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Coupe Genevoise 2026

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24 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 18 Feb 2026 to 22 Feb 2026 in Geneva, Switzerland. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1948, and top seed was Daniel Chiriac (🇲🇩 MDA, 2049).

Daniel Chiriac (🇲🇩 MDA, 2049) won with 3.5/5, ahead of Grigorios Emmanouil Toumpakaris (3.5) and Tiziano Frei (3.5). Chiriac won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Erol Orel (1717) beat Igor Kupalov (1951), a +234-point gap.

Location
🇨🇭Geneva, Switzerland
Dates
18 Feb 2026 → 22 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Knockout · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇲🇩Daniel Chiriac2049
Avg top 10
1,948
Participants
24
Federations · 3 represented
🇨🇭Switzerland×21
🇲🇩Moldova×1
🇫🇷France×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 3 players tied at 3.5/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.

Co-leaders
9
4
2
2
3
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 3.5/5. Chiriac takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (8.5).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Grigorios Emmanouil Toumpakaris drew with Daniel Chiriac (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Grigorios Emmanouil Toumpakaris 3 wins (R1–R3)Tiziano Frei 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Grigorios Emmanouil Toumpakaris*
½
——
2Daniel Chiriac
½
*
1
—
3Tiziano Frei—
0
*
½
4Billal Dib——
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Chiriac, Daniel2049MDAF+8B+12N=2B+3B3.58.58.56.752231+14.6
2Toumpakaris, Grigorios Emmanouil1742SUI+15N+9B+6B=1NF3.56.56.54.752095+61.2
3Frei, Tiziano1924SUI+16N+14B+13N=4B−1N3.56.06.01.252045+17.2
4Dib, Billal1967FRAF+10B+5B=3NF2.56.56.54.752124+11.4
5Souiller, Frank1954SUI+17N+11B−4NFF2.03.53.51.001932+0.2
6Orel, Erol1717SUI+18N+19B−2NFF2.03.53.50.001959+18.8
7Lopez Barreto, Bruno1769SUI+20N=12BFFF1.50.50.50.252093+16.4
8Bruscoli, Francesco1872SUI+21B−1NFFF1.03.53.50.001927+2.8
9Isler, Manuel1663SUI+23B−2NFFF1.03.53.50.001647-1.6
10Shahmammadli, Ramiz1674SUI+24B−4NFFF1.02.52.50.001892+21.6
11Perez, Luciano1568SUI+22B−5NFFF1.02.02.00.001154-3.6
12Bagri, Jaspaul2040SUIF=7N−1BFF0.55.05.00.751716-16.4
13Constant, Jean-Luc1628SUIFF−3BFF0.03.53.50.001124-3.0
14Doxarve, Nils2018SUIF−3NFFF0.03.53.50.001124-12.6
15Sadeh, David1604SUI−2BFFFF0.03.53.50.00943-12.4
16Rouiller, Leonard1817SUI−3BFFFF0.03.53.50.001124-7.0
17Wehrli, Tobias1885SUI−5BFFFF0.02.02.00.001154-8.0
18Dittmar, Michael1809SUI−6BFFFF0.02.02.00.00918-12.4
19Kupalov, Igor1951SUIF−6NFFF0.02.02.00.00918-15.8
20Klyucharev, Alexander1760SUI−7BFFFF0.01.51.50.00969-9.8
21Kuenzler, Timothee1803SUI−8NFFFF0.01.01.00.001072-8.2
22FIDE 13768610—−11NFFFF0.01.01.00.007680.0
23Rozenberg, Merlin1551SUI−9NFFFF0.01.01.00.00863-14.0
24Pecorini, Jean-Marc1815SUI−10NFFFF0.01.01.00.00874-13.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets
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