Luxembourg Team Championship 25-26 Round 2

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150 players participated in this 1-round tournament, held on 12 Oct 2025 in various, Luxembourg. 31 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2411, and top seed was Sergey A. Fedorchuk (🇺🇦 UKR, GM, 2558).

Hamza Esmer (🇱🇺 LUX, 1649) won with 1.0/1, ahead of Szabolcs Peter Pinter (1.0) and Fred Berend (1.0).

The biggest upset came in round 1: Claude Kaber (1992) beat Samir Mohammad (FM, 2277), a +285-point gap.

Location

🇱🇺various, Luxembourg

Dates

12 Oct 2025

Time control

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

System

Team · 1 rounds

Top seed

🇺🇦GMSergey A. Fedorchuk2558

Avg top 10

2,411

Participants

150

Titled players · 31

GM×5

IM×6

FM×15

CM×2

WGM×3

Federations · 8 represented

🇱🇺Luxembourg×91

🇩🇪Germany×16

🇫🇷France×14

🇧🇪Belgium×5

🇺🇦Ukraine×4

🇩🇰Denmark×2

🇮🇹Italy×2

🇳🇱Netherlands×1

Top 3

🥇
Hamza Esmer
🇱🇺LUX·1649
1.0pts·2443perf+16.0
🥈
Szabolcs Peter Pinter
🇭🇺HUN·1859
1.0pts·2630perf+9.2
🥉
IMFred Berend
🇱🇺LUX·2231
1.0pts·3024perf+5.0

Standings

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#	Player	Fed	Elo	Pts	Avg opp.	Perf	Δ Elo
1	Esmer, Hamza	🇱🇺LUX	1649	1.0	1643	2443	+16.0
2	Pinter, Szabolcs Peter	🇭🇺HUN	1859	1.0	1830	2630	+9.2
3	IMBerend, Fred	🇱🇺LUX	2231	1.0	2224	3024	+5.0
4	Reding, Sevda	🇱🇺LUX	1819	1.0	1879	2679	+23.2
5	Birtz, Claude	🇱🇺LUX	1869	1.0	1876	2676	+10.2
6	FMWagener, Claude	🇱🇺LUX	2215	1.0	2244	3044	+10.8
7	Berres, Eric	🇩🇪GER	2025	1.0	1855	2655	+5.0
8	IMAdrian, Claude	🇫🇷FRA	2151	1.0	2029	2829	+3.3
9	WGMBerend, Elvira	🇱🇺LUX	2244	1.0	1841	2641	+1.6
10	WGMWagener, Anna	🇱🇺LUX	2205	1.0	1805	2605	+1.6
11	Sailer, Douglas	🇱🇺LUX	1995	1.0	1919	2719	+8.0
12	CMMaltezeanu, Stefan	🇱🇺LUX	2152	1.0	2230	3030	+9.6
13	Burdot, Louis	🇱🇺LUX	1819	1.0	1865	2665	+11.2
14	Esmer, Kemal Eymen	🇱🇺LUX	2006	1.0	1763	2563	+9.6
15	FMCherniaiev, Tykhon	🇺🇦UKR	2327	1.0	2072	2872	+3.8
16	Oberweis, Paul	🇱🇺LUX	2002	1.0	1602	2402	+1.6
17	Schmidt, Waldemar	🇩🇪GER	1804	1.0	1841	2641	+11.4
18	FMZainea, Marius	🇱🇺LUX	0	1.0	2047	2847	+6.2
19	Zeihen, Matthieu	🇱🇺LUX	2009	1.0	2182	2982	+29.2
20	Karp, Michel	🇱🇺LUX	1915	1.0	1698	2498	+4.4
21	Hoffmann, Mathieu	🇱🇺LUX	1910	1.0	1688	2488	+4.6
22	GMHoffmann, Michael	🇩🇪GER	2428	1.0	2233	3033	+2.4
23	GMPelletier, Yannick	🇨🇭SUI	2514	1.0	2118	2918	+0.8
24	GMSumets, Andrey	🇺🇦UKR	2497	1.0	2359	3159	+2.9
25	Gengler, Pierre	🇱🇺LUX	2084	1.0	1684	2484	+1.6
26	Kremer, Nadine	🇱🇺LUX	1871	1.0	1894	2694	+10.6
27	Aliferenko, Aleksei	🇺🇦UKR	2200	1.0	1986	2786	+4.6
28	IMPhilippe, Christophe	🇫🇷FRA	2313	1.0	2315	3115	+5.0
29	FMSalles, Louis	🇫🇷FRA	2281	1.0	1881	2681	+1.6
30	Kaber, Claude	🇱🇺LUX	1992	1.0	2277	3077	+17.2
31	Sorensen, Ivan	🇩🇰DEN	2017	1.0	2130	2930	+13.0
32	Weber, Alexis	🇱🇺LUX	1820	1.0	1864	2664	+11.2
33	Basinas, Athanasios	🇱🇺LUX	1675	1.0	1771	2571	+25.2
34	Jadin, Yves	🇱🇺LUX	1863	1.0	1771	2571	+7.4
35	Zhou, Luyu	🇫🇷FRA	1893	1.0	1888	2688	+9.8
36	Ceman, Safet	🇱🇺LUX	1812	1.0	1652	2452	+11.6
37	Hoffmann, Roger	🇱🇺LUX	1956	1.0	1743	2543	+4.4
38	Hartung, Jerry	🇱🇺LUX	2157	1.0	1865	2665	+3.0
39	Metzdorf, Matteo	🇩🇪GER	2181	1.0	1965	2765	+8.4
40	GMFedorchuk, Sergey A.	🇺🇦UKR	2558	1.0	2191	2991	+1.0
41	Kessler, Andreas	🇩🇪GER	2084	1.0	1962	2762	+6.4
42	FMPourquet, Matthieu	🇫🇷FRA	2335	1.0	2019	2819	+2.8
43	FMHenris, Luc	🇧🇪BEL	2130	0.5	2055	2055	-2.0
44	Hoegener, Claude	🇱🇺LUX	2055	0.5	1655	1655	-8.4
45	Virbalis, Rytis	🇱🇺LUX	1811	0.5	2211	2211	+8.4
46	Ramsurrup, Ashish	🇱🇺LUX	1796	0.5	1816	1816	+1.2
48	Atashpendar, Arshia	🇱🇺LUX	2006	0.5	2053	2053	+1.4
49	Tequi, Lucas	🇱🇺LUX	1790	0.5	2154	2154	+16.0
50	Obertin, Frank	🇱🇺LUX	1919	0.5	1599	1599	-7.4
51	Stefos, Stefanos	🇬🇷GRE	1909	0.5	1944	1944	+2.0
52	Putz, Philippe	🇱🇺LUX	2016	0.5	2264	2264	+6.2
53	Jacquot, Adrien	🇫🇷FRA	2069	0.5	2012	2012	-1.6
54	Kostyukovich, Ivan	🇱🇺LUX	1647	0.5	1579	1579	-1.6
55	IMDecuigniere, Tom	🇫🇷FRA	2403	0.5	2308	2308	-1.2
56	Landresse, Christian	🇧🇪BEL	1980	0.5	1886	1886	-2.6
57	De Sousa Martinho, Vasco	🇱🇺LUX	1789	0.5	1920	1920	+4.8
58	Mikulskas, Arnoldas	🇱🇹LTU	2038	0.5	1939	1939	-5.6
59	Klein, Jean-Luc	🇱🇺LUX	1792	0.5	1974	1974	+9.6
61	Fadil, Hicham	🇱🇺LUX	1935	0.5	1983	1983	+1.4
62	Adrian, Leopold	🇫🇷FRA	2202	0.5	1988	1988	-5.2
63	Macia Tell, Dario	🇱🇺LUX	1578	0.5	1608	1608	+1.6
64	Stirn, Fernand	🇱🇺LUX	1816	0.5	1681	1681	-3.6
65	Fixmer, Eric	🇱🇺LUX	1819	0.5	1993	1993	+4.6
66	Goerens, Jean-Paul	🇱🇺LUX	1958	0.5	2057	2057	+2.8
67	Hein, Ralf	🇩🇪GER	1964	0.5	2111	2111	+4.0
68	Mueller, Matthias	🇩🇪GER	1952	0.5	1971	1971	+0.6
69	Brittner, Laurent	🇱🇺LUX	1677	0.5	1816	1816	+7.2
70	Mertens, Marc	🇱🇺LUX	2111	0.5	1964	1964	-4.0
71	FMBrittner, Serge	🇱🇺LUX	2224	0.5	2206	2206	-0.6
72	Fridhi, Karim	🇱🇺LUX	1606	0.5	1884	1884	+13.2
73	Thestrup, Sixten	🇩🇰DEN	2154	0.5	1793	1793	-8.0
74	FMSebe-Vodislav, Razvan-Alexandru	🇷🇴ROU	2264	0.5	2016	2016	-6.2
75	Solovev, Nikolai	🇱🇺LUX	1524	0.5	1778	1778	+6.8
76	Maier, Arthur	🇩🇪GER	2012	0.5	2069	2069	+3.2
77	Hoffmann, Donny	🇱🇺LUX	1624	0.5	2024	2024	+8.4
78	Rota, Emile	🇱🇺LUX	1939	0.5	2038	2038	+2.8
79	Schwerteck, Michael	🇩🇪GER	2116	0.5	1928	1928	-4.8
80	Ganic, Fikret	🇱🇺LUX	1742	0.5	1731	1731	-0.8
81	Chinilov, Vladislav	🇷🇺RUS	1944	0.5	1909	1909	-1.0
82	Weber, Leo	🇱🇺LUX	1993	0.5	1819	1819	-4.6
83	Schilpp, Roland	🇩🇪GER	1988	0.5	2192	2192	+5.2
84	Berres, Wolfgang	🇧🇪BEL	1971	0.5	1952	1952	-0.6
85	Schlueter, Yves	🇱🇺LUX	2053	0.5	2006	2006	-1.4
86	Daubenfeld, Gilles	🇱🇺LUX	2157	0.5	1998	1998	-4.2
87	Blanchard, Alain	🇫🇷FRA	1897	0.5	1963	1963	+1.8
88	Adam, Ken	🇱🇺LUX	1974	0.5	1792	1792	-4.8
89	Zaccaria, Noa	🇱🇺LUX	1953	0.5	2116	2116	+9.6
90	Mircea, Ionut	🇱🇺LUX	1884	0.5	1606	1606	-13.2
92	Nestler, Patrick	🇱🇺LUX	1920	0.5	1833	1833	-2.4
93	FMFrischmann, Rick	🇩🇪GER	2355	0.5	2392	2392	+2.4
94	Solovev, Aleksei	🇱🇺LUX	1766	0.5	1652	1652	-3.4
95	Goelff, Claude	🇱🇺LUX	1731	0.5	1742	1742	+0.8
96	Karp, Serge	🇱🇺LUX	1983	0.5	1935	1935	-1.4
97	Schuster, Tom	🇱🇺LUX	1816	0.5	1796	1796	-0.6
98	Rodriguez, Michel-Ange	🇫🇷FRA	1886	0.5	1980	1980	+5.2
99	Barthel, Ansgar	🇩🇪GER	2055	0.5	2130	2130	+2.0
100	FMBednarich, Jan	🇮🇹ITA	2206	0.5	2224	2224	+0.6
101	Doison, Axel	🇧🇪BEL	1998	0.5	2157	2157	+4.2
102	Gaspar, Lucien	🇱🇺LUX	2057	0.5	1958	1958	-2.8
103	Kalmes, Rene	🇱🇺LUX	1963	0.5	1897	1897	-1.8
104	FMMicottis, Dorian	🇫🇷FRA	2232	0.5	1832	1832	-8.4
105	Pleim, Eva	🇱🇺LUX	1598	0.5	1919	1919	+14.8
47	Kreer, Torsten	🇩🇪GER	0	0.5	2105	2105	0.0
60	Goelff, Michel	🇱🇺LUX	0	0.5	1975	1975	0.0
91	Dabbour, Kamal	🇧🇪BEL	0	0.5	1996	1996	0.0
106	Jacques, Robert	🇱🇺LUX	2047	0.0	2191	1391	-6.2
107	Hoffmann, Nick	🇱🇺LUX	1652	0.0	1812	1012	-11.6
108	CMFilipovic, Slobodan J	🇷🇸SRB	2182	0.0	2007	1207	-14.6
109	Milanovic, Milan	🇱🇺LUX	1894	0.0	1871	1071	-10.6
110	Salomeia, Mihai	🇱🇺LUX	1685	0.0	1901	1101	-9.2
111	Aguayo Tejada, Marco Antonio	🇱🇺LUX	1662	0.0	2062	1262	-3.2
112	Schockmel, Jean-Marie	🇱🇺LUX	1841	0.0	1793	993	-11.4
113	FMLinster, Philippe	🇱🇺LUX	2224	0.0	2222	1422	-10.0
115	Kasselouris, Nikolaos	🇱🇺LUX	1763	0.0	1964	1164	-4.8
116	Meurin, Patrick	🇱🇺LUX	1965	0.0	2200	1400	-4.2
117	Sivashankar, Samyukta	🇱🇺LUX	1815	0.0	1995	1195	-16.0
118	Schartz, Alain	🇱🇺LUX	2029	0.0	2153	1353	-6.6
119	Klauner, Theid	🇱🇺LUX	2019	0.0	2322	1522	-2.8
120	Mertens, David	🇱🇺LUX	1837	0.0	2237	1437	-1.6
121	Guo, Johnny	🇱🇺LUX	1612	0.0	1981	1181	-3.2
122	Kries, Yvon	🇱🇺LUX	1793	0.0	1863	1063	-7.4
123	Stanic, Zoran	🇭🇷CRO	2072	0.0	2327	1527	-3.8
124	Schreiner, Jean-Paul	🇱🇺LUX	1830	0.0	1859	1059	-18.4
125	Turino, Luca	🇮🇹ITA	1865	0.0	2157	1357	-3.0
126	IMNezar, Mustapha	🇫🇷FRA	2315	0.0	2313	1513	-5.0
127	Vijups, Dans	🇱🇻LAT	1857	0.0	2257	1457	-1.6
128	GMTratar, Marko	🇸🇮SLO	2376	0.0	2520	1720	-2.9
129	Prybluda, Ihor	🇱🇺LUX	1888	0.0	1893	1093	-19.6
130	Santini, Roger	🇫🇷FRA	1771	0.0	1679	879	-12.6
131	Spartz, Guy	🇱🇺LUX	1864	0.0	1820	1020	-11.2
132	WGMKhalafova, Narmin	🇦🇿AZE	2244	0.0	2215	1415	-10.8
133	Warde-Jones, Ben	🇱🇺LUX	1743	0.0	1960	1160	-8.8
134	IMBoidman, Yuri	🇩🇪GER	2250	0.0	2246	1446	-4.8
135	Weber, Jean-Marie	🇱🇺LUX	2130	0.0	2017	1217	-13.0
136	Hentges, John	🇱🇺LUX	1786	0.0	2186	1386	-1.6
138	Corbin, Paul	🇱🇺LUX	1879	0.0	1819	1019	-11.6
139	Bjarnason, Oskar	🇮🇸ISL	2118	0.0	2511	1711	-1.6
140	Luppi, Nicola	🇱🇺LUX	0	0.0	1716	916	-16.0
141	Schuller, Jean-Claude	🇱🇺LUX	1865	0.0	1819	1019	-11.2
142	FMMohammad, Samir	🇸🇾SYR	2277	0.0	1972	1172	-8.6
143	Ludewig, Robert	🇱🇺LUX	1855	0.0	2048	1248	-5.0
144	Neuman, Carlo	🇱🇺LUX	1882	0.0	1869	1069	-10.2
145	Boguslavskij, Taras	🇳🇱NED	1986	0.0	2200	1400	-4.6
146	FMPhilipowski, Robert	🇩🇪GER	2233	0.0	2432	1632	-4.8
148	FMPaci, Cedric	🇫🇷FRA	2191	0.0	2560	1760	-2.0
149	Pleim, Emile	🇱🇺LUX	1697	0.0	1915	1115	-8.8
150	Lehnart, Paul	🇩🇪GER	1962	0.0	2095	1295	-12.8
114	Werner, Frederic	🇱🇺LUX	0	0.0	1987	1187	0.0
137	FIDE 533014841	—	0	0.0	1822	1022	0.0
147	FIDE 4007425	—	0	0.0	1853	1053	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Zeihen, MatthieuLUX
+29.2
1.0 pts · #19
2Basinas, AthanasiosLUX
+25.2
1.0 pts · #33
3Reding, SevdaLUX
+23.2
1.0 pts · #4

Top rating losers

1Prybluda, IhorLUX
-19.6
0.0 pts · #129
2Schreiner, Jean-PaulLUX
-18.4
0.0 pts · #124
3Sivashankar, SamyuktaLUX
-16.0
0.0 pts · #117

Biggest upsets

R1+285 Elo gap
Kaber, Claude1992 beat FMMohammad, Samir2277
R1+173 Elo gap
Zeihen, Matthieu2009 beat CMFilipovic, Slobodan J2182
R1+113 Elo gap
Sorensen, Ivan2017 beat Weber, Jean-Marie2130