Open d'Angers 2025 Tournoi C -1600

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44 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 09 May 2025 to 11 May 2025 in Angers, France. 4 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1524, and top seed was Bernard Kneib (🇫🇷 FRA, 1587).

Simon Beucler (🇫🇷 FRA, 0) won with 6.0/6, ahead of Mael Zhang (5.0) and Stephane Menager (4.5). Beucler won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Mael Zhang (1403) beat Thierry Martin (1566), a +163-point gap.

Location

🇫🇷Angers, France

Dates

09 May 2025 → 11 May 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇫🇷Bernard Kneib1587

Avg top 10

1,524

Participants

Federations · 4 represented

🇫🇷France×36

🇩🇿Algeria×1

🇺🇦Ukraine×1

🇬🇧Wales×1

Top 3

🥇
Simon Beucler
🇫🇷FRA
6.0pts·1601perf0.0
🥈
Mael Zhang
🇫🇷FRA·1403
5.0pts·2366perf+28.4
🥉
Stephane Menager
🇫🇷FRA·1584
4.5pts·1427perf-8.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Simon Beucler led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Beucler6Zhang5Marauri4.5Menager4.5Baudouin4Lefebvre4

R5–R6 · LEAD HELD

Simon Beucler never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Simon Beucler 6 wins (R1–R6)Mael Zhang 3 wins (R1–R3)Mathieu Marauri 3 wins (R2–R4)

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Beucler, Simon	0	FRA	+32N	+?N	+5B	+18B	+6N	+7B	6.0	17.0	17.0	17.00	1601	0.0
2	Zhang, Mael	1403	FRA	+30N	+12B	+22N	−7B	+15N	+6B	5.0	18.0	20.5	16.50	2366	+28.4
3	Menager, Stephane	1584	FRA	+10B	−13N	+9B	+16N	+19B	=11N	4.5	19.0	22.0	16.50	1427	-8.4
4	Marauri, Mathieu	0	FRA	−?B	+33N	+?B	+?B	=?N	+?N	4.5	2.0	2.0	2.00	1560	0.0
5	Marchal-Perrin, Alexandre	1564	FRA	+27N	+8B	−1N	+28B	−7N	+22B	4.0	20.0	23.0	13.00	2251	+14.0
6	Lefebvre, Raphael	0	FRA	+9N	+?B	+13B	+?N	−1B	−2N	4.0	18.5	18.5	7.50	1504	0.0
7	Simon, Raphael	0	FRA	F	+?N	+19B	+2N	+5B	−1N	4.0	18.0	18.0	12.00	1542	0.0
8	Legendre, Aurelien	1451	FRA	+33B	−5N	+26B	−15N	+29B	+19N	4.0	16.5	18.5	11.00	764	-7.0
9	Boissinot, Aurele	1402	FRA	−6B	+42N	−3N	+36B	+20N	+21B	4.0	16.5	17.5	9.00	1660	+41.2
10	Couralet, Christophe	0	FRA	−3N	+44B	+20N	=12B	+?N	=18B	4.0	14.0	14.0	6.25	1559	0.0
11	Baudouin, Alexandre	0	FRA	F	+?N	=14B	+21B	+?N	=3B	4.0	11.0	11.0	7.00	1612	0.0
12	Martin, Thierry	1566	FRA	+34B	−2N	+24B	=10N	−16B	+23B	3.5	18.5	20.5	10.00	606	-28.4
13	Naubron, Jeremy	1452	FRA	+43N	+3B	−6N	=23B	−18N	+30B	3.5	17.0	17.0	8.50	1548	+10.4
14	Kneib, Bernard	1587	FRA	−17N	+37B	=11N	+35B	=23N	=15B	3.5	16.0	18.0	9.25	2265	+6.6
15	Chiaroni, Nathan	0	FRA	−?N	+25B	+?N	+8B	−2B	=14N	3.5	15.5	15.5	8.75	1486	0.0
16	Potier, Pierre	0	FRA	=18N	+32B	+35N	−3B	+12N	−?B	3.5	15.0	15.0	9.00	1540	0.0
17	Coiffard, Yann	0	FRA	+14B	=?N	−18B	+31N	−?B	+?N	3.5	9.0	9.0	6.00	1544	0.0
18	De Raphelis-Soissan, Benjmin	1510	ALG	=16B	F	+17N	−1N	+13B	=10N	3.0	20.5	21.5	10.75	2251	+16.8
19	Blouin, Vincent	0	FRA	+41N	+20B	−7N	+30B	−3N	−8B	3.0	18.0	19.0	6.50	1405	0.0
20	Gaudin, Roger	1552	FRA	+40B	−19N	−10B	+24N	−9B	+34N	3.0	16.0	17.0	6.00	602	-14.0
21	Beaufreton, Thierry	1455	FRA	+26B	−22N	+41B	−11N	+34B	−9N	3.0	16.0	17.0	6.00	602	-11.8
22	Potier, Julien	0	WLS	+24N	+21B	−2B	−?N	+?B	−5N	3.0	15.0	15.0	6.00	1417	0.0
23	Kosenko, Olha	0	UKR	+25N	+?B	−?B	=13N	=14B	−12N	3.0	13.5	13.5	6.50	1497	0.0
24	Bossaert, Beatrice	0	FRA	−22B	+38N	−12N	−20B	+37N	+?B	3.0	12.5	12.5	3.00	1409	0.0
25	Bouttier, Leonor	1403	FRA	−23B	−15N	−31B	+43N	+38B	+32N	3.0	12.0	12.0	3.00	1475	+8.0
26	Goyon, Gabriel	0	FRA	−21N	+27B	−8N	+39B	+?N	−?B	3.0	11.0	11.0	4.00	1288	0.0
27	Guechchati, Shady	0	FRA	−5B	−26N	+38B	−?N	+33B	+?N	3.0	10.0	10.0	3.00	1374	0.0
28	Fournil, Frederic	0	FRA	=?B	+31N	=?B	−5N	=?B	=?N	3.0	6.5	6.5	2.50	1519	0.0
29	Kone, Noe	0	FRA	+?B	−?N	+?B	−?N	−8N	+?B	3.0	4.0	4.0	0.00	1475	0.0
30	Le Cann, Glenn	0	FRA	−2B	+40N	+?B	−19N	=31B	−13N	2.5	15.0	15.0	2.25	1345	0.0
31	Manvieu, Xavier	1443	FRA	F	−28B	+25N	−17B	=30N	+36B	2.5	14.0	14.0	6.25	2204	+8.8
32	Desbrosses, Patrick	1504	FRA	−1B	−16N	+42B	−34N	+35N	−25B	2.0	16.5	17.5	3.00	1435	-3.8
33	FIDE 527078256	0	—	−8N	−4B	−36N	+42B	−27N	+43N	2.0	14.5	14.5	1.00	651	0.0
34	Gadois, Melina	0	FRA	−12N	+43B	−?N	+32B	−21N	−20B	2.0	11.5	11.5	2.00	1274	0.0
35	Descamps, Serge	1465	FRA	+44N	F	−16B	−14N	−32B	+39N	2.0	10.0	10.0	1.00	746	-15.6
36	Boissinot, Virgile	0	FRA	−?B	−?N	+33B	−9N	+40B	−31N	2.0	9.5	9.5	3.00	641	0.0
37	Avril, Joseph	0	FRA	−?B	−14N	+43B	−?N	−24B	+38N	2.0	7.5	7.5	1.00	724	0.0
38	Demeocq, Agathe	0	FRA	−?N	−24B	−27N	+44B	−25N	−37B	1.0	11.0	11.0	0.00	636	0.0
39	Botalla-Gambetta, Suzanne	0	FRA	F	F	−?B	−26N	+41N	−35B	1.0	9.0	9.0	1.00	725	0.0
40	Guillemot, Lucas	0	FRA	−20N	−30B	+44N	−?B	−36N	−41B	1.0	8.5	8.5	0.00	712	0.0
41	FIDE 527019063	0	—	−19B	F	−21N	−?N	−39B	+40N	1.0	8.0	8.0	1.00	645	0.0
42	FIDE 80472893	0	—	−?B	−9B	−32N	−33N	+43B	F	1.0	8.0	8.0	0.00	661	0.0
43	FIDE 527061108	0	—	−13B	−34N	−37N	−25B	−42N	−33B	0.0	12.5	13.5	0.00	628	0.0
44	FIDE 527078175	0	—	−35B	−10N	−40B	−38N	F	F	0.0	9.0	9.0	0.00	665	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Boissinot, AureleFRA
+41.2
4.0 pts · #14
2Zhang, MaelFRA
+28.4
5.0 pts · #17
3De Raphelis-Soissan, BenjminALG
+16.8
3.0 pts · #20

Top rating losers

1Martin, ThierryFRA
-28.4
3.5 pts · #33
2Descamps, SergeFRA
-15.6
2.0 pts · #35
3Gaudin, RogerFRA
-14.0
3.0 pts · #31

Biggest upsets

R2+163 Elo gap
Zhang, Mael1403 beat Martin, Thierry1566
R5+150 Elo gap
Boissinot, Aurele1402 beat Gaudin, Roger1552
R2+132 Elo gap
Naubron, Jeremy1452 beat Menager, Stephane1584