SMM 2025 2. Liga promotion round
Team SwissStandard
57 players participated in this 1-round tournament, held on 25 Oct 2025 in decentralised, Switzerland. 7 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 2083, and top seed was Nicolas Curien (🇨🇭 SUI, 2136).
Bernhard Seybold (🇨🇭 SUI, 2096) won with 1.0/1, ahead of Ivan Romanovskyi (1.0) and Sinan Deveci (1.0). Seybold won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 1: David Steiger (1836) beat Kurt Blattner (2018), a +182-point gap.
Location
🇨🇭decentralised, Switzerland
Dates
25 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1
System
Team · 1 rounds
Federations · 7 represented
🇨🇭Switzerland×49
🇫🇷France×2
🇦🇹Austria×2
🇦🇲Armenia×1
🇸🇮Slovenia×1
🇪🇸Spain×1
🇩🇪Germany×1
Top 3
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Standings
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| # | Player | Fed | Elo | Pts | Avg opp. | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seybold, Bernhard | 🇨🇭SUI | 2096 | 1.0 | 2071 | 2871 | +9.4 |
| 2 | Romanovskyi, Ivan | 🇨🇭SUI | 1966 | 1.0 | 1858 | 2658 | +14.0 |
| 3 | Deveci, Sinan | 🇨🇭SUI | 2017 | 1.0 | 2031 | 2831 | +10.4 |
| 4 | Gevorgyan, Grigor | 🇦🇲ARM | 1921 | 1.0 | 1826 | 2626 | +7.4 |
| 5 | Marmy, Milo | 🇨🇭SUI | 1955 | 1.0 | 1651 | 2451 | +5.6 |
| 6 | Pluess, Peter | 🇨🇭SUI | 2087 | 1.0 | 1905 | 2705 | +5.2 |
| 7 | Gremaud, Pirmin | 🇨🇭SUI | 1972 | 1.0 | 2015 | 2815 | +22.4 |
| 8 | Curien, Nicolas | 🇨🇭SUI | 2136 | 1.0 | 2023 | 2823 | +7.0 |
| 9 | Steiger, David | 🇨🇭SUI | 1836 | 1.0 | 2018 | 2818 | +29.6 |
| 10 | Estermann, Michail | 🇨🇭SUI | 1903 | 1.0 | 1628 | 2428 | +6.8 |
| 11 | Wunderlin, Thomas | 🇨🇭SUI | 1891 | 1.0 | 1870 | 2670 | +9.4 |
| 12 | Langwieser, Alexander | 🇦🇹AUT | 2031 | 1.0 | 2062 | 2862 | +10.8 |
| 13 | Petry, Martin | 🇨🇭SUI | 2022 | 1.0 | 1961 | 2761 | +16.8 |
| 14 | Dietiker, Manuel | 🇨🇭SUI | 1990 | 1.0 | 1841 | 2641 | +6.0 |
| 15 | Kaufmann, Patrick | 🇨🇭SUI | 2078 | 1.0 | 1891 | 2691 | +5.2 |
| 16 | Naef, Thomas | 🇨🇭SUI | 2112 | 1.0 | 2045 | 2845 | +8.2 |
| 17 | Begdullayev, Tamerlan | 🇨🇭SUI | 2047 | 1.0 | 1697 | 2497 | +4.4 |
| 18 | Jung, Niklaus | 🇨🇭SUI | 2000 | 1.0 | 1946 | 2746 | +8.4 |
| 19 | Mauron, Pierre | 🇨🇭SUI | 1983 | 1.0 | 2020 | 2820 | +11.0 |
| 20 | Callealta, Andres | 🇨🇭SUI | 1882 | 1.0 | 1915 | 2715 | +11.0 |
| 21 | Hanouna, Dan | 🇨🇭SUI | 2080 | 0.5 | 2065 | 2065 | -0.4 |
| 22 | Kummle, Thomas, Dr. | 🇩🇪GER | 1979 | 0.5 | 1975 | 1975 | -0.2 |
| 23 | Monsch, Jean-Pierre | 🇨🇭SUI | 1816 | 0.5 | 1945 | 1945 | +6.8 |
| 24 | Bantea, Stefan | 🇨🇭SUI | 1945 | 0.5 | 1816 | 1816 | -6.8 |
| 25 | Zuelle, Bruno | 🇨🇭SUI | 2001 | 0.5 | 1985 | 1985 | -0.4 |
| 26 | Businger, Paul | 🇨🇭SUI | 1976 | 0.5 | 1930 | 1930 | -1.2 |
| 28 | Metzger, Christian | 🇨🇭SUI | 1985 | 0.5 | 2001 | 2001 | +0.8 |
| 29 | Issler, Christian | 🇨🇭SUI | 1893 | 0.5 | 2047 | 2047 | +4.2 |
| 30 | Rouiller, Leonard | 🇨🇭SUI | 1758 | 0.5 | 1765 | 1765 | +0.2 |
| 31 | Vonlanthen, Markus | 🇨🇭SUI | 0 | 0.5 | 1893 | 1893 | -4.2 |
| 32 | Mebarek, Khalil | 🇨🇭SUI | 1766 | 0.5 | 1758 | 1758 | -0.4 |
| 33 | Wuerth, Thomas | 🇨🇭SUI | 1975 | 0.5 | 1979 | 1979 | +0.2 |
| 34 | Hofstetter, Thomas | 🇨🇭SUI | 1930 | 0.5 | 1976 | 1976 | +1.2 |
| 36 | Python, Noe | 🇨🇭SUI | 2064 | 0.5 | 2080 | 2080 | +0.4 |
| 27 | Murith, Etienne | 🇨🇭SUI | 0 | 0.5 | 2023 | 2023 | 0.0 |
| 35 | Bochud, Yannick | 🇨🇭SUI | 0 | 0.5 | 1927 | 1927 | 0.0 |
| 37 | Eberle, Marcel | 🇨🇭SUI | 2062 | 0.0 | 2031 | 1231 | -10.8 |
| 38 | Wambst, Guillaume | 🇫🇷FRA | 1915 | 0.0 | 1882 | 1082 | -11.0 |
| 39 | Tanner, Heinrich | 🇨🇭SUI | 2015 | 0.0 | 1972 | 1172 | -11.2 |
| 40 | Juchler, Celine | 🇨🇭SUI | 1653 | 0.0 | 1955 | 1155 | -2.8 |
| 41 | Ruiz, Jose | 🇨🇭SUI | 2020 | 0.0 | 1983 | 1183 | -11.0 |
| 42 | Doenni, Albin | 🇨🇭SUI | 1961 | 0.0 | 2022 | 1222 | -8.4 |
| 43 | Walter, Gerhard | 🇦🇹AUT | 1891 | 0.0 | 2078 | 1278 | -5.2 |
| 44 | Knaus, Sandro | 🇨🇭SUI | 2071 | 0.0 | 2096 | 1296 | -9.4 |
| 45 | Rochat, Georges | 🇨🇭SUI | 2023 | 0.0 | 2136 | 1336 | -7.0 |
| 46 | Blattner, Kurt | 🇨🇭SUI | 2018 | 0.0 | 1836 | 1036 | -14.8 |
| 47 | Gillieron, Kevin (13882) | 🇨🇭SUI | 1628 | 0.0 | 1903 | 1103 | -6.8 |
| 49 | Ragheb, Kaemel | 🇨🇭SUI | 1697 | 0.0 | 2047 | 1247 | -2.2 |
| 50 | Clausen, Karl Erik | 🇪🇸ESP | 1905 | 0.0 | 2087 | 1287 | -5.2 |
| 51 | Skobe, Jan | 🇸🇮SLO | 1946 | 0.0 | 2000 | 1200 | -8.4 |
| 52 | El Ahmar, Abdessamed | 🇫🇷FRA | 1841 | 0.0 | 1990 | 1190 | -6.0 |
| 53 | Kurz, Stefan | 🇨🇭SUI | 2031 | 0.0 | 2017 | 1217 | -10.4 |
| 54 | Roth, Johannes | 🇨🇭SUI | 1870 | 0.0 | 1891 | 1091 | -9.4 |
| 55 | Dezalos, Jeremy | 🇨🇭SUI | 1858 | 0.0 | 1965 | 1165 | -14.0 |
| 56 | Truempler, Andreas | 🇨🇭SUI | 2045 | 0.0 | 2112 | 1312 | -8.2 |
| 57 | Giger, Hanspeter | 🇨🇭SUI | 1826 | 0.0 | 1921 | 1121 | -14.8 |
| 48 | Dettling, Gabriel | 🇨🇭SUI | 0 | 0.0 | 1978 | 1178 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Steiger, DavidSUI+29.61.0 pts · #9
- 2Gremaud, PirminSUI+22.41.0 pts · #7
- 3Petry, MartinSUI+16.81.0 pts · #13
Top rating losers
- 1Blattner, KurtSUI-14.80.0 pts · #46
- 2Giger, HanspeterSUI-14.80.0 pts · #57
- 3Dezalos, JeremySUI-14.00.0 pts · #55
Biggest upsets
- R1+182 Elo gap