SSS Lugano 2026
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35 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 15 Mar 2026 to 21 Mar 2026 in Lugano, Switzerland. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1944, and top seed was Bruno Zuelle (🇨🇭 SUI, 1996).
Urs Egli (🇨🇭 SUI, 1925) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Bruno Zuelle (5.0) and Fritz Leuzinger (5.0). Egli shared the lead from round 5 and won solo starting round 6.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Jakob Heller (1461) beat Walter Zingg (1817), a +356-point gap.
Location
🇨🇭Lugano, Switzerland
Dates
15 Mar 2026 → 21 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: All Moves in 110 Min. Incr. 30 Sec. / /
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Federations · 3 represented
🇨🇭Switzerland×33
🇫🇷France×1
🇩🇪Germany×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsUrs Egli led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 9 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.
Co-leaders
15
3
8
9
4
1
1
R6–R7 · LEAD HELD
Urs Egli held the sole lead from R6 through R7 without losing it.
R1–R7 · UNBEATEN
Urs Egli went unbeaten across 7 games (R1–R7).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Urs Egli | * | — | ½ | ½ |
| 2Fritz Leuzinger | — | * | ½ | ½ |
| 3Jeroen Naarding | ½ | ½ | * | ½ |
| 4Bruno Zuelle | ½ | ½ | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Egli, Urs | 1925 | SUI | =17N | +16B | +11N | =2B | +7N | +6B | =4B | 5.5 | 26.5 | 30.0 | 23.25 | 2107 | +31.2 |
| 2 | Zuelle, Bruno | 1996 | SUI | +33B | =6N | +20B | =1N | +12B | =4N | =3B | 5.0 | 27.0 | 28.5 | 18.50 | 2043 | +9.4 |
| 3 | Leuzinger, Fritz | 1993 | SUI | +29N | +21B | =4N | =6B | =5N | +11B | =2N | 5.0 | 26.5 | 29.0 | 19.25 | 2050 | +21.6 |
| 4 | Naarding, Jeroen | 1907 | SUI | +13B | +32N | =3B | =9N | +22B | =2B | =1N | 5.0 | 26.5 | 28.0 | 18.25 | 2021 | +24.4 |
| 5 | Hunkeler, Beat | 1860 | SUI | +35B | +8N | −9B | +14N | =3B | +10B | =7N | 5.0 | 26.0 | 26.5 | 17.75 | 2031 | +33.4 |
| 6 | Scherrer, Heinrich | 1890 | SUI | +30N | =2B | +10N | =3N | +9B | −1N | =11B | 4.5 | 27.5 | 29.5 | 17.00 | 2015 | +24.8 |
| 7 | Polanyi, Peter | 1962 | SUI | +26B | =20N | +24B | =12N | −1B | +14N | =5B | 4.5 | 24.5 | 27.0 | 15.50 | 1929 | -4.8 |
| 8 | Brugger, Anton | 1902 | SUI | +23N | −5B | +16N | −10B | +21N | =9N | +19B | 4.5 | 22.5 | 25.5 | 14.50 | 1929 | +7.2 |
| 9 | Morf, Juerg Walter | 1964 | SUI | +27N | =11B | +5N | =4B | −6N | =8B | =10N | 4.0 | 27.0 | 29.5 | 16.25 | 1937 | -4.6 |
| 10 | Scheidegger, Andreas | 1971 | SUI | =12B | +19N | −6B | +8N | +27B | −5N | =9B | 4.0 | 25.0 | 27.5 | 14.00 | 1883 | -14.2 |
| 11 | Meier, Franz | 1886 | SUI | +28B | =9N | −1B | +26N | +19B | −3N | =6N | 4.0 | 24.5 | 27.0 | 12.25 | 1874 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Spielmann, Beat | 1802 | SUI | =10N | +17B | +22N | =7B | −2N | =24B | =15N | 4.0 | 24.0 | 27.0 | 14.25 | 1942 | +26.4 |
| 13 | Lavanchy, Marc-Henri | 1738 | SUI | −4N | =15B | +35N | =21B | =16N | =20B | +23N | 4.0 | 21.5 | 22.0 | 10.25 | 1841 | +19.8 |
| 14 | Allidi, Fernando | 1744 | SUI | −22N | +34B | +29N | −5B | +23N | −7B | +21N | 4.0 | 21.0 | 22.0 | 9.50 | 1861 | +23.0 |
| 15 | Zingg, Walter | 1817 | SUI | −32B | =13N | −19B | +28N | +26B | +27N | =12B | 4.0 | 18.5 | 20.0 | 11.50 | 1735 | -12.8 |
| 16 | Kraehenbuehl, Jean | 1741 | SUI | +18B | −1N | −8B | +32N | =13B | −19N | +26B | 3.5 | 23.0 | 24.5 | 9.50 | 1761 | +4.2 |
| 17 | Wyss, Christian | 1760 | SUI | =1B | −12N | =28B | −19N | +34B | =18N | +27B | 3.5 | 21.0 | 22.0 | 9.25 | 1735 | -8.0 |
| 18 | Eschmann, Pascal | 1907 | SUI | −16N | −23B | +30N | +25B | −20N | =17B | +24N | 3.5 | 19.0 | 21.0 | 9.75 | 1738 | -30.0 |
| 19 | Trivic, Zoran | 1618 | SUI | F | −10B | +15N | +17B | −11N | +16B | −8N | 3.0 | 23.5 | 23.5 | 11.00 | 1846 | +33.6 |
| 20 | Eschle, Hubert | 1864 | GER | +25N | =7B | −2N | −27B | +18B | =13N | −22B | 3.0 | 23.0 | 25.5 | 10.75 | 1793 | -13.0 |
| 21 | Ludin, Hubert | 1899 | SUI | +31B | −3N | =26B | =13N | −8B | +30N | −14B | 3.0 | 22.0 | 24.0 | 7.25 | 1736 | -30.6 |
| 22 | Fleischer, Eugen | 1917 | SUI | +14B | =24N | −12B | F | −4N | =23B | +20N | 3.0 | 22.0 | 23.5 | 10.00 | 1812 | -16.8 |
| 23 | Stengele,Roland | 1737 | SUI | −8B | +18N | =33B | +24N | −14B | =22N | −13B | 3.0 | 22.0 | 23.5 | 8.75 | 1784 | +8.2 |
| 24 | Tschurr, Christof | 1819 | SUI | +34N | =22B | −7N | −23B | +29B | =12N | −18B | 3.0 | 20.5 | 21.5 | 7.00 | 1753 | -11.6 |
| 25 | Boehrer, Michel | 1588 | SUI | −20B | −26N | +31B | −18N | =28B | =29N | +30B | 3.0 | 16.0 | 18.0 | 6.50 | 1708 | +39.6 |
| 26 | Rudolf, Arthur | 1777 | SUI | −7N | +25B | =21N | −11B | −15N | +28B | −16N | 2.5 | 22.0 | 24.5 | 7.00 | 1683 | -18.2 |
| 27 | Meili, Willi | 1796 | SUI | −9B | =28N | +32B | +20N | −10N | −15B | −17N | 2.5 | 21.0 | 22.5 | 5.75 | 1675 | -44.4 |
| 28 | Frei, Gustav | 1602 | SUI | −11N | =27B | =17N | −15B | =25N | −26N | +35B | 2.5 | 19.5 | 20.0 | 5.00 | 1640 | +4.8 |
| 29 | Von Flue, Erwin | 1807 | FRA | −3B | +31N | −14B | F | −24N | =25B | +34N | 2.5 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 4.50 | 1664 | -22.6 |
| 30 | Keller, Franco | 1658 | SUI | −6B | −33N | −18B | +31N | +32B | −21B | −25N | 2.0 | 17.5 | 19.0 | 3.50 | 1592 | -14.0 |
| 31 | Blaser, Beatrice | 1689 | SUI | −21N | −29B | −25N | −30B | F | +35N | +32B | 2.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 2.00 | 1539 | -24.0 |
| 32 | Heller, Jakob | 1461 | SUI | +15N | −4B | −27N | −16B | −30N | =34B | −31N | 1.5 | 19.0 | 20.0 | 4.50 | 1492 | +2.2 |
| 33 | Koenig, Walter | 1814 | SUI | −2N | +30B | =23N | F | F | F | F | 1.5 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 3.50 | 1797 | -3.2 |
| 34 | Lincke, Paul | 1492 | SUI | −24B | −14N | F | =35B | −17N | =32N | −29B | 1.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 1.00 | 1421 | -11.2 |
| 35 | Wipf, Armin | 1573 | SUI | −5N | F | −13B | =34N | F | −31B | −28N | 0.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 0.50 | 1310 | -27.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Boehrer, MichelSUI+39.63.0 pts · #19
- 2Trivic, ZoranSUI+33.63.0 pts · #24
- 3Hunkeler, BeatSUI+33.45.0 pts · #5
Top rating losers
- 1Meili, WilliSUI-44.42.5 pts · #26
- 2Ludin, HubertSUI-30.63.0 pts · #25
- 3Eschmann, PascalSUI-30.03.5 pts · #18
Biggest upsets
- R1+356 Elo gap
- R3+199 Elo gap
- R2+170 Elo gap