SJEM Finalturnier U14 2025
16 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 06 Jun 2025 to 09 Jun 2025 in Winterthur, Switzerland. 1 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2042, and top seed was Jan Saminskij (🇨🇭 SUI, 2249).
Colin Federer (🇨🇭 SUI, FM, 2202) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Jan Saminskij (6.0) and Maximilian Pfaltz (4.5). Federer shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Shin Rui Seah (1736) beat Dimitri Aeschbacher (2019), a +283-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsTight race until R7; 2 players tied at 6.0/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
2 players finish on 6.0/7. Federer takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (24.5).
FM Colin Federer drew with Jan Saminskij (Black).
FM Colin Federer 3 wins (R1–R3)Jan Saminskij 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1FMColin Federer | * | ½ | 1 | — |
| 2Jan Saminskij | ½ | * | 1 | — |
| 3Maximilian Pfaltz | 0 | 0 | * | ½ |
| 4Shin Rui Seah | — | — | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Federer, ColinFM | 2202 | SUI | +10B | +4N | +7B | =2N | +3B | +9N | =8B | 6.0 | 24.5 | 27.5 | 22.75 | 2317 | +32.0 |
| 2 | Saminskij, Jan | 2249 | SUI | +11N | +8B | +3N | =1B | +9N | +7B | =4N | 6.0 | 24.5 | 27.5 | 22.50 | 2326 | +22.4 |
| 3 | Pfaltz, Maximilian | 2116 | SUI | +13N | +9B | −2B | +6N | −1N | =5B | +7N | 4.5 | 26.5 | 29.0 | 15.00 | 2087 | -2.4 |
| 4 | Koehalmi-Szabo, Mihaly | 2013 | SUI | +5N | −1B | +11N | −7B | =6N | +12B | =2B | 4.0 | 26.5 | 29.5 | 15.00 | 2011 | +2.0 |
| 5 | Seah, Shin Rui | 1736 | SGP | −4B | =10N | =14B | +8B | =7N | =3N | +13B | 4.0 | 21.0 | 23.0 | 12.50 | 1979 | +85.6 |
| 6 | Madhavan, Kailash | 2007 | SUI | −7B | +14N | +8N | −3B | =4B | =13N | +9B | 4.0 | 21.0 | 23.0 | 11.75 | 2004 | +1.2 |
| 7 | Shevchenko, Daniil | 1810 | UKR | +6N | +15B | −1N | +4N | =5B | −2N | −3B | 3.5 | 28.5 | 30.5 | 12.00 | 2042 | +75.2 |
| 8 | Aeschbacher, Dimitri | 2019 | SUI | +12B | −2N | −6B | −5N | +15B | +14B | =1N | 3.5 | 25.0 | 27.0 | 10.00 | 1978 | -14.0 |
| 9 | Piacquadio, Riccardo Daniele | 2012 | SUI | +16N | −3N | +13B | +10N | −2B | −1B | −6N | 3.0 | 26.0 | 28.0 | 7.50 | 1963 | -20.0 |
| 10 | Ingielewicz, Tomasz | 1841 | SUI | −1N | =5B | +15N | −9B | −12N | +16B | =14N | 3.0 | 20.0 | 22.0 | 7.00 | 1864 | +4.4 |
| 11 | Tkhoruk, Roman | 1910 | SUI | −2B | +12N | −4B | =14N | =13B | =15N | =16N | 3.0 | 19.5 | 21.5 | 7.25 | 1892 | -11.6 |
| 12 | Palairet, Alexander | 1815 | SUI | −8N | −11B | +16B | =13N | +10B | −4N | =15B | 3.0 | 18.0 | 20.0 | 7.25 | 1874 | +19.6 |
| 13 | Domschke, Mischa | 1879 | SUI | −3B | +16N | −9N | =12B | =11N | =6B | −5N | 2.5 | 21.5 | 23.5 | 7.00 | 1811 | -28.0 |
| 14 | Pinelli, Gian | 1834 | SUI | =15N | −6B | =5N | =11B | −16B | −8N | =10B | 2.0 | 19.5 | 21.5 | 6.00 | 1744 | -34.4 |
| 15 | Sutter, Julian | 2008 | SUI | =14B | −7N | −10B | =16N | −8N | =11B | =12N | 2.0 | 18.0 | 20.0 | 5.00 | 1702 | -113.6 |
| 16 | Ghisla, Ireneo | 1797 | SUI | −9B | −13B | −12N | =15B | +14N | −10N | =11B | 2.0 | 16.5 | 18.5 | 4.50 | 1741 | -22.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Seah, Shin RuiSGP+85.64.0 pts · #4
- 2Shevchenko, DaniilUKR+75.23.5 pts · #7
- 3Federer, ColinFMSUI+32.06.0 pts · #1
- 1Sutter, JulianSUI-113.62.0 pts · #15
- 2Pinelli, GianSUI-34.42.0 pts · #14
- 3Domschke, MischaSUI-28.02.5 pts · #13
- R4+283 Elo gap
- R4+203 Elo gap
- R2+198 Elo gap