Deutsche Schach-Amateurmeisterschaft 2024-2025 Q7 E

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87 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 23 May 2025 to 25 May 2025 in Travemuende, Germany. Top 10 Elo average was 1809, and top seed was Karl-Heinz Bartsch (🇩🇪 GER, 1875).

Joshua Tietjen (🇩🇪 GER, 1825) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Christopher Luthardt (4.0) and Liz Eitel (4.0). Tietjen shared the lead from round 4 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Aran Yueksel (1504) beat Kerstin Wolter (1753), a +249-point gap.

Location

🇩🇪Travemuende, Germany

Dates

23 May 2025 → 25 May 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes for first 40 moves and 15 min. for the rest of the game with 30 sec. increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇩🇪Karl-Heinz Bartsch1875

Avg top 10

1,809

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇩🇪Germany×87

Top 3

🥇
Joshua Tietjen
🇩🇪GER·1825
4.5pts·2065perf+23.2
🥈
Christopher Luthardt
🇩🇪GER·1723
4.0pts·1908perf+22.4
🥉
Liz Eitel
🇩🇪GER·1682
4.0pts·1938perf+53.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Joshua Tietjen led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Tietjen4.5Boldt4Luthardt4Weiner4Karthick Eswaran4Eitel4— ex-leaders:Schenkled R3, #13

R5 · LEADER CHANGE25 May

Joshua Tietjen takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Joshua Tietjen 3 wins (R3–R5)Manfred Boldt 4 wins (R2–R5)

R3 · LATE SURGE

Manfred Boldt was #12 at R3, climbed to #2 over the final stretch.

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Tietjen, Joshua	1825	GER	+41N	=3B	+42N	+9B	+33N	4.5	12.5	15.0	13.00	2065	+23.2
2	Luthardt, Christopher	1723	GER	+59N	+27B	=7N	+34B	=3N	4.0	13.0	15.0	11.25	1908	+22.4
3	Eitel, Liz	1682	GER	+66B	=1N	+55B	+48N	=2B	4.0	13.0	15.0	10.75	1938	+53.6
4	Karthick Eswaran, Aditya	1766	GER	+54B	=19N	=20B	+36N	+18B	4.0	11.5	13.5	10.50	1849	+16.8
5	Weiner, Timon Liam	1625	GER	+81N	−7B	+39N	+43B	+23N	4.0	11.5	12.5	9.00	1890	+67.2
6	Boldt, Manfred	1826	GER	−51B	+80N	+54B	+26N	+19B	4.0	10.0	11.0	9.00	1857	+3.6
7	Schoppe, Gottfried	1678	GER	+21B	+5N	=2B	=18N	=10B	3.5	14.5	17.5	12.25	1880	+21.0
8	Schenk, Quentin Alexander	1547	GER	+68N	+70B	+13N	−12B	=17N	3.5	12.5	14.0	8.75	1902	+91.6
9	Friedel, Thomas	1709	GER	=64B	+45N	+25B	−1N	+72B	3.5	12.0	13.5	8.00	1821	+11.8
10	Noack, Benjamin	1672	GER	=24N	=49B	+62N	+44B	=7N	3.5	11.5	13.5	9.00	1797	+18.0
11	Neldner, Moritz	1781	GER	=31B	+29N	−18B	+53B	+35N	3.5	11.5	13.5	9.00	2098	+55.6
12	Bartsch, Karl-Heinz	1875	GER	+75B	=52N	+38B	+8N	−14B	3.5	11.5	13.0	8.50	1774	-20.0
13	Karlinder, Lovis Neo	1755	GER	+61B	=38N	−8B	+41N	+34B	3.5	11.0	13.0	8.25	1814	+16.0
14	Burchardi, Helena	1737	GER	+83B	+47N	F	=33B	+12N	3.5	11.0	12.0	8.25	2086	+62.8
15	Hoefig, Matthias	0	GER	+43N	+35B	F	=20N	+37B	3.5	10.5	13.0	9.00	1762	0.0
16	Pavlov, Dmitriy	1625	GER	=35N	=53B	=22N	+56B	+40N	3.5	10.0	12.0	8.25	1913	+38.6
17	Tode, Heinz	1629	GER	=69B	+65N	=52B	+51N	=8B	3.5	9.5	11.0	7.50	1754	+34.0
18	Neufeind, Thomas	0	GER	+67N	=39B	+11N	=7B	−4N	3.0	13.5	15.5	8.50	1717	0.0
19	Nuesken, Norbert	1621	GER	+63N	=4B	+56N	=40B	−6N	3.0	12.5	14.5	7.25	1830	+28.0
20	Maly, Wolfgang	1741	GER	=62N	+71B	=4N	=15B	=24N	3.0	12.5	14.0	7.75	1747	+0.4
21	Wohlrabe, Joerg	1736	GER	−7N	+32B	+59N	+57B	F	3.0	11.5	13.5	7.00	1817	+8.0
22	Maly, Jens-Peter	1814	GER	=65B	=26N	=16B	+69N	=25B	3.0	11.5	13.0	7.25	1754	-7.6
23	Bogacz, Ralph	1672	GER	=45B	=69N	+30B	+52N	−5B	3.0	11.5	13.0	7.00	1701	+4.4
24	Ehrich, Dieter	1646	GER	=10B	=58N	+73B	=37N	=20B	3.0	11.0	12.5	7.00	1780	+18.6
25	Hirsch, Moritz	1703	GER	+77N	=56B	−9N	+42B	=22N	3.0	11.0	12.5	6.50	1818	+31.6
26	Paetsch, Frank	1711	GER	=53N	=22B	+70N	−6B	+63N	3.0	11.0	12.5	6.00	1835	+17.2
27	Simmon, Norbert	1650	GER	+50B	−2N	−37B	+73N	+58B	3.0	11.0	12.5	6.00	1792	+19.4
28	Subenko, Alexander	1656	GER	−34B	+61N	+47B	+55N	F	3.0	10.0	12.0	6.50	1932	+58.0
29	Rademacher, Uwe	1830	GER	=60N	−11B	+76N	=46B	+51B	3.0	10.0	11.5	5.75	1732	-24.0
30	Obermann, Jonas	1620	GER	+40N	−33B	−23N	+84B	+68N	3.0	10.0	11.0	5.50	1796	+48.4
31	Lammich, David	1731	GER	=11N	=60B	−51N	+71B	+57N	3.0	9.5	11.0	6.25	1744	+3.6
32	Faust, Moritz	1551	GER	−48B	−21N	+82B	+80N	+52B	3.0	8.5	9.5	4.00	1815	+54.8
33	Ziebegk, Marcel	1705	GER	+85B	+30N	F	=14N	−1B	2.5	14.5	15.0	5.25	1819	+12.0
34	Heidrich, Detlef	1733	GER	+28N	+72B	=48B	−2N	−13N	2.5	13.0	14.5	5.75	1586	-11.8
35	Stoeter, Uwe	1733	GER	=16B	−15N	+78B	+60N	−11B	2.5	12.5	14.0	5.25	1775	+4.2
36	Zickler, Ralf	1663	GER	+82N	+44B	F	−4B	=39N	2.5	12.5	13.5	4.75	1747	+8.8
37	Betz, Niclas	1658	GER	=46N	=57B	+27N	=24B	−15N	2.5	12.0	14.0	6.75	1751	+19.6
38	Koenigs, Paul	1702	GER	+76N	=13B	−12N	=39B	=44N	2.5	12.0	13.5	5.75	1673	-4.0
39	Ruddat, Maila	1543	GER	+79B	=18N	−5B	=38N	=36B	2.5	12.0	13.5	5.50	1684	+29.6
40	Leonidas, Robert	1729	GER	−30B	+85N	+49B	=19N	−16B	2.5	12.0	12.5	4.50	1670	-16.4
41	Weiner, Marc	1681	GER	−1B	+66N	=72N	−13B	+70N	2.5	11.5	13.0	4.25	1735	+11.6
42	Stolcz, Frank	1720	GER	=80B	+64N	−1B	−25N	+69B	2.5	11.0	12.0	4.00	1681	-5.2
43	Richter, Andre	1675	GER	−15B	+82N	+86B	−5N	=45B	2.5	11.0	11.0	2.25	1728	+10.8
44	Schenk, Michael	1599	GER	+74B	−36N	+58B	−10N	=38B	2.5	10.5	12.0	4.75	1694	+13.2
45	Schilke, Juergen	1721	GER	=23N	−9B	=84N	+74B	=43N	2.5	10.5	11.5	4.75	1706	-4.4
46	Baumann, Bettina	1659	GER	=37B	−55N	+74B	=29N	=50B	2.5	10.0	11.5	5.50	1752	+12.8
47	Dinse, Michael	1744	GER	+86N	−14B	−28N	=67B	+71N	2.5	10.0	10.0	2.50	1648	-12.4
48	Hannemann, Steven	0	GER	+32N	+51B	=34N	−3B	—	2.5	9.5	11.5	6.25	1663	0.0
49	Schindel, Volker	1768	GER	=58B	=10N	−40N	=70B	+77N	2.5	9.5	11.0	5.00	1711	-15.2
50	Wulf, Doris	1737	GER	−27N	+81B	−57N	+59B	=46N	2.5	9.5	10.5	4.25	1651	-11.8
51	Sonsalla, Stefan	1604	GER	+6N	−48N	+31B	−17B	−29N	2.0	13.5	16.0	7.00	1754	+15.2
52	Yueksel, Aran	1504	GER	+84N	=12B	=17N	−23B	−32N	2.0	13.0	14.0	4.50	1624	+26.8
53	Beyer, Michael	1752	GER	=26B	=16N	=60B	−11N	=61B	2.0	12.0	14.0	5.25	1616	-18.6
54	Hoffmann, Steffen	1597	GER	−4N	+63B	−6N	+76B	−66N	2.0	12.0	13.5	3.50	1624	+3.0
55	Gilgenbach, Klaus-Dieter	1816	GER	=57N	+46B	−3N	−28B	=67N	2.0	11.5	13.5	4.50	1604	-57.6
56	Brakelmann, Peter	1790	GER	+87B	=25N	−19B	−16N	=60B	2.0	11.5	11.5	2.50	1576	-28.8
57	Hartlep, Michael, Dr.	1669	GER	=55B	=37N	+50B	−21N	−31B	2.0	11.0	13.0	4.75	1664	-1.0
58	Fuchs, Andreas	1724	GER	=49N	=24B	−44N	+81B	−27N	2.0	11.0	12.0	3.75	1597	-17.6
59	Ikwuka, Godsfavour Adeyi	1596	GER	−2B	+79N	−21B	−50N	+80B	2.0	11.0	12.0	2.50	1626	+7.2
60	Bergmann, Thomas	1662	GER	=29B	=31N	=53N	−35B	=56N	2.0	10.5	12.5	5.00	1695	+8.4
61	Zivier, Ezra, Dr.	1662	GER	−13N	−28B	+85N	=62B	=53N	2.0	10.5	11.0	2.50	1613	-6.8
62	Bruns, Hans-Heiko	1549	GER	=20B	=73N	−10B	=61N	=79B	2.0	10.0	11.5	4.00	1641	+22.8
63	Oberberg, Max	1678	GER	−19B	−54N	+64B	+75N	−26B	2.0	10.0	11.5	3.50	1571	-14.6
64	Fischer, Bastian	1653	GER	=9N	−42B	−63N	=65N	+83B	2.0	10.0	11.0	3.75	1623	-4.2
65	Hollatz, Jens	1694	GER	=22N	−17B	−71N	=64B	+86B	2.0	10.0	10.0	2.50	1573	-33.2
66	Loeffelholz, Simon	1615	GER	−3N	−41B	F	+83N	+54B	2.0	9.5	9.5	3.00	1659	+9.2
67	Kahrs, Hans-Erich	1716	GER	−18B	=74N	=75B	=47N	=55B	2.0	9.0	10.5	3.75	1729	+3.2
68	Watermann, Bernd	1760	GER	−8B	=78N	=80B	+86N	−30B	2.0	9.0	9.0	1.25	1499	-34.2
69	Reichert, Lutz	1677	GER	=17N	=23B	=77N	−22B	−42N	1.5	12.0	13.5	4.00	1557	-16.2
70	Kollath, Leno	1745	GER	+78B	−8N	−26B	=49N	−41B	1.5	11.5	13.0	2.75	1523	-60.0
71	Hemker, Christoph	1645	GER	=73B	−20N	+65B	−31N	−47B	1.5	10.5	12.0	2.75	1584	-8.0
72	Ukena, Riko	0	GER	F	−34N	=41B	+77B	−9N	1.5	10.0	10.0	2.75	1618	0.0
73	Basedow, Marc	1757	GER	=71N	=62B	−24N	−27B	=78N	1.5	9.5	11.0	2.50	1480	-74.0
74	Wiedermann, Uwe	1721	GER	−44N	=67B	−46N	−45N	+85B	1.5	9.5	10.0	1.50	1533	-25.6
75	Hammel, Jens	1634	GER	−12N	=84B	=67N	−63B	=76N	1.5	9.0	10.0	2.25	1574	-8.6
76	Loeffelholz, Jonas	1594	GER	−38B	+83N	−29B	−54N	=75B	1.5	9.0	10.0	1.75	1539	-15.2
77	Wiedemann, Thilo	1695	GER	−25B	+87N	=69B	−72N	−49B	1.5	8.5	8.5	0.75	1608	-10.2
78	Muench, Sebastian	1653	GER	−70N	=68B	−35N	=85B	=73B	1.5	7.5	8.0	2.00	1593	-15.6
79	Gast, Volker	1745	GER	−39N	−59B	−81N	+87B	=62N	1.5	7.5	7.5	1.00	1451	-78.4
80	Schoening, Leopold	1550	GER	=42N	−6B	=68N	−32B	−59N	1.0	11.5	13.5	2.25	1451	-24.0
81	Tschirswitz, Stefan	1680	GER	−5B	−50N	+79B	−58N	−82B	1.0	10.0	11.0	1.50	1466	-26.4
82	Zamfirescu, Cosmin	1699	GER	−36B	−43B	−32N	F	+81N	1.0	9.0	9.0	1.00	1449	-52.4
83	Yueksel, Anja	1677	GER	−14N	−76B	+87N	−66B	−64N	1.0	9.0	9.0	0.00	1406	-34.0
84	Wolter, Kerstin	1753	GER	−52B	=75N	=45B	−30N	—	1.0	7.5	9.0	2.00	1427	-33.8
85	Doehne, Ralf	1714	GER	−33N	−40B	−61B	=78N	−74N	0.5	8.5	10.0	0.75	1328	-85.2
86	Hausberg, Volkmar-Dirk, Dr.	1485	GER	−47B	F	−43N	−68B	−65N	0.0	9.0	9.0	0.00	918	-33.2
87	Reinecke, Gerd, Dr.	1631	GER	−56N	−77B	−83B	−79N	—	0.0	5.0	6.0	0.00	927	-29.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Schenk, Quentin AlexanderGER
+91.6
3.5 pts · #13
2Weiner, Timon LiamGER
+67.2
4.0 pts · #4
3Burchardi, HelenaGER
+62.8
3.5 pts · #9

Top rating losers

1Doehne, RalfGER
-85.2
0.5 pts · #85
2Gast, VolkerGER
-78.4
1.5 pts · #75
3Basedow, MarcGER
-74.0
1.5 pts · #72

Biggest upsets

R1+249 Elo gap
Yueksel, Aran1504 beat Wolter, Kerstin1753
R1+222 Elo gap
Sonsalla, Stefan1604 beat Boldt, Manfred1826
R1+213 Elo gap
Schenk, Quentin Alexander1547 beat Watermann, Bernd1760