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Churer Stadtmeisterschaft Kategorie C

Round-RobinStandard

8 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 15 Jan 2026 to 19 Mar 2026 in Chur, Switzerland. Top 10 Elo average was 645, and top seed was Thomas Szepessy (🇨🇭 SUI, 1798).

Christian Birchmeier (🇨🇭 SUI, 0) won with 5.0/7, ahead of Thomas Szepessy (4.0) and Christof Schwyn (4.0). Birchmeier won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Martin Wyss (1626) beat Remo Bannwart (1736), a +110-point gap.

Location
🇨🇭Chur, Switzerland
Dates
15 Jan 2026 → 19 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇨🇭Thomas Szepessy1798
Avg top 10
645
Participants
8
Federations · 1 represented
🇨🇭Switzerland×8
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 8 · 7 rounds

Christian Birchmeier led from R5 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
#1#2#4#8R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Birchmeier#1Schwyn#2Temelkov#3Szepessy#4Bannwart#5Djuzo#6Jordi#7Wyss#8
R5–R7 · LEAD HELD

Christian Birchmeier never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Christian Birchmeier drew with Christof Schwyn (Black).

R1–R7 · UNBEATEN

Christian Birchmeier went unbeaten across 7 games (R1–R7).

Cross-table

#PlayerElo12345678PtsSBBhΔ EloPerf
1🇨🇭Birchmeier, Christian0*½½11½½15.016.2523.0+36.21868
4🇨🇭Szepessy, Thomas1798½*0110½14.013.2524.0-20.81743
2🇨🇭Schwyn, Christof0½1*001½14.012.7524.0+11.61757
3🇨🇭Temelkov, Jordanco0001*01114.011.5024.0+14.81759
5🇨🇭Bannwart, Remo17360011*1½03.512.2524.5-6.41702
6🇨🇭Djuzo, Vahid0½1000*½13.09.7525.0-16.41652
7🇨🇭Jordi, Hans-Rudolf0½½½0½½*02.59.7525.5-16.81606
8🇨🇭Wyss, Martin16260000101*2.06.0026.0-25.21559

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets