HSK-Weihnachtsopen 2025

SwissStandard

76 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 27 Dec 2025 to 30 Dec 2025 in Hamburg, Germany. 5 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2220, and top seed was Malte Colpe (🇩🇪 GER, IM, 2376).

Malek Koniahli (🇸🇾 SYR, FM, 2337) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Frank Bracker (6.0) and Christoph Jablonowski (5.5). Koniahli shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Motoki Ogawa (1477) beat Thomas Schiller (1855), a +378-point gap.

Location

🇩🇪Hamburg, Germany

Dates

27 Dec 2025 → 30 Dec 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes for first 40 moves and 15 min. for the rest of the game with 30 sec. increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇩🇪IMMalte Colpe2376

Avg top 10

2,220

Participants

Titled players · 5

IM×3

FM×2

Federations · 4 represented

🇩🇪Germany×73

🇹🇷Turkiye×1

🇸🇾Syria×1

🇩🇰Denmark×1

Top 3

🥇
FMMalek Koniahli
🇸🇾SYR·2337
6.0pts·2455perf+19.8
🥈
IMFrank Bracker
🇩🇪GER·2299
6.0pts·2399perf+8.9
🥉
Christoph Jablonowski
🇩🇪GER·2018
5.5pts·2101perf+14.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R7; 2 players tied at 6.0/7, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Bracker6Koniahli6Jablonowski5.5Czeremin5Keyser5Helms5

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 6.0/7. Koniahli takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (28.5).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Frank Bracker lost to FM Malek Koniahli (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

IM Frank Bracker 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R5–R7)FM Malek Koniahli 4 wins (R1–R4)Christoph Jablonowski 3 wins (R5–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1IMFrank Bracker	*	0	—	—
2FMMalek Koniahli	1	*	—	—
3Christoph Jablonowski	—	—	*	—
4Claus Czeremin	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Koniahli, MalekFM	2337	SYR	+19N	+35B	+40N	+2B	=4N	=5B	+7N	6.0	28.5	31.5	26.50	2455	+19.8
2	Bracker, FrankIM	2299	GER	+43B	+49N	+11B	−1N	+12B	+18N	+4N	6.0	27.0	30.0	24.00	2399	+8.9
3	Jablonowski, Christoph	2018	GER	=44N	+51B	+21N	−10B	+19N	+27B	+14N	5.5	23.5	26.0	20.00	2101	+14.6
4	Colpe, MalteIM	2376	GER	+46B	+22N	+8B	=7N	=1B	+10N	−2B	5.0	30.5	33.5	22.00	2317	-2.7
5	Beeck, Mats	2229	GER	+68B	=6N	+24B	+20N	=18B	=1N	=10B	5.0	27.5	29.0	19.25	2210	+1.2
6	Andersen, Jonathan	1922	GER	+60N	=5B	=41B	+11N	+13B	−7N	+20B	5.0	26.0	28.0	19.00	2182	+96.0
7	Keyser, Robin	2209	GER	+73N	+69B	+26N	=4B	=10N	+6B	−1B	5.0	25.5	26.5	15.75	2223	+8.0
8	Helms, Finn	2140	GER	+28B	+66N	−4N	−12B	+43B	+22N	+23B	5.0	24.0	26.0	16.50	2116	-1.6
9	Czeremin, Claus	1978	GER	=42B	=15N	=43B	+28N	=16B	+21N	+18B	5.0	23.5	26.5	19.00	2029	+10.4
10	Parvanyan, Alfred	2179	GER	+47B	+27N	=13B	+3N	=7B	−4B	=5N	4.5	28.5	31.5	19.25	2177	+3.2
11	Keyser, Philipp	2021	GER	+37B	+17N	−2N	−6B	+39N	+31B	=12N	4.5	27.0	30.5	17.25	2026	+1.8
12	Speck, Jakob	1924	GER	−70B	+32N	+25B	+8N	−2N	+41B	=11B	4.5	26.0	27.0	17.75	2192	+40.4
13	Nielsen, Joerg	1981	GER	+63N	+14B	=10N	=40B	−6N	=15B	+34N	4.5	25.0	27.0	16.00	2013	+7.4
14	Sargsyan, Narek	1864	GER	+71B	−13N	+59B	+41N	+22B	=20N	−3B	4.5	23.0	24.0	12.00	1994	+53.2
15	Laucht, Philipp	1863	GER	=54N	=9B	=58N	+34B	=26N	=13N	+30B	4.5	22.5	24.5	15.75	1949	+18.4
16	Krueger, Daniel	1878	GER	+50N	−40B	+45N	=35B	=9N	=30B	+26N	4.5	21.5	24.0	15.00	1971	+16.8
17	Schiller, Thomas	1855	GER	+72N	−11B	−57N	+45B	+58N	=26B	+33N	4.5	18.5	19.5	11.25	1993	+14.6
18	Zieher, HartmutFM	2140	GER	+39N	=31B	+38N	+30B	=5N	−2B	−9N	4.0	26.5	30.0	14.75	2058	-11.8
19	Ziefle, Stefan	1832	GER	−1B	+36N	+23B	=24N	−3B	=57N	+42B	4.0	26.0	28.0	13.50	1981	+22.6
20	Steinbrenner, Juerg	2030	GER	+52N	=21B	+31N	−5B	+33N	=14B	−6N	4.0	25.5	28.0	13.75	1981	-8.4
21	Emami, Madjid	1889	GER	+64B	=20N	−3B	+42N	=30N	−9B	+44N	4.0	24.0	26.0	11.75	1920	+7.2
22	Ziemann, Christian	1942	GER	+65N	−4B	+73N	+38B	−14N	−8B	+47N	4.0	23.0	24.0	9.50	1979	+5.6
23	Kemeny, Matthias	1955	GER	+45N	−38B	−19N	+29B	+44N	+48B	−8N	4.0	22.0	25.0	12.50	1844	-16.6
24	Werner, Patrick	1924	GER	=51N	+44B	−5N	=19B	=32N	=29B	+61N	4.0	21.5	23.5	11.75	1804	-18.6
25	Pitz, Lukas	1790	GER	−40N	+75B	−12N	+61B	−31N	+45B	+48N	4.0	19.0	19.5	8.50	1795	+0.8
26	Wusterack, Paul	1946	GER	+32B	+61N	−7B	=27N	=15B	=17N	−16B	3.5	25.5	27.5	11.75	1848	-16.6
27	Wiethuechter, Samuel	1914	GER	+29N	−10B	F	=26B	+40N	−3N	+36B	3.5	23.5	26.0	11.75	1976	+11.0
28	Adiguzel, Eray	1791	TUR	−8N	=29B	+51N	−9B	−36N	+55B	+50N	3.5	22.0	24.5	9.25	1768	-6.2
29	Baturaygil, Ali, Dr.	1633	GER	−27B	=28N	+37B	−23N	+68B	=24N	=38B	3.5	22.0	23.5	10.50	1859	+39.2
30	Fransson, Max	1987	GER	+62B	+70N	=56B	−18N	=21B	=16N	−15N	3.5	21.5	22.5	8.50	1905	-14.4
31	Mundt, Alexandra	1906	GER	+67B	=18N	−20B	=62N	+25B	−11N	=52B	3.5	21.0	22.5	9.75	1876	-5.0
32	Kammer, Fabian	1713	GER	−26N	−12B	+72N	+46N	=24B	−33B	+53N	3.5	21.0	22.0	8.50	1839	+18.2
33	Fransson, Till	1926	GER	+59B	−56N	+47B	=57N	−20B	+32N	−17B	3.5	19.5	21.5	9.50	1889	-6.4
34	Oellrich, Emma	1789	GER	=41B	−42N	+70B	−15N	+67B	+46N	−13B	3.5	19.5	20.5	7.00	1787	-2.8
35	Gerdau, Niklas	1937	GER	+36B	−1N	+42B	=16N	+57B	F	F	3.5	19.0	19.0	10.75	2003	+5.4
36	Vakeel, Eshwar	1702	GER	−35N	−19B	+76N	=68N	+28B	+53B	−27N	3.5	18.5	19.0	7.25	1791	+26.0
37	Dede, Metehan	1766	GER	−11N	=50B	−29N	=60B	=55N	+54B	+51N	3.5	18.0	20.0	8.50	1684	-31.6
38	Zierott, Jan	1859	GER	+74B	+23N	−18B	−22N	+62B	F	=29N	3.5	18.0	18.0	8.25	1877	+4.8
39	Birkholz, Karl Lukas	1796	GER	−18B	+67N	−49B	+70N	−11B	=50N	+57B	3.5	17.5	18.5	5.75	1715	-12.6
40	Porth, Hartmut	2035	GER	+25B	+16N	−1B	=13N	−27B	=42N	F	3.0	25.5	28.5	12.25	1936	-15.6
41	Atri, Jamshid	2035	GER	=34N	+48B	=6N	−14B	+47N	−12N	F	3.0	23.5	23.5	10.25	1858	-27.6
42	Grillmaier, Alexander	1715	GER	=9N	+34B	−35N	−21B	+54N	=40B	−19N	3.0	23.0	25.5	10.00	1809	+15.0
43	Lehmkuhl, Stefan	1822	GER	−2N	+65B	=9N	=58B	−8N	+63B	F	3.0	23.0	25.0	7.50	1911	+10.8
44	Alieksieiev, Oleksii	1749	GER	=3B	−24N	=50B	+64N	−23B	+59N	−21B	3.0	22.0	24.0	8.00	1762	+1.6
45	Schimmelpfennig, Robin	1715	GER	−23B	+74N	−16B	−17N	+72B	−25N	+59B	3.0	20.0	20.5	3.50	1653	0.0
46	Quitzau, Lukas	1843	GER	−4N	−54B	+55N	−32B	+60N	−34B	+58N	3.0	19.0	21.0	6.50	1708	-26.8
47	Perschk, Bendix	1797	GER	−10N	+60B	−33N	+74B	−41B	+65N	−22B	3.0	19.0	19.5	4.50	1801	-1.6
48	Kneesch, Bjarne	1854	GER	+57B	−41N	+61B	−49N	+59B	−23N	−25B	3.0	18.0	20.0	6.00	1638	-53.2
49	Lau, Felix	1932	GER	+58N	−2B	+39N	+48B	F	F	F	3.0	14.5	14.5	8.50	2105	+16.4
50	Kraft, Cynthia Yumi	1600	GER	−16B	=37N	=44N	+63B	−53N	=39B	−28B	2.5	20.5	22.5	7.00	1687	+28.0
51	Koehler, Theodor	1669	GER	=24B	−3N	−28B	−67N	+76B	+68N	−37B	2.5	19.5	20.0	4.00	1629	-15.2
52	Tran, Minh Dat	1781	GER	−20B	+64N	F	F	F	+58B	=31N	2.5	16.0	16.0	5.75	1907	+12.8
53	Skibbe, Kai	1816	GER	−56B	−59N	=67B	+71N	+50B	−36N	−32B	2.5	15.5	16.5	4.25	1626	-76.0
54	Hock, Reiner	1552	GER	=15B	+46N	F	F	−42B	−37N	+71B	2.5	15.0	15.0	6.25	1748	+23.6
55	Beilfuss, Bjoern	1651	GER	−69N	−73B	−46B	+76N	=37B	−28N	+64B	2.5	14.5	15.0	4.25	1590	-9.2
56	Chevelevitch, Evgueni, Dr.IM	2256	GER	+53N	+33B	=30N	F	F	F	F	2.5	9.5	9.5	7.75	2196	-1.3
57	Ogawa, Motoki	1477	GER	−48N	F	+17B	=33B	−35N	=19B	−39N	2.0	22.0	22.0	8.25	1742	0.0
58	Gerdts, Martina	1696	GER	−49B	+68N	=15B	=43N	−17B	−52N	−46B	2.0	20.5	22.0	5.25	1684	-3.2
59	Stolle, Alexandro	1682	GER	−33N	+53B	−14N	+73B	−48N	−44B	−45N	2.0	19.5	20.5	3.50	1710	+8.0
60	Langer, Johann Leander	1664	GER	−6B	−47N	=71B	=37N	−46B	+67N	F	2.0	18.0	19.0	3.75	1627	-13.2
61	Centanaro Quiroz, Nino Humberto	0	GER	F	−26B	−48N	−25N	+71B	+62N	−24B	2.0	17.5	17.5	3.00	1677	0.0
62	Smith, Chad	1744	GER	−30N	+72B	=69N	=31B	−38N	−61B	F	2.0	16.0	17.0	3.50	1716	-2.8
63	Bothe, Arend	1724	GER	−13B	+71N	−66B	−50N	+64B	−43N	−65B	2.0	16.0	17.0	3.00	1581	-56.0
64	Sarwary, Nadjim	1614	GER	−21N	−52B	+65N	−44B	−63N	+72B	−55N	2.0	16.0	17.0	3.00	1477	-38.0
65	Yasar, Hamit	1703	GER	−22B	−43N	−64B	+75N	F	−47B	+63N	2.0	14.5	15.0	2.50	1628	-24.8
66	Becker, Thomas	1899	GER	+75N	−8B	+63N	F	F	F	F	2.0	7.5	7.5	2.50	1952	+4.6
67	Mi, Gufeng	1629	GER	−31N	−39B	=53N	+51B	−34N	−60B	F	1.5	17.5	17.5	3.75	1580	-7.8
68	Bernhard, Ralph	1801	GER	−5N	−58B	+75N	=36B	−29N	−51B	F	1.5	17.0	17.0	2.25	1560	-40.0
69	Andersen, Niels Erik	1883	DEN	+55B	−7N	=62B	F	F	F	F	1.5	9.5	9.5	3.50	1868	-2.2
70	Waibel, Marlene	1669	GER	+12N	−30B	−34N	−39B	F	F	F	1.0	17.5	17.5	4.50	1681	0.0
71	Ihnatiev, Daniel	1553	GER	−14N	−63B	=60N	−53B	−61N	=75B	−54N	1.0	15.5	16.0	1.25	1434	-34.0
72	Buchtmann, Alwin Lasse	1492	GER	−17B	−62N	−32B	F	−45N	−64N	+75B	1.0	15.5	15.5	0.50	1469	0.0
73	Schulze, Tim	1801	GER	−7B	+55N	−22B	−59N	F	F	F	1.0	13.5	13.5	2.50	1676	-15.0
74	Lascheit, Andreas	1508	GER	−38N	−45B	F	−47N	F	F	=76B	0.5	12.0	12.0	0.25	1028	-10.8
75	Meyer, Harald	1618	GER	−66B	−25N	−68B	−65B	F	=71N	−72N	0.5	11.5	11.5	0.50	1383	-23.4
76	Clausen, Thore	0	GER	F	F	−36B	−55B	−51N	F	=74N	0.5	9.0	9.0	0.25	1311	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Andersen, JonathanGER
+96.0
5.0 pts · #8
2Sargsyan, NarekGER
+53.2
4.5 pts · #15
3Speck, JakobGER
+40.4
4.5 pts · #10

Top rating losers

1Skibbe, KaiGER
-76.0
2.5 pts · #45
2Bothe, ArendGER
-56.0
2.0 pts · #54
3Kneesch, BjarneGER
-53.2
3.0 pts · #72

Biggest upsets

R3+378 Elo gap
Ogawa, Motoki1477 beat Schiller, Thomas1855
R2+291 Elo gap
Hock, Reiner1552 beat Quitzau, Lukas1843
R1+255 Elo gap
Waibel, Marlene1669 beat Speck, Jakob1924