Deutsche Schach-Amateurmeisterschaft 2025-2026 Q2 D

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128 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 19 Dec 2025 to 21 Dec 2025 in Bonn, Germany. 5 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1849, and top seed was Joshua Freitag (🇩🇪 GER, 1962).

Tim Bursian (🇩🇪 GER, 1814) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Ben Ihle (4.5) and Niclas Tegethoff (4.5). Bursian broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Aaron Paepke (1652) beat Wolfgang Becker (1849), a +197-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

🇩🇪Joshua Freitag1962

Avg top 10

1,849

Participants

128

Federations · 5 represented

🇩🇪Germany×124

🇧🇷Brazil×1

🇭🇺Hungary×1

🇹🇷Turkiye×1

🇳🇱Netherlands×1

Top 3

🥇
Tim Bursian
🇩🇪GER·1814
5.0pts·2550perf+32.8
🥈
Ben Ihle
🇩🇪GER·1735
4.5pts·2112perf+83.2
🥉
Niclas Tegethoff
🇩🇪GER·1704
4.5pts·2152perf+101.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tim Bursian 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

Bursian5Tegethoff4.5Ihle4.5Goncalves Silva4Merle4Spillner4— ex-leaders:Bursianled R5, #8

R5–R5 · LEAD HELD

Tim Bursian held the sole lead from R5 through R5 without losing it.

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Tim Bursian 5 wins (R1–R5)Ben Ihle 4 wins (R2–R5)

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Bursian, Tim	1814	GER	+115B	+56N	+27B	+5N	+4B	5.0	13.5	14.5	14.50	2550	+32.8
2	Ihle, Ben	1735	GER	=97N	+30B	+54N	+15B	+12N	4.5	12.5	14.0	13.25	2112	+83.2
3	Tegethoff, Niclas	1704	GER	+102N	+55N	=10B	+28N	+11B	4.5	12.5	14.0	12.25	2152	+101.6
4	Merle, Oskar	0	GER	+24B	+42N	+18B	+13N	−1N	4.0	15.5	18.5	13.50	1807	0.0
5	Sviridov, Vitaliy	1792	GER	+127B	+8N	+49B	−1B	+34N	4.0	14.5	14.5	9.50	1984	+23.6
6	Heinold, Samuel	1721	GER	+104B	+52N	+32B	=11N	=10B	4.0	12.5	14.0	10.50	2012	+75.6
7	Spillner, Ladis	1688	GER	+79B	=28N	+58B	=31N	+27B	4.0	11.5	13.5	10.50	2007	+81.6
8	Goncalves Silva, Leo	1821	GER	+122N	−5B	+105N	+61B	+36N	4.0	11.0	12.0	8.00	2002	+43.6
9	Claussen, Alexander	1659	GER	=95N	+107B	+76N	=32B	+31B	4.0	10.0	11.5	9.00	2016	+46.0
10	De Cauter, Noah J. A.	1850	GER	+109N	+20B	=3N	=16B	=6N	3.5	15.5	17.0	11.00	1858	+2.8
11	Usui, Gabriella Yumi	1711	BRA	+110N	+40B	+33N	=6B	−3N	3.5	14.5	16.0	9.50	1898	+50.4
12	Subenko, Alexander	1661	GER	+87B	+65N	=15B	+35N	−2B	3.5	13.5	15.5	9.25	1875	+56.8
13	Raghavan, Badrinarayanan, Dr.	1822	GER	+59N	+81B	+36N	−4B	=14B	3.5	13.0	15.0	9.25	2065	+20.0
14	Kuhle, Heinrich	1744	GER	+22N	−33B	+103N	+62B	=13N	3.5	12.5	14.0	9.25	1886	+38.0
15	Gyacsok, Dzvinka	1704	GER	+80N	+98B	=12N	−2N	+52B	3.5	12.5	14.0	7.75	1860	+42.0
16	Becker, Roland	1770	GER	=77B	+69N	+51B	=10N	=17B	3.5	12.0	14.0	9.50	1882	+15.0
17	Zarriess, Benjamin	1741	GER	=30N	+97B	=48N	+40B	=16N	3.5	12.0	13.5	9.00	1934	+26.0
18	Reinschmidt, Bastin	1771	GER	+103N	+93B	−4N	+59B	=23B	3.5	12.0	13.5	7.75	2011	+19.6
19	Unruh, Iven	1785	GER	+67N	=48B	=34N	+50B	=21N	3.5	11.5	14.0	9.50	1969	+37.6
20	Spielmann, Jan	1726	GER	+71B	−10N	+85B	=29N	+63B	3.5	11.5	13.5	8.50	1914	+51.2
21	Stoehr, Franz-Michael	0	GER	+75B	=51N	=29B	+74N	=19B	3.5	11.0	13.0	8.50	1767	0.0
22	Paepke, Aaron	1652	GER	−14B	+83N	+55B	=37N	+84B	3.5	11.0	13.0	8.00	1936	+75.6
23	Fritzsche, David	1743	GER	=38N	=62B	+98N	+89B	=18N	3.5	11.0	12.5	8.00	1857	+30.4
24	Grooss, Jochen	1644	GER	−4N	+119B	=60N	+64B	+106N	3.5	10.5	11.5	6.25	2088	+82.8
25	Kraus, Johanna	1705	GER	=54B	=50N	=78B	+69N	+70B	3.5	10.0	12.0	8.50	1879	+23.6
26	Juergens, Achim	1886	GER	−48B	=67N	+101B	+78N	+60B	3.5	9.5	11.0	7.25	1902	+2.2
27	de la Chevallerie, Gilbert	1742	GER	+90N	+66B	−1N	+53B	−7N	3.0	14.0	16.0	7.00	1787	+6.2
28	Domnick, Michael	1756	GER	+117N	=7B	+57N	−3B	=47N	3.0	14.0	15.0	7.00	1772	+2.4
29	Dinse, Michael	1740	GER	=61N	+43B	=21N	=20B	=39N	3.0	13.0	15.5	9.25	1807	+7.0
30	Petzold, Paul	1814	GER	=17B	−2N	+71B	=58N	+74B	3.0	13.0	15.0	7.50	1793	-4.8
31	Coenjaerts, Rene	1785	NED	+86N	=34B	+100N	=7B	−9N	3.0	13.0	14.5	7.00	1772	-1.4
32	Thoennissen, Dietmar	1786	GER	+120N	+82B	−6N	=9N	=46B	3.0	13.0	14.0	6.50	1846	+16.0
33	Kubiak, Manfred	1809	GER	+83B	+14N	−11B	=52N	=37B	3.0	12.5	14.5	8.25	1826	+2.6
34	Scharfenkamp, Bernd	1791	GER	+84B	=31N	=19B	+79N	−5B	3.0	12.5	14.5	7.25	1861	+9.6
35	Zimmer, Lennard	1789	GER	+101N	=53B	+38N	−12B	=41N	3.0	12.0	13.5	7.25	1784	-1.2
36	Lueersen, Jan	1773	GER	+113B	+89N	−13B	+49N	−8B	3.0	12.0	13.5	6.00	1787	+2.4
37	Hassler, Rolf	1734	GER	+108N	=57B	=53N	=22B	=33N	3.0	11.5	13.0	7.25	1780	+6.4
38	Klowski, Bjoern Sigurd	1751	GER	=23B	+106N	−35B	+82N	=44B	3.0	11.5	13.0	6.75	1825	+10.2
39	Hufnagel, Markus	1794	GER	+72B	−49N	+42B	=48N	=29B	3.0	11.0	13.5	8.25	1776	-2.2
40	Zimmer, Michel	1800	GER	+91B	−11N	+112B	−17N	+90B	3.0	11.0	12.5	5.50	1741	-7.4
41	Ehlen, Ralf	1734	GER	=50B	=74N	=70B	+65N	=35B	3.0	10.5	12.5	7.50	1783	+14.0
42	Sebastian, Thorsten	1683	GER	+119N	−4B	−39N	+98B	+76N	3.0	10.5	11.5	4.50	1922	+25.0
43	Tiuca, Emma	1596	GER	=99B	−29N	+75B	+77N	=45B	3.0	10.0	11.5	6.25	1771	+35.6
44	Hermes, Frank	1782	GER	−53N	=80B	+116N	+57B	=38N	3.0	10.0	11.0	6.00	1774	-1.0
45	Sablotny, Mirco	0	GER	=116N	=88B	=68N	+100B	=43N	3.0	9.0	10.0	5.75	1653	0.0
46	Freitag, Joshua	1962	GER	−51B	=75N	+124B	+99N	=32N	3.0	9.0	9.5	4.50	1797	-38.4
47	Gruen, Jenny	1738	GER	−74B	+114N	=99B	+91N	=28B	3.0	8.5	10.0	5.75	1722	-1.6
48	Stein, Daniel	1772	GER	+26N	=19N	=17B	=39B	F	2.5	13.5	13.5	8.50	1897	+13.4
49	den Brok, Dennis	1628	GER	+64N	+39B	−5N	−36B	=73N	2.5	12.5	15.0	6.75	1776	+39.2
50	Damrich, Alina	1793	GER	=41N	=25B	+81N	−19N	=68B	2.5	12.5	14.5	6.50	1718	-9.8
51	Adomeit, Herbert	1791	GER	+46N	=21B	−16N	−60B	+109N	2.5	12.5	14.0	6.25	1801	+1.0
52	Abasov, Rustam, Dr.	1777	GER	+125N	−6B	+86N	=33B	−15N	2.5	12.5	13.0	4.00	1721	-15.6
53	Spielmann, Andreas	1707	GER	+44B	=35N	=37B	−27N	=58B	2.5	12.0	14.5	7.25	1764	+15.6
54	Meffert, Lennard	1776	GER	=25N	+111B	−2B	−63N	+112B	2.5	12.0	13.5	4.75	1709	-18.4
55	Becker, Wolfgang	1849	GER	+126N	−3B	−22N	+108B	=62N	2.5	12.0	12.5	3.25	1684	-21.6
56	Gerlach, Andreas, Dr.	1733	GER	+128N	−1B	=93N	=68B	=59N	2.5	12.0	12.0	3.50	1672	-8.0
57	Prendel, Alana Dehlia	1689	GER	+63B	=37N	−28B	−44N	+104B	2.5	11.5	13.0	5.50	1757	+18.4
58	Mann, Boldizsar	1775	HUN	=88N	+116B	−7N	=30B	=53N	2.5	11.5	12.5	4.75	1709	-18.0
59	Claussen, Daniela	1605	GER	−13B	+121N	+94B	−18N	=56B	2.5	11.5	12.5	4.25	1738	+34.8
60	Herfel, Manfred	1841	GER	=124B	=77N	=24B	+51N	−26N	2.5	11.5	12.0	5.50	1731	-14.4
61	Rasch, Wolfgang, Dr.	1722	GER	=29B	+124N	=74B	−8N	=66B	2.5	11.5	12.0	4.25	1723	+0.4
62	Nielsen, Juergen	1728	GER	=106B	=23N	+104B	−14N	=55B	2.5	11.0	12.5	5.25	1757	+9.6
63	Engelmann, Chris	1781	GER	−57N	+108B	=66N	+54B	−20N	2.5	11.0	12.5	5.25	1719	-8.8
64	Stenzel, Michael	1741	GER	−49B	+72N	=65B	−24N	+113B	2.5	11.0	12.5	5.25	1658	-11.0
65	Grigo, Burkhard	1628	GER	+92N	−12B	=64N	−41B	+101N	2.5	11.0	12.5	4.75	1718	+12.2
66	Grunewald, Mitko	1719	GER	+105N	−27N	=63B	=76B	=61N	2.5	10.0	11.5	5.00	1734	+2.0
67	Sturm, Johanna	1747	GER	−19B	=26B	=111N	=112N	+99B	2.5	10.0	11.5	4.75	1729	-2.4
68	Heidtkamp, Anna	1571	GER	−82B	+115N	=45B	=56N	=50N	2.5	10.0	11.0	5.00	1749	+36.8
69	Jessen, Christian	1664	GER	=107N	−16B	+118N	−25B	+102N	2.5	10.0	11.0	3.25	1750	+24.4
70	Gottwald, Siegmar	1718	GER	−81N	+128B	=41N	+102B	−25N	2.5	10.0	10.0	3.00	1738	+2.6
71	Kesselmeier, Olivia	1731	GER	−20N	=110B	−30N	+97B	+100N	2.5	9.5	11.0	3.75	1735	+0.8
72	Roth, Niklas	1697	GER	−39N	−64B	=92N	+118B	+103N	2.5	9.0	10.0	3.50	1735	+5.2
73	Hielscher, Ursula	1779	GER	−100B	−85N	+127B	+117N	=49B	2.5	7.0	7.0	2.25	1670	-15.0
74	Hammel, Jens	1625	GER	+47N	=41B	=61N	−21B	−30N	2.0	12.5	15.0	5.75	1752	+13.6
75	Grimm, Benjamin	1693	GER	−21N	=46B	−43N	+107B	=82B	2.0	11.5	13.0	4.00	1774	+8.0
76	Oortmann, Alexis Miles	1728	GER	+85B	=100N	−9B	=66N	−42B	2.0	11.5	13.0	4.00	1615	-15.6
77	Kuehn, Nicole	1623	GER	=16N	=60B	=82N	−43B	=94B	2.0	11.0	13.0	5.00	1669	+11.2
78	Miltner, Andreas	1702	GER	=111N	=95B	=25N	−26B	=80N	2.0	11.0	12.5	4.50	1679	-3.6
79	Preissner, Laurenz	1775	GER	−7N	+117B	+88N	−34B	−89N	2.0	11.0	12.0	3.00	1616	-43.6
80	Harbeke, Michael	1695	GER	−15B	=44N	=83B	=94N	=78B	2.0	10.5	12.5	4.50	1676	-5.6
81	Plitzner, Hans Joachim	1794	GER	+70B	−13N	−50B	=93N	=85B	2.0	10.5	12.5	4.50	1675	-16.4
82	Richter, Tim	1738	GER	+68N	−32N	=77B	−38B	=75N	2.0	10.5	12.5	4.50	1613	-17.0
83	Roos Nazario, Lukas	1805	GER	−33N	−22B	=80N	+116B	=86N	2.0	10.5	11.5	3.00	1635	-46.0
84	Warkentin, Peter	1804	GER	−34N	−86B	+125N	+88B	−22N	2.0	10.5	11.0	2.50	1626	-24.2
85	Bubic, Zoran	1725	GER	−76N	+73B	−20N	=111B	=81N	2.0	10.0	11.5	4.25	1670	-15.2
86	Bertram, Thomas	1709	GER	−31B	+84N	−52B	=104N	=83B	2.0	9.5	11.0	3.75	1709	-0.4
87	Meissner, Fabian	1772	GER	−12N	+92B	−95N	=101B	=91N	2.0	9.5	11.0	3.75	1630	-19.4
88	Bracher, Lucas	1670	GER	=58B	=45N	−79B	−84N	+115B	2.0	9.5	10.5	3.75	1684	+1.6
89	Schreiber, Benedikt	1610	GER	+118N	−36B	F	−23N	+79B	2.0	9.5	10.5	3.00	1752	+30.8
90	Chen, Aimee	1645	GER	−27B	−94N	+115B	+105B	−40N	2.0	9.5	10.5	2.50	1671	+6.8
91	Satheesh, Dharshini	1604	GER	−40N	=126B	+97N	−47B	=87B	2.0	9.5	10.0	2.75	1676	+18.0
92	Keleti, Hugo	1744	GER	−65B	−87N	=72B	=96N	+117B	2.0	9.0	10.0	3.25	1609	-37.6
93	Marx, Christina	1676	GER	F	−18N	=56B	=81B	+121N	2.0	9.0	9.0	3.25	1728	+5.8
94	Blechschmidt, Falk	1748	GER	−98N	+90B	−59N	=80B	=77N	2.0	8.5	10.0	4.00	1578	-23.2
95	Evers, Klaus	1790	GER	=9B	=78N	+87B	F	F	2.0	8.0	8.0	5.00	1836	+6.8
96	Kunz, Nils	1613	GER	F	−105B	=109N	=92B	+120N	2.0	6.0	6.0	2.75	1716	+9.4
97	Bauchmueller, Franz-Josef	1770	GER	=2B	−17N	−91B	−71N	+124B	1.5	12.5	13.0	2.75	1555	-28.8
98	von Elmpt, Leo	1683	GER	+94B	−15N	−23B	−42N	=118B	1.5	12.0	13.0	2.50	1570	-30.0
99	Stuch, Hans-Ferdinand	1647	GER	=43N	=102B	=47N	−46B	−67N	1.5	11.5	13.0	3.75	1614	-5.6
100	Haslak, Battal	1651	GER	+73N	=76B	−31B	−45N	−71B	1.5	11.0	13.0	3.50	1669	+2.8
101	Mueller, Rasmus	1705	GER	−35B	+109B	−26N	=87N	−65B	1.5	11.0	12.5	2.50	1592	-30.8
102	Schenk, Jonatan	1764	GER	−3B	=99N	+110B	−70N	−69B	1.5	11.0	12.5	2.25	1540	-30.2
103	Hefner, Simon	1676	GER	−18B	+123N	−14B	=110N	−72B	1.5	11.0	12.0	1.75	1561	-30.8
104	Marshall, Anton Florian	1734	GER	−6N	+125B	−62N	=86B	−57N	1.5	11.0	11.5	1.50	1552	-49.2
105	Sutanto, Jonas	1697	GER	−66B	+96N	−8B	−90N	=114B	1.5	10.5	12.0	2.75	1538	-42.8
106	Irtes, Deniz	1713	TUR	=62N	−38B	F	+113N	−24B	1.5	10.5	11.0	2.75	1616	-22.8
107	Blem, Alexander	1792	GER	=69B	−9N	−113B	−75N	+125B	1.5	10.0	10.5	1.75	1526	-71.6
108	Mekus, Manuela	1683	GER	−37B	−63N	+123B	−55N	=110B	1.5	9.5	10.5	1.75	1591	-12.0
109	Pelzer, Martin	1628	GER	−10B	−101N	=96B	+124N	−51B	1.5	9.5	10.0	1.50	1588	-11.2
110	Ruddat, Mathias	1715	GER	−11B	=71N	−102N	=103B	=108N	1.5	9.0	10.5	2.75	1564	-20.4
111	Weinert, Daniel	1682	GER	=78B	−54N	=67B	=85N	F	1.5	9.0	9.0	3.25	1651	-7.6
112	Meinecke, Isabella	1643	GER	F	+120B	−40N	=67B	−54N	1.5	9.0	9.0	2.25	1692	+9.2
113	Allmacher, Marco	1696	GER	−36N	=118B	+107N	−106B	−64N	1.5	8.5	9.5	2.00	1599	-12.8
114	Ni, Wilhelm Zeyin	1620	GER	F	−47B	+120N	−121B	=105N	1.5	6.5	6.5	1.75	1624	-0.4
115	Zielenski, Norbert	1730	GER	−1N	−68B	−90N	+119B	−88N	1.0	11.5	12.5	1.00	1442	-36.4
116	Basedow, Marc	1668	GER	=45B	−58N	−44B	−83N	=123B	1.0	10.5	11.5	2.00	1424	-21.4
117	Noack, Benjamin	1685	GER	−28B	−79N	+119N	−73B	−92N	1.0	9.5	10.5	1.00	1513	-20.0
118	Warns, Harald	1718	GER	−89B	=113N	−69B	−72N	=98N	1.0	8.5	10.0	1.50	1429	-36.8
119	Arendt, Detlef	1709	GER	−42B	−24N	−117B	−115N	+128B	1.0	8.5	8.5	0.00	1446	-66.4
120	Bartsch, Karl-Heinz	1794	GER	−32B	−112N	−114B	+128N	−96B	1.0	8.0	8.0	0.00	1435	-46.0
121	Fahmi, Azzam	1614	GER	F	−59B	F	+114N	−93B	1.0	6.0	6.0	1.50	1508	-16.8
122	Bagusat, Thomas	1827	GER	−8B	+127N	F	F	F	1.0	6.0	6.0	0.00	1743	-4.4
123	Pieper, Johannes	1623	GER	F	−103B	−108N	=125B	=116N	1.0	4.5	4.5	0.75	1480	-29.2
124	Fehlau, Klaus	1710	GER	=60N	−61B	−46N	−109B	−97N	0.5	9.5	11.0	1.25	1418	-30.4
125	Eitel, Liz	1667	GER	−52B	−104N	−84B	=123N	−107N	0.5	7.5	8.5	0.50	1380	-58.8
126	Schulz, Markus	1689	GER	−55B	=91N	F	F	F	0.5	6.0	6.0	1.00	1534	-13.2
127	Otten, Arnold, Dr.	1665	GER	−5N	−122B	−73N	F	F	0.0	7.5	7.5	0.00	999	-19.2
128	Dederichs, Wolfgang	1695	GER	−56B	−70N	F	−120B	−119N	0.0	7.0	8.0	0.00	939	-35.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Tegethoff, NiclasGER
+101.6
4.5 pts · #1
2Ihle, BenGER
+83.2
4.5 pts · #2
3Grooss, JochenGER
+82.8
3.5 pts · #25

Top rating losers

1Blem, AlexanderGER
-71.6
1.5 pts · #100
2Arendt, DetlefGER
-66.4
1.0 pts · #118
3Eitel, LizGER
-58.8
0.5 pts · #123

Biggest upsets

R3+197 Elo gap
Paepke, Aaron1652 beat Becker, Wolfgang1849
R5+181 Elo gap
Kunz, Nils1613 beat Bartsch, Karl-Heinz1794
R3+174 Elo gap
Ni, Wilhelm Zeyin1620 beat Bartsch, Karl-Heinz1794