Deutsche Schach-Amateurmeisterschaft 2025-2026 Q4 C

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70 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 31 Jan 2026 to 02 Feb 2026 in Ingolstadt, Germany. 4 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1946, and top seed was Thomas Rieder (🇩🇪 GER, 2014).

Ceren Sural (🇹🇷 TUR, 1839) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Patrick Maes (4.0) and Simon Koberstein (4.0). Sural shared the lead from round 4 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Emanuel Kaufmann (1761) beat Maximilian Maerz (1895), a +134-point gap.

Location

🇩🇪Ingolstadt, Germany

Dates

31 Jan 2026 → 02 Feb 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

🇩🇪Thomas Rieder2014

Avg top 10

1,946

Participants

Federations · 4 represented

🇩🇪Germany×66

🇵🇱Poland×1

🇧🇪Belgium×1

🇹🇷Turkiye×1

Top 3

🥇
Ceren Sural
🇹🇷TUR·1839
4.5pts·2201perf+39.4
🥈
Patrick Maes
🇧🇪BEL·1913
4.0pts·2100perf+23.0
🥉
Simon Koberstein
🇩🇪GER·1920
4.0pts·2088perf+40.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Ceren Sural led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Sural4.5Koberstein4Zinner4Rieder4Maes4Mittermeier3.5

R5–R5 · LEAD HELD

Ceren Sural held the sole lead from R5 through R5 without losing it.

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Ceren Sural 3 wins (R3–R5)Bernhard Zinner 3 wins (R3–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Ceren Sural	*	—	—	—
2Simon Koberstein	—	*	½	—
3Bernhard Zinner	—	½	*	—
4Thomas Rieder	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Sural, Ceren	1839	TUR	+55N	=12B	+52N	+22B	+6N	4.5	10.5	12.0	10.50	2201	+39.4
2	Maes, Patrick	1913	BEL	=15B	+48N	=7N	+23B	+13N	4.0	12.0	14.0	10.75	2100	+23.0
3	Koberstein, Simon	1920	GER	=4N	+45B	=22N	+42B	+12N	4.0	11.5	13.5	10.25	2088	+40.4
4	Zinner, Bernhard	1856	GER	=3B	=8N	+53B	+43N	+44B	4.0	11.5	13.0	9.25	2130	+34.6
5	Rieder, Thomas	2014	GER	+64N	+42B	+25N	=6B	=7N	4.0	11.5	12.5	9.00	2115	+24.0
6	Houben, Maximilian	1916	GER	+35B	+18N	+43B	=5N	−1B	3.5	14.0	16.0	9.50	2043	+33.6
7	Lange, Rudolf	1941	GER	+54B	=26N	=2B	+50N	=5B	3.5	12.5	14.0	8.75	2062	+16.2
8	Weimert, Miriam	1885	GER	=45N	=4B	+38N	=12B	+22N	3.5	12.0	14.0	9.50	1996	+14.8
9	Mittermeier, Luca	1857	GER	=13N	=24B	+49N	+25B	=11N	3.5	11.5	13.5	9.00	2016	+42.8
10	Barsov, Mikhail	1825	GER	−44N	+56B	+65B	=34N	+37B	3.5	8.5	9.5	6.25	2037	+57.2
11	Tsiapouris, Michael, Dr.	1878	GER	+60B	=68N	+57B	=44N	=9B	3.5	8.5	9.0	6.00	2032	+15.6
12	Enneking, Hermann	1877	GER	+32B	=1N	+20B	=8N	−3B	3.0	15.0	17.5	9.50	1973	+13.4
13	Henkemeier, Michael	1861	GER	=9B	=28N	+47B	+26N	−2B	3.0	12.5	14.5	7.50	1942	+11.2
14	Probst, Andreas	1950	GER	=30B	=17N	=16B	=15N	+48B	3.0	11.5	13.5	7.75	1913	-4.6
15	Mucke, Sebastian	1808	GER	=2N	=66B	=24N	=14B	+49N	3.0	11.5	12.5	7.25	1954	+20.0
16	Yin, Vito	1790	GER	=27N	=46B	=14N	+24B	=21B	3.0	11.0	13.0	7.75	1970	+49.2
17	Beller, Igor	1960	GER	=23N	=14B	=27N	+46B	=18N	3.0	11.0	13.0	7.50	1966	+2.0
18	Utz, Helmut	1887	GER	+62B	−6B	+63N	=28N	=17B	3.0	10.5	11.5	5.25	1936	+14.0
19	Igloffstein, Jan	1840	GER	=53B	=33N	=32B	=20N	+43B	3.0	10.0	11.5	6.75	1950	+30.0
20	Pohl, Steffen	1941	GER	+61N	=52B	−12N	=19B	+42N	3.0	9.5	11.0	5.75	1939	-0.2
21	Maerz, Maximilian	1895	GER	+70N	−22B	=29N	+52B	=16N	3.0	9.5	10.0	4.75	1833	-7.4
22	Kaufmann, Emanuel	1761	GER	+37B	+21N	=3B	−1N	−8B	2.5	15.0	17.5	7.50	1882	+32.8
23	Bleicher, Eiko	1888	GER	=17B	+30N	=50B	−2N	=35B	2.5	12.0	14.0	6.25	1897	+1.2
24	Kessler, Helmut	1899	GER	=28B	=9N	=15B	−16N	+68B	2.5	12.0	12.5	5.00	1746	-17.2
25	Mederer, Lukas	1913	GER	+67B	+47N	−5B	−9N	=30B	2.5	12.0	12.5	3.75	1868	-6.2
26	Schlierf, Andre	1895	GER	+36N	=7B	=51N	−13B	=29N	2.5	11.5	13.5	6.50	1876	-2.8
27	Arne, Jonas	1894	GER	=16B	=31N	=17B	+39N	−28B	2.5	11.0	13.5	6.75	1871	-6.0
28	Bender, Wolfgang	1877	GER	=24N	=13B	F	=18B	+27N	2.5	11.0	12.0	6.75	1980	+10.8
29	Schaffer, Erik	1778	GER	+40B	−43N	=21B	=33N	=26B	2.5	10.5	12.5	6.50	1868	+12.4
30	Frisch, Thomas	1846	GER	=14N	−23B	+45N	=31B	=25N	2.5	10.5	12.5	6.00	1904	+8.2
31	Degenhardt, Andreas	1878	GER	=46N	=27B	=34B	=30N	=32B	2.5	10.0	12.0	6.00	1889	+1.4
32	John, Alexander	1921	GER	−12N	+61B	=19N	=54B	=31N	2.5	10.0	11.5	5.00	1875	-12.4
33	Khachatryan, Avetis	1798	GER	=63N	=19B	=59N	=29B	=36N	2.5	9.5	10.5	5.25	1833	+9.6
34	Mock, Markus, Prof.	1937	GER	−42N	+64B	=31N	=10B	=54N	2.5	9.5	10.5	4.75	1832	-14.2
35	Niemann, Silvio	1875	GER	−6N	=70B	=36N	+63B	=23N	2.5	9.5	10.0	3.75	1828	-5.8
36	Haake, Luca Emilio	1859	GER	−26B	=54N	=35B	+65N	=33B	2.5	9.0	10.0	4.25	1850	-2.4
37	Vennemann, Juergen	1869	GER	−22N	=58B	+67N	+59B	−10N	2.5	9.0	9.5	2.75	1804	-8.8
38	Kozik, Andreas	1852	GER	−57B	+62N	−8B	=47N	+53B	2.5	8.5	10.0	4.00	1812	-5.2
39	Euringer, Peter, Dr.	1853	GER	−51N	+69B	=46N	−27B	+56N	2.5	8.0	8.5	3.00	1876	+3.2
40	Siemes, Robert	1895	GER	−29N	+55B	−42N	=58B	+52N	2.5	7.5	9.0	3.75	1804	-12.6
41	Kleinert, Juergen	1871	GER	−52N	=67B	=58N	=55B	+59N	2.5	6.0	6.5	3.25	1812	-8.0
42	Hamann, Friedrich	1854	GER	+34B	−5N	+40B	−3N	−20B	2.0	13.5	16.0	5.00	1869	+4.0
43	Finke, Stephan	1855	GER	+58N	+29B	−6N	−4B	−19N	2.0	13.0	14.5	4.00	1759	-13.4
44	Roeder, Phillip	1916	GER	+10B	=57N	F	=11B	−4N	2.0	12.5	13.0	6.00	1831	-9.0
45	Helms, Sven	1892	GER	=8B	−3N	−30B	=60N	+63B	2.0	11.5	12.5	3.50	1789	-14.4
46	Neumeier, Valentina	1851	GER	=31B	=16N	=39B	−17N	=47B	2.0	11.0	13.0	5.00	1785	-18.4
47	Thuerauf, Peter	1806	GER	+56N	−25B	−13N	=38B	=46N	2.0	10.0	11.5	3.75	1801	-0.6
48	Konradt, Michael	1803	GER	=66N	−2B	=56N	+64B	−14N	2.0	9.5	10.5	2.25	1802	-0.4
49	Krishnachandran, Srihari	1784	GER	F	+60N	−9B	+57N	−15B	2.0	9.5	9.5	3.00	1812	+6.0
50	Fabritius, Richard	1893	GER	+69N	=51B	=23N	−7B	F	2.0	8.5	8.5	2.75	1894	+0.2
51	Mueller, Thomas	1940	GER	+39B	=50N	=26B	F	F	2.0	7.0	7.0	4.75	2005	+5.0
52	Boldt, Timo	1835	GER	+41B	=20N	−1B	−21N	−40B	1.5	13.0	15.5	4.00	1739	-12.6
53	Hartogh, Theo	1872	GER	=19N	=59B	−4N	=61B	−38N	1.5	11.0	12.5	3.00	1718	-20.6
54	Rothe, Steve	1850	GER	−7N	=36B	F	=32N	=34B	1.5	11.0	11.5	3.75	1828	-6.0
55	Hamann, Martin	1785	GER	−1B	−40N	+69B	=41N	F	1.5	10.5	11.0	1.75	1766	-2.8
56	Brinz, Christian	1890	GER	−47B	−10N	=48B	+67N	−39B	1.5	10.0	10.5	1.50	1672	-59.2
57	Schmechtig, Lucas	1764	GER	+38N	=44B	−11N	−49B	F	1.5	10.0	10.0	3.50	1771	+0.2
58	Steuer, Christopher	1766	GER	−43B	=37N	=41B	=40N	F	1.5	9.5	9.5	3.75	1786	+1.6
59	Kinzig, Lars	1855	GER	=65B	=53N	=33B	−37N	−41B	1.5	9.0	10.0	2.50	1699	-21.2
60	Winkelmeier, Alfred	1817	GER	−11N	−49B	−64N	=45B	+69N	1.5	8.5	9.0	1.50	1673	-19.6
61	Oezen, Alf	1932	GER	−20B	−32N	+62B	=53N	F	1.5	8.5	8.5	2.25	1780	-17.0
62	John, Linnea	1731	GER	−18N	−38B	−61N	=69N	+67B	1.5	7.5	8.0	0.75	1710	-6.0
63	Brixius, Dirk	1835	GER	=33B	=65N	−18B	−35N	−45N	1.0	10.0	11.0	1.75	1617	-27.0
64	Opasiak, Dustin Tennessee	1752	POL	−5B	−34N	+60B	−48N	F	1.0	10.0	10.0	1.50	1700	-5.6
65	Kuersten, Susanne	1829	GER	=59N	=63B	−10N	−36B	F	1.0	9.0	10.0	1.25	1651	-18.4
66	Nittel, Christian	1863	GER	=48B	=15N	F	F	F	1.0	7.5	7.5	2.50	1806	-3.2
67	Balhar, Michael	1816	GER	−25N	=41N	−37B	−56B	−62N	0.5	9.0	10.5	1.25	1489	-34.8
68	FIDE 356095803	0	—	F	=11B	F	F	−24N	0.5	8.0	8.0	1.75	1696	0.0
69	Kayl, Benjamin	1806	GER	−50B	−39N	−55N	=62B	−60B	0.5	7.5	9.0	0.75	1451	-76.8
70	Kraus, Juergen	1646	GER	−21B	=35N	F	F	F	0.5	7.0	7.0	1.25	1693	+4.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Barsov, MikhailGER
+57.2
3.5 pts · #9
2Yin, VitoGER
+49.2
3.0 pts · #19
3Mittermeier, LucaGER
+42.8
3.5 pts · #6

Top rating losers

1Kayl, BenjaminGER
-76.8
0.5 pts · #70
2Brinz, ChristianGER
-59.2
1.5 pts · #53
3Balhar, MichaelGER
-34.8
0.5 pts · #69

Biggest upsets

R2+134 Elo gap
Kaufmann, Emanuel1761 beat Maerz, Maximilian1895
R1+117 Elo gap
Schaffer, Erik1778 beat Siemes, Robert1895
R4+109 Elo gap
Yin, Vito1790 beat Kessler, Helmut1899