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Championnat Interne de Gex Janvier 26 (-2400)

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10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 22 Jan 2026 to 28 Jan 2026 in Gex, France. 1 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1719, and top seed was Daniel Stroppa (🇨🇭 SUI, FM, 2192).

Daniel Stroppa (🇨🇭 SUI, FM, 2192) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Maxence Rob (6.5) and Dirk Mergelkuhl (6.0). Stroppa won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Christophe Bonnevault (1417) beat Yann Ranque (1647), a +230-point gap.

Location
🇫🇷Gex, France
Dates
22 Jan 2026 → 28 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇨🇭FMDaniel Stroppa2192
Avg top 10
1,719
Participants
10
Titled players · 1
FM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇫🇷France×8
🇨🇭Switzerland×2
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

FM Daniel Stroppa led from R2; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
4
1
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
Stroppa8Rob6.5Mergelkuhl6Pires Dos Santos Seq5.5Ranque3.5Cruz-Saavedra3
R2–R9 · LEAD HELD

FM Daniel Stroppa never relinquished the lead after R2; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

R2 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Daniel Stroppa beat Maxence Rob (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

FM Daniel Stroppa 8 wins (R1–R9)Maxence Rob 4 wins (R5–R9)Dirk Mergelkuhl 6 wins (R2–R8)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FMDaniel Stroppa*
1
—
1
2Maxence Rob
0
*
1
½
3Dirk Mergelkuhl
—
0
*
1
4Ricardo Pires Dos Santos Seq
0
½
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Stroppa, DanielFM2192SUI+8B+2NF+7N+10B+5B+4N+9B+6N8.031.532.026.002604+14.0
2Rob, Maxence1819FRA+7N−1B+5N=4B+9N+6B+8NF+3B6.533.033.522.251994+68.8
3Mergelkuhl, Dirk1929SUIF+7BF+5B+4N+9B+6N+8B−2N6.033.534.019.001989+19.6
4Pires Dos Santos Seq, Ricardo1856FRA+9BF+8B=2N−3B+7N−1B+5N+10B5.534.034.514.251845+2.8
5Ranque, Yann1647FRA+6B−8N−2B−3N+7B−1N=10B−4B+9N3.536.036.58.251632-7.2
6Serrano, Armando1761FRA−5NF+9NF+8B−2N−3B+7N−1B3.036.537.07.001679-16.4
7Cruz-Saavedra, Alberto1611FRA−2B−3N+10B−1B−5N−4B+9N−6B+8N3.036.537.04.501587-10.0
8Bonnevault, Christophe1417FRA−1N+5B−4N−9B−6N+10N−2B−3N−7B2.037.538.04.001473+12.0
9Renault, Jerome1517FRA−4N+10N−6B+8N−2B−3N−7B−1N−5B2.037.538.02.501491-11.0
10Rashiti, Erti1445FRAF−9B−7NF−1N−8B=5NF−4N0.537.539.51.751246-44.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets