SMM NLB 2026 round 1

Team SwissStandard

160 players participated in this 1-round tournament, held on 15 Mar 2026 in decentralised, Switzerland. 55 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2443, and top seed was Vadim Milov (🇨🇭 SUI, GM, 2578).

Cristian Marc Arsenie (🇨🇭 SUI, 2228) won with 1.0/1, ahead of Martin Duerst (1.0) and Andres Tamburrano (1.0).

The biggest upset came in round 1: Poyraz Canatar (1921) beat Sebastian Muheim (2179), a +258-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

🇨🇭GMVadim Milov2578

Avg top 10

2,443

Participants

160

Titled players · 55

GM×4

IM×12

FM×29

CM×8

WIM×2

Federations · 8 represented

🇨🇭Switzerland×107

🇩🇪Germany×16

🇮🇹Italy×11

🇫🇷France×10

🇦🇹Austria×2

🇷🇴Romania×2

🇮🇪Ireland×1

🇲🇨Monaco×1

Top 3

🥇
Cristian Marc Arsenie
🇨🇭SUI·2228
1.0pts·2736perf+6.0
🥈
Martin Duerst
🇨🇭SUI·2002
1.0pts·2808perf+10.2
🥉
Andres Tamburrano
🇨🇭SUI·1790
1.0pts·2691perf+25.6

Standings

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#	Player	Fed	Elo	Pts	Avg opp.	Perf	Δ Elo
1	Arsenie, Cristian Marc	🇨🇭SUI	2228	1.0	1936	2736	+6.0
2	Duerst, Martin	🇨🇭SUI	2002	1.0	2008	2808	+10.2
3	Tamburrano, Andres	🇨🇭SUI	1790	1.0	1891	2691	+25.6
4	Pfau, Matthias, Dr.	🇩🇪GER	2072	1.0	2090	2890	+10.6
5	FMViennot, Dylan	🇫🇷FRA	2332	1.0	2198	2998	+6.4
6	Reist, Daniel	🇨🇭SUI	2004	1.0	2017	2817	+10.4
7	Chiriac, Daniel	🇲🇩MDA	2064	1.0	2057	2857	+9.8
8	Andrist, Pascal	🇨🇭SUI	2080	1.0	1962	2762	+6.8
9	Schnell, Simon	🇨🇭SUI	2184	1.0	2299	3099	+13.2
10	IMKoch, Jean-Rene	🇫🇷FRA	2431	1.0	2169	2969	+1.8
11	Parmelin, Evan	🇨🇭SUI	2003	1.0	1978	2778	+18.8
12	Wenger, Lucas	🇨🇭SUI	2022	1.0	1865	2665	+5.8
13	Rodriguez Garcia, Carlos 1996	🇪🇸ESP	2164	1.0	2206	3006	+11.2
14	FMCremer, Kevin	🇨🇭SUI	2252	1.0	2202	3002	+8.6
15	CMHolzhauer, Bjoern	🇩🇪GER	2144	1.0	2317	3117	+14.6
16	GMMilov, Vadim	🇨🇭SUI	2578	1.0	2258	3058	+1.3
17	IMArcuti, Davide	🇨🇭SUI	2409	1.0	2230	3030	+2.7
18	Drechsler, Christoph	🇨🇭SUI	2061	1.0	1854	2654	+4.6
19	FMKappeler, Kaspar	🇨🇭SUI	2160	1.0	2048	2848	+7.0
20	GMBrunello, Sabino	🇮🇹ITA	2513	1.0	2167	2967	+1.1
21	Gut, Raphael	🇨🇭SUI	2263	1.0	2106	2906	+11.6
22	Klings, Peter	🇩🇪GER	2024	1.0	2000	2800	+9.4
23	Thaler, Anton	🇨🇭SUI	2074	1.0	2102	2902	+10.8
24	Brait, Wolfgang	🇨🇭SUI	1936	1.0	2029	2829	+12.6
25	GMVorontsov, Pavlo	🇺🇦UKR	2507	1.0	2480	3280	+4.6
26	Canatar, Poyraz	🇨🇭SUI	1921	1.0	2179	2979	+32.8
27	Goettelmann, Guillaume	🇫🇷FRA	2120	1.0	1992	2792	+6.6
28	Mansoor, Sharif	🇨🇭SUI	1998	1.0	2063	2863	+11.8
29	Herzog, Martin	🇨🇭SUI	1987	1.0	1988	2788	+10.0
30	Deuber, Roman	🇨🇭SUI	2096	1.0	1973	2773	+6.6
31	IMNovkovic, Milan	🇦🇹AUT	2326	1.0	2150	2950	+2.7
32	FMSchwaegli, Bruno	🇨🇭SUI	2231	1.0	2149	2949	+7.8
33	FMBorner, Daniel	🇨🇭SUI	2076	1.0	2051	2851	+9.4
34	CMTureshbayev, Anuar	🇮🇪IRL	2207	1.0	2029	2829	+10.8
35	Bruessow, Nina	🇨🇭SUI	1893	1.0	1936	2736	+22.4
36	Gut, Lionel	🇨🇭SUI	2244	1.0	2108	2908	+12.8
37	Ronce, Nathan	🇫🇷FRA	2232	1.0	2233	3033	+10.0
38	Artan, Tamir	🇨🇭SUI	2056	1.0	1881	2681	+10.8
39	IMKlauser, Markus	🇨🇭SUI	2291	1.0	2228	3028	+4.1
40	Cacciola, Alfredo	🇮🇹ITA	2182	1.0	2018	2818	+5.6
41	Gloor, Claudio	🇨🇭SUI	2048	1.0	2174	2974	+13.4
42	CMZhou, Syang	🇩🇪GER	2235	1.0	2110	2910	+6.6
43	Cocconcelli, Lorenzo	🇮🇹ITA	2110	1.0	2040	2840	+8.0
44	FMSalvetti, Manlio Alec	🇮🇹ITA	2118	1.0	1916	2716	+4.8
45	Angst, Oliver	🇨🇭SUI	2108	1.0	2233	3033	+13.4
46	Deubelbeiss, Rene	🇨🇭SUI	1914	1.0	2053	2853	+13.8
47	FMPatuzzo, Fabrizio	🇨🇭SUI	2268	1.0	2030	2830	+4.0
48	Toussaint, Antoine	🇫🇷FRA	2004	1.0	2032	2832	+10.8
49	FMCereda, Loris	🇮🇹ITA	2346	1.0	2107	2907	+4.0
50	IMGschnitzer, Adrian	🇩🇪GER	2434	1.0	2304	3104	+3.2
51	FMMedici, Simone	🇨🇭SUI	2174	1.0	2105	2905	+8.0
52	FMSchiendorfer, Emanuel	🇨🇭SUI	2395	1.0	2247	3047	+6.0
53	Kasipour Azbari, Seyed Arvin	🇨🇭SUI	2135	0.5	2248	2248	+3.0
54	Schweizer, Simon	🇯🇵JPN	2200	0.5	2153	2153	-1.4
55	Flueckiger, Thomas	🇨🇭SUI	2248	0.5	2135	2135	-3.0
56	Kwiatkowski, Jakub	🇨🇭SUI	2121	0.5	2188	2188	+1.8
57	Malli, Suvirr	🇨🇭SUI	2127	0.5	2270	2270	+7.6
58	IMHabibi, Ali	🇩🇪GER	2111	0.5	2126	2126	+0.2
59	Menzi, Jonas	🇨🇭SUI	2134	0.5	2237	2237	+2.8
60	Sakaridis, Emmanouil	🇬🇷GRE	2092	0.5	2249	2249	+4.2
61	Neuberger, Guido	🇩🇪GER	2093	0.5	2029	2029	-1.8
62	Fecker, Jan	🇨🇭SUI	2029	0.5	2093	2093	+1.8
63	Silva, Lucas Borges Da	🇵🇹POR	2037	0.5	1941	1941	-2.6
64	Titze, Leo	🇮🇹ITA	2217	0.5	2072	2072	-3.8
65	Grob, Joshua	🇨🇭SUI	2057	0.5	2193	2193	+3.6
66	IMMantovani, Renzo	🇮🇹ITA	2192	0.5	1964	1964	-2.9
67	Oestmann, Lukas	🇨🇭SUI	1985	0.5	2021	2021	+1.0
68	FMSutter, Oliver	🇨🇭SUI	2297	0.5	2263	2263	-0.5
69	IMGerber, Richard	🇨🇭SUI	2227	0.5	2274	2274	+0.7
70	Wolff, Armel-David	🇨🇭SUI	2209	0.5	2219	2219	+0.2
71	CMMeier, Peter	🇸🇨SEY	2026	0.5	2066	2066	+1.2
72	Alic, Miran	🇨🇭SUI	1983	0.5	2022	2022	+1.0
73	Jacot, Laurent	🇨🇭SUI	2119	0.5	2136	2136	+0.4
74	FMNastase, Robert-Paul	🇷🇴ROU	2229	0.5	2016	2016	-5.4
75	FMAtlas, Dmitry	🇦🇹AUT	2126	0.5	2050	2050	-2.0
76	Paleologu, Vladimir	🇨🇭SUI	2067	0.5	2026	2026	-1.2
77	CMShatil, Shir	🇨🇭SUI	2153	0.5	2200	2200	+1.4
78	Zingg, Daniel	🇨🇭SUI	1985	0.5	2081	2081	+2.6
79	CMCorbu, George-Alexandru	🇷🇴ROU	2257	0.5	2132	2132	-6.8
80	Michaud, Christian	🇨🇭SUI	2016	0.5	2229	2229	+5.4
81	Salzgeber, Frank	🇨🇭SUI	2081	0.5	1985	1985	-2.6
82	IMAranovitch, Emiliano	🇮🇹ITA	2308	0.5	2057	2057	-3.1
83	Kambor, Joachim	🇨🇭SUI	2057	0.5	2308	2308	+6.2
84	Kovac, Lubomir	🇸🇰SVK	2193	0.5	2057	2057	-3.6
85	Pellegrini, Noah	🇨🇭SUI	2021	0.5	1985	1985	-2.0
86	FMStrauss, Juergen 311	🇨🇭SUI	2224	0.5	2084	2084	-3.8
87	FMGeorges, Sacha	🇨🇭SUI	2237	0.5	2134	2134	-2.8
88	Liebhart, Marcel	🇩🇪GER	2021	0.5	1983	1983	-1.0
89	WIMDe Seroux, Camille	🇨🇭SUI	2109	0.5	2212	2212	+2.8
90	Iliev, Mustafa Batuhan	🇩🇪GER	2093	0.5	2267	2267	+4.6
91	El-Mais, Ibaa	🇨🇭SUI	2188	0.5	2121	2121	-1.8
92	Paci, Romain	🇫🇷FRA	2132	0.5	2256	2256	+3.4
93	FMTernault, Mathieu	🇫🇷FRA	2263	0.5	2297	2297	+0.5
94	FMBotta, Massimiliano	🇮🇹ITA	2267	0.5	2093	2093	-4.6
95	Frei, Tiziano	🇨🇭SUI	1941	0.5	2037	2037	+2.6
96	FMPodetti, Davide	🇮🇹ITA	2249	0.5	2091	2091	-4.2
97	Vilaseca, Laurent	🇨🇭SUI	2126	0.5	2243	2243	+3.2
98	FMMannhart, Marcel	🇱🇮LIE	2050	0.5	2126	2126	+2.0
99	Hecht, Jonas Christian	🇩🇪GER	2126	0.5	2111	2111	-0.4
100	Neuschild, Marius	🇨🇭SUI	1964	0.5	2192	2192	+11.6
101	FMFejzullahu, Afrim	KOS	2212	0.5	2109	2109	-2.8
102	FMPrunescu, Claudiu	🇨🇭SUI	2243	0.5	2126	2126	-3.2
103	Willi, Patrik	🇨🇭SUI	2072	0.5	2217	2217	+3.8
104	FMRohrer, Christophe	🇨🇭SUI	2270	0.5	2126	2126	-3.8
105	FMAeschbach, Philipp	🇨🇭SUI	2219	0.5	2209	2209	-0.2
106	Curien, Nicolas	🇨🇭SUI	2136	0.5	2119	2119	-0.4
107	WIMHryzlova, Sofiia	🇨🇭SUI	2274	0.5	2227	2227	-1.4
108	Mueller, Patrick	🇨🇭SUI	2084	0.5	2224	2224	+7.6
109	Orsolic, Marijan	🇩🇪GER	2108	0.0	2244	1444	-12.8
110	Bosshard, Dominik	🇨🇭SUI	1973	0.0	2097	1297	-6.6
111	Buergi, Oswald	🇨🇭SUI	2000	0.0	2024	1224	-9.4
112	Gheng, Simona	🇩🇪GER	1989	0.0	1987	1187	-10.0
113	Zaugg, Reto	🇨🇭SUI	1854	0.0	2061	1261	-4.6
114	Delmonico, Nils	🇨🇭SUI	1978	0.0	2003	1203	-9.4
115	Jelicic, Hugo	🇨🇭SUI	1935	0.0	2228	1428	-6.0
116	Bigler, David	🇨🇭SUI	1962	0.0	2080	1280	-6.8
117	Breyer, Philippe	🇨🇭SUI	2107	0.0	2346	1546	-8.0
118	FMGast, Jonathan	🇨🇭SUI	2057	0.0	2064	1264	-9.8
119	Leutwyler, Martin	🇨🇭SUI	2110	0.0	2235	1435	-6.6
120	Potterat, Marc	🇨🇭SUI	2008	0.0	2002	1202	-10.2
121	Candelier, Lucas	🇨🇭SUI	1881	0.0	2056	1256	-10.8
122	Zollinger, Stefan	🇨🇭SUI	2198	0.0	2332	1532	-6.4
123	FMSchenk-Pogan, Nikolas	🇨🇭SUI	2150	0.0	2326	1526	-5.4
124	Schweighoffer, Martin	🇨🇭SUI	2169	0.0	2431	1631	-3.6
125	Boschetti, Claudio	🇨🇭SUI	2063	0.0	1998	1198	-11.8
126	Fischer, Marcel	🇨🇭SUI	2053	0.0	1914	1114	-13.8
127	Krebs, Samuel	🇨🇭SUI	2029	0.0	1936	1136	-12.6
128	Pfaltz, Maximilian	🇨🇭SUI	2029	0.0	2207	1407	-10.8
129	Turkmani, Julian	🇨🇭SUI	2090	0.0	2072	1272	-10.6
130	Malli, Shiivesh Sunil	🇨🇭SUI	1994	0.0	2120	1320	-6.6
131	Raeber, Markus	🇨🇭SUI	2206	0.0	2164	1364	-11.2
132	Cheles, Nicusor	🇨🇭SUI	1890	0.0	1789	989	-25.6
133	FMRueetschi, Urs	🇨🇭SUI	2299	0.0	2184	1384	-13.2
134	Dell Agosti, Alain	🇨🇭SUI	2174	0.0	2048	1248	-13.4
135	Schmidbauer, Frank	🇨🇭SUI	2018	0.0	2182	1382	-5.6
136	Eschmann, Patrick	🇨🇭SUI	2167	0.0	2513	1713	-2.2
137	Gafner, Lancelot	🇨🇭SUI	2016	0.0	2004	1204	-20.8
138	IMLerch, Patrice	🇫🇷FRA	2317	0.0	2144	1344	-7.3
139	FMPomini, Aurelien	🇨🇭SUI	2228	0.0	2291	1491	-8.2
140	Rochat, Georges	🇨🇭SUI	2032	0.0	2004	1204	-10.8
141	CMFernandes Barbosa Dos Santos, Gabriel	🇨🇭SUI	2233	0.0	2108	1308	-13.4
142	Pyvovar, Igor	🇩🇪GER	2106	0.0	2263	1463	-5.8
143	IMWirthensohn, Heinz	🇨🇭SUI	2247	0.0	2395	1595	-3.0
144	GMCharnushevich, Aliaksei	🇫🇷FRA	2480	0.0	2507	1707	-4.6
145	CMMeier, Lukas	🇨🇭SUI	2202	0.0	2252	1452	-8.6
146	Akinkhov, Mikhail	🇨🇭SUI	1916	0.0	2118	1318	-9.6
147	Muheim, Sebastian	🇨🇭SUI	2179	0.0	1922	1122	-16.4
148	FMSchmid, Sandro	🇨🇭SUI	2229	0.0	2409	1609	-5.4
149	Schwierskott, Marc, Dr.	🇩🇪GER	2149	0.0	2231	1431	-7.8
150	IMLamoureux, Charles	🇫🇷FRA	2258	0.0	2578	1778	-1.3
151	Rinaudo, Giada	🇮🇹ITA	1936	0.0	1893	1093	-11.2
152	Meyer, Ingo	🇩🇪GER	2102	0.0	2074	1274	-10.8
153	Kamber, Adrian	🇨🇭SUI	1865	0.0	2022	1222	-5.8
154	Schoenbaechler, Anselm	🇨🇭SUI	2040	0.0	2110	1310	-8.0
155	Bodenstab, Stefan	🇨🇭SUI	2048	0.0	2159	1359	-14.0
156	Kohli, Thomas	🇨🇭SUI	2030	0.0	2268	1468	-4.0
157	Simon, Daniel	🇨🇭SUI	2051	0.0	2076	1276	-9.4
158	Breyer, Thierry	🇨🇭SUI	2106	0.0	2174	1374	-16.0
159	Gattenloehner, Sebastian	🇩🇪GER	2233	0.0	2232	1432	-10.0
160	FMLi, Dominique	🇲🇨MNC	2304	0.0	2434	1634	-6.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Canatar, PoyrazSUI
+32.8
1.0 pts · #26
2Tamburrano, AndresSUI
+25.6
1.0 pts · #3
3Bruessow, NinaSUI
+22.4
1.0 pts · #35

Top rating losers

1Cheles, NicusorSUI
-25.6
0.0 pts · #132
2Gafner, LancelotSUI
-20.8
0.0 pts · #137
3Muheim, SebastianSUI
-16.4
0.0 pts · #147

Biggest upsets

R1+258 Elo gap
Canatar, Poyraz1921 beat Muheim, Sebastian2179
R1+173 Elo gap
CMHolzhauer, Bjoern2144 beat IMLerch, Patrice2317
R1+139 Elo gap
Deubelbeiss, Rene1914 beat Fischer, Marcel2053