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Davos Festival General Open2026

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34 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 12 Jun 2026 to 14 Jun 2026 in Davos, Switzerland. 6 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2201, and top seed was Matvey Galchenko ( FID, IM, 2435).

Matvey Galchenko ( FID, IM, 2435) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Terrence Tang (4.0) and Alexander Belezky (3.5). Galchenko won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Vivan Varghese (1674) beat Michal Kaczmarek (1949), a +275-point gap.

Location
🇨🇭Davos, Switzerland
Dates
12 Jun 2026 → 14 Jun 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes for game with 30 seconds delay from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
Avg top 10
2,201
Participants
34
Titled players · 6
IM×3
FM×1
CM×2
Federations · 8 represented
🇨🇭Switzerland×19
🇩🇪Germany×5
🇭🇷Croatia×2
🇦🇺Australia×1
🇷🇴Romania×1
🇮🇹Italy×1
🇨🇿Czech Republic×1
🇷🇸Serbia×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

IM Matvey Galchenko led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
13
5
6
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R4–R5 · LEAD HELD

IM Matvey Galchenko held the sole lead from R4 through R5 without losing it.

R1–R5 · UNBEATEN

IM Matvey Galchenko went unbeaten across 5 games (R1–R5).

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Galchenko, MatveyIM2435FID+18B+8N=3B+5N+10B4.513.015.513.752545+5.0
2Tang, TerrenceCM2130AUS+27B=16N+33B=3N+9B4.010.510.57.502214+13.0
3Belezky, AlexanderIM2327GER+12N+14B=1N=2B=4N3.515.018.012.002283-0.8
4Python, Noe2193SUI+23B+11N5B+7N=3B3.513.015.09.752180+1.4
5Gontsul, Artem2151UKR=17N+24B+4N1B+16N3.513.015.09.252176+6.6
6Cernov, HenrikFM2236GER+19N+20BF=9N+12B3.511.011.09.502287+3.8
7Romanovskyi, Ivan1900SUI10N+15B+14N4B+22N3.012.514.58.002037+33.2
8Kiese, Matthias, Prof. Dr.CM2104GER+22B1B=19N+27N=11B3.012.013.56.252010-9.2
9Neuberger, Guido2107GER=29N+25B+17N=6B2N3.012.013.06.752001-9.2
10Cernov, VadimIM2279ROU+7B+21NF+16B1N3.012.012.07.502249+0.4
11Palka, Dominika Katarzyna1941CZE+26N4B=28N+17B=8N3.011.012.56.751930+1.6
12Portmann, Daniel1907SUI3B+31N+22B+21N6N3.011.012.05.002042+15.8
13Boschetti, Claudio2047SUI+15NF16B+19B+24N3.010.010.07.501990-3.6
14Arquint, Andri1986SUI+31B3N7B+30N+23B3.09.510.54.001935-4.6
15Varghese, Vivan1674SUI13B7N+32B+34N+21B3.08.08.02.001882+50.4
16Yarzagaray, Antonio1939SUI+30B=2B+13N10N5B2.513.514.56.002029+12.6
17Betsche, Tim1816SUI=5B+34N9B11N+29B2.510.510.52.751919+23.6
18Trubini, Timon1932SUI1N=29B+25N24B+28N2.510.011.04.001827-29.2
19Lanois, Herve1840SUI6B+32N=8B13N+33B2.59.59.51.501872+4.6
20Loberti, Tommaso1949ITA+32B6N=27B+33NF2.55.05.00.751871-9.6
21Kaczmarek, Michal1949POL+28N10B+29N12B15N2.010.511.52.501779-22.4
22Schneider, Eliana Maylen1695SUI8N+30B12N+28B7B2.010.511.52.501727+2.8
23Cardoso Rodrigues, Michael1836SUI4N28B+26N+29B14N2.010.011.03.001743-13.2
24Planinic, Lucija1736CROF5N+34B+18N13B2.09.09.02.501939+18.0
25Mestrovic, Marko1671CROF9N18B+31N+27B2.08.08.02.501859+17.2
26Boric, Danijel1503SRB11B27N23B+32N+30B2.07.57.51.001624+23.2
27Baisse, Rose1768SUI2N+26B=20N8B25N1.511.513.53.251722-17.2
28Khusainau, Dzmitry1637SUI21B+23N=11B22N18B1.59.511.53.501722+16.4
29Ulmann, Olivier1758SUI=9B=18N21B23N17N1.010.012.02.751688-8.8
30Capitanio, Giulio1458SUI16N22N+31B14B26N1.09.510.51.001476-0.6
31Troeger, Hans1665GER14N12B30N25B+32N1.09.09.00.001467-51.6
32Maurer, Jasmin1515SUI20N19B15N26B31B0.010.011.00.00919-26.4
33Tuor, Elena1460SUIFF2N20B19N0.09.09.00.001053-5.0
34Bratosin, Vicentiu1640SUIF17B24N15BF0.07.57.50.00942-21.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets