Deutsche Schach-Amateurmeisterschaft 2025-2026 Q2 G

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74 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 19 Dec 2025 to 21 Dec 2025 in Bonn, Germany. Top 10 Elo average was 1531, and top seed was Sean Robinson (🇩🇪 GER, 1851).

Fabian Pakusa (🇩🇪 GER, 0) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Apoorv Aditya (5.0) and David Barsoum (4.0). Pakusa won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Fatih Kayacik (1482) beat Lina Jendryschik (1643), a +161-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

Avg top 10

1,531

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇩🇪Germany×34

Top 3

🥇
Fabian Pakusa
🇩🇪GER
5.0pts·1484perf0.0
🥈
Apoorv Aditya
🇩🇪GER
5.0pts·1687perf0.0
🥉
David Barsoum
🇩🇪GER
4.0pts·1521perf0.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 5.0/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Aditya5Pakusa5Aliyev4Scharfenberg4Wrobel4Mende4

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.0/5. Pakusa takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (11.0).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Apoorv Aditya 5 wins (R1–R5)Fabian Pakusa 5 wins (R1–R5)Ilyas Aliyev 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Apoorv Aditya	*	—	—	1
2Fabian Pakusa	—	*	1	—
3Ilyas Aliyev	—	0	*	—
4Leah Scharfenberg	0	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Pakusa, Fabian	0	GER	+?B	+?N	+13B	+14N	+4B	5.0	11.0	11.0	11.00	1484	0.0
2	Aditya, Apoorv	0	GER	+?B	+11N	+?B	+8B	+?N	5.0	7.5	7.5	7.50	1687	0.0
3	Barsoum, David	0	GER	+30B	+22N	−10N	+27B	+?N	4.0	13.0	13.0	9.00	1521	0.0
4	Aliyev, Ilyas	0	GER	+28B	+9N	+?N	+?B	−1N	4.0	12.0	12.0	7.00	1628	0.0
5	Mende, Magnus	0	GER	+51B	+?N	=18B	=?N	+19B	4.0	8.5	8.5	6.75	1597	0.0
6	FIDE 533064245	0	—	=34B	+?N	=?B	+53N	+20B	4.0	7.5	7.5	6.25	1547	0.0
7	Wrobel, Boris	0	GER	F	+?B	+15N	+?B	+17N	4.0	7.0	7.0	7.00	1560	0.0
8	Scharfenberg, Leah	0	GER	+?B	+48N	+?B	−2N	+?B	4.0	7.0	7.0	2.00	1514	0.0
9	FIDE 533067759	0	—	+?B	−4B	+?N	+?N	+41B	4.0	6.5	6.5	2.50	1469	0.0
10	Heinrich, Lukas	0	GER	+?B	+?N	+3B	−?N	+?B	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.00	1051	0.0
11	Heuberger, Holger	1531	GER	+37N	−2B	+66N	+33B	=15N	3.5	13.5	14.5	7.75	2232	+14.8
12	Kayacik, Fatih	1482	GER	+19B	+23N	−14B	+22N	=16B	3.5	13.0	16.0	10.75	2405	+53.2
13	Lassak, Max	0	GER	=49N	+52B	−1N	+32B	+33N	3.5	12.0	14.0	8.00	1452	0.0
14	FIDE 533053421	0	—	+56N	+66B	+12N	−1B	=?N	3.5	11.5	11.5	6.50	1502	0.0
15	Denner, Dirk	0	GER	+?B	+53N	−7B	+47N	=11B	3.5	11.5	11.5	5.75	1575	0.0
16	FIDE 533056587	0	—	+62N	−18B	+?N	+49B	=12N	3.5	10.5	10.5	5.25	1482	0.0
17	Klaska, Hanna Sophie	0	GER	+68B	+50N	=?B	+21N	−7B	3.5	10.0	10.0	6.00	1539	0.0
18	Fendt, Fabian	0	GER	+?B	+16N	=5N	+?B	−?N	3.5	7.5	7.5	5.50	801	0.0
19	Jendryschik, Lina	1643	GER	−12N	+68B	+32N	+58B	−5N	3.0	12.0	13.0	5.50	682	-28.8
20	Petrosyan, Alen	1527	GER	=35N	=49B	+44N	+42B	−6N	3.0	11.5	13.5	7.25	1457	-4.0
21	Brandt, Hilda	1534	GER	+63N	=32B	+35N	−17B	=25N	3.0	11.5	13.0	6.75	2257	+16.0
22	Nguyen, Bao Nam	0	GER	+?N	−3B	+55N	−12B	+50N	3.0	11.5	11.5	4.00	682	0.0
23	Michelson, Nathan	1561	GER	+54N	−12B	=37N	=35B	+48N	3.0	10.5	12.5	6.50	1460	-16.4
24	Joehnke, Thore	0	GER	+44B	−?N	−50B	+54N	+34B	3.0	9.0	9.0	7.00	705	0.0
25	FIDE 533063494	0	—	+?B	−?N	+48B	=41N	=21B	3.0	7.5	7.5	4.75	1508	0.0
26	FIDE 34698809	0	—	+47B	−57N	=?B	+?N	=28B	3.0	7.0	7.0	3.50	1600	0.0
27	FIDE 533060169	0	—	+?B	+67N	−?B	−3N	+47B	3.0	7.0	7.0	3.00	1716	0.0
28	FIDE 533054037	0	—	−4N	=?N	+?B	+?B	=26N	3.0	7.0	7.0	1.50	1449	0.0
29	Steinfeldt, Benno	0	GER	−32N	+63B	+67B	+?N	−?B	3.0	5.0	5.0	2.50	700	0.0
30	FIDE 34679219	0	—	−3N	+?B	+?N	+?B	−?N	3.0	4.0	4.0	0.00	775	0.0
31	FIDE 533063745	0	—	+?B	−?N	−?B	+70N	+?B	3.0	1.0	1.0	1.00	1051	0.0
32	Pakusa, Wied	0	GER	+29B	=21N	−19B	−13N	+?B	2.5	12.5	12.5	4.50	1544	0.0
33	Ziepa, Andreas	1432	GER	=39B	+38N	+34B	−11N	−13B	2.5	12.0	14.5	6.25	729	-14.8
34	FIDE 533015708	0	—	=6N	+?B	−33N	+37B	−24N	2.5	12.0	12.0	4.50	632	0.0
35	Joehnke, Bjoern	1457	GER	=20B	+60N	−21B	=23N	=43B	2.5	11.5	13.0	5.75	1415	-6.4
36	FIDE 533022348	0	—	=38B	+39N	−?N	=52B	=40N	2.5	9.5	9.5	6.00	1550	0.0
37	FIDE 533063737	0	—	−11B	+?N	=23B	−34N	+73N	2.5	9.5	9.5	2.00	1352	0.0
38	FIDE 533062307	0	—	=36N	−33B	=61N	+66B	=42N	2.5	9.0	10.0	4.25	632	0.0
39	FIDE 533058156	0	—	=33N	−36B	−?N	+60B	+61N	2.5	8.0	8.0	4.25	1432	0.0
40	Lelgemann, Thomas	1550	GER	−55B	+71N	−47B	+68N	=36B	2.5	7.5	8.5	3.25	780	-18.4
41	Mag, Martina	0	GER	+?B	+?N	−?N	=25B	−9N	2.5	7.0	7.0	1.50	775	0.0
42	Hauschild, Philipp	0	GER	+69N	−?B	+?N	−20N	=38B	2.5	6.5	6.5	2.25	751	0.0
43	Aliyev, Yusif	0	GER	−?N	+51B	+62N	−?B	=35N	2.5	6.0	6.0	4.75	1457	0.0
44	FIDE 533066485	0	—	−24N	+?B	−20B	+?N	=?B	2.5	6.0	6.0	0.00	727	0.0
45	FIDE 533043574	0	—	−?N	+59B	=?N	−?B	+64N	2.5	3.0	3.0	3.00	775	0.0
46	FIDE 34695494	0	—	−?N	−?N	+?B	+?B	=?N	2.5	0.0	0.0	0.00	1539	0.0
47	Krishnamurthy, Padmasini	1580	GER	−26N	+69B	+40N	−15B	−27N	2.0	12.0	13.0	3.50	2350	+18.4
48	Krishnamurthy, Srivathsa Suresh	1442	GER	+59N	−8B	−25N	+67B	−23B	2.0	11.5	12.5	2.50	761	-13.6
49	Zandieh, Nima	0	GER	=13B	=20N	+?B	−16N	−?B	2.0	10.0	10.0	3.25	1516	0.0
50	FIDE 34677534	0	—	+?N	−17B	+24N	−?N	−22B	2.0	9.5	9.5	3.00	700	0.0
51	FIDE 533064300	0	—	−5N	−43N	+59B	−?B	+66N	2.0	9.0	9.0	2.50	739	0.0
52	FIDE 533056080	0	—	=60B	−13N	+?B	=36N	−?B	2.0	7.5	7.5	2.00	1469	0.0
53	FIDE 533059977	0	—	+?N	−15B	+?N	−6B	−?N	2.0	7.5	7.5	0.00	1559	0.0
54	FIDE 533022437	0	—	−23B	F	+?N	−24B	+67N	2.0	7.0	7.0	1.00	761	0.0
55	FIDE 533018219	0	—	+40N	−?B	−22B	−?N	+?B	2.0	5.5	5.5	2.50	1526	0.0
56	FIDE 533017646	0	—	−14B	−?N	+?B	+?N	−?B	2.0	3.5	3.5	0.00	1484	0.0
57	FIDE 34664254	0	—	+?N	+26B	−?N	−?B	−?N	2.0	3.0	3.0	3.00	751	0.0
58	FIDE 533028060	0	—	+?B	−?B	+?N	−19N	−?B	2.0	3.0	3.0	0.00	825	0.0
59	FIDE 533067252	0	—	−48B	−45N	−51N	=72B	+?B	1.5	7.5	7.5	0.50	642	0.0
60	Schrecke, Volkmar	0	GER	=52N	−35B	−?B	−39N	+?B	1.5	7.0	7.0	1.00	657	0.0
61	Kubiak, Andrea	0	GER	−?B	−70N	=38B	+?N	−39B	1.5	6.0	6.0	1.25	1051	0.0
62	FIDE 533062030	0	—	−16B	+?N	−43B	−?N	=?B	1.5	6.0	6.0	0.00	1464	0.0
63	FIDE 533022127	0	—	−21B	−29N	−?B	+?N	=?B	1.5	6.0	6.0	0.00	733	0.0
64	Manthe, Joern Horst	0	GER	+?B	−?N	=73B	−?N	−45B	1.5	3.0	3.0	0.25	700	0.0
65	FIDE 533022909	0	—	−?B	=?N	−?B	+?N	−?N	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.00	700	0.0
66	FIDE 533022321	0	—	+?B	−14N	−11B	−38N	−51B	1.0	11.5	11.5	0.00	729	0.0
67	FIDE 533067260	0	—	+?B	−27B	−29N	−48N	−54B	1.0	10.0	10.0	0.00	642	0.0
68	FIDE 533061491	0	—	−17N	−19N	+?B	−40B	F	1.0	10.0	10.0	0.00	800	0.0
69	FIDE 533037574	0	—	−42B	−47N	+?B	−?N	F	1.0	5.5	5.5	0.00	715	0.0
70	FIDE 533022356	0	—	−?N	+61B	−?N	−31B	−?N	1.0	4.5	4.5	1.50	739	0.0
71	FIDE 533064687	0	—	−?N	−40B	+?N	−?B	−?N	1.0	2.5	2.5	0.00	726	0.0
72	FIDE 533064237	0	—	−?B	−?N	−?B	=59N	=?B	1.0	1.5	1.5	0.75	664	0.0
73	FIDE 533063435	0	—	−?B	F	=64N	−?N	−37B	0.5	4.0	4.0	0.75	705	0.0
74	FIDE 34682015	0	—	−?N	F	F	F	F	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.00	801	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Kayacik, FatihGER
+53.2
3.5 pts · #5
2Krishnamurthy, PadmasiniGER
+18.4
2.0 pts · #20
3Brandt, HildaGER
+16.0
3.0 pts · #22

Top rating losers

1Jendryschik, LinaGER
-28.8
3.0 pts · #38
2Lelgemann, ThomasGER
-18.4
2.5 pts · #46
3Michelson, NathanGER
-16.4
3.0 pts · #12

Biggest upsets

R1+161 Elo gap
Kayacik, Fatih1482 beat Jendryschik, Lina1643