Deutsche Schach-Amateurmeisterschaft 2024-2025 Finale C

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47 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 17 Jul 2025 to 19 Jul 2025 in Bad Wildungen, Germany. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1986, and top seed was Elman Tariverdiyev (🇩🇪 GER, 2020).

Elman Tariverdiyev (🇩🇪 GER, 2020) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Benjamin Groen (4.0) and Kian Scheidtmann (4.0). Tariverdiyev won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Marcel Schnuecker (1803) beat Bastian Roeder (2014), a +211-point gap.

Location

🇩🇪Bad Wildungen, Germany

Dates

17 Jul 2025 → 19 Jul 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

🇩🇪Elman Tariverdiyev2020

Avg top 10

1,986

Participants

Federations · 2 represented

🇩🇪Germany×45

🇹🇷Turkiye×2

Top 3

🥇
Elman Tariverdiyev
🇩🇪GER·2020
4.5pts·2277perf+50.8
🥈
Benjamin Groen
🇩🇪GER·1927
4.0pts·2165perf+29.6
🥉
Kian Scheidtmann
🇩🇪GER·1940
4.0pts·2175perf+29.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Elman Tariverdiyev led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Tariverdiyev4.5Ozates4Scheidtmann4Brau4Groen4Petzold3.5

R4–R5 · LEAD HELD

Elman Tariverdiyev held the sole lead from R4 through R5 without losing it.

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Elman Tariverdiyev 4 wins (R1–R4)Kian Scheidtmann 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Elman Tariverdiyev	*	—	½	—
2Mert Ozates	—	*	—	—
3Kian Scheidtmann	½	—	*	—
4Luca Brau	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Tariverdiyev, Elman	2020	GER	+32N	+20B	+7N	+6B	=3N	4.5	13.5	15.5	13.50	2277	+50.8
2	Groen, Benjamin	1927	GER	+28N	+38B	=4N	=3B	+11N	4.0	13.5	15.0	11.00	2165	+29.6
3	Scheidtmann, Kian	1940	GER	+35B	+26N	+36B	=2N	=1B	4.0	13.0	15.0	10.75	2175	+29.4
4	Ozates, Mert	1893	TUR	+46B	+18N	=2B	=8N	+12B	4.0	13.0	13.5	9.75	2121	+28.6
5	Brau, Luca	2009	GER	+34N	+10B	−6N	+42B	+17N	4.0	11.0	12.0	8.50	2138	+31.2
6	Petzold, Johannes Julius	1994	GER	+27B	+13N	+5B	−1N	=8B	3.5	15.0	17.5	11.25	2070	+19.6
7	Siemes, Robert	1897	GER	+11N	+12N	−1B	=21B	+22N	3.5	13.0	15.5	9.75	2109	+28.8
8	Hieke, Jonas	1885	GER	+17N	+19B	=22N	=4B	=6N	3.5	12.5	15.0	10.00	2079	+52.4
9	Palme, Holger	1932	GER	=45N	+44B	=33N	=17B	+23N	3.5	7.5	8.0	5.50	2023	+12.2
10	Schnuecker, Marcel	1803	GER	+15B	−5N	=16B	=13N	+36B	3.0	13.0	15.0	8.00	2012	+27.8
11	Teucher, Saskia	1992	GER	−7B	+30N	+27B	+36N	−2B	3.0	12.5	14.5	7.00	1970	-5.6
12	Sasikumar Anitha, Sarvesh	1982	GER	+30N	−7B	+20N	+33B	−4N	3.0	12.5	14.5	7.00	1931	-12.8
13	Guenther, Arthur	1813	GER	+37N	−6B	=32N	=10B	+42N	3.0	10.5	11.5	5.50	1951	+19.0
14	Hilgert, Felix	1923	GER	=25N	+43B	=21N	=22B	=19N	3.0	10.0	11.0	6.00	1997	+10.0
15	Roeder, Bastian	2014	GER	−10N	=34B	+44N	=32B	+33N	3.0	9.0	9.5	4.50	1943	-18.0
16	Roedel, Jannis	1934	GER	−33B	=39N	=10N	+41B	+32N	3.0	8.5	10.0	5.75	1928	-1.2
17	Stosberg, Marc	1923	GER	−8B	+40N	+41B	=9N	−5B	2.5	12.5	14.0	4.75	1886	-4.8
18	Kaplan, Arne	1810	GER	+23N	−4B	=38N	=19B	=25N	2.5	11.5	13.0	5.75	1915	+28.0
19	Davidov, Georgi	1933	GER	+40B	−8N	=24B	=18N	=14B	2.5	11.5	13.0	5.50	1855	-10.8
20	Liehs, Konstantin	1820	GER	+29B	−1N	−12B	=39N	+38N	2.5	11.5	13.0	4.75	1961	+37.2
21	Shanawaz Thabrez, Shahzaib	1901	GER	+39B	=33N	=14B	=7N	−31B	2.5	11.0	12.5	5.75	1894	-2.4
22	Malmstroem, Eva	1905	GER	=44N	+45B	=8B	=14N	−7B	2.5	10.5	11.0	4.00	1890	-4.0
23	Tomi, Emilian	1871	GER	−18B	+46N	=31B	+35N	−9B	2.5	10.5	11.0	3.75	1880	+2.4
24	Thuemler, Floris	1877	GER	−38N	+28B	=19N	=25B	=26B	2.5	10.0	11.5	6.25	1908	+8.4
25	Meinecke, Florian	1972	GER	=14B	=41N	=35B	=24N	=18B	2.5	10.0	11.5	5.75	1880	-12.4
26	Sural, Ceren	1834	TUR	+31N	−3B	−42N	+46B	=24N	2.5	10.0	10.5	4.25	1873	+5.4
27	Arne, Jonas	1878	GER	−6N	+47B	−11N	+43B	=29B	2.5	10.0	10.5	2.75	1941	+17.2
28	Henkemeier, Michael	1894	GER	−2B	−24N	=40B	+44N	+39B	2.5	9.5	10.0	2.75	1882	-1.6
29	Doerge, Sven	1971	GER	−20N	−32B	+47N	+34B	=27N	2.5	9.0	9.5	3.75	1869	-13.8
30	Sikorra, Philipp	1855	GER	−12B	−11B	=37N	+45N	+43B	2.5	9.0	9.5	2.50	1915	+8.0
31	Hoevelmann, Alica	1897	GER	−26B	F	=23N	+38B	+21N	2.5	9.0	9.0	5.25	1973	+15.6
32	Hertel-Mach, Frank	1899	GER	−1B	+29N	=13B	=15N	−16B	2.0	13.5	16.0	5.50	1878	-3.0
33	Ziska, Stephan	1829	GER	+16N	=21B	=9B	−12N	−15B	2.0	12.5	15.0	6.00	1881	+6.4
34	Woynowski, Manfred	1918	GER	−5B	=15N	+45B	−29N	=35B	2.0	11.5	12.0	3.00	1887	-4.6
35	Ulrich, Karl-Heinz	1961	GER	−3N	+37B	=25N	−23B	=34N	2.0	11.0	13.0	4.25	1837	-17.0
36	Kampert, Andreas	1932	GER	+47N	+42B	−3N	−11B	−10N	2.0	11.0	11.5	1.50	1811	-16.8
37	Thuerauf, Peter	1846	GER	−13B	−35N	=30B	=40N	+44B	2.0	9.0	9.5	2.50	1791	-7.8
38	Kaiser, Michael	1907	GER	+24B	−2N	=18B	−31N	−20B	1.5	11.5	14.0	3.75	1717	-25.4
39	Motzer, Heinrich, Dr.	1923	GER	−21N	=16B	=43N	=20B	−28N	1.5	10.5	11.5	3.25	1743	-24.2
40	Ploeger, Marc Andre	1779	GER	−19N	−17B	=28N	=37B	=41N	1.5	9.5	11.0	3.00	1736	-5.6
41	Bodling, Florian	1829	GER	=43N	=25B	−17N	−16N	=40B	1.5	9.5	10.5	2.50	1755	-9.8
42	Baechler, Andreas	1847	GER	F	−36N	+26B	−5N	−13B	1.0	11.5	11.5	2.50	1704	-14.8
43	Noack, Mario	1912	GER	=41B	−14N	=39B	−27N	−30N	1.0	9.5	11.0	1.50	1642	-34.2
44	Domroese, Michael	1904	GER	=22B	−9N	−15B	−28B	−37N	0.5	11.5	13.5	1.25	1552	-38.0
45	Hamann, Martin	1841	GER	=9B	−22N	−34N	−30B	F	0.5	10.5	10.5	1.75	1581	-23.2
46	Steuer, Christopher	1802	GER	−4N	−23B	F	−26N	=47B	0.5	9.5	9.5	0.25	1535	-24.0
47	Balhar, Michael	1831	GER	−36B	−27N	−29B	F	=46N	0.5	7.5	7.5	0.25	1574	-22.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Hieke, JonasGER
+52.4
3.5 pts · #8
2Tariverdiyev, ElmanGER
+50.8
4.5 pts · #1
3Liehs, KonstantinGER
+37.2
2.5 pts · #29

Top rating losers

1Domroese, MichaelGER
-38.0
0.5 pts · #44
2Noack, MarioGER
-34.2
1.0 pts · #43
3Kaiser, MichaelGER
-25.4
1.5 pts · #39

Biggest upsets

R1+211 Elo gap
Schnuecker, Marcel1803 beat Roeder, Bastian2014
R1+151 Elo gap
Liehs, Konstantin1820 beat Doerge, Sven1971
R5+129 Elo gap
Schnuecker, Marcel1803 beat Kampert, Andreas1932