SSS Pontresina

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46 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 08 Sept 2025 to 17 Sept 2025 in Pontresina 2025, Switzerland. 1 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1968, and top seed was Philipp Ammann (🇨🇭 SUI, FM, 2051).

Siegfried Reiss (🇨🇭 SUI, 1982) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Martin Kull (7.0) and Thomas Wuerth (6.5). Reiss won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 9: Moritz Isch (1531) beat Andri Luzi (1881), a +350-point gap.

Location

🇨🇭Pontresina 2025, Switzerland

Dates

08 Sept 2025 → 17 Sept 2025

Time control

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

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇨🇭FMPhilipp Ammann2051

Avg top 10

1,968

Participants

Titled players · 1

FM×1

Federations · 2 represented

🇨🇭Switzerland×45

🇩🇪Germany×1

Top 3

🥇
Siegfried Reiss
🇨🇭SUI·1982
7.0pts·2123perf+31.2
🥈
Martin Kull
🇨🇭SUI·1954
7.0pts·2100perf+32.4
🥉
Thomas Wuerth
🇨🇭SUI·1954
6.5pts·2052perf+20.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 2 players tied at 7.0/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Reiss7Kull7Wuerth6.5Schott6.5Hunkeler6Arquint6

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.0/9. Reiss takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (47.5).

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Siegfried Reiss lost to Martin Kull (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Siegfried Reiss 3 wins (R1–R3)Martin Kull 5 wins (R3–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Siegfried Reiss	*	0	1	—
2Martin Kull	1	*	—	½
3Thomas Wuerth	0	—	*	0
4Wolfgang Schott	—	½	1	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Reiss, Siegfried	1982	SUI	+39B	+7N	+3B	=5N	+6B	=8B	−2N	+11N	+13B	7.0	47.5	50.5	37.75	2123	+31.2
2	Kull, Martin	1954	SUI	+33N	−18B	+21B	+13N	+10B	+7N	+1B	=5N	=4N	7.0	45.0	48.5	37.75	2100	+32.4
3	Wuerth, Thomas	1954	SUI	+26B	+11N	−1N	+18B	+14N	=9B	+8N	−4B	+5B	6.5	45.5	49.5	33.25	2052	+20.8
4	Schott, Wolfgang	1916	SUI	+28B	+34N	−5N	+15B	=9N	=17B	+14N	+3N	=2B	6.5	43.5	47.0	32.50	1993	+17.4
5	Arquint, Andri	1958	SUI	+32B	+13N	+4B	=1B	−8N	+6N	+12B	=2B	−3N	6.0	49.0	52.5	33.50	2015	+12.2
6	Bodmer, Marcel	1978	SUI	+35N	+14B	=10N	+17B	−1N	−5B	=15N	+30B	+8N	6.0	42.5	46.0	27.75	1982	+1.2
7	Hunkeler, Beat	1863	SUI	+42N	−1B	+39N	+19B	+20N	−2B	=9N	=8B	+15N	6.0	42.0	44.5	25.00	1968	+25.4
8	Zuelle, Bruno	2015	SUI	=17N	+37B	+18N	+20B	+5B	=1N	−3B	=7N	−6B	5.5	45.0	48.0	26.75	1943	-14.4
9	Ammann, PhilippFM	2051	SUI	+16B	=21N	+41B	=10N	=4B	=3N	=7B	=13N	=12B	5.5	44.5	47.0	27.25	1928	-21.0
10	Thuerig, Catherine	1941	SUI	+19B	+24N	=6B	=9B	−2N	=13N	−16B	+32N	+22B	5.5	42.0	45.5	25.25	1910	-5.2
11	Eschle, Hubert	1823	GER	+46N	−3B	−19N	+33B	=26N	+22B	+20N	−1B	+17N	5.5	39.0	40.5	20.50	1825	+1.0
12	Nyffeler, Ulrich	0	SUI	+22N	=20B	−17N	=26B	+35N	+27B	−5N	+14B	=9N	5.5	38.0	41.5	24.00	1837	0.0
13	Klaiber, Eduard	1835	SUI	+40N	−5B	+33N	−2B	+32N	=10B	+17N	=9B	−1N	5.0	42.5	45.5	20.00	1894	+13.8
14	Sommer, Hansruedi	0	SUI	+38B	−6N	+32B	+16N	−3B	+24N	−4B	−12N	+26B	5.0	41.5	44.5	20.00	1842	0.0
15	Rudolf, Arthur	1797	SUI	=36B	=23N	+34B	−4N	+28B	=21N	=6B	+16N	−7B	5.0	40.0	43.5	21.75	1799	+1.6
16	Mares, Otakar SUI	1758	SUI	−9N	+43B	+29N	−14B	=19N	+25B	+10N	−15B	=24B	5.0	38.5	41.0	21.00	1883	+25.4
17	Strupp, Christian	1757	SUI	=8B	+30N	+12B	−6N	+21B	=4N	−13B	=24N	−11B	4.5	43.0	47.0	22.25	1850	+18.2
18	Erb, Bernhard	1829	SUI	+25B	+2N	−8B	−3N	=23B	−26N	+41B	−22N	+35B	4.5	40.0	42.5	19.75	1733	-20.4
19	Guarisco, Renzo	1689	SUI	−10N	+45B	+11B	−7N	=16B	=23N	−24B	+34N	=31B	4.5	38.5	40.0	17.25	1761	+17.0
20	Allidi, Fernando	1765	SUI	+44B	=12N	+23B	−8N	−7B	+41N	−11B	=31N	=21B	4.5	38.0	40.0	16.00	1728	-9.6
21	Eggenberger, Ulrich	1877	SUI	+43N	=9B	−2N	+41B	−17N	=15B	=27N	=25B	=20N	4.5	37.5	40.0	16.75	1752	-25.4
22	Klainguti, Goeri	1692	SUI	−12B	=44N	+36B	−30N	+34B	−11N	+29N	+18B	−10N	4.5	36.0	38.0	16.50	1834	+26.8
23	Strupat, Thomas	1613	SUI	+29N	=15B	−20N	=27B	=18N	=19B	−32N	=35B	+33N	4.5	33.5	37.0	18.25	1777	+38.0
24	Liphardt, Bodo	1788	SUI	+45N	−10B	=27N	+38B	F	−14B	+19N	=17B	=16N	4.5	33.0	33.0	15.75	1827	+9.4
25	Isch,Moritz	1531	SUI	−18N	−33B	F	+45N	+37B	−16N	+28B	=21N	+27B	4.5	30.0	30.0	14.75	1779	+49.4
26	Fankhauser, Heinz	1711	SUI	−3N	=46B	+37N	=12N	=11B	+18B	−30N	=27B	−14N	4.0	38.0	39.5	15.75	1847	+21.2
27	Luzi, Andri	1881	SUI	−34B	+36N	=24B	=23N	+30B	−12N	=21B	=26N	−25N	4.0	35.0	38.5	16.25	1697	-34.6
28	Garlant, Carlo	1677	SUI	−4N	−29B	+42N	+39B	−15N	−32B	−25N	+45B	+38N	4.0	32.0	33.5	10.00	1649	-6.6
29	Spielmann, Beat	1869	SUI	−23B	+28N	−16B	=34N	=38N	F	−22B	+36N	+41B	4.0	30.5	30.5	13.25	1587	-49.2
30	Brugger, Anton	1909	SUI	=41N	−17B	+46N	+22B	−27N	F	+26B	−6N	=32B	4.0	30.5	30.5	13.00	1734	-28.4
31	Bilinski, Vanda	1929	SUI	=37N	F	=38B	F	F	+46N	+33B	=20B	=19N	4.0	26.0	26.0	12.50	1757	-39.6
32	Schaerer, Rolf	1725	SUI	−5N	+40B	−14N	F	−13B	+28N	+23B	−10B	=30N	3.5	38.0	41.0	13.50	1787	+10.8
33	Steinmann, Peter	1714	SUI	−2B	+25N	−13B	−11N	=42B	+36N	−31N	+37B	−23B	3.5	37.0	39.5	12.25	1633	-20.2
34	Maier, Rene	1666	SUI	+27N	−4B	−15N	=29B	−22N	+42B	=35N	−19B	=37N	3.5	35.0	37.5	11.75	1682	+2.2
35	Furgine, Claude	1733	SUI	−6B	−38N	+44B	+40N	−12B	=37N	=34B	=23N	−18N	3.5	33.0	35.0	10.50	1602	-26.0
36	Filli, Claude	1473	SUI	=15N	−27B	−22N	−37B	+43N	−33B	+44N	−29B	+42N	3.5	29.0	31.0	9.50	1587	+43.2
37	Keller, Franco	1686	SUI	=31B	−8N	−26B	+36N	−25N	=35B	=38B	−33N	=34B	3.0	32.0	35.0	10.50	1579	-27.0
38	Bolliger, Willi	1581	SUI	−14N	+35B	=31N	−24N	=29B	−39B	=37N	=40N	−28B	3.0	31.0	34.0	10.50	1663	+13.6
39	Rudin, Erich	1744	SUI	−1N	+42B	−7B	−28N	+40B	+38N	F	F	F	3.0	25.5	25.5	8.50	1713	-10.8
40	Arnold, Urs	1577	SUI	−13B	−32N	+43N	−35B	−39N	+44B	−42N	=38B	=45N	3.0	25.0	26.5	6.75	1471	-43.2
41	Jans, Thomas	0	SUI	=30B	F	−9N	−21N	+46B	−20B	−18N	+42B	−29N	2.5	33.5	35.0	6.00	1611	0.0
42	Cauderay, Philippe	1601	SUI	−7B	−39N	−28B	+43B	=33N	−34N	+40B	−41N	−36B	2.5	29.0	31.5	7.25	1525	-15.8
43	Sprenger, Paul	1635	SUI	−21B	−16N	−40B	−42N	−36B	+45N	F	+46B	=44B	2.5	23.5	23.5	4.00	1348	-42.6
44	Polymeris, Alex	0	SUI	−20N	=22B	−35N	−46B	+45B	−40N	−36B	F	=43N	2.0	24.5	24.5	5.00	1457	0.0
45	Panizza, Josef	1464	SUI	−24B	−19N	F	−25B	−44N	−43B	+46N	−28N	=40B	1.5	26.5	26.5	3.00	1249	-22.2
46	Blumer, Paul	0	SUI	−11B	=26N	−30B	+44N	−41N	−31B	−45B	−43N	F	1.5	26.0	26.0	4.00	1344	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Isch,MoritzSUI
+49.4
4.5 pts · #17
2Filli, ClaudeSUI
+43.2
3.5 pts · #36
3Strupat, ThomasSUI
+38.0
4.5 pts · #18

Top rating losers

1Spielmann, BeatSUI
-49.2
4.0 pts · #32
2Arnold, UrsSUI
-43.2
3.0 pts · #42
3Sprenger, PaulSUI
-42.6
2.5 pts · #44

Biggest upsets

R9+350 Elo gap
Isch,Moritz1531 beat Luzi, Andri1881
R1+256 Elo gap
Strupat, Thomas1613 beat Spielmann, Beat1869
R1+215 Elo gap
Maier, Rene1666 beat Luzi, Andri1881