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U18 Qualification Basel Standard

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30 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 10 Jan 2026 to 11 Jan 2026 in Basel, Switzerland. 1 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2007, and top seed was Tamir Artan (🇨🇭 SUI, 2098).

Michael Christen (🇨🇭 SUI, 1910) won with 3.0/7, ahead of Jeremie Papaux (3.0) and Evan Parmelin (3.0).

The biggest upset came in round 7: Simon Zumbrunn (1723) beat Nina Bruessow (1997), a +274-point gap.

Location
🇨🇭Basel, Switzerland
Dates
10 Jan 2026 → 11 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇨🇭Tamir Artan2098
Avg top 10
2,007
Participants
30
Titled players · 1
WCM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇨🇭Switzerland×28
🇸🇰Slovakia×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R7; 5 players tied at 3.0/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 13 co-leaders at R4 to 5 at the finish.

Co-leaders
30
30
30
13
5
4
5
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

5 players finish on 3.0/7. Christen takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (10.0).

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Christen, Michael1910SUIFFF+6N+15N=8B=2N3.010.010.07.252154+51.2
2Papaux, Jeremie1983SUIFFF+24N=6B+15N=1B3.08.58.55.752125+29.6
3Parmelin, Evan1975SUIFFF=12B=13N+16B+14N3.08.08.06.002112+28.8
4Artan, Tamir2098SUIFFF+11N=24B=12N+22B3.07.07.05.5020780.0
5Paholok, Adam1808SVKFFF+28B+25N13B+17N3.06.06.04.001984+40.0
6Breyer, Philippe2077SUIFFF1B=2N+27N+8B2.59.59.55.001989-17.2
7Bangerter, EnaWCM1760SUIFFF+10N+18B=14B9N2.59.09.05.501926+35.2
8Coletta, Julien1813SUIFFF+23N+12B=1N6N2.59.09.05.002092+57.6
9Haas, Anthony1909SUIFFF+18N27B=22N+7B2.57.07.05.251933+5.2
10Gwerder, Simon1776SUIFFF7B+26N+19B=23N2.57.07.03.751839+13.2
11Gunzinger, Severin1758SUIFFF4B+29N+25B=24N2.56.06.02.501926+34.0
12Breyer, Thierry2014SUIFFF=3N8N=4B+16N2.010.510.55.001917-20.0
13Delangle, Alexander1964SUIFFF=22N=3B+5N15B2.09.59.55.251938-5.6
14Hofstetter, Noah1914SUIFFF+17N=22B=7N3B2.09.09.04.001874-8.4
15Romanovskyi, Ivan1973SUIFFF+27N1B2B+13N2.09.09.03.001932-8.8
16Glanc, Lea1783SUIFFF+21N+23B3N12B2.08.58.53.501905+24.4
17Metille, Natean1762SUIFFF14B+28N+21N5B2.08.08.03.001702-10.8
18Zumbrunn, Simon1723SUIFFF9B7N+26B+25N2.07.07.02.001807+16.0
19Furrer, Jona1670SUIFFF25B+20N10N+28B2.06.56.53.001672-1.2
20Cavadini, Lavinia1475SUIFFF+26N19B+29B21N2.06.06.02.001584+22.8
21Sigg, David1644SUIFFF16B+30N17B+20B2.06.06.02.001549-14.8
22Jordan, Theodor1998SUIFFF=13B=14N=9B4N1.59.59.53.251885-26.0
23Hottinger, Simon1986SUIFFF8B16N+24N=10B1.58.08.02.251699-61.6
24Cherix, Lily1770SUIFFF2B=4N23B=11B1.010.010.02.751763-4.0
25Bruessow, Nina1997SUIFFF+19N5B11N18B1.09.59.52.001547-90.0
26Schneider, Eliana Maylen1559SUIFFF20B10B18N+29B1.07.57.51.001416-30.0
27Trubini, Timon1871SUIFFF15B+9N6BF1.07.07.02.501861-2.0
28Melikov, Nathan0SUIFFF5N17B+30B19N1.07.07.00.00947-17.6
29Ghisla, Lucrezia1460SUIFFF+30B11B20N26N1.05.55.50.00797-40.0
30FIDE 13822330FFF29N21B28NF0.04.04.00.007150.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets