IV. Solinger Sparkassen-Jugend-Open 2025

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61 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 25 Aug 2025 to 26 Aug 2025 in Solingen, Germany. 1 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1858, and top seed was Merlin Maenken (🇩🇪 GER, CM, 2157).

Janis Meijers (🇺🇦 UKR, 1789) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Yusuf Amini (4.5) and Merlin Maenken (4.5). Meijers won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Dharshini Satheesh (1562) beat Constantin Schmitz (1781), a +219-point gap.

Location

🇩🇪Solingen, Germany

Dates

25 Aug 2025 → 26 Aug 2025

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇩🇪CMMerlin Maenken2157

Avg top 10

1,858

Participants

Titled players · 1

CM×1

Federations · 3 represented

🇩🇪Germany×42

🇺🇦Ukraine×3

🇮🇳India×2

Top 3

🥇
Janis Meijers
🇺🇦UKR·1789
4.5pts·2097perf+65.6
🥈
Yusuf Amini
🇩🇪GER·1945
4.5pts·2003perf+8.0
🥉
CMMerlin Maenken
🇩🇪GER·2157
4.5pts·2123perf-3.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 3 players tied at 4.5/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 8 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Meijers4.5Maenken4.5Amini4.5Asadzade4Kudlai4Weinert4

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 4.5/5. Meijers takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (15.0).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Janis Meijers 3 wins (R1–R3)Yusuf Amini 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Janis Meijers	*	—	½	—
2CMMerlin Maenken	—	*	—	—
3Yusuf Amini	½	—	*	—
4Muhammed Asadzade	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Meijers, Janis	1789	UKR	+8N	+38B	+18N	=2B	+10N	4.5	15.0	17.0	14.75	2097	+65.6
2	Amini, Yusuf	1945	GER	+34B	+16N	+5B	=1N	+11B	4.5	15.0	17.0	14.75	2003	+8.0
3	Maenken, MerlinCM	2157	GER	+17N	+14B	=12N	+13B	+9N	4.5	14.0	17.0	15.25	2123	-3.0
4	Asadzade, Muhammed	1895	GER	+25N	+51B	=13N	+12B	=6N	4.0	14.0	15.0	11.25	1820	-11.2
5	Kudlai, Maksim	1655	UKR	+50N	+27B	−2N	+21B	+18N	4.0	13.5	14.5	10.00	1841	+36.4
6	Weinert, Daniel	1552	GER	+60B	+43N	+7B	=9N	=4B	4.0	13.5	13.5	9.75	2012	+91.2
7	Sai Ritvik Arvapalli	1770	IND	+39N	+21B	−6N	+17B	+20N	4.0	13.0	15.0	11.00	1686	-10.5
8	Meijers, Jaroslav	1686	UKR	−1B	+44N	+34B	+23N	+16B	4.0	12.5	14.0	9.50	1773	+14.0
9	Atar, Efecan	1875	GER	+24N	+20B	+19N	=6B	−3B	3.5	14.5	17.5	11.00	1825	-6.7
10	Fetahovic, Sarah	1890	GER	+35B	+15N	=11B	+29N	−1B	3.5	14.0	16.0	9.75	1750	-26.0
11	Le, Elias	1618	GER	+22N	+37B	=10N	+19B	−2N	3.5	14.0	16.0	9.75	1821	+28.4
12	Pernizki, Max	1737	GER	+45B	+23N	=3B	−4N	+29B	3.5	14.0	15.5	9.25	1898	+14.8
13	Immel, Kaspar	1635	GER	+53B	+26N	=4B	−3N	+31B	3.5	14.0	15.0	8.50	1826	+34.4
14	Atar, Semih Akif	1610	GER	+52B	−3N	+35B	+30N	=15B	3.5	12.5	13.5	7.25	1676	+6.0
15	Schneider, Ferdinand	1583	GER	+40N	−10B	+41N	+28B	=14N	3.5	11.5	13.5	8.25	1558	-4.0
16	Subramanian Meyyappan	1605	IND	+47N	−2B	+24N	+25B	−8N	3.0	14.5	16.0	7.50	1016	-20.4
17	Chen, Aimee	0	GER	−3B	+22N	+59B	−7N	+36B	3.0	13.5	13.5	5.00	1164	0.0
18	Satheesh, Dharshini	1562	GER	+28N	+58B	−1B	+37N	−5B	3.0	13.0	14.0	5.50	1617	+8.0
19	Ni, Wilhelm Zeyin	1628	GER	+36B	+30N	−9B	−11N	+34B	3.0	11.5	13.5	6.50	1517	-18.0
20	Dhanasekaran Meenambigai, Diya	1583	GER	+46B	−9N	+45B	+39N	−7B	3.0	11.0	12.5	5.00	1023	-16.4
21	Malagatte, Samiksha	1550	GER	+54B	−7N	+53B	−5N	+39B	3.0	11.0	12.0	4.00	913	-23.2
22	FIDE 16294076	0	—	−11B	−17B	+54N	+35N	+45B	3.0	10.0	11.0	4.50	818	0.0
23	Oezdemir, Anna Valentina	1548	GER	+49N	−12B	+50N	−8B	+53N	3.0	10.0	11.0	3.50	912	-23.2
24	Guan, Guoyou	0	GER	−9B	+46N	−16B	+59N	+38B	3.0	10.0	10.0	3.50	1559	0.0
25	Kalinin, Pavlo	0	GER	−4B	+52N	+57B	−16N	+51B	3.0	9.0	10.0	3.00	1695	0.0
26	Fetahovic, Maida	1471	GER	+48N	−13B	F	+46N	+37B	3.0	8.5	8.5	5.00	835	-12.4
27	Sigacheva, Varvara	1536	GER	+61N	−5N	−36B	+50B	+52N	3.0	8.0	8.0	2.00	855	-13.6
28	Adukkathil, Aahil	0	GER	−18B	+42N	+44B	−15N	=30B	2.5	11.0	12.5	4.75	1253	0.0
29	Ilic, Mihajlo	1629	GER	+55N	=32B	+58N	−10B	−12N	2.5	10.5	11.5	3.25	1630	-2.0
30	Satheesh, Yazhini	1434	GER	+59N	−19B	+55N	−14B	=28N	2.5	10.0	10.0	2.25	820	-20.8
31	Liu, Yichen	1495	GER	=44B	−57N	+42B	+36N	−13N	2.5	9.0	10.0	4.75	865	-22.0
32	Rieland, Hannes	1461	GER	+33B	=29N	−43B	−51N	+44B	2.5	8.5	9.5	5.25	1377	-11.2
33	Sankar, Samprita	0	GER	−32N	−55B	=40N	+54B	+47N	2.5	7.0	8.0	3.50	660	0.0
34	FIDE 533034214	0	—	−2N	+47B	−8N	+55B	−19N	2.0	13.0	14.0	2.50	953	0.0
35	Panickerkandy, Surya	0	GER	−10N	+40B	−14N	−22B	+50N	2.0	12.0	13.0	3.00	951	0.0
36	Manoharan, Kavin	0	GER	−19N	+48B	+27N	−31B	−17N	2.0	11.5	13.0	4.50	1428	0.0
37	Martens, David Viktor	0	GER	+57N	−11N	+38B	−18B	−26N	2.0	11.5	12.5	3.00	1517	0.0
38	Liu, Mio Runhan	1571	GER	+56B	−1N	−37N	+41B	−24N	2.0	11.5	12.5	3.00	989	-8.8
39	Tschoepe, Constantin	0	GER	−7B	+56N	+51N	−20B	−21N	2.0	11.0	12.0	2.00	1429	0.0
40	Kayacik, Fatih	0	GER	−15B	−35N	=33B	+56N	=46B	2.0	9.5	10.5	3.00	783	0.0
41	Rezk, Ferris	0	GER	−43B	+54N	−15B	−38N	+59B	2.0	8.5	8.5	1.00	831	0.0
42	Sereda, Dmitrij	0	GER	−58N	−28B	−31N	+61B	+55N	2.0	7.0	7.0	1.00	839	0.0
43	Teng, David	1737	GER	+41N	−6B	+32N	—	—	2.0	6.5	8.5	4.50	1505	-22.8
44	Mollaoglu, Esra	0	GER	=31N	−8B	−28N	+48B	−32N	1.5	11.5	13.0	2.75	1274	0.0
45	Tok, Tuana	0	GER	−12N	+49B	−20N	=47B	−22N	1.5	11.0	12.5	2.25	860	0.0
46	FIDE 533053928	0	—	−20N	−24B	+61N	−26B	=40N	1.5	11.0	11.0	1.00	740	0.0
47	FIDE 533054339	0	—	−16B	−34N	+60B	=45N	−33B	1.5	9.0	9.0	0.75	805	0.0
48	FIDE 533054380	0	—	−26B	−36N	=56B	−44N	+60B	1.5	7.5	7.5	0.50	696	0.0
49	FIDE 533053901	0	—	−23B	−45N	−52B	+60N	=56B	1.5	6.5	6.5	0.50	749	0.0
50	Chen, Alex	0	GER	−5B	+60N	−23B	−27N	−35B	1.0	12.0	12.0	0.00	780	0.0
51	Kurakin, Martin	1584	GER	F	−4N	−39B	+32B	−25N	1.0	11.5	11.5	2.50	1678	+7.6
52	FIDE 533054304	0	—	−14N	−25B	+49N	F	−27B	1.0	11.0	12.0	1.50	773	0.0
53	FIDE 533054312	0	—	−13N	+61B	−21N	F	−23B	1.0	10.5	10.5	0.00	778	0.0
54	FIDE 533052727	0	—	−21N	−41B	−22B	−33N	+61N	1.0	10.5	10.5	0.00	751	0.0
55	FIDE 533054320	0	—	−29B	+33N	−30B	−34N	−42B	1.0	9.5	11.5	2.50	732	0.0
56	FIDE 533054215	0	—	−38N	−39B	=48N	−40B	=49N	1.0	7.5	9.0	1.50	772	0.0
57	Schulze-Ardey, Dario	1695	GER	−37B	+31B	−25N	F	—	1.0	7.5	8.5	2.50	2296	+9.6
58	Schmitz, Constantin	1781	GER	+42B	−18N	−29B	F	—	1.0	7.5	8.5	2.00	796	-59.2
59	FIDE 533049840	0	—	−30B	F	−17N	−24B	−41N	0.0	10.5	10.5	0.00	634	0.0
60	FIDE 533050600	0	—	−6N	−50B	−47N	−49B	−48N	0.0	8.5	9.5	0.00	750	0.0
61	FIDE 533054347	0	—	−27B	−53N	−46B	−42N	−54B	0.0	7.5	8.5	0.00	735	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Weinert, DanielGER
+91.2
4.0 pts · #6
2Meijers, JanisUKR
+65.6
4.5 pts · #1
3Kudlai, MaksimUKR
+36.4
4.0 pts · #5

Top rating losers

1Schmitz, ConstantinGER
-59.2
1.0 pts · #50
2Fetahovic, SarahGER
-26.0
3.5 pts · #8
3Malagatte, SamikshaGER
-23.2
3.0 pts · #47

Biggest upsets

R2+219 Elo gap
Satheesh, Dharshini1562 beat Schmitz, Constantin1781
R3+218 Elo gap
Weinert, Daniel1552 beat Sai Ritvik Arvapalli1770
R2+185 Elo gap
Weinert, Daniel1552 beat Teng, David1737