SSS Adelboden 2025

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37 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 04 Aug 2025 to 13 Aug 2025 in Adelboden, Switzerland. 1 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1937, and top seed was Ali Habibi (🇩🇪 GER, IM, 2119).

Markus Riesen (🇨🇭 SUI, 1998) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Ali Habibi (7.5) and Heinrich Faust (6.0). Riesen won solo starting round 8.

The biggest upset came in round 8: Olivier Van Bogaert (1793) beat Eugen Fleischer (1919), a +126-point gap.

Location

🇨🇭Adelboden, Switzerland

Dates

04 Aug 2025 → 13 Aug 2025

Time control

Standard: All Moves in 110 Min. Incr. 30 Sec. / /

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇩🇪IMAli Habibi2119

Avg top 10

1,937

Participants

Titled players · 1

IM×1

Federations · 3 represented

🇨🇭Switzerland×34

🇩🇪Germany×2

🇫🇷France×1

Top 3

🥇
Markus Riesen
🇨🇭SUI·1998
8.0pts·2224perf+34.4
🥈
IMAli Habibi
🇩🇪GER·2119
7.5pts·2197perf+4.1
🥉
Heinrich Faust
🇨🇭SUI
6.0pts·1956perf0.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Markus Riesen led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Riesen8Habibi7.5Faust6Schulthess5.5Schaerer5.5Naarding5.5

R5–R9 · LEAD HELD

Markus Riesen held the sole lead from R5 through R9 without losing it.

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Markus Riesen drew with IM Ali Habibi (White).

R7–R9 · WIN STREAK

Markus Riesen won 3 in a row (R7–R9).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Markus Riesen	*	½	1	1
2IMAli Habibi	½	*	½	1
3Heinrich Faust	0	½	*	—
4Martin Schulthess	0	0	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Riesen, Markus	1998	SUI	+16B	+12N	=2B	+15N	+3B	=10N	+4B	+8N	+5B	8.0	44.0	48.5	42.25	2224	+34.4
2	Habibi, AliIM	2119	GER	+17N	+11B	=1N	+8B	=4N	+6B	+5N	=3B	+9N	7.5	45.5	50.0	40.25	2197	+4.1
3	Faust, Heinrich	0	SUI	=21N	+32B	=30N	+19B	−1N	+18B	=10B	=2N	+15B	6.0	41.5	44.5	26.50	1956	0.0
4	Naarding, Jeroen	1930	SUI	=25B	+24N	=13B	+30N	=2B	=9N	−1N	+20B	=6N	5.5	44.0	47.0	25.50	1922	-1.8
5	Schulthess, Martin	0	SUI	−31B	+29N	+21B	+9N	=13B	+15N	−2B	+10N	−1N	5.5	43.0	46.0	25.00	1944	0.0
6	Germann, Leo	1849	SUI	+35B	=22N	=10B	=13N	+16B	−2N	=12B	+30N	=4B	5.5	40.0	42.0	22.00	1927	+14.0
7	Schaerer, Marc	1785	SUI	−9B	+34N	=16B	=12N	+25B	=11B	=19N	=15N	+24B	5.5	37.0	39.5	22.75	1856	+17.8
8	Bohrer, Ruth	1837	SUI	+34B	=9N	+22B	−2N	−15B	+28N	+13B	−1B	=11N	5.0	43.0	45.5	20.50	1903	+17.2
9	Scherrer, Heinrich	1908	SUI	+7N	=8B	+31N	−5B	=18N	=4B	+30B	=12N	−2B	5.0	41.5	44.5	21.50	1934	+4.8
10	Morf, Juerg Walter	1946	SUI	+18N	=30B	=6N	+17B	F	=1B	=3N	−5B	+16N	5.0	41.5	41.5	24.75	2100	+18.4
11	Schmitter, Albert	1878	SUI	+28B	−2N	=14B	=25N	+22B	=7N	=15B	=16N	=8B	5.0	40.5	44.0	22.25	1890	+1.6
12	Joller, Hans	1878	SUI	+29N	−1B	−18N	=7B	+33N	+31B	=6N	=9B	=14N	5.0	40.0	42.5	19.50	1833	-9.2
13	Eggenberger, Ulrich	1877	SUI	+36N	=19B	=4N	=6B	=5N	=20B	−8N	=18B	+26N	5.0	39.0	41.0	21.00	1876	+0.4
14	Van Bogaert, Olivier	1793	SUI	−19N	+26B	=11N	=20B	−17N	=27B	+31N	+22N	=12B	5.0	36.0	39.0	20.75	1885	+75.6
15	Spielmann, Beat	1851	SUI	+26N	+20B	=19N	−1B	+8N	−5B	=11N	=7B	−3N	4.5	44.0	48.0	21.00	1958	+21.2
16	Von Flue, Erwin	1835	FRA	−1N	+36B	=7N	+27B	−6N	+17B	=20N	=11B	−10B	4.5	42.0	44.0	18.00	1856	+5.0
17	Eschle, Hubert	1835	GER	−2B	+28N	+23B	−10N	+14B	−16N	=21B	=25N	=20N	4.5	39.5	43.0	19.50	1855	+8.8
18	Kaelin, Bruno	1805	SUI	−10B	+33N	+12B	=22N	=9B	−3N	=23B	=13N	=21B	4.5	39.5	42.0	19.25	1871	+25.6
19	Brugger, Anton	1908	SUI	+14B	=13N	=15B	−3N	F	=23N	=7B	=21N	+25B	4.5	39.0	39.0	21.00	1909	+0.8
20	Bilat, Michel	1887	SUI	+23B	−15N	=25B	=14N	+21B	=13N	=16B	−4N	=17B	4.5	38.0	42.0	20.50	1827	-14.6
21	Revelly, Alain	1832	SUI	=3B	=25N	−5N	+32B	−20N	+26B	=17N	=19B	=18N	4.5	37.5	40.5	18.75	1852	+9.2
22	Fleischer, Eugen	1919	SUI	+27N	=6B	−8N	=18B	−11N	=25B	+29N	−14B	+31N	4.5	36.5	39.5	17.50	1810	-20.0
23	Schaerer, Marie-Anne	1772	SUI	−20N	+37B	−17N	=33B	+27N	=19B	=18N	−24N	+30B	4.5	32.0	32.5	13.25	1771	-0.2
24	Hugelshofer, Martin	0	SUI	+37N	−4B	=27N	−31B	=26N	=29B	+35N	+23B	−7N	4.5	32.0	32.5	12.75	1695	0.0
25	Rudolf, Arthur	1805	SUI	=4N	=21B	=20N	=11B	−7N	=22N	+28B	=17B	−19N	4.0	38.5	42.0	17.75	1811	+2.0
26	Keller, Franco	1698	SUI	−15B	−14N	=28B	+35N	=24B	−21N	+33B	+27N	−13B	4.0	33.5	35.5	12.50	1615	-12.4
27	Kraehenbuehl, Jean	1802	SUI	−22B	+35N	=24B	−16N	−23B	=14N	+34N	−26B	+36N	4.0	31.5	33.5	11.25	1628	-31.8
28	Geiser, Marcellus	1762	SUI	−11N	−17B	=26N	+34B	+32N	−8B	−25N	−31B	+37B	3.5	31.0	31.5	8.00	1609	-31.4
29	Kaufmann, Philipp	1764	SUI	−12B	−5B	=32N	=36B	+35N	=24N	−22B	=33N	=34B	3.5	29.5	31.5	9.25	1582	-46.4
30	Meili, Willi	0	SUI	+33B	=10N	=3B	−4B	+31N	F	−9N	−6B	−23N	3.0	37.0	37.0	11.00	1679	0.0
31	Liphardt, Bodo	1827	SUI	+5N	F	−9B	+24N	−30B	−12N	−14B	+28N	−22B	3.0	36.0	36.0	13.50	1593	-29.2
32	Enderli, Roland	1723	SUI	F	−3N	=29B	−21N	−28B	=36N	=37B	=34N	+35B	3.0	24.5	24.5	6.25	1560	-17.8
33	Arm, Paul	0	SUI	−30N	−18B	+37N	=23N	−12B	=34B	−26N	=29B	F	2.5	27.5	27.5	5.75	1533	0.0
34	Filli, Claude	1467	SUI	−8N	−7B	F	−28N	+37B	=33N	−27B	=32B	=29N	2.5	27.5	27.5	5.00	1502	+10.8
35	Arnold, Urs	0	SUI	−6N	−27B	+36N	−26B	−29B	+37N	−24B	F	−32N	2.0	27.0	27.0	2.50	1487	0.0
36	Lang, Thomas	1748	SUI	−13B	−16N	−35B	=29N	F	=32B	F	+37N	−27B	2.0	22.5	22.5	3.75	1556	-23.6
37	Ort, Marianne	0	SUI	−24B	−23N	−33B	F	−34N	−35B	=32N	−36B	−28N	0.5	24.5	24.5	1.50	1318	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Van Bogaert, OlivierSUI
+75.6
5.0 pts · #5
2Riesen, MarkusSUI
+34.4
8.0 pts · #1
3Kaelin, BrunoSUI
+25.6
4.5 pts · #21

Top rating losers

1Kaufmann, PhilippSUI
-46.4
3.5 pts · #30
2Kraehenbuehl, JeanSUI
-31.8
4.0 pts · #26
3Geiser, MarcellusSUI
-31.4
3.5 pts · #25

Biggest upsets

R8+126 Elo gap
Van Bogaert, Olivier1793 beat Fleischer, Eugen1919
R8+104 Elo gap
Keller, Franco1698 beat Kraehenbuehl, Jean1802