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Frankfurter Silvester-Open 2025

SwissRapid

128 players participated in this 11-round tournament, held on 31 Dec 2025 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. 17 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2380, and top seed was Vitaly Sivuk (🇸🇪 SWE, GM, 2514).

Vitaly Sivuk (🇸🇪 SWE, GM, 2514) won with 9.0/11, ahead of Igor Zuyev (9.0) and Senthil Maran K (8.5). Sivuk won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Ali Moradi (1451) beat Stephan Ziska (1971), a +520-point gap.

Location
🇩🇪Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Dates
31 Dec 2025
Time control
Rapid: 10 minutes for game with 5 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 11 rounds
Top seed
🇸🇪GMVitaly Sivuk2514
Avg top 10
2,380
Participants
128
Titled players · 17
GM×3
IM×6
FM×6
CM×1
WCM×1
Federations · 8 represented
🇩🇪Germany×102
🇺🇦Ukraine×6
🇮🇳India×4
🇷🇸Serbia×2
🇮🇷Iran×1
🇸🇪Sweden×1
🇯🇴Jordan×1
🇵🇪Peru×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 11 rounds

Tight race until R6; 2 players tied at 9.0/11, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 7 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
53
23
12
7
3
1
1
2
1
1
2
35.58.511R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10R11Grinev takes leadZuyev takes lead
R7 · LEADER CHANGE31 Dec

IM Valeriy Grinev takes the sole lead (6.5/7).

R11 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 9.0/11. Sivuk takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (77.5).

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Vitaly Sivuk lost to FM Igor Zuyev (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1GMVitaly Sivuk*
0
1
2FMIgor Zuyev
1
*
1
1
3IMValeriy Grinev
0
*
½
4IMSenthil Maran K
0
0
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10R11PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Sivuk, VitalyGM2514SWE+21B+27N+5B+24N+3B+7N2B=6N=14B+9N+12B9.077.584.067.502508+2.6
2Zuyev, IgorFM2487GERF+30B+39N+11B+15N+10B+1N+4N+3B=14N=5B9.076.576.569.002596+11.7
3Senthil Maran KIM2118IND+68N+51B+89N+18B1N+11B+40N+7B2N+8B=4N8.575.079.557.252394+70.8
4Grinev, ValeriyIM2352UKR+88N+26B+19N+40B=38N+15B+9N2B+6B=12N=3B8.573.578.058.002403+9.5
5Henrich, David2087GER+83N+50B1N+35B+26N+8B14N+11B+7N=18B=2N8.075.080.056.002332+61.0
6Sumets, AndreyGM2512UKR+66N+28B+13N7B+19N+38B+10N=1B4N+33B=14B8.074.079.555.002402-9.1
7Babiy, Igor2210UKR+53B+54N+31B+6N+25B1B+39N3N5B+20N+41B8.071.577.552.002266+18.2
8Klundt, KlausIM2184GER+77B32N+21B+54N+31B5N+28B+20N+17B3N+16B8.070.075.052.002163+1.2
9Sammed Jaykumar, SheteIM2151IND+99B=46N=14B+87N+27B+17N4B+16N+15N1B+18N8.069.573.549.502350+32.0
10Arnav MaheshwariFM2092IND+104B+59N+108B+17N+16B2N6B+22N12B+24N+15N8.068.572.047.502333+63.0
11Musiienko, Tymur2186GER+94B+87N+90B2N+58B3N+31B5N+25B+42N+21B8.066.070.545.002156-5.0
12Derr, OlegCM2185GER+98N+35B+29N15B+28N39B+30N+47B+10N=4B1N7.570.574.548.252162+4.9
13Musiienko, Platon2082GER+76B+64N6B+32N+43B=24N38N+61B33N+34B+29N7.563.568.544.752081+9.1
14Kunin, VitalyGM2502GERF=25B=9N=22B+61N+45N+5B+38B=1N=2B=6N7.073.073.049.252404-7.0
15Lymar, VladislavFM2271UKR+60B+37N+44B+12N2B4N+58B+41N9B+40N10B7.071.076.543.002219-9.6
16Knuedel, TorbenIM2271GER+63N+34B+20N+41B10N40B+44N9B+31N+36B8N7.068.574.044.002155-27.6
17Zimmermann, Hendrik2219GERF+52B+74N10B+20N9B+48N+39B8N+44B+19N7.067.067.043.002194-3.6
18Gerstner, WolfgangFM2414GER+57B=71N+46B3N+72B+25N=24B=40N+45B=5N9B7.066.571.542.252174-26.5
19Shanawaz Thabrez, Shahzaib2076GER+82B+43N4B+59N6B+75N=27B=25N+37B+22N17B7.066.571.541.502101+19.2
20Steigleder, Maximilian2064GER+101N+79B16B+91N17B+59N+26N8B+23N7B+46N7.064.568.538.502028-4.8
21Graschdankin, Roman1717GER1N+119B8N+111B+89N26B+52N+30B+48N+39B11N7.064.067.035.501996+102.0
22Solonar, StefanIM2229GER+73B+109N=72B=14N=45B+71N=41N10B+34N19B+74B7.060.564.037.002114-12.6
23Zaid, Shannak1660JOR24B+121N27B110N+118B+116N+75B+56N20B+71N+42B7.051.554.030.501989+62.4
24Sadeghi, BehrangFM2201GER+23N+61B+48N1B+74N=13B=18N=34B=44N10B=35N6.569.074.040.252099-22.0
25Schirmbeck, LilianWCM1927GER+119B=14N+71B+72N7N18B+49N=19B11N+78B=36N6.564.567.534.252104+84.0
26Hoang, Vu Trung Nguyen1864VIE+95B4N+53B+123N5B+21N20B43N+57B=60N+63B6.564.066.033.751871-0.2
27Renner, Thomas1904GER+111N1B+23N+47B9N+96B=19N44B=78N=55B+67N6.563.567.035.001854-11.4
28Varma, Christopher1939GER+118B6N+60B+69N12B+64N8N=78B+50N+62B33N6.563.066.033.501931-4.0
29Leitzig, Reamonn Franky James1773GER+65B+36N12B=42N33B+72N90B+53B+61N+45N13B6.562.066.537.502017+59.6
30Klemp, Torben1890GER+81B2N73B+115N+53B+43N12B21N+91B=59N+64B6.561.064.533.251844-13.6
31Makilla, Tobias1943GER+112N+96B7N+79B8N+78B11N+88B16B=43N+59B6.561.064.530.501955+0.6
32Kaehm, Kevin1822GER+85N+8B41N13B47N+83B=53N+63B+90N+72B38N6.560.064.536.001949+29.4
33Li, Yunqi2009GERF+117B38N=50B+29N=42N=62B+87N+13B6N+28B6.559.559.536.752081+29.6
34Lohmann, Laurin1854GER+114B16N+94B62N+99B+65N+42B=24N22B13N+60B6.559.062.532.251942+31.6
35Marchenko, Dmytro1828GER+86B12N+82B5N+110B74N+60B42N+77B+81N=24B6.558.562.032.251877+6.0
36Fischer, Roger2108GER+47N29B=66N+97B=73B=87N=37B+59N+71B16N=25B6.558.062.034.501916-39.6
37Sadewasser, Tom1862GER+126N15B+98N+89B=41N44B=36N+67B19N+47B=72N6.557.559.530.751940+13.2
38Ochs, Daniel EliasFM2250GERF+56N+33B+45N=4B6N+13B14N=40B41N+32B6.068.068.039.752212-4.6
39Yavorskiy, Oleg2080UKR+55N+78B2B+75N+62B+12N7B17N=43B21N=49N6.067.072.035.001975-23.6
40Send, Sebastian2155GERF+49B+62N4N+90B+16N3B=18B=38N15B+48N6.066.066.035.502185+12.6
41Weil, Volker2113GERF+75N+32B16N=37B+73N=22B15B+46N+38B7N6.064.064.035.252096+2.0
42Hoefer, Severin Paul2030GER+93N62B+88N=29B+51N=33B34N+35B+47N11B23N6.063.067.534.001834-48.0
43Doehne, Vincent1757GER+67N19B+128N+48B13N30B+96N+26B=39N=31B44N6.061.561.528.251902+51.2
44Roy, Amritesh2035INDF+123B15N=51B+46N+37N16B+27N=24B17N+43B6.060.560.533.252053+7.2
45Kopp, Hans-Henning1973GER+80B+108N+117N38B=22N14B+67N+62B18N29B=53N6.059.062.029.001922-31.6
46Koepping, Jan, Dr.1812GER+122N=9B18N+92B44B+82N=71B+74N41B+58N20B6.059.061.529.001952+57.6
47Kaya, Huseyin1617TUR36B+110N+109B27N+32B+90N+74B12N42B37N+75B6.057.561.028.001920+138.0
48Schirmbeck, Markus1945GER+115B+124N24B43N+60B+91N17B+64N21B+75N40B6.056.558.526.001854-22.0
49Sam, Markus1814GER+110B40N=80B=76N=82B+63N25B+57N72B+65N=39B6.055.559.031.001797-12.4
50Amesreiter, Bernd0GER+120B5N+124B=33N71B=54N+77B=58N28B=76N+80B6.055.557.526.5017830.0
51Sam, Christian1795GER+100B3N+102B=44N42B+92N87B+73N=58B74N+77B6.054.058.028.251869+22.0
52Bui, Alestiel1844GER+121B17N+77B73N+76B62N21B+80N60B+99N+81B6.054.056.526.501647-44.6
53Derkach, Kostiantyn1664GER7N+127B26N+122B30N+112B=32B29N+108B+87N=45B6.054.056.022.251625-12.4
54Seib, Axel1835GER+113N7B+101N8B=63N=50B88N93B+103N+82B+98N6.053.557.026.251715-54.4
55Rausch, Pius1578GER39B65N+114B116N+124B=69N=66B+109N+56B=27N=58B6.050.552.526.501821+90.0
56Tojcic, Josip1848GER+127N38B68N+112B+88N67B+123N23B55N+83B+73N6.050.052.022.001726-27.0
57Hegmann, Kolja1704GER18N111B97N+114B+103N+93B+109N49B26N+84B+71B6.049.052.525.501784+31.6
58Ziska, Stephan1971GER84N+97B+63N+78B11N+79B15N=50B=51N46B=55N5.559.563.528.501821-35.2
59Schardt, Madeleine1789GER+116N10B+85N19B+102N20B+98N36B+84N=30B31N5.559.562.524.251792-1.8
60Piacentino, Mirco1690GER15N+103B28N+85B48N+84B35N+100B+52N=26B34N5.559.063.027.251711+3.6
61Hegener, Thorsten1835GER+105B24N=76B+80N14B+66N+73B13N29B63N+86B5.558.562.527.001731-26.2
62Bedia Cruz, Alexander Santiago1710PERF+42N40B+34B39N+52B=33N45N+87B28N+90B5.558.558.530.751976+56.2
63Fast, Samuel1696GER16B+114N58B+124N=54B49B+82N32N+96B+61B26N5.555.557.523.001708-0.4
64Konyshev, Tymofii1763GER+125N13B+96N74B+100N28B+89N48B=67N+68B30N5.555.057.022.751636-36.4
65Caranovic, Nenad0GER29N+55B79N+101B+97N34B78N=68B+69N49B+88N5.554.558.526.7517220.0
66Leibrock, Sven1715GER6B+81N=36B71N+108B61B=55N+92N=76B90N+95B5.554.558.026.251635-33.6
67Schroeder, Till0GER43B+115N69B+104N+123B+56N45B37N=64B+91N27B5.554.056.022.7517590.0
68Gerhardt, Noah1621GER3B+86N+56B90N87B120N+119B=65N+117B64N+91B5.550.053.024.251840+62.8
69Mayer, Rolf1741GER89N+118B+67N28B96N=55B+108B72N65B+113N+92B5.548.551.523.001566-12.8
70Eisenhut, Solveig Elisa0GER75B76N+81B+94N91B77N80B=113N+114B+108N+87B5.545.549.022.7514550.0
71Henrich, Heinz1875GER+103N=18B25N+66B+50N22B=46N+79B36N23B57N5.062.566.527.001782-26.2
72Kreiling, Carsten2000GERF+84B=22N25B18N29B+120N+69B+49N32N=37B5.059.559.526.251864-31.6
73Lyner, Andreas1669GER22N+126B+30N+52B=36N41B61N51B=83N+93B56B5.059.061.024.751782+44.8
74Weil, Michael1978GERF+102N17B+64N24B+35B47N46B+88N+51B22N5.059.059.026.501864-25.4
75Grainger, Kierran1804GER+70N41B+111N39B+84N19B23N+102B+93N48B47N5.057.060.522.501614-78.0
76Kanert, Lothar1607GER13N+70B=61N=49B52N109B+85N+89B=66N=50B78N5.056.560.026.501600-3.2
77Vasudevan, Ananya1634GER8N+107B52N96B+85N+70B50N+103B35N+102B51N5.055.059.022.501075-34.0
78Derr, Georg1757GERF39N+100B58N+116B31N+65B=28N=27B25N+76B5.055.055.024.001781+4.0
79Ziegler, Christopher1737GER+106B20N+65B31N+120B58N+99B71N81B86N+105B5.051.554.520.501656-11.0
80Guttmann, Sebastian0GER45N+125B=49N61B92N=117B+70N52B+85N+97B50N5.051.553.521.0017040.0
81Vladareanu, Sebastian0GER30N66B70N+113B83N+128B+101N+98B+79N35B52N5.051.551.516.5016420.0
82Bishop, Daniel James1554GER19N+116B35N+128B=49N46B63B+105N=109B54N+100N5.051.551.515.751600+11.2
83Jacob, Junis1608GER5B100N92B+121N+81B32N=105B+116N=73B56N+96B5.050.052.519.001635+0.4
84Moradi, Ali1451IRI+58B72N87B+106N75B60N+110B+123N59B57N+97N5.048.550.519.001690+77.6
85Meine, Julius Casimir0GER32B+99N59B60N77B+95N76B+115N80B+123N+117N5.047.549.517.0016110.0
86Jovanovic, Aleksandar B0SRB35N68B118N+126B+101N88B93N+104N+123B+79B61N5.044.546.517.0016370.0
87Frey, Peter0GER+107N11B+84N9B+68N=36B+51N33B62N53B70N4.562.566.523.7517750.0
88Schenkelberg, Justin1703GER4B+95N42B+118N56B+86N+54B31N74B=92N65B4.557.560.520.751683-8.4
89Bohn, Marius0GER+69B+92N3B37N21B+104N64B76N99B+107N=93N4.555.059.020.2515630.0
90Kuhnigk, Thomas1940GERF+128B11N+68B40N47B+29N=91N32B+66B62N4.554.054.019.751739-46.6
91Kraft, Joshua1771GER96N+112B+122N20B+70N48B+102N=90B30N67B68N4.552.054.517.751526-49.6
92Sheikh, Bilal Hassan0GER=97N89B+83N46N+80B51B=117N66B+101N=88B69N4.550.053.019.7516350.0
93Konyshev, Oleksii1517GER42B106N+121B120N+122B57N+86B+54N75B73N=89B4.547.049.518.251545+2.8
94Jovanovic, Petar B1657SRB11N+113B34N70B+111N102B=118B108N105B+114N+112N4.545.548.515.501156-13.2
95Gerhardt, Liam0GER26N88B125N107B+128N85B=124N+126B+100N+109B66N4.539.039.010.5015870.0
96Peppert, Felix0GER+91B31N64B+77N+69B27N43B+99N63N98B83N4.054.058.019.0016340.0
97Muthig, Holger1810GER=92B58N+57B36N65B108N+106B=118N+110B80N84B4.049.052.017.251615-39.6
98Sif, Elias1652GER12B+105N37B100N+119B+110N59B81NF+96N54B4.049.052.014.501084-35.6
99Guttmann, Leon1627GER9N85B+127N+125B34N+100B79N96B+89N52B102N4.049.051.012.501066-34.4
100Roie, Tim0GER51N+83B78N+98B64B99N+115B60N95B+104N82B4.048.552.016.5015490.0
101Mykhailovskyi, Tymofii1551UKR20B+120N54B65N86B+113N81B+107N92B+110NF4.048.051.014.001093-9.6
102Grimm, Jona0GERF74B51N+109N59B+94N91B75N+106B77N+99B4.047.047.016.0016410.0
103Sharma, Rythyma0GER71B60N116B+105N57B+122N+104B77N54B106N+125B4.045.047.012.5013940.0
104Rachel, Fabienne1613GER10N122B+113N67B+107N89B103N86B+116N100B+124B4.044.046.012.501792+14.4
105Neubauer, Maic0GER61N98B112N103B+127N+111B=83N82B+94N=117B79N4.043.045.014.0015200.0
106Karatas, Ensar0GER79N+93B123N84B112N+124B97N+111B102N+103BF4.039.541.514.0014070.0
107FIDE 533064148087B77N115B+95N104B118N+128N101B+125N89B+121B4.037.537.59.007990.0
108Mischonov, Zwetan0GERF45B10N=117B66N+97B69N+94B53N70B+111N3.551.551.513.5016530.0
109van Boemmel, Philipp1836GERF22B47N102B+117N+76N57B55B=82N95N+113B3.550.050.014.001610-43.6
110Grunau, Niclas0GER49N47B+119N+23B35N98B84N+121B97N101B=115B3.549.051.514.2513510.0
111Eckert, Sabine0GER27B+57N75B21N94B105N+121B106N=115B+122N108B3.546.549.012.7515170.0
112Qasichani, Abdulaziz0GER31B91N+105B56N+106B53N=116B117N113B+121N94B3.545.047.512.0013140.0
113Hoeltgen, Anna-Lena0GER54B94N104B81N+114N101B+125N=70B+112N69B109N3.545.047.011.759060.0
114Angirekula, Vihaan0GER34N63B55N57N113B=126B+127N+124B70N94B+128N3.543.543.55.008970.0
115FIDE 533022585048N67B+107N30B+125N123B100N85B=111N=116B=110N3.543.045.011.0014590.0
116Konyshev, Hlib1571GER59B82N+103N+55B78N23B=112N83B104B=115NF3.048.550.513.501343-70.0
117Reiss, Peter1697GERF33N45B=108N109B=80N=92B+112B68N=105N85B3.047.047.012.001060-48.8
118Vey, Vincent0GER28N69N+86B88B23N+107B=94N=97BFFF3.045.045.013.2514790.0
119Lucas, Julius0GER25N21N110B+127B98N+125B68N+122NFFF3.033.033.06.50929-63.2
120Milintenkov, Artemiy0GER50N101B+126N+93B79N+68B72BFFFF3.032.032.012.0016130.0
121FIDE 533067384052N23B93N83B=126N+127B111N110N+128B112B107N2.541.041.03.008580.0
122Grimm, Linus0GER46B+104N91B53N93N103B+126N119B=124N111B127B2.539.541.57.0014350.0
123Ahmadi, Pouya1717GERF44N+106B26B67N+115N56B84B86N85BF2.049.549.57.501000-62.8
124FIDE 5330653650F48B50N63B55N106N=95B114N=122B+126B104N2.044.044.05.509080.0
125FIDE 533065020064B80N+95B99N115B119N113B+128N107BF103N2.037.037.04.508950.0
126FIDE 533063990037B73N120B86N=121B=114N122B95N+127B124NF2.036.536.55.009650.0
127FIDE 533061769056B53N99B119N105B121N114BF126N+128B+122N2.033.533.52.509130.0
128FIDE 5330680380F90N43B82N95B81N107B125B121N127N114B0.039.039.00.009490.0

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