Deutsche Schach-Amateurmeisterschaft 2025-2026 Q1 D

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63 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 21 Nov 2025 to 23 Nov 2025 in Bad Wildungen, Germany. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1862, and top seed was Niels Schomberg (🇩🇪 GER, 1994).

Matthias Luckhardt (🇩🇪 GER, 1917) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Azat Hildebrand (4.0) and Marco Payes (4.0). Luckhardt broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Chris Engelmann (1772) beat Niels Schomberg (1994), a +222-point gap.

Location

🇩🇪Bad Wildungen, Germany

Dates

21 Nov 2025 → 23 Nov 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 · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇩🇪Niels Schomberg1994

Avg top 10

1,862

Participants

Federations · 2 represented

🇩🇪Germany×62

🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina×1

Top 3

🥇
Matthias Luckhardt
🇩🇪GER·1917
5.0pts·2514perf+24.2
🥈
Azat Hildebrand
🇩🇪GER·1641
4.0pts·2050perf+103.2
🥉
Marco Payes
🇩🇪GER·1734
4.0pts·1963perf+28.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Matthias Luckhardt led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Luckhardt5Payes4Hildebrand4Liau3.5De Cauter3.5Betz3.5

R5–R5 · LEAD HELD

Matthias Luckhardt never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Matthias Luckhardt beat Marco Payes (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Matthias Luckhardt 5 wins (R1–R5)Marco Payes 4 wins (R1–R4)Azat Hildebrand 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Matthias Luckhardt	*	1	1	—
2Marco Payes	0	*	—	—
3Azat Hildebrand	0	—	*	—
4Kelly Liau	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Luckhardt, Matthias	1917	GER	+24N	+15B	+38N	+2B	+3N	5.0	13.5	15.5	15.50	2514	+24.2
2	Hildebrand, Azat	1641	GER	+55N	+39B	+13N	−1N	+17B	4.0	13.0	14.5	9.50	2050	+103.2
3	Payes, Marco	1734	GER	+43N	+41B	+40N	+5B	−1B	4.0	12.5	14.5	9.50	1963	+28.2
4	De Cauter, Noah J. A.	0	GER	+28B	+11N	=20B	=8N	=9B	3.5	13.5	16.0	11.00	1791	0.0
5	Betz, Niclas	1653	GER	+59N	+26B	+12N	−3N	=10B	3.5	13.5	14.5	8.75	1872	+59.2
6	Liau, Kelly	1780	GER	−14N	+50B	+15N	+20N	=11B	3.5	12.5	14.0	9.25	1898	+15.8
7	Gottwald, Siegmar	1698	GER	+29N	−13B	+26N	+19B	=22N	3.5	11.5	14.0	9.50	1887	+20.2
8	Gaedtke, Raphael	1723	GER	+50N	=14B	+25N	=4B	=27N	3.5	11.5	13.0	8.50	1946	+46.4
9	Keleti, Hugo	1686	GER	=17B	=18N	+58N	+40B	=4N	3.5	11.5	12.5	7.75	1963	+57.6
10	Guenther, Simon	1684	GER	+51N	=25B	=16N	+38B	=5N	3.5	11.0	12.5	8.00	1856	+46.4
11	Ostapenko, Vadym	1884	GER	+60N	−4B	+53N	+24B	=6N	3.5	11.0	11.5	6.25	2058	+26.4
12	Weiner, Timon Liam	1724	GER	+61B	=27N	−5B	+42N	+28B	3.5	10.5	11.0	6.25	1900	+47.2
13	Blechschmidt, Falk	1744	GER	+47B	+7N	−2B	=14N	=21B	3.0	13.5	15.5	8.50	1769	+3.6
14	Doeding, Karsten	1766	GER	+6B	=8N	=19N	=13B	=18B	3.0	13.0	16.0	9.75	1843	+16.0
15	Preissner, Laurenz	1735	GER	+33B	−1N	−6B	+58B	+39N	3.0	13.0	14.0	5.50	1884	+40.4
16	Lehmann, Michael	1764	GER	=18B	+31N	=10B	=28N	=20B	3.0	12.0	14.5	8.50	1803	+5.4
17	Quiram, Arne	1810	GER	=9N	+46B	+48N	=27B	−2N	3.0	12.0	14.0	7.00	1863	+14.4
18	Domnick, Michael	1745	GER	=16N	=9B	=52N	+25B	=14N	3.0	12.0	13.5	8.00	1820	+10.6
19	Locke, Harald	0	GER	=21B	+45N	=14B	−7N	+49B	3.0	11.5	13.5	7.00	1733	0.0
20	Dedic, Sajra	1684	BIH	+53N	+52B	=4N	−6B	=16N	3.0	11.5	13.0	6.25	1866	+38.8
21	Horn, Sophia	1706	GER	=19N	=30B	=39N	+29B	=13N	3.0	11.0	13.0	7.75	1865	+33.6
22	Salachov, Achmat	1821	GER	−38B	+49N	=42B	+54N	=7B	3.0	9.5	11.0	6.25	1791	-7.6
23	Unruh, Iven	1774	GER	−41N	=43B	+46N	=44B	+38N	3.0	8.0	10.0	6.00	1816	+11.2
24	Richter, Tim	1723	GER	−1B	+33N	+36B	−11N	=31B	2.5	13.5	16.0	6.25	1838	+15.2
25	Boschert, Lukas	1729	GER	+35B	=10N	−8B	−18N	+51B	2.5	12.5	14.0	5.75	1715	-4.0
26	Gutschke, Karl Ulrich, Dr.	1804	GER	+34B	−5N	−7B	+61N	=32B	2.5	12.0	12.5	4.25	1711	-12.4
27	Gietzen, Daniel	1840	GER	F	=12B	+44N	=17N	=8B	2.5	12.0	12.0	7.00	1868	+2.6
28	Kindermann, Thorsten	1776	GER	−4N	+60B	+55N	=16B	−12N	2.5	11.5	12.0	3.50	1824	+4.8
29	Beisse, Gerd	1797	GER	−7B	=34N	+56B	−21N	+54B	2.5	10.5	12.0	4.25	1715	-22.4
30	Schardt, Madeleine	1745	GER	=45B	=21N	=32B	=47N	=34B	2.5	10.0	12.0	6.00	1713	-4.4
31	Thum, Johannes, Dr.	1768	GER	=46N	−16B	+45N	=41B	=24N	2.5	9.5	11.5	5.25	1740	-6.8
32	Wulff, Ruediger	1687	GER	=44N	=42B	=30N	=39B	=26N	2.5	9.0	11.0	5.50	1785	+13.2
33	Dornieden, Andreas	1737	GER	−15N	−24B	+57N	=50B	+41N	2.5	9.0	10.5	4.25	1716	-5.2
34	Buente, Andreas, Dr.	1781	GER	−26N	=29B	=59N	+55B	=30N	2.5	9.0	10.0	4.50	1760	-5.6
35	Engelmann, Chris	1772	GER	−25N	+51B	=41N	+48B	F	2.5	8.0	8.0	4.50	1864	+9.2
36	Heckmann, Torsten	1888	GER	−40N	+57B	−24N	=51B	+50N	2.5	7.5	9.0	3.75	1696	-24.8
37	Rasch, Wolfgang, Dr.	1711	GER	+57N	−40B	=47N	+52B	F	2.5	7.0	7.0	4.00	1819	+11.4
38	Schwemmle, Gerald	1739	GER	+22N	+58B	−1B	−10N	−23B	2.0	14.5	15.5	4.00	1734	-1.2
39	Becker, Roland	1792	GER	+54B	−2N	=21B	=32N	−15B	2.0	12.5	14.0	4.25	1629	-22.4
40	Tegethoff, Niclas	1691	GER	+36B	+37N	−3B	−9N	F	2.0	12.5	12.5	5.00	1755	+13.6
41	Miltner, Andreas	1705	GER	+23B	−3N	=35B	=31N	−33B	2.0	12.0	14.5	5.50	1685	-3.0
42	Luthardt, Christopher	1748	GER	=62B	=32N	=22N	−12B	=43N	2.0	11.0	11.5	4.00	1627	-16.4
43	Ferderer, Albert	1650	GER	−3B	=23N	−54B	+62N	=42B	2.0	10.5	11.0	3.00	1650	-0.2
44	Kubiak, Manfred	1834	GER	=32B	+56N	−27B	=23N	−47B	2.0	10.0	11.5	4.25	1653	-24.6
45	Weber, Constanze	1717	GER	=30N	−19B	−31B	+56N	=48N	2.0	10.0	11.5	3.75	1789	+7.0
46	Eimer, Frank	1791	GER	=31B	−17N	−23B	=53B	+58N	2.0	10.0	11.0	3.00	1714	-10.6
47	Prendel, Alana Dehlia	1670	GER	−13N	F	=37B	=30B	+44N	2.0	10.0	10.0	4.50	1758	+18.8
48	Schomberg, Niels	1994	GER	=56B	+62N	−17B	−35N	=45B	2.0	9.0	9.5	2.25	1640	-85.6
49	Langer, Peter	1676	GER	−58N	−22B	+60N	+59B	−19N	2.0	8.0	8.5	1.50	1741	+13.6
50	Otten, Arnold, Dr.	1676	GER	−8B	−6N	+62B	=33N	−36B	1.5	12.0	12.5	1.75	1599	-10.6
51	Nuesken, Norbert	1649	GER	−10B	−35N	+63B	=36N	−25N	1.5	11.0	11.0	1.25	1625	-3.4
52	Koerber, Thomas	1793	GER	+63B	−20N	=18B	−37N	F	1.5	10.0	10.0	1.50	1647	-16.6
53	Dinse, Michael	1745	GER	−20B	+63N	−11B	=46N	F	1.5	10.0	10.0	1.00	1702	-5.2
54	Stoeter, Uwe	1737	GER	−39N	=59B	+43N	−22B	−29N	1.5	9.5	10.5	2.50	1597	-18.6
55	Broeker, Claudia	1785	GER	−2B	+61N	−28B	−34N	=60B	1.5	9.5	10.0	0.75	1566	-29.4
56	Stuch, Hans-Ferdinand	1650	GER	=48N	−44B	−29N	−45B	+62N	1.5	8.5	9.0	1.50	1642	-2.8
57	Spaeth, Gerhard	1742	GER	−37B	−36N	−33B	+63N	=61B	1.5	8.0	8.0	0.25	1624	-15.6
58	Sviridov, Vitaliy	1832	GER	+49B	−38N	−9B	−15N	−46B	1.0	10.5	12.5	2.00	1486	-44.4
59	Juergens, Thomas	1671	GER	−5B	=54N	=34B	−49N	F	1.0	9.5	9.5	2.00	1519	-31.2
60	Hammel, Jens	1641	GER	−11B	−28N	−49B	F	=55N	0.5	9.5	9.5	0.75	1458	-15.6
61	Bertram, Thomas	1736	GER	−12N	−55B	F	−26B	=57N	0.5	9.0	9.0	0.75	1442	-27.0
62	Scholz, Gerfried	1613	GER	=42N	−48B	−50N	−43B	−56B	0.5	7.5	9.0	1.00	1378	-24.4
63	Mothes, Rainer	1796	GER	−52N	−53B	−51N	−57B	F	0.0	6.0	6.0	0.00	932	-47.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Hildebrand, AzatGER
+103.2
4.0 pts · #3
2Betz, NiclasGER
+59.2
3.5 pts · #6
3Keleti, HugoGER
+57.6
3.5 pts · #12

Top rating losers

1Schomberg, NielsGER
-85.6
2.0 pts · #40
2Mothes, RainerGER
-47.0
0.0 pts · #63
3Sviridov, VitaliyGER
-44.4
1.0 pts · #58

Biggest upsets

R4+222 Elo gap
Engelmann, Chris1772 beat Schomberg, Niels1994
R1+197 Elo gap
Tegethoff, Niclas1691 beat Heckmann, Torsten1888
R3+184 Elo gap
Quiram, Arne1810 beat Schomberg, Niels1994