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Schach-Open Seniorenfoerderkreis 2025 UE 50

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14 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 17 Nov 2025 to 23 Nov 2025 in Bad Soden-Salmuenster, Germany. 1 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1965, and top seed was Christian Schatz (🇩🇪 GER, CM, 2127).

Christian Schatz (🇩🇪 GER, CM, 2127) won with 5.0/7, ahead of Andreas Schaefers (5.0) and Stefan Schulte (4.5). Schatz shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Luuk Hoogeveen (1709) beat Matthias Schmidt (1996), a +287-point gap.

Location
🇩🇪Bad Soden-Salmuenster, Germany
Dates
17 Nov 2025 → 23 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇩🇪CMChristian Schatz2127
Avg top 10
1,965
Participants
14
Titled players · 1
CM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇩🇪Germany×12
🇳🇱Netherlands×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R7; 2 players tied at 5.0/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
7
2
3
2
2
2
2
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Schatz5Schaefers5Litfin4.5Schulte4.5Kuepper4Schmidt3.5
R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.0/7. Schatz takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (24.0).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

CM Christian Schatz drew with Andreas Schaefers (White).

R5–R7 · WIN STREAK

Boris Litfin won 3 in a row (R5–R7).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1CMChristian Schatz*
½
—
½
2Andreas Schaefers
½
*—
1
3Boris Litfin——*—
4Stefan Schulte
½
0
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Schatz, ChristianCM2127GER+5B+8N=2B+10N=6B=7B=3N5.024.026.017.752103-1.4
2Schaefers, Andreas1958GER+11N+6B=1N+3B=7N=8B=5N5.024.025.017.002135+28.2
3Schulte, Stefan1936GER+12B=7N+9B−2N=8B+6N=1B4.524.025.014.002091+26.0
4Litfin, Boris1868GER+9B−5N=8B−7N+11B+10N+6B4.520.021.011.752017+24.8
5Kuepper, Martin1931GER−1N+4B+13N−6B=9B+11N=2B4.022.523.510.751951+3.8
6Stahr, Ralf-Peter2044GER+10B−2N+7B+5N=1N−3B−4N3.526.528.512.001936-19.0
7Sicars, Thorsten2023GER+13N=3B−6N+4B=2B=1NF3.523.524.512.751988-3.0
8Schmidt, Matthias1996GER+14B−1B=4N+13B=3N=2N−10B3.522.022.08.001843-24.6
9Hohlbein, Michael2058GER−4N+14B−3N+11B=5N+12BF3.515.015.04.001761-30.2
10Hoogeveen, Luuk1709NED−6N+11BF−1B−12N−4B+8N2.018.518.54.501812+7.0
11FIDE 346626000—−2B−10N+12B−9N−4N−5BF1.020.020.01.0011050.0
12Gaudl, Kai-Uwe0GER−3N−13B−11NF+10B−9NF1.015.515.52.0016460.0
13Ehrich, Dieter1653GER−7B+12N−5B−8NFFF1.012.012.01.001183-7.8
14Heid, Magdalene1647GER−8N−9NFFFFF0.09.09.00.001222-3.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets