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Gut, Lionel
🇨🇭FIDE 1339966· Male· Switzerland· Born in 2009
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Lionel Gut, a 17-year-old Swiss player, is rated 2327 and ranked 36th among Swiss players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +70 Elo over the past 12 months. 79 rated games in the past year (≈58/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include SMM NLB 2026 round 3, SMM NLB 2026 round 2, and grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open. Also played 3 rapid (including Swiss Rapid Championship 2025) and 3 blitz events (including Biel Chess Festival 2025 - BTZ) recently. He reached Swiss #62 in Apr 2026.
At junior level, he reached #4, #4, #2, #2 and #3 nationally in U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
2327
Standard
Rpd2125·Blz2218
All-time high
2327
at best
Jun 2026 · age 17
Jun 2026 · age 17
Activity
80
games / yr avg. · ≈7/mo
80 past 12 mo · ≈7/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
#36
#36 · Swiss players · of 3,316
Career timeline
18 entries2026
Peak Swiss rank: #62
at age 17 · rated 2264
Apr 2026
4th Swiss U18 player
at age 17 · rated 2264
Apr 2026
All-time peak 2264
at age 17 · −10 from today
Apr 2026
Re-crossed 2200
at age 17
Feb 2026
2025
Re-crossed 2200
at age 16
Oct 2025
Re-crossed 2200
at age 16
Jul 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+89
2238 → 2327
Tournaments
16
66 games
Score
36.5/ 6655.3%
27W19D20L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
14 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round-Robin | May 2026 | 5.5/9 | #5 | 2349 | +48.0 |
Team | May 2026 | 1/1 | #6 | 3138 | +24.8 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 0.5/1 | #84 | 2223 | -2.4 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 5.5/9 | #211 | 2239 | -8.0 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #36 | 2908 | +12.8 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #347 | 2793 | +7.6 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 4/8 | #182 | 2289 | +31.6 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0.5/1 | #771 | 2097 | -6.8 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0/1 | #1177 | 1496 | -12.8 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 4/9 | #92 | 2310 | +65.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsRaphael GutFM
🇨🇭SUI·2245
+4 −2 =3
9 games·last met Jun 2025
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vsSuvirr Malli
🇨🇭SUI·2120
+1 −2 =5
8 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsMatthias MattenbergerFM
🇨🇭SUI·2353
+3 −1 =4
8 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsCristian Marc ArsenieFM
🇨🇭SUI·2299
+1 −2 =2
5 games·last met Jun 2025
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Rankings
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Switzerland
#36
out of 3,528 players
Europe
#2,133
in continent
World
#3,260
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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