Deutsche Schach-Amateurmeisterschaft 2025-2026 Q5 C

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116 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 06 Mar 2026 to 08 Mar 2026 in Hannover, Germany. 5 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1919, and top seed was Benjamin Luft (🇩🇪 GER, 1935).

Jonas Wohlfahrt (🇩🇪 GER, 1881) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Mathias Haensel (4.0) and Friedrich Hamann (4.0). Wohlfahrt broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Benedikt von Knobloch (1778) beat Alexander Nicolai Nolte (1918), a +140-point gap.

Location

🇩🇪Hannover, Germany

Dates

06 Mar 2026 → 08 Mar 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

🇩🇪Benjamin Luft1935

Avg top 10

1,919

Participants

116

Federations · 5 represented

🇩🇪Germany×111

🇧🇷Brazil×1

🇵🇱Poland×1

🇭🇷Croatia×1

🇮🇳India×1

Top 3

🥇
Jonas Wohlfahrt
🇩🇪GER·1881
5.0pts·2650perf+91.2
🥈
Mathias Haensel
🇩🇪GER·1868
4.0pts·2106perf+29.8
🥉
Friedrich Hamann
🇩🇪GER·1853
4.0pts·2118perf+66.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Jonas Wohlfahrt led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Wohlfahrt5Ulrich4Brecker4Schmidt4Vogt4Haensel4

R5–R5 · LEAD HELD

Jonas Wohlfahrt never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Jonas Wohlfahrt 5 wins (R1–R5)Andreas Ulrich 3 wins (R3–R5)Hans-Joerg Brecker 4 wins (R2–R5)

R3 · LATE SURGE

Andreas Ulrich was #16 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	Wohlfahrt, Jonas	1881	GER	+90B	+104N	+45B	+4B	+2N	5.0	12.0	13.0	13.00	2650	+91.2
2	Haensel, Mathias	1868	GER	+92B	+32N	+49B	+36N	−1B	4.0	13.5	15.0	10.00	2106	+29.8
3	Hamann, Friedrich	1853	GER	+39B	=12B	=13N	+51N	+27B	4.0	13.0	15.5	12.00	2118	+66.8
4	Kozik, Andreas	1844	GER	+111N	+31B	+71B	−1N	+28N	4.0	13.0	14.0	9.00	2073	+28.4
5	Albert, Gerhard	1887	GER	+77B	+30N	=27B	=17N	+38B	4.0	12.5	14.5	11.25	2207	+28.2
6	Vogt, Luna	1800	GER	=74N	+48B	+50N	=26B	+33N	4.0	11.0	13.0	10.50	2079	+70.4
7	Grochulla, Alexander	1880	GER	+78N	=46B	=24N	+70B	+26N	4.0	10.5	12.5	9.75	2080	+24.4
8	Schmidt, Thilo	1857	GER	=48N	+93B	=70N	+46B	+20N	4.0	10.5	12.0	9.75	2062	+25.2
9	Brecker, Hans-Joerg	1916	GER	−47N	+64B	+95N	+72B	+24N	4.0	10.0	11.5	9.00	2069	+18.2
10	Ulrich, Andreas	1908	GER	+98B	−45N	+104B	+71N	+25B	4.0	9.0	10.0	7.50	2069	+19.2
11	Pass, Marlon	1845	GER	=21B	+106N	+15N	=28B	=12N	3.5	13.5	14.5	9.50	2006	+21.6
12	Buente, Kirsten	1849	GER	+87B	=3N	+54B	=25N	=11B	3.5	13.0	15.0	9.75	1999	+20.0
13	Rausch, Darius	1879	GER	+108B	=25N	=3B	+52N	=18B	3.5	13.0	14.0	8.75	1946	+6.6
14	Lievenbruck, Matthias	1804	GER	=65B	+88N	+16B	=27N	=32B	3.5	12.0	14.0	9.75	1984	+48.4
15	Krueger, Dirk	1883	GER	=81B	+23N	−11B	+59B	+58N	3.5	12.0	14.0	9.50	1979	+13.0
16	Popkiewicz, Adam	1850	GER	=34N	+37B	−14N	+101B	+47N	3.5	12.0	13.5	8.50	1976	+34.8
17	Schwarze, Torsten	0	GER	+101N	=50B	=46N	=5B	+45B	3.5	11.5	13.0	8.50	1885	0.0
18	Staehrfeldt, Philipp	1874	GER	−31N	+63B	+93N	+61B	=13N	3.5	11.5	13.0	8.25	1947	+10.0
19	Schulze, Robert	1756	GER	−24N	+67B	+99N	=22B	+54N	3.5	11.5	13.0	8.25	1979	+30.0
20	Drews, Nicolas	1875	GER	+100B	=47N	+73B	+29N	−8B	3.5	11.5	13.0	7.75	2007	+17.4
21	Schlierf, Heiko	1860	GER	=11N	=53B	=91N	+62B	+55N	3.5	11.0	12.5	8.75	2003	+19.2
22	Enneking, Hermann	1865	GER	+96B	−49N	+79B	=19N	+56B	3.5	10.5	12.0	7.75	1936	+9.2
23	Oberling, Mario	1882	GER	=80N	−15B	+105N	+76B	+57N	3.5	10.0	11.0	6.50	2027	+19.4
24	Leppert, Stefan	1838	GER	+19B	=51N	=7B	+41N	−9B	3.0	14.5	17.0	9.75	1945	+14.8
25	Baechler, Andreas	1831	GER	+99N	=13B	+76N	=12B	−10N	3.0	13.0	14.5	7.00	1939	+15.2
26	Barsov, Mikhail	1816	GER	+109B	=35N	+83B	=6N	−7B	3.0	13.0	14.0	6.50	1892	+21.2
27	Poelig, Juergen	1863	GER	+94N	+107B	=5N	=14B	−3N	3.0	13.0	14.0	6.25	1886	+3.2
28	Miowitz, Torsten	1884	GER	+115B	+52N	=29B	=11N	−4B	3.0	13.0	13.0	5.75	1846	-4.2
29	Frisch, Thomas	1852	GER	+43N	+57B	=28N	−20B	=36B	3.0	12.5	15.0	8.50	1963	+15.2
30	Adamovic, Milan	1853	GER	+58N	−5B	=34N	=37B	+72N	3.0	12.5	14.5	7.50	1905	+14.8
31	Konradt, Michael	1793	GER	+18B	−4N	−38B	+104N	+75B	3.0	12.5	13.5	6.50	1927	+18.4
32	Henkemeier, Michael	1887	GER	+85N	−2B	=101N	+53B	=14N	3.0	12.0	13.5	7.00	1898	+1.6
33	Friedrich, Karl	1874	GER	=112B	+56N	=35B	+49N	−6B	3.0	12.0	12.5	6.75	1904	+4.2
34	von Knobloch, Benedikt	1778	GER	=16B	=40N	=30B	=75N	+84B	3.0	11.5	13.5	7.75	1938	+21.8
35	Grabenhorst, Joerg	1844	GER	+86N	=26B	=33N	=55B	=40B	3.0	11.5	13.5	7.75	1912	+9.4
36	Amrhein, Thorsten	1931	GER	+89B	=54N	+75B	−2B	=29N	3.0	11.5	13.5	6.75	1933	+0.2
37	Dorweiler, Roger Paul	1889	BRA	=41B	−16N	+92B	=30N	+77B	3.0	11.5	13.0	6.50	1950	+8.6
38	Siemes, Robert	1860	GER	−107N	+94B	+31N	+60B	−5N	3.0	11.0	12.0	7.00	1878	+2.8
39	Kraeuter, Paavo Alexander	1911	GER	−3N	+105B	=53N	=48B	+74N	3.0	11.0	12.0	5.50	1887	-3.0
40	Fattori Dittmar, Luca	1845	GER	=72N	=34B	+82N	=47B	=35N	3.0	10.5	12.5	7.25	1876	+8.4
41	Engelhaupt, Henry	1921	GER	=37N	+74B	=60N	−24B	+78N	3.0	10.5	12.5	6.75	1919	+0.4
42	Nrecaj, Albert	1784	GER	−46N	+78B	=62N	=50B	+70N	3.0	9.5	11.5	6.50	1928	+39.6
43	Matos Silva, Pedro	1852	GER	−29B	=90N	=97B	+95N	+73B	3.0	8.0	9.5	5.00	1910	+8.0
44	Wolff, Michael	1894	GER	−104B	=97N	+87B	=73N	+71B	3.0	7.5	8.5	5.75	1903	+1.2
45	Pern, Jannik	1824	GER	+116B	+10B	−1N	=57B	−17N	2.5	15.0	15.0	5.25	2004	+38.4
46	Zussner, Tim	1806	GER	+42B	=7N	=17B	−8N	=49B	2.5	14.5	17.0	8.00	1822	+3.6
47	Unruh, Iven	1826	GER	+9B	=20B	=55N	=40N	−16B	2.5	14.0	16.5	8.50	1865	+10.8
48	Ziska, Stephan	1829	GER	=8B	−6N	+100B	=39N	=51B	2.5	13.5	15.0	6.25	1876	+6.4
49	Wahono, Richard	1766	GER	+113B	+22B	−2N	−33B	=46N	2.5	13.0	13.5	5.25	1862	+13.2
50	Schmidt, Thomas	1872	GER	+114B	=17N	−6B	=42N	=64B	2.5	13.0	13.0	4.50	1816	-12.4
51	Bleicher, Eiko	1889	GER	+67N	=24B	=72N	−3B	=48N	2.5	12.0	14.0	6.25	1825	-8.8
52	Helms, Sven	1844	GER	+59N	−28B	+80N	−13B	=61N	2.5	11.5	13.5	5.75	1867	+3.2
53	Rose, Torsten	1821	GER	=79B	=21N	=39B	−32N	+94B	2.5	11.5	13.0	5.75	1845	+3.2
54	Becker, Ronald	1858	GER	+110B	=36B	−12N	+102N	−19B	2.5	11.5	12.5	4.00	1811	-12.8
55	Finke, Stephan	1842	GER	=56B	+112N	=47B	=35N	−21B	2.5	11.5	12.0	4.50	1856	+2.0
56	Ringeltaube, Denny	1836	GER	=55N	−33B	+86N	+91B	−22N	2.5	11.0	12.5	4.75	1861	+3.4
57	Roeder, Phillip	1911	GER	+95B	−29N	+81B	=45N	−23B	2.5	11.0	12.5	4.75	1849	-8.4
58	Marzik, Arne	1809	GER	−30B	=84N	+113B	+68N	−15B	2.5	11.0	11.5	4.00	1881	+9.8
59	Boscher, Hans	1748	GER	−52B	+115N	+66B	−15N	=69B	2.5	11.0	11.0	3.75	1745	-1.0
60	Manthey, Andre	1823	GER	+66B	=75N	=41B	−38N	=76B	2.5	10.5	12.5	6.00	1883	+16.4
61	Kettner-Nikolaus, Frank	1905	GER	−73B	+108N	+65B	−18N	=52B	2.5	10.5	11.5	4.75	1760	-16.2
62	Niemann, Silvio	1862	GER	=106B	=79N	=42B	−21N	+97B	2.5	10.0	11.0	4.50	1809	-7.4
63	Schmidt, Jossip	1674	GER	−75B	−18N	+108B	+88N	=66B	2.5	10.0	11.0	4.25	1748	+13.6
64	Diem, Tom Ole	1855	GER	−91N	−9N	+114B	+80B	=50N	2.5	10.0	10.0	3.25	1886	+8.4
65	Gehrke, Mathias	1839	GER	=14N	=82B	−61N	=94B	+96N	2.5	9.5	11.0	5.00	1808	-4.4
66	Schmidt, Peter	1859	GER	−60N	+109B	−59N	+85B	=63N	2.5	9.5	10.5	4.25	1764	-12.8
67	Altenbernd, Dirk	1800	GER	−51B	−19N	=109N	+106B	+91N	2.5	8.5	9.5	3.00	1826	+3.4
68	Sayas Payyappat	1851	IND	=82N	−72B	+98N	−58B	+90N	2.5	8.0	9.5	4.00	1818	-9.6
69	Hinkel, Lukas	1740	GER	−83N	=96B	=111N	+107B	=59N	2.5	7.0	8.0	3.50	1773	+4.6
70	Terhorst, Michael	1860	GER	+102B	=83N	=8B	−7N	−42B	2.0	13.0	14.5	4.50	1744	-31.6
71	Gruebnau, Joshua	1828	GER	+84B	+91B	−4N	−10B	−44N	2.0	13.0	14.5	3.50	1821	-0.8
72	Hamann, Martin	1801	GER	=40B	+68N	=51B	−9N	−30B	2.0	12.5	15.0	5.25	1799	-0.6
73	Schramm, Daniel	1831	GER	+61N	=76B	−20N	=44B	−43N	2.0	12.0	14.0	5.00	1816	-2.2
74	Salim, Florian	1802	GER	=6B	−41N	+112B	=84N	−39B	2.0	12.0	12.5	3.50	1820	+4.8
75	Aden, Dagmar	1866	GER	+63N	=60B	−36N	=34B	−31N	2.0	11.5	14.0	5.25	1728	-18.8
76	Fischer, Frank	1911	GER	+97B	=73N	−25B	−23N	=60N	2.0	11.0	12.5	3.75	1762	-41.2
77	Sadewasser, Tom	1907	GER	−5N	=98B	=85N	+83B	−37N	2.0	11.0	12.5	3.75	1770	-19.2
78	Zimpel, Norbert	1882	GER	−7B	−42N	+106B	+110N	−41B	2.0	11.0	12.0	2.00	1759	-16.8
79	Brixius, Dirk	1791	GER	=53N	=62B	−22N	=92B	=86N	2.0	10.5	12.0	4.25	1775	-2.2
80	Lammers, Frank, Prof. Dr.	1917	GER	=23B	=81N	−52B	−64N	+93N	2.0	10.5	12.0	4.25	1765	-20.8
81	Martetschlaeger, Hubert	1866	GER	=15N	=80B	−57N	=96B	=83N	2.0	10.0	11.5	4.50	1788	-11.0
82	Papadopoulos, Kyriakos	1768	GER	=68B	=65N	−40B	=103N	=89B	2.0	10.0	11.5	4.25	1773	+2.0
83	Ali, Maha	1803	GER	+69B	=70B	−26N	−77N	=81B	2.0	9.5	11.5	4.50	1766	-10.4
84	Nolte, Alexander Nicolai	1918	GER	−71N	=58B	+90N	=74B	−34N	2.0	9.5	11.0	3.75	1747	-23.6
85	Mende, Lukas	1800	GER	−32B	=92N	=77B	−66N	+110B	2.0	9.0	10.0	2.75	1784	-4.4
86	Alvanos, Athanasios, Dr.	1824	GER	−35B	=100N	−56B	+112N	=79B	2.0	9.0	9.5	2.25	1789	-5.0
87	Domroese, Michael	1861	GER	−12N	=99B	−44N	=105B	+114N	2.0	9.0	9.0	1.25	1753	-15.0
88	Schelp, Adrian	1740	GER	=105N	−14B	=96N	−63B	+107N	2.0	8.5	9.5	2.25	1683	-15.6
89	Weber, Holger	1860	GER	−36N	=110B	−102N	+100B	=82N	2.0	8.0	9.0	3.00	1755	-28.8
90	Papenfuss, Kai	1880	GER	−1N	=43B	−84B	+113N	−68B	1.5	12.5	13.0	2.00	1731	-20.0
91	Schuermann, Ralf	1901	GER	+64B	−71N	=21B	−56N	−67B	1.5	11.0	13.0	4.25	1686	-29.0
92	Schubert, Matthias	1864	GER	−2N	=85B	−37N	=79N	=98B	1.5	11.0	12.5	2.75	1687	-24.0
93	Kruspe, Hagen	1739	GER	+103B	−8N	−18B	=97N	−80B	1.5	11.0	12.5	2.25	1707	-4.4
94	Hinkel, Fabian	1778	GER	−27B	−38N	+115B	=65N	−53N	1.5	11.0	11.0	1.25	1524	-22.6
95	Subenko, Alexander	1818	GER	−57N	+116N	−9B	−43B	=99N	1.5	11.0	11.0	0.75	1731	-24.0
96	Niederdorfer, Mathias	1784	GER	−22N	=69N	=88B	=81N	−65B	1.5	10.5	12.5	3.25	1661	-16.4
97	Thuerauf, Peter	1804	GER	−76N	=44B	=43N	=93B	−62N	1.5	10.5	12.0	3.75	1703	-13.4
98	Placke, Jens	1830	GER	−10N	=77N	−68B	=99B	=92N	1.5	10.0	11.5	2.50	1715	-30.4
99	Amrhein, Dennis	1788	GER	−25B	=87N	−19B	=98N	=95B	1.5	10.0	11.5	2.50	1671	-15.4
100	Renzelmann, Jannis	1922	GER	−20N	=86B	−48N	−89N	+113B	1.5	10.0	10.5	1.50	1708	-57.6
101	Huth, Jarik	1834	GER	−17B	+114N	=32B	−16N	F	1.5	10.0	10.0	1.50	1852	+1.2
102	Rehbein, Vitus	1754	GER	−70N	=103N	+89B	−54B	F	1.5	8.0	8.0	2.75	1765	+0.4
103	Urban, Michael	1830	GER	−93N	=102B	=110N	=82B	F	1.5	6.0	6.0	2.25	1668	-18.2
104	Boldt, Timo	1833	GER	+44N	−1B	−10N	−31B	F	1.0	15.0	16.0	3.00	1676	-15.8
105	Danisch, Garvin, Dr.	1765	GER	=88B	−39N	−23B	=87N	F	1.0	10.5	11.5	2.00	1656	-11.2
106	Wirries, Frank-Michael, Dr.	1808	GER	=62N	−11B	−78N	−67N	=108B	1.0	10.5	11.5	1.75	1526	-25.6
107	Opasiak, Dustin Tennessee	1746	POL	+38B	−27N	F	−69N	−88B	1.0	10.5	10.5	3.00	1608	-14.2
108	Woehler, Kai	0	GER	−13N	−61B	−63N	=109B	=106N	1.0	9.5	10.5	1.00	1568	0.0
109	Klausmeier, Achim	1772	GER	−26N	−66N	=67B	=108N	F	1.0	9.0	9.0	1.75	1552	-15.6
110	Schwarz, Hans	1761	GER	−54N	=89N	=103B	−78B	−85N	1.0	8.5	10.0	1.75	1606	-18.4
111	Zarriess, Benjamin	1783	GER	−4B	=113N	=69B	F	F	1.0	7.0	7.0	1.50	1702	-6.2
112	Zucker, Stefan	1912	GER	=33N	−55B	−74N	−86B	F	0.5	9.5	9.5	1.50	1514	-38.4
113	Klinke, Roland, Dr.	1897	GER	−49N	=111B	−58N	−90B	−100N	0.5	8.0	9.0	0.50	1466	-49.2
114	Stanisic, Lukas	1826	CRO	−50N	−101B	−64N	F	−87B	0.0	8.5	8.5	0.00	1056	-72.8
115	FIDE 533078564	0	—	−28N	−59B	−94N	F	F	0.0	7.0	7.0	0.00	1003	0.0
116	Luft, Benjamin	1935	GER	−45N	−95B	F	F	F	0.0	4.0	4.0	0.00	1023	-52.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Wohlfahrt, JonasGER
+91.2
5.0 pts · #1
2Vogt, LunaGER
+70.4
4.0 pts · #5
3Hamann, FriedrichGER
+66.8
4.0 pts · #8

Top rating losers

1Stanisic, LukasCRO
-72.8
0.0 pts · #115
2Renzelmann, JannisGER
-57.6
1.5 pts · #94
3Luft, BenjaminGER
-52.4
0.0 pts · #114

Biggest upsets

R5+140 Elo gap
von Knobloch, Benedikt1778 beat Nolte, Alexander Nicolai1918
R1+131 Elo gap
Wahono, Richard1766 beat Klinke, Roland, Dr.1897
R2+117 Elo gap
Subenko, Alexander1818 beat Luft, Benjamin1935