Easter 2024 · Sion, Super Saxo House

Swiss Young Masters

Players

Pierre Laurent-Paoli

GM Pierre Laurent-Paoli
country fr 2537 FIDE

  • French U16 champion in 2016
  • FM in 2016
  • IM in 2021 
  • GM-title in 2023
  • 2nd place of Weihnachts-Open Zürich 2021
  • Winner of Swiss Young Masters 2023 
  • Winner of Ghent Chess Masters 2023 
  • Quarterfinalist of the 2023 French championship 

Felix Blohberger

GM Felix Blohberger
country at 2531 FIDE

  • U16 Rapid European Champion 2018
  • Double Austrian State Champion Rapid and Blitz 2021
  • 2nd place at the Prague International Chess Festival 2021
  • Austrian State Champion Classical 2022
  • 1st place at St. Louis Spring Classic B 2023
  • GM title in 2022

Mahel Boyer

IM Mahel Boyer
country fr 2415 FIDE

  • French U18 champion in 2021
  • Winner of the Rapid of Salon de Provence 2022 and of the Rapid du pays d'Aix 2023
  • Winner of Cannes 2022 
  • Winner of the French Championship Accession in 2023
  • Winner of the Southend Master 2023
  • IM norm in Porticcio (2019) and 2 IM norms in Barcelona 2021
  • GM norm in Cannes (2022) and in Southend (2023)

Nils Richter

MI Nils Richter
country de 2400 FIDE

  • IM norms : at the Chessemy Open 2022 in Reinstorf, at the 93rd German Championships 2022 in Magdeburg and during the 2022-2023 Schachbundesliga season
  • German champion U18 in 2021
  • 4th place at the 2022 German championship

Noah Fecker

FM Noah Fecker
country ch 2394 FIDE

  • Swiss champion U12 (2016), U14 (2017) and U16 (2018)
  • 11th place at the U14 World Championship in 2017
  • FIDE Master in 2019
  • 3rd place at the Swiss Blitz Championship 2021
  • 8th place at the World Championship U18 in 2022
  • Swiss vice-champion 2022
  • First IM norm in 2021 at the Chess Festival in Innsbruck

Sofiia Hryzlova

WIM Sofiia Hryzlova
country ch 2251 FIDE

  • 1st place at the World Championship U18 in Rapid and 3rd in Blitz in 2022.
  • 3rd place at the European Championship U18 in classical in 2022.
  • WIM-Norm in Summer 2022.
  • Winner of the Swiss women's individual championship in 2023.
  • Member of the Swiss national team since 2023.
  • Gold medal at the Mitropa-Cup 2024 (3rd board)

Matthias Mattenberger

FM Matthias Mattenberger
country ch 2239 FIDE

  • Swiss champion U14 in 2022
  • Participation in the European Championships in 2022
  • Participation in the World Champships in 2023
  • Participation in the U16 Olympics (2023)
  • FIDE Master in 2023, aged 14, 2nd youngest Swiss player
  • Best Swiss player (7th place) at Basel Easter Festival 2023

Lena Georgescu

FM/WIM Lena Georgescu
country ch 2218 FIDE

  • Swiss women's champion 2017, 2021 and 2022
  • Swiss team champion 2018 with Lucerne (individual result 5.5/7 in the NLA/NLB)
  • Swiss team vice-champion 2023 (Swiss group Championship) with team Kirchberg
  • 1st WGM norm at the Teplice Open 2019
  • 2nd WGM norm at the Swiss Young Masters 2023 in Basel
  • Member of the Swiss national team

Igor Schlegel

FM Igor Schlegel
country ch 2196 FIDE

  • Participation in the 2015-2019, 2022 and 2023 European Youth Championships.
  • 1st place in the Swiss Rapid Chess Championship U10 (2015), U14 (2019)
  • Swiss champion U16 in 2021
  • FIDE Master title at the Biel Chess Festival 2022

Dorian Asllani

Dorian Asllani
country ch 2110 FIDE

  • Swiss champion U10 (2017), U12 (2018, 2019), U14 (2021) in Rapid
  • Swiss vice-champion U10 (2017), U12 (2019), U14 (2021) in Standard
  • Swiss champion U12 (2018) in Standard
  • Winner of the Overall tournament‘ at the Weihnachts-Open Zürich (2019)
  • 6th place in ‚Masters Tournament‘ at Weihnachts-Open Zürich (2022), 1st Swiss-1st
  • junior
  • Selection/participation in the U12 (2018) and U16 (2022) World Championships,
  • in the U12 European Championships (2019), U20 World Cup (2022)
  • National team champion in 2023 and 2024 (SGM/CSG) with the Nyon 1 team