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Hessische Einzelmeisterschaften 2025 Meister-Turnier

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14 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 27 Dec 2025 to 30 Dec 2025 in Bad Soden, Germany. 8 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2263, and top seed was Pascal Neukirchner (🇩🇪 GER, FM, 2340).

Samir Mohammad (🇸🇾 SYR, FM, 2272) won with 5.0/7, ahead of Andreas Ciolek (5.0) and Adam Baranyai-Molnar (4.5). Mohammad shared the lead from round 3, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Harshill Pradeep (CM, 2111) beat Daniel Malek (FM, 2303), a +192-point gap.

Location
🇩🇪Bad Soden, Germany
Dates
27 Dec 2025 → 30 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇩🇪FMPascal Neukirchner2340
Avg top 10
2,263
Participants
14
Titled players · 8
IM×1
FM×6
CM×1
Federations · 5 represented
🇩🇪Germany×10
🇭🇺Hungary×1
🇮🇷Iran×1
🇬🇷Greece×1
🇸🇾Syria×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R7; 2 players tied at 5.0/7, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
3
6
3
1
1
1
2
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Ciolek5Mohammad5Baranyai-Molnar4.5Malek4Lesny4Peil3.5
R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.0/7. Mohammad takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (23.5).

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Andreas Ciolek beat FM Samir Mohammad (White).

R2–R4 · WIN STREAK

FM Samir Mohammad won 3 in a row (R2–R4).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FMAndreas Ciolek*
1
0
½
2FMSamir Mohammad
0
*
1
½
3FMAdam Baranyai-Molnar
1
0
*
½
4FMDaniel Malek
½
½
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Mohammad, SamirFM2272SYR=11B+8N+10B+6N=4B+3B−2N5.023.526.017.752413+13.3
2Ciolek, AndreasFM2169GER+12B=4B−3N+11N+6B=5N+1B5.023.526.017.502391+42.2
3Baranyai-Molnar, AdamFM2281HUN=6N+14B+2B=4N=10B−1N+7B4.524.026.015.752336+11.4
4Malek, DanielFM2303GER+13B=2N+11B=3B=1N−7N=5B4.024.527.014.252264-3.4
5Lesny, Florian2239GER−7N=6B+14N=10N+12B=2B=4N4.021.523.512.252262+5.0
6Khaje Hesamedini, Ali2239IRI=3B=5N+7B−1B−2N+13N=9B3.525.528.012.002222-3.2
7Pradeep, HarshillCM2111GER+5B−10N−6N=9B+14N+4B−3N3.522.524.511.752263+53.2
8Peil, ChristophFM2270GER=14N−1B=12N=13B=9N+10N=11B3.519.021.09.502228-8.0
9Papadopoulos, Ioannis2235GRE=10B−11N=13B=7N=8B+12N=6N3.518.521.010.502214-4.0
10Neukirchner, PascalFM2340GER=9N+7B−1N=5B=3N−8B=12B3.024.026.510.752167-32.6
11Kersten, UweIM2181GER=1N+9B−4N−2B=13N−14B=8N2.523.525.59.002141-4.0
12Bollmann, Henrik2113GER−2N=13N=8B+14B−5N−9B=10N2.521.523.56.502142+4.6
13Ramien, David2246GER−4N=12B=9N=8N=11B−6B=14N2.519.521.57.002119-24.8
14Musiienko, Tymur2207GER=8B−3N−5B−12N−7B+11N=13B2.020.523.05.502048-60.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets