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2013 National Championship of Switzerland

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The 2013 Swiss National Chess Championship is taking place on 11th-19th July in Grächen, a municipality in the district of Visp in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

It will be played using the Swiss system during 9 rounds with a classical time control.

87 players from seven different countries signed up to participate, including 8 Grandmasters and 8 International Masters. French GM Christian Bauer is the first seed, followed by Serbian Mihajlo Stojanovic and French GM Andrei Sokolov.

After seven rounds, the favorites are at the top of the standings. Bauer is clear first on 6/7, followed by the second, third and fourth seeds tied on 5.5 – Stojanovic, Sokolov and Normunds Miezis.

Tournament website

Standings after 7 rounds:
1 GM Bauer Christian FRA 2637 6
2 GM Miezis Normunds LAT 2548 5.5
3 GM Sokolov Andrei FRA 2563 5.5
4 GM Stojanovic Mihajlo SRB 2564 5.5
5 GM Cebalo Miso CRO 2438 5
6 IM Huss Andreas SUI 2365 5
7 FM Friedrich Norbert SUI 2315 5
8 GM Raetsky Alexander RUS 2412 5
9 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra SUI 2521 5
10 IM Buss Ralph SUI 2395 5

Kosteniuk is bouncing back after a disastrous start with 1.5 in the first 3 rounds, including a loss to a 2183 and drawing a 2037. She got her performance up to around 2350 after 7 rounds. Let's hope she can continue her turn around.



Rd.Bo.SNo
NameRtgFEDClub/CityPts.Res.
1628
Meylan André2183SUIEchallens4.0s 0
21330
Levrand Roland2162SUIZürich Réti Ask4.5w 1
31451
Künzli Simon2037SUISimme3.5s ½
41644
Deubelbeiss René2081SUIRiehen Schachgesellschaft3.0w 1
5826WGMHund Barbara2195SUIReichenstein Sf4.0s 1
6413IMCarron Julien2376SUISion4.5w 1
724GMMiezis Normunds2548LATLettland5.5w ½
8314IMHuss Andreas2365SUIWinterthur Sg5.0s

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