Deutsche Schach-Amateurmeisterschaft 2025-2026 Q2 C

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124 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 19 Dec 2025 to 21 Dec 2025 in Bonn, Germany. 6 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1930, and top seed was Volker Dreis (🇩🇪 GER, 1958).

Hendrik Seifert (🇩🇪 GER, 1859) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Lutz Kemp (4.5) and Chidera Aguike (4.5). Seifert won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Anwar Tibi (1755) beat Volker Dreis (1958), a +203-point gap.

Location

🇩🇪Bonn, Germany

Dates

19 Dec 2025 → 21 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 · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇩🇪Volker Dreis1958

Avg top 10

1,930

Participants

124

Federations · 6 represented

🇩🇪Germany×118

🇮🇳India×2

🇧🇷Brazil×1

🇵🇱Poland×1

🇧🇪Belgium×1

🇹🇷Turkiye×1

Top 3

🥇
Hendrik Seifert
🇩🇪GER·1859
5.0pts·2636perf+46.8
🥈
Lutz Kemp
🇩🇪GER·1858
4.5pts·2240perf+42.8
🥉
Chidera Aguike
🇩🇪GER·1801
4.5pts·2197perf+88.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Hendrik Seifert led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Seifert5Aguike4.5Kemp4.5Finke4Bleicher4Sander4

R4–R5 · LEAD HELD

Hendrik Seifert held the sole lead from R4 through R5 without losing it.

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Hendrik Seifert 5 wins (R1–R5)Chidera Aguike 4 wins (R2–R5)Lutz Kemp 3 wins (R1–R3)

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Seifert, Hendrik	1859	GER	+57N	+95B	+25N	+24B	+14N	5.0	12.0	13.5	13.50	2636	+46.8
2	Kemp, Lutz	1858	GER	+100N	+4B	+5N	=14B	+20N	4.5	15.0	16.5	14.75	2240	+42.8
3	Aguike, Chidera	1801	GER	=111N	+71B	+96N	+53B	+15N	4.5	9.5	10.5	10.00	2197	+88.4
4	Gonzalez Peisker, Mateo	1861	GER	+38B	−2N	+43B	+39N	+35B	4.0	13.5	16.5	12.00	2077	+53.6
5	Sander, Manuel	1736	GER	+78B	+39N	−2B	+76N	+17B	4.0	13.0	15.0	10.50	2026	+73.6
6	Rick, Niklas Corvin	1794	GER	+68N	=29B	+58N	=8B	+24N	4.0	12.5	14.5	11.00	2057	+33.2
7	Stein, Julian	1771	GER	+122B	+10N	=55B	=49N	+28B	4.0	12.5	12.5	9.75	2084	+40.2
8	Guelcan, Batuhan Ege	1809	GER	+69B	=32N	+67B	=6N	+27B	4.0	12.0	14.0	10.50	2095	+72.8
9	Doenitz, Julian	1821	GER	+102N	+110B	=15N	+26B	=12N	4.0	12.0	13.0	9.25	2142	+56.8
10	Bleicher, Eiko	1866	GER	+61N	−7B	+74N	+68B	+29N	4.0	11.5	13.5	9.50	2057	+23.2
11	Finke, Stephan	1818	GER	+118N	+77B	−14N	+34B	+31N	4.0	11.5	12.0	8.50	2110	+37.2
12	Schrein, Charlie	0	GER	=109B	+66N	+93B	+52N	=9B	4.0	10.0	11.0	8.50	1907	0.0
13	Varazi, Maxime	1873	GER	−52B	+98N	+109B	+82N	+42B	4.0	9.0	10.0	7.50	2061	+45.6
14	Doppalapudi, Vishal	1859	GER	+121B	+16N	+11B	=2N	−1B	3.5	17.0	17.5	10.25	1980	+16.0
15	Ok, Miro	1775	BEL	+88B	+33N	=9B	+55N	−3B	3.5	14.0	16.0	9.50	1995	+58.8
16	Roos Nazario, Valentin	1785	GER	+79N	−14B	+41N	=18B	+53N	3.5	12.5	14.5	9.25	1998	+57.2
17	Tibi, Anwar	1755	GER	=101N	+100B	+23N	+22B	−5N	3.5	12.5	14.0	9.25	2005	+66.4
18	Schumacher, Markus	1888	GER	=72B	+97N	=30B	=16N	+36B	3.5	11.5	13.0	8.75	1954	+8.8
19	Grochulla, Alexander	1866	GER	+37B	−55N	+94B	=30N	+56B	3.5	11.0	12.5	8.50	1941	+16.0
20	Hartmann, Chris-Peter	1957	GER	=103B	+72N	+73B	+56N	−2B	3.5	11.0	12.5	7.25	1987	+8.0
21	Sai Ritvik Arvapalli	1900	IND	+63B	−52N	+110B	=54N	+60B	3.5	10.0	11.0	7.25	1991	+24.0
22	Fetahovic, Sarah	1924	GER	+114B	+94N	=52B	−17N	+54B	3.5	10.0	11.0	6.25	1916	-2.0
23	Adamovic, Milan	1850	GER	+81B	=93N	−17B	+97N	+59B	3.5	9.5	11.0	6.75	1962	+30.0
24	Ziska, Stephan	1851	GER	+123B	+62N	+28B	−1N	−6B	3.0	14.5	14.5	5.50	1902	+7.0
25	Alugili, Yosef	1836	GER	+115N	+34B	−1B	=33N	=32B	3.0	14.0	15.0	7.00	1964	+35.2
26	Kozik, Andreas	1842	GER	+59B	=27N	+32B	−9N	=40B	3.0	13.0	15.5	8.50	1916	+10.0
27	Isik, Tahsin Bugra	1787	TUR	+74N	=26B	+47N	=29B	−8N	3.0	13.0	15.0	8.00	1906	+16.4
28	Schelhorn, Paul	1862	GER	+41N	+113B	−24N	+38B	−7N	3.0	13.0	14.0	7.00	1899	+5.0
29	Goeldenboog, Juergen	1911	GER	+120B	=6N	+70B	=27N	−10B	3.0	13.0	13.5	6.00	1908	-0.2
30	Krueger, Daniel	1878	GER	=53N	+85B	=18N	=19B	=44N	3.0	12.5	14.5	8.25	1910	+8.8
31	Lampe, Timon	1822	GER	+83B	=40N	+54B	=36N	−11B	3.0	12.5	14.5	7.50	1889	+18.4
32	Litfin, Boris	1946	GER	+104N	=8B	−26N	+58B	=25N	3.0	12.5	14.0	7.50	1868	-9.6
33	Nowok, Frank	1925	GER	+50N	−15B	+113N	=25B	=37N	3.0	12.5	13.5	7.00	1877	-6.0
34	Tietjen, Joshua	1900	GER	+43B	−25N	+83B	−11N	+76B	3.0	12.0	14.0	7.00	1905	+0.8
35	Demiroers, Emre	1772	GER	+87N	=99B	=44N	+48B	−4N	3.0	12.0	13.5	7.25	1926	+42.0
36	Scheibl, Luis	1764	GER	=96N	+86B	+45N	=31B	−18N	3.0	11.5	13.0	7.25	1943	+24.6
37	Zinner, Bernhard	1843	GER	−19N	=64B	+86N	+84B	=33B	3.0	11.0	13.0	6.75	1935	+12.6
38	Enneking, Hermann	1865	GER	−4N	+90B	+87N	−28N	+70B	3.0	11.0	13.0	6.00	1948	+11.6
39	Bashylin, Seva	1827	GER	+124N	−5B	+112N	−4B	+79N	3.0	11.0	11.0	3.00	1872	+6.6
40	Neumann, Hannes	1790	GER	+112N	=31B	−53N	+85B	=26N	3.0	10.5	11.5	6.00	1889	+27.6
41	Vaz da Cruz, Vinicius	1842	BRA	−28B	+122N	−16B	+83N	+80B	3.0	10.5	10.5	4.00	1912	+9.8
42	Klipsch, Norbert	1754	GER	=46N	=101B	+95N	+93B	−13N	3.0	10.0	11.5	5.25	1921	+22.8
43	Skoerys, Michael	1868	GER	−34N	+118B	−4N	+112B	+77N	3.0	10.0	10.5	3.50	1941	+10.0
44	Garbe, Martin	1834	GER	−94B	+78N	=35B	+103N	=30B	3.0	9.5	11.0	6.50	1978	+30.0
45	Arp, Piotr Alexander	1862	GER	+98B	=56N	−36B	=66N	+89B	3.0	9.5	11.0	5.75	1912	+6.8
46	Geschke, David	1795	GER	=42B	=109N	=60B	=69N	+66B	3.0	9.5	10.5	6.25	1904	+30.0
47	Schaffer, Erik	1782	GER	=67B	+75N	−27B	=80N	+73B	3.0	9.0	11.0	6.00	1910	+17.8
48	Brehme, Ralf-Peter	1896	GER	+119B	−54N	+106B	−35N	+78B	3.0	9.0	9.5	4.00	1858	-4.4
49	Gross, Felix	1750	GER	=71N	+111B	+84N	=7B	F	3.0	9.0	9.0	6.00	2015	+56.0
50	Aslansofuoglu, Melihsah	1765	GER	−33B	−69N	+122B	+75N	+67B	3.0	9.0	9.0	4.00	1960	+26.4
51	Erkelenz, Fynn	1873	GER	−97B	=63N	+119B	=70N	+81B	3.0	8.0	8.5	4.75	1893	+6.0
52	Ringeltaube, Denny	1809	GER	+13N	+21B	=22N	−12B	F	2.5	15.0	15.0	9.25	2172	+27.4
53	Brixius, Dirk	1838	GER	=30B	+105N	+40B	−3N	−16B	2.5	14.0	15.5	6.00	1816	-3.0
54	Dieckmann, Tashi	1915	GER	+116N	+48B	−31N	=21B	−22N	2.5	13.0	14.0	5.75	1868	-13.2
55	Fink, Wolfgang	1834	GER	+107N	+19B	=7N	−15B	F	2.5	12.5	12.5	7.00	1887	+5.2
56	Lenz, Thomas	1829	GER	+90N	=45B	+99N	−20B	−19N	2.5	12.0	13.5	5.00	1878	+13.2
57	Lueersen, Lukas	1781	GER	−1B	+81N	−82B	+109N	=62B	2.5	11.5	12.5	4.25	1840	+16.0
58	Opasiak, Dustin Tennessee	1734	POL	+82B	=70N	−6B	−32N	+118B	2.5	11.0	11.5	3.50	1874	+18.2
59	Aminmansour, Bardia	1873	GER	−26N	=61B	+102N	+101B	−23N	2.5	10.5	12.0	4.25	1823	-13.6
60	Drescher, Werner	1844	GER	−95N	+91B	=46N	+99B	−21N	2.5	10.0	11.5	5.00	1843	0.0
61	Thuerauf, Peter	1800	GER	−10B	=59N	=75B	=94N	+99N	2.5	10.0	11.5	4.50	1853	+5.8
62	Beetz, Ole	1865	GER	+91N	−24B	−68N	+113B	=57N	2.5	9.5	10.5	4.25	1814	-7.0
63	Rokitta, Uwe	1851	GER	−21N	=51B	+108N	+96B	F	2.5	9.5	9.5	4.50	1986	+14.4
64	Kaufmann, Emanuel	1764	GER	−73B	=37N	−80B	+121N	+94B	2.5	8.5	9.0	3.50	1751	-4.0
65	Brueckner, Julian	1817	GER	=75B	−67N	−66B	+119N	+93N	2.5	7.5	8.0	3.00	1870	+14.8
66	Heyne, Regina	1879	GER	=86N	−12B	+65N	=45B	−46N	2.0	12.5	14.5	5.00	1837	-4.8
67	Mueller, Marius	1878	GER	=47N	+65B	−8N	=89B	−50N	2.0	12.5	14.5	5.00	1741	-18.8
68	Ashwath C S	1777	IND	−6B	+123N	+62B	−10N	F	2.0	12.5	12.5	2.50	1824	+5.0
69	Atkins, David	1871	GER	−8N	+50B	=89N	=46B	F	2.0	12.0	14.0	5.50	1815	-6.0
70	Schwab, Thomas	1909	GER	+89N	=58B	−29N	=51B	−38N	2.0	11.5	13.5	4.75	1783	-17.4
71	Sigl, Christian	1817	GER	=49B	−3N	=72B	=88N	=91N	2.0	11.5	13.5	4.50	1748	-9.6
72	Meyer, Henry	1844	GER	=18N	−20B	=71N	=74B	=85N	2.0	11.0	13.0	4.75	1779	-18.8
73	Lauenstein, Nico	1822	GER	+64N	=84B	−20N	=79B	−47N	2.0	11.0	13.0	4.50	1770	-15.2
74	Baechler, Andreas	1825	GER	−27B	+88N	−10B	=72N	=87N	2.0	11.0	13.0	4.00	1769	-7.6
75	Liehs, Konstantin	1857	GER	=65N	−47B	=61N	−50B	+113N	2.0	11.0	12.0	3.50	1722	-18.8
76	Elsner, Heiko	1845	GER	−84N	+115B	+77N	−5B	−34N	2.0	11.0	12.0	3.00	1787	-8.0
77	Brecker, Hans-Joerg	1941	GER	+92B	−11N	−76B	+110N	−43B	2.0	11.0	12.0	3.00	1762	-24.6
78	Pinder, Marc	1649	GER	−5N	−44B	+115N	+124B	−48N	2.0	11.0	11.0	1.00	1740	+22.4
79	Schwarz, Hans	1817	GER	−16B	=80N	+105B	=73N	−39B	2.0	10.5	12.0	3.50	1749	-9.4
80	Urban, Michael	1847	GER	−110N	=79B	+64N	=47B	−41N	2.0	10.5	11.5	5.00	1727	-16.6
81	Gaedtke, Raphael	1769	GER	−23N	−57B	+116N	+95B	−51N	2.0	10.5	11.5	2.50	1759	-3.2
82	Radi, Guenter	1894	GER	−58N	+104B	+57N	−13B	F	2.0	10.5	10.5	4.00	1787	-11.4
83	Eitel, Luc	1796	GER	−31N	+107B	−34N	−41B	+124N	2.0	10.5	10.5	1.50	1745	-14.4
84	Rosenberg, Thomas	1888	GER	+76B	=73N	−49B	−37N	=92B	2.0	10.0	12.0	4.00	1749	-19.2
85	Kramer, Martin	1766	GER	=105B	−30N	+117B	−40N	=72B	2.0	9.5	10.5	2.75	1764	-1.2
86	Giebel, Christine	1873	GER	=66B	−36N	−37B	=98N	+114B	2.0	9.5	10.5	2.75	1753	-16.6
87	Frisch, Thomas	1863	GER	−35B	+114N	−38B	=106N	=74B	2.0	9.5	10.5	2.75	1736	-17.6
88	Schulte zu Sodingen, Matthias	1848	GER	−15N	−74B	=104N	=71B	+112N	2.0	9.0	10.0	2.75	1727	-33.2
89	Hambel, Christoph	1891	GER	−70B	+120N	=69B	=67N	−45N	2.0	9.0	9.5	2.50	1797	-26.0
90	Wolff, Michael	1887	GER	−56B	−38N	=98B	=114N	+110B	2.0	8.0	9.0	2.25	1753	-18.4
91	Burlutskaia, Maria	1855	GER	−62B	−60N	+123B	=118N	=71B	2.0	7.5	7.5	1.25	1753	-28.4
92	Vormann, Dirk	1845	GER	−77N	F	=120B	+111B	=84N	2.0	5.5	5.5	2.25	1867	+2.2
93	Siemes, Robert	1915	GER	+108N	=23B	−12N	−42N	−65B	1.5	13.0	14.5	3.25	1738	-19.6
94	Verch, Marco	0	GER	+44N	−22B	−19N	=61B	−64N	1.5	12.5	15.0	4.25	1689	0.0
95	Mende, Lukas	1850	GER	+60B	−1N	−42B	−81N	=98B	1.5	12.5	14.0	3.25	1663	-50.4
96	Wohde, Jens	1911	GER	=36B	+103N	−3B	−63N	F	1.5	11.5	13.0	3.00	1727	-20.6
97	Stolle, Hendrik	1755	GER	+51N	−18B	=101N	−23B	F	1.5	11.5	11.5	3.75	1769	+1.0
98	Mueller, Peter	1835	GER	−45N	−13B	=90N	=86B	=95N	1.5	11.0	12.5	2.75	1720	-15.4
99	Thiele, Hanjo	1816	GER	+106B	=35N	−56B	−60N	−61B	1.5	10.5	12.0	3.00	1654	-43.2
100	Dreis, Volker	1958	GER	−2B	−17N	=114B	−104N	+109B	1.5	10.5	11.5	1.50	1648	-41.4
101	Lambertz, Walter	1809	GER	=17B	=42N	=97B	−59N	F	1.5	10.5	10.5	4.00	1697	-26.0
102	Henn, Peter	1812	GER	−9B	=117N	−59B	−105N	+119B	1.5	9.0	9.5	1.00	1687	-16.6
103	Kuhn, Andreas	1840	GER	=20N	−96B	+111N	−44B	F	1.5	9.0	9.0	2.75	1792	-5.8
104	Luethje, Yanneck	1757	GER	−32B	−82N	=88B	+100B	F	1.5	8.5	10.0	2.50	1825	+6.0
105	Rose, Torsten	1823	GER	=85N	−53B	−79N	+102B	F	1.5	8.0	9.5	2.50	1721	-11.8
106	Papadopoulos, Kyriakos	1772	GER	−99N	+116B	−48N	=87B	F	1.5	8.0	9.0	2.00	1756	-4.0
107	Dawidzinski, Jan	1754	GER	−55B	−83N	=121B	+117N	F	1.5	7.0	7.5	1.25	1741	-1.8
108	Armbrust, Matthias	1879	GER	−93B	=119N	−63B	+120N	F	1.5	6.0	6.5	0.75	1767	-13.0
109	Endres, Thomas	1811	GER	=12N	=46B	−13N	−57B	−100N	1.0	13.5	15.0	3.50	1530	-25.4
110	Nadan, Nikolas	1792	GER	+80B	−9N	−21N	−77B	−90N	1.0	11.5	13.5	2.00	1639	-36.0
111	Hirse, Dirk	1812	GER	=3B	−49N	−103B	−92N	=117B	1.0	11.0	12.0	2.75	1576	-29.6
112	Winkler, Mario	1818	GER	−40B	+121N	−39B	−43N	−88B	1.0	11.0	11.5	0.50	1595	-27.8
113	Becciu, Paolo	1805	GER	+117B	−28N	−33B	−62N	−75B	1.0	10.5	11.5	1.00	1630	-42.4
114	Schimmer, Michael	1804	GER	−22N	−87B	=100N	=90B	−86N	1.0	9.5	11.0	1.75	1661	-16.8
115	Foitzik, Peter	1828	GER	−25B	−76N	−78B	F	+116N	1.0	8.0	8.0	1.00	1589	-24.8
116	Hauser, Grischa	1796	GER	−54B	−106N	−81B	+122N	−115B	1.0	7.0	7.0	0.00	1598	-49.2
117	Weber, Philipp	1838	GER	−113N	=102B	−85N	−107B	=111N	1.0	6.0	7.0	1.25	1550	-74.0
118	Schmitt, Harald	1825	GER	−11B	−43N	F	=91B	−58N	0.5	11.5	11.5	1.00	1497	-30.6
119	Geschke, Jonathan	1824	GER	−48N	=108B	−51N	−65B	−102N	0.5	10.0	11.5	0.75	1490	-71.2
120	Heinz, Jonathan	1825	GER	−29N	−89B	=92N	−108B	F	0.5	8.5	8.5	1.00	1560	-47.2
121	Kadel, Julius Sebastian	1839	GER	−14N	−112B	=107N	−64B	F	0.5	8.5	8.5	0.75	1477	-68.8
122	Roensch, Andreas	1908	GER	−7N	−41B	−50N	−116B	F	0.0	11.0	11.5	0.00	994	-52.4
123	Bachschisade, Elvin	1772	GER	−24N	−68B	−91N	F	F	0.0	7.0	7.0	0.00	1028	-25.4
124	Kuehlwein, Ralf	1768	GER	−39B	F	F	−78N	−83B	0.0	7.0	7.0	0.00	958	-30.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Aguike, ChideraGER
+88.4
4.5 pts · #2
2Sander, ManuelGER
+73.6
4.0 pts · #6
3Guelcan, Batuhan EgeGER
+72.8
4.0 pts · #7

Top rating losers

1Weber, PhilippGER
-74.0
1.0 pts · #109
2Geschke, JonathanGER
-71.2
0.5 pts · #118
3Kadel, Julius SebastianGER
-68.8
0.5 pts · #119

Biggest upsets

R2+203 Elo gap
Tibi, Anwar1755 beat Dreis, Volker1958
R4+201 Elo gap
Luethje, Yanneck1757 beat Dreis, Volker1958
R3+179 Elo gap
Pinder, Marc1649 beat Foitzik, Peter1828