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Switzerland announces National Chess Champions

The 2022 Swiss Chess Championship took place from 4-10 July in Samnaun, being played in 9 rounds, swiss system, with 68 players. Simultaneously with the National Open and Women’s Chess Championship, the Swiss National Seniors Chess Championship took place with participation of 16 players who fought over 7 swiss rounds.

20-year-old international master Fabian Baenziger won the Open tournament with a convincing score of 7/9 points and clinched two titles. He became the Swiss National Junior Chess Champion and Swiss National Open Champion. As many as four players tied for the second place: IM Adrian Gschnitzer, FM Noah Fecker, FM Nikolas Pogan, and GM Milos Pavlovic, scoring 6.5/9 points each. (Scroll down for final rankings)

The best female player of the event was crowned Women’s Swiss National Champion for 2022 and it was WIM Lena Georgescu who scored 6/9 points. The senior event was played separately, with Bruno Zuelle winning the trophy with 5.5/7 points. Replay the games from the Swiss Chess Championship 2022 here


Swiss Chess Championship 2022 – Final rankings:


Rg.   Name Typ sex Land EloI Pkt.  Wtg2 Wtg3
1 IM Baenziger Fabian  U20   SUI 2451 7 45.5 413
2 IM Gschnitzer Adrian      GER 2433 6.5 45 432
3 FM Fecker Noah  U20   SUI 2387 6.5 44.5 401
4 FM Pogan Nikolas      SUI 2226 6.5 43 405
5 GM Pavlovic Milos      SRB 2461 6.5 41.5 399
6 IM Gähwiler Gabriel      SUI 2420 6 48 414
7 GM Gallagher Joseph      SUI 2447 6 44 405
8   Lou Vincent  U20   SUI 2200 6 43 393
9   Angst Oliver  U20   SUI 2203 6 42.5 410
10 WGM Hakimifard Ghazal    w SUI 2296 6 42.5 397
11 WIM Georgescu Lena    w SUI 2279 6 42.5 393
12   Labelle Ambroise  U20   SUI 2045 6 38.5 399
13 FM Wyss Jonas      SUI 2223 5.5 44.5 412
14   Schlegel Igor  U20   SUI 2194 5.5 44.5 406
15   Kostina Veronika  U20 w SUI 1883 5.5 41.5 380
16   Manko Mariya  U20 w UKR 2014 5.5 41 376
17   Curien Nicolas      SUI 2198 5.5 39.5 393
18 IM Löffler Markus      GER 2278 5 42 388
19   Salzgeber Frank      SUI 2131 5 42 378
20   Barth Can-Elian  U20   SUI 2040 5 41.5 406
21 IM Sedina Yelena    w ITA 2215 5 41.5 394
22 WFM Stoeri Laura    w SUI 2084 5 40 371
23   Grob Joshua      SUI 2040 5 39.5 372
24   Scherler Julius  U20   SUI 1971 5 39 368
25   Perréard Nicolas  U20   SUI 2055 5 37 371
26   Jaggy Matteo  U20   SUI 2093 5 36.5 381
27   Papaux Steve  U20   SUI 2031 5 31 347
28   Arquint Andri      SUI 2019 5 30 337
29   Rohrer Christophe      SUI 2246 4.5 48.5 358
30   Collin Moritz Valentin  U20   SUI 2129 4.5 42 387
31 AIM Udipi Kala Kishan  U20   SUI 2057 4.5 40.5 383
32   Gemelli Romain  U20   SUI 2045 4.5 40 365
33   Menzi Jonas  U20   SUI 1933 4.5 38 367
34   Carré Sylvain      FRA 2113 4.5 37.5 332
35   Ferster Fabian      LIE 2173 4.5 37 371
36   Bex Pierre-Alain  S60   SUI 2189 4.5 37 370
37   Pahud Cédric      SUI 2201 4.5 36.5 373
38   Dijkstra Hidde      NED 2004 4.5 36 367
39   Bühler Michael      SUI 2064 4 42.5 383
40   Künzli Simon      SUI 1949 4 41.5 379
41   Tschopp Olivier  U20   SUI 1955 4 39.5 364
42   Delmonico Nils      SUI 1927 4 39.5 353
43   Bischofberger Dario      SUI 2180 4 37.5 361
44   Federer Colin  U20   SUI 1764 4 37.5 352
45   Balzer Lars      GER 2012 4 37.5 338
46   Grillon Cédric      SUI 1977 4 36 345
47   Stijve Niels  U20   SUI 1958 4 35.5 348
48   Binggeli Christian      SUI 1991 4 32.5 345
49   Zargarov Mikayel  U20   SUI 1994 4 32.5 342
50   Wyss Peter A.  S60   SUI 1850 4 31 328
51   Skobe Jan      SLO 1887 3.5 37 357
52   Schmid Christoph      SUI 2043 3.5 36 278
53   Riedener Toni      SUI 1983 3.5 35 343
54   Tamrazyan Gohar  U20 w SUI 1916 3.5 31.5 320
55   Python Noé  U20   SUI 1890 3.5 30.5 327
56   Vifian Heinz  S60   SUI 1884 3 36 334
57   Bürge Reto  S60   SUI 1979 3 34.5 348
58   Grütter Rolf  S60   SUI 1773 3 34.5 296
59   Thomi Hansjörg  S60   SUI 1863 3 31.5 318
60   Kanana Ziad  U20   SUI 1740 3 30.5 328
61   Tillmann Marc      SUI 1857 3 30.5 321
62   Schmitter Albert  S60   SUI 1859 3 30.5 314
63   Steinbach Peter      GER 1904 3 30 284
64   Pellicoro Nathalie    w SUI 1922 3 27.5 320
65   Titov Dmitrii      SUI 1845 2.5 31 318
66   Neyer Renato      SUI 2031 2.5 27 270
67   Arquint Arno      SUI 0 2.5 26.5 251
68   Schafer Ezio  S60   SUI 1902 1.5 29.5 244

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Swiss Senior Chess Championship 2022 – Final rankings:


Rg.   Name sex Land EloI Pkt.  Wtg2 Wtg3
1   Zuelle Bruno    SUI 2070 5.5 25 186
2   Schmuki Roman    SUI 1892 5 26 184
3   Wirz Heinz    SUI 2106 5 25 181
4 FM Adzic Slobodan    SUI 2070 4.5 25 177
5   Gosch Manfred    SUI 1945 4 26.5 183
6   Bohrer Ruth  w SUI 1767 4 24 182
7   Huss Benjamin    SUI 2106 3.5 24.5 180
8   Roth Johannes    SUI 1811 3.5 21 164
9   Bischoff Peter    SUI 1790 3.5 20 158
10   Jenal Jürg    SUI 2008 3 21 168
11   Mazzoni Livio    SUI 1897 3 18 158
12   Luginbühl Robert    SUI 2029 2.5 25 131
13   Berg Wolfgang    SUI 1751 2.5 21 165
14   Rudolf Arthur    SUI 1700 2.5 18.5 138
15   Meier Anton    SUI 1863 2 22 164
16   Guarisco Renzo    SUI 1640 2 18 138

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