1. Schachbundesliga 2025-2026 Dezember 2025
Team SwissStandard
131 players participated in this 2-round tournament, held from 06 Dec 2025 to 07 Dec 2025 in various, Germany. 131 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2691, and top seed was Fabiano Caruana (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2795).
Magnus Ermitsch (🇩🇪 GER, IM, 2420) won with 2.0/2, ahead of Georg Meier (2.0) and Alexey Sarana (2.0).
The biggest upset came in round 2: Gerald Hertneck (GM, 2421) beat Alexander Motylev (GM, 2573), a +152-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
Avg top 10
2,691
Participants
131
Titled players · 131
GM×109
IM×18
FM×4
Federations · 8 represented
🇩🇪Germany×40
🇵🇱Poland×11
🇳🇱Netherlands×9
🇷🇸Serbia×7
🇺🇦Ukraine×7
🇭🇷Croatia×6
🇫🇷France×5
🇦🇹Austria×5
Top 3
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Standings
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| # | Player | Fed | Elo | Pts | Avg opp. | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | IMErmitsch, Magnus | 🇩🇪GER | 2420 | 2.0 | 2414 | 3214 | +9.8 |
| 1 | GMMeier, Georg | 🇺🇾URU | 2606 | 2.0 | 2438 | 3238 | +5.7 |
| 2 | GMSarana, Alexey | 🇷🇸SRB | 2673 | 2.0 | 2538 | 3338 | +6.4 |
| 6 | GMHracek, Zbynek | 🇨🇿CZE | 2540 | 2.0 | 2455 | 3255 | +7.6 |
| 4 | GMBabula, Vlastimil | 🇨🇿CZE | 2495 | 2.0 | 2424 | 3224 | +8.1 |
| 5 | GMAmin, Bassem | 🇪🇬EGY | 2626 | 2.0 | 2510 | 3310 | +7.0 |
| 11 | GMSvane, Rasmus | 🇩🇪GER | 2608 | 1.5 | 2560 | 2753 | +3.6 |
| 10 | GMWojtaszek, Radoslaw | 🇵🇱POL | 2667 | 1.5 | 2543 | 2736 | +1.6 |
| 17 | GMVan Foreest, Lucas | 🇳🇱NED | 2513 | 1.5 | 2553 | 2746 | +6.1 |
| 21 | GMKrivoborodov, Egor | 🇩🇪GER | 2536 | 1.5 | 2567 | 2760 | +5.9 |
| 30 | GMVan Wely, Loek | 🇳🇱NED | 2625 | 1.5 | 2540 | 2733 | +2.7 |
| 31 | GMBacrot, Etienne | 🇫🇷FRA | 2628 | 1.5 | 2537 | 2730 | +2.5 |
| 39 | GMSubelj, Jan | 🇸🇮SLO | 2537 | 1.5 | 2589 | 2782 | +6.4 |
| 20 | GMNeiksans, Arturs | 🇱🇻LAT | 2582 | 1.5 | 2600 | 2793 | +5.5 |
| 33 | GMBrkic, Ante | 🇭🇷CRO | 2583 | 1.5 | 2570 | 2763 | +4.7 |
| 36 | GMMurzin, Volodar | FID | 2648 | 1.5 | 2644 | 2837 | +4.9 |
| 8 | GMAndersen, Mads | 🇩🇰DEN | 2555 | 1.5 | 2456 | 2649 | +2.3 |
| 12 | GMGirel, Joseph | 🇫🇷FRA | 2503 | 1.5 | 2440 | 2633 | +3.3 |
| 13 | GMBjerre, Jonas Buhl | 🇩🇰DEN | 2623 | 1.5 | 2555 | 2748 | +3.1 |
| 18 | GMThybo, Jesper Sondergaard | 🇩🇰DEN | 2578 | 1.5 | 2495 | 2688 | +2.7 |
| 19 | GML'Ami, Erwin | 🇳🇱NED | 2631 | 1.5 | 2556 | 2749 | +2.9 |
| 25 | GMDonchenko, Alexander | 🇩🇪GER | 2661 | 1.5 | 2502 | 2695 | +0.9 |
| 27 | GMVan Foreest, Jorden | 🇳🇱NED | 2692 | 1.5 | 2560 | 2753 | +1.5 |
| 29 | GMBoensch, Uwe | 🇩🇪GER | 2456 | 1.5 | 2517 | 2710 | +6.7 |
| 14 | GMDuda, Jan-Krzysztof | 🇵🇱POL | 2729 | 1.5 | 2613 | 2806 | +1.9 |
| 26 | GMSocko, Bartosz | 🇵🇱POL | 2576 | 1.5 | 2553 | 2746 | +4.3 |
| 28 | GMVolokitin, Andrei | 🇺🇦UKR | 2619 | 1.5 | 2613 | 2806 | +4.8 |
| 32 | GMEngel, Luis | 🇩🇪GER | 2580 | 1.5 | 2553 | 2746 | +4.3 |
| 7 | GMKarthik Venkataraman | 🇮🇳IND | 2589 | 1.5 | 2610 | 2803 | +5.5 |
| 9 | GMAnton Guijarro, David | 🇪🇸ESP | 2646 | 1.5 | 2527 | 2720 | +1.9 |
| 16 | GMAbasov, Nijat | 🇦🇿AZE | 2587 | 1.5 | 2610 | 2803 | +5.7 |
| 23 | IMFeuerstack, Aljoscha | 🇩🇪GER | 2447 | 1.5 | 2420 | 2613 | +4.2 |
| 24 | GMSamunenkov, Ihor | 🇺🇦UKR | 2584 | 1.5 | 2527 | 2720 | +3.5 |
| 34 | GMLivaic, Leon | 🇭🇷CRO | 2549 | 1.5 | 2638 | 2831 | +7.4 |
| 37 | IMRoshka, Yevgeniy | 🇺🇦UKR | 2503 | 1.5 | 2412 | 2605 | +2.5 |
| 38 | FMKocharin, Timur | 🇩🇪GER | 2332 | 1.5 | 2412 | 2605 | +14.4 |
| 15 | GMOnyshchuk, Volodymyr | 🇺🇦UKR | 2608 | 1.5 | 2510 | 2703 | +2.5 |
| 22 | GMStevic, Hrvoje | 🇭🇷CRO | 2513 | 1.5 | 2424 | 2617 | +2.7 |
| 35 | GMDautov, Rustem | 🇩🇪GER | 2544 | 1.5 | 2587 | 2780 | +6.2 |
| 70 | GMKozul, Zdenko | 🇭🇷CRO | 2500 | 1.0 | 2520 | 2520 | +0.5 |
| 78 | GMBanusz, Tamas | 🇭🇺HUN | 2587 | 1.0 | 2646 | 2646 | +1.6 |
| 60 | IMWoelk, Tom-Frederic | 🇩🇪GER | 2405 | 1.0 | 2395 | 2395 | -0.3 |
| 65 | GMMichalik, Peter | 🇸🇰SVK | 2564 | 1.0 | 2578 | 2578 | +0.4 |
| 67 | GMBluebaum, Matthias | 🇩🇪GER | 2679 | 1.0 | 2674 | 2674 | -0.1 |
| 40 | GMKamsky, Gata | 🇫🇷FRA | 2604 | 1.0 | 2666 | 2666 | +1.7 |
| 45 | GMBartel, Mateusz | 🇵🇱POL | 2573 | 1.0 | 2644 | 2644 | +1.9 |
| 47 | IMHagner, Bennet | 🇩🇪GER | 2451 | 1.0 | 2463 | 2463 | +0.3 |
| 50 | GMDruska, Juraj | 🇸🇰SVK | 2458 | 1.0 | 2585 | 2585 | +3.4 |
| 58 | GMAlonso Rosell, Alvar | 🇪🇸ESP | 2548 | 1.0 | 2581 | 2581 | +0.8 |
| 64 | IMBaum, Jonasz | 🇵🇱POL | 2446 | 1.0 | 2550 | 2550 | +2.9 |
| 66 | GMMarkus, Robert | 🇷🇸SRB | 2529 | 1.0 | 2584 | 2584 | +1.5 |
| 85 | GMPapp, Gabor | 🇭🇺HUN | 2506 | 1.0 | 2434 | 2434 | -2.0 |
| 54 | GMSchoppen, Casper | 🇳🇱NED | 2567 | 1.0 | 2595 | 2595 | +0.7 |
| 74 | GMIvic, Velimir | 🇷🇸SRB | 2623 | 1.0 | 2671 | 2671 | +1.3 |
| 59 | GMSaric, Ivan | 🇭🇷CRO | 2665 | 1.0 | 2671 | 2671 | +0.2 |
| 68 | GMWarmerdam, Max | 🇳🇱NED | 2573 | 1.0 | 2595 | 2595 | +0.6 |
| 81 | GMVogel, Roven | 🇩🇪GER | 2537 | 1.0 | 2600 | 2600 | +1.8 |
| 41 | GMRagger, Markus | 🇦🇹AUT | 2563 | 1.0 | 2563 | 2563 | 0.0 |
| 42 | GMHorvath, Dominik | 🇦🇹AUT | 2557 | 1.0 | 2665 | 2665 | +3.0 |
| 46 | GMPredke, Alexandr | 🇷🇸SRB | 2616 | 1.0 | 2606 | 2606 | -0.2 |
| 51 | GMDudin, Gleb | 🇭🇺HUN | 2585 | 1.0 | 2656 | 2656 | +1.9 |
| 52 | GMPredojevic, Borki | 🇧🇦BIH | 2562 | 1.0 | 2519 | 2519 | -1.2 |
| 53 | GMKollars, Dmitrij | 🇩🇪GER | 2629 | 1.0 | 2665 | 2665 | +1.0 |
| 55 | GMChigaev, Maksim | 🇪🇸ESP | 2626 | 1.0 | 2593 | 2593 | -1.0 |
| 56 | GMFressinet, Laurent | 🇫🇷FRA | 2611 | 1.0 | 2606 | 2606 | -0.2 |
| 62 | GMEfimenko, Zahar | 🇺🇦UKR | 2564 | 1.0 | 2519 | 2519 | -1.2 |
| 71 | GMPavlidis, Antonios | 🇬🇷GRE | 2570 | 1.0 | 2614 | 2614 | +1.2 |
| 79 | GMPijpers, Arthur | 🇳🇱NED | 2475 | 1.0 | 2563 | 2563 | +2.4 |
| 83 | GMNavara, David | 🇨🇿CZE | 2642 | 1.0 | 2614 | 2614 | -0.8 |
| 84 | GMAravindh, Chithambaram VR. | 🇮🇳IND | 2703 | 1.0 | 2593 | 2593 | -3.0 |
| 43 | GMKobalia, Mikhail | FID | 2537 | 1.0 | 2556 | 2556 | +0.5 |
| 44 | GMPonomariov, Ruslan | 🇺🇦UKR | 2639 | 1.0 | 2560 | 2560 | -2.2 |
| 48 | GMKempinski, Robert | 🇵🇱POL | 2545 | 1.0 | 2456 | 2456 | -2.5 |
| 49 | IMFromm, Marius | 🇩🇪GER | 2411 | 1.0 | 2517 | 2517 | +2.9 |
| 57 | GMGrandelius, Nils | 🇸🇪SWE | 2664 | 1.0 | 2555 | 2555 | -2.9 |
| 61 | IMNeugebauer, Martin | 🇸🇰SVK | 2500 | 1.0 | 2502 | 2502 | +0.1 |
| 63 | GMGustafsson, Jan | 🇩🇪GER | 2591 | 1.0 | 2495 | 2495 | -2.6 |
| 69 | GMKraemer, Martin | 🇩🇪GER | 2571 | 1.0 | 2591 | 2591 | +0.6 |
| 72 | GMRapport, Richard | 🇭🇺HUN | 2741 | 1.0 | 2622 | 2622 | -3.2 |
| 82 | GMDelchev, Aleksander | 🇷🇸SRB | 2423 | 1.0 | 2440 | 2440 | +0.5 |
| 75 | IMPetrovskiy, Vadym | 🇩🇪GER | 2433 | 1.0 | 2438 | 2438 | +0.1 |
| 80 | GMKryvoruchko, Yuriy | 🇺🇦UKR | 2618 | 1.0 | 2538 | 2538 | -2.1 |
| 76 | GMKramer, Julian | 🇩🇪GER | 2487 | 1.0 | 2417 | 2417 | -1.9 |
| 77 | GMMartinovic, Sasa | 🇭🇷CRO | 2550 | 1.0 | 2455 | 2455 | -2.6 |
| 73 | GMHertneck, Gerald | 🇩🇪GER | 2421 | 1.0 | 2573 | 3373 | +7.0 |
| 95 | GMHandke, Florian, Dr. | 🇩🇪GER | 2526 | 0.5 | 2504 | 2311 | -5.6 |
| 121 | GMKjartansson, Gudmundur | 🇮🇸ISL | 2420 | 0.5 | 2617 | 2424 | 0.0 |
| 98 | GMOrlov, Andrey | FID | 2478 | 0.5 | 2545 | 2352 | -3.1 |
| 103 | IMKrastev, Alexander | 🇩🇪GER | 2431 | 0.5 | 2545 | 2352 | -1.9 |
| 94 | IMKrause, Benedict | 🇩🇪GER | 2423 | 0.5 | 2389 | 2196 | -5.9 |
| 97 | GMKindermann, Stefan | 🇦🇹AUT | 2449 | 0.5 | 2615 | 2422 | -0.7 |
| 99 | GMKosakowski, Jakub | 🇵🇱POL | 2549 | 0.5 | 2588 | 2395 | -3.9 |
| 100 | GMKasimdzhanov, Rustam | 🇺🇿UZB | 2671 | 0.5 | 2588 | 2395 | -7.3 |
| 102 | GMMovsesian, Sergei | 🇦🇲ARM | 2604 | 0.5 | 2615 | 2422 | -4.7 |
| 108 | GMSedlak, Nikola | 🇷🇸SRB | 2394 | 0.5 | 2418 | 2225 | -4.4 |
| 119 | GMBischoff, Klaus | 🇩🇪GER | 2429 | 0.5 | 2418 | 2225 | -5.3 |
| 86 | IMNeef, Maximilian | 🇩🇪GER | 2465 | 0.5 | 2550 | 2357 | -2.7 |
| 92 | GMBogosavljevic, Boban | 🇷🇸SRB | 2455 | 0.5 | 2581 | 2388 | -1.8 |
| 96 | IMWinterberg, Lukas | 🇩🇪GER | 2429 | 0.5 | 2463 | 2270 | -4.1 |
| 101 | GMTischbierek, Raj | 🇩🇪GER | 2412 | 0.5 | 2467 | 2274 | -3.5 |
| 109 | GMTomczak, Jacek | 🇵🇱POL | 2537 | 0.5 | 2644 | 2451 | -2.1 |
| 113 | GMJanik, Igor | 🇵🇱POL | 2528 | 0.5 | 2434 | 2241 | -7.6 |
| 115 | GMKunin, Vitaly | 🇩🇪GER | 2516 | 0.5 | 2666 | 2473 | -1.0 |
| 116 | GMAlekseenko, Kirill | 🇦🇹AUT | 2659 | 0.5 | 2645 | 2452 | -5.4 |
| 117 | GMCheng, Bobby | 🇦🇺AUS | 2583 | 0.5 | 2584 | 2391 | -4.9 |
| 118 | GMKlimkowski, Jan | 🇵🇱POL | 2531 | 0.5 | 2585 | 2392 | -3.5 |
| 87 | GMVan den Doel, Erik | 🇳🇱NED | 2566 | 0.5 | 2553 | 2360 | -5.4 |
| 88 | GMFerreira, Jorge Viterbo | 🇵🇹POR | 2511 | 0.5 | 2543 | 2350 | -4.1 |
| 105 | GMSwinkels, Robin | 🇳🇱NED | 2481 | 0.5 | 2540 | 2347 | -3.4 |
| 110 | GMDragnev, Valentin | 🇦🇹AUT | 2538 | 0.5 | 2567 | 2374 | -4.2 |
| 112 | GMPetrov, Martin | 🇧🇬BUL | 2549 | 0.5 | 2589 | 2396 | -3.9 |
| 114 | GMZilka, Stepan | 🇨🇿CZE | 2506 | 0.5 | 2537 | 2344 | -4.2 |
| 104 | GMWagner, Dennis | 🇩🇪GER | 2600 | 0.5 | 2544 | 2544 | -0.8 |
| 107 | GMNarayanan S L | 🇮🇳IND | 2616 | 0.5 | 2549 | 2549 | -0.9 |
| 122 | IMLagunow, Raphael | 🇩🇪GER | 2428 | 0.5 | 2447 | 2447 | +0.3 |
| 90 | GMGumularz, Szymon | 🇵🇱POL | 2606 | 0.5 | 2570 | 2377 | -6.0 |
| 93 | GMHarikrishna, Pentala | 🇮🇳IND | 2693 | 0.5 | 2644 | 2451 | -6.4 |
| 106 | GMPichot, Alan | 🇪🇸ESP | 2597 | 0.5 | 2571 | 2571 | -0.4 |
| 111 | IMSchneider, Ilja | 🇩🇪GER | 2421 | 0.5 | 2487 | 2487 | +0.9 |
| 89 | FMGerigk, Erasmus | 🇩🇪GER | 2286 | 0.5 | 2404 | 2404 | +3.2 |
| 91 | IMHoffmann, Paul | 🇩🇪GER | 2357 | 0.5 | 2423 | 2423 | +1.8 |
| 120 | IMWagner, Dinara | 🇩🇪GER | 2404 | 0.5 | 2286 | 2286 | -1.6 |
| 124 | GMMoussard, Jules | 🇫🇷FRA | 2600 | 0.0 | 2617 | 1817 | -9.5 |
| 130 | FMKlaska, Philipp Leon | 🇩🇪GER | 2322 | 0.0 | 2504 | 1704 | -10.4 |
| 126 | IMZysk, Robert | 🇩🇪GER | 2375 | 0.0 | 2520 | 1720 | -6.3 |
| 127 | GMBromberger, Stefan | 🇩🇪GER | 2489 | 0.0 | 2646 | 1846 | -5.9 |
| 123 | GMVavulin, Maxim | 🇩🇪GER | 2542 | 0.0 | 2578 | 1778 | -9.0 |
| 125 | GMCosta, Leonardo | 🇩🇪GER | 2547 | 0.0 | 2674 | 1874 | -6.6 |
| 128 | GMAmar, Elham | 🇳🇴NOR | 2592 | 0.0 | 2560 | 1760 | -10.9 |
| 131 | GMMotylev, Alexander | 🇷🇴ROU | 2573 | 0.0 | 2483 | 1683 | -12.4 |
| 129 | FMMoehn, Hans | 🇩🇪GER | 2369 | 0.0 | 2405 | 1605 | -4.5 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Kocharin, TimurFMGER+14.41.5 pts · #38
- 2Ermitsch, MagnusIMGER+9.82.0 pts · #3
- 3Babula, VlastimilGMCZE+8.12.0 pts · #4
Top rating losers
- 1Motylev, AlexanderGMROU-12.40.0 pts · #131
- 2Amar, ElhamGMNOR-10.90.0 pts · #128
- 3Klaska, Philipp LeonFMGER-10.40.0 pts · #130
Biggest upsets
- R2+152 Elo gap
- R1+110 Elo gap