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3. Berlin U25 Open Blitz Finals

KnockoutBlitz

8 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held on 14 Nov 2025 in Berlin, Germany. 8 titled players from 6 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2479, and top seed was Daniel Dardha (🇧🇪 BEL, GM, 2594).

Mahdi Gholami Orimi (🇮🇷 IRI, GM, 2489) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Daniel Dardha (4.5) and Vaclav Finek (4.0). Gholami Orimi shared the lead from round 4 and won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Bennet Hagner (IM, 2317) beat Konstantin Peyrer (IM, 2548), a +231-point gap.

Location
🇩🇪Berlin, Germany
Dates
14 Nov 2025
Time control
Blitz: 3 minutes for game with 2 seconds increment from move 1
System
Knockout · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇧🇪GMDaniel Dardha2594
Avg top 10
2,479
Participants
8
Titled players · 8
GM×3
IM×5
Federations · 6 represented
🇮🇷Iran×2
🇩🇪Germany×2
🇧🇪Belgium×1
🇬🇷Greece×1
🇨🇿Czech Republic×1
🇦🇹Austria×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

GM Mahdi Gholami Orimi led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
1
2
1
2
1
1
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6Tabatabaei takes leadGholami Orimi takes lead
Gholami Orimi5Dardha4.5Finek4Tabatabaei2.5Hagner2.5Patrelakis2.5
R3 · LEADER CHANGE14 Nov

GM M. Amin Tabatabaei takes the sole lead (2.5/3).

HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND · 2 games

GM Mahdi Gholami Orimi 1.0–1.0 against GM Daniel Dardha (R1 ½-½, R2 ½-½).

R3–R6 · WIN STREAK

GM Mahdi Gholami Orimi won 4 in a row (R3–R6).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1GMMahdi Gholami Orimi*
½
½
—
1
1
2GMDaniel Dardha
½
½
*——
3IMVaclav Finek——*
0
1
4GMM. Amin Tabatabaei
0
0
—
1
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Gholami Orimi, MahdiGM2489IRI=2N=2B+7N+7B+4B+4N5.015.517.012.502809+23.8
2Dardha, DanielGM2594BEL=1B=1N+6N+6B=5B+5N4.517.520.013.752599+0.8
3Finek, VaclavIM2455CZE=5B+5N−4B+4N=7N+7B4.011.513.08.502600+11.6
4Tabatabaei, M. AminGM2567IRI=8N+8B+3N−3B−1N−1B2.519.521.06.252440-10.8
5Patrelakis, EvaggelosIM2411GRE=3N−3B+8N=8B=2N−2B2.518.520.06.502475+4.6
6Hagner, BennetIM2317GER+7N−7B−2B−2N+8B=8N2.513.515.03.752472+21.6
7Petrovskiy, VadymIM2447GER−6B+6N−1B−1N=3B−3N1.520.523.04.502227-17.0
8Peyrer, KonstantinIM2548AUT=4B−4N−5B=5N−6N=6B1.512.515.03.752239-23.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets