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Mendrisio Open 2025

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27 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 05 Sept 2025 to 07 Sept 2025 in Mendrisio, Switzerland. 3 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2016, and top seed was Llambi Qendro (🇦🇱 ALB, IM, 2271).

Oleg Zujev (🇱🇹 LTU, FM, 2209) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Jan Selinga (4.0) and Llambi Qendro (4.0). Zujev won solo starting round 3.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Rasheen De Silva (1882) beat Simone Medici (FM, 2209), a +327-point gap.

Location
🇨🇭Mendrisio, Switzerland
Dates
05 Sept 2025 → 07 Sept 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇦🇱IMLlambi Qendro2271
Avg top 10
2,016
Participants
27
Titled players · 3
IM×1
FM×2
Federations · 8 represented
🇨🇭Switzerland×15
🇮🇹Italy×5
🇭🇷Croatia×2
🇦🇱Albania×1
🇱🇰Sri Lanka×1
🇱🇹Lithuania×1
🇮🇳India×1
🇫🇷France×1
Top 3
  • 🥇
    FMOleg Zujev
    🇱🇹LTU·2209
    4.5pts·2279perf+6.4
  • 🥈
    Jan Selinga
    🇨🇭SUI·1999
    4.0pts·2168perf+22.6
  • 🥉
    IMLlambi Qendro
    🇦🇱ALB·2271
    4.0pts·2138perf-5.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

FM Oleg Zujev led from R3; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
12
5
1
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Zujev4.5Selinga4Medici4Qendro4Palazzi3Lorman3
R3–R5 · LEAD HELD

FM Oleg Zujev held the sole lead from R3 through R5 without losing it.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Oleg Zujev drew with Jan Selinga (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

FM Oleg Zujev 3 wins (R1–R3)FM Simone Medici 3 wins (R3–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FMOleg Zujev*
½
——
2Jan Selinga
½
*—
½
3FMSimone Medici——*—
4IMLlambi Qendro—
½
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Zujev, OlegFM2209LTU+16B+9N+5B=2N+6B4.513.015.013.002279+6.4
2Selinga, Jan1999SUI+24N+18B=3N=1B+7N4.013.514.510.252168+22.6
3Qendro, LlambiIM2271ALB+20B+11N=2B=7N+5B4.013.014.511.002138-5.0
4Medici, SimoneFM2209SUI+10N−5B+16N+13B+8N4.011.513.510.502113-6.6
5De Silva, Rasheen1882SRI+17B+4N−1N+10B−3N3.015.517.59.002067+21.4
6Zinnai, Graziano Matteo2059ITA+12N−8B+14N+9B−1N3.013.516.08.501907-14.6
7Mantey, Jean-Pierre1765FRA+22N=13B+8N=3B−2B3.013.514.57.252007+22.6
8Lorman, Pierre1819SUI+23B+6N−7B+17N−4B3.012.013.06.001900+9.6
9Donauer Daniel1816SUI+19N−1B+27N−6N+16B3.011.011.03.501878+4.8
10Palazzi, Gianmarco1719ITA−4B+26N+23B−5N+17B3.010.011.04.001798+9.2
11Gardi, Giuseppe1844ITA+21N−3B=19N+25B=15B3.09.010.04.001800-5.6
12Mestrovic, Marko1671CRO−6B−17N+21B+22N+18N3.08.09.04.001743+5.2
13Manukonda Arun2048IND+14B=7N+15B−4NF2.512.012.06.501912-9.4
14Cavadini, Sergio1634SUI−13N+22B−6B=20N+19N2.58.59.53.251740+6.0
15Trivic, Zoran1637SUIF+25B−13N+19B=11N2.58.08.04.001868+22.2
16Planinic, Lucija1719CRO−1N+21B−4B+27N−9N2.012.512.51.001708-5.0
17Zumstein, Patrick1570SUI−5N+12B+18N−8B−10N2.012.014.05.001705+31.6
18Camagna, Alessandro1793ITA+27B−2N−17B+23N−12B2.010.010.01.001502-29.8
19Rapisarda, Alessandro1524SUI−9B+20N=11B−15N−14B1.511.012.53.001581+10.8
20Geiler, Rinaldo1717SUI−3N−19B+24N=14B−21N1.59.010.02.251537-52.4
21Both, Franz1549SUI−11B−16N−12NF+20B1.09.59.51.501545-1.6
22Merel, Paul0SUI−7B−14NF−12B+23N1.09.59.51.0014600.0
23Ortelli, Valerio1540SUI−8N+24B−10N−18B−22B1.09.010.01.001541-0.6
24Cattomio, Roberto1604SUI−2B−23N−20B−26N+27B1.07.57.50.00895-32.6
25Breggia Bicchiere, Antonio1686ITAF−15N+26B−11NF1.06.56.51.001543-11.6
26Pisciotta, Lucas M.1524SUIF−10B−25N+24BF1.05.05.01.001544+1.6
27Merel, Antoine0SUI−18NF−9B−16B−24N0.08.08.00.009330.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets
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