U16 Qualification 2026 Hergiswil

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51 players participated in this 4-round tournament, held from 06 Sept 2025 to 07 Sept 2025 in Hergiswil, Switzerland. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2089, and top seed was Colin Federer (🇨🇭 SUI, FM, 2303).

Colin Federer (🇨🇭 SUI, FM, 2303) won with 3.0/4, ahead of Ziad Kanana (3.0) and Riccardo Daniele Piacquadio (3.0). Federer won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Vincent Navarini (1731) beat Riccardo Daniele Piacquadio (2026), a +295-point gap.

Location

🇨🇭Hergiswil, Switzerland

Dates

06 Sept 2025 → 07 Sept 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 4 rounds

Top seed

🇨🇭FMColin Federer2303

Avg top 10

2,089

Participants

Titled players · 1

FM×1

Federations · 1 represented

🇨🇭Switzerland×50

Top 3

🥇
FMColin Federer
🇨🇭SUI·2303
3.0pts·2268perf-0.8
🥈
Ziad Kanana
🇨🇭SUI·2062
3.0pts·2255perf+28.8
🥉
Riccardo Daniele Piacquadio
🇨🇭SUI·2026
3.0pts·1969perf-17.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 4 rounds

Tight race until R4; 10 players tied at 3.0/4, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 10 co-leaders at R4 to 10 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Christen3Jelicic3Madhavan3Piacquadio3Mallipudi3Federer3

R4 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

10 players finish on 3.0/4. Federer takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (7.5).

R1–R3 · WIN STREAK

Kailash Madhavan won 3 in a row (R1–R3).

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Federer, ColinFM	2303	SUI	=11N	+29B	=2N	+21B	3.0	7.5	9.5	6.75	2268	-0.8
2	Kanana, Ziad	2062	SUI	=36B	+37N	=1B	+13N	3.0	7.0	8.5	6.25	2255	+28.8
3	Piacquadio, Riccardo Daniele	2026	SUI	−22N	+14B	+42N	+15B	3.0	7.0	8.0	6.00	1969	-17.2
4	Aeschbacher, Dimitri	2005	SUI	=21N	+22B	=11N	+26B	3.0	6.5	8.5	6.25	2188	+4.8
5	Mallipudi, Vernmulyadeep	1693	SUI	+31N	−12B	+40N	+28N	3.0	6.5	8.0	5.50	1757	+12.4
6	Jelicic, Hugo	1908	SUI	+42N	=21B	=15N	+27B	3.0	6.5	7.5	5.25	2079	+14.0
7	Madhavan, Kailash	1911	SUI	+45B	+35N	+24N	−10B	3.0	6.5	7.5	4.50	1834	-9.6
8	Canatar, Poyraz	1712	SUI	+35N	=33N	+12B	=23B	3.0	6.0	7.5	5.75	2024	+35.6
9	Christen, Mathis	1536	SUI	+46N	−42B	+20N	+19B	3.0	6.0	7.0	6.00	1736	+23.2
10	Ghisla, Ireneo	1747	SUI	−33B	+50N	+39B	+7N	3.0	6.0	6.0	4.50	2486	+55.2
11	Saminskij, Jan	2230	SUI	=1B	=13N	=4B	+25N	2.5	8.5	10.5	6.25	2257	+2.0
12	Cattin, Alexandre	1588	SUI	=14B	+5N	−8N	+42B	2.5	8.5	9.5	5.25	1782	+41.2
13	Pfaltz, Maximilian	2139	SUI	+23N	=11B	+25N	−2B	2.5	7.5	9.5	5.25	2215	+31.6
14	Gireada, Lucas	1640	SUI	=12N	−3N	+30B	+44N	2.5	7.5	8.5	4.25	1837	+37.2
15	Ingielewicz, Tomasz	1890	SUI	+50B	+43N	=6B	−3N	2.5	7.0	7.0	2.50	1898	-5.6
16	Niederberger, Lenny	1714	SUI	−43B	+18N	=28B	+32N	2.5	6.5	7.5	5.50	1873	+18.8
17	Bernal Santos, Idel Alejandro	1744	SUI	−24B	+30N	+43B	=38N	2.5	5.5	6.5	3.75	1726	-3.6
18	Cavigelli, Jonas	1562	SUI	+41N	−16B	=34B	+45N	2.5	5.5	6.5	3.25	1754	+38.4
19	Siegel, Felix	1573	SUI	+49B	+34N	=44B	−9N	2.5	5.5	6.0	2.50	1773	+44.8
20	De Lucia, Christian	1566	SUI	+48N	+51B	−9B	=34N	2.5	5.5	5.5	1.75	1498	-6.8
21	Angelovski, Emanuel	2118	SUI	=4B	=6N	+38B	−1N	2.0	9.0	10.5	4.50	2114	+14.4
22	Navarini, Vincent	1731	SUI	+3B	−4N	=37B	=36N	2.0	7.5	9.0	4.50	2033	+53.6
23	Pellegrini, Noah	1984	SUI	−13B	=36N	+29B	=8N	2.0	7.5	9.0	4.25	1891	-26.0
24	Ruiz Servent, Arnau	1651	SUI	+17N	−38N	−7B	+33N	2.0	7.0	8.5	4.00	1736	+13.2
25	Koehalmi-Szabo, Mihaly	2085	SUI	+38B	+26N	−13B	−11B	2.0	7.0	8.5	3.50	2040	-11.6
26	Bucher, Dominic	1897	SUI	+27N	−25B	+36B	−4N	2.0	7.0	8.5	3.50	2040	+27.6
27	Akinkhov, Mikhail	1899	SUI	−26B	+32N	+33B	−6N	2.0	7.0	8.5	3.50	1724	-26.4
28	Weekes, Jayden	1539	SUI	=34B	+47N	=16N	−5B	2.0	7.0	8.0	3.00	1697	+20.0
29	Boivin, Remi	1747	SUI	+44B	−1N	−23N	+37B	2.0	6.5	7.5	2.50	1958	+37.6
30	Koepke, Aleksis	1571	SUI	+47N	−17B	−14N	+46B	2.0	6.0	7.0	2.00	1600	+1.2
31	Infanger, Philip	1539	SUI	−5B	−40N	+50B	+47N	2.0	5.5	5.5	1.00	1598	+12.0
32	Husser, Clara	1661	SUI	+51N	−27B	+48N	−16B	2.0	5.5	5.5	1.00	1014	-20.8
33	Meier, Juri	0	SUI	+10N	=8B	−27N	−24B	1.5	8.0	10.0	4.50	1669	0.0
34	Fokina, Nika	1721	SUI	=28N	−19B	=18N	=20B	1.5	7.5	9.5	3.50	1489	-57.6
35	Vorobkevych, Kseniia	1640	SUI	−8B	−7B	=46N	+41B	1.5	7.5	8.5	2.00	1576	-15.6
36	Jordan, Theodor	1934	SUI	=2N	=23B	−26N	=22B	1.5	7.0	9.0	3.50	1857	-25.2
37	Sutter, Julian	1878	SUI	+39N	−2B	=22N	−29N	1.5	7.0	8.5	2.50	1714	-41.6
38	Gafner, Lancelot	1901	SUI	−25N	+24B	−21N	=17B	1.5	6.5	8.5	3.25	1793	-31.6
39	Zvoristeanu, Remo	1579	SUI	−37B	=44N	−10N	+43B	1.5	5.5	6.5	1.50	1516	-11.6
40	Naef Schmid, Ianto	1521	SUI	F	+31B	−5B	=49N	1.5	5.5	5.5	2.25	1607	+14.0
41	Rathgeb, Ilja	1599	SUI	−18B	+49N	=45B	−35N	1.5	5.0	5.5	1.00	1507	-16.4
42	Keller, Mike	1562	SUI	−6B	+9N	−3B	−12N	1.0	9.0	11.5	3.00	1628	-11.2
43	Stevens, Thomas	0	SUI	+16N	−15B	−17N	−39N	1.0	7.5	9.0	2.50	1564	0.0
44	Baisse, Rose	1753	SUI	−29N	=39B	=19N	−14B	1.0	7.0	8.5	2.00	1445	-62.0
45	Speerli, Maria	1665	SUI	−7N	=46B	=41N	−18B	1.0	7.0	8.0	1.25	1420	-33.6
46	Roethlin, Lara	1411	SUI	−9B	=45N	=35B	−30N	1.0	6.5	7.5	1.25	1416	+1.6
47	Aregger, Nando	1611	SUI	−30B	−28B	+51N	−31B	1.0	6.0	6.0	0.00	781	-65.2
48	Veseli, Erion	0	SUI	−20B	F	−32B	+51N	1.0	4.5	4.5	0.00	793	0.0
49	Nazarenus, Sofie	1553	SUI	−19N	−41B	F	=40B	0.5	5.5	5.5	0.75	1280	-46.0
50	Dinerchtein, Elie	1565	SUI	−15N	−10B	−31N	F	0.0	7.5	7.5	0.00	937	-36.4
51	FIDE 1376306	0	—	−32B	−20N	−47B	−48B	0.0	5.5	6.5	0.00	799	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Ghisla, IreneoSUI
+55.2
3.0 pts · #8
2Navarini, VincentSUI
+53.6
2.0 pts · #22
3Siegel, FelixSUI
+44.8
2.5 pts · #12

Top rating losers

1Aregger, NandoSUI
-65.2
1.0 pts · #49
2Baisse, RoseSUI
-62.0
1.0 pts · #42
3Fokina, NikaSUI
-57.6
1.5 pts · #29

Biggest upsets

R1+295 Elo gap
Navarini, Vincent1731 beat Piacquadio, Riccardo Daniele2026
R4+164 Elo gap
Ghisla, Ireneo1747 beat Madhavan, Kailash1911
R2+148 Elo gap
Siegel, Felix1573 beat Fokina, Nika1721