Deutsche Schach-Amateurmeisterschaft 2025-2026 Q3 C

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122 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 02 Jan 2026 to 04 Jan 2026 in Potsdam, Germany. 5 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1922, and top seed was Pascal Schindel (🇩🇪 GER, 1956).

Floris Thuemler (🇩🇪 GER, 1838) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Peter Lotzmanov (4.5) and Manuel Seitz (4.5). Thuemler won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Madiha Fock (1729) beat Leon Kaemmerer (1936), a +207-point gap.

Location

🇩🇪Potsdam, Germany

Dates

02 Jan 2026 → 04 Jan 2026

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

🇩🇪Pascal Schindel1956

Avg top 10

1,922

Participants

122

Federations · 5 represented

🇩🇪Germany×118

🇹🇷Turkiye×1

🇮🇳India×1

🇧🇷Brazil×1

🇳🇴Norway×1

Top 3

🥇
Floris Thuemler
🇩🇪GER·1838
4.5pts·2224perf+85.6
🥈
Peter Lotzmanov
🇩🇪GER·1795
4.5pts·2193perf+44.6
🥉
Manuel Seitz
🇩🇪GER·1849
4.5pts·2192perf+36.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 4 players tied at 4.5/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 9 co-leaders at R4 to 4 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Lotzmanov4.5Guenther4.5Seitz4.5Thuemler4.5Neumann4Schreck4

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

4 players finish on 4.5/5. Thuemler takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (12.5).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Peter Lotzmanov 3 wins (R3–R5)Arthur Guenther 4 wins (R2–R5)Manuel Seitz 4 wins (R2–R5)

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Thuemler, Floris	1838	GER	+78B	+54N	+32B	=9N	+12B	4.5	12.5	14.5	12.75	2224	+85.6
2	Lotzmanov, Peter	1795	GER	+112N	=27B	+73N	+19B	+10N	4.5	12.0	13.0	11.50	2193	+44.6
3	Seitz, Manuel	1849	GER	=99N	+56B	+52N	+47B	+13N	4.5	11.0	12.5	11.75	2192	+36.6
4	Guenther, Arthur	1862	GER	=71B	+29N	+98B	+46N	+14B	4.5	11.0	12.5	11.50	2259	+44.4
5	Neumann, Hannes	1819	GER	+83B	=26N	=11B	+72N	+35B	4.0	11.5	13.5	10.25	2057	+59.2
6	Schreck, Michael	1856	GER	=29B	=71N	+111B	+31N	+9B	4.0	11.5	12.5	10.00	2124	+68.4
7	Tomi, Emilian	1866	GER	−30N	+101B	+77N	+38B	+28N	4.0	11.0	12.5	9.50	2017	+36.4
8	Schaudienst, Arvid	1791	GER	+75B	−9N	+85B	+74N	+26B	4.0	10.5	12.5	9.00	2101	+79.2
9	Flucke, Felix	1880	GER	+121N	+8B	+37N	=1B	−6N	3.5	15.5	15.5	9.25	1968	+23.2
10	Fellberg, Justus	1870	GER	+111B	+31N	+15B	=14N	−2B	3.5	14.5	15.5	9.25	1987	+15.8
11	Weickelt, Daniel	1828	GER	=39N	+40B	=5N	+44B	=18N	3.5	13.5	16.5	11.25	1997	+45.6
12	Jiron, Valerio	1850	GER	+94B	+74N	=13B	+18B	−1N	3.5	13.5	15.5	9.25	1973	+16.4
13	Leonhardt, Max	1830	GER	+108B	+34N	=12N	+63B	−3B	3.5	13.5	15.0	8.75	1960	+34.8
14	Bielick, Jakob	1923	GER	+77N	+57B	+70N	=10B	−4N	3.5	12.5	14.5	8.25	1993	+9.0
15	Lutz, Toni	1731	GER	+87N	+30B	−10N	+70B	=17N	3.5	12.0	14.0	8.75	1972	+65.2
16	von Flottwell, Lionel	1762	GER	=28N	+107B	+66N	=17B	=36N	3.5	12.0	13.5	8.75	1979	+58.4
17	Lenk, Lenny	1790	NOR	=33B	+86N	+110B	=16N	=15B	3.5	12.0	13.5	8.50	1914	+32.8
18	Wolf, Finn	1799	GER	+106B	+38N	+72B	−12N	=11B	3.5	12.0	13.5	8.25	1967	+22.6
19	Dodul, Alice	1786	GER	+113B	=79N	+84B	−2N	+62B	3.5	11.0	12.0	6.50	1990	+54.8
20	Indinger, Alexander	1886	GER	=46N	+64B	=50N	=54B	+48N	3.5	10.0	12.5	8.75	1973	+11.4
21	Roeder, Phillip	1916	GER	=49B	+80N	−26B	+102N	+51B	3.5	10.0	11.5	7.25	1950	+4.4
22	Bergmann, Rafael Antonio	1794	GER	+76N	−70B	+78N	=27B	+50N	3.5	9.5	11.5	8.00	2017	+60.0
23	Ullrich, Jan	1853	GER	=53B	=100N	=34B	+98N	+49B	3.5	9.5	11.0	7.50	1974	+16.0
24	Schmidt, Thilo	1835	GER	−48N	=75B	+99N	+52B	+54N	3.5	9.5	11.0	7.50	1983	+19.8
25	Friedrich, Karl	1872	GER	+101N	=50B	−46N	+76B	+47N	3.5	9.5	11.0	7.25	1982	+14.8
26	Baechler, Andreas	1817	GER	+67N	=5B	+21N	=28B	−8N	3.0	14.5	17.0	9.50	1917	+13.8
27	Schlierf, Andre	1895	GER	+36B	=2N	=35B	=22N	=43B	3.0	14.0	17.0	10.00	1909	+2.0
28	Sayas Payyappat	1843	IND	=16B	+105N	+33B	=26N	−7B	3.0	13.5	15.0	7.75	1874	+9.2
29	Binnewies, Markus	1846	GER	=6N	−4B	+118N	+90B	=37N	3.0	13.5	14.0	6.00	1914	+9.6
30	Graf, Ann-Jennifer	1799	GER	+7B	−15N	−31B	+111N	+89B	3.0	12.5	13.5	7.00	1910	+15.6
31	Wibmer, Michael	1861	GER	+114B	−10B	+30N	−6B	+88N	3.0	12.5	13.5	6.00	1902	+5.6
32	Drews, Nicolas	1867	GER	+122B	+42B	−1N	−35N	+72B	3.0	12.5	12.5	5.00	1903	+5.0
33	Winkler, Mario	1791	GER	=17N	+60B	−28N	+82B	=40N	3.0	12.0	14.0	7.75	1913	+17.0
34	Hamann, Martin	1785	GER	+65B	−13B	=23N	=61N	+79B	3.0	12.0	14.0	7.50	1917	+17.8
35	Oldenburg, Theo	1818	GER	=73N	+99B	=27N	+32B	−5N	3.0	12.0	13.5	7.00	1909	+12.4
36	Weidner, Markus	1837	GER	−27N	+88B	=58N	+57B	=16B	3.0	11.5	13.5	7.50	1910	+10.2
37	Loos, Tilda	1853	GER	+92B	+48N	−9B	=49N	=29B	3.0	11.5	13.5	7.25	1912	+16.4
38	Fock, Madiha	1729	GER	+91B	−18B	+82N	−7N	+81B	3.0	11.5	13.5	6.00	1933	+55.2
39	Kretschmer, Wolfgang	1869	GER	=11B	=51N	=100B	=53N	+80B	3.0	10.5	12.0	7.00	1874	+0.8
40	Antona Schwarze, Lorenzo Alexander	1843	GER	=51B	−11N	+105B	+100N	=33B	3.0	10.5	12.0	5.75	1862	+5.6
41	Pflugk, Ferdinand	1769	GER	=47N	−46B	+64N	=55B	+70N	3.0	10.0	12.0	7.00	1902	+36.8
42	Siemes, Robert	1895	GER	+58B	−32N	=48B	=89N	+74B	3.0	10.0	12.0	6.75	1923	+3.8
43	Grund, Erwin	1938	GER	−70N	+106B	=55N	+71B	=27N	3.0	9.5	11.0	6.25	1956	+2.8
44	Duppel, Yago	1908	GER	=98B	+104N	=49B	−11N	+95B	3.0	9.5	11.0	5.50	1899	-1.0
45	Fattori Dittmar, Luca	1844	GER	=100B	=53N	=51B	=95N	+92B	3.0	9.0	10.5	6.25	1881	+10.4
46	Boldt, Timo	1834	GER	=20B	+41N	+25B	−4B	F	2.5	14.5	17.0	8.25	1942	+11.4
47	Koehler, Wilhelm	1819	GER	=41B	+61N	+79B	−3N	−25B	2.5	13.5	15.5	6.00	1847	+3.6
48	Rose, Torsten	1812	GER	+24B	−37B	=42N	+91N	−20B	2.5	13.0	15.0	7.00	1881	+9.6
49	Marzik, Arne	1803	GER	=21N	+90B	=44N	=37B	−23N	2.5	13.0	15.0	6.75	1873	+9.6
50	Vaz da Cruz, Vinicius	1852	BRA	+116B	=25N	=20B	=62N	−22B	2.5	13.0	14.0	5.75	1835	-2.4
51	Noennig, Lotte	1750	GER	=40N	=39B	=45N	+66B	−21N	2.5	12.5	15.0	7.00	1852	+27.6
52	Leppert, Stefan	1836	GER	=59B	+81N	−3B	−24N	+100B	2.5	12.5	14.0	4.75	1850	+2.2
53	Middendorf, Sven-Jonas	1823	GER	=23N	=45B	=57N	=39B	=60N	2.5	12.0	14.5	7.25	1869	+12.8
54	Hamann, Friedrich	1854	GER	+117B	−1B	+119N	=20N	−24B	2.5	12.0	12.5	2.75	1837	-4.4
55	Boettcher, Frank, Dr.	1850	GER	=96N	=82B	=43B	=41N	=61B	2.5	10.5	12.5	6.25	1847	-0.4
56	Sander, Tino	1804	GER	=81B	−3N	−59B	+105N	+103B	2.5	10.5	12.0	4.00	1839	+10.8
57	Werner, Rene	1879	GER	+119B	−14N	=53B	−36N	+106B	2.5	10.5	11.0	3.25	1838	-5.8
58	Hofmann, Niclas	1838	GER	−42N	+122B	=36B	=81N	=59B	2.5	10.5	10.5	3.75	1851	+1.8
59	Krueger, Dirk	1890	GER	=52N	−72B	+56N	=60B	=58N	2.5	10.0	12.0	6.25	1844	-6.6
60	Greber, Andreas	1900	GER	=86B	−33N	+83B	=59N	=53B	2.5	10.0	12.0	5.50	1813	-12.0
61	Winderlich, Til	1815	GER	=93N	−47B	+109N	=34B	=55N	2.5	10.0	11.5	5.25	1820	+1.6
62	Zussner, Tim	1834	GER	−110N	+87B	+92N	=50B	−19N	2.5	10.0	11.5	5.25	1806	-8.0
63	Manthey, Andre	1795	GER	+89B	=84N	+102B	−13N	F	2.5	10.0	11.5	4.50	1926	+28.0
64	Hinkel, Fabian	1770	GER	=97B	−20N	−41B	+117N	+102B	2.5	10.0	10.5	3.00	1824	+7.6
65	Johlke, Lorenz	1797	GER	−34N	+103B	=76N	+73B	F	2.5	9.5	11.0	4.50	1902	+11.2
66	Radeke, Timothy	1787	GER	+103B	=110N	−16B	−51N	+104B	2.5	9.0	10.5	3.75	1774	-3.2
67	Ziska, Stephan	1858	GER	−26B	=83N	=80B	=103N	+98B	2.5	8.5	10.0	4.25	1823	-5.0
68	Sadewasser, Tom	1907	GER	=104B	−98N	+94B	+84N	F	2.5	8.0	9.5	4.75	1914	+0.4
69	Maiwald, Adrian	1855	GER	−72N	=120B	=88N	=93B	+101N	2.5	7.5	8.0	3.75	1801	-15.6
70	Domroese, Michael	1877	GER	+43B	+22N	−14B	−15N	−41B	2.0	13.5	16.5	6.50	1759	-16.2
71	Schindel, Pascal	1956	GER	=4N	=6B	=91B	−43N	=86B	2.0	13.5	15.5	6.25	1802	-42.4
72	Seigerschmidt, Uwe	1843	GER	+69B	+59N	−18N	−5B	−32N	2.0	13.0	15.5	5.00	1774	-9.4
73	Reis de Ascencao, Gustavo	1757	GER	=35B	+97N	−2B	−65N	=84B	2.0	12.0	14.0	4.50	1727	-8.0
74	Franz, Niclas	1887	GER	+118N	−12B	+108N	−8B	−42N	2.0	12.0	12.5	2.00	1752	-18.6
75	Rustemeyer, Stephan	1823	GER	−8N	=24N	−81B	+109B	=90N	2.0	11.5	13.0	4.25	1762	-16.4
76	Schilling, Rene	1876	GER	−22B	+116N	=65B	−25N	=97B	2.0	11.5	12.5	3.25	1733	-19.8
77	Hinkel, Lukas	1731	GER	−14B	+117N	−7B	=86N	=91B	2.0	11.5	12.0	2.50	1802	+8.6
78	Rosenbusch, Robert-Mario	1838	GER	−1N	+121B	−22B	+108N	F	2.0	11.5	11.5	1.50	1792	-10.4
79	Rauhut, Frank, Dr.	1931	GER	+109N	=19B	−47N	=96B	−34N	2.0	11.0	12.5	4.25	1750	-24.6
80	Thuerauf, Peter	1806	GER	=90N	−21B	=67N	+107B	−39N	2.0	11.0	12.5	3.75	1803	-0.6
81	Hartogh, Theo	1872	GER	=56N	−52B	+75N	=58B	−38N	2.0	10.5	12.5	4.50	1734	-19.2
82	Schroeder, Hannes Artur	1833	GER	=85B	=55N	−38B	−33N	+112B	2.0	10.5	11.5	3.25	1748	-24.0
83	Gebhardt, Christine	1778	GER	−5N	=67B	−60N	=99B	+113N	2.0	10.5	11.5	3.00	1780	+0.2
84	Holovianko, Illia	1808	GER	+120N	=63B	−19N	−68B	=73N	2.0	10.5	11.0	2.75	1728	-22.4
85	Kottke, Steffen	1900	GER	=82N	=96B	−8N	=87B	=93N	2.0	10.0	12.0	4.00	1746	-21.2
86	Niederdorfer, Mathias	1784	GER	=60N	−17B	=107N	=77B	=71N	2.0	10.0	11.5	4.00	1782	-0.4
87	Schmalfuss, Roman	1779	GER	−15B	−62N	+115B	=85N	=94B	2.0	10.0	11.0	3.00	1752	-8.4
88	Fuhr, Michael	1815	GER	=102B	−36N	=69B	+112N	−31B	2.0	10.0	11.0	3.00	1771	-6.0
89	Bochow, Sven	1852	GER	−63N	=109B	+120N	=42B	−30N	2.0	10.0	10.5	2.75	1744	-30.8
90	Teymurov, Samir	1837	GER	=80B	−49N	+104B	−29N	=75B	2.0	9.5	11.0	3.50	1743	-26.4
91	Kaemmerer, Leon	1936	GER	−38N	+112B	=71N	−48B	=77N	2.0	9.5	10.5	3.00	1739	-26.4
92	Doil, Juergen	1858	GER	−37N	+115N	−62B	+119B	−45N	2.0	9.5	10.0	1.50	1764	-26.0
93	Rudolph, Max	1807	GER	=61B	−102N	=97B	=69N	=85B	2.0	9.0	10.5	4.50	1763	-6.0
94	Maxin, Falko	1768	GER	−12N	=118B	−68N	+114B	=87N	2.0	9.0	9.5	2.25	1760	-1.0
95	Doehn, Friedemann	1808	GER	+115B	F	=96N	=45B	−44N	2.0	9.0	9.0	3.50	1880	+8.0
96	Grochulla, Alexander	1882	GER	=55B	=85N	=95B	=79N	F	2.0	8.5	10.5	4.25	1872	-1.6
97	Vetter, Elias	1775	GER	=64N	−73B	=93N	=101B	=76N	2.0	8.5	10.0	4.00	1727	-6.8
98	Lobe, Sandra, Dr.	1904	GER	=44N	+68B	−4N	−23B	−67N	1.5	13.5	16.0	4.00	1729	-23.6
99	Atze, Burkhard	1845	GER	=3B	−35N	−24B	=83N	=119N	1.5	13.0	13.5	3.50	1660	-24.8
100	Gundermann, Mika Oleg	1806	GER	=45N	=23B	=39N	−40B	−52N	1.5	12.5	15.0	4.75	1700	-28.0
101	Majewski, Nico	1787	GER	−25B	−7N	+121B	=97N	−69B	1.5	12.0	12.0	1.00	1676	-29.2
102	Brueckner, Julian	1832	GER	=88N	+93B	−63N	−21B	−64N	1.5	10.5	12.5	3.00	1672	-42.8
103	Schwarz, Hans	1808	GER	−66N	−65N	+116B	=67B	−56N	1.5	10.0	11.0	2.25	1657	-20.4
104	Roehr, Susanne	1795	GER	=68N	−44B	−90N	+120B	−66N	1.5	10.0	10.5	1.75	1690	-14.2
105	Riepe, Carl	1777	GER	=107N	−28B	−40N	−56B	+120N	1.5	10.0	10.5	1.25	1678	-13.2
106	Briese, Paul	1842	GER	−18N	−43N	=117B	+118B	−57N	1.5	9.5	10.0	0.75	1708	-36.0
107	Jess, Arne	1896	GER	=105B	−16N	=86B	−80N	=108B	1.5	9.0	10.5	2.50	1632	-35.6
108	Wahono, Richard	1774	GER	−13N	+113N	−74B	−78B	=107N	1.5	9.0	10.0	1.75	1708	-8.4
109	Brixius, Dirk	1835	GER	−79B	=89N	−61B	−75N	+117B	1.5	8.5	9.0	1.50	1707	-17.2
110	Cubukcu, Mete	1758	TUR	+62B	=66B	−17N	F	F	1.5	8.5	8.5	3.75	1803	+4.0
111	Enneking, Hermann	1877	GER	−10N	+114B	−6N	−30B	F	1.0	11.5	11.5	1.00	1641	-24.6
112	Zemmrich, Filip	1829	GER	−2B	−91N	+122N	−88B	−82N	1.0	10.5	10.5	0.00	1588	-60.0
113	Gebauer, Wolfgang	1836	GER	−19N	−108B	−114N	+115N	−83B	1.0	8.0	9.0	1.00	1568	-34.0
114	Thomzik, Dirk	1817	GER	−31N	−111N	+113B	−94N	F	1.0	7.0	8.0	1.00	1643	-18.0
115	Braun, Matthias	1884	GER	−95N	−92B	−87N	−113B	+118N	1.0	7.0	7.5	0.50	1578	-39.4
116	Geppert, Finn	1788	GER	−50N	−76B	−103N	+122B	F	1.0	7.0	7.0	0.00	1631	-32.0
117	von Bassewitz, Ingo, Dr.	1860	GER	−54N	−77B	=106N	−64B	−109N	0.5	8.5	10.0	0.75	1440	-47.2
118	Carsten, Juergen	1808	GER	−74B	=94N	−29B	−106N	−115B	0.5	8.5	9.5	1.00	1480	-34.8
119	Schmieder, Kerstin	1765	GER	−57N	F	−54B	−92N	=99B	0.5	8.5	8.5	0.75	1537	-19.6
120	Jozsa, Lev	1754	GER	−84B	=69N	−89B	−104N	−105B	0.5	8.0	9.5	1.25	1452	-62.0
121	Schulze, Robert	1759	GER	−9B	−78N	−101N	F	F	0.0	8.0	8.0	0.00	1035	-23.8
122	Kopper, Lucas	1761	GER	−32N	−58N	−112B	−116N	F	0.0	7.5	7.5	0.00	1031	-64.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Thuemler, FlorisGER
+85.6
4.5 pts · #4
2Schaudienst, ArvidGER
+79.2
4.0 pts · #7
3Schreck, MichaelGER
+68.4
4.0 pts · #6

Top rating losers

1Kopper, LucasGER
-64.4
0.0 pts · #121
2Jozsa, LevGER
-62.0
0.5 pts · #119
3Zemmrich, FilipGER
-60.0
1.0 pts · #116

Biggest upsets

R1+207 Elo gap
Fock, Madiha1729 beat Kaemmerer, Leon1936
R4+146 Elo gap
Lutz, Toni1731 beat Domroese, Michael1877
R5+146 Elo gap
Hamann, Martin1785 beat Rauhut, Frank, Dr.1931