16e Festival international de Vaujany Tournoi Accession

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37 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 10 Jul 2025 to 18 Jul 2025 in Vaujany, France. 1 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1800, and top seed was Samuel Letort (🇫🇷 FRA, 1873).

Hamdouchi Adam (🇲🇦 MAR, 1761) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Valentin Orfeuvre (8.0) and Zeno Noyrey-Burban (7.5). Adam shared the lead from round 3, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Victor Tereygeol (1461) beat Yves Roche (1773), a +312-point gap.

Location

🇫🇷Vaujany, France

Dates

10 Jul 2025 → 18 Jul 2025

Time control

Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇫🇷Samuel Letort1873

Avg top 10

1,800

Participants

Titled players · 1

WCM×1

Federations · 5 represented

🇫🇷France×32

🇧🇪Belgium×2

🇲🇦Morocco×1

🇨🇭Switzerland×1

🇩🇪Germany×1

Top 3

🥇
Hamdouchi Adam
🇲🇦MAR·1761
8.0pts·2106perf+130.3
🥈
Valentin Orfeuvre
🇫🇷FRA·1850
8.0pts·2070perf+39.0
🥉
Zeno Noyrey-Burban
🇫🇷FRA·1800
7.5pts·1980perf+38.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R6; 2 players tied at 8.0/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Adam8Orfeuvre8Noyrey-Burban7.5Mareau6De Muyser5.5Nicolas5.5

R6–R9 · LEAD HELD

Hamdouchi Adam held the sole lead from R6 through R9 without losing it.

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 8.0/9. Adam takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (46.5).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Hamdouchi Adam beat Valentin Orfeuvre (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Hamdouchi Adam	*	1	½	1
2Valentin Orfeuvre	0	*	1	1
3Zeno Noyrey-Burban	½	0	*	—
4Noe Mareau	0	0	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Hamdouchi Adam	1761	MAR	+22B	+12N	+2B	+11N	=3N	+4B	+9B	=10N	+13N	8.0	46.5	50.5	44.25	2106	+130.3
2	Orfeuvre, Valentin	1850	FRA	+29N	+15B	−1N	+14B	+5N	+3B	+12N	+4B	+6B	8.0	46.5	49.5	41.50	2070	+39.0
3	Noyrey-Burban, Zeno	1800	FRA	+27B	+17N	+5B	+16N	=1B	−2N	+19B	+9N	+10B	7.5	44.5	47.5	35.50	1980	+38.8
4	Mareau, Noe	1800	FRA	+7N	−14B	+20N	+24B	+15N	−1N	+11B	−2N	+9B	6.0	44.5	48.0	27.50	1853	+25.6
5	De Muyser, Xavier	1742	FRA	+35N	+25B	−3N	+8B	−2B	−19N	+17B	+11N	=15B	5.5	42.5	44.0	22.25	1817	+18.8
6	Sapaly, Aurelien	1627	FRA	+28N	=9N	+10B	−15B	−13N	+24B	+20N	+8B	−2N	5.5	40.5	43.5	23.50	1830	+98.4
7	Debbiche, Amir	1625	FRA	−4B	+33N	=19B	−17N	−10N	+22B	+32N	+28B	+14B	5.5	33.5	35.0	17.50	1758	+64.0
8	Nicolas, Marius	1664	FRA	−16B	+34N	+31B	−5N	+33B	+14B	=25N	−6N	+18B	5.5	32.0	33.5	16.25	1696	+17.6
9	Marchand, Philippe	1756	FRA	+34N	=6B	+25N	=13B	+16N	+12B	−1N	−3B	−4N	5.0	45.0	46.5	19.75	1745	-2.0
10	Dubois, Herve	1796	FRA	=36N	+30B	−6N	−12N	+7B	+18B	+16N	=1B	−3N	5.0	43.5	45.0	22.25	1631	-32.6
11	Coury, Quentin	1769	FRA	+23N	+24B	+14N	−1B	−12N	+13B	−4N	−5B	+20N	5.0	42.0	45.5	21.00	1751	-10.0
12	Surzur, Meriadec	1654	FRA	+32N	−1B	+28N	+10B	+11B	−9N	−2B	−19N	+21B	5.0	42.0	44.5	19.50	1760	+50.4
13	Roche, Yves	1773	FRA	+37B	+19N	−16B	=9N	+6B	−11N	+15B	=14N	−1B	5.0	41.0	41.5	19.25	1722	-11.8
14	Duchatel, CyrielleWCM	1703	FRA	+33B	+4N	−11B	−2N	+17B	−8N	+21B	=13B	−7N	4.5	43.5	45.0	18.50	1697	-0.8
15	Gendre, Arthur	1746	SUI	+21B	−2N	+27B	+6N	−4B	F	−13N	+16B	=5N	4.5	41.5	41.5	19.75	1720	-7.6
16	Tereygeol, Victor	1461	FRA	+8N	+36B	+13N	−3B	−9B	=17N	−10B	−15N	+27B	4.5	40.0	41.5	17.25	1718	+110.8
17	Nguyen, Edouard	1700	FRA	+26N	−3B	=18N	+7B	−14N	=16B	−5N	+24B	=23N	4.5	39.5	43.0	19.00	1629	-31.2
18	Pernoud, Claire	1507	FRA	−19B	+37N	=17B	=21N	=20B	−10N	+30N	+29B	−8N	4.5	33.0	33.5	12.75	1619	+22.2
19	Godart, Michel	1685	BEL	+18N	−13B	=7N	=28B	F	+5B	−3N	+12B	—	4.0	37.0	40.0	19.25	1754	+14.0
20	Heckly, Jean-louis	1652	FRA	−25N	+35B	−4B	+32N	=18N	+30B	−6B	=23N	−11B	4.0	34.0	35.5	11.25	1560	-21.4
21	Nicot, Anna	1560	FRA	−15N	=29B	+30N	=18B	=24N	=33B	−14N	+27B	−12N	4.0	31.0	32.5	12.25	1550	-2.4
22	Wiot, Philippe	1592	BEL	−1N	−28B	−26N	=34B	+35N	−7N	+36B	+33B	=32N	4.0	27.0	28.5	6.50	1565	-6.8
23	Duchatel, Maxime	1597	FRA	−11B	−31N	+34B	+27N	F	F	+33N	=20B	=17B	4.0	26.0	26.0	10.25	1674	+30.0
24	Lorenter, Patrick	1693	FRA	+31B	−11N	+32B	−4N	=21B	−6N	=28B	−17N	=29N	3.5	33.5	36.0	10.00	1574	-28.8
25	Letort, Samuel	1873	FRA	+20B	−5N	−9B	+31N	+36N	F	=8B	—	—	3.5	24.0	24.0	10.75	1715	-22.0
26	Michel-Weil, Thomas	1533	FRA	−17B	−27N	+22B	−33N	−32B	=34N	+35B	+30N	—	3.5	20.0	21.5	9.25	1473	-11.8
27	Benezra, Silke	1613	GER	−3N	+26B	−15N	−23B	−31N	+35B	+34B	−21N	−16N	3.0	32.0	33.5	6.50	1466	-35.8
28	Eleze, Greg	1823	FRA	−6B	+22N	−12B	=19N	F	+31B	=24N	−7N	—	3.0	30.0	30.0	10.25	1578	-44.8
29	Joyeux, Gerard	1640	FRA	−2B	=21N	−36B	+37N	−30B	F	+31N	−18N	=24B	3.0	27.5	27.5	6.75	1569	-14.4
30	Sapaly, Sylvain	1630	FRA	F	−10N	−21B	+35B	+29N	−20N	−18B	−26B	+33N	3.0	27.0	27.0	6.00	1508	0.0
31	Dubeuf, Laurent	1519	FRA	−24N	+23B	−8N	−25B	+27B	−28N	−29B	−35N	=34N	2.5	27.0	28.5	7.75	1503	-12.8
32	Schwartz, Pierre	1460	FRA	−12B	F	−24N	−20B	+26N	F	−7B	+36N	=22B	2.5	27.0	27.0	7.00	1521	+9.8
33	Luteyn, Raphaelle	1544	FRA	−14N	−7B	F	+26B	−8N	=21N	−23B	−22N	−30B	1.5	34.0	34.0	5.50	1379	-55.2
34	Ringot, Jean-pierre	1573	FRA	−9B	−8B	−23N	=22N	F	=26B	−27N	F	=31B	1.5	27.5	27.5	5.00	1381	-33.2
35	Hegedus, Pascal	1544	FRA	−5B	−20N	=37B	−30N	−22B	−27N	−26N	+31B	F	1.5	26.0	26.0	2.75	1378	-27.6
36	Garde, Gilles	1612	FRA	=10B	−16N	+29N	F	−25B	F	−22N	−32B	—	1.5	22.5	22.5	5.50	1444	-26.6
37	Arlot, Bastien	1608	FRA	−13N	−18B	=35N	−29B	—	—	—	—	—	0.5	12.5	14.0	0.75	1294	-29.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Hamdouchi AdamMAR
+130.3
8.0 pts · #1
2Tereygeol, VictorFRA
+110.8
4.5 pts · #16
3Sapaly, AurelienFRA
+98.4
5.5 pts · #8

Top rating losers

1Luteyn, RaphaelleFRA
-55.2
1.5 pts · #36
2Eleze, GregFRA
-44.8
3.0 pts · #26
3Benezra, SilkeGER
-35.8
3.0 pts · #24

Biggest upsets

R3+312 Elo gap
Tereygeol, Victor1461 beat Roche, Yves1773
R1+203 Elo gap
Tereygeol, Victor1461 beat Nicolas, Marius1664
R8+198 Elo gap
Debbiche, Amir1625 beat Eleze, Greg1823