GM Sebastian Bogner at the board.

National League A · Final rounds

SMM 2026: the last two rounds

10 and 11 October 2026 · ASK Réti

National League A is the top division of Swiss team chess: ten teams, eight boards, nine rounds from March to October. The last two are played on 10 and 11 October. GM Sebastian Bogner plays board 1 for ASK Réti and is unbeaten after seven rounds.

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The final rounds in numbers

10/11 Oct

Playing days

6/7

Bogner on board 1 · unbeaten, five wins

4

Réti in the table · of ten teams

8

Boards per match · all of them relayed

What is at stake

Four teams, four points, two rounds

10 teams · 9 rounds · 8 boards per match · 90 minutes for 40 moves, then 30 minutes, plus 30 seconds per move

SG Zürich lead on 14 match points, Riehen have 12, Winterthur and Réti 10 each. A match win is worth two points, so four are still to be had. The chasing teams meet twice: Réti against Riehen on Saturday, Riehen against Winterthur on Sunday.

Zürich play Wollishofen and Nyon and have the easier pairings. Four points can be made up in two rounds on paper, but hardly in practice: board points are the first tiebreak, and there Zürich are seven and a half ahead of Réti. Second and third place, on the other hand, are wide open.

For Réti the weekend reads: Saturday against the team in second, Sunday against Genève. Both rounds are played centrally in Geneva, all five matches of a round in the same hall. Réti field eight players per match, and who plays is settled on the day.

Pairings of the final rounds

Ten teams, a full round-robin: the pairings have been fixed since the season began. The home team is on the left, but both final rounds are played centrally in Geneva.

Round 8

Saturday 10 October

Start 13:00 · Réti play in Geneva

  • Wollishofen – SG Zürich
  • Nyon – SG Luzern
  • Echallens – Bodan
  • Our match ASK Réti – SG Riehen
  • SG Winterthur – Genève
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Round 9

Sunday 11 October

Start 11:00 · Réti play in Geneva

  • SG Luzern – Bodan
  • Echallens – Wollishofen
  • SG Riehen – SG Winterthur
  • Our match Genève – ASK Réti
  • SG Zürich – Nyon
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Round 8 · Saturday 10 October

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Round 9 · Sunday 11 October

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Annotated games

The games, move by move

Every game Réti played this season, annotated by the Bogner AI Coach: the moments where it was decided, with the board and the reasoning.

8 of 56 games are annotated.

Round 7 · SG Zürich

Réti's boards in round 7, with result and analysis
Board Réti Opponent Result Analysis
1 GM Sebastian Bogner □ GM Li Min Peng 1/2-1/2 Read the analysis
2 GM Mihajlo Stojanovic ■ GM Christian Bauer 1/2-1/2 Read the analysis
3 IM Evgeny Degtiarev □ GM Alexandra Kosteniuk 0-1 Read the analysis
4 IM David Pires Tavares Martins ■ GM Yannick Pelletier 1/2-1/2 Read the analysis
5 FM Sigurdur Sigfusson □ IM Gabriel Gaehwiler 1/2-1/2 Read the analysis
6 FM Matthias Gantner ■ IM Anthony Petkidis 1-0 Read the analysis
7 FM Jonas Wyss □ GM Lucas Brunner 1/2-1/2 Read the analysis
8 Lorenz Wuethrich ■ FM Noah Fecker 1-0 Read the analysis

Round 6 · Bodan

Réti's boards in round 6, with result and analysis
Board Réti Opponent Result Analysis
1 GM Mihajlo Stojanovic ■ FM Dieter Knoedler 1/2-1/2 to come
2 GM Sebastian Bogner □ Patrick Seitz 1-0 to come
3 FM Sigurdur Sigfusson ■ IM Theo Hommeles 0-1 to come
4 IM David Pires Tavares Martins □ IM Peter Kuehn 0-1 to come
5 FM Jonas Wyss ■ Stefan Egle 0-1 to come
6 Lorenz Wuethrich □ FM Marcel Wildi 1/2-1/2 to come
7 FM Matthias Gantner ■ Eike Coellen 1/2-1/2 to come
8 Simon Lepot □ Michael Schmid 1/2-1/2 to come

Round 5 · Nyon

Réti's boards in round 5, with result and analysis
Board Réti Opponent Result Analysis
1 GM Sebastian Bogner □ IM Danyil Mosesov 1-0 to come
2 IM Evgeny Degtiarev ■ FM Niels Willems 1-0 to come
3 IM David Pires Tavares Martins □ IM Sebastien Joie 1-0 to come
4 GM Mihajlo Stojanovic ■ Adam Feher 0-1 to come
5 IM Daniel Fischer □ FM Anand Gautier 1-0 to come
6 FM Jonas Wyss ■ FM Murtez Ondozi 1/2-1/2 to come
7 FM Sigurdur Sigfusson □ FM Alexandre Iwanesko 1-0 to come
8 FM Matthias Gantner ■ Selvan Gautier 1/2-1/2 to come

Round 4 · SG Winterthur

Réti's boards in round 4, with result and analysis
Board Réti Opponent Result Analysis
1 IM David Pires Tavares Martins ■ GM Florian Jenni 0-1 to come
2 GM Mihajlo Stojanovic □ GM Nico Georgiadis 0-1 to come
3 GM Sebastian Bogner ■ IM Dennis Kaczmarczyk 0-1 to come
4 IM Daniel Fischer □ IM Richard Forster 1-0 to come
5 IM Evgeny Degtiarev ■ FM Igor Schlegel 1/2-1/2 to come
6 FM Matthias Gantner □ IM Martin Ballmann 1-0 to come
7 FM Jonas Wyss ■ FM Johannes Rappazzo 1-0 to come
8 FM Sigurdur Sigfusson □ WGM Lena Georgescu 0-1 to come

Round 3 · Echallens

Réti's boards in round 3, with result and analysis
Board Réti Opponent Result Analysis
1 GM Mihajlo Stojanovic ■ IM Ralph Buss 0-1 to come
2 GM Sebastian Bogner □ FM Nazar Ustianovich 1-0 to come
3 IM David Pires Tavares Martins ■ FM Gabriele Botta 0-1 to come
4 IM Daniel Fischer □ FM Yevgen Bondar 1-0 to come
5 FM Matthias Gantner ■ Romain Gemelli 1-0 to come
6 FM Jonas Wyss □ Steve Papaux 1/2-1/2 to come
7 FM Sigurdur Sigfusson ■ FM Daniel Stroppa 0-1 to come
8 IM Christian Maier □ Flavio Rotunno 1/2-1/2 to come

Round 2 · Wollishofen

Réti's boards in round 2, with result and analysis
Board Réti Opponent Result Analysis
1 GM Mihajlo Stojanovic □ IM Michael Hochstrasser 1-0 to come
2 GM Sebastian Bogner ■ FM Marco Gaehler 0-1 to come
3 IM David Pires Tavares Martins □ FM Fabian Maeser 1-0 to come
4 IM Daniel Fischer ■ Juergen Fend 1/2-1/2 to come
5 FM Jonas Wyss □ Jan Saminskij 1/2-1/2 to come
6 FM Sigurdur Sigfusson ■ Fabian Frey 1/2-1/2 to come
7 Christian Wagner □ Daniel Good 1/2-1/2 to come
8 FM Matthias Gantner ■ Mihaly Koehalmi-Szabo 1-0 to come

Round 1 · SG Luzern

Réti's boards in round 1, with result and analysis
Board Réti Opponent Result Analysis
1 IM David Pires Tavares Martins ■ GM Dennis Wagner 1/2-1/2 to come
2 GM Sebastian Bogner □ IM Fabian Baenziger 1/2-1/2 to come
3 IM Daniel Fischer ■ FM Matthias Mattenberger 1-0 to come
4 IM Evgeny Degtiarev □ IM Oliver Kurmann 0-1 to come
5 GM Mihajlo Stojanovic ■ IM Valery Atlas 1/2-1/2 to come
6 FM Matthias Gantner □ IM Theo Stijve 0-1 to come
7 FM Jonas Wyss ■ Robin Angst 1-0 to come
8 Vincent Lou □ WGM Ghazal Hakimifard 1/2-1/2 to come

Table after seven rounds

Two match points for winning a match, one for a 4:4. Board points are the first tiebreak.

Rank Team MP BP
1 SG Zürich 14 38½
2 SG Riehen 12 36
3 SG Winterthur 10 35
4 ASK Réti 10 31
5 Nyon 7 24½
6 SG Luzern 6 30
7 Genève 6 28
8 Wollishofen 3 23
9 Echallens 2 16½
10 Bodan 0 17½

After round 7. The official table is kept by the Swiss Chess Federation.

Board 1

Bogner's season: 6 out of 7

Sebastian has played every round: five wins, two draws, no loss. Both draws came against players from the Swiss olympiad squad, Fabian Bänziger plays for Lucerne and Peng Li Min for SG Zürich. That is what the national league is: the national team spread across ten clubs.

Round Opponent Colour Result
1 15 Mar Fabian Bänziger 2434 SG Luzern White Draw
2 19 Apr Marco Gähler 2302 Wollishofen Black Win
3 31 May Nazar Ustianovich 2316 Echallens White Win
4 20 Jun Dennis Kaczmarczyk 2452 SG Winterthur Black Win
5 21 Jun Danyil Mosesov 2476 Nyon White Win
6 22 Aug Patrick Seitz 2240 Bodan White Win
7 23 Aug Peng Li Min 2553 SG Zürich White Draw

6 out of 7

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