Deutsche Schach-Amateurmeisterschaft 2025-2026 Q3 E

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101 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 02 Jan 2026 to 04 Jan 2026 in Potsdam, Germany. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1785, and top seed was Wolfgang Radeke (🇩🇪 GER, 1837).

Felix Zimmermann (🇩🇪 GER, 1782) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Milosz Mlynarski (4.0) and Max Melcher (4.0). Zimmermann won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Oleksandr Kholodnyi (1477) beat Wolfgang Maly (1698), a +221-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

🇩🇪Wolfgang Radeke1837

Avg top 10

1,785

Participants

101

Federations · 2 represented

🇩🇪Germany×100

🇨🇿Czech Republic×1

Top 3

🥇
Felix Zimmermann
🇩🇪GER·1782
5.0pts·2486perf+37.8
🥈
Milosz Mlynarski
🇩🇪GER·1599
4.0pts·1870perf+39.6
🥉
Max Melcher
🇩🇪GER·1638
4.0pts·1906perf+67.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Felix Zimmermann led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Zimmermann5Rokhmanova4Melcher4Koechert4Kaplingat4Erl4

R4–R5 · LEAD HELD

Felix Zimmermann never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Felix Zimmermann 5 wins (R1–R5)Vitalina Rokhmanova 4 wins (R2–R5)

R3 · LATE SURGE

Vitalina Rokhmanova was #14 at R3, climbed to #2 over the final stretch.

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Zimmermann, Felix	1782	GER	+86N	+42B	+43N	+11B	+10N	5.0	12.0	13.5	13.50	2486	+37.8
2	Mlynarski, Milosz	1599	GER	+97N	+44B	+3N	=10B	=4N	4.0	14.0	14.5	10.75	1870	+39.6
3	Melcher, Max	1638	GER	+100B	+26N	−2B	+33N	+21B	4.0	13.0	13.0	9.00	1906	+67.6
4	Koechert, Leopold	0	GER	=49B	+62N	+45B	+17N	=2B	4.0	12.0	14.0	10.75	1684	0.0
5	Kaplingat, Anand	1780	GER	+59B	=48N	+82B	=21N	+18B	4.0	11.0	12.5	9.75	1880	+13.4
6	Erl, Kiran	1713	GER	=83B	+47N	+64B	=18N	+25B	4.0	10.5	12.0	9.75	1856	+34.0
7	Erdmann, Frank	1689	GER	=47B	=46N	+55B	+87N	+27B	4.0	10.5	12.0	9.50	1775	+8.8
8	Roessler, Helena	1612	GER	−17B	+95N	+78B	+54B	+23N	4.0	10.5	11.5	8.50	1825	+44.4
9	Rokhmanova, Vitalina	1597	GER	−66N	+97B	+85N	+42B	+19N	4.0	9.0	9.5	7.50	1920	+82.4
10	Molzahn, Dominik	1564	GER	+68N	+29B	+36B	=2N	−1B	3.5	15.0	17.0	10.00	1801	+63.2
11	Ivashchenko, Ihor	1741	GER	+77B	+24N	+20B	−1N	=57B	3.5	13.5	15.5	9.25	1876	+26.8
12	Rose, Elias Bernd	1621	GER	+65B	=18N	=28B	=13N	+45B	3.5	12.0	14.0	9.25	1857	+64.0
13	Belyakov, Konstantin	1714	GER	=22N	+93B	=19N	=12B	+44N	3.5	12.0	13.0	8.25	1717	+0.4
14	Tatliak, Stefan	1748	GER	=62B	+49N	=41B	+51N	=16B	3.5	11.0	13.0	9.00	1766	+2.4
15	Reuker, Ronja	1594	GER	−24B	+77N	+63B	=20N	+41B	3.5	10.5	12.5	8.00	1785	+51.2
16	Senf, Peter	1651	GER	=93N	+92B	+32N	=23B	=14N	3.5	10.5	11.5	7.75	1803	+21.0
17	Niemietz, Peter	1655	GER	+8N	+56B	=23N	−4B	=31N	3.0	14.0	16.5	9.50	1911	+26.6
18	Doepmann, Christoph	1702	GER	+85N	=12B	+48N	=6B	−5N	3.0	14.0	15.5	7.75	1774	+10.2
19	Pankow, Reiko	1766	GER	+75B	=45N	=13B	+36N	−9B	3.0	13.0	15.0	8.00	1730	-9.2
20	Burdack, Tim Alexander	1645	GER	+90N	+31B	−11N	=15B	=34N	3.0	13.0	14.5	7.75	1765	+16.4
21	Castle, Steffen	1572	GER	=39N	+69B	+84N	=5B	−3N	3.0	13.0	14.5	7.00	1708	+37.2
22	Ruddat, Maila	1503	GER	=13B	=88N	+24B	=26N	=28B	3.0	12.5	14.0	8.50	1756	+68.0
23	Maeding, Toni	1704	GER	+91B	+63N	=17B	=16N	−8B	3.0	12.5	14.0	6.75	1705	0.0
24	Marzisch, Jens	1669	GER	+15N	−11B	−22N	+92B	+74N	3.0	12.0	13.0	6.50	1644	-2.8
25	Huebner, Jakob	1619	GER	=70N	+71B	=37N	+43B	−6N	3.0	11.5	13.5	7.00	1779	+44.0
26	Thonig, Ralf	1787	GER	+78N	−3B	=44N	=22B	+69N	3.0	11.5	13.5	6.75	1655	-12.4
27	Kramer, Tigran	1554	GER	+76N	=84B	=53N	+38B	−7N	3.0	11.5	13.0	7.00	1760	+55.6
28	Fellberg, Thorsten	1700	GER	=92N	+67B	=12N	=37B	=22N	3.0	11.5	12.5	7.25	1700	+2.0
29	Pavlov, Dmitriy	1639	GER	+35B	−10N	=46B	=81N	+63B	3.0	11.0	13.0	7.25	1682	+6.2
30	Boettcher, Tim	1676	GER	=52N	+70B	−54N	+48B	=37N	3.0	10.5	12.5	7.25	1904	+24.0
31	Radeke, Wolfgang	1837	GER	+80B	−20N	+72B	=41N	=17B	3.0	10.5	12.5	6.75	1697	-34.4
32	Koehler, Joshua	1674	GER	+61B	=50N	−16B	=80N	+75B	3.0	10.5	12.5	6.75	1690	+4.0
33	Thinius, Ralf	1790	GER	=67N	=52B	+66N	−3B	+71N	3.0	10.5	12.5	6.25	1740	-6.6
34	Neldner, Moritz	1772	GER	−63B	+91N	=35B	+49N	=20B	3.0	10.5	12.0	7.00	1708	-16.8
35	Pflug, Johan	1652	GER	−29N	+68B	=34N	+84B	=50N	3.0	10.5	12.0	6.25	1721	+19.6
36	Koehler, Ingo	1688	GER	+89N	+66B	−10N	−19B	+70N	3.0	10.5	12.0	5.50	1719	+4.4
37	Fuhrmann, Wolfgang	1762	GER	+99B	=82N	=25B	=28N	=30B	3.0	10.5	10.5	5.25	1697	-15.6
38	Janeke, Thomas	1749	GER	+72B	=41N	=51B	−27N	+62B	3.0	10.0	12.0	6.50	1660	-11.2
39	Wrage, Julius	1578	GER	=21B	−64N	=58B	+83N	+65B	3.0	9.5	11.0	6.25	1686	+29.2
40	Schenk, Michael	1600	GER	−82B	+99N	=50B	=65N	+64B	3.0	8.0	8.0	4.25	1676	+10.6
41	Hering, Robert	1611	GER	+87N	=38B	=14N	=31B	−15N	2.5	13.0	14.5	6.25	1645	+2.8
42	Elert, Eric	1735	GER	+58B	−1N	+83B	−9N	=87B	2.5	13.0	14.5	4.75	1635	-10.4
43	Grinman, Anatoli	1690	GER	+94N	+57B	−1B	−25N	=46B	2.5	13.0	14.0	4.75	1562	-29.2
44	Boettcher, Marc	0	GER	+79B	−2N	=26B	+82N	−13B	2.5	12.5	14.0	5.00	1714	0.0
45	Bacak, Miroslav	1661	GER	+98N	=19B	−4N	+67B	−12N	2.5	12.5	13.0	4.00	1746	+17.6
46	Yueksel, Anja	1618	GER	=60N	=7B	=29N	=69B	=43N	2.5	12.0	14.0	7.00	1635	+2.6
47	Elkin, Lev	1680	GER	=7N	−6B	=73N	=79N	+84B	2.5	12.0	13.5	5.50	1719	+10.8
48	Konietzko, Torsten	1709	GER	+73N	=5B	−18B	−30N	+82B	2.5	12.0	13.5	5.50	1695	-1.8
49	Hollatz, Jens	1639	GER	=4N	−14B	+94N	−34B	+89N	2.5	12.0	13.0	4.50	1678	+8.4
50	Finck, Julius	1557	GER	=54N	=32B	=40N	=71B	=35B	2.5	11.5	13.5	6.75	1652	+20.8
51	Yueksel, Aran	1626	GER	+101N	=53B	=38N	−14B	=56N	2.5	11.5	11.5	4.00	1685	+16.4
52	Herrmann, Kai, Dr.	1687	GER	=30B	=33N	=65B	=56B	=53N	2.5	11.0	13.0	6.50	1714	+6.8
53	Greiner, Jan Oluf	1622	GER	+81B	=51N	=27B	−57N	=52B	2.5	10.5	12.5	6.00	1713	+19.2
54	Werner, Andreas, Dr.	0	GER	=50B	+96N	+30B	−8N	F	2.5	10.5	10.5	5.25	1641	0.0
55	Kholodnyi, Oleksandr	1477	GER	−84N	+76B	−7N	+86B	=60N	2.5	10.0	11.5	4.75	1689	+54.0
56	Kanzler-Multhauf, Stefan	1716	GER	+95B	−17N	=81B	=52N	=51B	2.5	10.0	11.0	4.50	1623	-12.4
57	Moeglich, Enrico	0	GER	F	−43N	+88B	+53B	=11N	2.5	10.0	10.0	5.75	1672	0.0
58	Lushchinskiy, Marc	1654	GER	−42N	=86B	=39N	+76B	=68N	2.5	9.5	11.0	5.25	1646	-2.0
59	Seibert, Dominic	1558	GER	−5N	=73B	−69N	+98N	+88B	2.5	9.5	10.0	3.00	1592	+8.4
60	Bogacz, Ralph	1677	GER	=46B	=83N	−87B	+93N	=55B	2.5	8.0	9.0	4.25	1648	-3.2
61	Winkler, Frida	1633	GER	−32N	=89B	−67N	+94B	+85N	2.5	8.0	9.0	3.25	1659	+7.2
62	Sniegowski, Victoria	1565	GER	=14N	−4B	=74N	+90B	−38N	2.0	12.5	14.0	4.25	1627	+12.8
63	Tamke, Quintus	1615	GER	+34N	−23B	−15N	+99B	−29N	2.0	12.5	12.5	3.00	1564	-14.8
64	Belyakov, Dmitry	1569	GER	=71N	+39B	−6N	=70B	−40N	2.0	12.0	14.0	5.00	1580	+2.4
65	Kramer, Dirk	1764	GER	−12N	+74B	=52N	=40B	−39N	2.0	12.0	14.0	4.75	1523	-31.6
66	Zander, Daniel	1609	GER	+9B	−36N	−33B	−75N	+93B	2.0	12.0	13.0	5.00	1589	-3.0
67	Loewe, Lukas	1726	GER	=33B	−28N	+61B	−45N	=79B	2.0	11.0	13.0	5.00	1646	-22.4
68	Asmussen, Johann	1556	GER	−10B	−35N	+77B	=72N	=58B	2.0	11.0	13.0	4.25	1547	-2.8
69	Datta, Satadru	1481	GER	=96B	−21N	+59B	=46N	−26B	2.0	11.0	12.0	4.25	1563	+19.2
70	Wiedemann, Thilo	1685	GER	=25B	−30N	+96B	=64N	−36B	2.0	11.0	12.0	3.50	1566	-16.4
71	Evers, Lucas Vincent	1683	GER	=64B	−25N	+98B	=50N	−33B	2.0	10.5	11.0	2.75	1533	-40.8
72	Grunewald, Stephan	1590	GER	−38N	+90B	−31N	=68B	=73N	2.0	10.0	11.5	3.50	1594	-0.4
73	Vogel, Kurt, Dr.	1670	GER	−48B	=59N	=47B	=91N	=72B	2.0	9.5	11.0	4.25	1562	-15.0
74	Morczynski, Ryszard	1485	GER	=88B	−65N	=62B	+78N	−24B	2.0	9.0	10.5	3.75	1563	+8.6
75	Lozgacheva, Polina	1627	GER	−19N	=94B	=92N	+66B	−32N	2.0	9.0	10.0	3.00	1562	-18.0
76	Bauch, Henri	1661	GER	−27B	−55N	+100B	−58N	+92B	2.0	9.0	9.0	1.00	1489	-47.2
77	Schenk, Quentin Alexander	1638	GER	−11N	−15B	−68N	+101B	+100N	2.0	9.0	9.0	0.00	1541	-27.2
78	Wandinger, Bernhard Ludwig	1632	GER	−26B	+100N	−8N	−74B	+99N	2.0	9.0	9.0	0.00	1516	-31.2
79	Maly, Jens-Peter	1805	GER	−44N	−85B	+97N	=47B	=67N	2.0	8.5	9.0	2.75	1675	-13.8
80	Classen, Michael	1623	GER	−31N	=98B	+89N	=32B	F	2.0	8.0	8.0	3.25	1654	+2.8
81	Eckhoff, Mathias	1606	GER	−53N	+101B	=56N	=29B	F	2.0	8.0	8.0	2.75	1642	+4.0
82	Bock, Ruediger	1665	GER	+40N	=37B	−5N	−44B	−48N	1.5	12.5	15.0	4.50	1622	-5.0
83	Starke, Sven	1511	GER	=6N	=60B	−42N	−39B	=86N	1.5	12.0	13.5	4.00	1531	+3.6
84	Skibbe, Peter	1719	GER	+55B	=27N	−21B	−35N	−47N	1.5	11.5	14.0	4.00	1438	-37.4
85	Flagge-Paetzold, Nikolaus	1700	GER	−18B	+79N	−9B	=88N	−61B	1.5	11.5	13.0	2.75	1508	-51.6
86	Maly, Wolfgang	1698	GER	−1B	=58N	=93B	−55N	=83B	1.5	11.5	12.5	2.50	1456	-32.0
87	Lerch, Vaclav	0	CZE	−41B	F	+60N	−7B	=42N	1.5	11.5	11.5	3.75	1591	0.0
88	Aronau, Michael	1552	GER	=74N	=22B	−57N	=85B	−59N	1.5	10.0	11.5	3.25	1474	-18.0
89	Aronau, Aliaksandr	1610	GER	−36B	=61N	−80B	+96N	−49B	1.5	10.0	11.0	2.25	1495	-30.4
90	Nguyen, Lucas Bao Vinh	1520	GER	−20B	−72N	+95B	−62N	=96B	1.5	8.0	9.0	1.50	1446	-19.2
91	Reichert, Lutz	1633	GER	−23N	−34B	+101N	=73B	F	1.5	8.0	8.0	1.00	1597	-4.4
92	Dziewas, Ralf, Prof. Dr.	1538	GER	=28B	−16N	=75B	−24N	−76N	1.0	11.5	13.5	2.50	1421	-26.8
93	Simmon, Norbert	1605	GER	=16B	−13N	=86N	−60B	−66N	1.0	11.5	13.0	2.50	1429	-21.0
94	Weirich, Ralf	1582	GER	−43B	=75N	−49B	−61N	=95B	1.0	9.5	10.5	1.50	1385	-24.0
95	Rauhut, Max	1538	GER	−56N	−8B	−90N	=97B	=94N	1.0	9.0	9.5	0.75	1364	-42.8
96	Kindermann, Justus	1640	GER	=69N	−54B	−70N	−89B	=90N	1.0	8.0	9.5	1.75	1381	-54.0
97	Persson, Boerje Pontus	1592	GER	−2B	−9N	−79B	=95N	F	0.5	11.0	11.5	0.50	1313	-25.6
98	Lippert, Marc	1493	GER	−45B	=80N	−71N	−59B	F	0.5	9.0	9.5	1.00	1310	-15.0
99	Zemmrich, Kevin	1467	GER	−37N	−40B	F	−63N	−78B	0.0	10.0	10.0	0.00	852	-42.4
100	Zemmrich, Andi	1581	GER	−3N	−78B	−76N	F	−77B	0.0	10.0	10.0	0.00	841	-66.4
101	Wilke, Ralf-Dietmar	1589	GER	−51B	−81N	−91B	−77N	F	0.0	8.0	8.0	0.00	826	-72.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Rokhmanova, VitalinaGER
+82.4
4.0 pts · #2
2Ruddat, MailaGER
+68.0
3.0 pts · #30
3Melcher, MaxGER
+67.6
4.0 pts · #3

Top rating losers

1Wilke, Ralf-DietmarGER
-72.0
0.0 pts · #99
2Zemmrich, AndiGER
-66.4
0.0 pts · #101
3Kindermann, JustusGER
-54.0
1.0 pts · #95

Biggest upsets

R4+221 Elo gap
Kholodnyi, Oleksandr1477 beat Maly, Wolfgang1698
R4+195 Elo gap
Kramer, Tigran1554 beat Janeke, Thomas1749
R2+192 Elo gap
Burdack, Tim Alexander1645 beat Radeke, Wolfgang1837