2eme Open International de Gex
Open SwissStandard
62 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 29 May 2025 to 01 Jun 2025 in Gex, France. 8 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2196, and top seed was Yevgeniy Roshka (🇺🇦 UKR, IM, 2490).
Serghei Vedmediuc (🇲🇩 MDA, IM, 2427) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Aurelio Colmenares (5.5) and Piotr Sabuk (5.0). Vedmediuc shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Damir Dmitriev (1568) beat Jonathan Fischer (2051), a +483-point gap.
Location
🇫🇷Gex, France
Dates
29 May 2025 → 01 Jun 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Avg top 10
2,196
Participants
62
Titled players · 8
GM×1
IM×4
FM×3
Federations · 8 represented
🇫🇷France×25
🇨🇭Switzerland×15
🇸🇬Singapore×2
🇵🇹Portugal×2
🇮🇩Indonesia×2
🇪🇸Spain×2
🇭🇷Croatia×1
🇦🇿Azerbaijan×1
Top 3
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- 🥈
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsTight race until R6; 2 players tied at 5.5/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Co-leaders
27
11
4
3
3
1
2
R6–R7 · LEAD HELD
IM Serghei Vedmediuc held the sole lead from R6 through R7 without losing it.
R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 5.5/7. Vedmediuc takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (29.0).
R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
IM Serghei Vedmediuc drew with FM Aurelio Colmenares (White).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1IMSerghei Vedmediuc | * | ½ | ½ | ½ |
| 2FMAurelio Colmenares | ½ | * | 1 | — |
| 3IMPiotr Sabuk | ½ | 0 | * | ½ |
| 4GMBogdan Lalic | ½ | — | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vedmediuc, SergheiIM | 2427 | MDA | +31N | +10B | +16N | =5B | =2B | +4N | =3N | 5.5 | 29.0 | 32.5 | 24.75 | 2384 | -1.3 |
| 2 | Colmenares, AurelioFM | 2295 | SUI | +33B | F | +12N | +3B | =1N | +9B | +25N | 5.5 | 26.0 | 29.0 | 23.25 | 2541 | +15.4 |
| 3 | Sabuk, PiotrIM | 2321 | POL | +34B | +28N | +4B | −2N | +6B | =5N | =1B | 5.0 | 29.5 | 32.5 | 21.75 | 2274 | -0.4 |
| 4 | Lane, Samuel | 2018 | FRA | +45N | +32B | −3N | +27B | +13N | −1B | +10N | 5.0 | 26.5 | 29.0 | 18.50 | 2068 | +9.4 |
| 5 | Lalic, BogdanGM | 2307 | CRO | +36N | +15B | +25B | =1N | F | =3B | +8N | 5.0 | 25.5 | 25.5 | 20.25 | 2360 | +5.9 |
| 6 | Anikeiev, Serhii | 1858 | FRA | +40N | +43B | =50N | =8B | −3N | +28B | +34N | 5.0 | 22.0 | 24.5 | 16.00 | 2000 | +42.0 |
| 7 | Seah, Shin Rui | 1736 | SGP | +51B | −9N | +33B | +35N | −16B | +29N | +19B | 5.0 | 22.0 | 24.0 | 15.50 | 1927 | +33.2 |
| 8 | Carvalho, Noe | 1946 | POR | +18B | =26N | +11B | =6N | =15B | +14N | −5B | 4.5 | 27.0 | 30.5 | 19.25 | 1878 | -16.0 |
| 9 | Bajarani, IlgarIM | 2292 | AZE | +37N | +7B | +13N | =23B | F | −2N | +15B | 4.5 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 18.50 | 2152 | -6.0 |
| 10 | Palairet, Alexander | 1815 | SUI | +53B | −1N | +31B | =18N | +26B | +16N | −4B | 4.5 | 25.5 | 27.5 | 15.00 | 1877 | +20.0 |
| 11 | Pires Dos Santos Seq, Ricardo | 1607 | FRA | +44N | +24B | −8N | +12B | −25N | +30B | =13N | 4.5 | 24.5 | 27.5 | 17.25 | 1925 | +88.8 |
| 12 | Delesenne, Arthur | 1890 | BEL | +29N | +39B | −2B | −11N | +33B | +17N | =23N | 4.5 | 24.5 | 27.5 | 15.50 | 1774 | -14.4 |
| 13 | Cendan, Jeremy | 1860 | SUI | +46B | +59N | −9B | +38N | −4B | +35N | =11B | 4.5 | 22.5 | 23.5 | 11.75 | 1786 | -17.6 |
| 14 | Tamburrano, Andres | 1788 | SUI | −15N | +46B | +36N | =26B | +37N | −8B | +32N | 4.5 | 21.5 | 24.0 | 13.75 | 1713 | -20.0 |
| 15 | Carvalho, Arthur | 1737 | POR | +14B | −5N | +34B | +29N | =8N | =23B | −9N | 4.0 | 26.0 | 29.0 | 15.25 | 1903 | +44.0 |
| 16 | Doxarve, Nils | 2072 | SUI | +30N | +22B | −1B | F | +7N | −10B | +28N | 4.0 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 16.00 | 1969 | -10.6 |
| 17 | Araspin, Esteban | 0 | FRA | =19B | =27N | −20B | +31N | +21N | −12B | +36N | 4.0 | 23.5 | 26.5 | 14.25 | 1717 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Felfly, Kyle | 1469 | FRA | −8N | +42B | +21N | =10B | −28N | +39B | =22N | 4.0 | 23.5 | 26.5 | 14.25 | 1718 | +70.8 |
| 19 | Peric, SlavisaIM | 1975 | SRB | =17N | +35B | =26N | +59B | =23N | =25B | −7N | 4.0 | 23.0 | 24.0 | 11.50 | 1752 | -12.5 |
| 20 | Savchenko, Iryna | 1623 | UKR | +48N | −50B | +17N | −25B | −30N | +40B | +27B | 4.0 | 20.0 | 22.5 | 13.00 | 1045 | -33.6 |
| 21 | Kutonov, Yehor | 1615 | SUI | +52B | −25N | −18B | +46N | −17B | +38N | +33B | 4.0 | 20.0 | 22.0 | 10.50 | 1625 | -2.4 |
| 22 | Saranbaatar, Telmen | 1670 | SUI | +58B | −16N | =47B | +45N | =55B | =27N | =18B | 4.0 | 18.5 | 19.5 | 9.50 | 1631 | -12.0 |
| 23 | Toumpakaris, Grigorios Emmanouil | 1849 | SUI | F | +56B | +60N | =9N | =19B | =15N | =12B | 4.0 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 10.00 | 1964 | +19.2 |
| 24 | Fischer, Jonathan | 2051 | FRA | +38B | −11N | −59B | +60B | +36N | F | +37N | 4.0 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 9.00 | 1723 | -64.0 |
| 25 | Rodriguez Rodriguez, Antonio 1963FM | 2011 | ESP | F | +21B | −5N | +20N | +11B | =19N | −2B | 3.5 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 14.50 | 1961 | -2.2 |
| 26 | Shama, Oleksandr | 1587 | SUI | +42N | =8B | =19B | =14N | −10N | =37B | =30N | 3.5 | 24.0 | 27.0 | 12.75 | 1701 | +26.0 |
| 27 | Banderet, Pierre | 0 | FRA | =56N | =17B | +30N | −4N | +38B | =22B | −20N | 3.5 | 23.5 | 25.0 | 11.25 | 1661 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Serrano, Armando | 1743 | FRA | +61B | −3B | =37N | +47N | +18B | −6N | −16B | 3.5 | 23.5 | 23.5 | 8.00 | 1705 | -8.8 |
| 29 | Seah, Shin Yi | 1456 | SGP | −12B | +54N | +39N | −15B | +43N | −7B | =31N | 3.5 | 23.0 | 25.0 | 9.75 | 1627 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Palmieri Maltsev, Leonard | 1501 | SUI | −16B | +57N | −27B | +41N | +20B | −11N | =26B | 3.5 | 22.5 | 23.5 | 9.75 | 1674 | +42.8 |
| 31 | Hasannudin, Zenathan Adnin | 1557 | INA | −1B | +53N | −10N | −17B | +45B | +51N | =29B | 3.5 | 22.0 | 24.0 | 8.25 | 1625 | +5.2 |
| 32 | Cruz-Saavedra, Alberto | 1623 | FRA | +57B | −4N | =45B | −55N | +47B | +49N | −14B | 3.5 | 19.0 | 20.0 | 7.25 | 1674 | +4.2 |
| 33 | Dujardin, Benjamin | 1523 | FRA | −2N | +62B | −7N | +48B | −12N | +42B | −21N | 3.0 | 24.5 | 24.5 | 5.50 | 991 | -31.6 |
| 34 | Adnin, Rafa Azkario | 1553 | INA | −3N | +61B | −15N | +40B | +42N | F | −6B | 3.0 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 6.00 | 1050 | -19.2 |
| 35 | Valouev, Mikhail | 0 | FRA | +49B | −19N | +43N | −7B | +39N | −13B | −41N | 3.0 | 22.5 | 25.0 | 8.50 | 1662 | 0.0 |
| 36 | Granger, Roland | 1535 | FRA | −5B | +51N | −14B | +54N | −24B | +44N | −17B | 3.0 | 22.5 | 24.5 | 7.00 | 1076 | -6.6 |
| 37 | Dmitriev, Daniil | 1520 | FRA | −9B | +58N | =28B | +49N | −14B | =26N | −24B | 3.0 | 22.5 | 23.5 | 7.00 | 1631 | +24.8 |
| 38 | Pradheep, Yanis | 1494 | FRA | −24N | +44B | +41N | −13B | −27N | −21B | +56B | 3.0 | 22.0 | 23.5 | 7.50 | 1563 | +7.6 |
| 39 | Mollot, Patrick | 1590 | FRA | +54B | −12N | −29B | +51N | −35B | −18N | +52B | 3.0 | 19.0 | 21.0 | 6.00 | 880 | -16.4 |
| 40 | Palmieri Maltseva, Victoria | 1430 | FRA | −6B | −49N | +57B | −34N | +52B | −20N | +51B | 3.0 | 18.5 | 19.5 | 5.00 | 853 | 0.0 |
| 41 | Blomart, Alain | 1655 | ESP | +62N | F | −38B | −30B | F | +45N | +35B | 3.0 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 5.50 | 1365 | -23.0 |
| 42 | Gonzalez, Ivan | 0 | SUI | −26B | −18N | +58B | +56N | −34B | −33N | +54B | 3.0 | 17.0 | 18.0 | 4.50 | 733 | 0.0 |
| 43 | Soubeyrand, Mathis | 1587 | FRA | +55B | −6N | −35B | +52N | −29B | +46N | — | 3.0 | 16.0 | 18.0 | 6.50 | 1058 | -3.4 |
| 44 | FIDE 544087322 | 0 | — | −11B | −38N | −51B | +58N | +53B | −36B | +62N | 3.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 3.00 | 740 | 0.0 |
| 45 | Jacquard Moqadem, Arthur | 1484 | FRA | −4B | +52N | =32N | −22B | −31N | −41B | +60N | 2.5 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 3.75 | 1310 | -31.6 |
| 46 | Vallot, Lucien | 1433 | SUI | −13N | −14N | +56B | −21B | +57N | −43B | =48N | 2.5 | 20.0 | 21.0 | 3.75 | 913 | 0.0 |
| 47 | Shahmammadli, Ramiz | 1509 | SUI | −50N | +48B | =22N | −28B | −32N | +60B | — | 2.5 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 4.50 | 1414 | -16.8 |
| 48 | Meyer, Liam | 0 | FRA | −20B | −47N | +53B | −33N | −51B | +61N | =46B | 2.5 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 3.25 | 752 | -49.6 |
| 49 | Noyelles, Benoit | 1576 | FRA | −35N | +40B | =55N | −37B | +60N | −32B | — | 2.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 4.00 | 772 | -20.2 |
| 50 | Stroppa, DanielFM | 2163 | SUI | +47B | +20N | =6B | — | — | — | — | 2.5 | 9.0 | 11.5 | 9.00 | 2068 | -4.0 |
| 51 | Bourguignon, Lino | 0 | FRA | −7N | −36B | +44N | −39B | +48N | −31B | −40N | 2.0 | 20.5 | 23.0 | 5.50 | 802 | 0.0 |
| 52 | Riviere, Felix | 0 | FRA | −21N | −45B | +61N | −43B | −40N | +58B | −39N | 2.0 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 1.00 | 769 | 0.0 |
| 53 | FIDE 527061833 | 0 | — | −10N | −31B | −48N | +62B | −44N | F | +57B | 2.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 1.00 | 886 | 0.0 |
| 54 | FIDE 544087314 | 0 | — | −39N | −29B | +62N | −36B | −56N | +57B | −42N | 2.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 1.00 | 758 | 0.0 |
| 55 | Huni, Elias | 0 | FRA | −43N | F | =49B | +32B | =22N | — | — | 2.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 6.75 | 1614 | 0.0 |
| 56 | FIDE 527027503 | 0 | — | =27B | −23N | −46N | −42B | +54B | F | −38N | 1.5 | 18.0 | 20.0 | 3.75 | 873 | 0.0 |
| 57 | Lalieu, Ulysse | 0 | FRA | −32N | −30B | −40N | +61B | −46B | −54N | −53N | 1.0 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 0.00 | 762 | 0.0 |
| 58 | FIDE 527015505 | 0 | — | −22N | −37B | −42N | −44B | F | −52N | +61B | 1.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 0.00 | 796 | 0.0 |
| 59 | Dmitriev, Damir | 1568 | FRA | F | −13B | +24N | −19N | — | — | — | 1.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 4.00 | 1797 | +28.0 |
| 60 | Roux, Matthieu | 0 | SUI | F | F | −23B | −24N | −49B | −47N | −45B | 0.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 0.00 | 893 | 0.0 |
| 61 | FIDE 544059701 | 0 | — | −28N | −34N | −52B | −57N | F | −48B | −58N | 0.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 0.00 | 848 | 0.0 |
| 62 | FIDE 527034178 | 0 | — | −41B | −33N | −54B | −53N | F | F | −44B | 0.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 0.00 | 790 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Pires Dos Santos Seq, RicardoFRA+88.84.5 pts · #10
- 2Felfly, KyleFRA+70.84.0 pts · #15
- 3Carvalho, ArthurPOR+44.04.0 pts · #17
Top rating losers
- 1Fischer, JonathanFRA-64.04.0 pts · #18
- 2Meyer, LiamFRA-49.62.5 pts · #53
- 3Savchenko, IrynaUKR-33.64.0 pts · #49
Biggest upsets
- R3+483 Elo gap
- R2+444 Elo gap
- R4+283 Elo gap