30. Magdeburger Open Ottonen-Gruppe

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101 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 23 Oct 2025 to 26 Oct 2025 in Magdeburg, Germany. 7 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2267, and top seed was Hagen Poetsch (🇩🇪 GER, GM, 2457).

Levente Miszler (🇭🇺 HUN, FM, 2221) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Hagen Poetsch (6.0) and Johannes Tschernatsch (5.5). Miszler shared the lead from round 3, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Rasmus Doescher (1549) beat Felix Eickenbusch (1878), a +329-point gap.

Location

🇩🇪Magdeburg, Germany

Dates

23 Oct 2025 → 26 Oct 2025

Time control

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

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇩🇪GMHagen Poetsch2457

Avg top 10

2,267

Participants

101

Titled players · 7

GM×1

FM×5

WIM×1

Federations · 5 represented

🇩🇪Germany×97

🇭🇺Hungary×1

🇪🇨Ecuador×1

FIDE (no federation)×1

🇮🇳India×1

Top 3

🥇
FMLevente Miszler
🇭🇺HUN·2221
6.0pts·2464perf+40.4
🥈
GMHagen Poetsch
🇩🇪GER·2457
6.0pts·2899perf+6.5
🥉
FMJohannes Tschernatsch
🇩🇪GER·2327
5.5pts·2361perf+7.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 6.0/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Miszler6Poetsch6Malek5.5Wagner5.5Pallas5.5Tschernatsch5.5

R5–R7 · LEAD HELD

FM Levente Miszler held the sole lead from R5 through R7 without losing it.

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 6.0/7. Miszler takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (28.0).

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Levente Miszler lost to GM Hagen Poetsch (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1FMLevente Miszler	*	0	1	—
2GMHagen Poetsch	1	*	—	—
3FMDaniel Malek	0	—	*	—
4FMBenjamin Wagner	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Miszler, LeventeFM	2221	HUN	+56B	+24N	+23B	+61N	+3B	+6N	−2B	6.0	28.0	31.0	25.00	2464	+40.4
2	Poetsch, HagenGM	2457	GER	+33B	F	+32N	+21B	+36N	+8B	+1N	6.0	26.5	29.5	26.50	2899	+6.5
3	Tschernatsch, JohannesFM	2327	GER	+85N	+16B	+8N	+71B	−1N	+4B	=5N	5.5	29.5	31.5	22.75	2361	+7.8
4	Wagner, BenjaminFM	2310	GER	+44B	=9N	+17B	+38N	+7B	−3N	+37B	5.5	27.5	31.0	23.00	2268	-3.4
5	Pallas, Sebastian	2240	GER	+69N	=13B	+55N	+15B	=12N	+22B	=3B	5.5	26.0	29.0	21.75	2249	+4.6
6	Malek, DanielFM	2302	GER	+65N	+37B	+36N	=12B	+71N	−1B	+15N	5.5	25.0	28.0	19.75	2295	+0.3
7	Bezhenar, Georgy	2064	FID	+64N	+68B	+70N	=14B	−4N	+48B	+12N	5.5	24.0	27.0	19.25	2296	+40.8
8	Boeddeker, Henry	2102	GER	+72B	+28N	−3B	+47N	+17B	−2N	+24B	5.0	27.5	30.5	19.00	2210	+20.0
9	Shevchenko, Igor	1985	GER	+74N	=4B	−15N	+41B	+39N	=21B	+70N	5.0	24.0	27.0	17.75	2157	+53.2
10	Haubold, SebastianFM	2154	GER	+51N	+29B	−12N	=13B	+75N	=38B	+21N	5.0	24.0	26.5	18.00	2100	-13.2
11	Polzin, Gustav	2058	GER	+63N	=55B	=13N	+45B	−14N	+29B	+38N	5.0	23.0	26.0	17.75	2097	+17.2
12	Doescher, Thorsten	2042	GER	+27B	+43N	+10B	=6N	=5B	=20N	−7B	4.5	30.0	33.5	20.25	2170	+25.6
13	Schaefer, Benjamin	1925	GER	+91B	=5N	=11B	=10N	−31B	+57N	+49B	4.5	26.0	27.5	15.75	2051	+48.0
14	Scholz, Peter	2196	GER	+57B	=40N	+48B	=7N	+11B	=37N	−20B	4.5	25.5	28.5	17.75	2097	-14.4
15	Geldner, Gerrit	2079	GER	+78B	=76N	+9B	−5N	+54B	+31N	−6B	4.5	25.5	28.0	15.75	2134	+11.4
16	Bangert, Jonas	1962	GER	+25B	−3N	+26B	=77N	=27B	=28N	+53B	4.5	25.0	27.5	16.75	1980	+6.0
17	Wagenschuetz, EvelynWIM	2029	ECU	+99N	+79B	−4N	+80B	−8N	=19B	+42N	4.5	23.5	24.0	11.25	1994	-1.2
18	Schulze, Nick	2019	GER	−43B	=27N	+73B	=44N	+56B	=25N	+50B	4.5	21.5	24.5	15.25	1901	-18.4
19	Melnychenko, Oleksandr	1634	GER	−76B	+78N	=75B	=26N	+35B	=17N	+40B	4.5	21.0	23.5	15.50	1993	+126.8
20	Noennig, Jakob	2164	GER	+62N	+42B	F	F	+29N	=12B	+14N	4.5	19.5	19.5	17.25	2336	+33.6
21	Moewisch, Dave	2055	GER	+46B	=26N	+40B	−2N	+30B	=9N	−10B	4.0	27.5	31.0	15.50	2052	-1.0
22	Petzold, Johannes Julius	2061	GER	+52B	+35N	−61B	=30N	+33B	−5N	=28B	4.0	25.0	28.0	15.50	2011	-14.8
23	Zhang, Onno	2047	GER	+67N	+84B	−1N	−29B	+59N	=32B	=47N	4.0	23.5	25.5	11.75	1917	-40.0
24	Graf, David	1926	GER	+92N	−1B	=63N	=60B	+62N	+41B	−8N	4.0	23.5	25.0	11.00	1904	-8.4
25	Rothe, Justin	1742	GER	−16N	+65B	+42N	−37B	+80N	=18B	=34N	4.0	23.0	25.5	13.25	1978	+86.4
26	Bodling, Florian	1839	GER	+81N	=21B	−16N	=19B	+58N	=36B	=48N	4.0	23.0	25.5	13.25	1899	+9.2
27	Uhlenbrock, Sven	1779	GER	−12N	=18B	+85N	+55B	=16N	+54B	−36N	4.0	23.0	25.0	12.50	2024	+44.0
28	Kelm, Daniel	1906	GER	+58N	−8B	+84N	−36B	+67N	=16B	=22N	4.0	23.0	25.0	12.25	1969	+12.6
29	Grozea, Filip	1887	GER	+96B	−10N	+90B	+23N	−20B	−11N	+73B	4.0	23.0	24.0	9.50	1987	+18.2
30	Kuhlmann, Nils Magnus	1873	GER	=41N	=34B	+82N	=22B	−21N	=39B	+59N	4.0	22.0	24.5	13.00	1908	+13.2
31	Goergens, Michael	2017	GER	−84N	+86B	+62N	=51B	+13N	−15B	=32N	4.0	21.5	23.5	13.25	1898	-19.8
32	Schwaemmle, Benedikt	1819	GER	−61B	+91N	−2B	+90N	+66B	=23N	=31B	4.0	21.5	23.0	10.00	2025	+69.2
33	Karlinder, Lovis Neo	1836	GER	−2N	=39B	+99N	+79B	−22N	=59B	+82B	4.0	21.5	22.0	8.75	1863	+8.0
34	Vogler, Johannes	1933	GER	=77B	=30N	=46B	+57N	−70B	+60N	=25B	4.0	20.5	23.0	13.00	1907	-5.2
35	Friedrich, Karl	1883	GER	+100N	−22B	−58N	+84B	−19N	+63B	+69N	4.0	19.5	19.5	8.00	1813	-11.4
36	Heinemann, Ernst	2099	GER	+60N	F	−6B	+28N	−2B	=26N	+27B	3.5	26.5	29.0	13.00	2071	-2.6
37	Pflug, Anton	1954	GER	+90B	−6N	+52B	+25N	F	=14B	−4N	3.5	26.0	27.5	11.25	2068	+32.0
38	Teucher, Saskia	1999	GER	+39N	F	+76B	−4B	+51N	=10N	−11B	3.5	25.0	25.0	12.00	2051	+17.6
39	Michalek, Hans-Leonard	1749	GER	−38B	=33N	+50B	+40N	−9B	=30N	=44B	3.5	23.5	27.0	12.75	1904	+28.4
40	Golitsyn, Yury, Dr.	1921	GER	+59N	=14B	−21N	−39B	+72N	+51B	−19N	3.5	23.0	26.0	11.75	1845	-13.8
41	Bednarz, Florian	0	GER	=30B	=66N	+56B	−9N	+44B	−24N	=65B	3.5	22.5	25.5	11.50	1887	0.0
42	Schenk, Rafael	1911	GER	+98B	−20N	−25B	=52N	+78B	+43N	−17B	3.5	22.5	23.0	8.25	1852	-10.8
43	Leonhardt, Max	1775	GER	+18N	−12B	−45N	=68B	+55N	−42B	+75N	3.5	22.0	24.5	11.50	1929	+56.4
44	Miculka, Andreas	1834	GER	−4N	=74B	+86N	=18B	−41N	+84B	=39N	3.5	22.0	24.0	9.50	1930	+27.2
45	Westendorp, Christian	1917	GER	+49B	−61N	+43B	−11N	=60B	−46N	+78B	3.5	21.5	24.0	11.00	1871	-9.0
46	Brueckner, Julian	1789	GER	−21N	+81B	=34N	−75B	+68N	+45B	−54N	3.5	20.0	22.5	11.00	1885	+28.0
47	Grahn, Juergen	1912	GER	+89N	−71B	+67N	−8B	+63N	F	=23B	3.5	20.0	20.0	10.00	1982	+23.2
48	Dannhauer, Frank	1988	GER	+101B	F	−14N	+53N	+77B	−7N	=26B	3.5	20.0	20.0	8.00	1957	-6.8
49	Kurzova, Marianna	1673	GER	−45N	−62B	+69N	=64B	+85N	+75B	−13N	3.5	19.5	21.5	9.00	1856	+66.0
50	Eickenbusch, Felix	1878	GER	−79N	=99B	−39N	+83B	+52N	+64B	−18N	3.5	19.5	20.0	9.25	1776	-36.4
51	Hoffmann, Siegfried	1805	GER	−10B	+98N	+97B	=31N	−38B	−40N	+77B	3.5	19.5	20.0	6.00	1919	+19.2
52	Schlange, Jonathan	1792	GER	−22N	+100B	−37N	=42B	−50B	+94N	+76B	3.5	18.5	18.5	5.75	1854	+22.4
53	Baechler, Andreas	1832	GER	−70N	+83B	=79N	−48B	+91N	+88B	−16N	3.5	18.0	19.5	7.25	1803	-7.0
54	Richter, Felix	1999	GER	+73B	F	−71N	+58B	−15N	−27N	+46B	3.0	24.0	27.0	9.50	1871	-36.0
55	Lindstroem, Maximilian	1861	GER	+88B	=11N	−5B	−27N	−43B	+91B	=64N	3.0	23.0	24.5	7.50	1764	-17.8
56	Poetsch, Tomas	1824	GER	−1N	+92B	−41N	+82B	−18N	=58B	=67N	3.0	22.5	24.0	7.00	1834	-0.6
57	Marzik, Arne	1816	GER	−14N	=59B	+74N	−34B	+79N	−13B	=58N	3.0	22.0	24.5	8.50	1762	-11.8
58	Garz, Liam	1656	GER	−28B	+72N	+35B	−54N	−26B	=56N	=57B	3.0	21.0	24.0	10.00	1817	+54.0
59	Hoffmann, Svenja	1674	GER	−40B	=57N	+93B	+76N	−23B	=33N	−30B	3.0	21.0	22.5	7.50	1833	+52.8
60	Radonz, Hartmut	1801	GER	−36B	+96N	=66B	=24N	=45N	−34B	=68N	3.0	21.0	22.0	7.75	1853	+17.2
61	Lippert, Daniel	2199	GER	+32N	+45B	+22N	−1B	F	F	F	3.0	21.0	21.0	11.50	2197	+1.8
62	Bergmann, Rafael Antonio	1814	GER	−20B	+49N	−31B	+87N	−24B	−82N	+84B	3.0	20.5	22.5	7.50	1772	-19.6
63	Drozd, Maciej	1790	GER	−11B	+95N	=24B	=66N	−47B	−35N	+96B	3.0	20.5	21.5	5.50	1785	-2.0
64	Schillig, Sascha	1798	GER	−7B	−87N	+98B	=49N	+76B	−50N	=55B	3.0	20.0	20.5	6.25	1749	-10.0
65	Wiegmann, Ulf	1833	GER	−6B	−25N	=91B	F	+81N	+74B	=41N	3.0	20.0	20.0	8.00	1764	-10.4
66	Gieraths, Tim	1934	GER	=86N	=41B	=60N	=63B	−32N	=67B	=72N	3.0	19.5	21.5	8.75	1729	-67.2
67	Keleti, Hugo	1781	GER	−23B	+88N	−47B	+97N	−28B	=66N	=56B	3.0	19.5	20.5	6.00	1805	+6.4
68	Tews, Steffen	1873	GER	+95B	−7N	−77B	=43N	−46B	+92N	=60B	3.0	19.5	20.5	5.75	1712	-29.0
69	Wirp, Hans-Werner	1825	GER	−5B	−90N	−49B	+98N	+86B	+77N	−35B	3.0	19.0	19.5	5.00	1752	-16.6
70	Kargoll, Boris, Dr.	2256	GER	+53B	+97N	−7B	F	+34N	F	−9B	3.0	19.0	19.0	8.50	2031	-24.4
71	Herter, Arne	2157	GER	+93B	+47N	+54B	−3N	−6B	F	F	3.0	19.0	19.0	8.00	2141	+0.4
72	Bartels, Sebastian	1804	GER	−8N	−58B	+89N	=88B	−40B	+87N	=66B	3.0	18.5	20.5	6.50	1752	-19.2
73	Roessling, Laura Marie	1764	GER	−54N	=85B	−18N	=81B	+95N	+80B	−29N	3.0	18.5	19.5	5.75	1795	+8.0
74	Fritzsche, David	1742	GER	−9B	=44N	−57B	=94N	+96B	−65N	+93N	3.0	17.5	18.5	5.00	1750	+0.4
75	Schwarz, Hans	1881	GER	+87B	F	=19N	+46N	−10B	−49N	−43B	2.5	23.5	25.5	7.75	1709	-27.8
76	Hamann, Marcus	1885	GER	+19N	=15B	−38N	−59B	−64N	+83B	−52N	2.5	22.0	24.5	9.25	1714	-32.6
77	Schambier, Leon Elias	1720	GER	=34N	=80B	+68N	=16B	−48N	−69B	−51N	2.5	21.5	24.0	8.50	1794	+23.2
78	Hielscher, Ursula	1800	GER	−15N	−19B	=81N	+89B	−42N	+79B	−45N	2.5	21.0	23.0	5.75	1670	-20.8
79	Doescher, Rasmus	1549	GER	+50B	−17N	=53B	−33N	−57B	−78N	+90B	2.5	21.0	22.5	6.75	1733	+51.2
80	Wehr, Alexander	1884	GER	=82B	=77N	+87B	−17N	−25B	−73N	=88N	2.5	18.5	20.5	5.50	1618	-41.0
81	Subhankar Patra	0	IND	−26B	−46N	=78B	=73N	−65B	=98N	+92B	2.5	17.5	18.0	4.50	1667	0.0
82	Kloepzig, Mathis Lennart	1632	GER	=80N	F	−30B	−56N	+97B	+62B	−33N	2.5	17.5	17.5	5.25	1808	+24.6
83	Grunewald, Mitko	1735	GER	−97B	−53N	+95B	−50N	=87B	−76N	+94B	2.5	14.0	15.0	3.50	1655	-15.8
84	Beck, Jason	1771	GER	+31B	−23N	−28B	−35N	+90B	−44N	−62N	2.0	22.5	24.0	5.50	1732	-17.6
85	Hackenholt, Arndt	1835	GER	−3B	=73N	−27B	=86N	−49B	−96N	+98B	2.0	19.0	19.5	3.00	1625	-84.0
86	Vogt, Joerg	1721	GER	=66B	−31N	−44B	=85B	−69N	=95N	=87B	2.0	17.5	18.5	4.00	1628	-18.4
87	Miller, Thomas, Dr.	1569	GER	−75N	+64B	−80N	−62B	=83N	−72B	=86N	2.0	16.5	18.5	5.25	1647	+20.8
88	Ghulami, Ahmad Naweed	0	GER	−55N	−67B	F	=72N	+93B	−53N	=80B	2.0	16.5	16.5	4.25	1703	0.0
89	Ziem, Ole	1671	GER	−47B	=93N	−72B	−78N	=94B	=90N	=95B	2.0	13.5	14.5	2.75	1588	-32.4
90	Kamin, Klaus-Dieter	1726	GER	−37N	+69B	−29N	−32B	−84N	=89B	−79N	1.5	19.0	21.0	4.00	1554	-58.8
91	Wall, David	1685	GER	−13N	−32B	=65N	+99B	−53B	−55N	F	1.5	18.5	18.5	2.00	1648	-5.2
92	Bachmann, Sylvia	1695	GER	−24B	−56N	=94B	−93N	+98B	−68B	−81N	1.5	15.5	16.0	1.25	1604	-14.2
93	Kalusche, Andreas, Dr.	1806	GER	−71N	=89B	−59N	+92B	−88N	F	−74B	1.5	14.5	14.5	2.50	1639	-24.2
94	Mertens, Lothar	1685	GER	F	F	=92N	=74B	=89N	−52B	−83N	1.5	12.5	12.5	3.25	1578	-14.2
95	Kowalski, Jonathan	1491	GER	−68N	−63B	−83N	F	−73B	=86B	=89N	1.0	15.5	15.5	2.00	1486	-3.2
96	Noennig, Lotte	1645	GER	−29N	−60B	F	F	−74N	+85B	−63N	1.0	15.0	15.0	2.00	1571	-16.0
97	Heise, Juergen	1957	GER	+83N	−70B	−51N	−67B	−82N	F	F	1.0	14.5	14.5	2.50	1602	-44.6
98	Fisun, Ivan	1662	GER	−42N	−51B	−64N	−69B	−92N	=81B	−85N	0.5	17.5	19.0	1.25	1011	-74.4
99	Stengel, Hans-Joachim	1777	GER	−17B	=50N	−33B	−91N	F	F	F	0.5	13.5	13.5	1.75	1535	-22.0
100	Freitag, Ingo	1603	GER	−35B	−52N	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	7.5	7.5	0.00	1038	-16.4
101	Schelp, Adrian	1748	GER	−48N	F	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	3.5	3.5	0.00	1188	-8.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Melnychenko, OleksandrGER
+126.8
4.5 pts · #12
2Rothe, JustinGER
+86.4
4.0 pts · #32
3Schwaemmle, BenediktGER
+69.2
4.0 pts · #29

Top rating losers

1Hackenholt, ArndtGER
-84.0
2.0 pts · #87
2Fisun, IvanGER
-74.4
0.5 pts · #99
3Gieraths, TimGER
-67.2
3.0 pts · #68

Biggest upsets

R1+329 Elo gap
Doescher, Rasmus1549 beat Eickenbusch, Felix1878
R5+325 Elo gap
Kloepzig, Mathis Lennart1632 beat Heise, Juergen1957
R7+287 Elo gap
Melnychenko, Oleksandr1634 beat Golitsyn, Yury, Dr.1921