96. Deutsche Einzelmeisterschaft 2025 Kandidatenturnier

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32 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 17 May 2025 to 23 May 2025 in Muenchen, Germany. 26 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2436, and top seed was Maxim Vavulin (🇩🇪 GER, GM, 2542).

Tobias Kuegel (🇩🇪 GER, IM, 2362) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Georg Braun (6.5) and Hagen Poetsch (6.0). Kuegel shared the lead from round 8 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 8: Andriy Manucharyan (2141) beat Enis Zuferi (FM, 2351), a +210-point gap.

Location

🇩🇪Muenchen, Germany

Dates

17 May 2025 → 23 May 2025

Time control

Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇩🇪GMMaxim Vavulin2542

Avg top 10

2,436

Participants

Titled players · 26

GM×4

IM×7

FM×12

CM×2

WGM×1

Federations · 2 represented

🇩🇪Germany×31

🇷🇴Romania×1

Top 3

🥇
IMTobias Kuegel
🇩🇪GER·2362
7.0pts·2613perf+28.9
🥈
FMGeorg Braun
🇩🇪GER·2385
6.5pts·2526perf+17.6
🥉
GMHagen Poetsch
🇩🇪GER·2484
6.0pts·2536perf+6.1

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

IM Tobias Kuegel led from R9; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R9.

Co-leaders

Kuegel7Braun6.5Vavulin6Gloeckler6Hagner6Poetsch6

R5 · LEADER CHANGE20 May

IM Bennet Hagner takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Tobias Kuegel drew with FM Georg Braun (White).

R2–R4 · WIN STREAK

GM Maxim Vavulin won 3 in a row (R2–R4).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1IMTobias Kuegel	*	½	1	—
2FMGeorg Braun	½	*	—	½
3GMMaxim Vavulin	0	—	*	—
4IMChristian Gloeckler	—	½	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Kuegel, TobiasIM	2362	GER	+25B	−3N	+24B	+19N	=2B	+6N	=4B	+5B	+8N	7.0	43.5	47.0	34.75	2613	+28.9
2	Braun, Georg, Dr.FM	2385	GER	+29N	=7B	+26N	=15B	=1N	=5B	+10N	+3N	=4B	6.5	44.0	47.0	32.25	2526	+17.6
3	Poetsch, HagenGM	2484	GER	+16N	+1B	−5N	+11B	+7N	+4B	=8N	−2B	=6B	6.0	48.0	52.5	34.25	2536	+6.1
4	Hagner, BennetIM	2418	GER	+21N	=11B	+12N	+5B	+6B	−3N	=1N	=8B	=2N	6.0	47.0	51.0	33.00	2526	+12.9
5	Kunin, VitalyGM	2497	GER	+20B	=15N	+3B	−4N	+17B	=2N	+7B	−1N	+12B	6.0	45.5	49.5	31.00	2507	+1.3
6	Vavulin, MaximGM	2542	GER	=14N	+30B	+10N	+9B	−4N	−1B	+16N	+17B	=3N	6.0	43.0	45.5	27.00	2478	-6.4
7	Gloeckler, ChristianIM	2429	GER	+24B	=2N	=19B	+20N	−3B	+11N	−5N	+9B	+15N	6.0	41.0	44.5	27.25	2509	+9.5
8	Krastev, AlexanderIM	2426	GER	−30N	+28B	+21N	=16B	+15N	+9B	=3B	=4N	−1B	5.5	40.0	42.5	24.75	2400	-1.8
9	Hertneck, GeraldGM	2420	GER	+31B	=10N	+17B	−6N	+12B	−8N	+18B	−7N	=13N	5.0	41.5	44.0	21.50	2396	-2.9
10	Spitzl, VinzentFM	2355	GER	+27N	=9B	−6B	=13N	+20B	+19N	−2B	−12N	+22B	5.0	39.5	43.0	20.50	2371	+4.0
11	Besou, HussainIM	2351	GER	+22B	=4N	=15B	−3N	=24B	−7B	=21N	+28N	+20B	5.0	38.0	41.0	20.00	2345	-0.6
12	Miller, EduardFM	2338	GER	=26B	+32N	−4B	+23N	−9N	+21B	=15N	+10B	−5N	5.0	38.0	39.0	18.00	2331	-0.3
13	Kocharin, TimurFM	2324	GER	=32B	−26N	+28B	=10B	=21N	−18N	+23B	+25N	=9B	5.0	32.5	33.5	18.00	2233	-20.4
14	Herbrig, AlexanderFM	2297	GER	=6B	−19N	+32B	−17N	=22B	=20N	=28B	+29N	+25B	5.0	32.0	33.0	16.00	2276	-4.6
15	Garner, Isaac	2399	GER	+18B	=5B	=11N	=2N	−8B	+24N	=12B	=20N	−7B	4.5	42.5	46.0	21.25	2355	-10.4
16	Zackrisson, PeterFM	2288	GER	−3B	+25N	+27B	=8N	−19B	+23N	−6B	+18N	F	4.5	38.0	41.5	18.25	2351	+13.8
17	Koepke, ChristianIM	2328	GER	=28N	+23B	−9N	+14B	−5N	+26B	+19N	−6N	F	4.5	38.0	41.0	18.00	2346	+2.7
18	Ollenberger, RolandFM	2206	GER	−15N	−20N	=25B	+28N	+27B	+13B	−9N	−16B	+24N	4.5	33.5	36.5	16.75	2265	+13.8
19	Zuferi, EnisFM	2351	GER	=23N	+14B	=7N	−1B	+16N	−10B	−17B	−22N	+31B	4.0	40.0	42.5	17.00	2242	-12.7
20	Polster, ChristianFM	2295	GER	−5N	+18B	+30N	−7B	−10N	=14B	+26N	=15B	−11N	4.0	39.5	42.0	15.25	2276	-4.2
21	Voicu-Jagodzinsky, CarmenWGM	2220	ROU	−4B	+22N	−8B	+27N	=13B	−12N	=11B	−24N	+28B	4.0	37.5	40.5	15.50	2234	+3.4
22	Manucharyan, Andriy	2141	GER	−11N	−21B	+29N	=30B	=14N	−25B	+31N	+19B	−10N	4.0	32.0	34.5	13.25	2221	+19.2
23	Sauer, TimCM	2139	GER	=19B	−17N	+31B	−12B	+30N	−16B	−13N	=27N	+29B	4.0	32.0	34.5	11.75	2226	+42.0
24	Pfrommer, ChristophFM	2272	GER	−7N	+29B	−1N	+26B	=11N	−15B	−25N	+21B	−18B	3.5	38.0	41.0	13.00	2189	-10.3
25	Hoppstaedter, DanielFM	2161	GER	−1N	−16B	=18N	+32B	−26N	+22N	+24B	−13B	−14N	3.5	37.0	38.0	10.75	2146	-9.2
26	Saglam, Buelent	2114	GER	=12N	+13B	−2B	−24N	+25B	−17N	−20B	−31B	+32N	3.5	34.5	35.5	12.00	2183	+14.2
27	Philipp, MathiasCM	2159	GER	−10B	+31N	−16N	−21B	−18N	−28N	+32B	=23B	+30N	3.5	30.0	31.0	8.00	2115	-11.8
28	Grossmann, Piet	2063	GER	=17B	−8N	−13N	−18B	+29N	+27B	=14N	−11B	−21N	3.0	37.0	40.0	11.25	2152	+17.2
29	Steffens, OlafFM	2184	GER	−2B	−24N	−22B	+31N	−28B	+32N	+30N	−14B	−23N	3.0	31.0	32.0	6.00	2073	-26.6
30	Lippert, Daniel	2227	GER	+8B	−6N	−20B	=22N	−23B	=31N	−29B	=32N	−27B	2.5	32.5	33.5	9.25	2072	-38.6
31	Maier, AlexanderIM	2226	GER	−9N	−27B	−23N	−29B	+32N	=30B	−22B	+26N	−19N	2.5	29.5	30.5	5.75	2031	-23.7
32	Mueller, Thorsten	2034	GER	=13N	−12B	−14N	−25N	−31B	−29B	−27N	=30B	−26B	1.0	31.0	33.5	3.75	1875	-26.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Sauer, TimCMGER
+42.0
4.0 pts · #19
2Kuegel, TobiasIMGER
+28.9
7.0 pts · #1
3Manucharyan, AndriyGER
+19.2
4.0 pts · #21

Top rating losers

1Lippert, DanielGER
-38.6
2.5 pts · #31
2Mueller, ThorstenGER
-26.6
1.0 pts · #32
3Steffens, OlafFMGER
-26.6
3.0 pts · #28

Biggest upsets

R8+210 Elo gap
Manucharyan, Andriy2141 beat FMZuferi, Enis2351
R2+210 Elo gap
Saglam, Buelent2114 beat FMKocharin, Timur2324
R1+199 Elo gap
Lippert, Daniel2227 beat IMKrastev, Alexander2426