IGM 2025-26 Kat. A round 1-5
Team SwissStandard
48 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 15 Nov 2025 to 16 Jan 2026 in decentralised, Switzerland. 7 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2204, and top seed was Roland Loetscher (🇨🇭 SUI, IM, 2336).
Juergen 311 Strauss (🇨🇭 SUI, FM, 2228) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Willi Duerig (4.5) and Manuel Meier (4.0). Strauss shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Manuel Meier (2080) beat Lubomir Kovac (2186), a +106-point gap.
Location
🇨🇭decentralised, Switzerland
Dates
15 Nov 2025 → 16 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 36 Moves in 90 Min. / / 30 Min.
System
Team · 5 rounds
Titled players · 7
IM×3
FM×2
CM×2
Federations · 2 represented
🇨🇭Switzerland×44
🇸🇰Slovakia×1
Top 3
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Standings
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| # | Player | Fed | Elo | Pts | Avg opp. | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FMStrauss, Juergen 311 | 🇨🇭SUI | 2228 | 4.5 | 1891 | 2691 | +9.8 |
| 4 | Duerig, Willi | 🇨🇭SUI | 2033 | 4.5 | 1885 | 2685 | +18.6 |
| 3 | Meier, Manuel | 🇨🇭SUI | 2080 | 4.0 | 1999 | 2799 | +23.8 |
| 5 | Fuchs, Arnold | 🇨🇭SUI | 1961 | 3.5 | 1937 | 2032 | +7.2 |
| 13 | Meier, Mario | 🇨🇭SUI | 2029 | 3.5 | 2050 | 2175 | +10.6 |
| 2 | Kovac, Lubomir | 🇸🇰SVK | 2186 | 3.0 | 2067 | 2139 | -5.2 |
| 30 | Wilhelm, Serge | 🇨🇭SUI | 1950 | 3.0 | 1844 | 2644 | +7.2 |
| 8 | Deuber, Roman | 🇨🇭SUI | 2063 | 2.5 | 2046 | 2141 | +8.2 |
| 34 | Bobbia, Mario | 🇨🇭SUI | 1852 | 2.5 | 2072 | 1879 | 0.0 |
| 33 | Caduff, Claudio | 🇨🇭SUI | 1833 | 2.5 | 1983 | 1790 | -4.0 |
| 7 | IMMoor, Olivier | 🇨🇭SUI | 2282 | 2.5 | 2048 | 2321 | +1.8 |
| 6 | Fischer, Lukas | 🇨🇭SUI | 1985 | 2.5 | 2014 | 2287 | +22.0 |
| 23 | Jampen, Florian | 🇨🇭SUI | 1968 | 2.0 | 2044 | 1851 | -24.8 |
| 26 | Lustenberger, Josef | 🇨🇭SUI | 1772 | 2.0 | 1949 | 1756 | -4.0 |
| 10 | Oehen, Rene | 🇨🇭SUI | 1915 | 2.0 | 1904 | 1904 | -1.2 |
| 11 | Reolon, Jonas | 🇨🇭SUI | 1723 | 2.0 | 1941 | 1869 | +15.0 |
| 9 | CMZweifel, Richard | 🇨🇭SUI | 2192 | 2.0 | 1980 | 2780 | +9.2 |
| 12 | IMLoetscher, Roland | 🇨🇭SUI | 2336 | 2.0 | 1997 | 2797 | +2.4 |
| 14 | IMMoor, Roger | 🇨🇭SUI | 2312 | 2.0 | 1976 | 2776 | +2.5 |
| 19 | FMCremer, Kevin | 🇨🇭SUI | 2265 | 2.0 | 2057 | 2857 | +4.6 |
| 37 | Kueng,Nicolas | 🇨🇭SUI | 2057 | 1.5 | 2237 | 1915 | -12.0 |
| 16 | Mueller, Andrin | 🇨🇭SUI | 1844 | 1.5 | 1979 | 1892 | +4.0 |
| 15 | Sterkman, Christoph | 🇨🇭SUI | 1950 | 1.5 | 1872 | 1785 | -18.6 |
| 17 | Wespi, Andre | 🇨🇭SUI | 1998 | 1.5 | 1937 | 1937 | -4.8 |
| 21 | Varga, Balazs | 🇨🇭SUI | 0 | 1.0 | 1946 | 1706 | -13.6 |
| 22 | Mundwiler, Remo | 🇨🇭SUI | 0 | 1.0 | 1954 | 1829 | -6.8 |
| 18 | Haefliger, Alex | 🇨🇭SUI | 0 | 1.0 | 1941 | 1941 | -5.6 |
| 20 | Joller, Hans | 🇨🇭SUI | 1857 | 1.0 | 1956 | 1956 | +5.4 |
| 39 | Herzog, Martin | 🇨🇭SUI | 2018 | 1.0 | 1925 | 1732 | -14.6 |
| 28 | FIDE 1397680 | — | 0 | 1.0 | 2064 | 2084 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Neubert, Frank | 🇨🇭SUI | 1951 | 1.0 | 1722 | 2522 | +4.4 |
| 25 | CMRegez, Markus | 🇨🇭SUI | 2099 | 1.0 | 1722 | 2522 | +2.0 |
| 27 | Zhelieznyi, Serhii | 🇨🇭SUI | 1849 | 1.0 | 1915 | 2715 | +24.4 |
| 47 | Kneubuehler, Marco | 🇨🇭SUI | 0 | 1.0 | 1772 | 972 | -16.0 |
| 29 | Marty, Fridolin | 🇨🇭SUI | 1947 | 1.0 | 1785 | 2585 | +5.8 |
| 36 | Kuhn, Lukas | 🇨🇭SUI | 1915 | 0.5 | 2036 | 1714 | -36.4 |
| 38 | Ahmeti, Danush | 🇨🇭SUI | 1785 | 0.5 | 1981 | 1659 | -10.0 |
| 35 | Kueng, Michael | 🇨🇭SUI | 0 | 0.5 | 1938 | 1616 | -20.8 |
| 31 | Eichenberger, Markus | 🇨🇭SUI | 1870 | 0.5 | 1879 | 1606 | -19.2 |
| 32 | FIDE 1397664 | — | 0 | 0.5 | 1953 | 1760 | 0.0 |
| 42 | Portmann, Daniel | 🇨🇭SUI | 1922 | 0.0 | 2115 | 1315 | -26.8 |
| 40 | Frey, Bruno | 🇨🇭SUI | 1644 | 0.0 | 1901 | 1101 | -14.8 |
| 48 | Hunkeler, Karl | 🇨🇭SUI | 0 | 0.0 | 2041 | 1241 | -6.8 |
| 43 | Horwich, Adam | 🇨🇭SUI | 1933 | 0.0 | 1915 | 1115 | -42.0 |
| 46 | Rossi, Dario | 🇨🇭SUI | 0 | 0.0 | 1950 | 1150 | -10.0 |
| 41 | Schnarwiler, Hans | 🇨🇭SUI | 1782 | 0.0 | 1722 | 922 | -23.2 |
| 45 | FIDE 1397656 | — | 0 | 0.0 | 2033 | 1233 | 0.0 |
| 44 | Theiler, Franz | 🇨🇭SUI | 1902 | 0.0 | 2282 | 1482 | -1.8 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Zhelieznyi, SerhiiSUI+24.41.0 pts · #27
- 2Meier, ManuelSUI+23.84.0 pts · #3
- 3Fischer, LukasSUI+22.02.5 pts · #6
Top rating losers
- 1Horwich, AdamSUI-42.00.0 pts · #43
- 2Kuhn, LukasSUI-36.40.5 pts · #36
- 3Portmann, DanielSUI-26.80.0 pts · #42
Biggest upsets
- R4+106 Elo gap