At the final tournament of the Swiss Youth Single Championship (SJEM) in Winterthur, the five titles went to Raphael Gut (U16), Colin Federer (U14), Marius Neuschild (U12), Grigorios Emmanouil Toumpakaris (U10) and David Sadeh (U8). Scroll down for all the games and full list of the Swiss youth and junior chess champions
The twins Raphael and Lionel Gut playing for the school chess professionals (DSSP) provided a show in the U16 premier class. For the first time in the history of the Swiss chess, a tie-break between two brothers occurred in the fight for a championship title. They had 5,5 points out of seven rounds each (Raphael Gut drew against Marc Cristian Arsenie [SK Bern/3], his brother and Emanuel Angelovski [SC Seebach/4.], Lionel Gut played against Suvirr Malli [SK Olten/8.], his brother and also against Angelovski), they had to stand against each other for gold and silver.
In the first two tiebreak games with 10 minutes plus 10 seconds the twins divided the points. In the blitz games of 5 minutes plus 3 seconds, Raphael won 2:0.
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Previous Swiss junior and youth champions
U16
2025: Raphael Gut
2024: Teimur Toktomushev
2023: Jakub Kwiatkowski
2022: Seyed Arvin Kasipour Azbari
2021: Igor Schlegel
2020: Niels Stijve
2019: Gohar Tamrazyan
2018: Noah Fecker
2017: Fabian Bänziger
2016: Fabian Bänziger
2015: Davide Arcuti
U14
2025: Colin Federer
2024: Colin Federer
2023: Lionel Gut
2022: Matthias Mattenberger
2021: Mikayel Zargarov
2020: Raphael Erne
2019: Lennox Binz
2018: Niels Stijve
2017: Noah Fecker
2016: Mircea Gherghel Bhutan
2015: Fabian Bänziger
2014: Thomas Goldie
2013: Martin Schweighoffer
2012: Davide Arcuti
2011: Aurélien Pomini
2010: Nico Georgiadis
2009: Benedict Hasenohr
2008: Alex Lienhard
2007: Gabriel Gähwiler
2006: Jonathan Rosenthal
2005: Marco Lehmann
2004: Emanuel Schiendorfer
2003: Lukas Muheim
2002: Damian Karrer
2001: Aurelio Colmenares
2000: Donjan Rodic
1999: Oliver Kurmann
1998: Corinne Rölli
U12
2025: Marius Neuschild
2024: Jan Saminskij
2023: Colin Federer
2022: Kala Kishan Udipi
2021: Cristian Marc Arsenie
2020: Julius Scherler
2019: Flavio Rotunno
2018: Dorian Asllani
2017: Igor Schlegel
2016: Noah Fecker
2015: Daniel Fischer
2014: Daniel Fischer
2013: Fabian Bänziger
2012: Benjamin Brandis
2011: Peter Wallmüller
2010: Martin Schweighoffer
2009: Fabian Welch
2008: Ivan Retti
2007: Lars Rindlisbacher
2006: Gabriel Gähwiler
2005: Jingle Li
2004: Sebastian Muheim
2003: Yannick Borel
2002: Kambez Nuri
2001: Lukas Muheim
2000: Lukas Muheim
1999: Donjan Rodic
1998: Donjan Rodic
U10
2025: Grigorios Emmanouil Toumpakaris
2024: Marius Neuschild
2023: Anna Rosset
2022: Jan Saminskij
2021: Colin Federer
2020: Mikhail Akinkhov
2019: Lionel Gut
2018: Kala Kishan Udipi
2017: Aryan Anand
2016: Deyan Samuil Kostov
2015: Igor Schlegel
2014: Gohar Tamrazyan
2013: Daniel Fischer
2012: Fabian Bänziger
2011: Denis Perman
2010: Benjamin Brandis
2009: Martin Schweighoffer
2008: Vincent Burgener
2007: Jonas Lampert
U8
2025: David Sadeh
2024: Ruben Rosset
2023: Sahasra Aragonda
2022: Leon Krokowski-Bednarz
2021: Marco Wilhelm
