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Schach-Open Seniorenfoerderkreis 2025 UE 75

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27 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 17 Nov 2025 to 23 Nov 2025 in Bad Soden-Salmuenster, Germany. 3 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1975, and top seed was Gottfried Braun (🇩🇪 GER, FM, 2165).

Tim D Harding (🇮🇪 IRL, CM, 2010) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Reinhard Zunker (5.5) and Gottfried Braun (5.0). Harding shared the lead from round 5, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Wolfgang Langbein (1490) beat Ilja Nemoj (1854), a +364-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
🇩🇪FMGottfried Braun2165
Avg top 10
1,975
Participants
27
Titled players · 3
FM×2
CM×1
Federations · 3 represented
🇩🇪Germany×25
🇮🇪Ireland×1
🇧🇾Belarus×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R7; 2 players tied at 5.5/7, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
12
4
2
1
2
2
2
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Zunker5.5Harding5.5Taube5Braun5Vasiljev4.5Pews4.5
R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.5/7. Harding takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (28.5).

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Reinhard Zunker drew with CM Tim D Harding (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

FM Reinhard Zunker 3 wins (R3–R5)CM Tim D Harding 3 wins (R3–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FMReinhard Zunker*
½
1
½
2CMTim D Harding
½
*
½
1
3Hubertus Taube
0
½
*—
4FMGottfried Braun
½
0
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Harding, Tim DCM2010IRL+6N=5B+9N+12B+3N=2B=4N5.528.531.524.002145+23.4
2Zunker, Reinhard, Dr.FM1978GER+12N=9B+22N+4N+13B=1N=3B5.525.527.520.252180+34.6
3Braun, Gottfried, Dr.FM2165GER+16B+22N+11B+13N−1B=8B=2N5.025.027.016.502083-11.2
4Taube, Hubertus2031GER=23N+20B+5N−2B+14N+11N=1B5.024.526.517.252028+1.8
5Schroeder, Klaus1843GER+25B=1N−4B=14N+15B+12N=8B4.524.025.013.501942+19.4
6Pews, Kristine1799GER−1B+21N+27B−11N=7N+14B+16N4.521.522.511.251927+25.2
7Vasiljev, Jurij2030GER−14B=17N=15B+10N=6B+21N+12B4.520.522.514.251871-24.2
8Ellerbrock, Manfred1883GER+21B+27N−13N+20B=11B=3N=5N4.520.521.512.001931+11.4
9Bars, Joachim1836GER+26B=2N−1B=16N+27B+13NF4.019.019.09.251932+17.6
10Kurpiela, Franz1840GER+24N−13B−20N−7B+26N+25B+15N4.016.017.07.001801-4.8
11Fleuch, Hans-Juergen1918GER+17B+14N−3N+6B=8N−4BF3.525.025.012.751961+7.2
12Thielemann, Joachim1755GER−2B+25N+18B−1N+16B−5B−7N3.026.027.07.001837+12.8
13Kienzler, Werner1995GER+15B+10N+8B−3B−2N−9BF3.026.026.011.501912-26.4
14Beisinghoff, Rudolf1808GER+7N−11B+26N=5B−4B−6N=23B3.024.025.08.751804-1.2
15Mainka, Walter1767GER−13N+24B=7N=19B−5N+18N−10B3.022.024.08.751782+2.8
16Fitzke, Ulrich1835GER−3N=19B+23N=9B−12N+20N−6B3.022.024.08.001768-14.6
17Schwichtenberg, Juergen1735GER−11N=7B−19N=25B=23N+22B=21B3.017.018.06.7517450.0
18Heimberg, Guenter1885GER−20N+23B−12N+26B−19N−15B+25N3.014.515.54.001643-43.4
19Thonig, Manfred1634GER−22B=16N+17B=15N+18BFF3.014.014.09.001887+33.4
20Koellmer, Hans1711GER+18B−4N+10B−8N−21N−16B=24B2.521.523.58.001720-0.6
21Wraga, Hermann1681GER−8N−6B=25NF+20B−7B=17N2.020.020.04.501672-3.0
22Nemoj, Ilja1854GER+19N−3B−2B−27N=24B−17N=26N2.019.520.54.501575-50.0
23Lekakh, Mikhail1823BLR=4B−18N−16B=24N=17BF=14N2.019.019.06.501690-21.0
24Bierwald, Martin1597GER−10B−15NF=23B=22N=26B=20N2.014.514.53.751630+4.0
25Pos, Joshua1626GER−5N−12B=21B=17NF−10N−18B1.019.519.52.501517-14.4
26Luebbers, Doris, Dr.1533GER−9NF−14B−18N−10B=24N=22B1.018.018.02.001530-2.0
27Langbein, Wolfgang, Dr.1490GERF−8B−6N+22B−9NFF1.015.015.02.001650+11.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets