Landesliga Berlin 2025-2026 September 2025

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90 players participated in this 2-round tournament, held from 27 Sept 2025 to 28 Sept 2025 in Berlin, Germany. 33 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2353, and top seed was Marco Baldauf (🇩🇪 GER, GM, 2436).

Jaroslaw Verbitsky (🇩🇪 GER, 2097) won with 2.0/2, ahead of Alexander Gelman (2.0) and Kasmir Ribic (2.0).

The biggest upset came in round 2: Onno Zhang (1959) beat Clemens Escher (2171), a +212-point gap.

Location

🇩🇪Berlin, Germany

Dates

27 Sept 2025 → 28 Sept 2025

Time control

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

System

Team · 2 rounds

Top seed

🇩🇪GMMarco Baldauf2436

Avg top 10

2,353

Participants

Titled players · 33

GM×2

IM×5

FM×16

CM×8

WGM×1

WFM×1

Federations · 8 represented

🇩🇪Germany×79

🇺🇦Ukraine×2

🇮🇱Israel×1

🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina×1

🇮🇹Italy×1

🇵🇱Poland×1

🇭🇰Hong Kong China×1

🇷🇸Serbia×1

Top 3

🥇
Jaroslaw Verbitsky
🇩🇪GER·2097
2.0pts·2792perf+14.6
🥈
IMAlexander Gelman
🇩🇪GER·2406
2.0pts·3004perf+4.8
🥉
FMKasmir Ribic
🇧🇦BIH·2204
2.0pts·2804perf+9.8

Standings

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#	Player	Fed	Elo	Pts	Avg opp.	Perf	Δ Elo
3	Verbitsky, Jaroslaw	🇩🇪GER	2097	2.0	1992	2792	+14.6
4	IMGelman, Alexander	🇩🇪GER	2406	2.0	2204	3004	+4.8
1	FMRibic, Kasmir	🇧🇦BIH	2204	2.0	2004	2804	+9.8
2	FMHesse, Henrik	🇩🇪GER	2266	2.0	2245	3045	+18.8
34	Zhang, Onno	🇩🇪GER	1959	2.0	2171	2971	+30.8
9	FMNogly, Christoph	🇩🇪GER	2164	1.5	2263	2456	+15.4
14	CMBrandes, Stephan	🇩🇪GER	2094	1.5	2161	2354	+13.8
19	Eberlein, Johann	🇩🇪GER	1985	1.5	2037	2230	+12.8
6	Matviienko, Mykhailo	🇺🇦UKR	2260	1.5	2165	2358	+9.6
7	Niese, Holger	🇩🇪GER	2055	1.5	2046	2239	+9.4
16	IMKlenburg, Michael	🇮🇱ISR	2347	1.5	2224	2417	+1.7
5	Schliebener, Stephan	🇩🇪GER	2105	1.5	2129	2322	+11.4
11	Tscheuschner, Georg, Dr.	🇩🇪GER	2190	1.5	2078	2271	+4.2
18	CMPetersen, Marcel	🇩🇪GER	2259	1.5	2183	2376	+6.0
20	Weber, Martin	🇩🇪GER	2149	1.5	2037	2230	+4.0
8	IMMuse, Drazen	🇭🇷CRO	2288	1.5	1984	2177	-1.9
10	Chakhalov, Mikael	🇩🇪GER	1949	1.5	1986	2179	+24.0
17	Vollmar, Timo	🇩🇪GER	1949	1.5	2099	2292	+18.0
12	FMBecker, Walter	🇩🇪GER	2333	1.5	2008	2201	-4.8
15	Van Hasselt, Frank	🇭🇰HKG	2165	1.5	2130	2323	+8.2
13	Janeczko, Jakub	🇵🇱POL	2242	1.5	2225	2418	+9.0
50	Jauk, Wilhelm	🇩🇪GER	2106	1.0	2073	2073	-1.8
39	IMHeinzel, Olaf	🇩🇪GER	2263	1.0	2212	2212	-1.5
22	Kather, Yannick	🇩🇪GER	2151	1.0	2124	2124	-1.6
26	George, Tom	🇩🇪GER	2178	1.0	2104	2104	-4.2
35	Janke, Jeffrey	🇩🇪GER	1957	1.0	2015	2015	+3.2
43	CMDimitrijeski, Kristian	🇩🇪GER	2113	1.0	2064	2064	-2.6
45	Schoewel, Matthias	🇩🇪GER	2185	1.0	2159	2159	-1.4
51	Horn, Sven	🇩🇪GER	2080	1.0	2123	2123	+2.0
54	FMBrustkern, Juergen	🇩🇪GER	2068	1.0	2119	2119	+2.8
29	CMDuester, Christian	🇩🇪GER	2150	1.0	2182	2182	+1.8
47	Piz, Maxim, Dr.	🇩🇪GER	2143	1.0	2025	2025	-6.2
52	Schnabel, Bennett	🇩🇪GER	2043	1.0	2060	2060	+1.0
24	Lisek, Juergen	🇩🇪GER	2195	1.0	2209	2209	+0.6
30	FMWendt, Jan-Dietrich	🇩🇪GER	2262	1.0	2157	2157	-5.6
28	Pixa, Richard	🇩🇪GER	2056	1.0	2050	2050	-0.4
37	FMHeuer, Thomas	🇩🇪GER	2030	1.0	1984	1984	-2.6
21	IMBerger, Steve	🇩🇪GER	2414	1.0	2225	2225	-4.9
23	Zur, Jan	🇩🇪GER	2142	1.0	2137	2137	-0.4
40	FMWerner, Patrick	🇩🇪GER	2231	1.0	2405	2405	+9.2
53	Jaeschke, Jens-Uwe	🇩🇪GER	2089	1.0	2115	2115	+1.4
38	Heistermann, Till	🇩🇪GER	2161	1.0	2098	2098	-3.6
41	FMGaerths, Ronny	🇩🇪GER	2129	1.0	2072	2072	-2.8
42	GMMeister, Jakob	🇩🇪GER	2396	1.0	2190	2190	-5.3
46	Tomin, Bogdan	🇷🇸SRB	2121	1.0	2074	2074	-2.6
48	CMJahnz, Laurin	🇩🇪GER	2220	1.0	2262	2262	+4.0
25	Noll, Paul	🇩🇪GER	2104	1.0	2065	2065	-4.4
36	Carmesin, Leon Lucas Finn	🇩🇪GER	2048	1.0	2055	2055	+0.4
49	Heyme, Sibylle	🇩🇪GER	1955	1.0	2073	2073	+6.2
27	Hommel, Niclas	🇩🇪GER	2163	1.0	2159	2959	+9.8
31	GMBaldauf, Marco	🇩🇪GER	2436	1.0	2252	3052	+2.6
33	Bui, Bao Anh Le	🇩🇪GER	2224	1.0	2096	2896	+6.6
32	Galbraith, Martin	🇩🇪GER	2113	1.0	2015	2815	+7.4
44	WGMBurchardt, Brigitte	🇩🇪GER	2109	1.0	1955	2755	+5.8
58	Janoschka, Julien	🇩🇪GER	1980	0.5	2269	2076	+6.8
60	FMKleeschaetzky, Ralf	🇩🇪GER	2179	0.5	2333	2140	-2.0
78	CMKunz, Andre	🇩🇪GER	2110	0.5	2243	2050	-2.8
59	FMJahnz, Fabian	🇩🇪GER	2229	0.5	2189	1996	-11.8
56	CMOffermann, Fernando	🇩🇪GER	2036	0.5	2194	2001	-2.4
68	FMLundin, Jan	🇸🇪SWE	2070	0.5	2219	2026	-2.0
71	Noeldner, Julian	🇩🇪GER	2253	0.5	2392	2199	-2.6
74	Niehaus, Frank	🇩🇪GER	2106	0.5	2133	1940	-8.4
76	Lindhauer, Thorben	🇩🇪GER	2006	0.5	2135	1942	-3.0
64	Schmidt, Florian Pascal	🇩🇪GER	1971	0.5	2210	2017	+2.0
69	Donath, Johann	🇩🇪GER	2102	0.5	2254	2061	-1.8
70	Lachmann, Utz	🇩🇪GER	2067	0.5	2137	1944	-6.2
77	FMHeinig, Wolfram, Dr.	🇩🇪GER	2192	0.5	2165	2165	-0.8
72	Daum, Norman	🇩🇪GER	2149	0.5	2329	2136	-0.8
57	Weber, Daniel	🇩🇪GER	2159	0.5	2131	1938	-11.4
63	Mimkes, Pavel	🇩🇪GER	2096	0.5	2234	2041	-2.6
62	FMBrettschneider, Stefan	🇩🇪GER	2244	0.5	2096	2096	-4.0
67	Freyberg, Dominic	🇩🇪GER	2108	0.5	2067	2067	-1.2
61	Richter, Georg	🇩🇪GER	2135	0.5	2043	2043	-2.6
66	Krichi, Abdelkarim	🇩🇪GER	1958	0.5	2128	2128	+8.8
55	Boeddeker, Henry	🇩🇪GER	2100	0.5	2159	2159	+1.6
65	CMYatskar, Martin	🇺🇦UKR	2249	0.5	2102	2102	-4.0
73	Kalabic, Faris	🇩🇪GER	2145	0.5	2259	2259	+3.2
75	FMSteinhagen, Bernd	🇩🇪GER	2259	0.5	2145	2145	-3.2
84	Stein, Theodor	🇩🇪GER	1877	0.0	2187	1387	-12.0
87	FMRosenthal, Dirk	🇩🇪GER	2379	0.0	2254	1454	-13.3
86	Escher, Clemens	🇩🇪GER	2171	0.0	1958	1158	-15.4
89	Suess, Wolfgang, Dr.	🇩🇪GER	0	0.0	1977	1177	0.0
82	Labahn, Peter	🇩🇪GER	2016	0.0	2032	1232	-38.4
88	Fartmann, Oliver	🇩🇪GER	2085	0.0	1949	1149	-13.6
85	Weber, Erwin	🇩🇪GER	2002	0.0	2002	1202	-20.2
79	WFMSkogvall, Martina	🇩🇪GER	1955	0.0	2109	1309	-5.8
80	Burguete, Leandro	🇫🇷FRA	1983	0.0	2030	1230	-8.6
81	Seils, Gudula	🇩🇪GER	2028	0.0	2204	1404	-5.4
83	Barca, Lorenzo	🇮🇹ITA	2045	0.0	2056	1256	-9.6
90	Mueller, Mark	🇩🇪GER	1979	0.0	2104	1304	-13.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Zhang, OnnoGER
+30.8
2.0 pts · #34
2Chakhalov, MikaelGER
+24.0
1.5 pts · #10
3Hesse, HenrikFMGER
+18.8
2.0 pts · #2

Top rating losers

1Labahn, PeterGER
-38.4
0.0 pts · #82
2Weber, ErwinGER
-20.2
0.0 pts · #85
3Escher, ClemensGER
-15.4
0.0 pts · #86

Biggest upsets

R2+212 Elo gap
Zhang, Onno1959 beat Escher, Clemens2171
R2+137 Elo gap
Janeczko, Jakub2242 beat FMRosenthal, Dirk2379
R2+136 Elo gap
Vollmar, Timo1949 beat Fartmann, Oliver2085