8. Schach-Open Leer 2025 A-Turnier

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96 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 30 Oct 2025 to 02 Nov 2025 in Leer, Germany. 17 titled players from 7 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2317, and top seed was Daniel Kopylov (🇩🇪 GER, IM, 2422).

Jasper Holtel (🇩🇪 GER, FM, 2365) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Lara Schulze (5.5) and Robin Keyser (5.5). Holtel shared the lead from round 5, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Martin Kaster (2039) beat Daniel Kopylov (IM, 2422), a +383-point gap.

Location

🇩🇪Leer, Germany

Dates

30 Oct 2025 → 02 Nov 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 · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇩🇪IMDaniel Kopylov2422

Avg top 10

2,317

Participants

Titled players · 17

IM×3

FM×9

CM×3

WFM×1

WCM×1

Federations · 7 represented

🇩🇪Germany×89

🇳🇱Netherlands×2

🇬🇪Georgia×1

🇺🇦Ukraine×1

🇫🇷France×1

🇧🇪Belgium×1

🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina×1

Top 3

🥇
FMJasper Holtel
🇩🇪GER·2365
5.5pts·2409perf+3.7
🥈
FMLara Schulze
🇩🇪GER·2319
5.5pts·2406perf+14.6
🥉
Robin Keyser
🇩🇪GER·2181
5.5pts·2366perf+31.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R7; 5 players tied at 5.5/7, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Kopylov5.5Holtel5.5Schulze5.5Keyser5.5Kopylov5.5Weigand5— ex-leaders:Matthesled R4, #9

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

5 players finish on 5.5/7. Holtel takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (30.5).

R1–R7 · UNBEATEN

IM Michael Kopylov went unbeaten across 7 games (R1–R7).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1IMMichael Kopylov	*	—	—	—
2FMJasper Holtel	—	*	½	½
3FMLara Schulze	—	½	*	—
4Robin Keyser	—	½	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Holtel, JasperFM	2365	GER	+46B	+25N	=3B	+11B	+9N	=7B	=2N	5.5	30.5	34.0	26.00	2409	+3.7
2	Schulze, LaraFM	2319	GER	+53N	+19B	=9N	+21B	=7N	+10B	=1B	5.5	29.5	33.0	25.25	2406	+14.6
3	Keyser, Robin	2181	GER	+39N	+47B	=1N	=12B	=30N	+23B	+22N	5.5	27.0	30.5	23.25	2366	+31.6
4	Kopylov, DanielIM	2422	GER	+49N	=21B	−31N	+60B	+43N	+19B	+7N	5.5	25.0	28.0	21.75	2314	-6.1
5	Kopylov, MichaelIM	2332	UKR	+83B	=16N	+69B	+70N	=10B	=6N	+15B	5.5	24.0	26.0	18.75	2371	+3.9
6	Khachatryan, TaronFM	2286	GER	+32B	+33N	+26B	=10N	=15B	=5B	=13N	5.0	28.0	32.0	22.00	2320	+7.6
7	Matthes, AaronCM	2247	GER	+55B	+56N	+64B	+8N	=2B	=1N	−4B	5.0	27.5	30.5	19.50	2374	+25.2
8	Avdic, Faris	2287	BIH	+60N	+44B	+29N	−7B	+24N	=13B	=11N	5.0	27.0	30.0	20.00	2267	-1.6
9	Noennig, Jakob	2164	GER	+71B	+45N	=2B	+17N	−1B	=26N	+27B	5.0	27.0	29.5	19.25	2352	+70.8
10	Fuhrmann, BahneFM	2221	GER	+79B	+58N	+40B	=6B	=5N	−2N	+18B	5.0	27.0	29.0	18.25	2305	+36.0
11	Weigand, AntonCM	2181	GER	+72B	+57N	+27B	−1N	=26B	+16N	=8B	5.0	26.0	28.5	18.50	2334	+28.8
12	Tscheuschner, Georg, Dr.	2207	GER	+80B	=38N	+16B	=3N	=18B	=59N	+26B	5.0	25.0	27.0	18.75	2271	+12.4
13	Giorgadze, Giorgi	2140	GEO	+41B	=94N	=38B	+40N	+27B	=8N	=6B	5.0	24.5	25.0	18.00	2240	+42.8
14	Hovhannisyan, Artur	2188	GER	+76B	−64N	+45B	−26N	+55B	+46N	+59B	5.0	20.0	22.5	15.50	2204	+4.0
15	Menzel, Maximilian	2214	GER	=28N	+23B	+34N	+31B	=6N	=22B	−5N	4.5	27.5	31.5	19.25	2226	+5.0
16	Kummerow, HeikoFM	2131	GER	+67N	=5B	−12N	+91B	+28N	−11B	+47N	4.5	26.0	27.0	14.25	2187	+12.0
17	Ritscher, Jan-Paul, Dr.FM	2240	GER	=23N	+28B	+43N	−9B	=46N	+35B	=21N	4.5	25.5	29.0	17.75	2150	-14.2
18	Skembris, Simon MaxCM	2158	GER	+74N	−29B	+35N	+39B	=12N	+30B	−10N	4.5	25.5	28.0	16.50	2160	+4.4
19	Aden, Tammo	2091	GER	+75B	−2N	+76B	=20N	+48B	−4N	+32B	4.5	25.5	28.0	14.75	2218	+23.2
20	Weidemann, JakobFM	2265	GER	−29N	+63B	+44N	=19B	+31N	=21B	=24N	4.5	25.0	28.0	17.25	2157	-16.8
21	Parvanyan, Alfred	2135	GER	+82B	=4N	+94B	−2N	+58B	=20N	=17B	4.5	25.0	25.5	12.75	2247	+22.6
22	Bracker, FrankIM	2309	GER	+73B	−26N	+57B	+38N	+66B	=15N	−3B	4.5	23.5	26.0	14.25	2215	-7.2
23	Jelic, Bruno	1981	NED	=17B	−15N	+75B	+90N	+70B	−3N	+44N	4.5	23.0	24.5	12.25	2233	+46.6
24	Schroeder, Lennart	2129	GER	+92B	−27N	+55B	+69N	−8B	+41N	=20B	4.5	22.5	23.5	12.25	2179	+11.2
25	Gremmel, Jonas Simon	2135	GER	+61N	−1B	=91N	−28B	+74N	+39B	+51N	4.5	22.0	23.0	13.00	2122	-1.2
26	Meiwes, Thore	2128	GER	+96N	+22B	−6N	+14B	=11N	=9B	−12N	4.0	29.5	29.5	14.50	2225	+19.4
27	Nedic, Dusan	2334	GER	+35N	+24B	−11N	+48B	−13N	+52B	−9N	4.0	27.0	30.5	15.50	2128	-32.2
28	Hofmann, Benjamin	1979	GER	=15B	−17N	+86B	+25N	−16B	+56N	=42B	4.0	24.5	26.0	13.00	2166	+34.4
29	Tarasenko, Nazar	1995	GER	+20B	+18N	−8B	−66N	=42B	=70N	+58B	4.0	23.5	26.0	15.00	2238	+89.2
30	Mix, Clemens	2082	GER	−69B	+41N	+72B	+42N	=3B	−18N	=31B	4.0	23.5	26.0	14.25	2093	+3.2
31	Kaster, Martin	2039	GER	=86B	+85N	+4B	−15N	−20B	+40N	=30N	4.0	23.5	25.0	13.25	2121	+14.4
32	Herzwurm, Robert	1997	GER	−6N	+77B	=59N	=81B	+54N	+36B	−19N	4.0	22.5	24.5	12.50	2123	+23.4
33	Direk, Oguzhan	2100	GER	+77N	−6B	−39N	−52B	+87N	+61B	+60N	4.0	20.5	22.0	10.00	2022	-26.4
34	Bundan, EdwardFM	1946	GER	=66B	+84N	−15B	=56N	=38B	=58N	+57B	4.0	20.0	21.5	10.75	2143	+74.0
35	Wicklein, Stefan, Dr.	2021	GER	−27B	+92N	−18B	+88N	+69B	−17N	+62B	4.0	20.0	21.0	8.00	2074	+9.4
36	Thiercelin, Jerome	2159	FRA	+52B	−40N	+73B	−64N	+79B	−32N	+55B	4.0	19.5	21.5	11.00	2027	-22.8
37	Jungbluth, Michael	2048	GER	+68N	F	F	F	+92B	+79N	+63B	4.0	9.0	9.0	9.00	2704	+24.6
38	Schmidt, Reiner	2068	GER	+62N	=12B	=13N	−22B	=34N	=65B	=52N	3.5	25.0	28.0	13.25	2043	-4.8
39	Pflug, Anton	1954	GER	−3B	+87N	+33B	−18N	=56B	−25N	+73B	3.5	24.0	25.5	9.50	2072	+42.8
40	Aden, Keno	1887	GER	+81N	+36B	−10N	−13B	=47N	−31B	+84N	3.5	23.5	25.0	9.25	2108	+38.4
41	Kutlar, Aras	1909	GER	−13N	−30B	+95N	+49B	+81N	−24B	=43N	3.5	22.5	23.0	7.75	2052	+51.6
42	Peters, Tom	2193	GER	−48N	+65B	+51N	−30B	=29N	=60B	=28N	3.5	22.0	25.0	12.00	2001	-34.4
43	Jonnek, Thomas	2033	GER	=85B	+86N	−17B	+67N	−4B	=50N	=41B	3.5	21.5	23.0	8.75	1995	-8.8
44	Budzyn, Matthias	2070	GER	+89B	−8N	−20B	=72N	+71B	+73N	−23B	3.5	21.5	23.0	7.75	2043	-5.8
45	Roth, Thorsten	2025	GER	+93N	−9B	−14N	=61B	−50N	+74B	+72N	3.5	21.5	22.5	7.50	1974	-9.4
46	Schnelting, Michael	2023	GER	−1N	+61B	F	+94N	=17B	−14B	+65N	3.5	21.5	21.5	8.75	2126	+16.0
47	Boesel, Alexander	2050	GER	+88B	−3N	−66B	+63N	=40B	+91N	−16B	3.5	21.0	22.0	7.25	2009	-7.2
48	Goldmann, David	1974	GER	+42B	+90N	=70B	−27N	−19N	−51B	+71B	3.5	20.5	22.0	8.75	2136	+56.8
49	Becher, Georg, Dr.	2023	GER	−4B	=82N	=71B	−41N	+89B	+69N	=50B	3.5	19.5	21.0	8.00	1968	-25.6
50	Tietjen, Joshua	1877	GER	−56B	−55N	=80B	+75N	+45B	=43B	=49N	3.5	19.0	21.0	10.50	2000	+23.0
51	zur Bruegge, Carsten	2058	GER	+87B	−70N	−42B	=71N	+72B	+48N	−25B	3.5	19.0	20.5	8.75	2033	-4.6
52	Reins, Henning	1935	GER	−36N	+93B	−81B	+33N	+84B	−27N	=38B	3.5	19.0	20.0	8.25	2088	+25.8
53	Jakob, Matthias	2012	GER	−2B	=75N	−82B	+85N	+67B	=62N	=70B	3.5	18.5	20.0	8.50	1975	-7.8
54	Ulrich, Helena Irene	1810	GER	−57B	=71N	=79B	+76N	−32B	+83N	=56B	3.5	17.0	19.0	8.25	2003	+69.2
55	Mueller-Ludwig, KristinWFM	1985	GER	−7N	+50B	−24N	+68B	−14N	+81B	−36N	3.0	25.0	27.0	8.50	2028	+6.4
56	Giel, Olaf	2082	GER	+50N	−7B	=74N	=34B	=39N	−28B	=54N	3.0	23.5	26.0	10.25	1913	-31.4
57	Neumann, Michael	2035	GER	+54N	−11B	−22N	=65B	=61N	+68B	−34N	3.0	23.0	26.0	9.50	1934	-19.6
58	Krumm, Johannes	2071	GER	+78N	−10B	=62N	+74B	−21N	=34B	−29N	3.0	23.0	25.5	8.50	1941	-24.4
59	Kather, Yannick	2153	GER	+63B	−69N	=32B	+82N	F	=12B	−14N	3.0	22.5	24.5	9.50	2013	-20.8
60	Kirschbaum, Gunnar	2003	GER	−8B	+89N	=90B	−4N	+82B	=42N	−33B	3.0	21.5	23.0	6.00	2076	+9.6
61	Haertel, Leon	1902	GER	−25B	−46N	+87B	=45N	=57B	−33N	+83B	3.0	20.5	22.0	6.75	1976	+25.2
62	Wartenberg, Alexander	1849	GER	−38B	+80N	=58B	=84N	=73B	=53B	−35N	3.0	18.5	20.0	7.25	1975	+44.8
63	de Vries, Carsten	1924	GER	−59N	−20N	+85B	−47B	+93N	+84B	−37N	3.0	18.0	19.0	4.00	1972	+6.6
64	Linde, Wolfgang	2051	GER	+95N	+14B	−7N	+36B	F	F	F	3.0	17.5	17.5	9.50	2299	+26.0
65	Jamal Jameel, Mahmoon	1917	GER	−90B	−42N	+89B	=57N	+80B	=38N	−46B	3.0	17.0	18.5	6.75	1992	+12.2
66	Hedke, FredFM	2159	GER	=34N	=91B	+47N	+29B	−22N	F	F	3.0	17.0	17.0	10.00	2123	-4.0
67	Goldenstein, Arnd	1892	GER	−16B	+83N	F	−43B	−53N	+76N	+91B	3.0	17.0	17.0	5.50	2018	+20.0
68	Kopylov, Diana	1821	GER	−37B	−72N	+92B	−55N	+86B	−57N	+80B	3.0	16.0	17.0	4.50	1909	+30.8
69	Schoene, Finn	1868	GER	+30N	+59B	−5N	−24B	−35N	−49B	=81N	2.5	24.5	26.5	8.00	2012	+42.8
70	Guo, Philipp Ziming	2184	GER	F	+51B	=48N	−5B	−23N	=29B	=53N	2.5	24.5	24.5	9.00	2002	-59.2
71	Schaefer, Maik	1948	GER	−9N	=54B	=49N	=51B	−44N	+75B	−48N	2.5	22.5	25.0	7.75	1895	-10.8
72	Moeller, Tom	1956	GER	−11N	+68B	−30N	=44B	−51N	+77B	−45B	2.5	22.5	25.0	7.25	1916	-16.8
73	Mueller, Wolfgang	2008	GER	−22N	+96B	−36N	+77B	=62N	−44B	−39N	2.5	21.0	21.0	4.00	1915	-19.4
74	Weirauch, Kevin	1927	GER	−18B	+88N	=56B	−58N	−25B	−45N	+95N	2.5	20.0	20.5	3.50	1916	-3.6
75	Nolte, Alexander Nicolai	1880	GER	−19N	=53B	−23N	−50B	+96N	−71N	+85B	2.5	20.0	20.0	3.25	1842	-8.0
76	Broszeit, Peter	1958	GER	−14N	+95B	−19N	−54B	=77N	−67B	+93N	2.5	19.5	20.0	2.75	1827	-26.0
77	Kipka, Eberhard	1886	GER	−33B	−32N	+83B	−73N	=76B	−72N	+88B	2.5	17.5	19.0	4.75	1879	-4.4
78	Drews, Nicolas	1862	GER	−58B	=79N	−84B	−80N	=85B	=88N	+86B	2.5	11.5	13.0	4.00	1827	-7.8
79	Braun, Julian	1979	GER	−10N	=78B	=54N	+93B	−36N	−37B	F	2.0	21.0	22.0	4.00	1859	-38.8
80	Lau, Udo	1975	GER	−12N	−62B	=50N	+78B	−65N	=82B	−68N	2.0	20.0	22.0	5.25	1760	-41.2
81	Wellen, Hendrik	2124	GER	−40B	F	+52N	=32N	−41B	−55N	=69B	2.0	20.0	20.0	6.75	1805	-49.8
82	Wartenberg, Alissa	1895	GER	−21N	=49B	+53N	−59B	−60N	=80N	F	2.0	19.5	21.5	6.25	1925	+8.4
83	Stroobant, Arne	2020	BEL	−5N	−67B	−77N	+86N	+88B	−54B	−61N	2.0	19.0	20.5	3.00	1766	-97.2
84	Wilmink, AnnaWCM	2023	GER	F	−34B	+78N	=62B	−52N	−63N	−40B	1.5	19.5	19.5	4.00	1707	-99.6
85	Demiroers, Emre	1808	GER	=43N	−31B	−63N	−53B	=78N	=87B	−75N	1.5	19.0	20.5	3.75	1711	-32.0
86	Fize, Aleksandrs	1820	GER	=31N	−43B	−28N	−83B	−68N	+96B	−78N	1.5	19.0	19.0	2.00	1719	-32.8
87	Wernke-Schmiesing, Sebastian	1839	GER	−51N	−39B	−61N	F	−33B	=85N	+89B	1.5	17.0	17.0	2.25	1754	-13.4
88	Neumann, Hannes	1824	GER	−47N	−74B	+96N	−35B	−83N	=78B	−77N	1.5	17.0	17.0	1.25	1721	-34.4
89	Bohlemann, Tim	1854	GER	−44N	−60B	−65N	+96B	−49N	=95B	−87N	1.5	15.0	15.0	0.25	1709	-48.4
90	Boehme, Arne	2146	GER	+65N	−48B	=60N	−23B	F	F	F	1.5	14.0	14.0	4.50	1882	-28.6
91	Hauernherm, Stefan	1956	GER	F	=66N	=25B	−16N	F	−47B	−67N	1.0	19.0	19.0	3.75	1833	-14.8
92	Schlierf, Heiko	1892	GER	−24N	−35B	−68N	+95B	−37N	−93B	F	1.0	17.0	17.0	0.50	1669	-32.4
93	Juergenpott, Maximilian	1805	GER	−45B	−52N	F	−79N	−63B	+92N	−76B	1.0	15.5	15.5	1.00	1679	-16.4
94	Groeneveld, Henry	1801	NED	F	=13B	−21N	−46B	F	F	F	0.5	14.0	14.0	2.50	1826	+0.8
95	Vollmer, Andreas	1831	GER	−64B	−76N	−41B	−92N	F	=89N	−74B	0.5	14.0	14.0	0.75	1531	-34.0
96	Haschke, Simon	1891	GER	−26B	−73N	−88B	−89N	−75B	−86N	F	0.0	13.5	13.5	0.00	1119	-112.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Tarasenko, NazarGER
+89.2
4.0 pts · #30
2Bundan, EdwardFMGER
+74.0
4.0 pts · #34
3Noennig, JakobGER
+70.8
5.0 pts · #10

Top rating losers

1Haschke, SimonGER
-112.0
0.0 pts · #96
2Wilmink, AnnaWCMGER
-99.6
1.5 pts · #88
3Stroobant, ArneBEL
-97.2
2.0 pts · #81

Biggest upsets

R3+383 Elo gap
Kaster, Martin2039 beat IMKopylov, Daniel2422
R2+285 Elo gap
Schoene, Finn1868 beat Kather, Yannick2153
R2+272 Elo gap
Aden, Keno1887 beat Thiercelin, Jerome2159