Deutsche Jugendmeisterschaft 2025 U12

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66 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 08 Jun 2025 to 14 Jun 2025 in Willingen, Germany. 1 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2039, and top seed was Mykhailo Nezhyvenko (🇩🇪 GER, 2165).

Mykhailo Nezhyvenko (🇩🇪 GER, 2165) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Paul David Peglau (7.0) and Anton Belin (6.5). Nezhyvenko shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 9: Tymofiy Nikonenko (1495) beat Paul Huebner (1849), a +354-point gap.

Location

🇩🇪Willingen, Germany

Dates

08 Jun 2025 → 14 Jun 2025

Time control

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

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇩🇪Mykhailo Nezhyvenko2165

Avg top 10

2,039

Participants

Titled players · 1

CM×1

Federations · 5 represented

🇩🇪Germany×60

🇺🇦Ukraine×3

🇵🇱Poland×1

🇱🇰Sri Lanka×1

🇦🇿Azerbaijan×1

Top 3

🥇
Mykhailo Nezhyvenko
🇩🇪GER·2165
7.0pts·2159perf+0.8
🥈
Paul David Peglau
🇩🇪GER·1959
7.0pts·2107perf+72.8
🥉
Anton Belin
🇩🇪GER·2061
6.5pts·2132perf+38.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R7; 2 players tied at 7.0/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Nezhyvenko7Peglau7Shen6.5Belin6.5Li6.5Pradeep6

R7–R9 · LEAD HELD

Mykhailo Nezhyvenko held the sole lead from R7 through R9 without losing it.

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.0/9. Nezhyvenko takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (47.5).

R8 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Mykhailo Nezhyvenko drew with Paul David Peglau (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Mykhailo Nezhyvenko	*	½	½	½
2Paul David Peglau	½	*	—	1
3Tingrui Shen	½	—	*	0
4Anton Belin	½	0	1	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Nezhyvenko, Mykhailo	2165	GER	+47B	+34N	+16B	+4N	=3B	=12N	+11N	=2B	=5N	7.0	47.5	51.5	38.75	2159	+0.8
2	Peglau, Paul David	1959	GER	=39N	+33B	+40N	+31B	=12B	+3N	=8B	=1N	+7B	7.0	44.0	48.0	36.75	2107	+72.8
3	Belin, Anton	2061	GER	+35B	+36N	+5B	+8N	=1N	−2B	+6B	−7N	+12B	6.5	48.5	53.0	36.50	2132	+38.8
4	Li, Yunqi	2124	GER	+20B	+11N	+41B	−1B	=21N	=6N	+31B	=12N	+10B	6.5	45.0	49.0	33.75	2030	-25.2
5	Shen, Tingrui	2101	GER	+38N	+56B	−3N	+34B	=9B	=31N	+14B	+11N	=1B	6.5	43.5	46.5	31.25	2059	-8.0
6	Steinbrenner, Peter	1908	GER	=28N	+48B	=22N	+42B	+15N	=4B	−3N	=9B	+13N	6.0	44.0	48.0	30.25	1999	+44.0
7	Pradeep, HarshillCM	1936	GER	=26B	+29N	=18B	−11N	+49B	+41N	+23B	+3B	−2N	6.0	43.5	47.0	29.25	1918	-3.9
8	Fadeev, Justin Michael	2060	GER	+19N	+42B	=32N	−3B	+56N	+21B	=2N	−10B	+23N	6.0	43.5	46.5	28.25	1981	-28.4
9	Gersemann, Karl	1982	GER	+59N	=22B	+49N	+14B	=5N	−11B	=12B	=6N	+21B	6.0	42.5	45.5	28.50	1996	+8.4
10	Gusev, Daniil	1890	GER	−50B	=44N	+26B	+39N	+45B	=23N	+25B	+8N	−4N	6.0	39.5	43.0	28.50	1920	+16.8
11	Andersen, Jonathan	1787	GER	+57N	−4B	+52N	+7B	+13N	+9N	−1B	−5B	=14N	5.5	46.5	49.5	26.75	2009	+99.2
12	Sheng, Ming	2038	GER	=33N	+39B	+37N	+32B	=2N	=1B	=9N	=4B	−3N	5.5	46.0	50.0	28.00	2038	+6.0
13	Hoppe, Arthur	1922	GER	=29B	+64N	−14B	+33N	−11B	+18N	+35B	+17N	−6B	5.5	42.0	44.5	25.00	1858	-25.2
14	Richter, Felix	1867	GER	+43N	=49B	+13N	−9N	=50B	+22B	−5N	+45N	=11B	5.5	40.0	43.5	24.75	1907	+23.2
15	Naumann, Lennart	1820	GER	+25B	−41N	+35B	+36N	−6B	=50N	+24B	=21N	=16B	5.5	39.5	43.0	26.00	1844	+12.8
16	Meitzner, Jonathan Franz	1766	GER	+51N	+58B	−1N	=22B	−23N	=49B	+52N	+25B	=15N	5.5	38.0	41.0	22.00	1883	+53.6
17	Chakhalov, Mikael	1902	GER	−49N	+43B	+19N	=56B	−22N	+39B	+38N	−13B	+27B	5.5	36.5	39.5	24.00	1852	-17.6
18	Wagener, Nicolas	1765	GER	=61N	+28B	=7N	=37B	−31N	−13B	+57N	+51B	+33N	5.5	36.0	39.0	22.50	1850	+36.0
19	Brueckner, Julian	1802	GER	−8B	+62N	−17B	−24N	=46B	+58N	+53B	+36N	+31B	5.5	36.0	39.0	20.50	1802	+5.2
20	Nain, Medhansh	1732	GER	−4N	−57B	+63N	+51B	−37N	+43B	=40N	+50B	+32N	5.5	33.0	35.5	20.00	1822	+40.4
21	Retzlaff, Nick	1790	GER	=53B	=24N	+25B	+41N	=4B	−8N	+29B	=15B	−9N	5.0	43.0	46.5	24.25	1881	+38.4
22	Rogner, Alexander Luis	1811	GER	+66B	=9N	=6B	=16N	+17B	−14N	=27B	=31N	=28B	5.0	43.0	43.5	22.00	1857	+23.2
23	Zielke, Mika	1733	GER	−64B	+30N	=53B	+44N	+16B	=10B	−7N	+24N	−8B	5.0	41.0	43.5	24.25	1819	+37.6
24	Haas, Leandro	1730	GER	=37N	=21B	−56N	+19B	+42N	+32B	−15N	−23B	+40N	5.0	37.5	40.5	22.50	1853	+57.2
25	Varazi, Maxime	1775	GER	−15N	+65B	−21N	+58B	+34N	+37B	−10N	−16N	+45B	5.0	37.5	39.0	17.00	1859	+40.4
26	Fattori Dittmar, Luca	1671	GER	=7N	−37B	−10N	+46N	+44B	=40B	=32N	=42B	+38N	5.0	36.5	40.5	21.25	1835	+74.4
27	Wingerath, Felix	1767	GER	−58N	=51B	+28N	+60B	=32N	=38B	=22N	+37B	−17N	5.0	34.5	37.5	20.50	1852	+40.0
28	Wettstein, Levin	1760	GER	=6B	−18N	−27B	+55N	−54N	+65B	+56N	+59B	=22N	5.0	34.5	36.0	16.50	1825	+31.2
29	Geschke, Jonathan	1667	GER	=13N	−7B	=51N	=57B	+65N	+56B	−21N	=40B	+37N	5.0	34.0	35.5	16.50	1828	+72.8
30	Vilain, Philip	1791	GER	−32N	−23B	=65N	=43B	=57N	+63B	+54N	=38B	+42N	5.0	30.5	32.0	16.25	1736	-22.8
31	Kottage, K M Nilash Nethul	1526	SRI	=48N	+61B	+60N	−2N	+18B	=5B	−4N	=22B	−19N	4.5	43.0	46.0	19.25	1774	+86.8
32	Aguike, Toshiya	1953	GER	+30B	+50N	=8B	−12N	=27B	−24N	=26B	+35N	−20B	4.5	41.5	45.0	21.00	1807	-64.8
33	Braren, Ove Neelis	1716	GER	=12B	−2N	+48B	−13B	−52N	+55N	+34B	+41N	−18B	4.5	39.5	43.0	18.75	1811	+41.6
34	Hamann, Friedrich	1822	GER	+52N	−1B	+59N	−5N	−25B	=57B	−33N	+60N	+53B	4.5	36.0	39.0	14.50	1790	-19.2
35	Menke, Raphael Wilhelm	1803	GER	−3N	+63B	−15N	=52B	+60N	+54B	−13N	−32B	+51N	4.5	35.5	38.0	14.25	1789	-5.6
36	Gao, Chenzhuo	1707	GER	+63N	−3B	+57N	−15B	−38N	=59B	+39N	−19B	+50N	4.5	35.0	37.5	14.50	1742	+14.0
37	Zargaran, Sepas	1944	GER	=24B	+26N	−12B	=18N	+20B	−25N	+50B	−27N	−29B	4.0	41.5	45.0	19.25	1715	-103.2
38	Shalovylo, Matwij	1788	POL	−5B	+46N	=44B	=53N	+36B	=27N	−17B	=30N	−26B	4.0	39.5	43.0	17.25	1715	-36.8
39	Boroshnev, Dmytro	1707	UKR	=2B	−12N	+55B	−10B	+61N	−17N	−36B	+64N	=46B	4.0	39.0	41.5	14.50	1715	-3.2
40	Krishnan, Vihaan	1731	GER	=44B	+55N	−2B	−50N	+53B	=26N	=20B	=29N	−24B	4.0	38.5	42.0	16.75	1661	-34.0
41	Moskalenko, Michael	1720	GER	+65N	+15B	−4N	−21B	+59N	−7B	=51N	−33B	=43N	4.0	38.0	39.5	13.75	1734	+3.2
42	Ziem, Ole	1670	GER	+62B	−8N	+64B	−6N	−24B	=53N	+46B	=26N	−30B	4.0	37.5	40.0	13.75	1681	+1.2
43	Ishcenko, Volodymyr	1528	GER	−14B	−17N	=62B	=30N	+64B	−20N	+44B	=49N	=41B	4.0	36.0	38.5	14.25	1666	+57.6
44	Prashanthakumar, Arnesh	1564	GER	=40N	=10B	=38N	−23B	−26N	=60B	−43N	+63B	+59N	4.0	34.0	36.5	14.00	1652	+40.8
45	Serwane, Ruben	1854	GER	=55B	−60N	+58N	+61B	−10N	=52B	+49N	−14B	−25N	4.0	33.0	36.0	13.00	1680	-76.8
46	Rusch, Levi Adrian	1660	GER	−56N	−38B	+66N	−26B	=19N	+61B	−42N	+54B	=39N	4.0	32.0	32.5	11.75	1684	+6.8
47	Martin Fernandez, Felix	1723	GER	−1N	−52B	−61N	+66B	=58N	−51B	+63N	=57B	+55B	4.0	29.0	29.5	9.50	1733	0.0
48	Baumann, Simon	1713	GER	=31B	−6N	−33N	−65B	−63N	+66B	+62N	=52B	+57N	4.0	28.5	29.0	10.50	1608	-50.0
49	Beier, Martin	1781	GER	+17B	=14N	−9B	+54B	−7N	=16N	−45B	=43B	F	3.5	40.0	43.5	16.50	1791	+3.5
50	Dotschuweit, Erik	1676	GER	+10N	−32B	=54N	+40B	=14N	=15B	−37N	−20N	−36B	3.5	39.5	43.0	17.25	1751	+31.2
51	Obermair, Hannes	1663	GER	−16B	=27N	=29B	−20N	+62B	+47N	=41B	−18N	−35B	3.5	39.0	42.0	14.00	1630	-15.6
52	Al Luwaisi, Omer	1683	GER	−34B	+47N	−11B	=35N	+33B	=45N	−16B	=48N	F	3.5	36.5	40.0	14.75	1731	+19.6
53	Classen, Marnin	1663	GER	=21N	=54B	=23N	=38B	−40N	=42B	−19N	+58B	−34N	3.5	35.5	38.5	13.75	1695	+14.0
54	Teng, David	1837	GER	=60B	=53N	=50B	−49N	+28B	−35N	−30B	−46N	+64B	3.5	32.0	34.5	12.50	1629	-100.4
55	Betz, Niclas	1678	GER	=45N	−40B	−39N	−28B	+66N	−33B	+61N	+56B	−47N	3.5	31.5	32.0	8.50	1632	-19.2
56	Hellriegel, Hannes	1849	GER	+46B	−5N	+24B	=17N	−8B	−29N	−28B	−55N	=62B	3.0	40.5	43.5	13.25	1654	-90.8
57	Doescher, Rasmus	1569	GER	−11B	+20N	−36B	=29N	=30B	=34N	−18B	=47N	−48B	3.0	39.5	43.5	14.75	1620	+22.8
58	Shneider, Illia	1799	UKR	+27B	−16N	−45B	−25N	=47B	−19B	+66N	−53N	=60B	3.0	35.5	36.0	9.00	1638	-78.0
59	Fels, Mattis	1758	GER	−9B	+66N	−34B	+64N	−41B	=36N	=60B	−28N	−44B	3.0	33.5	34.0	6.75	1614	-69.2
60	Spielmann, Jan	1667	GER	=54N	+45B	−31B	−27N	−35B	=44N	=59N	−34B	=58N	3.0	33.0	36.0	10.75	1623	-21.6
61	Tran, Nhat Nam	0	GER	=18B	−31N	+47B	−45N	−39B	−46N	−55B	=66B	+65N	3.0	31.0	31.5	8.50	1589	0.0
62	Koenig, Lian	1450	GER	−42N	−19B	=43N	=63B	−51N	=64N	−48B	+65B	=56N	3.0	29.0	30.5	7.50	1538	+32.0
63	Nikonenko, Tymofiy	1495	UKR	−36B	−35N	−20B	=62N	+48B	−30N	−47B	−44N	+66B	2.5	34.5	35.0	6.00	1537	+10.8
64	Poladli, Firuz	1584	AZE	+23N	−13B	−42N	−59B	−43N	=62B	+65N	−39B	−54N	2.5	32.0	33.5	8.00	1530	-30.4
65	Aliyev, Amil	1664	GER	−41B	−25N	=30B	+48N	−29B	−28N	−64B	−62N	−61B	1.5	34.0	36.5	6.50	1432	-90.0
66	Huebner, Paul	1849	GER	−22N	−59B	−46B	−47N	−55B	−48N	−58B	=61N	−63N	0.5	29.5	32.0	1.50	905	-218.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Andersen, JonathanGER
+99.2
5.5 pts · #11
2Kottage, K M Nilash NethulSRI
+86.8
4.5 pts · #47
3Fattori Dittmar, LucaGER
+74.4
5.0 pts · #30

Top rating losers

1Huebner, PaulGER
-218.4
0.5 pts · #66
2Zargaran, SepasGER
-103.2
4.0 pts · #43
3Teng, DavidGER
-100.4
3.5 pts · #50

Biggest upsets

R9+354 Elo gap
Nikonenko, Tymofiy1495 beat Huebner, Paul1849
R9+277 Elo gap
Geschke, Jonathan1667 beat Zargaran, Sepas1944
R5+239 Elo gap
Kottage, K M Nilash Nethul1526 beat Wagener, Nicolas1765