SMM 2025 NLB round 6

Team SwissStandard

142 players participated in this 1-round tournament, held on 24 Aug 2025 in decentralised, Switzerland. 59 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2410, and top seed was Sergei Ovsejevitsch (🇺🇦 UKR, GM, 2558).

Patrick Seitz (🇩🇪 GER, 2217) won with 1.0/1, ahead of Valentin Palmonella (1.0) and Pawel Silberring (1.0).

The biggest upset came in round 1: Mikayel Zargarov (2045) beat Bruno Schwaegli (FM, 2258), a +213-point gap.

Location

🇨🇭decentralised, Switzerland

Dates

24 Aug 2025

Time control

Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1

System

Team · 1 rounds

Top seed

🇺🇦GMSergei Ovsejevitsch2558

Avg top 10

2,410

Participants

142

Titled players · 59

GM×4

IM×11

FM×35

CM×6

WIM×1

WFM×2

Federations · 8 represented

🇨🇭Switzerland×91

🇩🇪Germany×28

🇮🇹Italy×6

🇫🇷France×5

🇦🇹Austria×3

🇺🇦Ukraine×2

Kosovo×1

🇮🇪Ireland×1

Top 3

🥇
Patrick Seitz
🇩🇪GER·2217
1.0pts·2883perf+6.4
🥈
CMValentin Palmonella
🇨🇭SUI·2155
1.0pts·2807perf+12.0
🥉
Pawel Silberring
🇨🇭SUI·2176
1.0pts·3096perf+13.2

Standings

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#	Player	Fed	Elo	Pts	Avg opp.	Perf	Δ Elo
1	Seitz, Patrick	🇩🇪GER	2217	1.0	2083	2883	+6.4
2	CMPalmonella, Valentin	🇨🇭SUI	2155	1.0	2007	2807	+12.0
3	Silberring, Pawel	🇨🇭SUI	2176	1.0	2296	3096	+13.2
4	Liebhart, Marcel	🇩🇪GER	2010	1.0	2022	2822	+10.4
5	FMBotta, Massimiliano	🇮🇹ITA	2262	1.0	2266	3066	+10.2
6	Schnell, Simon	🇨🇭SUI	2103	1.0	2048	2848	+8.4
7	FMFederer, Colin	🇨🇭SUI	2294	1.0	1894	2694	+1.6
8	FMSutter, Oliver	🇨🇭SUI	2282	1.0	2223	3023	+4.2
9	FMAeschbach, Philipp	🇨🇭SUI	2217	1.0	2159	2959	+8.4
10	Gattenloehner, Sebastian	🇩🇪GER	2217	1.0	2240	3040	+10.6
11	IMGschnitzer, Adrian	🇩🇪GER	2445	1.0	2192	2992	+1.9
12	FMRueetschi, Urs	🇨🇭SUI	2309	1.0	2166	2966	+6.2
13	IMCarron, Julien	🇨🇭SUI	2329	1.0	2320	3120	+4.9
14	WFMNovkovic, Julia	🇦🇹AUT	2105	1.0	1946	2746	+5.8
15	Schweighoffer, Martin	🇨🇭SUI	2167	1.0	1971	2771	+5.0
16	GMKhenkin, Igor	🇩🇪GER	2499	1.0	2099	2899	+0.8
17	Flueckiger, Thomas	🇨🇭SUI	2233	1.0	2102	2902	+6.4
18	Toenz, Arthur	🇫🇷FRA	2030	1.0	2071	2871	+11.2
19	FMGeorges, Sacha	🇨🇭SUI	2225	1.0	2136	2936	+7.6
20	Weigand, Hans-Christian	🇩🇪GER	2076	1.0	1960	2760	+6.8
21	Muheim, Sebastian	🇨🇭SUI	2173	1.0	1944	2744	+4.2
22	FMCollin, Moritz Valentin	🇨🇭SUI	2235	1.0	2222	3022	+9.6
23	GMOvsejevitsch, Sergei	🇺🇦UKR	2558	1.0	2158	2958	+0.8
24	IMSermier, Guillaume	🇨🇭SUI	2302	1.0	2054	2854	+1.9
25	Patzelt, Nikolaus	🇩🇪GER	2089	1.0	2078	2878	+9.6
26	FMUstianovich, Nazar	🇨🇭SUI	2309	1.0	1951	2751	+1.0
27	FMAtlas, Dmitry	🇦🇹AUT	2107	1.0	2068	2868	+9.0
28	Grillon, Cedric	🇨🇭SUI	1966	1.0	1820	2620	+6.0
29	FMRohrer, Christophe	🇨🇭SUI	2265	1.0	2314	3114	+11.4
30	GMNoe, Christopher	🇩🇪GER	2520	1.0	2330	3130	+2.5
31	Raeber, Markus	🇨🇭SUI	2193	1.0	2135	2935	+8.4
32	Muheim, Markus	🇨🇭SUI	2023	1.0	1736	2536	+3.2
33	Zargarov, Mikayel	🇨🇭SUI	2045	1.0	2258	3058	+30.8
34	Coellen, Eike	🇩🇪GER	2075	1.0	1993	2793	+7.8
35	Oestmann, Lukas	🇨🇭SUI	1977	1.0	2084	2884	+13.0
36	Duratti, Lindo	🇫🇷FRA	2101	1.0	1957	2757	+6.2
37	Papaux, Steve	🇨🇭SUI	2207	1.0	2028	2828	+5.4
38	GMGallagher, Joseph G.	🇨🇭SUI	2389	1.0	2299	3099	+3.8
39	FMPodetti, Davide	🇮🇹ITA	2258	1.0	2376	3176	+13.2
40	CMTureshbayev, Anuar	🇮🇪IRL	2214	1.0	2155	2955	+16.8
41	Arsenie, Cristian Marc	🇨🇭SUI	2167	1.0	2129	2929	+18.0
42	FMWerner, Clemens	🇩🇪GER	2223	1.0	2034	2834	+5.0
43	Nied, Pascal	🇩🇪GER	2230	1.0	2073	2873	+5.8
44	CMZhou, Syang	🇩🇪GER	2221	1.0	2142	2942	+7.8
45	Kanana, Ziad	🇨🇭SUI	2099	1.0	1964	2764	+12.8
46	Kurapova, Olga	🇨🇭SUI	1969	1.0	1943	2743	+9.2
47	FMSzakolczai, Peter	🇨🇭SUI	2130	1.0	2089	2889	+8.8
48	CMMueller, Magnus	🇩🇪GER	2170	1.0	2255	3055	+12.4
49	Cervelli, Eduard	🇨🇭SUI	2064	0.5	1984	1984	-4.4
50	Klings, Peter	🇩🇪GER	2014	0.5	2018	2018	+0.2
51	Toumpakaris, Grigorios Emmanouil	🇨🇭SUI	1958	0.5	2088	2088	+6.8
52	FMGiertz, Niklaus	🇨🇭SUI	2087	0.5	1959	1959	-3.4
53	Rincon, Jose-Maria	🇨🇭SUI	1934	0.5	1968	1968	+1.0
54	WIMHeinatz, Gundula, Dr.	🇨🇭SUI	2055	0.5	2076	2076	+0.6
55	IMZeller, Frank	🇩🇪GER	2319	0.5	2333	2333	+0.2
56	Colonetti, Fabio	🇮🇹ITA	2174	0.5	2219	2219	+1.2
57	Paci, Romain	🇫🇷FRA	2135	0.5	2322	2322	+4.8
58	Kupalov, Igor	🇨🇭SUI	2011	0.5	2052	2052	+1.2
59	Pellegrini, Noah	🇨🇭SUI	1996	0.5	2161	2161	+8.8
60	IMValles, Manuel	🇫🇷FRA	2322	0.5	2135	2135	-2.4
61	Baeumer, Lars, Dr.	🇩🇪GER	2188	0.5	2126	2126	-1.8
62	FMMotola, Jacopo	🇮🇹ITA	2333	0.5	2319	2319	-0.4
63	IMWirthensohn, Heinz	🇨🇭SUI	2272	0.5	2192	2192	-1.1
64	Pfau, Matthias, Dr.	🇩🇪GER	2089	0.5	2065	2065	-0.6
65	Meyer, Ingo	🇩🇪GER	2097	0.5	2084	2084	-0.4
66	Haldemann, Paul	🇨🇭SUI	2018	0.5	2014	2014	-0.2
67	Schmid, Pablo	🇨🇭SUI	2192	0.5	2272	2272	+2.2
68	Egle, Stefan, Dr.	🇩🇪GER	2161	0.5	1996	1996	-4.4
69	FMGast, Jonathan	🇨🇭SUI	2065	0.5	2089	2089	+0.6
70	FMSchenk-Pogan, Nikolas	🇨🇭SUI	2190	0.5	2032	2032	-4.2
71	Moser, Reto	🇨🇭SUI	1917	0.5	2016	2016	+2.8
72	FMWildi, Marcel	🇨🇭SUI	2219	0.5	2174	2174	-1.2
73	FMBurnier, David	🇨🇭SUI	2197	0.5	2210	2210	+0.4
74	FMHohler, Peter	🇨🇭SUI	2019	0.5	2124	2124	+2.8
75	Kasipour Azbari, Seyed Arvin	🇨🇭SUI	2107	0.5	2060	2060	-1.4
76	Pahud, Kylian	🇨🇭SUI	1800	0.5	2056	2056	+12.4
77	Fischer, Marcel	🇨🇭SUI	2056	0.5	1800	1800	-6.2
78	Pfaltz, Maximilian	🇨🇭SUI	2068	0.5	2013	2013	-3.2
79	Thaler, Anton	🇨🇭SUI	2076	0.5	2055	2055	-0.6
80	FMAmmann, Philipp	🇨🇭SUI	2052	0.5	2011	2011	-1.2
81	Gendre, Stephane	🇨🇭SUI	1950	0.5	2132	2132	+4.8
82	Menzi, Jonas	🇨🇭SUI	2124	0.5	2019	2019	-2.8
83	FMVucenovic, Dragomir	🇨🇭SUI	2126	0.5	2188	2188	+1.8
84	IMHabibi, Ali	🇩🇪GER	2132	0.5	1950	1950	-2.4
85	Schmahl, Stephan	🇨🇭SUI	1968	0.5	1934	1934	-1.0
86	Senn, Roland	🇨🇭SUI	2013	0.5	2068	2068	+1.6
87	Monteverde, Jonathan	🇨🇭SUI	2095	0.5	2194	2194	+2.8
88	FMFejzullahu, Afrim	KOS	2210	0.5	2197	2197	-0.4
89	Peraita Colsa, Carlos	🇪🇸ESP	2060	0.5	2108	2108	+1.4
90	Alic, Miran	🇨🇭SUI	1984	0.5	2065	2065	+2.2
91	Gemelli,Romain	🇨🇭SUI	2193	0.5	2095	2095	-2.8
92	CMMeier, Peter	🇸🇨SEY	2032	0.5	2190	2190	+4.2
93	Potterat, Marc	🇨🇭SUI	2016	0.5	1917	1917	-2.8
94	Sakaridis, Emmanouil	🇬🇷GRE	2084	0.5	2097	2097	+0.4
95	Jacot, Laurent	🇨🇭SUI	2129	0.0	2167	1367	-9.0
96	IMNovkovic, Milan	🇦🇹AUT	2330	0.0	2520	1720	-2.5
97	Drechsler, Christoph	🇨🇭SUI	2078	0.0	2089	1289	-9.6
98	FMFriedrich, Norbert	🇩🇪GER	2136	0.0	2225	1425	-7.6
99	Pirrello, Christian	🇮🇹ITA	2083	0.0	2217	1417	-6.4
100	WFMAntal, Agnes	🇭🇺HUN	2007	0.0	2155	1355	-6.0
101	Michaud, Christian	🇨🇭SUI	2054	0.0	2302	1502	-3.8
102	IMWeindl, Alfred	🇩🇪GER	2314	0.0	2265	1465	-5.7
103	Neuberger, Guido	🇩🇪GER	2084	0.0	1977	1177	-13.0
104	FMKamber, Bruno	🇨🇭SUI	2240	0.0	2217	1417	-10.6
105	Iliev, Mustafa Batuhan	🇩🇪GER	2135	0.0	2193	1393	-8.4
106	FMMasserey, Yvan	🇨🇭SUI	2222	0.0	2235	1435	-9.6
107	FMPomini, Aurelien	🇨🇭SUI	2223	0.0	2282	1482	-8.4
108	IMHommeles, Theo	🇳🇱NED	2376	0.0	2258	1458	-6.6
109	Doxarve, Nils	🇨🇭SUI	2048	0.0	2103	1303	-8.4
110	Palairet, Alexander	🇨🇭SUI	1820	0.0	1966	1166	-12.0
111	CMShatil, Shir	🇨🇭SUI	2159	0.0	2217	1417	-16.8
112	Laub, Patrick	🇨🇭SUI	2102	0.0	2233	1433	-12.8
113	Angst, Oliver	🇨🇭SUI	2075	0.0	2475	1675	-1.6
114	Reist, Daniel	🇨🇭SUI	2022	0.0	2011	1211	-10.4
115	FMBorner, Daniel	🇨🇭SUI	2089	0.0	2130	1330	-8.8
116	Zarri, Florian	🇨🇭SUI	2065	0.0	2465	1665	-1.6
117	Kamber, Adrian	🇨🇭SUI	1891	0.0	2291	1491	-1.6
118	IMKuehn, Peter, Dr.	🇩🇪GER	2320	0.0	2329	1529	-4.9
119	FMSteiger, Wolfgang	🇩🇪GER	2255	0.0	2170	1370	-12.4
120	Malli, Suvirr	🇨🇭SUI	1971	0.0	2167	1367	-10.0
121	FMSchwaegli, Bruno	🇨🇭SUI	2258	0.0	2045	1245	-15.4
122	Zutter, Francois	🇨🇭SUI	1951	0.0	2309	1509	-4.0
123	Dousse, Jean-Jacques	🇨🇭SUI	2073	0.0	2230	1430	-5.8
124	FMShatil, Or	🇨🇭SUI	2192	0.0	2445	1645	-7.6
125	Lang, Fabian	🇨🇭SUI	1943	0.0	1969	1169	-9.2
126	Boivin, Remi	🇨🇭SUI	1735	0.0	2023	1223	-6.4
127	Javet, Blaise	🇨🇭SUI	1957	0.0	2101	1301	-6.2
128	FMKnoedler, Dieter, Dr.	🇩🇪GER	2266	0.0	2262	1462	-5.1
129	FMSimon, Ralf-Axel	🇩🇪GER	1946	0.0	2105	1305	-5.8
130	Lopez, Manuel	🇨🇭SUI	1944	0.0	2173	1373	-4.2
131	Gorgoglione, Enrico	🇮🇹ITA	1993	0.0	2075	1275	-7.8
132	Rochat, Georges	🇨🇭SUI	2028	0.0	2207	1407	-5.4
133	Brandis, Benjamin	🇨🇭SUI	2071	0.0	2030	1230	-11.2
134	Heinatz, Maria	🇨🇭SUI	1960	0.0	2076	1276	-6.8
135	Schoenbaechler, Anselm	🇨🇭SUI	2068	0.0	2107	1307	-9.0
136	Csajka, Felix	🇨🇭SUI	2155	0.0	2214	1414	-8.4
137	Pahud, Cedric	🇨🇭SUI	2166	0.0	2309	1509	-6.2
138	Shahmammadli, Safkhan	🇨🇭SUI	2034	0.0	2223	1423	-5.0
139	FMViennot, Dylan	🇫🇷FRA	2296	0.0	2176	1376	-13.2
140	Bigler, David	🇨🇭SUI	1964	0.0	2099	1299	-6.4
141	Haas, Carmi	🇨🇭SUI	2142	0.0	2221	1421	-7.8
142	FMZaitsev, Kyrilo	🇺🇦UKR	2299	0.0	2389	1589	-7.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Zargarov, MikayelSUI
+30.8
1.0 pts · #33
2Arsenie, Cristian MarcSUI
+18.0
1.0 pts · #41
3Tureshbayev, AnuarCMIRL
+16.8
1.0 pts · #40

Top rating losers

1Shatil, ShirCMSUI
-16.8
0.0 pts · #111
2Schwaegli, BrunoFMSUI
-15.4
0.0 pts · #121
3Viennot, DylanFMFRA
-13.2
0.0 pts · #139

Biggest upsets

R1+213 Elo gap
Zargarov, Mikayel2045 beat FMSchwaegli, Bruno2258
R1+120 Elo gap
Silberring, Pawel2176 beat FMViennot, Dylan2296
R1+118 Elo gap
FMPodetti, Davide2258 beat IMHommeles, Theo2376