33. Offene Seniorenmeisterschaft Sachsen 2025 50 plus

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90 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 14 Oct 2025 to 22 Oct 2025 in Dresden, Germany. 2 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2150, and top seed was Cliff Wichmann (🇩🇪 GER, IM, 2258).

Cliff Wichmann (🇩🇪 GER, IM, 2258) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Dieter Kaiser (7.0) and Norbert Heck (6.5). Wichmann took the lead from round 8.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Karsten Thomas (1663) beat Gerd Appelt (1984), a +321-point gap.

Location

🇩🇪Dresden, Germany

Dates

14 Oct 2025 → 22 Oct 2025

Time control

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

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇩🇪IMCliff Wichmann2258

Avg top 10

2,150

Participants

Titled players · 2

IM×1

FM×1

Federations · 3 represented

🇩🇪Germany×88

🇨🇦Canada×1

🇷🇺Russia×1

Top 3

🥇
IMCliff Wichmann
🇩🇪GER·2258
7.5pts·2365perf+11.1
🥈
Dieter Kaiser
🇩🇪GER·2172
7.0pts·2316perf+32.0
🥉
FMNorbert Heck
🇩🇪GER·2165
6.5pts·2233perf+17.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

IM Cliff Wichmann led from R8; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Wichmann7.5Kaiser7Babrikowski6.5Heck6.5Hutschenreiter6.5Weidlich6.5

R8 · LEADER CHANGE21 Oct

IM Cliff Wichmann takes the sole lead (7.0/8).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Cliff Wichmann drew with Dieter Kaiser (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

IM Cliff Wichmann 3 wins (R6–R8)Dieter Kaiser 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1IMCliff Wichmann	*	½	—	1
2Dieter Kaiser	½	*	0	1
3Peter Babrikowski	—	1	*	0
4FMNorbert Heck	0	0	1	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Wichmann, CliffIM	2258	GER	+24N	+16B	=5N	+9B	=2N	+12B	+3B	+22N	=4B	7.5	48.5	53.5	43.50	2365	+11.1
2	Kaiser, Dieter	2172	GER	+76B	+37N	+21B	+30N	=1B	+3N	+4B	−6N	=7B	7.0	47.5	50.5	37.00	2316	+32.0
3	Heck, NorbertFM	2165	GER	=33B	+54N	+34B	+13N	+6B	−2B	−1N	+12N	+15B	6.5	46.5	50.5	33.75	2233	+17.4
4	Okrajek, Alexander	2194	GER	=82N	+50B	+17N	=5B	+36N	+23B	−2N	+10B	=1N	6.5	46.0	48.0	33.00	2223	+9.0
5	Hutschenreiter, Joerg, Dr.	2059	GER	+44N	+11B	=1B	=4N	=22B	=13N	+31B	=14N	+23N	6.5	45.5	50.0	35.00	2204	+35.4
6	Babrikowski, Peter, Dr.	2139	GER	+57N	+26B	=36N	+68B	−3N	+30B	=10N	+2B	=9N	6.5	43.5	47.0	32.25	2230	+22.6
7	Zuehlke, Burkhard, Dr.	2063	GER	=58N	=41B	+82N	+48B	−9N	+26B	+24N	+23B	=2N	6.5	40.5	42.5	28.75	2162	+24.4
8	Weidlich, Guenter	2102	GER	=49B	+67N	=48B	=35N	+65B	=31N	+32B	=36N	+14B	6.5	35.0	38.5	27.75	2101	+1.6
9	Knaak, Joachim	2136	GER	+53B	+62N	=13B	−1N	+7B	=37N	+38B	=15N	=6B	6.0	44.5	48.5	30.00	2173	+8.8
10	Graf, Roland	2087	GER	+43B	=48N	=39B	=31N	+45B	+35N	=6B	−4N	+37B	6.0	40.0	44.0	27.75	2091	+3.4
11	Noack, Mario	1878	GER	+86B	−5N	+85B	=25N	−13B	=51N	+52B	+38N	+21B	6.0	36.0	37.5	21.00	1974	+23.2
12	Scheuermann, Bernhard	2131	GER	+40N	+19B	−30N	+18B	+16N	−1N	=22B	−3B	+65N	5.5	44.5	48.0	27.00	2110	-3.4
13	Doeserich, Juergen	1984	GER	+69N	+77B	=9N	−3B	+11N	=5B	−14B	+31N	=19N	5.5	44.0	47.0	26.00	2048	+16.0
14	Rozov, Boris	2053	GER	=50N	=82B	+52N	−16B	+40N	+17B	+13N	=5B	−8N	5.5	42.0	44.0	25.75	2023	-4.0
15	Biegel, Thomas	2059	GER	=41N	+58B	=65N	+28B	−23N	+27B	+20N	=9B	−3N	5.5	41.5	45.0	26.50	2074	+4.4
16	Koenze, Peter	1932	GER	+83B	−1N	+29B	+14N	−12B	−32N	+49B	+43N	=22B	5.5	41.5	43.5	23.50	2054	+28.8
17	Hartlieb, Juergen	1995	GER	+59B	=39N	−4B	+53N	+56B	−14N	=21B	=33N	+40B	5.5	38.5	42.5	23.50	2062	+16.8
18	Poetke, Dan-Peter	1965	GER	=67B	+49N	+51B	−12N	+39B	−22N	=43B	=24N	+33B	5.5	37.0	40.5	23.50	2011	+11.8
19	Mueller, Thomas	1916	GER	+79B	−12N	=66B	+51N	=21B	=25N	=61B	+34N	=13B	5.5	37.0	40.0	23.00	2028	+23.8
20	Dobierzin, Olaf	1927	GER	=71B	=66N	=53B	=54N	+50B	+49N	−15B	=29N	+32B	5.5	34.5	38.0	22.50	1976	+12.6
21	Schober, Ralf	2077	GER	+32N	+64B	−2N	=27B	=19N	=28B	=17N	+42B	−11N	5.0	43.0	47.0	23.50	2009	-16.4
22	Rudolf, Matthias, Dr.	2101	GER	+70B	+55N	F	=36B	=5N	+18B	=12N	−1B	=16N	5.0	42.5	42.5	24.00	2131	+6.4
23	Moeller, Peter, Dr.	2106	GER	=54B	=33N	+76B	+55N	+15B	−4N	+37B	−7N	−5B	5.0	42.0	45.0	21.25	2062	-10.8
24	Krien, Hartmut	1937	GER	−1B	+63N	F	+66N	=61B	+34N	−7B	=18B	+42N	5.0	40.0	40.0	21.25	2080	+29.6
25	Brumby, Hans-Christoph, Dr.	0	GER	=73N	+60B	=28N	=11B	=27N	=19B	=35N	=48B	=26N	5.0	39.0	42.5	23.25	1932	0.0
26	Brettschneider, Karl	1975	GER	+85B	−6N	−56B	+74N	+29B	−7N	+51B	=30N	=25B	5.0	38.5	40.0	18.25	1931	-5.4
27	Domsgen, Bernd	1928	GER	=74B	+71N	=61B	=21N	=25B	−15N	−29B	+51N	+53B	5.0	36.0	39.0	20.00	1964	+9.4
28	Fabig, Holger	1975	GER	=66B	+74N	=25B	−15N	+54B	=21N	−36B	+50N	=68B	5.0	35.0	38.0	19.50	1969	+1.2
29	Schoehl, Gerd	1969	GER	−68N	+84B	−16N	+75B	−26N	+82B	+27N	=20B	=45N	5.0	34.0	36.0	17.00	1950	-4.0
30	Schmidt, Joerg, Prof. Dr.	2026	GER	+56B	+35N	+12B	−2B	F	−6N	=33N	=26B	=48N	4.5	41.0	41.0	20.75	2048	+5.6
31	Grund, Erwin	1909	GER	+80N	−36B	+77N	=10B	+68N	=8B	−5N	−13B	=63N	4.5	39.5	42.0	17.25	1933	+7.6
32	Liedmann, Hans-Joerg	1864	GER	−21B	+87N	+62B	−37N	+48N	+16B	−8N	=45B	−20N	4.5	39.5	41.0	17.25	1941	+20.4
33	Nauber, Walter, Dr.	1964	GER	=3N	=23B	−42N	+89B	+58N	=61N	=30B	=17B	−18N	4.5	39.5	40.5	17.75	1990	+6.2
34	Wurmb, Peter	2027	GER	+47N	=52B	−3N	=40B	+64N	−24B	+57N	−19B	=39N	4.5	38.5	42.5	19.00	1914	-25.6
35	Bochow, Sven	1820	GER	+81N	−30B	+75N	=8B	+42N	−10B	=25B	−37N	=46B	4.5	38.5	41.0	18.00	1911	+39.6
36	Pfitzer, Norbert, Prof. Dr.	2041	GER	+46B	+31N	=6B	=22N	−4B	F	+28N	=8B	F	4.5	38.5	38.5	23.00	2142	+19.6
37	Franke, Heiko	1993	GER	+89N	−2B	+44N	+32B	F	=9B	−23N	+35B	−10N	4.5	38.5	38.5	17.50	2020	+13.6
38	Wuensch, Ulrich	1961	GER	−52N	+47B	=40N	=49B	+44N	+57B	−9N	−11B	=41N	4.5	38.0	42.0	19.50	1892	-16.2
39	Siggelkow, Axel	1912	GER	+88N	=17B	=10N	=42B	−18N	=69B	=60N	=41B	=34B	4.5	38.0	39.0	17.25	1916	+3.2
40	Erath, Daniel	1956	GER	−12B	+79N	=38B	=34N	−14B	+46N	=65B	+55N	−17N	4.5	37.5	40.5	17.75	1965	+2.6
41	Fleuch, Hans-Juergen	1911	GER	=15B	=7N	−55B	=63N	+66B	=65N	=64B	=39N	=38B	4.5	36.5	40.0	19.75	1939	+7.2
42	Hinz, Holger	2009	GER	−51B	+59N	+33B	=39N	−35B	+56N	+70B	−21N	−24B	4.5	35.5	39.0	18.25	1900	-26.0
43	Klokow, John	1745	CAN	−10N	−75B	+72N	=83B	+63N	+68B	=18N	−16B	=62N	4.5	35.0	37.0	16.75	1911	+36.6
44	Zerfass, Otfried	1862	GER	−5B	+86N	−37B	+71N	−38B	+59N	F	=66N	+67B	4.5	34.0	35.5	14.25	1889	+8.2
45	Dyballa, Gerhard	1990	GER	−77N	+69B	=70N	+52B	−10N	F	+76B	=32N	=29B	4.5	32.5	32.5	17.00	1920	-12.4
46	Fuhrmann, Andreas	1857	GER	−36N	=80B	=83N	+82B	−57N	−40B	+78N	+74B	=35N	4.5	28.0	30.0	12.50	1805	-21.6
47	Scharf, Oliver	1810	GER	−34B	−38N	=86B	+80N	+85B	−70N	−55B	+75N	+76B	4.5	26.5	28.0	10.75	1803	-0.4
48	Stock, Ulrich	1996	GER	+75N	=10B	=8N	−7N	−32B	+73B	F	=25N	=30B	4.0	41.0	44.0	17.50	1965	-5.6
49	Klemm, Guenter	1898	GER	=8N	−18B	+80N	=38N	+55B	−20B	−16N	−63B	+74N	4.0	38.5	41.0	15.00	1834	-12.8
50	Mahnke, Ralf, Dr.	1908	GER	=14B	−4N	=67B	+59N	−20N	=77B	+58N	−28B	=60N	4.0	38.0	41.0	16.00	1884	-6.4
51	Kretschmer, Wolfgang	1806	GER	+42N	=65B	−18N	−19B	+83N	=11B	−26N	−27B	+79N	4.0	38.0	40.0	14.25	1853	+11.0
52	Thomas, Karsten	1663	GER	+38B	=34N	−14B	−45N	+53B	F	−11N	+57B	=55N	4.0	37.0	37.0	16.75	1978	+114.4
53	Appelt, Gerd	1984	GER	−9N	+72B	=20N	−17B	−52N	+83B	+77N	=62B	−27N	4.0	36.5	38.5	13.25	1842	-32.0
54	Willin, Bernhard	1872	GER	=23N	−3B	+60N	=20B	−28N	F	+67B	F	+69N	4.0	36.5	36.5	16.25	2020	+27.0
55	Gollasch, Theo-Heinz	2019	GER	+78N	−22B	+41N	−23B	−49N	=58B	+47N	−40B	=52B	4.0	35.5	38.5	16.00	1846	-38.4
56	Graupner, Thomas	1842	GER	−30N	+81B	+26N	=65B	−17N	−42B	−62N	+72B	=70N	4.0	34.0	36.5	14.50	1860	+6.6
57	Ellerbrock, Manfred	1908	GER	−6B	−85N	+78B	+67N	+46B	−38N	−34B	−52N	+66B	4.0	34.0	35.5	14.50	1797	-25.0
58	Doetzel, Hartwig, Dr.	1847	GER	=7B	−15N	=71B	+88N	−33B	=55N	−50B	+83N	=59B	4.0	34.0	35.0	12.00	1830	-2.0
59	Mishin, Fedor	1857	RUS	−17N	−42B	+84N	−50B	+75N	−44B	=72N	+80B	=58N	4.0	31.5	33.5	11.25	1784	-15.6
60	Hadlich, Winfried	1875	GER	=61B	−25N	−54B	+86N	+74B	=76N	=39B	−64N	=50B	4.0	31.5	33.0	12.25	1848	-3.4
61	Keller, Harald	2023	GER	=60N	+73B	=27N	=64B	=24N	=33B	=19N	F	F	4.0	31.5	31.5	17.50	1967	-10.2
62	Kahn, Peter	1986	GER	+72N	−9B	−32N	−69B	+89N	F	+56B	=53N	=43B	4.0	31.0	31.0	12.75	1881	-21.8
63	Kramell, Ralph F. K.	1808	GER	−65N	−24B	+81N	=41B	−43B	F	+84N	+49N	=31B	4.0	30.5	30.5	13.00	1813	+2.6
64	Barten, Ralf	1953	GER	+87B	−21N	+88B	=61N	−34B	F	=41N	+60B	F	4.0	24.5	24.5	10.75	1910	-2.8
65	Goettfert, Michael, Prof. Dr.	1952	GER	+63B	=51N	=15B	=56N	−8N	=41B	=40N	F	−12B	3.5	38.5	42.5	15.25	1909	-20.0
66	Zimmer, Franz	1724	GER	=28N	=20B	=19N	−24B	−41N	=75B	+73N	=44B	−57N	3.5	37.5	40.5	15.25	1814	+19.6
67	Wuenschmann, Bernd	1881	GER	=18N	−8B	=50N	−57B	=72N	+80B	−54N	+77B	−44N	3.5	35.0	37.5	12.00	1777	-48.0
68	Hannebauer, Torsten	2064	GER	+29B	F	F	−6N	−31B	−43N	+69N	+70B	=28N	3.5	33.5	33.5	14.50	1926	-24.4
69	Dittmar, Markus	1861	GER	−13B	−45N	+79B	+62N	=70B	=39N	−68B	=76N	−54B	3.5	32.5	35.5	12.50	1845	-4.4
70	Keeve, Martin	1885	GER	−22N	+78B	=45B	F	=69N	+47B	−42N	−68N	=56B	3.5	32.5	32.5	13.50	1880	-2.0
71	Scholz, Werner	1789	GER	=20N	−27B	=58N	−44B	−82N	+81B	−74N	+78B	=73N	3.5	31.0	33.0	12.00	1711	-18.0
72	Koehn, Walter	1843	GER	−62B	−53N	−43B	+79N	=67B	=74N	=59B	−56N	+84B	3.5	30.0	32.0	10.25	1735	-26.6
73	Kundt, Guenther, Prof. Dr.	1847	GER	=25B	−61N	−74B	=85N	+78B	−48N	−66B	+84N	=71B	3.5	28.0	29.5	10.00	1687	-35.0
74	Webel, Hartmut	1659	GER	=27N	−28B	+73N	−26B	−60N	=72B	+71B	−46N	−49B	3.0	34.5	38.0	11.25	1762	+42.8
75	Gafke, Manfred	1763	GER	−48B	+43N	−35B	−29N	−59B	=66N	+85N	−47B	=77N	3.0	33.0	34.5	9.25	1681	-20.0
76	Kempe, Rainer, Dr.	1947	GER	−2N	+89B	−23N	+77B	F	=60B	−45N	=69B	−47N	3.0	32.5	32.5	7.75	1828	-27.0
77	Bertram, Thomas	1735	GER	+45B	−13N	−31B	−76N	+88B	=50N	−53B	−67N	=75B	3.0	32.0	33.0	9.00	1740	+0.4
78	Gnichwitz, Uwe	1706	GER	−55B	−70N	−57N	+81B	−73N	+79B	−46B	−71N	+86N	3.0	28.5	30.0	7.00	1648	-30.0
79	Liehr, Guenter	1687	GER	−19N	−40B	−69N	−72B	+86B	−78N	+88B	+85N	−51B	3.0	27.0	28.0	4.00	1610	-37.2
80	Bruehl, Rainer	1517	GER	−31B	=46N	−49B	−47B	+84N	−67N	+81B	−59N	F	2.5	29.5	31.5	6.75	1654	+19.6
81	Bertram, Marina	1454	GER	−35B	−56N	−63B	−78N	+87B	−71N	−80N	+86B	=88N	2.5	24.5	25.5	3.50	1484	-0.4
82	Wagner, Frank	1887	GER	=4B	=14N	−7B	−46N	+71B	−29N	F	F	F	2.0	31.5	31.5	9.50	1863	-5.0
83	Huelle, Gunter	1751	GER	−16N	F	=46B	=43N	−51B	−53N	+86B	−58B	F	2.0	30.5	30.5	6.00	1653	-18.6
84	Weser, Dietmar	1696	GER	−90B	−29N	−59B	+87N	−80B	+88N	−63B	−73B	−72N	2.0	25.0	26.0	2.50	1525	-38.4
85	Stolzenwald, Frank	1602	GER	−26N	+57B	−11N	=73B	−47N	F	−75B	−79B	−87N	1.5	30.5	30.5	5.75	1538	-14.4
86	Rinke, Heiko	1507	GER	−11N	−44B	=47N	−60B	−79N	+87B	−83N	−81N	−78B	1.5	29.5	31.0	3.75	1445	-32.4
87	Winkler, Martina	1442	GER	−64N	−32B	−89N	−84B	−81N	−86N	F	=88B	+85B	1.5	18.0	18.0	2.00	1391	-27.2
88	Goetze, Sibylle	1420	GER	−39B	F	−64N	−58B	−77N	−84B	−79N	=87N	=81B	1.0	24.5	24.5	2.00	1362	-12.8
89	Baensch, Frank	1772	GER	−37B	−76N	+87B	−33N	−62B	F	F	F	F	1.0	17.5	17.5	1.50	1626	-17.0
90	Sicker, Rolf	2001	GER	+84N	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	1.0	5.5	5.5	2.00	2496	+2.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Thomas, KarstenGER
+114.4
4.0 pts · #63
2Webel, HartmutGER
+42.8
3.0 pts · #73
3Bochow, SvenGER
+39.6
4.5 pts · #56

Top rating losers

1Wuenschmann, BerndGER
-48.0
3.5 pts · #70
2Gollasch, Theo-HeinzGER
-38.4
4.0 pts · #53
3Weser, DietmarGER
-38.4
2.0 pts · #83

Biggest upsets

R5+321 Elo gap
Thomas, Karsten1663 beat Appelt, Gerd1984
R6+319 Elo gap
Klokow, John1745 beat Hannebauer, Torsten2064
R2+306 Elo gap
Stolzenwald, Frank1602 beat Ellerbrock, Manfred1908