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8. Internationales Spandauer Weihnachtsopen 2025

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150 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 27 Dec 2025 to 30 Dec 2025 in Berlin, Germany. 10 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2284, and top seed was Irakli Akhvlediani (🇬🇪 GEO, IM, 2444).

Irakli Akhvlediani (🇬🇪 GEO, IM, 2444) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Martin Yatskar (6.0) and Jonas Foerster (6.0). Akhvlediani won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Erik Dieckow (1827) beat Aaron Matthes (CM, 2286), a +459-point gap.

Location
🇩🇪Berlin, Germany
Dates
27 Dec 2025 → 30 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇬🇪IMIrakli Akhvlediani2444
Avg top 10
2,284
Participants
150
Titled players · 10
IM×2
FM×5
CM×2
WFM×1
Federations · 8 represented
🇩🇪Germany×125
🇮🇹Italy×3
🇩🇰Denmark×2
🇳🇱Netherlands×2
🇺🇸United States of America×2
🇹🇷Turkiye×2
🇺🇦Ukraine×2
🇬🇪Georgia×2
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R7; 3 players tied at 6.0/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.

Co-leaders
68
26
7
3
1
1
3
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 6.0/7. Akhvlediani takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (30.0).

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Irakli Akhvlediani beat CM Martin Yatskar (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

CM Martin Yatskar 6 wins (R1–R6)Jonas Foerster 3 wins (R5–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1IMIrakli Akhvlediani*
1
1
2CMMartin Yatskar
0
*
3Jonas Foerster*
4Phil Thomsen
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Akhvlediani, IrakliIM2444GEO+122B+58N=21B+5N+16B=9N+2B6.030.032.027.252442+0.6
2Yatskar, MartinCM2260UKR+84N+76B+11N+4B+34N+8B1N6.029.032.526.502423+26.4
3Foerster, Jonas2218GER+66B+19N=14B=46N+50B+23N+9B6.027.531.026.502336+18.2
4Petersen, HenrikFM2297GER+97B+71N+13B2N+21B+18N=6B5.529.532.523.752315+4.6
5Thomsen, Phil2156GER+64N+39B+24N1B+25N+11B=12N5.529.032.524.002269+20.2
6Herrmann, JakobFM2196GER+67N+25B=35N+27B=10N+46B=4N5.527.531.023.752256+11.4
7Tschernatsch, JohannesFM2310GER+116N+70B+59N8B=43N+22B+21N5.525.528.021.002238-8.0
8Perestjuk, Marko2137GER+74B+26N+37B+7N=9B2N=13B5.030.033.522.502252+23.6
9Strache, Michael2287GER+52N+91B+63N+15B=8N=1B3N5.029.532.521.002244-1.8
10Schliebener, Stephan2116GER+73B+33N=16B+44N=6B=12B=14N5.029.032.522.252189+15.4
11Acciaioli, Giacomo1989ITA+117B+31N2B+20N+65B5N+36B5.028.531.019.502089+39.6
12Wichmann, CliffIM2264GER+65B=29N+50B=23N+26B=10N=5B5.028.031.521.752162-6.4
13Rose, Daniel2081GER+47N+42B4N+28B=24N+48B=8N5.027.531.521.252136+12.2
14Schletter, Felix2076GER+69N+68B=3N=22B=15N+67B=10B5.027.531.020.752088+5.4
15Schneider, Johan1872GER+142B+38N+17B9N=14B=30N+37B5.027.528.518.752211+102.4
16Torosyan, Bagrat1987GER+138N+130B=10N+45B1N+41B=17B5.026.027.516.502194+77.2
17Restorff, Felix2113GER+93N+28B15N=42B+112N+43B=16N5.025.528.018.502054-8.0
18Boeddeker, Henry2127GER=89N+136B=29N+49B+39N4B+31B5.025.527.017.752082-3.0
19Lehmann, Christoph1934GER+100N3B+99N=64B+110N=45B+34N5.023.526.016.252068+22.0
20Andresen, Marc1858GER+147N63B+92N11B+123N+35B+44N5.021.521.513.002003+15.4
21Gebigke, Martin2094GER+99N+48B=1N+35B4N+24B7B4.529.532.518.502192+18.4
22Kopper, Liam1800GER+131B=23N+54B=14N+38B7N=30B4.527.529.517.002129+87.2
23Krefenstein, Sergej2048GER+124N=22B+82N=12B+78N3B=29N4.527.029.016.002057+4.0
24Kissmann, Tobias1914GER+96B+60N5B+77N=13B21N+74B4.526.029.016.502021+38.8
25Kaiser, Frederic1935GER+111B6N+94B+73N5B=57N+65B4.525.027.514.501980+10.0
26Acciaioli, Fabio1930ITA+143N8B+69N+47B12N+90B=27N4.525.026.013.751985+12.6
27Mankel, Luca2007GER=87B+57N+120B6N=40B+88N=26B4.524.026.515.251984-2.0
28Lorenz, Veronika1922GER+139B17N+87B13N+72B=38N+63N4.524.025.513.501978+30.4
29Janoschka, Julien1942GER+115N=12B=18B65N+94B+122N=23B4.523.525.514.752023+32.4
30Leipert, Pieter2023GER+125N+112B=45N34B+82N=15B=22N4.523.525.514.752021+1.4
31Staehrfeldt, Philipp1844GER+150N11B+118N+70B=41N+63B18N4.523.523.511.502032+30.0
32Teichert, Felix2102GER+79B=36N=88B=33N51B+113N+40B4.523.025.515.751981-19.2
33Heimann, Alexander1913GER+126N10B+124N=32B64N+69B+75N4.522.024.013.251962+12.4
34Zesch, Felix2129GER+102B=88N+80B+30N2B=36N19B4.026.029.014.502022-34.4
35Faust, Adrian1974GER+105B+109N=6B21N=57B20N+67N4.025.528.013.751923-7.2
36Czeisz, Luca1910GER+106N=32B=41N+59B=63N=34B11N4.025.028.015.002074+26.0
37Nies, Jannik1992GER+92N+55B8N78B+52N+68B15N4.025.028.014.501903-28.8
38Boettcher, Patrick2042GER+90N15B+85N+68B22N=28B=48N4.025.028.014.251904-23.4
39Bender, Felix1934GER+137B5N+61B+95N18B=65N=57B4.025.026.512.251871-8.6
40Seitz, Manuel1849GER+56N=46B44N+81B=27N+91B32N4.024.527.514.751971+18.8
41Keller, Yannik2083GER+95B=51N=36B+88N=31B16N=49B4.024.527.514.251916-26.2
42Drechsler, Andor1905GER+107B13N+117B=17N45N+81B=43N4.024.527.013.501950+14.0
43Oleszczuk, Artur1956POL+72B135N+79B+97N=7B17N=42B4.024.526.514.752025+24.4
44Inkaya, Mustafa1986TUR+83B=120N+40B10B=66N+104N20B4.024.026.513.501890-15.2
45Spiric, IgorFM2167SRB+85B+53N=30B16N+42B=19N4.022.526.016.252055-14.6
46Pathak, Raghav2048NED+98B=40N+51B=3B+90N6N4.022.525.515.002064+9.6
47Schulze, Robert1760GER13B+129N+53B26N88B+96N+104B4.022.524.512.001872+21.4
48Kuban, Andreas1911GER+129B21N=109B+83N+120B13N=38B4.022.024.011.251878-2.4
49Tornow, Michael1929GER=121B=87N+98B18N+103B=74N=41N4.021.524.012.501902-2.2
50Vollmar, Timo1975GER+101N+123B12N+55B3N+78B4.021.523.512.502029+7.6
51Grozea, Filip1905GER+134N=41B46N+89B+32NF=54B4.021.521.513.502078+23.0
52Tverdokhlib, Vitalii1833GER9B+114N77B+117N37B+105N+87B4.021.023.511.001934+14.4
53Baier, Reinhard1932GER+128N45B47N+101B=69N=66B+93N4.021.023.011.501827-16.2
54Moeller, Jared William2001GER+81N=82B22N90B+138N+112B=51N4.021.022.511.251842-26.2
55Kandeler, Christian1849GER+77B37N+142B50N+111B58N+95B4.021.022.010.001687-16.0
56Knippen, Christian0GER40B98N+96B+61N80B+94N+122B4.020.522.512.0017930.0
57Teusch, Lucas1831GER=146N27B+136N+140B=35N=25B=39N4.020.021.09.752009+31.6
58Schmidt, Florian Pascal1973GER+118N1B64N+92B+99N+55B4.019.522.012.501957-2.4
59Schulz, Jannis2081GER+94B+113N7B36N+97B+64B4.019.021.512.002038-4.6
60Niering, Martin2133GER+108N24B66N+125B122N+110B+89N4.018.520.510.501815-43.6
61Hildebrand, Azat1744GER63N+147B39N56B+132N+123B+91N4.018.518.57.001867+24.0
62Matthes, Benjamin1965GER=110N+89BF120N+109B=87N+102B4.016.516.511.251895-7.6
63von Hassel, Ulf2061GER+61B+20N9B+104N=36B31N28B3.527.030.014.001920-25.2
64Gok, Altay Erdem1798TUR5B+111N+58B=19N+33B59NF3.526.529.013.501997+61.2
65Dieckow, Erik1827GER12N+115B+146N+29B11N=39B25N3.525.526.510.001976+24.0
66Anagnostoudis, Angelos1813GER3N+100B+60B=71N=44B=53NF3.525.028.012.752018+62.0
67Holovianko, Illia1808GER6B=119N+121B+80N+71B14N35B3.524.026.510.751899+22.4
68Greber, Andreas1900GER+145B14N+72B38N+77B37N=73B3.523.524.59.751776-17.4
69Holin, Simon1755ENG14B+107N26B+142N=53B33N+113B3.523.524.58.501794+8.4
70Beyte, Tim1968GER+114B7N+102B31N74B=98N+92N3.522.525.010.001792-57.2
71Zeissig, Richard1943GER+133N4B+93N=66B67N+84BF3.522.524.510.251911-4.4
72Jena, Aakarshan1595GER43N+84B68N+108B28N=85B+116N3.522.024.510.751862+89.6
73Schuster, Rebekka1794GER10N+126B+91N25B75N+115B=68N3.522.024.09.251855+11.2
74Jibuti, NataWFM1797GEO8N+143B=140N=75B+70N=49B24N3.522.023.09.001927+23.4
75Biriukov, Nikolai1997GER109B=83N+105B=74N+73B=86N33B3.521.524.011.751766-77.6
76Andresen, Eric1942GER+119B2N95B=87N+83B+114NF3.521.524.010.001916-0.4
77Riyas, Muhamed Salih0SRI55N+138B+52N24B68N+124B=78N3.521.523.09.2518170.0
78Weickelt, Daniel1829GER135B+103N+141B+37N23B50N=77B3.521.022.510.251897+13.6
79Majewski, Nico1787GER32N+106B43N=100B81N+118B+110N3.520.523.09.501643-40.0
80Nguyen, Viet Anh1957GER=136N+127B34N67B+56N+82BF3.520.522.010.251761-40.4
81Tiemann, Steffen1720GER54B+144N=113B40N+79B42N+111B3.520.521.58.251774+7.2
82Jiron, Valerio1850GER+148B=54N23B+137N30B80N+109B3.520.520.56.001820-4.6
83Potapovs, Nikita1647GER44N=75B+127N48B76N+141B+112N3.519.521.07.751787+27.6
84Meister, Alexander1823UKR2B72N+139B=114N+137B71N+119B3.519.521.06.751714-19.8
85Albano, Axel1798ITA45N+128B38B103N+133B=72N+114B3.519.021.08.251735-12.8
86Guenther, Thomas1888GER123N+101B90N+118B+124N=75BF3.517.519.59.251893+2.2
87Klotzek, Sebastian1721GER=27N=49B28N=76B+140N=62B52N3.024.526.09.501896+29.2
88Madsen, Jens Ingemann1923DEN+132N=34B=32N41B+47N27BF3.024.026.010.251934+3.6
89Mayer, Herbert, Dr.1794GER=18B62N+119B51N=106B+103N60B3.023.025.59.501831+2.6
90Psiakowski, Volker1729GER38B+131N+86B+54N46B26NF3.023.025.09.501910+20.6
91Schmidt, Fabian1966GER+103B9N73B+130N+95B40N61B3.022.524.58.001710-40.0
92Haubold, Erik0GER37B+148N20B58N+129B+97N70B3.021.521.55.0017280.0
93Paul, Andre David1790GER17B+96N71B111N+143B+106N53B3.021.022.07.001644-23.2
94Weissen, Joscha1759GER59N+149B25N+128B29N56B+132N3.021.021.04.001726-10.4
95Bakulin, Mark0RUS41N+134B+76N39B91N+126B55N3.020.522.57.5017520.0
96Nguyen, Oliver Dung1555GER24N93B56N+134B+108N47B+124N3.020.522.57.001728+45.2
97Krambeer, Bernd1834GER4N+133B+123N43B59N92B+128N3.020.522.56.001806-5.2
98Elkin, Lev1736GER46N+56B49N123B+139N=70B=100N3.020.522.08.751727-5.2
99Becker, Werner1784GER21B+139N19B+143N58B=111N=107B3.020.521.55.251709-12.4
100Reinhold, Leon1564GER19B66N+144B=79N113B+117N=98B3.020.021.06.751675+29.2
101Uhlarz, Joerg1629GER50B86N+107B53N+142B102N+131B3.019.520.56.001098-14.2
102Lotzmanov, Peter1795GER34N+132B70N115B+128N+101B62N3.019.021.07.001708-16.6
103Koppe, Cordelia1605GER91N78B+149N+85B49N89B+123N3.019.019.05.501623+1.0
104Friedrich, Karl1872GER=127N=146B+130N63B+115N44B47N3.018.019.06.001841-7.2
105Vo, Thomi1628GER35N=116B75N=127B+148N52B+126N3.018.018.04.251677+5.2
106Friedrich, Florian0GER36B79N=138N+136B=89N93B+125N3.017.018.55.7517020.0
107Schumacher, Ben0GER42N69B101N+147B=125N+138B=99N3.017.017.04.0016170.0
108Er, Sadik Bugra1796GER60B137N+126B72N96B+129N+143B3.016.017.05.001563-83.2
109Jorgensen, Orla Eilegaard1693DEN+75N35B=48N112B62N+127B82N2.521.523.57.501730+4.4
110Marx, Kjeld Frieder0GER=62BF+116N+113N19B60N79B2.521.521.57.0018640.0
111Chupikov, Oleksii junior1580GER25N64B+147N+93B55N=99B81N2.521.521.54.501619+8.8
112Lindstroem, Maximilian1843GER+144B30N=137B+109N17B54N83B2.521.022.04.251643-30.6
113Sterin, Andrei1866GER+149N59B=81N110B+100N32B69N2.521.021.04.751694-46.0
114Tamke, Quintus1616GER70N52B+134N=84B+116N76B85N2.520.522.56.251674+13.2
115Klemmer, Boris1581GER29B65N+131B+102N104B73N=121B2.520.022.06.251606+4.0
116Stelter, Carsten1839GER7B=105N110B+119N114B+137N72B2.519.521.05.501644-63.6
117Tyukavin, Andrey1665GER11N+150B42N52B=127N100B+139N2.519.519.52.501516-39.2
118Sonsalla, Stefan1623GER58B+122N31B86N=141B79N+137B2.519.020.54.251687+7.2
119Fisun, Ivan1589GER76N=67B89N116B+136N+140B84N2.517.519.04.751727+38.8
120Ryazanov, Semyon1725GER+141N=44B27N+62B48N2.516.518.07.501880+28.0
121Trifonov, Martin0GER=49N140B67N138B+134N=125B=115N2.515.517.06.2515940.0
122Kellner, Nikolaus1841AUT1N118B+132NF+60B29B56N2.023.025.06.001817-5.0
123Aghamuradov, Erkin0GER+86B50N97B+98N20B61N103B2.022.525.56.5016480.0
124Nait Raiss, Rayane1743GER23B+145N33B+141N86B77N96B2.020.521.52.501515-55.6
125Jaeger, Maria1727GER30B142N+129B60N=107B=121N106B2.019.020.04.751755-1.2
126Miceli, Damiano1487GER33B73N108N+149B+130B95N105B2.019.019.02.001527+5.2
127Shestak, Artem0GER=104B80N83B=105N=117B109N=130B2.018.020.05.2515840.0
128Behrends, Ehrhard, Prof.1526GER53B85N+148B94N102B+145N97B2.017.517.51.001479-17.6
129Morczynski, Ryszard1485GER48N47B125N+144B92N108B+148N2.017.017.01.00993-11.8
130Lasschuit, Rene1729NED+140N16N104B91B126N=139B=127N2.016.518.03.251612-18.8
131Bartenev, Leonid0GER22N90B115N139N+147B+133B101N2.016.516.52.0013720.0
132Floericke, Sebastian1506GER88B102N122B+145N61B+144N94B2.016.017.02.001468-15.6
133Er, Orhan1593GER71B97N+145BF85N131N+142B2.015.016.02.001551-12.0
134Burchardi, Konstantin1438GER51B95N114B96N121B+147N+149B2.015.015.00.008820.0
135Dathe, FrederickFM2281GER+78N+43B2.04.07.57.502719+4.2
136Yang, Everest Yun-Hao1604GER=80B18N57B106N119B+142N141N1.519.520.52.751524-16.8
137Rauhut, Max1538GER39N+108B=112N82B84N116B118N1.519.021.54.251586+10.8
138Brunn, Camden Jay1654USA16B77N=106B+121N54B107N1.518.521.04.001194-4.6
139Lippert, Marc1493GER28N99B84N+131B98B=130N117B1.518.520.53.001371-10.4
140Jurkatis, Hagen2025GER130B+121N=74B57N87B119N1.515.517.54.251375-73.4
141Xu, Liurui0CHN120BF78N124B=118N83N+136B1.515.515.52.7515020.0
142Bordihn, Frank0GER15N+125B55N69B101N136B133N1.019.521.02.0014090.0
143Nguyen, Lucas Bao Vinh1521GER26B74NF99B93N+148B108N1.017.017.00.001017-30.8
144Burchardi, Justus0GER112N81B100N129NF132B+145B1.014.014.01.0013140.0
145Zimmer, Mireille E1417USA68N124B133N132B+149N128B144N1.012.512.50.00834-22.8
146Matthes, AaronCM2286GER=57B=104N65B1.07.510.53.501761-35.2
147FIDE 533065675020B61N111B107N131N134BF0.018.518.50.009270.0
148FIDE 533061572082N92B128NF105B143N129B0.014.514.50.008030.0
149FIDE 5330436710113B94N103B126N145BF134N0.013.513.50.008240.0
150Wiltz, Florian0GER31B117NF0.07.08.00.009550.0

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