Luzerner Open 2025 - Kat. B

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38 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 30 Oct 2025 to 02 Nov 2025 in Luzern, Switzerland. 5 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1763, and top seed was Oswald Staub (🇨🇭 SUI, 1801).

Arif Bilic (🇨🇭 SUI, 0) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Yiming Wang (5.5) and Hal Gomez (5.5). Bilic took the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Lisirui Shieh (1567) beat Igor Dzakula (1733), a +166-point gap.

Location

🇨🇭Luzern, Switzerland

Dates

30 Oct 2025 → 02 Nov 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇨🇭Oswald Staub1801

Avg top 10

1,763

Participants

Federations · 5 represented

🇨🇭Switzerland×32

🇬🇧England×2

🇫🇷France×2

🇨🇳China×1

🇮🇳India×1

Top 3

🥇
Arif Bilic
🇨🇭SUI
5.5pts·1796perf0.0
🥈
Yiming Wang
🇨🇳CHN·1719
5.5pts·1992perf+75.6
🥉
Hal Gomez
🇬🇧ENG·1697
5.5pts·1998perf+89.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R4; 3 players tied at 5.5/7, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Bilic5.5Wang5.5Gomez5.5Gartmann5Sethi5Stolper4.5

R4 · LEADER CHANGE01 Nov

Arif Bilic takes the sole lead (3.5/4).

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 5.5/7. Bilic takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (27.0).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Arif Bilic drew with Yiming Wang (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Arif Bilic	*	½	½	—
2Yiming Wang	½	*	—	½
3Hal Gomez	½	—	*	—
4Luzius Gartmann	—	½	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Bilic, Arif	0	SUI	+5B	+29N	=2N	+10B	+32N	=6B	=3N	5.5	27.0	29.0	21.25	1796	0.0
2	Wang, Yiming	1719	CHN	+19N	+11N	=1B	=22B	=4N	+10B	+6N	5.5	26.5	29.5	22.75	1992	+75.6
3	Gomez, Hal	1697	ENG	+16B	=24N	=14B	+8N	+22N	+15B	=1B	5.5	23.5	26.5	20.50	1998	+89.2
4	Gartmann, Luzius	1747	SUI	+37N	−10B	+11B	+14N	=2B	=5N	+22B	5.0	25.0	26.0	16.75	1895	+28.2
5	Dhruvansh Sethi	1628	IND	−1N	+37B	+23N	+17B	=10N	=4B	+16N	5.0	24.5	25.5	15.50	2007	+114.4
6	Stolper, Felix	1764	SUI	=12B	+8N	=15B	+24N	+7B	=1N	−2B	4.5	27.5	30.5	18.50	1821	+17.6
7	Liembd,Kurt	1653	SUI	+20N	+23B	−10N	+21B	−6N	+32B	=14B	4.5	22.0	24.0	13.75	1767	+31.2
8	Michel, Jean-claude	1737	SUI	=18N	−6B	+33N	−3B	+28N	+30B	+17N	4.5	22.0	24.0	12.25	1767	+2.2
9	Ulrich, Michael	1742	SUI	+21N	=27B	=17N	−32B	=23N	+25B	+15N	4.5	19.0	21.0	14.50	1768	+9.2
10	Niederberger, Lenny	1736	SUI	+38B	+4N	+7B	−1N	=5B	−2N	=12B	4.0	29.5	30.0	14.50	1813	+20.4
11	Bretscher, Felix	1762	SUI	+25N	−2B	−4N	−23B	+36N	+27B	+32N	4.0	21.0	22.5	9.00	1786	+10.0
12	Thalmann, Oliver	1700	SUI	=6N	−18B	−28N	+35B	+25N	+26B	=10N	4.0	20.5	22.0	11.75	1815	+19.0
13	Schuepbach, Hanspeter	1712	SUI	+32B	=14N	=24B	=15N	=16B	−22N	+18B	4.0	20.0	22.0	12.25	1729	+2.8
14	Staub, Oswald	1801	SUI	F	=13B	=3N	−4B	+27N	+19B	=7N	3.5	25.0	27.5	13.00	1737	-9.4
15	Keller, Mike	1632	SUI	=35N	+28B	=6N	=13B	+20N	−3N	−9B	3.5	24.5	26.0	11.00	1617	-6.4
16	Bannwart, Remo	1732	SUI	−3N	+36B	=27N	+28B	=13N	=17B	−5B	3.5	23.0	24.5	9.00	1681	-10.0
17	Saxer, Bruno	1671	SUI	=34B	+33N	=9B	−5N	+24B	=16N	−8B	3.5	22.5	24.0	9.75	1703	+6.0
18	Telser, Peter	0	SUI	=8B	+12N	−22N	=20B	=26N	+23B	−13N	3.5	22.0	25.0	12.50	1734	0.0
19	Shieh, Lisirui	1567	ENG	−2B	+25B	=26N	=27B	+21N	−14N	=23B	3.5	21.5	24.0	10.75	1691	+36.4
20	Frey, Bruno	0	SUI	−7B	=34N	+30B	=18N	−15B	=24N	+29B	3.5	19.5	21.0	9.00	1592	0.0
21	Brun, Franz	0	SUI	−9B	+38N	+34B	−7N	−19B	=29N	+30N	3.5	19.0	19.5	5.75	1603	0.0
22	Lemercier, Nicolas	1735	FRA	=28N	F	+18B	=2N	−3B	+13B	−4N	3.0	26.0	27.5	11.50	1634	-25.6
23	Filiberti, Bruno	1747	SUI	+30B	−7N	−5B	+11N	=9B	−18N	=19N	3.0	25.0	27.5	10.50	1599	-40.8
24	Guarisco, Renzo	1706	SUI	+36N	=3B	=13N	−6B	−17N	=20B	=26N	3.0	24.0	25.5	9.50	1664	-7.4
25	Dzakula, Igor	1733	SUI	−11B	−19N	+38B	+29N	−12B	−9N	+33B	3.0	20.5	21.0	5.00	1637	-38.4
26	Pluss, Stephan	1768	FRA	−29B	=30N	=19B	+34N	=18B	−12N	=24B	3.0	19.0	20.5	7.75	1588	-49.2
27	Trachsel, Peter	1702	SUI	=33B	=9N	=16B	=19N	−14B	−11N	=28B	2.5	21.5	23.5	8.00	1605	-19.0
28	Amstalden, Julian	1639	SUI	=22B	−15N	+12B	−16N	−8B	=33B	=27N	2.5	21.0	23.0	7.75	1605	-14.0
29	Warstat, Michael	1668	SUI	+26N	−1B	−32N	−25B	+34N	=21B	−20N	2.5	20.5	22.0	6.25	1735	+7.4
30	Buegel Niclas	0	SUI	−23N	=26B	−20N	+37B	+33N	−8N	−21B	2.5	19.5	20.5	4.50	1746	0.0
31	Boettcher, Andreas G.	1767	SUI	F	F	F	=38N	=35B	+37N	=34B	2.5	10.0	10.0	2.75	1738	-5.6
32	Balkovec, Josef	1775	SUI	−13N	F	+29B	+9N	−1B	−7N	−11B	2.0	25.0	27.5	7.00	1636	-19.4
33	Wespi, Josef	1703	SUI	=27N	−17B	−8B	+36N	−30B	=28N	−25N	2.0	18.5	20.0	4.00	1577	-40.0
34	Mazzoni, Renzo	1659	SUI	=17N	=20B	−21N	−26B	−29B	F	=31N	1.5	18.5	18.5	4.75	1526	-13.4
35	Schneider, Eliana Maylen	1485	SUI	=15B	F	F	−12N	=31N	=36B	−37B	1.5	15.5	15.5	3.75	1565	+17.2
36	Funk, Kurt	1716	SUI	−24B	−16N	+37N	−33B	−11B	=35N	F	1.5	15.0	15.0	1.75	1499	-32.8
37	Baer, Ueli	1760	SUI	−4B	−5N	−36B	−30N	F	−31B	+35N	1.0	18.0	18.0	1.50	1428	-41.8
38	Joerger, Danuel	1667	SUI	−10N	−21B	−25N	=31B	F	F	F	0.5	13.0	13.0	1.25	1477	-13.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Dhruvansh SethiIND
+114.4
5.0 pts · #5
2Gomez, HalENG
+89.2
5.5 pts · #3
3Wang, YimingCHN
+75.6
5.5 pts · #2

Top rating losers

1Pluss, StephanFRA
-49.2
3.0 pts · #32
2Baer, UeliSUI
-41.8
1.0 pts · #37
3Filiberti, BrunoSUI
-40.8
3.0 pts · #31

Biggest upsets

R2+166 Elo gap
Shieh, Lisirui1567 beat Dzakula, Igor1733
R2+132 Elo gap
Dhruvansh Sethi1628 beat Baer, Ueli1760
R6+122 Elo gap
Liembd,Kurt1653 beat Balkovec, Josef1775