Deutsche Schach-Amateurmeisterschaft 2024-2025 Finale D

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44 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 17 Jul 2025 to 19 Jul 2025 in Bad Wildungen, Germany. 1 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1909, and top seed was Felix Richter (🇩🇪 GER, 1949).

Lilian Schirmbeck (🇩🇪 GER, WCM, 1879) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Anton Pflug (4.0) and Conan Sasse (4.0). Schirmbeck broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Leo Kessler (1735) beat Henrik Andersen (1881), a +146-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

🇩🇪Felix Richter1949

Avg top 10

1,909

Participants

Titled players · 1

WCM×1

Federations · 2 represented

🇩🇪Germany×43

🇧🇷Brazil×1

Top 3

🥇
WCMLilian Schirmbeck
🇩🇪GER·1879
4.5pts·2234perf+77.2
🥈
Anton Pflug
🇩🇪GER·1828
4.0pts·2088perf+65.2
🥉
Conan Sasse
🇩🇪GER·1862
4.0pts·2068perf+50.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

WCM Lilian Schirmbeck 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

Schirmbeck4.5Sviridov4Barsov4Pflug4Sasse4Hamann3.5

R5–R5 · LEAD HELD

WCM Lilian Schirmbeck held the sole lead from R5 through R5 without losing it.

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

WCM Lilian Schirmbeck 3 wins (R1–R3)Vitaliy Sviridov 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1WCMLilian Schirmbeck	*	—	—	—
2Vitaliy Sviridov	—	*	1	0
3Mikhail Barsov	—	0	*	—
4Anton Pflug	—	1	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Schirmbeck, LilianWCM	1879	GER	+18B	+20N	+7B	=3N	+6B	4.5	13.5	16.0	14.00	2234	+77.2
2	Pflug, Anton	1828	GER	+44B	+15N	=6B	+4N	=3B	4.0	14.5	15.5	11.75	2088	+65.2
3	Sasse, Conan	1862	GER	+41N	+11B	+13N	=1B	=2N	4.0	14.5	15.5	11.25	2068	+50.4
4	Sviridov, Vitaliy	1793	GER	+40N	+10B	+5N	−2B	+13N	4.0	14.0	15.0	11.00	2106	+39.8
5	Barsov, Mikhail	1859	GER	+21B	+34N	−4B	+20N	+14B	4.0	12.0	13.5	9.50	2051	+46.4
6	Koberstein, Simon	1900	GER	+19N	+29B	=2N	+12B	−1N	3.5	14.0	16.0	9.50	1973	+19.6
7	Hamann, Friedrich	1794	GER	+32N	+28B	−1N	+24B	=12N	3.5	12.5	14.5	8.50	1961	+44.4
8	Bergmann, Rafael Antonio	1796	GER	−10N	+40B	+29N	=11B	+18N	3.5	10.5	11.5	7.00	2032	+63.6
9	Kaemmerer, Leon	1832	GER	=23N	=36B	+42N	=18B	+19N	3.5	9.0	10.0	6.75	1983	+40.8
10	Gorzedowski, Jan Gregor	1925	GER	+8B	−4N	+17B	−14N	+31B	3.0	13.5	15.5	8.50	1891	-9.2
11	Doehn, Friedemann	1795	GER	+14B	−3N	+35B	=8N	=16B	3.0	13.5	15.0	7.75	1889	+13.0
12	Kessler, Leo	1735	GER	=17B	+25N	+26B	−6N	=7B	3.0	12.5	15.0	8.25	1928	+53.2
13	Sander, Tino	1788	GER	+31B	+35N	−3B	+30N	−4B	3.0	12.0	13.5	5.50	1897	+30.4
14	Rieck, Timo	1823	GER	−11N	+41B	+38N	+10B	−5N	3.0	11.5	12.5	5.50	1943	+16.6
15	Richter, Felix	1949	GER	+42N	−2B	−19N	+23B	+30N	3.0	11.0	12.0	5.50	1882	-16.8
16	Lauenstein, Nico	1826	GER	=24N	+23B	=22N	=19B	=11N	3.0	10.5	13.0	7.75	1911	+24.0
17	Rippin, Gerd, Dr.	1824	GER	=12N	=22B	−10N	+32B	+29N	3.0	10.5	12.5	6.75	1913	+24.8
18	Boettcher, Erik	1915	GER	−1N	+33B	+37N	=9N	−8B	2.5	13.5	15.0	5.25	1797	-31.2
19	Merth, Philipp	1833	GER	−6B	+39N	+15B	=16N	−9B	2.5	13.0	14.5	6.00	1850	+4.8
20	Enneking, Hermann	1870	GER	+33N	−1B	+36N	−5B	=27N	2.5	13.0	14.5	4.75	1834	-4.8
21	Liau, Kelly	1773	GER	−5N	=27B	=25N	+37B	=22N	2.5	11.5	13.0	5.25	1824	+7.0
22	Schlierf, Andre	1904	GER	=25B	=17N	=16B	=26N	=21B	2.5	11.0	13.5	6.75	1836	-9.2
23	Vaz da Cruz, Vinicius	1837	BRA	=9B	−16N	+43B	−15N	+34B	2.5	11.0	12.0	4.25	1842	+0.6
24	Raghavan, Badrinarayanan, Dr.	1825	GER	=16B	=43N	+34B	−7N	=26B	2.5	10.5	11.5	4.75	1821	-0.4
25	Andersen, Henrik	1881	GER	=22N	−12B	=21B	=34N	+35B	2.5	9.5	11.0	4.75	1797	-23.2
26	Sniegowski, Richard	1878	GER	=36N	+37B	−12N	=22B	=24N	2.5	9.5	11.0	4.75	1805	-20.4
27	Wahono, Richard	1783	GER	−34B	=21N	=31B	+44N	=20B	2.5	8.5	9.5	4.50	1807	+3.4
28	Bagusat, Thomas	1827	GER	+43B	−7N	−30B	=35N	+40B	2.5	8.0	9.0	2.75	1829	+0.4
29	Salachov, Achmat	1847	GER	+39B	−6N	−8B	+36N	−17B	2.0	11.5	13.0	3.00	1755	-25.6
30	Ali, Maha	1831	GER	−37N	+32B	+28N	−13B	−15B	2.0	10.5	12.0	4.50	1738	-25.6
31	Bielfeldt, Michael	1858	GER	−13N	=38B	=27N	+42B	−10N	2.0	10.0	11.0	3.00	1756	-14.2
32	Seum, Ferdinand	1795	GER	−7B	−30N	+39B	−17N	+43B	2.0	10.0	11.0	2.50	1730	-9.2
33	Karthick Eswaran, Aditya	1783	GER	−20B	−18N	=41N	=38B	+42N	2.0	7.5	8.5	2.25	1784	-0.4
34	Schmalfuss, Roman	1796	GER	+27N	−5B	−24N	=25B	−23N	1.5	11.5	14.0	3.75	1688	-28.4
35	Le, Tung	1779	GER	+38N	−13B	−11N	=28B	−25N	1.5	11.0	12.5	2.75	1694	-22.4
36	Reiter, Brigitte	1867	GER	=26B	=9N	−20B	−29B	=37N	1.5	10.5	12.0	3.75	1675	-25.8
37	Allmacher, Marco	1694	GER	+30B	−26N	−18B	−21N	=36B	1.5	9.5	11.0	2.75	1704	+0.8
38	Kostowski, Ireneus, Dr.	1924	GER	−35B	=31N	−14B	=33N	=39B	1.5	8.5	10.0	2.75	1649	-37.0
39	de la Chevallerie, Gilbert	1748	GER	−29N	−19B	−32N	+41B	=38N	1.5	8.0	9.0	1.75	1701	-6.0
40	Kubiak, Manfred	1930	GER	−4B	−8N	=44B	=43N	−28N	1.0	11.0	12.0	1.00	1552	-96.4
41	Hetfeld, Ronald	1849	GER	−3B	−14N	=33B	−39N	=44B	1.0	10.5	11.5	1.50	1550	-76.0
42	Leonhardt, Max	1720	GER	−15B	+44N	−9B	−31N	−33B	1.0	10.5	11.5	1.00	1591	-30.4
43	Tsiapouris, Alexander, Dr.	1811	GER	−28N	=24B	−23N	=40B	−32N	1.0	9.5	10.5	1.75	1603	-25.8
44	Zussner, Tim	1736	GER	−2N	−42B	=40N	−27B	=41N	1.0	8.5	9.5	1.00	1582	-37.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Schirmbeck, LilianWCMGER
+77.2
4.5 pts · #1
2Pflug, AntonGER
+65.2
4.0 pts · #4
3Bergmann, Rafael AntonioGER
+63.6
3.5 pts · #7

Top rating losers

1Kubiak, ManfredGER
-96.4
1.0 pts · #42
2Hetfeld, RonaldGER
-76.0
1.0 pts · #43
3Zussner, TimGER
-37.2
1.0 pts · #41

Biggest upsets

R2+146 Elo gap
Kessler, Leo1735 beat Andersen, Henrik1881
R1+145 Elo gap
Le, Tung1779 beat Kostowski, Ireneus, Dr.1924
R3+143 Elo gap
Kessler, Leo1735 beat Sniegowski, Richard1878