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Berliner Pokal-Einzelmeisterschaft 2025

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26 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 18 Sept 2025 to 16 Oct 2025 in Berlin, Germany. 3 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2147, and top seed was Mykhailo Matviienko (🇺🇦 UKR, 2260).

Michael Strache (🇩🇪 GER, 2254) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Christoph Nogly (3.5) and Frank Niehaus (3.5). Strache broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Sebastian Klotzek (1726) beat Christopher Piotrowski (2072), a +346-point gap.

Location
🇩🇪Berlin, Germany
Dates
18 Sept 2025 → 16 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1
System
Knockout · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇦Mykhailo Matviienko2260
Avg top 10
2,147
Participants
26
Titled players · 3
FM×1
CM×1
WFM×1
Federations · 5 represented
🇩🇪Germany×20
🇹🇷Turkiye×2
🇺🇦Ukraine×2
🇸🇪Sweden×1
🇨🇭Switzerland×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Michael Strache led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
9
3
4
2
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Strache4.5Niehaus3.5Nogly3.5Sakalli3Boeddeker2.5Besbudak—
R5–R5 · LEAD HELD

Michael Strache never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R2–R5 · WIN STREAK

Michael Strache won 4 in a row (R2–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Michael Strache*—
1
—
2Frank Niehaus—*
0
1
3FMChristoph Nogly
0
1
*—
4Selcuk Orkun Sakalli—
0
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Strache, Michael2254GER=5N+14B+6B+5N+2B4.511.012.010.752412+14.6
2Nogly, ChristophFM2164GER+22B=12N+10N+3B−1N3.511.511.56.252263+13.4
3Niehaus, Frank2106GER=6B+19N+11B−2N+4B3.511.011.56.752104+3.0
4Sakalli, Selcuk Orkun1883TUR+7B−9N+8B+19N−3N3.09.510.04.502060+22.2
5Boeddeker, Henry2100GER=1B+20N+9B−1B−7N2.513.013.54.752138+5.0
6Besbudak, Ozgur1873TUR=3N+13B−1N+18B—2.59.09.53.252154+27.6
7Schmidt, Fabian1945GER−4N−8B+13NF+5B2.08.58.53.501954+0.8
8Skogvall, MartinaWFM1955GER−12B+7N−4N=13B=18N2.07.58.02.751870-11.8
9Matviienko, Mykhailo2260UKR+18N+4B−5N——2.05.56.03.502119-17.6
10Matthes, AaronCM2217GER+24B+16N−2B——2.04.54.51.002148-3.2
11Daum, Norman2149GER+23N+15B−3N——2.04.54.51.002126-1.0
12Busch, Michael2003GER+8N=2B———1.53.55.53.752253+25.6
13Grassi, Fabrizio1878SUI=19B−6N−7B=8NF1.07.07.01.251669-21.4
14Heerde, Thomas1996GER+26N−1N———1.04.54.50.002098+4.8
15Miersch, Marco2055GER+17B−11N———1.02.03.01.002049-0.2
16Klotzek, Sebastian1726GER+25N−10B———1.02.02.00.002099+16.2
17Vollmar, Timo1949GER−15N+18B———1.01.01.50.502027+4.2
18Sitte, Adrian1999GER−9B−17NF−6N=8B0.57.57.51.001687-29.6
19Faidun, Nikita1674UKR=13N−3BF−4B—0.57.57.50.501672-2.0
20Feikes, Joerg1976GER=21N−5B———0.52.53.00.251741-12.0
21Schmalfuss, Roman1768GER=20B————0.50.00.50.251977+10.8
22Hasic, Mirza1990GER−2NFFF—0.06.06.00.001364-5.4
23Kumar, Amod1843SWE−11BF———0.02.02.00.001349-2.8
24Jaeschke, Jens-Uwe2089GER−10N————0.00.02.00.001417-6.6
25Piotrowski, Christopher2072GER−16B————0.00.01.00.00926-17.8
26Pott, Stefan1942GER−14B————0.00.01.00.001196-8.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets