NMM 1.Liga 2025-26 round 4-5

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46 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 30 Jan 2026 to 06 Feb 2026 in Basel, Switzerland. 9 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2247, and top seed was Gregor Haag (🇩🇪 GER, FM, 2412).

Ettore Faraone (🇨🇭 SUI, 1957) won with 2.0/5, ahead of Simon Klotz (2.0) and Rene Glanzmann (2.0). Faraone won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Alexei Karpov (1888) beat Thomas Held (2052), a +164-point gap.

Location

🇨🇭Basel, Switzerland

Dates

30 Jan 2026 → 06 Feb 2026

Time control

Standard: 36 Moves in 90 Min. / in 30 Min. /

System

Team · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇩🇪FMGregor Haag2412

Avg top 10

2,247

Participants

Titled players · 9

IM×4

FM×4

CM×1

Federations · 5 represented

🇨🇭Switzerland×35

🇩🇪Germany×7

🇮🇹Italy×2

🇵🇱Poland×1

🇷🇸Serbia×1

Top 3

🥇
Ettore Faraone
🇨🇭SUI·1957
2.0pts·2654perf+15.2
🥈
Simon Klotz
🇩🇪GER·1980
2.0pts·2714perf+8.4
🥉
Rene Glanzmann
🇨🇭SUI
2.0pts·2706perf+42.8

Standings

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#	Player	Fed	Elo	Pts	Avg opp.	Perf	Δ Elo
1	Faraone, Ettore	🇨🇭SUI	1957	2.0	1854	2654	+15.2
11	Klotz, Simon	🇩🇪GER	1980	2.0	1914	2714	+8.4
2	Glanzmann, Rene	🇨🇭SUI	0	2.0	1906	2706	+42.8
7	IMMilosevic, Goran	🇨🇭SUI	2234	1.5	2028	2221	-0.1
6	Schroeter, Michael	🇨🇭SUI	2085	1.5	2103	2296	+10.6
9	Glatzfelder, Kurt	🇨🇭SUI	1932	1.5	1867	2060	+16.0
8	IMCosta, Gian Luca	🇨🇭SUI	2373	1.5	1988	2181	-3.2
4	Scherer, Max	🇩🇪GER	2156	1.5	2060	2253	+6.2
5	IMHabibi, Ali	🇩🇪GER	2124	1.5	1989	2182	+1.8
3	FMHaag, Gregor	🇩🇪GER	2412	1.5	2234	2427	+0.3
10	Grzeskowiak, Antoni	🇵🇱POL	2042	1.0	2126	2126	+9.2
19	Schmidt, Timo	🇨🇭SUI	1688	1.0	1829	1829	+6.4
14	Erzinger, Paul	🇨🇭SUI	1918	1.0	2033	2033	+5.6
20	Moser, Guido	🇨🇭SUI	1845	1.0	1776	2576	+8.0
15	Jud, Marc	🇨🇭SUI	1996	1.0	1968	1968	-0.6
16	IMFilipovic, Branko	🇨🇭SUI	2248	1.0	2147	2147	-2.8
13	Cerino, Raffaele	🇮🇹ITA	0	1.0	1872	1872	+5.4
12	Budisin, Stanislav	🇷🇸SRB	1964	1.0	2008	2808	+11.2
17	Karpov, Alexei	🇨🇭SUI	1888	1.0	2049	2849	+28.4
18	FMCollin, Moritz Valentin	🇨🇭SUI	2309	1.0	1928	2728	+1.8
35	Nyffeler, Ulrich	🇨🇭SUI	1865	0.5	1972	1779	-9.6
22	Haenggi, Markus	🇨🇭SUI	1998	0.5	2034	1841	-6.6
34	Irniger, Aaron	🇨🇭SUI	0	0.5	1922	1729	-9.6
23	Zumbrunn, Simon	🇨🇭SUI	1721	0.5	1936	1743	-1.6
24	FMSchwing, Hans-Elmar	🇩🇪GER	2302	0.5	2417	2417	+3.2
30	Terraz, Christian	🇨🇭SUI	2014	0.5	1907	1907	-3.2
33	Anneser, Lukas	🇨🇭SUI	1750	0.5	1716	1523	-24.0
21	FMKappeler, Kaspar	🇨🇭SUI	2145	0.5	2247	2247	+2.8
27	Boehm, Markus	🇨🇭SUI	0	0.5	1977	1977	+0.4
28	Haener, Philipp	🇨🇭SUI	2147	0.5	2247	2247	+2.8
25	Lenders, Jean-Pierre	🇨🇭SUI	1866	0.5	1914	1914	+1.2
26	Golf, Burkhard	🇨🇭SUI	1814	0.5	1872	1872	+3.6
29	Joray, Marcel	🇨🇭SUI	0	0.5	1957	1957	-1.2
31	Lumsdon, Andrew	🇨🇭SUI	1952	0.5	1999	1999	+1.2
32	Sperzel, Bernd	🇨🇭SUI	1868	0.5	1808	1808	-1.8
44	Lehmann, Daniel	🇨🇭SUI	1847	0.0	1923	1123	-15.2
36	Erb, Bernhard	🇨🇭SUI	1803	0.0	1942	1142	-7.0
39	Faoro, Luca	🇮🇹ITA	0	0.0	2124	1324	-3.4
40	Koch, Josef	🇨🇭SUI	1983	0.0	1880	1080	-25.2
46	Bracewell, Gareth	🇨🇭SUI	0	0.0	1974	1174	0.0
43	Wirz, Heinz	🇨🇭SUI	2022	0.0	2131	1331	-6.4
45	CMHolzhauer, Bjoern	🇩🇪GER	2143	0.0	2417	1617	-3.8
37	Lutz, Thomas	🇩🇪GER	2009	0.0	1964	1164	-11.2
38	Feldges, Benedikt	🇨🇭SUI	1898	0.0	1776	976	-26.8
41	Held, Thomas	🇨🇭SUI	2052	0.0	1888	1088	-14.2
42	Kallen, Joerg	🇨🇭SUI	0	0.0	2312	1512	-1.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Glanzmann, ReneSUI
+42.8
2.0 pts · #2
2Karpov, AlexeiSUI
+28.4
1.0 pts · #17
3Glatzfelder, KurtSUI
+16.0
1.5 pts · #9

Top rating losers

1Feldges, BenediktSUI
-26.8
0.0 pts · #38
2Koch, JosefSUI
-25.2
0.0 pts · #40
3Anneser, LukasSUI
-24.0
0.5 pts · #33

Biggest upsets

R5+164 Elo gap
Karpov, Alexei1888 beat Held, Thomas2052