Airport Open 2025
Open SwissStandard
33 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 26 Dec 2025 to 31 Dec 2025 in Oberding, Germany. 3 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2052, and top seed was Thomas Hoefelsauer (🇩🇪 GER, FM, 2292).
Ferdinand Petzelberger (🇩🇪 GER, 2063) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Namik Krasnikov (6.5) and Thomas Hoefelsauer (6.0). Petzelberger shared the lead from round 7 and won solo starting round 8.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Eman P D (1722) beat Jochen Schoellmann (FM, 2175), a +453-point gap.
Location
🇩🇪Oberding, Germany
Dates
26 Dec 2025 → 31 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Titled players · 3
IM×1
FM×2
Federations · 5 represented
🇩🇪Germany×22
🇮🇳India×6
🇺🇦Ukraine×1
🇱🇰Sri Lanka×1
🇮🇪Ireland×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsFerdinand Petzelberger led from R8; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R8.
Co-leaders
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R8 · LEADER CHANGE30 Dec
Ferdinand Petzelberger takes the sole lead (6.5/8).
R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Ferdinand Petzelberger drew with Namik Krasnikov (White).
R3–R6 · WIN STREAK
FM Thomas Hoefelsauer won 4 in a row (R3–R6).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ferdinand Petzelberger | * | ½ | 1 | ½ |
| 2Namik Krasnikov | ½ | * | ½ | 1 |
| 3FMThomas Hoefelsauer | 0 | ½ | * | — |
| 4David Sedlmayr | ½ | 0 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Petzelberger, Ferdinand | 2063 | GER | +24B | +15N | −4B | +31N | +19B | =2B | +8N | +3B | =6N | 7.0 | 42.0 | 44.0 | 31.75 | 2139 | +21.2 |
| 2 | Krasnikov, Namik | 2181 | UKR | +9B | =11N | +6B | +4N | =14B | =1N | =3N | +16B | =5N | 6.5 | 46.0 | 50.5 | 36.25 | 2162 | +1.2 |
| 3 | Hoefelsauer, ThomasFM | 2292 | GER | =5B | =7N | +13B | +22N | +16B | +14N | =2B | −1N | =4B | 6.0 | 45.5 | 49.5 | 30.25 | 2145 | -24.6 |
| 4 | Reich, ThomasIM | 2243 | GER | +18N | =14B | +1N | −2B | =24N | =12B | +9N | +8B | =3N | 6.0 | 44.0 | 47.5 | 31.50 | 2091 | -11.9 |
| 5 | Nikhil T L | 1868 | IND | =3N | =10B | =26N | +23B | −8N | +19N | +22B | +14N | =2B | 6.0 | 39.0 | 42.0 | 26.25 | 1963 | +32.4 |
| 6 | Sedlmayr, David | 2013 | GER | +25N | =26B | −2N | −16B | +27N | +15B | +24N | +12B | =1B | 6.0 | 37.5 | 40.5 | 24.50 | 1944 | -10.2 |
| 7 | Schoellmann, JochenFM | 2175 | GER | −11N | =3B | +23N | −15B | =29N | +18B | +20N | +13B | +10B | 6.0 | 37.0 | 39.5 | 25.75 | 1947 | -34.4 |
| 8 | Bagdia Shourya | 1692 | IND | =21N | +29B | +18N | −14B | +5B | +10N | −1B | −4N | +15N | 5.5 | 41.0 | 43.5 | 24.00 | 1888 | +76.8 |
| 9 | Wolff, Calvin | 1821 | GER | −2N | +20B | =15N | +21B | −12N | +26B | −4B | +22N | +16N | 5.5 | 38.5 | 41.5 | 21.75 | 1873 | +21.2 |
| 10 | Sommer, Stefan | 0 | GER | −26N | =5N | +12B | +29B | +15N | −8B | =16N | +11B | −7N | 5.0 | 39.5 | 42.0 | 22.25 | 1822 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Birke, Dennis | 1812 | GER | +7B | =2B | −14N | −20N | +21B | =13N | +19B | −10N | +23B | 5.0 | 39.0 | 42.5 | 23.25 | 1875 | +10.4 |
| 12 | Kottage, K M Nilash Nethul | 1614 | SRI | +33N | =18B | −10N | +30B | +9B | =4N | =14B | −6N | =17B | 5.0 | 37.5 | 37.5 | 17.00 | 1856 | +64.8 |
| 13 | Tselepidis, Konstantinos | 1748 | GER | −14N | +30B | −3N | =27B | +17N | =11B | +29N | −7N | +19B | 5.0 | 35.5 | 37.5 | 17.00 | 1795 | +6.8 |
| 14 | Gil, Arthur | 1951 | GER | +13B | =4N | +11B | +8N | =2N | −3B | =12N | −5B | F | 4.5 | 45.0 | 45.0 | 24.25 | 1975 | +5.2 |
| 15 | Eman P D | 1722 | IND | +16N | −1B | =9B | +7N | −10B | −6N | +23B | +20N | −8B | 4.5 | 43.5 | 47.0 | 20.75 | 1894 | +66.4 |
| 16 | Mayr, Guenter | 1895 | GER | −15B | +22N | +31B | +6N | −3N | +20B | =10B | −2N | −9B | 4.5 | 41.5 | 43.5 | 18.50 | 1848 | -9.6 |
| 17 | Raghavan, Madhushri | 1503 | GER | =29N | −21B | +28N | −24N | −13B | +30B | =18N | +25B | =12N | 4.5 | 30.5 | 32.5 | 14.25 | 1606 | +30.8 |
| 18 | Novak, Vjekoslav | 1836 | IRL | −4B | =12N | −8B | +25N | =23B | −7N | =17B | +26N | =21B | 4.0 | 38.0 | 41.0 | 15.00 | 1713 | -29.8 |
| 19 | Cogoni, Paolo | 0 | GER | −23N | +28B | +27N | +26B | −1N | −5B | −11N | +30B | −13N | 4.0 | 35.5 | 37.5 | 11.00 | 1619 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Davis, Linus | 1628 | GER | +32B | −9N | =25N | +11B | =26N | −16N | −7B | −15B | +28N | 4.0 | 35.0 | 35.5 | 11.75 | 1666 | +7.6 |
| 21 | Nyrav Gopalakrishnan | 1513 | IND | =8B | +17N | −24B | −9N | −11N | =25B | =27N | +32B | =18N | 4.0 | 34.5 | 35.0 | 13.00 | 1641 | +43.2 |
| 22 | Suryaprakash, Smrithi | 1630 | GER | +28N | −16B | +30N | −3B | +31N | =24B | −5N | −9B | =25N | 4.0 | 34.0 | 36.0 | 10.50 | 1645 | -2.4 |
| 23 | Sadhana S N | 1561 | IND | +19B | =24N | −7B | −5N | =18N | =29B | −15N | +27B | −11N | 3.5 | 36.0 | 38.5 | 12.00 | 1650 | +24.0 |
| 24 | Steuer, Christopher | 1765 | GER | −1N | =23B | +21N | +17B | =4B | =22N | −6B | F | F | 3.5 | 35.0 | 35.0 | 15.25 | 1781 | +0.4 |
| 25 | Kovacs, David | 1759 | GER | −6B | −31N | =20B | −18B | +32N | =21N | +28B | −17N | =22B | 3.5 | 31.5 | 32.0 | 9.50 | 1427 | -116.8 |
| 26 | Straub, Jochen | 1731 | GER | +10B | =6N | =5B | −19N | =20B | −9N | F | −18B | =32N | 3.0 | 35.0 | 35.0 | 13.25 | 1685 | -7.0 |
| 27 | Ito, Sarah | 1638 | GER | −31B | +32N | −19B | =13N | −6B | −28N | =21B | −23N | +30N | 3.0 | 29.5 | 30.0 | 7.00 | 1426 | -56.8 |
| 28 | Falck, Aaron | 0 | GER | −22B | −19N | −17B | +32N | −30N | +27B | −25N | +29B | −20B | 3.0 | 27.5 | 28.0 | 6.00 | 1520 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Kanthaneyan Swaminathan | 1713 | IND | =17B | −8N | +32B | −10N | =7B | =23N | −13B | −28N | F | 2.5 | 33.0 | 33.0 | 7.50 | 1577 | -40.4 |
| 30 | FIDE 533048584 | 0 | — | F | −13N | −22B | −12N | +28B | −17N | +32B | −19N | −27B | 2.0 | 29.0 | 29.0 | 3.50 | 827 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Sedehi, Steven | 1473 | GER | +27N | +25B | −16N | −1B | −22B | F | F | F | F | 2.0 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 6.50 | 1683 | +44.4 |
| 32 | Kovacs, Daniel | 0 | GER | −20N | −27B | −29N | −28B | −25B | F | −30N | −21N | =26B | 0.5 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 1.50 | 1263 | 0.0 |
| 33 | FIDE 533068321 | 0 | — | −12B | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 813 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Bagdia ShouryaIND+76.85.5 pts · #9
- 2Eman P DIND+66.44.5 pts · #11
- 3Kottage, K M Nilash NethulSRI+64.85.0 pts · #19
Top rating losers
- 1Kovacs, DavidGER-116.83.5 pts · #28
- 2Ito, SarahGER-56.83.0 pts · #30
- 3Kanthaneyan SwaminathanIND-40.42.5 pts · #27
Biggest upsets
- R4+453 Elo gap
- R1+363 Elo gap
- R2+286 Elo gap