Deutsche Schach-Amateurmeisterschaft 2024-2025 Finale E
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48 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 17 Jul 2025 to 19 Jul 2025 in Bad Wildungen, Germany. Top 10 Elo average was 1837, and top seed was Thomas Schaetzle (🇩🇪 GER, 1894).
Johannes Thum (🇩🇪 GER, 1713) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Michael Moskalenko (4.0) and Manfred Boldt (4.0). Thum shared the lead from round 4 and broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Ben Sauer (1696) beat Thomas Schaetzle (1894), a +198-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
Federations · 1 represented
🇩🇪Germany×48
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsJohannes Thum led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
Co-leaders
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3
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R5 · LEADER CHANGE19 Jul
Johannes Thum takes the sole lead (4.5/5).
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
Johannes Thum 4 wins (R2–R5)Michael Moskalenko 3 wins (R2–R4)
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thum, Johannes, Dr. | 1713 | GER | =12B | +26N | +13B | +7N | +8B | 4.5 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 13.50 | 2140 | +98.4 |
| 2 | Moskalenko, Michael | 1772 | GER | =28N | +39B | +29N | +9B | =10N | 4.0 | 11.0 | 12.5 | 9.75 | 1985 | +52.0 |
| 3 | Boldt, Manfred | 1830 | GER | +37B | +42N | −7B | +19N | +12B | 4.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 8.50 | 1986 | +18.8 |
| 4 | Fruth, Julia | 1583 | GER | +31B | =22N | =14B | +34N | +15B | 4.0 | 10.5 | 12.5 | 9.75 | 1988 | +103.2 |
| 5 | Tietjen, Joshua | 1848 | GER | +38B | =36N | +23B | =8N | +14B | 4.0 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 9.50 | 2036 | +22.8 |
| 6 | Roos Nazario, Lukas | 1733 | GER | +46N | +45B | −15B | +27N | +16B | 4.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 5.00 | 2020 | +72.4 |
| 7 | Burchardi, Helena | 1872 | GER | =39N | +28B | +3N | −1B | +21N | 3.5 | 13.0 | 14.5 | 9.25 | 1883 | +3.2 |
| 8 | Gesell, Fabian | 1762 | GER | +24N | +27B | +46N | =5B | −1N | 3.5 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 6.50 | 1946 | +49.6 |
| 9 | Gupta, Saksham | 1767 | GER | +33B | =16N | +18B | −2N | +22B | 3.5 | 12.5 | 14.5 | 9.00 | 1885 | +31.2 |
| 10 | Huether, Jakob | 1815 | GER | +41B | =13N | +36B | =12N | =2B | 3.5 | 11.5 | 13.0 | 8.00 | 1907 | +24.8 |
| 11 | Flucke, Felix | 1797 | GER | =26B | −12N | +37B | +36N | +23B | 3.5 | 9.0 | 10.5 | 6.50 | 1893 | +25.6 |
| 12 | van Zyl, Jona | 1665 | GER | =1N | +11B | +20N | =10B | −3N | 3.0 | 15.5 | 18.5 | 10.50 | 1840 | +48.0 |
| 13 | Damrich, Alina | 1790 | GER | +20N | =10B | −1N | +25B | =24N | 3.0 | 13.5 | 16.0 | 8.50 | 1810 | +2.8 |
| 14 | Zimmer, Lennard | 1793 | GER | +45N | =21B | =4N | +17B | −5N | 3.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 6.25 | 1776 | -3.6 |
| 15 | Ihle, Ben | 1719 | GER | −17N | +32B | +6N | +30B | −4N | 3.0 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 8.00 | 1770 | +14.0 |
| 16 | Karlinder, Lovis Neo | 1777 | GER | +30N | =9B | =17N | +21B | −6N | 3.0 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 7.75 | 1797 | +6.0 |
| 17 | Schameitat, Moritz | 1659 | GER | +15B | =18N | =16B | −14N | +36B | 3.0 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 7.50 | 1849 | +51.6 |
| 18 | Stoewe, Erik | 1756 | GER | +32N | =17B | −9N | =29B | +30N | 3.0 | 10.5 | 12.5 | 6.50 | 1804 | +14.0 |
| 19 | Li, Huangjia | 1782 | GER | −27N | +31N | +34B | −3B | +29N | 3.0 | 10.0 | 12.0 | 6.00 | 1844 | +17.2 |
| 20 | Weiner, Timon Liam | 1692 | GER | −13B | +41N | −12B | +26N | +28B | 3.0 | 10.0 | 11.5 | 5.50 | 1810 | +32.4 |
| 21 | Leonidas, Robert | 1713 | GER | +35B | =14N | +22B | −16N | −7B | 2.5 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 6.00 | 1787 | +20.0 |
| 22 | Datta, Anupam | 1749 | GER | +48N | =4B | −21N | +39B | −9N | 2.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 3.50 | 1697 | -6.8 |
| 23 | Sauer, Ben | 1696 | GER | =43N | +40B | −5N | +38B | −11N | 2.5 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 3.50 | 1787 | +24.0 |
| 24 | Luthardt, Christopher | 1745 | GER | −8B | =37N | =26B | +40N | =13B | 2.5 | 10.0 | 11.5 | 4.75 | 1767 | +2.8 |
| 25 | Pilz, Tobias | 1734 | GER | −42B | +47N | =38B | −13N | +37B | 2.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 2.25 | 1763 | +7.6 |
| 26 | Kramer, Dirk | 1782 | GER | =11N | −1B | =24N | −20B | +42N | 2.0 | 13.5 | 14.5 | 4.00 | 1650 | -18.0 |
| 27 | Bartsch, Karl-Heinz | 1828 | GER | +19B | −8N | +42B | −6B | −32N | 2.0 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 4.00 | 1669 | -21.8 |
| 28 | Tiemann, Steffen | 1725 | GER | =2B | −7N | =40B | +42N | −20N | 2.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 3.75 | 1682 | -6.2 |
| 29 | Wohlrabe, Joerg | 1723 | GER | =40N | +43B | −2B | =18N | −19B | 2.0 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 3.25 | 1669 | -7.8 |
| 30 | Klingler, Stefan | 1754 | GER | −16B | +33N | +35B | −15N | −18B | 2.0 | 11.0 | 13.0 | 4.00 | 1653 | -14.0 |
| 31 | Eitel, Liz | 1778 | GER | −4N | −19B | +45N | −32B | +38N | 2.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 1.50 | 1674 | -28.0 |
| 32 | Kopper, Lucas | 1758 | GER | −18B | −15N | F | +31N | +27B | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 4.00 | 1771 | +3.2 |
| 33 | Hammel, Jens | 1625 | GER | −9N | −30B | F | +35N | +34B | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 4.00 | 1741 | +12.4 |
| 34 | Bock, Ruediger | 1700 | GER | +47B | +46B | −19N | −4B | −33N | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.00 | 1642 | -16.4 |
| 35 | Kasperczyk, Thomas | 1743 | GER | −21N | +48B | −30N | −33B | +45B | 2.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.00 | 1634 | -15.2 |
| 36 | Neldner, Moritz | 1837 | GER | +44N | =5B | −10N | −11B | −17N | 1.5 | 14.0 | 14.5 | 2.50 | 1590 | -64.8 |
| 37 | Maly, Wolfgang | 1741 | GER | −3N | =24B | −11N | +44B | −25N | 1.5 | 12.5 | 13.0 | 1.75 | 1588 | -20.4 |
| 38 | Schaetzle, Thomas | 1894 | GER | −5N | +44B | =25N | −23N | −31B | 1.5 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 1.75 | 1578 | -82.4 |
| 39 | Jusic, Ahmed | 1696 | GER | =7B | −2N | +43B | −22N | — | 1.5 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 2.75 | 1670 | -7.2 |
| 40 | Huber, Andreas | 1762 | GER | =29B | −23N | =28N | −24B | =41N | 1.5 | 9.0 | 10.5 | 2.75 | 1574 | -25.2 |
| 41 | Trabert, Jens | 1725 | GER | −10N | −20B | =44N | =43N | =40B | 1.5 | 9.0 | 9.5 | 1.50 | 1546 | -24.2 |
| 42 | Simmon, Norbert | 1669 | GER | +25N | −3B | −27N | −28B | −26B | 1.0 | 10.5 | 12.5 | 2.50 | 1540 | -15.2 |
| 43 | Roessler, Helena | 1632 | GER | =23B | −29N | −39N | =41B | F | 1.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 2.00 | 1517 | -22.4 |
| 44 | Schulz Tavares, Karl-Detlef | 1577 | GER | −36B | −38N | =41B | −37N | — | 0.5 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 0.75 | 1477 | -7.8 |
| 45 | Subenko, Alexander | 1714 | GER | −14B | −6N | −31B | F | −35N | 0.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 0.00 | 962 | -69.2 |
| 46 | Nabli, Alaeddine | 1858 | GER | −6B | −34N | −8B | — | — | 0.0 | 7.5 | 9.5 | 0.00 | 931 | -80.4 |
| 47 | Wolter, Kerstin | 1719 | GER | −34N | −25B | F | — | — | 0.0 | 4.5 | 6.5 | 0.00 | 917 | -20.2 |
| 48 | Lechler, Walter | 1725 | GER | −22B | −35N | — | — | — | 0.0 | 2.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 947 | -18.8 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Fruth, JuliaGER+103.24.0 pts · #4
- 2Thum, Johannes, Dr.GER+98.44.5 pts · #1
- 3Roos Nazario, LukasGER+72.44.0 pts · #5
Top rating losers
- 1Schaetzle, ThomasGER-82.41.5 pts · #37
- 2Nabli, AlaeddineGER-80.40.0 pts · #48
- 3Subenko, AlexanderGER-69.20.0 pts · #45
Biggest upsets
- R4+198 Elo gap
- R1+195 Elo gap
- R5+178 Elo gap