National Individual Championship 2026 Cat. C

Open SwissStandard

55 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 04 Apr 2026 to 12 Apr 2026 in Wasserbillig, Luxembourg. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1613, and top seed was Esad Agovic (🇱🇺 LUX, 1692).

Jan Raphael Frisch (🇱🇺 LUX, 1604) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Adam Amroune (5.5) and Philippe Weber (5.5). Frisch won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Murali Subramanian (1405) beat Esad Agovic (1692), a +287-point gap.

Location

🇱🇺Wasserbillig, Luxembourg

Dates

04 Apr 2026 → 12 Apr 2026

Time control

Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇱🇺Esad Agovic1692

Avg top 10

1,613

Participants

Federations · 3 represented

🇱🇺Luxembourg×31

🇮🇳India×2

🇫🇷France×1

Top 3

🥇
Jan Raphael Frisch
🇱🇺LUX·1604
6.5pts·1936perf+60.0
🥈
Adam Amroune
🇱🇺LUX·1545
5.5pts·1714perf+46.4
🥉
Philippe Weber
🇱🇺LUX·1573
5.5pts·1652perf+7.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Jan Raphael Frisch led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Frisch6.5Solovev5.5Amroune5.5Weber5.5Kunchenko5Mahendran5

R5–R7 · LEAD HELD

Jan Raphael Frisch never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Jan Raphael Frisch 6 wins (R1–R6)Nikolai Solovev 3 wins (R1–R3)Adam Amroune 3 wins (R5–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Jan Raphael Frisch	*	—	1	½
2Nikolai Solovev	—	*	—	—
3Adam Amroune	0	—	*	½
4Philippe Weber	½	—	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Frisch, Jan Raphael	1604	LUX	+36N	+23B	+9N	+2B	+15N	+16B	=3N	6.5	27.0	30.0	27.25	1936	+60.0
2	Amroune, Adam	1545	LUX	+18B	+11N	=3B	−1N	+25B	+26N	+9B	5.5	28.5	32.0	22.75	1714	+46.4
3	Weber, Philippe	1573	LUX	+43N	+28B	=2N	=8B	+27N	+15B	=1B	5.5	26.5	28.5	20.25	1652	+7.8
4	Solovev, Nikolai	1554	LUX	+45N	+42B	+39N	−15B	+22B	=9N	+12B	5.5	21.0	23.0	16.75	1768	+55.6
5	Kunchenko, Oleksandr	1551	LUX	+35B	+14N	−15N	+11B	=8N	=13B	+31N	5.0	25.0	28.0	19.50	1660	+30.0
6	Mahendran, Mithran	1519	LUX	=8N	+33B	=10N	+42B	−16N	+27B	+15N	5.0	23.0	25.0	16.50	1736	+22.0
7	Natarajan, Premkumar	1580	LUX	+44N	=10B	+41N	−22N	=24B	+23B	+8N	5.0	22.0	24.0	16.50	1553	-4.0
8	Murali Subramanian	1405	IND	=6B	+40N	+12B	=3N	=5B	+22N	−7B	4.5	28.5	31.0	18.25	1630	+72.4
9	Schumacher, Liam	1600	LUX	+52B	+20N	−1B	+29N	+23B	=4B	−2N	4.5	28.0	30.0	15.25	1294	-45.2
10	Clees Degueurse, Amaury	0	LUX	+16B	=7N	=6B	+?B	=30N	−12N	+24B	4.5	25.0	25.0	14.00	1591	0.0
11	Dhivakar, Viduyut	1484	LUX	+47B	−2B	+38N	−5N	+35B	=24N	+18B	4.5	24.0	26.0	13.75	1278	-28.8
12	Wagner, Morgan	1519	LUX	+46N	=27B	−8N	+33B	+28N	+10B	−4N	4.5	23.5	25.5	14.00	683	-44.4
13	FIDE 4007913	0	—	−29N	+34B	−28N	+43B	+19N	=5N	+26B	4.5	21.5	23.5	15.00	1547	0.0
14	Shalu Santha Kumar	1526	IND	+55N	−5B	+54N	F	=17B	+34N	+22B	4.5	16.5	16.5	9.50	1618	+10.0
15	Alberty, Jean-Paul	1680	LUX	+21B	+31N	+5B	+4N	−1B	−3N	−6B	4.0	31.5	34.5	17.50	1544	-21.6
16	Meder, Guy	0	LUX	−10N	+49B	+18N	+20B	+6B	−1N	F	4.0	26.0	26.0	15.00	1561	0.0
17	FIDE 4011392	0	—	−27N	=32B	=46N	+45B	=14N	+25B	=23N	4.0	19.5	21.5	12.00	1567	0.0
18	FIDE 4011201	0	—	−2N	+?B	−16B	+55N	+39N	+30B	−11N	4.0	19.5	19.5	5.50	1575	0.0
19	Heydarov, Mikayil	0	LUX	−30N	+48B	−24B	+44N	−13B	+41N	+27B	4.0	18.5	20.5	9.50	816	0.0
20	FIDE 4011511	0	—	+?N	−9B	+31B	−16N	+37N	−?B	+28N	4.0	17.5	17.5	9.00	1533	0.0
21	Plenecassagne Bertol, Achille	1400	FRA	−15N	+44B	−?N	−38B	+50N	+43B	+29N	4.0	16.0	16.0	9.00	792	0.0
22	Agovic, Esad	1692	LUX	+32N	=25B	+29N	+7B	−4N	−8B	−14N	3.5	26.0	29.0	12.75	1379	-40.8
23	Frisch, Gabriel	0	LUX	+54B	−1N	+47B	+39B	−9N	−7N	=17B	3.5	24.5	25.5	7.50	1403	0.0
24	Brosset, Louis	1561	LUX	+49N	−29B	+19N	=28B	=7N	=11B	−10N	3.5	24.0	26.0	12.25	1533	-3.6
25	Schanck, Alain	1569	LUX	+50B	=22N	=37B	=30B	−2N	−17N	+39B	3.5	21.5	23.5	9.25	1626	+12.8
26	FIDE 533082340	0	—	−42N	=46B	+32N	+?B	+?N	−2B	−13N	3.5	17.0	17.0	4.00	1552	0.0
27	Dowgialo, Franciszek	0	LUX	+17B	=12N	=30N	+?B	−3B	−6N	−19N	3.0	26.0	26.0	7.75	1486	0.0
28	FIDE 4010990	0	—	+53B	−3N	+13B	=24N	−12B	=39N	−20B	3.0	24.5	26.5	9.50	1374	0.0
29	Bernard, Jeff	0	LUX	+13B	+24N	−22B	−9B	−?N	+37N	−21B	3.0	23.0	23.0	11.00	1413	0.0
30	Dhaene, Gilbert	1667	LUX	+19B	=37N	=27B	=25N	=10B	−18N	F	3.0	22.0	22.0	11.00	1568	-2.8
31	Reddy, Handyalu Kiran	1465	LUX	+48N	−15B	−20N	+49B	+51N	F	−5B	3.0	20.0	22.0	6.00	814	-24.0
32	Jeremiah Jeswin, Darren	0	LUX	−22B	=17N	−26B	+47N	=41B	+35N	F	3.0	19.5	21.5	8.25	889	0.0
33	Tafratova, Yuliia	0	LUX	=?B	−6N	+40B	−12N	−38N	=45B	+43N	3.0	19.0	19.0	5.50	1258	0.0
34	Diniz, Angelo	0	LUX	−39N	−13N	+48B	+46B	+42N	−14B	F	3.0	18.5	20.5	6.00	766	0.0
35	Mohanraj, Thanvik	0	LUX	−5N	+55B	−42N	+54B	−11N	−32B	+50B	3.0	17.5	17.5	3.00	716	0.0
36	FIDE 4010302	0	—	−1B	−54N	−44B	+40N	+47B	−?B	+48N	3.0	16.0	16.0	6.50	751	0.0
37	FIDE 4011520	0	—	+?N	=30B	=25N	F	−20B	−29B	+40N	3.0	16.0	16.0	5.75	1618	0.0
38	FIDE 4008782	0	—	+?N	F	−11B	+21N	+33B	F	F	3.0	14.5	14.5	7.00	1528	0.0
39	Clement, Marc	1607	LUX	+34B	+51N	−4B	−23N	−18B	=28B	−25N	2.5	22.5	24.5	6.50	764	-22.2
40	FIDE 4009460	0	—	=41N	−8B	−33N	−36B	+54N	+?B	−37B	2.5	17.0	17.0	2.25	1478	0.0
41	FIDE 4010191	0	—	=40B	+?N	−7B	F	=32N	−19B	=45N	2.5	16.5	16.5	3.75	1566	0.0
42	Krier, Charel	0	LUX	+26B	−4N	+35B	−6N	−34B	F	F	2.0	22.0	22.0	6.50	742	0.0
43	FIDE 4010264	0	—	−3B	−53N	+50B	−13N	+55B	−21N	−33B	2.0	21.0	21.0	2.00	776	0.0
44	FIDE 4010299	0	—	−7B	−21N	+36N	−19B	−46N	+54B	−51N	2.0	20.0	21.0	4.00	781	0.0
45	Krishna, Arjun	0	LUX	−4B	−47N	+52B	−17N	−48B	=33N	=41B	2.0	19.0	21.0	4.75	760	0.0
46	FIDE 4009436	0	—	−12B	=26N	=17B	−34N	+44B	F	−?N	2.0	19.0	19.0	5.75	712	0.0
47	FIDE 4011538	0	—	−11N	+45B	−23N	−32B	−36N	F	+49B	2.0	18.0	20.0	4.00	684	0.0
48	FIDE 4010280	0	—	−31B	−19N	−34N	+52B	+45N	F	−36B	2.0	17.0	17.0	4.00	659	0.0
49	FIDE 4011104	0	—	−24B	−16N	+?B	−31N	+53B	F	−47N	2.0	16.5	16.5	2.00	712	0.0
50	FIDE 4011546	0	—	−25N	−?B	−43N	+?N	−21B	+55B	−35N	2.0	12.5	12.5	0.00	770	0.0
51	Gundecha, Avyan	0	LUX	F	−39B	−?N	+53N	−31B	F	+44B	2.0	11.5	11.5	4.00	746	0.0
52	Alizada, Matin	0	LUX	−9N	−?B	−45N	−48N	+?B	F	+?N	2.0	10.5	10.5	0.00	1426	0.0
53	FIDE 174098334	0	—	−28N	+43B	−?N	−51B	−49N	−?N	+54B	2.0	10.0	10.0	3.00	750	0.0
54	FIDE 4009258	0	—	−23N	+36B	−14B	−35N	−40B	−44N	−53N	1.0	18.5	20.5	3.00	725	0.0
55	FIDE 174098343	0	—	−14B	−35N	F	−18B	−43N	−50N	−?B	0.0	15.5	15.5	0.00	725	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Murali SubramanianIND
+72.4
4.5 pts · #3
2Frisch, Jan RaphaelLUX
+60.0
6.5 pts · #5
3Solovev, NikolaiLUX
+55.6
5.5 pts · #2

Top rating losers

1Schumacher, LiamLUX
-45.2
4.5 pts · #32
2Wagner, MorganLUX
-44.4
4.5 pts · #50
3Agovic, EsadLUX
-40.8
3.5 pts · #15

Biggest upsets

R6+287 Elo gap
Murali Subramanian1405 beat Agovic, Esad1692
R7+166 Elo gap
Shalu Santha Kumar1526 beat Agovic, Esad1692
R7+161 Elo gap
Mahendran, Mithran1519 beat Alberty, Jean-Paul1680