Coupe du Leman GE 2025-26 Category B
Open SwissStandard
45 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 12 Jan 2026 to 17 Jan 2026 in Geneva, Switzerland. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1961, and top seed was Gael Le Bourhis (🇨🇭 SUI, 2126).
Marcel Mettler (🇨🇭 SUI, 1921) won with 3.5/5, ahead of Tobias Wehrli (3.5) and Abdelatif Bouriche (3.0). Mettler won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Yves Belet (1690) beat Abdelatif Bouriche (1906), a +216-point gap.
Location
🇨🇭Geneva, Switzerland
Dates
12 Jan 2026 → 17 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Federations · 2 represented
🇨🇭Switzerland×35
🇫🇷France×8
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R5; 2 players tied at 3.5/5, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
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R3 · LEADER CHANGE15 Jan
Feras Al Kassar takes the sole lead (2.5/3).
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 3.5/5. Mettler takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (8.0).
R2–R4 · WIN STREAK
Tobias Wehrli won 3 in a row (R2–R4).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Marcel Mettler | * | — | — | 0 |
| 2Tobias Wehrli | — | * | — | 1 |
| 3Abdelatif Bouriche | — | — | * | — |
| 4Steven Emmott | 1 | 0 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mettler, Marcel | 1921 | SUI | −4N | +9B | +15N | =8B | +41N | 3.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 4.50 | 1964 | +11.2 |
| 2 | Wehrli, Tobias | 1877 | SUI | F | +7B | +10N | +4N | =33B | 3.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 6.75 | 1998 | +8.0 |
| 3 | Bouriche, Abdelatif | 1906 | FRA | +42B | =34N | =22B | −7N | +21B | 3.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.75 | 1825 | -19.6 |
| 4 | Emmott, Steven | 1756 | SUI | +1B | +24N | F | −2B | =11B | 2.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 5.50 | 1934 | +18.8 |
| 5 | Pecorini, Jean-Marc | 1802 | SUI | F | +17B | =16N | +21N | −18N | 2.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 3.25 | 1930 | +13.2 |
| 6 | Al Kassar, Feras | 1786 | FRA | =20B | +36N | +35B | F | F | 2.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.50 | 1929 | +7.2 |
| 7 | Belet, Yves | 1690 | SUI | +34B | −2N | −25B | +3B | −26N | 2.0 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 3.50 | 1779 | +10.6 |
| 8 | Viviani, Mario | 1888 | SUI | −9N | =15B | +37N | =1N | −28B | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 3.00 | 1880 | -1.8 |
| 9 | Lopez Barreto, Bruno | 1750 | SUI | +8B | −1N | F | F | +23B | 2.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 3.00 | 1988 | +19.2 |
| 10 | Munier, Jules | 0 | SUI | F | +33B | −2B | −?B | +12B | 2.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 2.50 | 1816 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Faustino, James | 1745 | FRA | −27B | =22N | +20B | F | =4N | 2.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 2.75 | 1812 | +7.6 |
| 12 | Schmid, Peter | 0 | SUI | −23B | +38N | F | +29N | −10N | 2.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.50 | 1893 | +20.0 |
| 13 | Souiller, Frank | 1938 | SUI | F | F | F | +20B | +43B | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2668 | +16.2 |
| 14 | Meyer, Joerg-Dieter | 1899 | SUI | F | F | +42B | +41N | F | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2606 | +15.0 |
| 15 | Marcacci, Anthony | 1886 | SUI | =37B | =8N | −1B | =16B | F | 1.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 2.00 | 1863 | -3.2 |
| 16 | Beck, Thomas | 1915 | SUI | =35N | −31N | =5B | =15N | F | 1.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 2.25 | 1737 | -14.4 |
| 17 | Horn, Gilles | 1748 | FRA | F | −5N | F | +39N | =20N | 1.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.00 | 1745 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Muellhaupt, Philippe | 1936 | SUI | F | F | F | =38B | +5B | 1.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.75 | 2001 | +3.0 |
| 19 | Fulpius, Bertrand | 1921 | SUI | +44B | −30B | F | F | =39N | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.25 | 1533 | -19.8 |
| 20 | Schaerer, Marc | 1803 | SUI | =6N | F | −11N | −13N | =17B | 1.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 2.00 | 1612 | -20.0 |
| 21 | Nawrocki, Bronislaw | 1739 | SUI | +22B | F | F | −5B | −3N | 1.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 1.00 | 1726 | -1.0 |
| 22 | Bertolotto, Aurelien | 1845 | SUI | −21N | =11B | =3N | F | F | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 2.50 | 1672 | -28.0 |
| 23 | Zoukou, Ylann | 1779 | SUI | +12N | F | F | F | −9N | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2.00 | 1759 | -2.4 |
| 24 | Dittmar, Michael | 1814 | SUI | F | −4B | +36B | F | F | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.50 | 1713 | -5.4 |
| 25 | Francey, Rodolphe | 1942 | SUI | F | F | +7N | F | F | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.00 | 2489 | +3.8 |
| 26 | Andrieu, Arnold | 1853 | SUI | F | F | F | F | +7B | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.00 | 2489 | +11.2 |
| 27 | Navarro, David | 1844 | FRA | +11N | F | F | F | F | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.00 | 2545 | +7.2 |
| 28 | Le Bourhis, Gael | 2126 | SUI | F | F | F | F | +8N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.00 | 2688 | +4.0 |
| 29 | Kutonov, Yehor | 1714 | SUI | F | F | +45N | −12B | F | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 968 | -16.8 |
| 30 | Walther, Frederic | 0 | SUI | F | +19N | F | F | F | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.50 | 2722 | +25.6 |
| 31 | Kupalov, Igor | 1896 | SUI | F | +16B | F | F | F | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.50 | 2715 | +10.6 |
| 32 | Schmidt, Stanislav | 0 | FRA | F | F | +?N | F | F | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1853 | 0.0 |
| 33 | Mohnblatt, Daniel | 1730 | FRA | F | −10N | F | F | =2N | 0.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.75 | 1877 | +4.0 |
| 34 | Stierli, Jean-Paul | 1676 | SUI | −7N | =3B | F | F | F | 0.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.50 | 1605 | -3.8 |
| 35 | FIDE 1379380 | 0 | — | =16B | F | −6N | F | F | 0.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.75 | 1658 | 0.0 |
| 36 | Jegge, Arthur | 1669 | SUI | =40N | −6B | −24N | F | F | 0.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.25 | 1515 | -10.4 |
| 37 | Rychener, Henri | 2077 | SUI | =15N | F | −8B | F | F | 0.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.75 | 1694 | -40.0 |
| 38 | Kuenzler, Timothee | 1811 | SUI | F | −12B | F | =18N | F | 0.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.75 | 1659 | -7.8 |
| 39 | Babel, Ludovic | 1629 | SUI | F | F | F | −17B | =19B | 0.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.75 | 1642 | +0.2 |
| 40 | Clarke Alexander | 1762 | SUI | =36B | F | F | F | F | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1669 | -2.6 |
| 41 | Schoch, Fredy | 1796 | SUI | F | F | F | −14B | −1B | 0.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.00 | 1110 | -13.8 |
| 42 | Durand, Alexis | 1816 | SUI | −3N | F | −14N | F | F | 0.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 1103 | -30.8 |
| 43 | Bogousslavsky, Quentin | 1932 | SUI | F | F | F | F | −13N | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1138 | -9.8 |
| 44 | FIDE 1379372 | 0 | — | −19N | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 1122 | 0.0 |
| 45 | Peyre, Laurent | 0 | FRA | F | F | −29B | F | F | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 914 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Walther, FredericSUI+25.61.0 pts · #18
- 2Schmid, PeterSUI+20.02.0 pts · #7
- 3Lopez Barreto, BrunoSUI+19.22.0 pts · #10
Top rating losers
- 1Rychener, HenriSUI-40.00.5 pts · #35
- 2Durand, AlexisSUI-30.80.0 pts · #45
- 3Bertolotto, AurelienSUI-28.01.0 pts · #27
Biggest upsets
- R4+216 Elo gap
- R3+189 Elo gap
- R1+165 Elo gap