Tournament report
This week’s rating swings: Stachel leads the way with an 86-point gain
Abbe Stachel leads this week’s rating movers. See the biggest gains across Open, Masters, Juniors, and Damen divisions.
Who made a move this week? Stachel leads the swings
Abbe Stachel had the week’s biggest jump, gaining 86 points in Junioren 18. Open had the busiest battle among the movers: Sascha Weiß (+41), Luca Barth (+36), Patrick Brinkert (+25), Torben Casser (+22) and Daniel Strauß (+21) all made big gains.
There were strong weeks across the age groups, too. Alexander Sonsalla rose 16 points in Master 40, Thomas Lais added 14 in Master 65, and Simone Manz gained 19 in Damen.
The week’s division movers
- Damen: Simone Manz +19, Anna Mansfeld +12, Julia Krippendorf +9, Simone Bentlage +6, Linde Humme +4
- Damen Master 40: Anja Kurio +10
- Damen Master 55: Ulrike Bachinger +5
- Junioren 18: Abbe Stachel +86, Aik Kurio +3
- Master 40: Alexander Sonsalla +16, Florian Limper +12, Christian Caßebaum +11, Christian Krause +10, Ricky Schönfeld +9
- Master 50: Thomas Motta +10, Ulf Koppetsch +3, Marco Rühl +2, Markus Hybl +2, Frank Deubel +2
- Master 55: Elmar Bode +4, Dirk Elze +4, Dirk Balduhn +2, Jörg Gewing +2, Jürgen Grünauer +1
- Master 60: Dietmar Köhnlein +7, Karl-Heinz Warnke +5, Guido Albrecht +4, Oliver Syré +2, Dirk Haase +1
- Master 65: Thomas Lais +14, Michael Lambur +5, Michael Jüngling +2
- Master 70: Dieter Salmen +2, Hermann Huckert +1
- Open: Sascha Weiß +41, Luca Barth +36, Patrick Brinkert +25, Torben Casser +22, Daniel Strauß +21
No rating gains were recorded this week in Damen Master 50, Damen Master 60, Damen Master 65, Damen Master 70 or Juniorinnen 18.
Top-10 players with a rating dip
Among players currently ranked in their division’s top 10, ratings dipped for Linda Günther (-13) in Juniorinnen 18, Klaus Kattwinkel (-5) in Master 55, Dennis Possen (-3) in Master 40, and Yannick Meschede (-3) and Samuel Tetzlaff Calamonte (-3) in Junioren 18. Alexander Müller (-2) in Master 55, Rudolf Haag (-2) in Master 70, and Valentin Reitemann (-1) in Junioren 18 also remain among their division’s top 10.
Division leaders
At the top of the ratings, Timo Hartmann leads Open at 1,046, with Simon Lizotte next at 1,042. Alexander Sonsalla leads Master 40 at 1,005, and Frederik Faber tops Junioren 18 at 997.