50	1481	-40.4
50	Joehnke, Bjoern	0	GER	−48N	−38B	=37N	−27N	+60B	1.5	8.0	8.0	1.00	1280	0.0
51	Lichtfuss-Kolbinger, Jana	0	GER	−42B	=41N	−46N	=37B	=57N	1.5	7.5	8.5	2.50	1422	0.0
52	Lohmann, Rene	1683	GER	+44N	=30B	F	F	F	1.5	7.0	7.0	3.25	1876	+10.0
53	Beth, Felix	1623	GER	−11N	−40B	+61N	−24B	−43N	1.0	10.5	10.5	0.00	1319	-76.4
54	Hieke, Andrea	1431	GER	−19B	−36B	−24N	+59B	−37N	1.0	10.0	10.0	0.00	721	-60.8
55	Wander, Leo	0	GER	−22N	−44B	−23N	−43B	+59N	1.0	10.0	10.0	0.00	848	0.0
56	Fromke, Yvonne	0	GER	−30N	−35B	+43N	−23B	−36N	1.0	9.5	11.5	2.00	1376	0.0
57	Vogel, Christian	0	GER	F	−32N	−6B	=49N	=51B	1.0	9.5	9.5	1.50	1391	0.0
58	Kolbinger, Maartje	0	GER	−25B	+45N	−41B	−38N	−42B	1.0	9.0	11.0	2.00	1565	0.0
59	Krueger, Dietrich	0	GER	−28B	−6N	−45B	−54N	−55B	0.0	9.5	10.5	0.00	835	0.0
60	FIDE 529026229	0	—	−14B	F	−44N	−40B	−50N	0.0	9.0	9.0	0.00	880	0.0
61	Liesow, Maximilian	1429	GER	−31B	−49N	−53B	F	−39N	0.0	7.0	7.0	0.00	880	-23.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Eichler, TimGER
+67.2
3.5 pts · #9
2Oita-Dragota, Alexandru-TeodorGER
+62.0
4.5 pts · #1
3Polster, MarthaGER
+59.6
4.0 pts · #2

Top rating losers

1Beth, FelixGER
-76.4
1.0 pts · #39
2Lipp, JohannesGER
-76.0
2.0 pts · #60
3Eichmann, AndreasGER
-74.8
2.0 pts · #55

Biggest upsets

R4+209 Elo gap
Dintinger, Ata Lucien1512 beat Lipp, Johannes1721
R3+174 Elo gap
Dintinger, Ata Lucien1512 beat Eichmann, Andreas1686
R4+152 Elo gap
Menke, Xaver Louis1471 beat Beth, Felix1623