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SJEM Finalturnier U14 2025

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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.

Location
🇨🇭Winterthur, Switzerland
Dates
06 Jun 2025 → 09 Jun 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇨🇭Jan Saminskij2249
Avg top 10
2,042
Participants
16
Titled players · 1
FM×1
Federations · 3 represented
🇨🇭Switzerland×14
🇺🇦Ukraine×1
🇸🇬Singapore×1
Top 3
  • 🥇
    FMColin Federer
    🇨🇭SUI·2202
    6.0pts·2317perf+32.0
  • 🥈
    Jan Saminskij
    🇨🇭SUI·2249
    6.0pts·2326perf+22.4
  • 🥉
    Maximilian Pfaltz
    🇨🇭SUI·2116
    4.5pts·2087perf-2.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight 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.

Co-leaders
7
4
2
2
2
2
2
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Federer6Saminskij6Pfaltz4.5Seah4Koehalmi-Szabo4Madhavan4
R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 6.0/7. Federer takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (24.5).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Colin Federer drew with Jan Saminskij (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

FM Colin Federer 3 wins (R1–R3)Jan Saminskij 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FMColin Federer*
½
1
—
2Jan Saminskij
½
*
1
—
3Maximilian Pfaltz
0
0
*
½
4Shin Rui Seah——
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Federer, ColinFM2202SUI+10B+4N+7B=2N+3B+9N=8B6.024.527.522.752317+32.0
2Saminskij, Jan2249SUI+11N+8B+3N=1B+9N+7B=4N6.024.527.522.502326+22.4
3Pfaltz, Maximilian2116SUI+13N+9B−2B+6N−1N=5B+7N4.526.529.015.002087-2.4
4Koehalmi-Szabo, Mihaly2013SUI+5N−1B+11N−7B=6N+12B=2B4.026.529.515.002011+2.0
5Seah, Shin Rui1736SGP−4B=10N=14B+8B=7N=3N+13B4.021.023.012.501979+85.6
6Madhavan, Kailash2007SUI−7B+14N+8N−3B=4B=13N+9B4.021.023.011.752004+1.2
7Shevchenko, Daniil1810UKR+6N+15B−1N+4N=5B−2N−3B3.528.530.512.002042+75.2
8Aeschbacher, Dimitri2019SUI+12B−2N−6B−5N+15B+14B=1N3.525.027.010.001978-14.0
9Piacquadio, Riccardo Daniele2012SUI+16N−3N+13B+10N−2B−1B−6N3.026.028.07.501963-20.0
10Ingielewicz, Tomasz1841SUI−1N=5B+15N−9B−12N+16B=14N3.020.022.07.001864+4.4
11Tkhoruk, Roman1910SUI−2B+12N−4B=14N=13B=15N=16N3.019.521.57.251892-11.6
12Palairet, Alexander1815SUI−8N−11B+16B=13N+10B−4N=15B3.018.020.07.251874+19.6
13Domschke, Mischa1879SUI−3B+16N−9N=12B=11N=6B−5N2.521.523.57.001811-28.0
14Pinelli, Gian1834SUI=15N−6B=5N=11B−16B−8N=10B2.019.521.56.001744-34.4
15Sutter, Julian2008SUI=14B−7N−10B=16N−8N=11B=12N2.018.020.05.001702-113.6
16Ghisla, Ireneo1797SUI−9B−13B−12N=15B+14N−10N=11B2.016.518.54.501741-22.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

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