2. Oberliga Ost 2025-2026 Staffel B Dezember 2025

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83 players participated in this 2-round tournament, held from 06 Dec 2025 to 07 Dec 2025 in various, Germany. 35 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2367, and top seed was Rainer Knaak (🇩🇪 GER, GM, 2402).

Kamil Szadkowski (🇵🇱 POL, FM, 2192) won with 2.0/2, ahead of Banerjee Bitan (2.0) and Rainer Knaak (2.0). Szadkowski won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Clemens Beyer (1980) beat Niklas Preissler (2161), a +181-point gap.

Location

🇩🇪various, Germany

Dates

06 Dec 2025 → 07 Dec 2025

Time control

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

System

Team · 2 rounds

Top seed

🇩🇪GMRainer Knaak2402

Avg top 10

2,367

Participants

Titled players · 35

GM×1

IM×5

FM×22

CM×6

WIM×1

Federations · 8 represented

🇩🇪Germany×62

🇵🇱Poland×13

🇸🇰Slovakia×3

🇺🇦Ukraine×1

🇨🇿Czech Republic×1

🇪🇨Ecuador×1

🇷🇸Serbia×1

🇮🇳India×1

Top 3

🥇
FMKamil Szadkowski
🇵🇱POL·2192
2.0pts·2939perf+17.2
🥈
IMBanerjee Bitan
🇮🇳IND·2389
2.0pts·3009perf+5.6
🥉
GMRainer Knaak
🇩🇪GER·2402
2.0pts·3053perf+6.3

Standings

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#	Player	Fed	Elo	Pts	Avg opp.	Perf	Δ Elo
2	FMSzadkowski, Kamil	🇵🇱POL	2192	2.0	2139	2939	+17.2
1	IMBitan, Banerjee	🇮🇳IND	2389	2.0	2209	3009	+5.6
3	GMKnaak, Rainer	🇩🇪GER	2402	2.0	2253	3053	+6.3
4	Hempel, Lorenz	🇩🇪GER	2082	2.0	2053	2853	+36.8
27	FMSchunk, Thomas	🇩🇪GER	2082	2.0	2004	2804	+7.8
5	Leck, Jakob	🇩🇪GER	2048	1.5	1958	2151	+5.0
10	FMDahl, Christoph	🇩🇪GER	2383	1.5	2241	2434	+1.4
12	Herbrig, Thomas	🇩🇪GER	1908	1.5	1910	2103	+10.2
16	CMBeyer, Lorenz	🇩🇪GER	2159	1.5	2306	2499	+35.2
6	FMKukel, Imre	🇸🇰SVK	2228	1.5	2162	2355	+6.6
14	Steger, Lukas Daniel	🇩🇪GER	2188	1.5	2216	2409	+23.2
21	IMAliavdin, Nikolai	🇵🇱POL	2341	1.5	2227	2420	+1.9
8	Karius, Thomas	🇩🇪GER	2239	1.5	2142	2335	+4.6
18	FMHoffmann, Hendrik	🇩🇪GER	2174	1.5	2108	2301	+6.6
9	Richter, Philipp	🇩🇪GER	2180	1.5	2155	2348	+8.6
11	Kunze, Christopher	🇩🇪GER	2092	1.5	2004	2197	+5.6
13	Kempe, Caius Emilian	🇩🇪GER	2076	1.5	2045	2238	+16.8
7	FMHerbrig, Alexander	🇩🇪GER	2308	1.5	2253	2446	+7.2
15	Beyer, Clemens	🇩🇪GER	1980	1.5	2175	2368	+20.2
17	CMDabrowski, Grzegorz	🇵🇱POL	2122	1.5	2053	2246	+6.2
19	FMZwahr, Paul	🇩🇪GER	2255	1.5	2182	2375	+6.2
20	FMWegener, Dirk, Dr.	🇩🇪GER	2358	1.5	2209	2402	+1.3
36	Piersig, Hans-Juergen	🇩🇪GER	2051	1.5	2004	2804	+8.6
22	Butscher, Daniel	🇩🇪GER	2117	1.0	2079	2079	-2.0
44	CMSzyszylo, Rafal	🇵🇱POL	2125	1.0	2084	2084	-2.4
40	FMWlodarczyk, Oskar	🇵🇱POL	2229	1.0	2211	2211	-1.0
42	Beduschi, Ben	🇩🇪GER	2084	1.0	2235	2235	+16.0
25	FMKleeschaetzky, Rainer	🇩🇪GER	2212	1.0	2118	2118	-5.0
32	Trenner, Rolf	🇩🇪GER	2121	1.0	2179	2179	+3.2
29	Kalkhof, Stefan, Dr.	🇩🇪GER	2211	1.0	2193	2193	-1.0
37	FMRausch, Stephan	🇩🇪GER	2220	1.0	2270	2270	+2.6
24	Udelnov, Valentin	🇩🇪GER	2233	1.0	2270	2270	+4.0
31	FMSroczynski, Maciej	🇵🇱POL	2239	1.0	2209	2209	-1.8
41	IMSchoene, Ralf	🇩🇪GER	2221	1.0	2193	2193	-0.8
33	FMSiedentopf, Daniel	🇩🇪GER	2242	1.0	2157	2157	-4.6
26	Bachmann, Volker	🇩🇪GER	2062	1.0	2108	2108	+2.4
28	CMBielinski, Dariusz	🇵🇱POL	2118	1.0	2142	2142	+1.2
34	FMRobulj, Nenad	🇷🇸SRB	2285	1.0	2282	3082	+10.0
38	Zimmermann, Rene, Dr.	🇩🇪GER	2209	1.0	1980	2780	+4.2
45	Salzmann, Peter	🇩🇪GER	2124	1.0	2028	2828	+7.4
23	Mehner, Lorenz	🇩🇪GER	1979	1.0	2072	2872	+25.2
30	Friedland, Manfred	🇩🇪GER	1849	1.0	2012	2812	+14.4
35	Ledfuss, Guntram	🇩🇪GER	1976	1.0	1882	2682	+7.4
39	Shikhman, Vladimir, Prof.	🇩🇪GER	2128	1.0	2010	2810	+13.6
43	IMMazur, Stefan	🇸🇰SVK	2392	1.0	2160	2960	+2.1
52	Shelekhov, Vladimir	🇩🇪GER	0	0.5	2067	1874	0.0
60	FMDudzinski, Piotr	🇵🇱POL	2332	0.5	2374	2181	-7.6
61	FMPenzold, Andreas	🇩🇪GER	2365	0.5	2355	2162	-5.3
71	Jablonowski, Christoph	🇩🇪GER	2018	0.5	2102	1909	-5.4
46	CMKaraszewski, Gabriel	🇵🇱POL	2004	0.5	2118	1925	-8.0
49	FMJanaszak, Dawid	🇵🇱POL	2282	0.5	2270	2077	-5.4
50	Roemling, Sven	🇩🇪GER	2162	0.5	2179	1986	-9.0
57	Kaiser, Dieter	🇩🇪GER	2189	0.5	2110	1917	-14.0
54	FMWong, Gengchun	🇩🇪GER	2229	0.5	2241	2048	-9.4
56	Stahr, Ralf-Peter	🇩🇪GER	2008	0.5	1910	1717	-14.8
62	Hinkel, Fabian	🇩🇪GER	1771	0.5	1958	1765	-0.8
65	FMSteczek, Marcin	🇵🇱POL	2322	0.5	2306	2113	-5.5
67	CMJagodzinski, Piotr	🇵🇱POL	2198	0.5	2216	2023	-9.0
69	Luebke, Florentin	🇩🇪GER	2198	0.5	2227	2034	-16.8
47	Noack, Thomas	🇩🇪GER	1980	0.5	2119	1926	-2.8
66	WIMWagenschuetz, Evelyn	🇪🇨ECU	2028	0.5	2125	1932	-4.8
48	Kyas, Juergen	🇩🇪GER	2145	0.5	2058	2058	-2.4
53	Ehrig, Leon Chris	🇩🇪GER	2118	0.5	2386	2386	+13.2
58	FMFuchs, Florian	🇩🇪GER	2285	0.5	2049	2049	-6.0
59	Kulke, Tobias	🇩🇪GER	2152	0.5	2150	2150	0.0
63	IMBures, Jaroslav	🇸🇰SVK	2386	0.5	2118	2118	-3.3
64	FMSchenk, Alexander	🇩🇪GER	2058	0.5	2145	2145	+2.4
68	FMKapp, Martin	🇩🇪GER	2150	0.5	2152	2152	0.0
70	Eidner, Falk	🇩🇪GER	2049	0.5	2285	2285	+6.0
51	Hutsch, Oliver	🇩🇪GER	2125	0.5	2028	2028	-2.6
55	Reiche, Niccolo	🇩🇪GER	2029	0.5	1980	1980	-1.4
75	Hoffmann, Kay	🇩🇪GER	2086	0.0	2374	1574	-12.4
78	Szylko, Waldemar	🇵🇱POL	2004	0.0	2067	1267	-16.4
79	Alahmad, Fadi	🇩🇪GER	2087	0.0	2102	1302	-38.4
81	Preissler, Niklas	🇩🇪GER	2161	0.0	2086	1286	-24.0
83	Buchcar, Tomas	🇨🇿CZE	2141	0.0	2355	1555	-9.2
72	Schulz, Jannis	🇩🇪GER	2081	0.0	2218	1418	-12.6
74	Matthes, Benjamin	🇩🇪GER	1966	0.0	2097	1297	-13.0
80	Christen, Jan	🇩🇪GER	1881	0.0	2034	1234	-12.0
73	Kruts, Hryhoriy	🇺🇦UKR	2011	0.0	2128	1328	-13.6
76	Matthaei, Jakob	🇩🇪GER	2160	0.0	2392	1592	-4.2
77	Fehlhammer, Michael	🇩🇪GER	2072	0.0	1979	1179	-12.6
82	Weisspflog, Janek, Dr.	🇩🇪GER	2012	0.0	1849	1049	-14.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Hempel, LorenzGER
+36.8
2.0 pts · #4
2Beyer, LorenzCMGER
+35.2
1.5 pts · #16
3Mehner, LorenzGER
+25.2
1.0 pts · #23

Top rating losers

1Alahmad, FadiGER
-38.4
0.0 pts · #79
2Preissler, NiklasGER
-24.0
0.0 pts · #81
3Luebke, FlorentinGER
-16.8
0.5 pts · #69

Biggest upsets

R1+181 Elo gap
Beyer, Clemens1980 beat Preissler, Niklas2161
R2+163 Elo gap
Friedland, Manfred1849 beat Weisspflog, Janek, Dr.2012