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23.Amateur Standard-Open Ascon 2026

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22 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 01 Mar 2026 to 07 Mar 2026 in Ascona, Switzerland. 2 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2012, and top seed was Dieter Seyb (🇩🇪 GER, FM, 2183).

Patrick Hugentobler (🇨🇭 SUI, FM, 2172) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Thomas Kuhn (5.5) and Joachim Kornrumpf (5.0). Hugentobler won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Yash Sunil Dalal (1501) beat Hans Joller (1868), a +367-point gap.

Location
🇨🇭Ascona, Switzerland
Dates
01 Mar 2026 → 07 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇩🇪FMDieter Seyb2183
Avg top 10
2,012
Participants
22
Titled players · 2
FM×2
Federations · 4 represented
🇨🇭Switzerland×12
🇩🇪Germany×8
🇫🇷France×1
🇮🇳India×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

FM Patrick Hugentobler led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
10
4
6
2
1
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Hugentobler6Kuhn5.5Kornrumpf5Jud4.5Allidi4.5Wirz4.5
R5–R7 · LEAD HELD

FM Patrick Hugentobler held the sole lead from R5 through R7 without losing it.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Patrick Hugentobler beat Thomas Kuhn (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

FM Patrick Hugentobler 3 wins (R4–R6)Thomas Kuhn 3 wins (R5–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FMPatrick Hugentobler*
1
½
1
2Thomas Kuhn
0
*
½
—
3Joachim Kornrumpf
½
½
*—
4Marc Jud
0
——*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Hugentobler, PatrickFM2172SUI+7N+6B=5N+2B+10N+9B=3N6.027.531.026.252281+13.8
2Kuhn, Thomas2080SUI+15B+9N=3B−1N+4N+5B+10N5.527.030.021.502241+28.2
3Kornrumpf, Joachim2034GER+18N+17B=2N=4B=9N+10B=1B5.025.528.018.252120+20.6
4Seyb, DieterFM2183GER+11B=10N+6B=3N−2B=8N+12B4.526.029.517.752046-17.2
5Wirz, Heinz1995SUI+16B+8N=1B−10N+12B−2N+11B4.526.029.017.002021+7.4
6Jud, Marc1977SUI+14B−1N−4N+20B=18N+17B+9N4.522.024.512.751958+3.0
7Allidi, Fernando1746SUI−1B+14N−9B+17N+19B=11N+15B4.521.524.012.751885+25.0
8Pauthner, Franz1857GER+19N−5B+18N−9B=11N=4B+14N4.021.524.012.001877+5.4
9Melde, Christian1941GER+22B−2B+7N+8N=3B−1N−6B3.529.530.512.001919-2.6
10Raddatz, Michael2013GER+20N=4B+12N+5B−1B−3N−2B3.529.031.512.751996-2.0
11Meier, Gerd1815GER−4N+21N=15B+16N=8B=7B−5N3.523.524.59.751802-2.6
12Ferrari, Nicola1850SUI=21B+13N−10B+15N−5N+18B−4N3.521.522.59.501861+3.0
13Joller, Hans1868SUI−17N−12B=14N−19B+22N+21B+20N3.515.016.06.001644-46.4
14Neis, Michael1681GER−6N−7B=13B+22N=15B+16N−8B3.022.523.57.251731+7.4
15Jansen, Bert1769SUI−2N+20B=11N−12B=14N+22B−7N3.022.523.56.751725-7.2
16Geiler, Rinaldo1665SUI−5N=19B+17N−11B=20N−14B+18N3.018.521.07.501666+6.8
17Klein, Michael1645SUI+13B−3N−16B−7B+21N−6N=19B2.523.024.05.751651-4.6
18Hauck, Bernd1705FRA−3B+22N−8B+21N=6B−12N−16B2.521.022.04.251666-8.6
19Yash Sunil Dalal1501IND−8B=16N=21B+13N−7N−20B=17N2.520.021.06.751601+28.8
20Strupat, Thomas1662SUI−10B−15N+22B−6N=16B+19N−13B2.520.021.05.001666-5.2
21Jost, Hansruedi0SUI=12N−11B=19N−18B−17B−13N−22B1.018.019.03.001399-11.0
22Kaiser, Robert1582GER−9N−18B−20N−14B−13B−15N+21N1.018.019.01.001426-24.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets