Therwiler Afternoon Open TAO 2025 round 1-3
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19 players participated in this 3-round tournament, held from 01 Oct 2025 to 29 Oct 2025 in Therwil, Switzerland. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1873, and top seed was Andrew Lumsdon (🇨🇭 SUI, 1959).
Helmut Locher (🇩🇪 GER, 1853) won with 2.5/3, ahead of Fabien Maitre (2.5) and Beat Spielmann (2.0). Locher shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
Location
🇨🇭Therwil, Switzerland
Dates
01 Oct 2025 → 29 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 3 rounds
Federations · 2 represented
🇨🇭Switzerland×18
🇩🇪Germany×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 3 roundsTight race until R3; 2 players tied at 2.5/3, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
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R3 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 2.5/3. Locher takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (3.5).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Helmut Locher | * | — | 1 | — |
| 2Fabien Maitre | — | * | — | — |
| 3Beat Spielmann | 0 | — | * | — |
| 4Peter Polanyi | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Locher, Helmut | 1853 | GER | +13B | +3N | =8B | 2.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 3.75 | 2054 | +14.4 |
| 2 | Maitre, Fabien | 1812 | SUI | +16N | +5B | =9B | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 2.75 | 1878 | +1.4 |
| 3 | Spielmann, Beat | 1869 | SUI | +18B | −1B | +12N | 2.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.00 | 1831 | +1.8 |
| 4 | Polanyi, Peter | 1891 | SUI | =6B | +17N | =7B | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 2.00 | 1960 | +5.6 |
| 5 | Fankhauser, Martin | 0 | SUI | +?B | −2N | =10B | 1.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.75 | 1767 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Willimann, Philipp | 1750 | SUI | =4N | =7N | =11B | 1.5 | 3.5 | 5.0 | 2.50 | 1914 | +8.4 |
| 7 | Erzinger, Paul | 1943 | SUI | =17N | =6B | =4N | 1.5 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 2.00 | 1820 | -18.8 |
| 8 | Lenders, Jean-Pierre | 1860 | SUI | F | +14B | =1N | 1.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.25 | 2096 | +12.4 |
| 9 | Meier, Franz | 1878 | SUI | F | +12B | =2N | 1.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.25 | 1971 | +4.6 |
| 10 | Erb, Bernhard | 1829 | SUI | −14N | +15B | =5N | 1.5 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 1.75 | 1153 | -5.8 |
| 11 | Tschumi, Herbert | 0 | SUI | −12N | +19B | =6N | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.75 | 1549 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Blickle, Michael | 1733 | SUI | +11B | −9N | −3B | 1.0 | 3.5 | 5.0 | 1.50 | 1047 | -27.2 |
| 13 | Cardinaux, Nikita | 1667 | SUI | −1N | +18B | F | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 1694 | +1.2 |
| 14 | Lumsdon, Andrew | 1959 | SUI | +10B | −8N | F | 1.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 1.50 | 1830 | -6.8 |
| 15 | Mcillmurray, John | 0 | SUI | F | −10N | +18N | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 1667 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Affentranger, Urs | 0 | SUI | −2B | =?N | — | 0.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 1559 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Ledermann, Wolfgang | 1833 | SUI | =7B | −4B | — | 0.5 | 2.0 | 3.5 | 0.75 | 1721 | -4.6 |
| 18 | Arnold, Urs | 1577 | SUI | −3N | −13N | −15B | 0.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 941 | -19.2 |
| 19 | Kaeppeli, Viktor | 0 | SUI | F | −11N | −?B | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 878 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Locher, HelmutGER+14.42.5 pts · #1
- 2Lenders, Jean-PierreSUI+12.41.5 pts · #4
- 3Willimann, PhilippSUI+8.41.5 pts · #8
Top rating losers
- 1Blickle, MichaelSUI-27.21.0 pts · #19
- 2Arnold, UrsSUI-19.20.0 pts · #16
- 3Erzinger, PaulSUI-18.81.5 pts · #5