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Tournoi ferme Chess in Lyon juin 2025 Poule A

Round-RobinStandard

8 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 20 Jun 2025 to 22 Jun 2025 in Lyon, France. 2 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2145, and top seed was Alain Genzling (🇫🇷 FRA, IM, 2379).

Ethan Saya (🇫🇷 FRA, FM, 2262) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Alain Genzling (4.0) and Emilio Profili (4.0). Saya won solo starting round 2.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Amine Chennoufi (2047) beat Ethan Saya (FM, 2262), a +215-point gap.

Location
🇫🇷Lyon, France
Dates
20 Jun 2025 → 22 Jun 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇫🇷IMAlain Genzling2379
Avg top 10
2,145
Participants
8
Titled players · 2
IM×1
FM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇫🇷France×8
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 8 · 7 rounds

FM Ethan Saya led from R2 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight.

Co-leaders
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
#1#2#4#8R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Saya#1Genzling#2Profili#3Saad#4Nguyen#5Orfila#6Arousstamian#7Chennoufi#8
R2–R7 · LEAD HELD

FM Ethan Saya never relinquished the lead after R2; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

R5 · DECISIVE LEAD22 Jun

FM Ethan Saya opens a +1.5-point gap over the chasing pack (closest: IM Alain Genzling); the title is out of reach before R7.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Ethan Saya beat IM Alain Genzling (White).

Cross-table

#PlayerElo12345678PtsSBBhΔ EloPerf
1🇫🇷FMSaya, Ethan2262*11½11105.518.7522.5+15.82359
2🇫🇷IMGenzling, Alain23790*½½½1½14.011.7524.0-17.32162
3🇫🇷Profili, Emilio21390½*01½114.011.5024.0+11.02196
4🇫🇷Saad, Gabriel2115½½1*0½013.512.2524.5+11.62150
5🇫🇷Nguyen, Paul21150½01*0113.510.0024.5+11.62150
6🇫🇷Orfila, Kristofer202000½½1*013.09.2525.0+30.02113
7🇫🇷Arousstamian, Albert20860½0101*02.58.5025.5-16.42052
8🇫🇷Chennoufi, Amine20471000001*2.08.0026.0-10.62001

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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