SMM NLA 2026 round 1

Team SwissStandard

80 players participated in this 1-round tournament, held on 15 Mar 2026 in decentralised, Switzerland. 64 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2526, and top seed was Dennis Wagner (🇩🇪 GER, GM, 2601).

Ognjen Cvitan (🇭🇷 CRO, GM, 2378) won with 1.0/1, ahead of Ioannis Georgiadis (1.0) and Christian Bauer (1.0).

The biggest upset came in round 1: Juergen Fend (2248) beat Clovis Vernay (GM, 2475), a +227-point gap.

Location

🇨🇭decentralised, Switzerland

Dates

15 Mar 2026

Time control

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

System

Team · 1 rounds

Top seed

🇩🇪GMDennis Wagner2601

Avg top 10

2,526

Participants

Titled players · 64

GM×14

IM×25

FM×22

CM×1

WGM×1

WIM×1

Federations · 8 represented

🇨🇭Switzerland×53

🇩🇪Germany×13

🇫🇷France×8

🇳🇱Netherlands×1

🇭🇷Croatia×1

🇦🇹Austria×1

🇷🇸Serbia×1

🇺🇦Ukraine×1

Top 3

🥇
GMOgnjen Cvitan
🇭🇷CRO·2378
1.0pts·3064perf+3.4
🥈
IMIoannis Georgiadis
🇨🇭SUI·2483
1.0pts·3166perf+3.4
🥉
GMChristian Bauer
🇫🇷FRA·2557
1.0pts·3154perf+2.4

Standings

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#	Player	Fed	Elo	Pts	Avg opp.	Perf	Δ Elo
1	GMCvitan, Ognjen	🇭🇷CRO	2378	1.0	2264	3064	+3.4
2	IMGeorgiadis, Ioannis	🇨🇭SUI	2483	1.0	2366	3166	+3.4
3	GMBauer, Christian	🇫🇷FRA	2557	1.0	2354	3154	+2.4
4	FMJaeggi, Dorian	🇨🇭SUI	2332	1.0	2227	3027	+7.2
5	FMColmenares, Aurelio	🇨🇭SUI	2315	1.0	2238	3038	+3.9
6	IMKurmann, Oliver	🇨🇭SUI	2382	1.0	2397	3197	+5.2
7	GMRiff, Jean-Noel	🇫🇷FRA	2399	1.0	2234	3034	+2.8
8	IMBallmann, Martin	🇨🇭SUI	2332	1.0	2190	2990	+3.1
9	IMStijve, Theo	🇨🇭SUI	2266	1.0	2294	3094	+10.8
10	IMBrunner, Nicolas	🇫🇷FRA	2406	1.0	2258	3058	+3.0
11	IMKaczmarczyk, Dennis	🇩🇪GER	2451	1.0	2230	3030	+2.2
12	GMDemuth, Adrien	🇨🇭SUI	2527	1.0	2311	3111	+2.2
13	GMPeng, Li Min	🇨🇭SUI	2531	1.0	2332	3132	+2.4
14	Angst, Robin	🇨🇭SUI	2253	1.0	2272	3072	+10.6
15	FMGruenenwald, Joerg	🇨🇭SUI	2278	1.0	2131	2931	+6.0
16	FMSchlegel, Igor	🇨🇭SUI	2219	1.0	2169	2969	+8.6
17	Fend, Juergen	🇨🇭SUI	2248	1.0	2475	3275	+15.8
18	GMSokolov, Andrei	🇫🇷FRA	2454	1.0	2288	3088	+2.8
19	GMBrunner, Lucas	🇨🇭SUI	2406	1.0	2314	3114	+3.7
20	IMToktomushev, Teimur	🇨🇭SUI	2428	1.0	2293	3093	+3.2
21	FMFecker, Noah	🇨🇭SUI	2364	1.0	2141	2941	+2.2
22	FMMattenberger, Matthias	🇨🇭SUI	2293	1.0	2376	3176	+12.2
23	FMRappazzo, Johannes	🇨🇭SUI	2174	1.0	2030	2830	+6.2
24	FMHaag, Gregor	🇩🇪GER	2410	1.0	2316	3116	+3.7
25	IMBreder, Dennis	🇩🇪GER	2425	1.0	2208	3008	+2.2
26	Lou, Vincent	🇨🇭SUI	2188	0.5	2238	2238	+1.4
27	Frey,Fabian	🇨🇭SUI	2232	0.5	2335	2335	+2.8
28	IMMutschnik, Illya	🇩🇪GER	2363	0.5	2174	2174	-2.5
29	GMStojanovic, Mihajlo	🇷🇸SRB	2370	0.5	2391	2391	+0.3
30	GMEdouard, Romain	🇫🇷FRA	2540	0.5	2312	2312	-2.9
31	IMMartins, David Pires Tavares	🇵🇹POR	2432	0.5	2601	2601	+2.2
32	IMPetkidis, Anthony	🇩🇪GER	2452	0.5	2300	2300	-2.0
33	IMMosesov, Danyil	🇺🇦UKR	2466	0.5	2523	2523	+0.8
34	FMGeorgescu, Lena	🇨🇭SUI	2267	0.5	2338	2338	+2.0
35	FMHasenohr, Benedict	🇨🇭SUI	2243	0.5	2231	2231	-0.4
36	IMGaehwiler, Gabriel	🇨🇭SUI	2382	0.5	2189	2189	-2.5
37	GMBogner, Sebastian	🇨🇭SUI	2552	0.5	2444	2444	-1.5
38	FMCollin, Moritz Valentin	🇨🇭SUI	2328	0.5	2089	2089	-6.0
39	Gemelli,Romain	🇨🇭SUI	2189	0.5	2382	2382	+5.0
40	FMRasch, Holger	🇩🇪GER	2231	0.5	2243	2243	+0.4
41	IMBaenziger, Fabian	🇨🇭SUI	2444	0.5	2552	2552	+1.5
42	WGMHakimifard, Ghazal	🇨🇭SUI	2238	0.5	2188	2188	-1.4
43	IMJoie, Sebastien	🇨🇭SUI	2338	0.5	2267	2267	-1.0
44	GMWagner, Dennis	🇩🇪GER	2601	0.5	2432	2432	-2.2
45	Aeschbacher, Dimitri	🇨🇭SUI	2185	0.5	2201	2201	+0.8
46	GMGeorgiadis, Nico	🇨🇭SUI	2523	0.5	2466	2466	-0.8
47	IMBenitah, Yohan	🇫🇷FRA	2335	0.5	2232	2232	-1.4
48	IMHochstrasser, Michael	🇨🇭SUI	2312	0.5	2540	2540	+2.9
49	Coellen, Eike	🇩🇪GER	2089	0.5	2328	2328	+6.0
50	Koehalmi-Szabo, Mihaly	🇨🇭SUI	2201	0.5	2184	2184	-0.8
51	Zargarov, Mikayel	🇨🇭SUI	2174	0.5	2363	2363	+5.0
52	FMGautier, Anand	🇫🇷FRA	2255	0.5	2465	2465	+5.4
53	IMAtlas, Valery	🇦🇹AUT	2391	0.5	2370	2370	-0.3
54	IMSermier, Guillaume	🇨🇭SUI	2300	0.5	2452	2452	+2.0
55	GMJenni, Florian	🇨🇭SUI	2465	0.5	2255	2255	-2.7
56	Rotunno, Flavio	🇨🇭SUI	2141	0.0	2364	1564	-4.4
57	CMHeymann, Samuel	🇩🇪GER	2227	0.0	2332	1532	-7.2
58	IMBuss, Ralph	🇨🇭SUI	2332	0.0	2531	1731	-2.4
59	FMKnoedler, Dieter, Dr.	🇩🇪GER	2264	0.0	2378	1578	-3.4
60	FMWyss, Jonas	🇨🇭SUI	2272	0.0	2253	1453	-10.6
61	FMGantner, Matthias	🇨🇭SUI	2294	0.0	2266	1466	-10.8
62	FMAsllani, Dorian	🇨🇭SUI	2230	0.0	2451	1651	-4.4
63	Guex, Pascal	🇨🇭SUI	2169	0.0	2219	1419	-8.6
64	Seitz, Patrick	🇩🇪GER	2258	0.0	2406	1606	-6.0
65	FMBotta, Gabriele	🇨🇭SUI	2354	0.0	2557	1757	-4.8
66	GMVernay, Clovis	🇨🇭SUI	2475	0.0	2248	1448	-7.9
67	IMFischer, Daniel	🇨🇭SUI	2376	0.0	2293	1493	-6.1
68	FMWildi, Marcel	🇨🇭SUI	2208	0.0	2425	1625	-4.4
69	WIMManko, Mariia	🇨🇭SUI	2288	0.0	2454	1654	-5.6
70	IMHommeles, Theo	🇳🇱NED	2366	0.0	2483	1683	-3.4
71	FMUstianovich, Nazar	🇨🇭SUI	2314	0.0	2406	1606	-3.7
72	IMKuehn, Peter, Dr.	🇩🇪GER	2311	0.0	2527	1727	-2.2
73	IMZeller, Frank	🇩🇪GER	2316	0.0	2410	1610	-3.7
74	Mendoza, Mael	🇫🇷FRA	2190	0.0	2332	1532	-6.2
75	IMDegtiarev, Evgeny	🇨🇭SUI	2397	0.0	2382	1582	-5.2
76	FMMaeser, Fabian	🇨🇭SUI	2234	0.0	2399	1599	-5.6
77	FMGaehler, Marco	🇨🇭SUI	2293	0.0	2428	1628	-6.4
78	Palairet, Alexander	🇨🇭SUI	2030	0.0	2174	1374	-12.4
79	Saminskij, Jan	🇨🇭SUI	2238	0.0	2315	1515	-15.6
80	Vianin, Pascal	🇨🇭SUI	2131	0.0	2278	1478	-6.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Fend, JuergenSUI
+15.8
1.0 pts · #17
2Mattenberger, MatthiasFMSUI
+12.2
1.0 pts · #22
3Stijve, TheoIMSUI
+10.8
1.0 pts · #9

Top rating losers

1Saminskij, JanSUI
-15.6
0.0 pts · #79
2Palairet, AlexanderSUI
-12.4
0.0 pts · #78
3Gantner, MatthiasFMSUI
-10.8
0.0 pts · #61

Biggest upsets

R1+227 Elo gap
Fend, Juergen2248 beat GMVernay, Clovis2475