Open de la Broye - Cat. B
30 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 28 Mar 2026 to 29 Mar 2026 in Payerne, Switzerland. 4 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1611, and top seed was Igor Dzakula (🇨🇠SUI, 1680).
Mathis Soubeyrand (🇫🇷 FRA, 1677) won with 3.5/7, ahead of Vivek Atmaram Maswadkar (3.5) and Alexandru Bodrug (3.0). Soubeyrand won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Valentin Ruiz Ruiz (1448) beat Herve Messerli (1604), a +156-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsTight race until R7; 2 players tied at 3.5/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 15 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
2 players finish on 3.5/7. Soubeyrand takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (8.5).
Alexandru Bodrug won 3 in a row (R4–R6).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mathis Soubeyrand | * | — | 1 | — |
| 2Vivek Atmaram Maswadkar | — | * | — | — |
| 3Alexandru Bodrug | 0 | — | * | — |
| 4Valentin Ruiz Ruiz | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soubeyrand, Mathis | 1677 | FRA | F | F | F | +23N | +13B | =7N | +3B | 3.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 7.25 | 1929 | +20.6 |
| 2 | Maswadkar, Vivek Atmaram | 1499 | SUI | F | F | F | +29B | +27N | =28B | +24N | 3.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.25 | 1521 | +0.6 |
| 3 | Bodrug, Alexandru | 1642 | SUI | F | F | F | +18B | +14N | +13B | −1N | 3.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 6.00 | 1723 | +12.8 |
| 4 | Palairet, Rowland | 1513 | FRA | F | F | F | −12N | +16B | +23N | +11B | 3.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 5.50 | 1700 | +30.4 |
| 5 | Ruiz Ruiz, Valentin | 1448 | ESP | F | F | F | +26B | +15N | +14B | −9N | 3.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 5.00 | 1680 | +37.6 |
| 6 | Jacinto, Matteo | 0 | SUI | F | F | F | −16N | +21B | +?N | +25B | 3.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 2.50 | 1615 | -13.2 |
| 7 | Hosner, Adrien | 1539 | SUI | F | F | F | −13N | +20B | =1B | +8N | 2.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 5.75 | 1647 | +8.8 |
| 8 | Varshauski, Dzmitry | 0 | SUI | F | F | F | +9N | +23B | =11N | −7B | 2.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 4.75 | 1682 | -12.0 |
| 9 | Macchia, Luca | 1527 | SUI | F | F | F | −8B | +24N | =20N | +5B | 2.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 4.75 | 1757 | +11.8 |
| 10 | Beaumann, Swann | 0 | SUI | F | F | F | +17N | −11B | +25N | =12B | 2.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 4.25 | 1693 | +2.8 |
| 11 | Dumas, Julien | 0 | SUI | F | F | F | +30B | +10N | =8B | −4N | 2.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 3.75 | 1568 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Burri, Roland | 1584 | SUI | F | F | F | +4B | +30N | F | =10N | 2.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 4.25 | 2368 | +19.0 |
| 13 | Laner, Vassili | 1585 | SUI | F | F | F | +7B | −1N | −3N | +20B | 2.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 4.00 | 1635 | +11.2 |
| 14 | Combremont, Marie-Claire | 1533 | SUI | F | F | F | +25N | −3B | −5N | +19B | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 3.00 | 1517 | -1.8 |
| 15 | Messerli, Herve | 1604 | SUI | F | F | F | +21N | −5B | +17N | −18B | 2.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 3.50 | 648 | -14.2 |
| 16 | Carrard, Remy | 1536 | SUI | F | F | F | +6B | −4N | +24B | −23B | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 4.00 | 759 | -18.6 |
| 17 | FIDE 579000657 | 0 | — | F | F | F | −10B | +18N | −15B | +28N | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 2.50 | 1563 | 0.0 |
| 18 | FIDE 579000673 | 0 | — | F | F | F | −3N | −17B | +30B | +15N | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 2.00 | 1643 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Zarri, Philippe | 1561 | SUI | F | F | F | −24B | +22N | +26B | −14N | 2.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 2.50 | 733 | -10.8 |
| 20 | Dzakula, Igor | 1680 | SUI | F | F | F | +28B | −7N | =9B | −13N | 1.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.75 | 1456 | -24.6 |
| 21 | Weidner, Celine | 0 | SUI | F | F | F | −15B | −6N | =22B | +27N | 1.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.75 | 804 | 0.0 |
| 22 | FIDE 579000649 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | −19B | =21N | +29B | 1.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.75 | 761 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Hasannudin, Zenathan Adnin | 1615 | INA | F | F | F | −1B | −8N | −4B | +16N | 1.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 2.00 | 1450 | -12.6 |
| 24 | Boivin, Denis | 0 | SUI | F | F | F | +19N | −9B | −16N | −2B | 1.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 2.00 | 1338 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Udech, Marcel | 1415 | SUI | F | F | F | −14B | +28N | −10B | −6N | 1.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.50 | 1527 | +6.0 |
| 26 | FIDE 1365606 | 0 | — | F | F | F | −5N | +29B | −19N | −?B | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 709 | 0.0 |
| 27 | FIDE 579000665 | 0 | — | F | F | F | −?N | −2B | +29N | −21B | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 709 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Conod, Aurelie | 1521 | SUI | F | F | F | −20N | −25B | =2N | −17B | 0.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.75 | 1258 | -19.2 |
| 29 | FIDE 1388223 | 0 | — | F | F | F | −2N | −26N | −27B | −22N | 0.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 699 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Abaci, Aydin | 1623 | SUI | F | F | F | −11N | −12B | −18N | F | 0.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 784 | -11.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Ruiz Ruiz, ValentinESP+37.63.0 pts · #5
- 2Palairet, RowlandFRA+30.43.0 pts · #9
- 3Soubeyrand, MathisFRA+20.63.5 pts · #1
- 1Dzakula, IgorSUI-24.61.5 pts · #14
- 2Conod, AurelieSUI-19.20.5 pts · #20
- 3Carrard, RemySUI-18.62.0 pts · #30
- R5+156 Elo gap
- R5+141 Elo gap
- R5+106 Elo gap