Deutsche Schach-Amateurmeisterschaft 2025-2026 Q4 E

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65 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 31 Jan 2026 to 02 Feb 2026 in Ingolstadt, Germany. Top 10 Elo average was 1744, and top seed was Frank Deckert (🇩🇪 GER, 1814).

Ihor Ivashchenko (🇩🇪 GER, 1743) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Frank Deckert (4.0) and Alexander Pickl (4.0). Ivashchenko shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Otto Kollmer (1494) beat Wolfgang Maly (1698), a +204-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

🇩🇪Frank Deckert1814

Avg top 10

1,744

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇩🇪Germany×65

Top 3

🥇
Ihor Ivashchenko
🇩🇪GER·1743
4.0pts·1934perf+46.4
🥈
Frank Deckert
🇩🇪GER·1814
4.0pts·1871perf+5.8
🥉
Alexander Pickl
🇩🇪GER·1673
4.0pts·1975perf+77.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 5 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 5 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Friedel4Pickl4Rabus4Ivashchenko4Deckert4Erdmann3.5

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

5 players finish on 4.0/5. Ivashchenko takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (15.0).

R3 · LATE SURGE

Thomas Friedel was #11 at R3, climbed to #1 over the final stretch.

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Thomas Friedel	*	—	—	—
2Alexander Pickl	—	*	—	½
3Johann Rabus	—	—	*	—
4Ihor Ivashchenko	—	½	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Ivashchenko, Ihor	1743	GER	+61N	+12B	+6N	=2N	=3B	4.0	15.0	16.0	12.00	1934	+46.4
2	Deckert, Frank	1814	GER	+35N	+33B	+5N	=1B	=7N	4.0	14.0	16.5	12.75	1871	+5.8
3	Pickl, Alexander	1673	GER	+42B	+53N	=16B	+9B	=1N	4.0	12.5	14.0	10.50	1975	+77.6
4	Rabus, Johann	1563	GER	+27N	+58B	=8N	=7B	+17N	4.0	12.5	13.5	10.00	1853	+73.2
5	Friedel, Thomas	1677	GER	+60N	+54B	−2B	+41N	+16B	4.0	10.5	11.5	7.50	1952	+35.0
6	Elkin, Lev	1680	GER	+49N	+20B	−1B	=15N	+26B	3.5	13.0	15.0	9.25	1823	+39.2
7	Wittenberger, Henri	1542	GER	=30B	+28N	+56B	=4N	=2B	3.5	13.0	14.5	9.25	1862	+65.6
8	Hill, Alexander	1736	GER	+45B	+26N	=4B	=11N	=34B	3.5	12.5	14.5	9.50	1824	+23.2
9	Apelt, Andreas	1706	GER	+29B	=51N	+18B	−3N	+24B	3.5	12.0	13.5	8.75	1730	+2.2
10	Erdmann, Frank	1689	GER	=25B	=23N	+43B	+38N	=11B	3.5	11.0	13.0	8.75	1813	+16.6
11	Kanzler-Multhauf, Stefan	1716	GER	+50B	=41N	+51B	=8B	=10N	3.5	11.0	12.5	8.00	1803	+11.6
12	Derr, Georg	1662	GER	+44B	−1N	+55B	=26N	+23B	3.5	11.0	12.5	7.25	1804	+38.0
13	Tuerkboylari, Alpaslan	1697	GER	=37B	+63N	=41B	=23N	+25B	3.5	9.5	10.0	6.50	1722	+6.8
14	Aliyev, Amil	1605	GER	=31N	−17B	+52N	+51N	+42B	3.5	9.0	10.5	6.25	1822	+58.8
15	Kiefer, Markus	1713	GER	=52N	=59B	+54N	=6B	+35N	3.5	9.0	10.0	7.00	1751	+3.8
16	Lang, Jochen	1721	GER	+48N	+21B	=3N	=17B	−5N	3.0	14.0	16.0	8.50	1749	+3.8
17	Lorenz, Constantin	1648	GER	=57B	+14N	+30B	=16N	−4B	3.0	13.0	14.0	8.00	1597	-10.8
18	Oezkurt, Alper	1596	GER	=32N	+52B	−9N	=27B	+47N	3.0	10.5	12.0	6.00	1697	+28.0
19	Lorenz, Nils	1548	GER	=23B	=25N	+57B	=24N	=21B	3.0	10.5	11.5	6.25	1694	+30.8
20	Neumeier, Konstantin	1704	GER	+43B	−6N	−24B	+57N	+45B	3.0	10.0	11.0	5.00	1830	+26.4
21	Boeckh, Nikodemus	1703	GER	+55B	−16N	=42B	+53N	=19N	3.0	9.5	11.0	5.50	1743	+5.8
22	Lola, Georgia-Maria	1702	GER	+24N	F	=29B	=28N	+41B	3.0	9.5	9.5	7.00	1717	+2.0
23	Bruns, Hans-Heiko	1572	GER	=19N	=10B	+33N	=13B	−12N	2.5	13.5	16.0	7.50	1669	+26.0
24	Dankic, Bruno	0	GER	−22B	+44N	+20N	=19B	−9N	2.5	12.5	14.5	6.50	1664	-12.0
25	Balla, Virinchi	1627	GER	=10N	=19B	=31N	+46B	−13N	2.5	12.5	14.5	6.50	1664	+11.2
26	Huber, Andreas	1718	GER	+62N	−8B	+47N	=12B	−6N	2.5	12.5	13.5	4.75	1702	-2.2
27	Kinateder, Vitus	1532	GER	−4B	+40N	=53B	=18N	=38B	2.5	12.0	13.5	6.00	1621	+23.2
28	Hebert, Guido	1578	GER	=46N	−7B	+32N	=22B	=31N	2.5	11.5	13.5	6.25	1647	+9.2
29	Zhu, Elias	1582	GER	−9N	+65B	=22N	=31B	=33N	2.5	11.5	11.5	4.00	1700	+31.6
30	Fraunhofer, Hermann	0	GER	=7N	+46B	−17N	=42N	=39B	2.5	11.0	13.0	6.00	1666	0.0
31	Baumann, Bettina	1672	GER	=14B	=57N	=25B	=29N	=28B	2.5	11.0	12.0	6.00	1577	-12.8
32	von Bassewitz, Friedrich	1602	GER	=18B	=34N	−28B	=43N	+51B	2.5	10.0	11.5	5.25	1650	+13.2
33	von Kraft, Lukas	1750	GER	+64B	−2N	−23B	+58N	=29B	2.5	10.0	10.5	2.75	1618	-17.0
34	Grillmaier, Felix	1697	GER	=59N	=32B	F	+36B	=8N	2.5	9.5	10.5	6.00	1775	+8.0
35	Bauer, Werner, Dr.	0	GER	−2B	=64N	+63B	+56N	−15B	2.5	9.5	10.0	2.25	1651	0.0
36	Wohlrabe, Joerg	1729	GER	−41B	+50N	+45B	−34N	=40N	2.5	9.0	11.0	5.25	1607	-16.2
37	Seibert, Dominic	1558	GER	=13N	−56B	−46N	+52B	+53B	2.5	8.5	10.0	4.75	1687	+17.2
38	Wolter, Kerstin	1719	GER	−58N	+60B	+59N	−10B	=27N	2.5	8.0	9.0	3.25	1635	-11.2
39	Senf, Peter	1647	GER	−54N	−47B	+62N	+59B	=30N	2.5	7.0	8.0	3.25	1699	+5.4
40	Raghavan, Madhushri	1502	GER	F	−27B	+65N	+44N	=36B	2.5	7.0	7.0	3.25	1742	+50.4
41	Tamke, Quintus	1615	GER	+36N	=11B	=13N	−5B	−22N	2.0	14.0	16.5	6.00	1632	+4.4
42	Lindner, Robin	1775	GER	−3N	+48B	=21N	=30B	−14N	2.0	13.0	15.0	4.75	1580	-43.6
43	Will, Thomas	1689	GER	−20N	+49B	−10N	=32B	=46N	2.0	11.0	13.0	4.25	1568	-16.4
44	Igloffstein, Tobias	1658	GER	−12N	−24B	+48N	−40B	+60N	2.0	10.5	11.5	3.00	1637	-4.0
45	Hill, Michael	1681	GER	−8N	+62B	−36N	+54B	−20N	2.0	10.5	11.5	2.50	1649	-4.4
46	Strohmaier, Andreas	1714	GER	=28B	−30N	+37B	−25N	=43B	2.0	10.0	12.0	4.75	1612	-10.8
47	Rogun, Ulrich	1706	GER	−53B	+39N	−26B	+55N	−18B	2.0	9.5	11.0	4.00	1582	-17.0
48	Wiedemann, Thilo	1685	GER	−16B	−42N	−44B	+63N	+58B	2.0	8.0	8.5	1.50	1579	-14.6
49	Kollmer, Otto	1494	GER	−6B	−43N	+60N	−61B	+57B	2.0	7.5	8.5	2.00	1569	+18.4
50	Schroeder, Liam Maddox	1545	GER	−11N	−36B	F	+65B	+59N	2.0	7.0	7.0	1.00	1692	+32.0
51	Stolzenwald, Karl-Heinz	1690	GER	+65N	=9B	−11N	−14B	−32N	1.5	13.0	13.0	1.75	1511	-24.2
52	Hertlein, Markus	1580	GER	=15B	−18N	−14B	−37N	+63B	1.5	12.5	13.0	2.25	1444	-18.4
53	Scheunemann, Uwe	1727	GER	+47N	−3B	=27N	−21B	−37N	1.5	12.0	14.0	3.25	1485	-32.2
54	Billing, Kerstin	1710	GER	+39B	−5N	−15B	−45N	=55B	1.5	12.0	13.5	3.25	1511	-26.8
55	Weirich, Ralf	1582	GER	−21N	+61B	−12N	−47B	=54N	1.5	10.0	11.0	1.75	1535	-6.2
56	Siepen, Ralf	1719	GER	=63B	+37N	−7N	−35B	F	1.5	9.0	9.0	2.75	1532	-14.4
57	Wittig, Juergen	1497	GER	=17N	=31B	−19N	−20B	−49N	1.0	11.5	13.5	2.75	1373	-30.0
58	Simmon, Norbert	1606	GER	+38B	−4N	F	−33B	−48N	1.0	11.5	13.5	2.50	1487	-12.0
59	Lieder, Thomas	1652	GER	=34B	=15N	−38B	−39N	−50B	1.0	11.0	13.0	3.00	1424	-56.8
60	Maly, Wolfgang	1698	GER	−5B	−38N	−49B	+62N	−44B	1.0	10.5	11.5	1.00	1415	-35.6
61	Kindermann, Justus	1641	GER	−1B	−55N	F	+49N	F	1.0	8.0	8.0	2.00	1481	-25.6
62	Reif, Fabian	1727	GER	−26B	−45N	−39B	−60B	+65N	1.0	8.0	8.0	0.00	1443	-72.0
63	Kollmer, Karla	1497	GER	=56N	−13B	−35N	−48B	−52N	0.5	9.5	11.0	0.75	1348	-23.6
64	Schimming, Juergen	1514	GER	−33N	=35B	F	F	F	0.5	6.0	6.0	1.25	950	-8.0
65	Bahr, Jan-Hendrik	1669	GER	−51B	−29N	−40B	−50N	−62B	0.0	8.5	9.5	0.00	808	-116.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Pickl, AlexanderGER
+77.6
4.0 pts · #2
2Rabus, JohannGER
+73.2
4.0 pts · #3
3Wittenberger, HenriGER
+65.6
3.5 pts · #15

Top rating losers

1Bahr, Jan-HendrikGER
-116.0
0.0 pts · #65
2Reif, FabianGER
-72.0
1.0 pts · #60
3Lieder, ThomasGER
-56.8
1.0 pts · #59

Biggest upsets

R3+204 Elo gap
Kollmer, Otto1494 beat Maly, Wolfgang1698
R3+178 Elo gap
Bruns, Hans-Heiko1572 beat von Kraft, Lukas1750
R3+177 Elo gap
Wittenberger, Henri1542 beat Siepen, Ralf1719