…and it’s that time again: we’ll be publishing the tournament announcements for the Berlin U25 Open 2026. Registration for all tournaments will open at the same time.
We’re also expanding our tournament programme: alongside the U25 Open Blitz and U25 Open Rapid, we’ll be introducing the same formats for older players for the first time.
Save the date: 19–21 October. See you there!
| Placement | Prize | Player |
| 1st | 4.000,00 € | M. Amin Tabatabaei |
| 2nd | 3.000,00 € | Paulius Pultinivicius |
| 3rd | 2.000,00 € | Daniel Dardha |
| 4th | 1.000,00 € | Roven Vogel |
| 5th | 750,00 € | Martin Petrov |
| 6th | 600,00 € | Vaclav Finek |
| 7th | 500,00 € | Vadym Petrovskiy |
| 8th | 400,00 € | Dimitris Alexakis |
| 9th | 300,00 € | Mehdi Gholami Orimi |
| 10th | 250,00 € | Konstantin Peyrer |
| 1st Woman | 500,00 € | Yining Chen |
| 2nd Woman | 400,00 € | Lara Schulze |
| 3rd Woman | 300,00 € | Fiona Sieber |
| U2100 | 200,00 € | Michael Kotyk |
| U2000 | 200,00 € | Felix Reichmann |
| U1800 | 200,00 € | Liam Kopper |
| U1600 | 200,00 € | David Stein |
| Unrated | 200,00 € | Jacob Lochas |
| Best “Königsjäger” | 200,00 € | Jim Sohr |
| 1st Club | 1.500,00 € | Hamburger Schachklub von 1830 e.V. |
| 2nd Club | 500,00 € | Schachfreunde Berlin 1903 |
Please note that on the last day of the tournament, the eighth round will start as scheduled (see tournament announcement!)
at 1:00 PM.
Anyone who arrives late will be penalized by the arbiters …
| Placement | Prize | Player |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3.000,00 € | Mahdi Gholami Orimi |
| 2 | 2.000,00 € | Amin Tabatabaei |
| 3 | 1.500,00 € | Vaclav Finek |
| 4 | 1.000,00 € | Vadym Petrovskiy |
| 5 | 750,00 € | Daniel Dardha |
| 6 | 500,00 € | Evaggelos Patrelakis |
| 7 | 400,00 € | Bennet Hagner |
| 8 | 300,00 € | Konstantin Peyrer |
| 9 | 500,00 € | Roven Vogel |
| 10 | 250,00 € | Sepastian Poltorak |
| 11 | 200,00 € | Paulius Pultinivicius |
| 1st Women | 500,00 € | Yelyzaveta Hrebenshchykova |
| 2nd Women | 400,00 € | Margarita Mazurtsova |
| 3rd Women | 300,00 € | Yining Chen |
| U2100 | 200,00 € | Marvin Henning |
| U2000 | 200,00 € | Kolja Lauterbach |
| U1800 | 200,00 € | Erik Lüpke |
| U1600 | 200,00 € | Jannes Wolarz |
| Unrated | 200,00 € | Muhamed Salih Riyas |
| Best “Königsjäger” | 200,00 € | Daniel Rose |
| 1st Club | 1.500,00 € | Hamburger SK von 1830 eV (Konstantin Peyrer, Michael Kotyk, Tom-Frederic Woelk, Bahne Fuhrmann) |
| 2nd Club | 500,00 € | SV Mattnetz Berlin e.V. (Henrik Hesse, Jaroslaw Verbitsky, Erik Lüpke, Marcel Petersen) |
Congratulations to Mahdi Gholami Orimi for winning the 3rd U25 Open Blitz!
Please find the top 8 and the finals bracket below:
1. Gholami Orimi, Mahdi
2. Tabatabaei, M. Amin
3. Finek, Vaclav
4. Petrovskiy, Vadym
5. Dardha, Daniel
6. Patrelakis, Evaggelos
7. Hagner, Bennet
8. Peyrer, Konstantin
The tournaments will take place in the Olympia Lounge (link opens external page). Access is only possible through the East Gate, then along the stadium towards the South Gate via the Marble Foyer (see map).
The organizing team is able to offer additional spots for both tournaments beyond the original registration deadline.
On each day, prior to our tournament, the Berlin Chess Federation is hosting the German Chess960 Championship which is open for anyone, however, only German Players can become German Champions.
Please find the announcement here:
Please note that we will update registrations again on Saturday. Until then, newly submitted entries might not yet appear on the participants list. Thank you for your understanding!
Since the 2nd preliminary round of the Berlin Individual Championship has been postponed for our tournament this weekend, we have decided to offer a second stage of the early bird discount for 14 days for those who have potentially planned otherwise.
All others who were not planning to play the 2nd preliminary round, but have not yet registered, can also benefit from the €10 discount offered for the combined booking of both tournaments.
Click here to sign-up: https://u25chess.com/sign-up/
