Deutsche Schach-Amateurmeisterschaft 2025-2026 Q7 D

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113 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 01 May 2026 to 03 May 2026 in Magdeburg, Germany. Top 10 Elo average was 1868, and top seed was Vadym Ostapenko (🇩🇪 GER, 1910).

Mohammed Shah Hotaki (🇩🇪 GER, 1814) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Bruno Stopp (4.5) and Klaudia Ortlepp (4.5). Hotaki broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Leonhard Stolyar (1660) beat Erik Boettcher (1884), a +224-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

🇩🇪Vadym Ostapenko1910

Avg top 10

1,868

Participants

113

Federations · 1 represented

🇩🇪Germany×113

Top 3

🥇
Mohammed Shah Hotaki
🇩🇪GER·1814
5.0pts·2582perf+45.6
🥈
Bruno Stopp
🇩🇪GER·1712
4.5pts·2594perf+97.2
🥉
Klaudia Ortlepp
🇩🇪GER·1782
4.5pts·2172perf+43.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Mohammed Shah Hotaki led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Hotaki5Ortlepp4.5Stopp4.5Schulze4Gregory4Ottlik4

R5–R5 · LEAD HELD

Mohammed Shah Hotaki held the sole lead from R5 through R5 without losing it.

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Mohammed Shah Hotaki 5 wins (R1–R5)Klaudia Ortlepp 4 wins (R2–R5)

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Hotaki, Mohammed Shah	1814	GER	+31B	+61N	+75B	+34N	+4B	5.0	12.5	14.5	14.50	2582	+45.6
2	Stopp, Bruno	1712	GER	+49B	+76N	=10B	+26B	+19N	4.5	12.5	14.5	12.75	2594	+97.2
3	Ortlepp, Klaudia	1782	GER	=45B	+21N	+42B	+93N	+24N	4.5	12.0	13.5	12.25	2172	+43.2
4	Roessling, Laura Marie	1831	GER	+18N	+37B	+11N	+12B	−1N	4.0	15.5	18.5	13.50	2020	+46.0
5	Petersen, Malte	1846	GER	+62B	+78N	=27B	=10N	+29B	4.0	12.0	14.0	10.75	2103	+21.2
6	Schulze, Til	1730	GER	−38B	+81N	+31B	+78N	+27B	4.0	10.5	12.5	10.00	1984	+64.0
7	Bethge, Juergen	1822	GER	+60B	=94N	=47B	+76N	+28B	4.0	10.0	11.5	9.50	1966	+34.4
8	Gregory, Christopher	1874	GER	−40B	+95N	+89B	+44N	+15N	4.0	10.0	11.5	9.00	2010	+16.0
9	Ottlik, Marie	1753	GER	=91B	=89N	+57B	+75N	+26B	4.0	9.0	10.5	9.00	1991	+59.6
10	Lankowsky, Leon	0	GER	+32N	+51B	=2N	=5B	=12N	3.5	15.0	17.5	11.50	1783	0.0
11	Baechle, Mathilda	1755	GER	+58B	+88N	−4B	+36N	=16B	3.5	13.0	15.0	9.25	1940	+24.8
12	Morper, Justus	1752	GER	+95B	+40N	+33B	−4N	=10B	3.5	13.0	14.5	8.75	1951	+41.6
13	Luepke, Erik	1732	GER	+36B	=42N	=14N	+85B	=17N	3.5	12.5	14.5	9.75	1942	+56.4
14	Kraus, Johanna	1740	GER	+96B	=90N	=13B	+33N	=23N	3.5	11.5	13.0	8.75	1888	+20.0
15	Chbib, Nabil	1806	GER	+77B	+110N	=41B	+30N	−8B	3.5	11.5	11.5	6.25	1882	+10.4
16	Hannemann, Manfred	1774	GER	+53N	−39B	+80N	+72B	=11N	3.5	11.0	13.0	8.75	1837	+6.4
17	Grabowski, Petra	1806	GER	+81B	=38N	+94B	=27N	=13B	3.5	11.0	12.5	8.00	1916	+14.8
18	Gieraths, Tim	1810	GER	−4B	=77N	+99B	+46N	+43B	3.5	11.0	12.0	7.00	1890	+21.6
19	Ostapenko, Vadym	1910	GER	=92B	+99N	+46B	+41N	−2B	3.5	11.0	12.0	6.75	1822	-19.2
20	Stolyar, Leonhard	1660	GER	−43B	+58N	+79B	+52N	=30B	3.5	10.5	12.5	8.50	1949	+76.4
21	Rangosch, Alexander	1806	GER	=83N	−3B	+100B	+90N	+40B	3.5	10.5	11.5	6.00	1870	+16.8
22	Fritzsche, David	1790	GER	+63B	=46N	−38B	+77N	+39B	3.5	10.0	12.0	8.25	1865	+19.6
23	Eckelt, Rufus Thadeus	1758	GER	=89B	+91N	=44B	+47N	=14B	3.5	10.0	11.5	7.75	1902	+38.0
24	Duchstein, Anna	1726	GER	=102B	+92N	+90B	+38N	−3B	3.5	10.0	11.0	6.00	1861	+18.2
25	Stenzel, Michael	1730	GER	−90B	+96N	+48B	=39N	+41B	3.5	9.0	10.5	7.75	1858	+17.2
26	Stiehler, Klaus	1772	GER	+84B	+28N	+29B	−2N	−9N	3.0	14.5	16.5	8.00	1813	+5.6
27	Raghavan, Badrinarayanan, Dr.	1810	GER	+112B	+43N	=5N	=17B	−6N	3.0	14.0	14.0	6.25	1836	+4.0
28	Domnick, Michael	1768	GER	+111N	−26B	+32N	+50B	−7N	3.0	12.5	12.5	5.50	1796	+4.0
29	Rabe, Fabian	1745	GER	+56N	+80B	−26N	+54B	−5N	3.0	12.0	14.0	7.00	1768	+2.6
30	Grassnickel, Lutz, Dr.	1802	GER	=105N	+64B	+55N	−15B	=20N	3.0	12.0	13.0	7.25	1818	+2.6
31	Kellner, Rene	1700	GER	−1N	+106B	−6N	+109B	+85N	3.0	12.0	12.5	3.50	1834	+18.6
32	Wetterling, Manfred	1668	GER	−10B	+66N	−28B	+89N	+76B	3.0	11.0	12.5	6.00	1931	+27.8
33	Thirumal, Shravan	1739	GER	+109B	+79N	−12N	−14B	+82N	3.0	11.0	11.5	4.50	1818	+21.2
34	Gutschke, Karl Ulrich, Dr.	1775	GER	+48B	+103N	+39B	−1B	F	3.0	11.0	11.0	6.00	1925	+15.2
35	Schenk, Jonatan	1748	GER	−39N	+53B	=50N	=49B	+78N	3.0	10.0	12.0	7.00	1809	+8.4
36	Fruth, Matthias, Dr.	1757	GER	−13N	+104B	+101N	−11B	+75N	3.0	10.0	11.0	4.00	1827	+9.8
37	Becker, Roland	1768	GER	+100B	−4N	+110B	+45N	F	3.0	7.5	7.5	3.50	1946	+18.4
38	Bertram, Thomas	1720	GER	+6N	=17B	+22N	−24B	F	2.5	14.5	14.5	9.25	1858	+14.8
39	Assmus, Sven	1729	GER	+35B	+16N	−34N	=25B	−22N	2.5	13.5	16.5	8.25	1763	+4.6
40	Ferderer, Albert	1699	GER	+8N	−12B	=82N	+64B	−21N	2.5	13.5	15.5	7.50	1772	+10.0
41	Zivier, Ezra, Dr.	1678	GER	+74N	+85B	=15N	−19B	−25N	2.5	13.0	15.0	6.25	1818	+18.2
42	Zimmer, Lennard	1848	GER	+104N	=13B	−3N	=55B	=68N	2.5	13.0	14.0	5.25	1753	-26.0
43	Voigt, Dominik	1836	GER	+20N	−27B	=68N	+56B	−18N	2.5	12.5	15.0	7.25	1745	-12.4
44	Dehning-Busse, Karsten	1840	GER	+67N	=54B	=23N	−8B	=56N	2.5	12.5	15.0	6.75	1780	-8.2
45	Schmidt, David	1896	GER	=3N	+83B	=72N	−37B	=61N	2.5	12.5	14.5	6.75	1776	-16.4
46	Warns, Harald	1703	GER	+86N	=22B	−19N	−18B	+97N	2.5	12.5	14.0	5.25	1799	+12.8
47	Stoewe, Erik	1743	GER	=64N	+105B	=7N	−23B	=51N	2.5	12.5	13.5	5.50	1759	+4.4
48	Gottwald, Siegmar	1673	GER	−34N	+73B	−25N	=70N	+91B	2.5	11.5	13.0	5.25	1743	+9.8
49	Kamm, Karsten	1840	GER	−2N	=97B	+105N	=35N	=65B	2.5	11.5	12.5	4.50	1718	-32.0
50	Rasch, Wolfgang, Dr.	1714	GER	=59B	+71N	=35B	−28N	=52B	2.5	11.0	13.5	6.50	1786	+10.2
51	Schomann, Michael	1736	GER	+66B	−10N	=84B	=59N	=47B	2.5	11.0	13.0	6.00	1868	+14.2
52	Oortmann, Alexis Miles	1743	GER	+108N	=55B	=54N	−20B	=50N	2.5	11.0	12.0	4.75	1737	-0.8
53	Kruppa, Nils	1673	GER	−16B	−35N	+112B	+79N	=71B	2.5	11.0	11.0	3.25	1771	+12.8
54	Lehmann, Michael	1739	GER	+70B	=44N	=52B	−29N	=66B	2.5	10.5	13.0	6.25	1777	+5.4
55	Hintze, Lobosch	1786	GER	+65B	=52N	−30B	=42N	=59B	2.5	10.5	13.0	6.25	1807	+2.8
56	Bubic, Zoran	1716	GER	−29B	+69N	+65B	−43N	=44B	2.5	10.5	13.0	6.25	1787	+19.2
57	Bruehl, Katharina	1742	GER	−82N	+87B	−9N	+110B	=74N	2.5	10.5	10.5	3.25	1690	-14.0
58	Reinhardt, Tobias	1736	GER	−11N	−20B	+113N	=83B	+94N	2.5	10.5	10.5	2.50	1716	-5.2
59	Zimmer, Michel	1829	GER	=50N	=101B	=67N	=51B	=55N	2.5	10.0	11.0	5.50	1760	-9.6
60	Keleti, Hugo	1653	GER	−7N	−93B	+106N	+88B	=73N	2.5	10.0	11.0	4.25	1788	+35.6
61	Meffert, Claudia	1804	GER	+106N	−1B	F	+103N	=45B	2.5	10.0	11.0	3.25	1891	+9.0
62	Loesche, Marian	1784	GER	−5N	−98B	+111N	+87B	=69B	2.5	10.0	10.0	3.25	1689	-12.8
63	Wolf, Helena	1719	GER	−22N	=86B	+97N	=82B	=84N	2.5	9.5	11.0	4.50	1733	+3.6
64	Fladerer, Frank	1768	GER	=47B	−30N	+91B	−40N	+90B	2.5	9.5	11.0	4.25	1735	-8.8
65	Gesell, Fabian	1811	GER	−55N	+108B	−56N	+80B	=49N	2.5	9.5	10.5	4.25	1695	-26.0
66	Holzhueter, Thomas	1791	GER	−51N	−32B	+108N	+98B	=54N	2.5	9.5	10.5	3.75	1715	-10.4
67	Mensch, Wolfgang, Dr.	1813	GER	−44B	+70N	=59B	+84N	F	2.5	9.5	9.5	5.75	1886	+7.4
68	Miltner, Andreas	1728	GER	−79B	+112N	=43B	=71N	=42B	2.5	9.5	9.5	3.75	1803	+10.2
69	Yilmaz, Hueseyin Surhay	1705	GER	−80N	−56B	+81N	+101B	=62N	2.5	9.0	10.0	4.25	1848	+30.8
70	Elkin, Lev	1765	GER	−54N	−67B	+104N	=48B	+92N	2.5	9.0	10.0	3.75	1722	-12.0
71	Wanke, Andreas	1844	GER	=101N	−50B	+107N	=68B	=53N	2.5	8.5	9.5	4.00	1715	-17.6
72	Kubiak, Manfred	1812	GER	=99B	+102N	=45B	−16N	=93B	2.5	8.5	9.5	3.50	1747	-8.4
73	Fruth, Julia	1744	GER	−103B	−48N	+96B	+100N	=60B	2.5	7.5	8.5	3.75	1691	-14.4
74	Reiter, Brigitte	1830	GER	−41B	=107N	=92B	+102N	=57B	2.5	7.5	8.5	3.50	1692	-18.4
75	Schoknecht, Sabine	1801	GER	+87N	+82B	−1N	−9B	−36B	2.0	14.0	16.0	4.00	1645	-21.2
76	Wersal, Leo	1653	GER	+97N	−2B	+98N	−7B	−32N	2.0	13.0	14.5	3.00	1619	-10.0
77	Seichter, Andreas	1709	GER	−15N	=18B	+83N	−22B	=86N	2.0	12.5	14.5	4.75	1728	+2.2
78	Koenig, Frank	1730	GER	+98N	−5B	+109N	−6B	−35B	2.0	12.5	13.0	2.00	1660	-9.6
79	Boettcher, Erik	1884	GER	+68N	−33B	−20N	−53B	+107N	2.0	11.5	12.5	3.50	1630	-67.2
80	Schliephake, Arne	0	GER	+69B	−29N	−16B	−65N	+99B	2.0	11.5	12.5	3.50	1660	0.0
81	Bruehe, Martin	1761	GER	−17N	−6B	−69B	+111N	+100B	2.0	11.0	11.0	1.00	1641	-16.6
82	Richter, Christoph	1662	GER	+57B	−75N	=40B	=63N	−33B	2.0	10.5	12.5	5.00	1668	+1.6
83	Jacoby, Angelina	1713	GER	=21B	−45N	−77B	=58N	+103B	2.0	10.5	11.5	4.00	1700	-2.2
84	Kaufmann, Paul	1729	GER	−26N	+111B	=51N	−67B	=63B	2.0	10.5	10.5	2.50	1665	-8.8
85	Sviridov, Vitaliy	1813	GER	+107B	−41N	+103B	−13N	−31B	2.0	10.0	11.0	2.00	1634	-24.4
86	Mueller, Mario	1879	GER	−46B	=63N	=102B	=92N	=77B	2.0	8.5	9.5	3.50	1620	-34.0
87	Feitosa Menezes, Flora, Dr.	1601	GER	−75B	−57N	+95B	−62N	+101N	2.0	8.5	9.5	2.50	1696	+24.0
88	Grosse, Frank	1859	GER	+113N	−11B	F	−60N	+104B	2.0	7.0	7.0	1.00	1697	-16.8
89	Blechschmidt, Falk	1740	GER	=23N	=9B	−8N	−32B	=98N	1.5	14.5	16.0	4.50	1591	-20.0
90	Wulff, Ruediger	1730	GER	+25N	=14B	−24N	−21B	−64N	1.5	14.0	16.5	5.25	1605	-17.0
91	Wahl, Lui	1702	GER	=9N	−23B	−64N	+105B	−48N	1.5	12.5	13.5	3.00	1584	-31.6
92	Allmacher, Marco	1646	GER	=19N	−24B	=74N	=86B	−70B	1.5	12.0	14.0	4.00	1673	+2.4
93	Scharff, Oskar	1754	GER	−94B	+60N	F	−3B	=72N	1.5	12.0	13.5	3.75	1678	-17.6
94	Finkhaeuser, Jens	1812	GER	+93N	=7B	−17N	F	−58B	1.5	11.5	11.5	3.50	1693	-13.6
95	Espenhahn, Joerg	1763	GER	−12N	−8B	−87N	+108B	=109N	1.5	10.5	11.0	1.25	1592	-23.0
96	Emlinger, Maximilian	1736	GER	−14N	−25B	−73N	=106B	+110N	1.5	10.5	10.5	0.50	1567	-22.6
97	Hammel, Jens	1607	GER	−76B	=49N	−63B	+113N	−46B	1.5	9.5	9.5	1.25	1562	-6.4
98	Lehner, Hendrik Elias	1646	GER	−78B	+62N	−76B	−66N	=89B	1.5	9.0	10.5	3.25	1591	-14.4
99	Otten, Arnold, Dr.	1626	GER	=72N	−19B	−18N	=107B	−80N	1.0	11.5	12.5	1.75	1617	-1.4
100	Bachmann, Sylvia	1681	GER	−37N	+113B	−21N	−73B	−81N	1.0	11.0	11.0	0.00	1504	-21.2
101	Mothes, Rainer	1749	GER	=71B	=59N	−36B	−69N	−87B	1.0	10.5	12.5	2.50	1507	-30.2
102	Mielke, Torsten	1683	GER	=24N	−72B	=86N	−74B	F	1.0	10.5	10.5	2.75	1619	-6.4
103	Kurzova, Marianna	1712	GER	+73N	−34B	−85N	−61B	−83N	1.0	10.0	12.0	2.50	1530	-22.0
104	Hankus, Dennis	1738	GER	−42B	−36N	−70B	+112N	−88N	1.0	10.0	10.0	0.00	1526	-26.0
105	Meissner, Fabian	1711	GER	=30B	−47N	−49B	−91N	=106B	1.0	9.5	10.5	2.00	1530	-22.2
106	Ortlepp, Konstanze	1762	GER	−61B	−31N	−60B	=96N	=105N	1.0	9.5	10.5	1.25	1481	-35.8
107	Grunewald, Mitko	1709	GER	−85N	=74B	−71B	=99N	−79B	1.0	9.0	10.0	1.75	1559	-18.0
108	Kindermann, Thorsten	1787	GER	−52B	−65N	−66B	−95N	+113B	1.0	9.0	9.0	0.00	1510	-34.8
109	Schaefer, Lukas	1692	GER	−33N	F	−78B	−31N	=95B	0.5	9.5	9.5	0.75	1411	-50.8
110	Salm, Andreas, Dr.	1603	GER	F	−15B	−37N	−57N	−96B	0.0	10.5	10.5	0.00	963	-23.0
111	Nuesken, Norbert	1645	GER	−28B	−84N	−62B	−81B	F	0.0	9.5	9.5	0.00	961	-27.2
112	Schulz, Christian	1603	GER	−27N	−68B	−53N	−104B	F	0.0	9.0	9.0	0.00	937	-25.6
113	Lalla, Karol	1642	GER	−88B	−100N	−58B	−97B	−108N	0.0	7.0	8.0	0.00	934	-38.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Stopp, BrunoGER
+97.2
4.5 pts · #6
2Stolyar, LeonhardGER
+76.4
3.5 pts · #18
3Schulze, TilGER
+64.0
4.0 pts · #3

Top rating losers

1Boettcher, ErikGER
-67.2
2.0 pts · #77
2Schaefer, LukasGER
-50.8
0.5 pts · #109
3Lalla, KarolGER
-38.0
0.0 pts · #112

Biggest upsets

R3+224 Elo gap
Stolyar, Leonhard1660 beat Boettcher, Erik1884
R4+211 Elo gap
Kruppa, Nils1673 beat Boettcher, Erik1884
R4+206 Elo gap
Keleti, Hugo1653 beat Grosse, Frank1859