The 2013 Swiss National Chess Championship was held on 11th-19th July in Grächen, district of Visp in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
Latvian GM Normunds Miezis finished first after obtaining 7 points in the 9 rounds played. He edged the early leader and first seed GM Christian Bauer.
Bauer arrived to the last round as the sole leader, but could not defeat former women’s world champion Alexandra Kosteniuk with white.
Meanwhile, Miezis defeated German FM Ralf-Axel Simon to catch the French Grandmaster and eventually get first place on tiebreaks.
Six players finished half a point behind the winners. French GM Andrei Sokolov got the best tiebreak score among them to take home the third prize. Standings below.
For the first time in the 113-years long history of Swiss Championship a woman won the absolute national title. Former world champion GM Alexandra Kosteniuk (who holds dual citizenship) defeated IM Ralph Buss 2-0 in the playoff to claim the honors.
Final Standings:
1 | GM | Miezis Normunds | LAT | 2548 | 7 |
2 | GM | Bauer Christian | FRA | 2637 | 7 |
3 | GM | Sokolov Andrei | FRA | 2563 | 6.5 |
4 | GM | Stojanovic Mihajlo | SRB | 2564 | 6.5 |
5 | GM | Raetsky Alexander | RUS | 2412 | 6.5 |
6 | IM | Buss Ralph | SUI | 2395 | 6.5 |
7 | GM | Kosteniuk Alexandra | SUI | 2521 | 6.5 |
8 | GM | Gallagher Joseph | SUI | 2526 | 6.5 |
9 | IM | Huss Andreas | SUI | 2365 | 6 |
10 | GM | Cebalo Miso | CRO | 2438 | 6 |
11 | FM | Simon Ralf-Axel | GER | 2203 | 6 |
12 | IM | Gerber Richard | SUI | 2449 | 6 |
13 | IM | Klauser Markus | SUI | 2382 | 5.5 |
14 | FM | Friedrich Norbert | SUI | 2315 | 5.5 |
15 | FM | Lötscher Roland | SUI | 2406 | 5.5 |
16 | IM | Carron Julien | SUI | 2376 | 5.5 |
17 | IM | Känel Hans-Jürg | SUI | 2331 | 5.5 |
18 | IM | Habibi Ali | GER | 2265 | 5.5 |
19 | Schneuwly Achim | SUI | 2070 | 5.5 | |
20 | Urban Lars | GER | 2145 | 5.5 | |
21 | Sprenger Raphael | SUI | 2086 | 5.5 | |
22 | FM | Hugentobler Patrik | SUI | 2238 | 5 |
23 | Meylan André | SUI | 2183 | 5 | |
24 | Levrand Roland | SUI | 2162 | 5 | |
25 | Saikrishnan Sai | SUI | 1979 | 5 | |
26 | FM | Burnier David | SUI | 2358 | 5 |
27 | Pomini Aurélien | SUI | 2165 | 5 | |
28 | FM | Grandadam Nicolas | SUI | 2344 | 5 |
29 | Wirz Heinz | SUI | 2155 | 5 | |
30 | IM | Lombard André | SUI | 2364 | 5 |
31 | Arcuti Davide | SUI | 2081 | 5 | |
32 | Salzgeber Frank | SUI | 2209 | 5 | |
33 | Michaelis Nico | GER | 2130 | 5 | |
34 | Angst Robin | SUI | 2112 | 5 | |
35 | Turkmani Julian | SUI | 2071 | 5 | |
36 | WFM | Stoeri Laura | SUI | 2186 | 4.5 |
37 | Bluhm Sonja | GER | 2043 | 4.5 | |
38 | WGM | Hund Barbara | SUI | 2195 | 4.5 |
39 | Zahn Alina | GER | 1968 | 4.5 | |
40 | Sprotte Norbert | GER | 2144 | 4.5 | |
41 | Räber Markus | SUI | 2245 | 4.5 | |
42 | Leutwyler Martin | SUI | 2225 | 4.5 | |
43 | Staechelin Ruedi | SUI | 2096 | 4.5 | |
44 | Allgaier Erik | GER | 2034 | 4.5 | |
45 | Züst Leonard | SUI | 2037 | 4.5 | |
46 | Jenal Jürg | SUI | 2127 | 4.5 | |
47 | Sierra Robin | SUI | 1904 | 4.5 | |
48 | Schweizer Samuel | SUI | 1925 | 4.5 | |
49 | Marro Christian | SUI | 1995 | 4.5 | |
50 | Paladini Jean-Michel | SUI | 2106 | 4.5 | |
51 | Schweizer Simon | SUI | 2154 | 4.5 | |
52 | Künzli Simon | SUI | 2037 | 4 | |
53 | Bischofberger Dario | SUI | 1973 | 4 | |
54 | Vifian Heinz | SUI | 1950 | 4 | |
55 | Arquint Andri | SUI | 2023 | 4 | |
56 | Dietiker Manuel | SUI | 1954 | 4 | |
57 | Catsiapis Yiannis | SUI | 1939 | 4 | |
58 | Wyss Peter A. | SUI | 2045 | 4 | |
59 | Bohrer Ruth | SUI | 1902 | 4 | |
60 | Felder Thomas | SUI | 1922 | 4 | |
61 | Noyer Olivier | SUI | 2016 | 4 | |
62 | Thürig Catherine | SUI | 2019 | 4 | |
63 | Nazarenus Olaf | GER | 2139 | 4 | |
64 | Schröter Michael | SUI | 2044 | 4 | |
65 | Deubelbeiss René | SUI | 2081 | 3.5 | |
66 | Zaza Ludovic | SUI | 2039 | 3.5 | |
67 | Zindel Ernst | SUI | 1967 | 3.5 | |
68 | Graf Silvio | SUI | 1952 | 3.5 | |
69 | Hund Sarah | SUI | 1895 | 3.5 | |
70 | Haas Adrian | SUI | 1907 | 3.5 | |
71 | Doenni Alfred | SUI | 1992 | 3.5 | |
72 | Li Jingle | SUI | 2123 | 3.5 | |
73 | Eschle Hubert | GER | 1929 | 3.5 | |
74 | Wyss Ewald | SUI | 1938 | 3.5 | |
75 | Toenz Arthur | FRA | 1865 | 3.5 | |
76 | Nguyen Nam-Khang | SUI | 1869 | 3.5 | |
77 | Schafer Ezio | SUI | 2008 | 3 | |
78 | Meier Anton | SUI | 1918 | 3 | |
79 | Grillon Cédric | SUI | 1890 | 3 | |
80 | Schwander Lukas | SUI | 1997 | 3 | |
81 | Germann Martin | SUI | 1861 | 3 | |
82 | Wolfensberger Matthias | SUI | 1931 | 2.5 | |
83 | Bühler Ueli | SUI | 1836 | 2.5 | |
84 | Limacher Armin | SUI | 1909 | 2.5 | |
85 | Todeschini Gabriele | SUI | 1966 | 2 | |
86 | Hubacher Fabian | SUI | 1858 | 2 | |
87 | Künzi Mark | SUI | 1900 | 2 | |
