IGM 2025-26 Kat. A rounds 6-7
Team SwissStandard
39 players participated in this 2-round tournament, held from 30 Jan 2026 to 27 Feb 2026 in decentralised, Switzerland. 6 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2177, and top seed was Roger Moor (🇨🇭 SUI, IM, 2312).
Lubomir Kovac (🇸🇰 SVK, 2186) won with 2.0/2, ahead of Kevin Cremer (2.0) and Mario Meier (2.0). Kovac shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Christoph Sterkman (1950) beat Richard Zweifel (CM, 2192), a +242-point gap.
Location
🇨🇭decentralised, Switzerland
Dates
30 Jan 2026 → 27 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 36 Moves in 90 Min. / in 30 Min. /
System
Team · 2 rounds
Titled players · 6
IM×2
FM×2
CM×2
Federations · 2 represented
🇨🇭Switzerland×36
🇸🇰Slovakia×1
Top 3
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Standings
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| # | Player | Fed | Elo | Pts | Avg opp. | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Kovac, Lubomir | 🇸🇰SVK | 2186 | 2.0 | 1914 | 2714 | +7.0 |
| 1 | FMCremer, Kevin | 🇨🇭SUI | 2265 | 2.0 | 2199 | 2999 | +17.0 |
| 2 | Meier, Mario | 🇨🇭SUI | 2029 | 2.0 | 1936 | 2736 | +16.2 |
| 4 | Sterkman, Christoph | 🇨🇭SUI | 1950 | 2.0 | 1946 | 2746 | +19.8 |
| 28 | Kuhn, Lukas | 🇨🇭SUI | 1915 | 1.5 | 1755 | 1755 | -8.8 |
| 7 | Rossi, Dario | 🇨🇭SUI | 0 | 1.5 | 1845 | 2038 | +14.8 |
| 8 | Duerig, Willi | 🇨🇭SUI | 2033 | 1.5 | 2024 | 2217 | +8.6 |
| 5 | Kueng,Nicolas | 🇨🇭SUI | 2057 | 1.5 | 1936 | 2129 | +3.4 |
| 6 | Bobbia, Mario | 🇨🇭SUI | 1852 | 1.5 | 1832 | 2025 | +9.2 |
| 17 | Jampen, Florian | 🇨🇭SUI | 1968 | 1.0 | 2063 | 2063 | +7.6 |
| 9 | Mueller, Andrin | 🇨🇭SUI | 1844 | 1.0 | 2029 | 2029 | +8.4 |
| 15 | Meier, Manuel | 🇨🇭SUI | 2080 | 1.0 | 2160 | 2160 | +3.2 |
| 10 | Fischer, Lukas | 🇨🇭SUI | 1985 | 1.0 | 1994 | 1994 | +0.6 |
| 16 | FIDE 51623226 | — | 0 | 1.0 | 1850 | 1850 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Fuchs, Arnold | 🇨🇭SUI | 1961 | 1.0 | 1929 | 1929 | -0.6 |
| 20 | Varga, Balazs | 🇨🇭SUI | 0 | 1.0 | 1913 | 1913 | +7.8 |
| 32 | Portmann, Daniel | 🇨🇭SUI | 1922 | 1.0 | 1984 | 1184 | -8.6 |
| 18 | Reolon, Jonas | 🇨🇭SUI | 1723 | 1.0 | 1910 | 2710 | +14.8 |
| 14 | Frischherz, Urs | 🇨🇭SUI | 0 | 1.0 | 1749 | 2549 | +2.8 |
| 12 | Kueng, Michael | 🇨🇭SUI | 0 | 1.0 | 2005 | 2805 | +16.6 |
| 11 | CMRegez, Markus | 🇨🇭SUI | 2099 | 1.0 | 1810 | 2610 | +3.2 |
| 19 | Wilhelm, Serge | 🇨🇭SUI | 1950 | 1.0 | 1846 | 2646 | +7.2 |
| 22 | Wespi, Andre | 🇨🇭SUI | 1998 | 0.5 | 1898 | 1705 | -15.0 |
| 23 | Ahmeti, Danush | 🇨🇭SUI | 1785 | 0.5 | 1910 | 1910 | +3.6 |
| 27 | Oehen, Rene | 🇨🇭SUI | 1915 | 0.5 | 1751 | 1558 | -18.4 |
| 21 | Eichenberger, Markus | 🇨🇭SUI | 1870 | 0.5 | 1940 | 1940 | +1.8 |
| 25 | FMStrauss, Juergen 311 | 🇨🇭SUI | 2228 | 0.5 | 2285 | 2285 | +2.0 |
| 26 | IMMoor, Olivier | 🇨🇭SUI | 2282 | 0.5 | 2209 | 2209 | -1.0 |
| 24 | Leuthold, Cyrill | 🇨🇭SUI | 1965 | 0.5 | 1848 | 1848 | -3.2 |
| 39 | Kneubuehler, Marco | 🇨🇭SUI | 0 | 0.0 | 1898 | 1098 | -9.8 |
| 31 | Caduff, Claudio | 🇨🇭SUI | 1833 | 0.0 | 2058 | 1258 | -16.0 |
| 30 | CMZweifel, Richard | 🇨🇭SUI | 2192 | 0.0 | 1948 | 1148 | -16.0 |
| 36 | IMMoor, Roger | 🇨🇭SUI | 2312 | 0.0 | 2257 | 1457 | -5.6 |
| 33 | Deuber, Roman | 🇨🇭SUI | 2063 | 0.0 | 2073 | 1273 | -19.4 |
| 35 | Mundwiler, Remo | 🇨🇭SUI | 0 | 0.0 | 1954 | 1154 | -15.6 |
| 38 | Lustenberger, Josef | 🇨🇭SUI | 1772 | 0.0 | 1752 | 952 | -21.0 |
| 29 | FIDE 1397664 | — | 0 | 0.0 | 1936 | 1136 | 0.0 |
| 37 | Gabersek, Albert | 🇨🇭SUI | 2062 | 0.0 | 2015 | 1215 | -11.4 |
| 34 | Bucher, Bernhard | 🇨🇭SUI | 0 | 0.0 | 1946 | 1146 | -7.2 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Sterkman, ChristophSUI+19.82.0 pts · #4
- 2Cremer, KevinFMSUI+17.02.0 pts · #1
- 3Kueng, MichaelSUI+16.61.0 pts · #12
Top rating losers
- 1Lustenberger, JosefSUI-21.00.0 pts · #38
- 2Deuber, RomanSUI-19.40.0 pts · #33
- 3Oehen, ReneSUI-18.40.5 pts · #27
Biggest upsets
- R2+242 Elo gap
- R2+192 Elo gap