Hamburger Einzelmeisterschaft 2025 A-Klasse
25 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 07 Jun 2025 to 15 Jun 2025 in Hamburg, Germany. Top 10 Elo average was 1738, and top seed was Rishi Prasanth (🇩🇪 GER, 1787).
Sami Al Amin (🇩🇪 GER, 1741) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Ben Erk (5.5) and Aaron Steinbach (5.5). Al Amin won solo starting round 6.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Aaron Steinbach (1596) beat Hannes Neumann (1755), a +159-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsSami Al Amin led from R6; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.
Sami Al Amin never relinquished the lead after R6; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
Sami Al Amin beat Ben Erk (Black).
Sami Al Amin 5 wins (R3–R7)Ben Erk 3 wins (R3–R5)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sami Al Amin | * | 1 | 1 | — |
| 2Ben Erk | 0 | * | — | — |
| 3Aaron Steinbach | 0 | — | * | — |
| 4Vukasin Lalatovic | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al Amin, Sami | 1741 | GER | +21B | =11N | +4B | +14N | +3B | +2N | +6N | 6.5 | 25.0 | 26.5 | 25.00 | 2030 | +59.6 |
| 2 | Erk, Ben | 1726 | GER | +23B | =4N | +13B | +8N | +6B | −1B | +9N | 5.5 | 24.5 | 25.0 | 16.25 | 2011 | +83.6 |
| 3 | Steinbach, Aaron | 1596 | GER | +22B | +6N | =8B | +11N | −1N | +17B | +4N | 5.5 | 24.0 | 25.5 | 17.25 | 1896 | +94.0 |
| 4 | Horstmann, Thilo, Dr. | 0 | GER | +5B | =2B | −1N | +13N | +9B | +8N | −3B | 4.5 | 29.0 | 31.5 | 16.75 | 1760 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Lalatovic, Vukasin | 1688 | GER | −4N | =15B | +24N | −17B | +10N | +16B | +8B | 4.5 | 19.0 | 19.5 | 11.25 | 1861 | +53.6 |
| 6 | Neumann, Hannes | 1755 | GER | +15N | −3B | +21N | +20B | −2N | +12N | −1B | 4.0 | 25.0 | 26.5 | 9.00 | 1730 | -8.4 |
| 7 | Peters, Leopold | 1659 | GER | =9N | =18B | −20N | =15B | +22N | +13B | =19B | 4.0 | 15.0 | 16.5 | 9.25 | 1758 | +39.2 |
| 8 | Prasanth, Rishi | 1787 | GER | +16N | +12B | =3N | −2B | +11N | −4B | −5N | 3.5 | 26.0 | 28.5 | 11.25 | 1722 | -19.2 |
| 9 | Thomas, Andreas | 1765 | GER | =7B | −14N | +16N | +10B | −4N | +11B | −2B | 3.5 | 23.0 | 25.5 | 11.00 | 1806 | +5.6 |
| 10 | Fieron, Andreas | 1643 | GER | =13B | +19N | −11B | −9N | −5B | +18N | +16N | 3.5 | 18.5 | 20.5 | 8.25 | 1695 | +9.8 |
| 11 | Toman, Darius | 1596 | GER | +25N | =1B | +10N | −3B | −8B | −9N | =22N | 3.0 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 7.50 | 1658 | +21.6 |
| 12 | Grotrian, Peter | 1722 | GER | +17B | −8N | −14B | +21N | +20N | −6B | — | 3.0 | 14.5 | 16.0 | 6.00 | 1771 | +7.0 |
| 13 | Drapkin, Lazar | 1739 | GER | =10N | +24B | −2N | −4B | F | −7N | +21B | 2.5 | 21.5 | 22.0 | 3.75 | 1663 | -10.6 |
| 14 | Jung, Maximilian | 0 | GER | =18N | +9B | +12N | −1B | −17N | F | F | 2.5 | 20.5 | 22.5 | 7.75 | 1708 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Klaeke, Gregor | 1649 | GER | −6B | =5N | =19B | =7N | F | +23B | F | 2.5 | 19.5 | 20.0 | 5.75 | 1694 | +6.0 |
| 16 | Weis, Hans-Juergen | 1663 | GER | −8B | +22N | −9B | =19N | +23B | −5N | −10B | 2.5 | 18.5 | 19.0 | 3.00 | 1607 | -11.2 |
| 17 | Khattar, Ranvir Singh | 1625 | GER | −12N | F | =18B | +5N | +14B | −3N | — | 2.5 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 8.25 | 1586 | -9.6 |
| 18 | Lohmann, Rene | 1685 | GER | =14B | =7N | =17N | F | F | −10B | +23N | 2.5 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 5.00 | 1642 | -4.8 |
| 19 | Priess, Holger | 1726 | GER | =24N | −10B | =15N | =16B | F | F | =7N | 2.0 | 17.5 | 18.0 | 4.75 | 1578 | -20.4 |
| 20 | Gerdts, Martina | 1681 | GER | F | +23N | +7B | −6N | −12B | F | F | 2.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 4.50 | 1694 | +1.4 |
| 21 | Mi, Gufeng | 1647 | GER | −1N | F | −6B | −12B | +24N | =22B | −13N | 1.5 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 1.25 | 1525 | -18.2 |
| 22 | Herrmann, Sabine | 1713 | GER | −3N | −16B | =23N | F | −7B | =21N | =11B | 1.5 | 17.0 | 17.5 | 2.50 | 1441 | -43.2 |
| 23 | Kock, Rudolf | 1640 | GER | −2N | −20B | =22B | F | −16N | −15N | −18B | 0.5 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 0.75 | 1285 | -42.4 |
| 24 | Queisser, Jens | 1638 | GER | =19B | −13N | −5B | F | −21B | F | — | 0.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 1.00 | 1378 | -23.2 |
| 25 | Echt, Pascal | 1709 | GER | −11B | F | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 796 | -13.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Steinbach, AaronGER+94.05.5 pts · #2
- 2Erk, BenGER+83.65.5 pts · #1
- 3Al Amin, SamiGER+59.66.5 pts · #3
- 1Herrmann, SabineGER-43.21.5 pts · #22
- 2Kock, RudolfGER-42.40.5 pts · #23
- 3Queisser, JensGER-23.20.5 pts · #24
- R2+159 Elo gap
- R1+117 Elo gap
- R1+113 Elo gap