Welcome to my little chess world

Chess is, beside beer, my great passion.

Over the Board

I am playing actively since 1993 as a member of the Schachgesellschaft Biel.
Since 2005 I am also member of the Schachklub Biel.
My actual national rating is 1939.

Correspondence

...You also have to know how to use the different programs, because you can have 'Fritz','Shredder', 'Junior' and 'Rybka', from my experience, they often contradict each other. So knowing which machine plays better in certain situations and whether in this type of position you use this machine and in another one you use a different one. It's a new form of creativity, but it is still creativity, because creativity is your ability to be different from the crowd.»
(G. Kasparov, Chess-Café-Interview 2007)

I have started to play correspondence chess back in 1995 against some club members. Then, between 1999 and 2003, I played more than 300 games as a member of the International E-mail Chess Club (IECC). In summer of 2003 I became member of the Schweizer Fernschachvereinigung. Some weeks later I started to play on ICCF (Internet Correspondence Chess Federation).
My correspondence rating is 2407.
I have reached my first IM norm on May 3rd 2009.

ICCF Total Score: +57 =101 -17   107.5/175 (61.4%)
ICCF Score as White: +36 =48 -4   60/88 (68.2%) vs. avg ELO 2219
ICCF Score as Black: +21 =53 -13   47.5/87 (54.6%) vs. avg ELO 2251

Here are the links to my tournaments in progress:
2010
World Championships 34, Semifinals
 2009
22. Meisterschaft der Schweiz, Finale
23. Schweizer Meisterschaft, Vorgruppe 02
Friendly match Norway vs. Switzerland
 2008
European TC VII, Final board 5

Tournaments I played since 2003 (in red those that I have won):
2008
Friendly match Spain vs. Switzerland
22. Schweizer Meisterschaft, Vorgruppe 04
WS Grandmaster Norm 013
Swiss Friends II, red
 2007
World Cup XIV/SF05
70 ans AJEC "B"
Friendly match Lithuania vs. Switzerland
Friendly match Switzerland vs. France
WS Grandmaster Norm 009 1. IM Norm
 2006
20. Meisterschaft der Schweiz, Finale
WS Master Class 049
60 Years BdF-WS32
WS Master Norm 015
 2005
WS Higher Class 007
WS Higher Class 008
21.Schweizer Meisterschaft, Vorrunde E04
Friendly match Switzerland vs. Spain
ICCF Th. Fegatello (Final)
ICCF Th. Alekhine (Final)
ICCF Th. Scandinavian (Final)
WS Master Class 032
WS Master Class 033

2004
ICCF Th. Fegatello
ICCF Europe Email Open Class 018
ICCF Th. Alekhine
ICCF Th. Trompovski (Final)
ICCF Th. Pirc Defence (Final)
21.Schweizer Meisterschaft, Vorrunde E02
ICCF Th. Lisitsin Gambit
ICCF World Cup XIV E25 		2003
20.Schweizer Meisterschaft, Vorrunde
ICCF Th. Pirc Defence
ICCF Th. Scandinavian
ICCF Email Open Class 154
Click here to see some of my best correspondence games.