Deutsche Schach-Amateurmeisterschaft 2025-2026 Q7 C

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120 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 01 May 2026 to 03 May 2026 in Magdeburg, Germany. 1 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1942, and top seed was Wolfgang Stadler (🇩🇪 GER, 1997).

Manuel Seitz (🇩🇪 GER, 1904) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Jan Ullrich (4.5) and Erdem Han (4.5). Seitz won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Lukas Stanisic (1685) beat Steven Grigoleit (1917), a +232-point gap.

Location

🇩🇪Magdeburg, Germany

Dates

01 May 2026 → 03 May 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 Stadler1997

Avg top 10

1,942

Participants

120

Titled players · 1

WFM×1

Federations · 3 represented

🇩🇪Germany×118

🇭🇷Croatia×1

🇨🇭Switzerland×1

Top 3

🥇
Manuel Seitz
🇩🇪GER·1904
4.5pts·2202perf+30.8
🥈
Jan Ullrich
🇩🇪GER·1845
4.5pts·2220perf+41.4
🥉
Erdem Han
🇩🇪GER·1789
4.5pts·2189perf+89.2

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 11 co-leaders at R4 to 4 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Seitz4.5Ullrich4.5Roeder4.5Han4.5Juergens4Leppert4

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

4 players finish on 4.5/5. Seitz takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (13.5).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Manuel Seitz 4 wins (R2–R5)Phillip Roeder 4 wins (R2–R5)

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Seitz, Manuel	1904	GER	=61N	+19B	+35N	+18B	+16N	4.5	13.5	16.0	14.75	2202	+30.8
2	Ullrich, Jan	1845	GER	+109N	+28B	=25N	+26B	+27N	4.5	12.0	13.0	11.50	2220	+41.4
3	Han, Erdem	1789	GER	=72N	+53B	+60N	+50B	+11N	4.5	11.0	13.0	12.00	2189	+89.2
4	Roeder, Phillip	1903	GER	=55N	+100B	+98N	+12B	+10N	4.5	11.0	12.5	11.25	2226	+34.0
5	Guenther, Arthur	1915	GER	+37N	+56B	+27N	=11B	=9N	4.0	13.5	16.0	12.25	2098	+22.4
6	Bleicher, Eiko	1884	GER	=36N	+106B	+40N	+13B	=8N	4.0	13.5	15.0	11.50	2109	+28.0
7	Leppert, Stefan	1853	GER	+20N	+51B	=13N	=45B	+43N	4.0	13.0	15.5	12.25	2106	+31.8
8	Juergens, Florian	1916	GER	+29B	+75N	=57B	+14N	=6B	4.0	13.0	15.0	11.75	2103	+22.8
9	Wang, Enya Marie	1794	GER	=26N	+76B	+99B	+58N	=5B	4.0	11.5	13.0	9.50	2143	+89.6
10	Hamann, Friedrich	1920	GER	=16B	+47N	+30B	+57N	−4B	3.5	14.0	16.5	10.25	1977	+16.0
11	Schimmer, Michael	1772	GER	+79N	+48B	+34N	=5N	−3B	3.5	14.0	16.0	9.50	2032	+34.6
12	Czaeczine, Laura	1942	GER	+80B	=45N	+41B	−4N	+42B	3.5	13.5	15.5	9.50	1996	+14.0
13	Friedrich, Karl	1878	GER	+105N	+63B	=7B	−6N	+49B	3.5	13.0	14.5	8.50	1976	+13.2
14	Henkemeier, Michael	1889	GER	=24N	+66B	+59N	−8B	+55N	3.5	12.5	15.0	9.25	1970	+10.8
15	Palme, Holger	1926	GER	=53N	+72B	=21N	+37B	=20N	3.5	12.5	14.5	9.75	2017	+12.2
16	Finke, Stephan	1836	GER	=10N	+104B	+95B	+25N	−1B	3.5	12.5	14.0	7.75	2041	+27.6
17	Rudolph, Max	1801	GER	−31N	+89B	+56N	=21B	+51N	3.5	11.5	13.5	8.75	2032	+31.4
18	Frisch, Thomas	1897	GER	+70B	=49N	+73B	−1N	+52B	3.5	11.5	13.5	7.75	1966	+9.4
19	Weickelt, Daniel	1830	GER	=54B	−1N	+110B	+73N	+62B	3.5	11.5	12.5	6.75	1972	+38.8
20	Jess, Arne	1860	GER	−7B	+119N	+69B	+68N	=15B	3.5	11.5	11.5	5.75	2030	+23.0
21	Grabenhorst, Joerg	1881	GER	+119B	=96N	=15B	=17N	+59B	3.5	11.0	11.0	6.75	1975	+12.4
22	Fast, Samuel	1823	GER	−95B	=32N	+65N	+54B	+48N	3.5	10.5	12.0	9.00	2000	+24.0
23	Hamann, Martin	1802	GER	−48N	+79B	=39N	+76B	+50N	3.5	10.0	12.0	8.00	2045	+32.8
24	Stiehler, Mara	1783	GER	=14B	−68N	+101B	+95N	+57B	3.5	9.5	11.0	7.25	2069	+76.4
25	Luetzenkirchen, Niklas	1808	GER	+107B	+64N	=2B	−16B	=40N	3.0	13.5	15.0	7.75	1899	+25.2
26	Gruening, Thomas	1882	GER	=9B	+110N	+71B	−2N	=29B	3.0	13.5	14.5	6.50	1890	+1.2
27	Grahn, Juergen	1886	GER	+92N	+111B	−5B	+46N	−2B	3.0	13.5	14.5	6.00	1897	+3.2
28	Kemeny, Matthias	1956	GER	+44B	−2N	−29B	+80N	+74B	3.0	12.5	14.5	7.00	1894	-8.0
29	Tedesco, Gennaro	1852	GER	−8N	+115B	+28N	=48B	=26N	3.0	12.5	13.5	6.75	1953	+14.0
30	Schmidt, Jossip	1688	GER	+65N	=33B	−10N	+63B	=31N	3.0	12.0	14.5	8.00	1957	+70.8
31	Becker, Markus	1870	GER	+17B	=71N	=49B	=52N	=30B	3.0	11.5	13.5	8.50	1854	-4.0
32	Madel, Luca	1757	GER	−51N	=22B	+53N	+83B	=38N	3.0	11.5	13.5	7.75	1911	+42.4
33	Smid, Arend	1945	GER	+87B	=30N	=52B	=44N	=41B	3.0	11.5	13.5	7.75	1886	-7.2
34	Peilert, Maximilian	1932	GER	+42B	=35N	−11B	=74N	+88B	3.0	11.5	13.5	7.50	1917	-3.6
35	Noack, Mario	1886	GER	+112N	=34B	−1B	=70N	+71B	3.0	11.5	12.5	5.50	1885	+0.4
36	Maiwald, Adrian	1852	GER	=6B	+77N	=68B	−42N	+86B	3.0	11.0	13.0	7.00	1938	+24.0
37	Toepper, Olaf, Dr.	1941	GER	−5B	+117N	+97B	−15N	+77B	3.0	11.0	12.0	4.50	1937	-0.2
38	Domroese, Michael	1846	GER	=103B	=62N	+64B	=49N	=32B	3.0	10.5	12.0	7.25	1816	-3.8
39	Weil, Michael	1906	GER	=52B	=102N	=23B	+100N	=44B	3.0	10.5	12.0	6.75	1899	-0.8
40	Staudinger, Simon	1856	GER	+93B	=95N	−6B	+96N	=25B	3.0	10.5	12.0	5.75	1853	-0.6
41	Rose, Torsten	1828	GER	=58N	+114B	−12N	+98B	=33N	3.0	10.5	11.5	5.25	1969	+19.6
42	Werner, Rene	1885	GER	−34N	+112B	+111N	+36B	−12N	3.0	10.5	11.5	5.00	1915	+4.4
43	Ollhoff, Hannes	1857	GER	=69B	=97N	+84B	+86N	−7B	3.0	10.0	11.5	5.75	1921	+17.6
44	Wahono, Richard	1816	GER	−28N	+109B	+120N	=33B	=39N	3.0	10.0	10.0	4.00	1928	+15.4
45	Boettcher, Frank, Dr.	1850	GER	+118N	=12B	+96B	=7N	F	3.0	9.5	9.5	5.75	2032	+18.8
46	Blanquett, Jan	1810	GER	=97B	=69N	+78B	−27B	+84N	3.0	9.0	10.5	5.75	1941	+18.0
47	Unruh, Iven	1822	GER	=104N	−10B	=82N	+113B	+78B	3.0	9.0	10.0	4.75	1977	+42.4
48	Poelig, Juergen	1863	GER	+23B	−11N	+102B	=29N	−22B	2.5	13.5	15.0	6.50	1814	-6.8
49	Schlag, Daniel	1776	GER	+67N	=18B	=31N	=38B	−13N	2.5	13.0	15.5	7.25	1880	+28.4
50	Kostowski, Ireneus, Dr.	1886	GER	=59N	+91B	+54B	−3N	−23B	2.5	13.0	15.0	5.75	1804	-11.4
51	Kerstan, Andre	1885	GER	+32B	−7N	+103B	=62N	−17B	2.5	13.0	14.5	5.75	1768	-15.6
52	Schilling, Rene	1849	GER	=39N	+82B	=33N	=31B	−18N	2.5	12.5	14.5	6.50	1910	+8.6
53	Rogner, Fabio	1785	GER	=15B	−3N	−32B	+101N	+97B	2.5	12.5	14.0	4.75	1871	+11.4
54	Lotzmanov, Peter	1879	GER	=19N	+61B	−50N	−22N	+70B	2.5	12.0	14.0	6.25	1796	-11.2
55	Moster, Manuel	1837	GER	=4B	=78N	=75B	+99N	−14B	2.5	12.0	13.5	5.75	1868	+4.2
56	Middendorf, Sven-Jonas	1895	GER	+81B	−5N	−17B	+105N	=64B	2.5	12.0	13.5	4.75	1804	-24.8
57	Bruechner, Soeren	1891	GER	+116N	+120B	=8N	−10B	−24N	2.5	12.0	12.0	3.00	1825	-18.0
58	Jakob, Steffen	1927	GER	=41B	=74N	+80B	−9B	=60N	2.5	11.5	13.5	5.75	1803	-16.6
59	Gebhardt, Christine	1778	GER	=50B	+101N	−14B	+75N	−21N	2.5	11.5	13.0	4.75	1891	+15.0
60	Teymurov, Samir	1799	GER	=73B	+85N	−3B	=71N	=58B	2.5	11.0	13.0	5.25	1827	+4.0
61	Griebling, Florian	1733	GER	=1B	−54N	=81B	=85N	+96B	2.5	11.0	12.5	5.75	1827	+25.6
62	Stanisic, Lukas	1685	CRO	=83N	=38B	+114N	=51B	−19N	2.5	11.0	12.0	4.75	1867	+47.2
63	Leonhardt, Max	1851	GER	+88B	−13N	=74B	−30N	+106B	2.5	10.5	12.0	4.50	1819	-8.4
64	von Flottwell, Lionel	1757	GER	+113N	−25B	−38N	+89B	=56N	2.5	10.5	11.5	4.25	1866	+29.6
65	Schubert, Matthias	1840	GER	−30B	=87N	−22B	+110N	+102B	2.5	10.0	11.0	3.50	1803	-4.8
66	Roehr, Susanne	1789	GER	=68B	−14N	=77B	=97N	+99B	2.5	9.0	10.5	4.25	1882	+12.8
67	Goeldenboog, Juergen	1911	GER	−49B	−70N	+109B	=81N	+103B	2.5	8.0	9.0	3.50	1749	-21.4
68	Mock, Markus, Prof.	1908	GER	=66N	+24B	=36N	−20B	F	2.0	12.5	12.5	6.25	1821	-9.6
69	Kozik, Andreas	1893	GER	=43N	=46B	−20N	=90B	=72N	2.0	11.5	13.5	5.00	1778	-16.0
70	Zielke, Mika	1710	GER	−18N	+67B	=83N	=35B	−54N	2.0	11.5	13.5	5.00	1814	+26.0
71	Winter, AstridWFM	1798	GER	+89N	=31B	−26N	=60B	−35N	2.0	11.5	13.5	4.75	1792	-0.8
72	Zimpel, Norbert	1873	GER	=3B	−15N	=105B	=103N	=69B	2.0	11.5	13.0	4.75	1753	-16.8
73	Thierauch, Jakob	1848	GER	=60N	+108B	−18N	−19B	=76N	2.0	11.5	13.0	3.75	1787	-17.2
74	Bascheck, Ralf	1829	GER	=114N	=58B	=63N	=34B	−28N	2.0	11.0	12.0	4.50	1845	+1.8
75	Krieg, Robert	1801	GER	+115N	−8B	=55N	−59B	=90N	2.0	11.0	12.0	3.25	1762	-5.4
76	Lobe, Sandra, Dr.	1911	GER	=110B	−9N	+107B	−23N	=73B	2.0	11.0	12.0	3.00	1744	-23.0
77	Roeser, Axel	1853	GER	=106N	−36B	=66N	+92B	−37N	2.0	10.5	12.0	4.00	1771	-11.4
78	Burchardi, Helena	1868	GER	=100N	=55B	−46N	+91B	−47N	2.0	10.5	12.0	4.00	1746	-33.6
79	Albert, Gerhard	1914	GER	−11B	−23N	+112B	=102N	=81B	2.0	10.5	11.5	2.75	1706	-28.0
80	Ondrouschek, Hendrik	1767	SUI	−12N	+118B	−58N	−28B	+116N	2.0	10.0	10.5	1.50	1799	+7.2
81	Brixius, Dirk	1777	GER	−56N	=94B	=61N	=67B	=79N	2.0	9.5	11.5	4.50	1794	+2.0
82	Bergmann, Rafael Antonio	1933	GER	=102B	−52N	=47B	F	+94N	2.0	9.5	11.0	4.25	1843	-20.0
83	Enneking, Hermann	1857	GER	=62B	=103N	=70B	−32N	=85B	2.0	9.5	11.0	4.00	1662	-26.8
84	Raub, Jerome	1815	GER	−98N	+92B	−43N	+116B	−46B	2.0	9.5	10.5	3.00	1723	-25.6
85	Schirmag, Wolfgang	1775	GER	=108N	−60B	=94N	=61B	=83N	2.0	9.0	10.5	4.00	1753	-3.4
86	Schwarz, Matthias	1802	GER	−111N	+116B	+90N	−43B	−36N	2.0	9.0	10.0	3.00	1748	-7.4
87	Tornow, Michael	1887	GER	−33N	=65B	=104N	F	+115B	2.0	9.0	10.0	3.00	1871	-2.0
88	Espig, Nils	1855	GER	−63N	=105B	=91N	+111B	−34N	2.0	9.0	10.0	2.75	1747	-30.0
89	Staehrfeldt, Philipp	1884	GER	−71B	−17N	+119B	−64N	+112B	2.0	9.0	9.0	1.00	1708	-24.0
90	Drescher, Werner	1851	GER	−99B	+93N	−86B	=69N	=75B	2.0	8.0	9.5	4.00	1651	-20.8
91	Stiehler, Daniel	1770	GER	=101B	−50N	=88B	−78N	+113N	2.0	8.0	9.0	2.75	1829	+14.8
92	Ju, Eric Zirui	1786	GER	−27B	−84N	+115B	−77N	+120B	2.0	8.0	8.0	1.00	1743	-12.0
93	Krause, Gerd, Dr.	0	GER	−40N	−90B	−116N	+109N	+98B	2.0	7.5	8.5	2.50	1722	0.0
94	Kottke, Steffen	1879	GER	−96B	=81N	=85B	+120N	−82B	2.0	7.5	7.5	2.00	1732	-20.0
95	Dreis, Volker	1917	GER	+22N	=40B	−16N	−24B	F	1.5	13.5	13.5	5.00	1738	-20.0
96	Ay, Furkan	1801	GER	+94N	=21B	−45N	−40B	−61N	1.5	12.0	14.0	3.75	1691	-14.4
97	Radeke, Timothy	1884	GER	=46N	=43B	−37N	=66B	−53N	1.5	11.5	14.0	4.25	1687	-53.2
98	Labitzki, Marek	1753	GER	+84B	=99N	−4B	−41N	−93N	1.5	11.5	13.0	2.75	1769	+1.2
99	Siemes, Robert	1878	GER	+90N	=98B	−9N	−55B	−66N	1.5	11.0	12.5	2.75	1656	-30.2
100	Klinke, Roland, Dr.	1849	GER	=78B	−4N	+108N	−39B	F	1.5	11.0	11.0	2.50	1796	-6.0
101	Stadler, Wolfgang	1997	GER	=91N	−59B	−24N	−53B	+118N	1.5	10.5	11.0	1.50	1626	-48.2
102	Kriegler, Torsten	1820	GER	=82N	=39B	−48N	=79B	−65N	1.5	10.0	12.0	3.50	1742	-10.2
103	Donecker, Stefan	1743	GER	=38N	=83B	−51N	=72B	−67N	1.5	10.0	12.0	3.50	1725	-2.2
104	John, Alexander	1909	GER	=47B	−16N	=87B	=106N	F	1.5	10.0	11.5	3.25	1761	-33.6
105	Schillig, Sascha	1772	GER	−13B	=88N	=72N	−56B	=108N	1.5	10.0	11.5	2.75	1722	-6.4
106	Vieten, Mario	1845	GER	=77B	−6N	=113N	=104B	−63N	1.5	10.0	11.0	2.25	1730	-15.4
107	Manthey, Andre	1839	GER	−25N	=113B	−76N	+114B	F	1.5	7.5	8.5	1.50	1796	-5.0
108	Aden, Dagmar	1856	GER	=85B	−73N	−100B	=117N	=105B	1.5	7.0	8.0	2.25	1649	-28.0
109	Noennig, Lotte	1740	GER	−2B	−44N	−67N	−93B	+119N	1.0	12.0	12.0	0.00	1656	-16.4
110	Diehl, Stefan	1799	GER	=76N	−26B	−19N	−65B	=114N	1.0	11.0	12.0	1.50	1636	-19.6
111	Niederdorfer, Mathias	1768	GER	+86B	−27N	−42B	−88N	F	1.0	10.0	11.0	2.00	1664	-10.2
112	Schwarz, Hans	1721	GER	−35B	−42N	−79N	+118B	−89N	1.0	10.0	10.5	0.50	1626	-10.8
113	Lammers, Frank, Prof. Dr.	1897	GER	−64B	=107N	=106B	−47N	−91B	1.0	9.0	10.5	1.50	1567	-42.2
114	Grigoleit, Steven	1917	GER	=74B	−41N	−62B	−107N	=110B	1.0	9.0	10.0	1.50	1556	-46.0
115	Schulze, Robert	1788	GER	−75B	−29N	−92N	+119B	−87N	1.0	9.0	9.0	0.00	1590	-24.0
116	Thuerauf, Peter	1770	GER	−57B	−86N	+93B	−84N	−80B	1.0	8.5	10.5	2.00	1019	-34.8
117	John, Linnea	1747	GER	F	−37B	=118N	=108B	F	1.0	6.0	6.0	1.00	1727	-3.2
118	Berndt, Christopher	1760	GER	−45B	−80N	=117B	−112N	−101B	0.5	7.5	8.5	0.50	1450	-65.6
119	Ali, Maha	1824	GER	−21N	−20B	−89N	−115N	−109B	0.0	10.0	11.0	0.00	1031	-98.4
120	Sommerfeld-Shoukry, Abraham	1735	GER	F	−57N	−44B	−94B	−92N	0.0	9.5	9.5	0.00	1043	-56.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Wang, Enya MarieGER
+89.6
4.0 pts · #9
2Han, ErdemGER
+89.2
4.5 pts · #4
3Stiehler, MaraGER
+76.4
3.5 pts · #15

Top rating losers

1Ali, MahaGER
-98.4
0.0 pts · #120
2Berndt, ChristopherGER
-65.6
0.5 pts · #117
3Sommerfeld-Shoukry, AbrahamGER
-56.8
0.0 pts · #119

Biggest upsets

R3+232 Elo gap
Stanisic, Lukas1685 beat Grigoleit, Steven1917
R2+219 Elo gap
Gebhardt, Christine1778 beat Stadler, Wolfgang1997
R3+214 Elo gap
Stiehler, Mara1783 beat Stadler, Wolfgang1997