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3. Berlin U25 Open Blitz

SwissBlitz

130 players participated in this 13-round tournament, held on 14 Nov 2025 in Berlin, Germany. 45 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2519, and top seed was Daniel Dardha (🇧🇪 BEL, GM, 2594).

Roven Vogel (🇩🇪 GER, GM, 2548) won with 10.0/13, ahead of Sebastian Poltorak (9.5) and Paulius Pultinevicius (9.5). Vogel shared the lead from round 12 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Benjamin Schaefer (1805) beat John Heinrich (FM, 2338), a +533-point gap.

Location
🇩🇪Berlin, Germany
Dates
14 Nov 2025
Time control
Blitz: 3 minutes for game with 2 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 13 rounds
Top seed
🇧🇪GMDaniel Dardha2594
Avg top 10
2,519
Participants
130
Titled players · 45
GM×6
IM×15
FM×17
CM×4
WGM×2
WFM×1
Federations · 8 represented
🇩🇪Germany×107
🇺🇦Ukraine×5
🇬🇷Greece×3
🇮🇷Iran×2
🇱🇹Lithuania×2
🇵🇱Poland×2
🇨🇿Czech Republic×2
🇧🇪Belgium×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 13 rounds

GM Roven Vogel led from R13; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 6 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R13.

Co-leaders
63
31
13
6
2
1
4
1
2
5
1
3
1
3.56.51013R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10R11R12R13Petrovskiy takes leadAlexakis takes leadVogel takes lead
Vogel10Poltorak9.5Pultinevicius9.5Krallis9Vardanyan9Kueppers9— ex-leaders:Alexakisled R11, #7Petrovskiyled R8, #29Peyrerled R6, #36
R8 · LEADER CHANGE14 Nov

IM Vadym Petrovskiy takes the sole lead (7.0/8).

R11 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Roven Vogel drew with IM Sebastian Poltorak (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

GM Roven Vogel 3 wins (R4–R6)IM Sebastian Poltorak 3 wins (R1–R3)GM Paulius Pultinevicius 5 wins (R8–R12)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1GMRoven Vogel*
½
2IMSebastian Poltorak
½
*
½
3GMPaulius Pultinevicius
½
*
4IMChristos Krallis*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10R11R12R13PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Vogel, RovenGM2548GER+86B+15N56B+32N+26B+10N=37B53N+24B+9N=2B+4B+8N10.096.0101.579.002535+0.5
2Poltorak, SebastianIM2435POL+88B+43N+22B58N+15B+17B=4N55N+27B+8B=1N+5B=3N9.598.5104.075.752525+17.1
3Pultinevicius, PauliusGM2564LTU+47N+31B=5N+39B54N=8B20N+41B+15N+16B+18N+7B=2B9.596.5103.575.002467-10.7
4Alexakis, DimitrisGM2515GRE+98B+13N+29B53N+20B+27N=2B+9N37B+25N+14B1N=10B9.098.0103.069.502504+0.6
5Kueppers, TimoFM2333GER+99B+80N=3B+11N=14B37N24B+40N+43B+28N+10B2N+16B9.094.599.566.252417+34.6
6Krallis, ChristosIM2458GRE+73B+24N17B+44N+30B+53B38N16B8N+40N+31B+9N+21B9.092.098.066.002400-6.3
7Vardanyan, ArasFM2344LTU+91N42B+78N+41B=60N9B+72B+61N=10B+22N+24B3N+14B9.089.094.562.002359+13.6
8Reichmann, FelixCM2213GER+113B55N+50B+59N+29B=3N53B+12N+6B2N+25B+11N1B8.597.5102.063.752414+142.8
9Hulka, ValentynFM2403UKR+50B+62N=32B17N+97B+7N+11B4B+26N1B+30N6B+24N8.597.0102.062.252403+2.8
10Stein, RobertFM2399GER+124N41B+86N+66B+31N1B+15N=28B=7N+39B5N+17B=4N8.594.097.558.752346-4.7
11Moeller, MaurinFM2424GER+65N=39B+42N5B+19N+23B9N+60B25N+26B+29N8B+32N8.592.599.062.002343-13.5
12Kopylov, DanielIM2361GER+81N+28B54N=19B39N+59N+32B8B62N+63B+60N+41B+34B8.586.092.059.002251-14.1
13Hrebenshchykova, YelyzavetaWGM2225UKR+107N4B+65N+105B108N+76B18B+59N14B=67N+64B+61N+28B8.581.086.052.752226+10.0
14Buckels, ValentinIM2439GER+70N+19B+35N=54B=5N16B25N+80B+13N+20B4N+39B7N8.095.0101.059.502365-9.6
15Dathe, FrederickFM2246GER+111N1B+70N+76B2N+74B10B+46N3B+48N=34N=25B+41N8.092.097.052.002254+6.2
16Lymar, VladislavFM2315UKR+90B+34N58B+68N+75B+14N57B+6N=53B3N=21B+42N5N8.091.597.057.002371+22.8
17Wachinger, NikolasIM2279GER+105B+82N+6N+9B55B2N+46B18N39B+72N+44B10N+43B8.090.595.555.502309+14.8
18Heinrich, JohnFM2338GER69N+101B+73N28B+86N+39B+13N+17B54N+33B3B=24N=19B8.088.593.555.252260-18.2
19Hovhannisyan, Artur2160GER+122B14N+99B=12N11B+64N+29B22N+61B30N+50B+26B=18N8.088.592.051.752285+46.2
20Kitze, AlexanderFM2277GER+94N+76B38N+63B4N+42B+3B56N+72B14N39N+40B+44B8.087.593.054.502287+7.4
21Gungl, TheoIM2252GER+104N54B=79N33B+45N+65B39N+77B+81N+27B=16N+23B6N8.085.590.553.002206-3.8
22Yatskar, MartinCM2266UKR+92N+69B2N+74B38N+63B108N+19B+47N7B41N+82B+39N8.085.590.552.502224-7.2
23Parvanyan, AshotIM2339GER+96B64N+98B=97N+62B11N+68B=39N+44B24N+43B21N+42B8.082.087.050.502231-31.0
24Kotyk, MichaelCM2215GER+93N6B+77N+45B27N+52B+5N+108B1N+23B7N=18B9B7.594.599.551.502295+29.6
25Kocharin, TimurFM2344GER+83B+68N57B=62N+32B+60N+14B37N+11B4B8N=15N=31B7.591.097.054.002344+2.6
26Eilenberg, JonasFM2299GER+75B+40N55B+64N1N+34B+44B=27N9B11N+67B19N+66N7.590.596.550.752276-2.8
27Woelk, Tom-FredericIM2362GER+84B+97N+64B55N+24B4B+31N=26B2N21N42B+63B+60N7.588.593.549.252285-10.7
28Henning, Marvin2097GER+130B12N+100B+18N+61B+108B=55N=10N56B5B=33N+30B13N7.588.088.043.502296+67.0
29Schmidek, EmilIM2310GER+95N+74B4N+42B8N=66B19N+78B+63N+60B11B32N+48B7.587.092.547.752197-31.4
30Wagner, BenjaminFM2276GER+100B+46N37B+34N6N40B=78N+73B+65N+19B9B28N+68B7.587.092.049.502165-29.4
31Ermitsch, MagnusIM2241GER+49B3N+88B+82N10B+75N27B72N+98B+59N6N+74B=25N7.585.090.045.752173-14.8
32Fuhrmann, BahneFM2158GER+112N+108B=9N1B25N+77B12N65B+124N+81B+62N+29B11B7.585.088.543.252220+49.2
33Hesse, HenrikFM2250GER+87B57N59B+21N+48B72N+36N+74B+67B18N=28B34N+64B7.584.089.550.752131-33.6
34Rose, Daniel2070GER+114N16B+92N30B+91N26N59B+69B+45N+75N=15B+33B12N7.584.088.546.502063+4.2
35Noeldner, Julian2253GER+109B+72N14B+40N37B46N+98B47N48B+88N=59B+76N+67B7.579.084.044.252076-48.4
36Mazurtsova, Margarita1929GER55B71N+122B+87B+51N44N33B+100N40B+109N+46B=68N+61B7.577.581.042.752040+35.2
37Finek, VaclavIM2455CZE+79N+66B+30N56B+35N+5B=1N+25B+4NFFFF7.570.070.058.002589+14.8
38Petrovskiy, VadymIM2447GER+59B+44N+20B57N+22B+56N+6B+54B=58NFFFF7.566.566.556.002638+21.7
39Chen, YiningFM2146CHN+103B=11N+61B3N+12B18N+21B=23B+17N10N+20B14N22B7.097.5102.552.252336+125.2
40Lippert, Daniel2038GER+45N26B+87N35B+69N+30N56B5B+36N6B+73N20N+75B7.088.594.046.002107+19.4
41Belin, Anton2112GER+115B+10N53B7N59B+90N+79B3N+88B+83N+22B12N15B7.088.092.544.002148+24.8
42Brockhoff, Moritz2063GER+116B+7N11B29N+88B20N67B+99N+84B+49N+27N16B23N7.086.591.044.502116+17.8
43Schulze, LaraFM2160GER+85N2B+81N108B=73N=79B+91N+45B5N+47B23N+52B17N7.085.090.044.502077-21.2
44Popvasilev, Kaloyan2208GER+123N38B+124N6B+78N+36B26N+76B23N+62B17N+72B20N7.083.587.039.002161-11.0
45Schrein, Charlie0GER40B+90N+46B24N21B+83N+48B43N34B+79N72B+86N+74N7.080.586.043.0020180.0
46Lauterbach, Kolja1992GER+127N30B45N+95B+106N+35B17N15B50N+94B36N+89B+73N7.080.082.537.502006+1.6
47Bongardt, Livius1956GER3B87N+121N=92B+101N+51B=66N+35B22B43N97B+83N+80B7.078.582.041.002039+54.4
48Verbitsky, Jaroslaw1966GER54N+104B108N+94B33N+105B45N+91B+35N15B+77N+97B29N7.076.581.539.502120+44.0
49Luepke, Erik1700GER31N78B+114N+70B76N+86B+52N62B+74N42B82N+77B+72N7.076.080.541.501976+168.8
50Schacht, David1861GER9N118B8N+112B93N+128B+107N+104N+46B=66B19N=51B+82N7.075.577.536.251932+17.2
51Schreidl, Michael2128GER+119B53N75B+99N36B47N+87B=90N+89B64N+65B=50N+78B7.075.079.038.751927-117.2
52Oezden, Kadir1975GER57B61N+85B+90N+102B24N49B75N+92B+100N+83B43N+97N7.074.079.038.001939-6.5
53Patrelakis, EvaggelosIM2411GRE+77N+51B+41N+4B=57B6N+8N+1B=16NFFFF7.071.571.555.002542+16.3
54Tabatabaei, M. AminGM2567IRI+48B+21N+12B=14N+3B=57N+58B38N+18BFFFF7.070.570.555.502632+8.4
55Gholami Orimi, MahdiGM2489IRI+36N+8B+26N+27B+17N58N=28B+2B=57NFFFF7.070.070.055.752544+7.8
56Hagner, BennetIM2317GER+89N+63B+1N+37N58B38B+40N+20B+28NFFFF7.066.566.552.002482+40.0
57Dardha, DanielGM2594BEL+52N+33B+25N+38B=53N=54B+16N=58B=55BFFFF7.065.565.551.502616+3.8
58Peyrer, KonstantinIM2548AUT+78N+60B+16N+2B+56N+55B54N=57N=38BFFFF7.065.565.551.252612+8.4
59Aguike, Toshiya1908GER38N+123B+33N8B+41N12B+34N13B+80N31B=35N60B+89N6.588.091.540.752133+133.6
60Degenhard, SimonFM2217GER+71B58N+67B+72N=7B25B+82N11N+68B29N12B+59N27B6.587.593.542.502187-6.6
61Petersen, MarcelCM2299GER=101N+52B39N+79B28N+73B+62N7B19N+65B+66N13B36N6.586.091.041.002064-69.4
62Walz, Fabian2134GER+118N9B+91N=25B23N+89B61B+49N+12B44N32B67N+96B6.583.587.539.752067-31.6
63Melde, Benjamin2032GER+102B56N+71B20N+67B22N=84B+89N29B12N+96B27N+90B6.582.087.037.502025-4.8
64Schallner, Marc2117GER+129N+23B27N26B=81N19B89N+117N+90B+51B13N+70B33N6.581.583.035.502036-20.8
65Albersmann, Rene1878GER11B+122N13B=71N+92B21N+113B+32N30B61N51N+93B+95N6.581.084.535.251973+23.0
66Sieber, FionaWGM2206GER+110B37N+83B10N+98B=29N=47B67N+79B=50N61B+87N26B6.580.585.538.252055-41.0
67Varazi, Maxime1873GER108N+112B60N+93B63N+120B+42N+66B33N=13B26N+62B35N6.579.082.537.752054+104.0
68Held, Momme Fredrik2130GER+120N25B+89N16B=77N+81B23N+124B60N=73B+98N=36B30N6.577.080.533.252024-61.6
69Schaefer, Benjamin1805GER+18B22N97B+128N40B+102N80B34N87B+71N+101B+88N=76B6.575.077.035.001911+44.8
70Herrmann, Arthur1905GER14B+110N15B49N113B+96N103B=112N+102B+92N+90B64N+87B6.571.075.534.251787-76.4
71Pimenov, Danil1680GER60N+36B63N=65B79N+121B77N+122B73N69B+120N+91B+98N6.569.072.531.751825+90.0
72Atar, Efecan1977GER+106N35B+128N60B+105N+33B7N+31B20N17B+45N44N49B6.085.087.034.002001+1.2
73Dubsky, Lukas1910CZE6N+93B18B+111N=43B61N+92B30N+71B=68N40B+103N46B6.081.086.034.251960+21.2
74Trunz, Tamila2001GER+117B29N+102B22N+83B15N+99B33N49B+84N+75B31N45B6.080.584.532.001948-32.0
75Weeke, Tom1753GER26N+126B+51N+101B16N31B76N+52B+82N34B74N+98B40N6.079.582.032.501971+111.2
76Schnabel, Bennett1988GER+125B20N+117B15N+49B13N+75B44N83B+101N=87B35B=69N6.079.082.031.001872-33.8
77Aguike, Chidera1863GER53B+103N24B+113N=68B32N+71B21N=97B+80N48B49N+100B6.078.082.532.751934+35.6
78Fadeev, Justin Michael1934GER58B+49N7B+109N44B+100N=30B29N=101B87N+110B+99N51N6.077.582.533.251939-6.8
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80Mukazhanov, Mansur2102GER+121N5B105N89B+107N+95B+69N14N59B77B+81N+85B47N6.076.079.532.501857-146.8
81Gerull, Noah1813GER12B+115N43B+117N=64B68N+86B+97N21B32N80B=100N+103B6.075.079.029.751938+56.4
82Vollmar, Timo2004GER+126N17B+120N31B=89N+97B60B=84N75B+99N+49B22N50B6.075.077.528.751899-33.0
83Zhang, Onno1813GER25N+129B66N+120B74N45B+85N+119B+76N41B52N47B+106N6.072.574.026.001837+10.4
84Jiron, Valerio1817GER27N120B112N+121B+123N+93B=63N=82B42N74B103N+104N+110B6.065.068.528.751749-23.8
85Sobotka, Jakub1620GER43B88N52N+130B99B+125N83B86N+116B+117N+79B80N+101B6.064.564.522.501717+40.4
86Trunz, MichelleWFM1939GER1N+111B10B+100N18B49N81N+85B=93N+112B89N45B+121N5.578.081.526.751818-79.6
87Deniz, Ata Goekay1701GER33N+47B40B36N+125B98N51N+106B+69N+78B=76N66B70N5.577.580.530.501847+62.4
88Dodul, Arthur1882GER2N+85B31N+107B42N104B+93N+103B41N35B+106N69B=94N5.577.082.029.251809-59.6
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90Tverdokhlib, Vitalii1780GER16N45B+118N52B+112N41B+120N=51B64N+93B70N+92B63N5.575.078.526.501846+28.8
91Rodriguez Klasen, Ennio1807GER7B+130N62B+125N34B+103N43B48N+104B97N=102B71N+112N5.571.071.020.001781-26.0
92Yang, Markus1716GER22B+125N34B=47N65N+127B73N+121B52N70B+109B90N+116B5.570.072.522.001705-7.8
93Lewicki, Dawid1671POL24B73N+126B67N+50B84N88B+116N=86B90N+115B65N+114B5.569.572.025.751697+6.4
94Dodul, Alice1727GER20B117N+119B48N103B+115N+102B98N+110B46N99B+107N=88B5.566.070.026.251716-14.8
95Nguyen, Viet Anh1771GER29B102N+103B46N+126B80N119B+118N+115B98N=100B+114N65B5.564.066.523.001698-48.0
96Ali, Maha1805GER23N=121B101N106B+114N70B111N+123B+122N+120B63N+112B62N5.562.065.521.251720-54.4
97Nguyen, Phuc Nhat2131GERF27B+69N=23B9N82N+104B81B=77N+91B+47N48N52B5.080.080.031.001945-56.0
98Bayar, Mehmet1930GER4N+107B23N+104B66N+87B35N+94B31N+95B68B75N71B5.079.084.026.501876-24.4
99Boldt, Timo1801GER5N+114B19N51B+85N+106B74N42B+103N82B+94N78B79N5.076.581.026.001774-12.8
100Toman, Darius1716GER30N+106B28N86B+118N78B+127N36B+119N52B=95N=81B77N5.071.574.021.251689-11.6
101Aisch, Julian1739GER=61B18N+96B75N47B122N+106N+113B=78N76B69N+118B85N5.071.074.525.251701-34.8
102Wolarz, Jannes0GER63N+95B74N+124B52N69B94N+107B70N+111B=91N79N=105B5.070.073.524.2517510.0
103Studdert, Levi1578GER39N77B95N+116B+94N91B+70N88N99B+104N+84B73B81N5.069.574.027.501715+79.2
104Chupikov, Mark1709GER21B48N+115B98N+117B+88N97N50B91N103B+125N84B+118N5.066.569.521.001653-41.2
105Ahmadov, Ahmad1727GER17N+127B+80B13N72B48N117B=120N114B=115N=116B+113N=102N5.066.068.521.751674-33.0
106Riyas, Muhamed Salih0SRI72B100N+110B+96N46B99N101B87N+118B+107N88B+109N83B5.065.569.524.5016820.0
107Sell, Dominik1690GER13B98N+116B88N80B+126N50B102N+125N106B+119N94B+120N5.062.565.017.501658-12.0
108Bacrot, Alexandre2412FRA+67B32N+48B+43N+13B28N+22B24NFFFFF5.059.559.537.002237-15.2
109Wagner, Mattis1710GER35N128B+129N78B120N+112B+118N79N+117B36B92N106B+125N5.058.560.017.001627-45.6
110Bickerich, Philipp1622GER66N70B106N+129B124N118B+126N+127B94N+119B78N+123B84N5.055.557.014.001596-24.0
111Brauer, Celiene1700GER15B86N+130B73B127N119N+96B115N+129B102N114B+128N+117B5.053.053.013.001564-68.4
112Tamke, Quintus1592GER32B67N+84B50N90B109N+125B=70B+121N86N+113B96N91B4.568.571.520.251642+18.4
113Oltersdorf, Theo1629GER8N79B+127N77B+70N=124B65N101N120B+121B112N105B+123N4.562.064.517.751601-13.2
114Kowalzik, Lotta Sophie1464GER34B99N49B=122N96B+130N121N+126B+105N89B+111N95B93N4.561.061.014.251542+31.6
115Atar, Semih Akif1489GER41N81B104N123B+116N94B+128N+111B95N=105B93N121B+126N4.558.560.516.501476-14.8
116Malyi, Tymofii1438GER42N89B107N103N115B+129B+123N93B85N+128B=105N+120B92N4.558.059.513.001490+20.8
117Stein, David0GER74N+94B76N81B104N+123B+105N64B109N85B118N+129B111N4.063.565.015.5016120.0
118Gritz, Theodor1556GER62B+50N90B126N100B+110N109B95B106N+122N+117B101N104B4.062.064.519.501597+14.0
119Woest, Jan1511GER51N124B94N127B+130N+111B+95N83N100B110N107B=126B=129N4.054.054.012.501574+23.6
120Srivastava, Siddharth1517GER68B+84N82B83N+109B67N90B=105B+113N96N71B116N107B3.568.072.518.001579+24.0
121Baechle, Mathilda1482GER80B=96N47B84N+128B71N+114B92N112B113NF+115N86B3.562.564.513.751502-4.0
122Kowalzik, Lorenz1592GER19N65B36N=114B+129N+101B124N71N96B118B123N125B+128N3.559.561.010.751518-25.0
123Demirdizen, Cem1628GER44B59N125B+115N84B117N116B96N+126B=127N+122B110N113B3.556.559.011.751483-70.0
124Hematyar, Fardin1843NED10B+119N44B102N+110B=113N+122B68N32BFFFF3.551.551.514.751843-4.4
125Cholewinski, Lennard0GER76N92B+123N91B87N85B112NF107B+129N104B+122N109B3.056.556.58.5014950.0
126Bergmann, Adrian0GER82B75N93N+118B95N107B110B114N123NF+129B=119N115B2.555.055.07.5014090.0
127Shestak, Artem0GER46B105N113B+119N+111B92N100B110N128N=123BFFF2.550.050.010.7515270.0
128Schieblich, Jonas0GERF+109N72B69B121N50N115B129N+127B116NF111B122B2.049.549.57.5012900.0
129Tok, Tuana1503GER64B83N109B110N122B116NF+128B111N125B126N117N=119B1.551.051.04.001217-80.0
130Wagner, Moritz1481GER28N91B111N85N119B114BFFFFFFF0.034.034.00.00864-69.2

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