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21 Open de Payerne - Open A round 7

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14 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held on 21 May 2026 in Payerne, Switzerland. Top 10 Elo average was 1875, and top seed was Thierry Bonferroni (🇨🇭 SUI, 1958).

Gilles Buerki (🇨🇭 SUI, 1899) won with 1.0/7, ahead of Carlo Bonferroni (1.0) and Remi Boivin (1.0). Buerki won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

Location
🇨🇭Payerne, Switzerland
Dates
21 May 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇨🇭Thierry Bonferroni1958
Avg top 10
1,875
Participants
14
Federations · 1 represented
🇨🇭Switzerland×14
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R7; 3 players tied at 1.0/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 18 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.

Co-leaders
18
18
18
18
18
18
3
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 1.0/7. Buerki takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (0.0).

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Buerki, Gilles1899SUIFFFFFF+13B1.00.00.00.002670+8.6
2Bonferroni, Carlo1737SUIFFFFFF+14N1.00.00.00.002356+4.8
3Boivin, Remi1799SUIFFFFFF+12N1.00.00.00.002659+23.2
4Kupalov, Igor1896SUIFFFFFF=9B0.50.50.50.251801-3.8
5Pantillon, Patrick Andre1744SUIFFFFFF=7N0.50.50.50.251612-3.2
6Rochat, Vivian1940SUIFFFFFF=8B0.50.50.50.251924-1.0
7Schweizer, Ulrich1642SUIFFFFFF=5B0.50.50.50.251728+3.2
8Yersin, Franck1921SUIFFFFFF=6N0.50.50.50.251958+1.0
9Bourban, Karel1813SUIFFFFFF=4N0.50.50.50.251942+3.8
10Cardoso Rodrigues, Michael1830SUIFFFFFF=11B0.50.50.50.251962+3.4
11Bonferroni, Thierry1958SUIFFFFFF=10N0.50.50.50.251836-3.4
12Dobler, Philippe1866SUIFFFFFF3B0.01.01.00.001000-11.6
13Schaer, Bryan1826SUIFFFFFF1N0.01.01.00.001120-8.6
14Boivin, Clement1634SUIFFFFFF2B0.01.01.00.00962-9.6

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