18eme Festival International d'Echecs de Marseille - Accession

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101 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 02 Aug 2025 to 04 Aug 2025 in Marseille, France. 1 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1920, and top seed was Michel Cazaban (🇫🇷 FRA, 1974).

K K Gowtham (🇮🇳 IND, 1831) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Michel Cazaban (7.5) and Imrane Gachbar (7.0). Gowtham shared the lead from round 6 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Corentin Nicaud (1480) beat Remi Dabrowski (1889), a +409-point gap.

Location

🇫🇷Marseille, France

Dates

02 Aug 2025 → 04 Aug 2025

Time control

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

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇫🇷Michel Cazaban1974

Avg top 10

1,920

Participants

101

Titled players · 1

WCM×1

Federations · 5 represented

🇫🇷France×94

🇮🇹Italy×1

🇲🇬Madagascar×1

🇮🇳India×1

🇺🇸United States of America×1

Top 3

🥇
K K Gowtham
🇮🇳IND·1831
8.0pts·2140perf+45.8
🥈
Michel Cazaban
🇫🇷FRA·1974
7.5pts·2072perf+21.6
🥉
Imrane Gachbar
🇫🇷FRA·1925
7.0pts·2036perf+76.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

K K Gowtham led from R9; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R9.

Co-leaders

Gowtham8Cazaban7.5Suez-Panama7Gachbar7Madies6.5Ahmed Djibaba6.5

R9 · LEADER CHANGE03 Aug

K K Gowtham takes the sole lead (8.0/9).

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

K K Gowtham drew with Michel Cazaban (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

K K Gowtham 3 wins (R1–R3)Michel Cazaban 4 wins (R3–R6)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1K K Gowtham	*	½	—	½
2Michel Cazaban	½	*	—	1
3Gilles Suez-Panama	—	—	*	—
4Imrane Gachbar	½	0	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Gowtham, K K	1831	IND	+80B	+54N	+30B	=3N	+6B	+9N	=2B	+31N	+5B	8.0	47.5	50.0	42.75	2140	+45.8
2	Cazaban, Michel	1974	FRA	+61B	=29N	+66B	+20N	+27B	+5B	=1N	+3N	=8B	7.5	47.5	51.0	41.25	2072	+21.6
3	Gachbar, Imrane	1925	FRA	+75N	+16B	+32N	=1B	+13N	+17B	=5N	−2B	+10N	7.0	50.0	53.0	38.25	2036	+76.0
4	Suez-Panama, Gilles	1936	FRA	+50N	+18B	−11N	+28B	=16N	+14B	=10N	+19B	+9B	7.0	45.5	50.0	38.25	1967	+13.0
5	Ahmed Djibaba, Mounir	1887	FRA	+51N	+23B	+74N	+12B	+11B	−2N	=3B	+6N	−1N	6.5	51.0	54.0	35.00	1937	+12.8
6	Madies, Leo	1894	FRA	+71N	+28B	=10N	+73B	−1N	+12B	+11N	−5B	+31B	6.5	46.0	49.5	32.00	1903	+6.0
7	Dujardin, Amaury	1878	FRA	+33N	=49B	+45N	=10B	=12N	−16B	+80N	+37B	+18B	6.5	42.0	44.5	30.75	1845	-3.0
8	Cayrou, Fabien	1799	FRA	+84N	+40B	−9N	F	+25B	+24N	+53B	+17B	=2N	6.5	41.0	41.0	31.25	2051	+44.6
9	Lobina, Thomas	1924	FRA	+57B	+34N	+8B	−11N	+37B	−1B	+45N	+14B	−4N	6.0	48.0	52.0	31.00	1912	-16.8
10	Belaid, Noa	1714	FRA	+76N	+44B	=6B	=7N	=32B	+15N	=4B	+24N	−3B	6.0	48.0	51.0	31.50	1975	+54.2
11	Rival, None	1809	FRA	+77B	+35N	+4B	+9B	−5N	+18N	−6B	−26N	+28B	6.0	47.0	50.0	31.50	1875	+17.8
12	Shleweet, Sary	0	FRA	+22N	+15B	+31B	−5N	=7B	−6N	=20B	+35N	+27B	6.0	46.5	51.5	32.50	1944	+99.2
13	Kosteniuk, KristinaWCM	1881	FRA	+69B	=66N	+29B	+41N	−3B	−27N	+38B	+53N	=26B	6.0	40.0	43.5	27.00	1882	-13.3
14	Dentan, Kai	1800	FRA	+68B	−74N	+48B	+35N	+60B	−4N	+28B	−9N	+39B	6.0	40.0	43.0	27.00	1756	-6.2
15	Maggio, Lucas	1824	FRA	F	−12N	+79B	+42N	+66B	−10B	+44N	+16B	+17N	6.0	39.0	39.0	27.00	1903	+25.2
16	Proud`hon, Gabriel	1717	FRA	+94B	−3N	+33B	+30N	=4B	+7N	−31B	−15N	+53B	5.5	45.5	46.5	25.00	1809	+41.6
17	Goy, Wilfried	1913	FRA	+48B	+39N	=27B	+26N	+53B	−3N	+32B	−8N	−15B	5.5	44.5	48.5	26.50	1846	-11.8
18	Medghoul, Bilal	1736	FRA	+78N	−4N	+69B	+50B	+19N	−11B	=41N	+21B	−7N	5.5	43.5	46.5	24.50	1818	+19.8
19	Dabrowski, Remi	1889	FRA	−30B	+100N	+58B	+23N	−18B	+35N	+27B	−4N	=22B	5.5	42.5	43.0	22.75	1758	-24.4
20	Mouhieddine, Hocine	1849	FRA	+56N	=36B	+49N	−2B	−73N	+33B	=12N	+75B	=23N	5.5	41.0	44.0	24.75	1716	-25.2
21	Schebacher, Lionel	1865	FRA	+64B	=25N	+38B	−27N	+34B	−53N	+29B	−18N	+51B	5.5	39.5	43.5	26.25	1756	-20.6
22	Rakotoarisoa Itokiana	1746	MAD	−12B	+84N	+51B	−60N	+38B	+75N	−26B	+43N	=19N	5.5	38.5	40.5	22.25	1694	-9.0
23	Bouhlel, Lina	1651	FRA	+85B	−5N	+87B	−19B	−33N	+48N	+30B	+52N	=20B	5.5	38.5	40.5	20.75	1657	+0.4
24	Hoang Villemagne, Mathieu	1919	FRA	+58N	=73B	−53N	+36B	+54N	−8B	+57N	−10B	+45N	5.5	38.0	41.5	23.25	1757	-62.8
25	Fei, Arnaud	1638	FRA	+95N	=21B	−41N	+46B	−8N	−80B	+71N	+57B	+44N	5.5	36.0	37.0	20.25	1678	+20.4
26	Hadamard, Olivier	1837	FRA	+87B	F	+36N	−17B	F	+47N	+22N	+11B	=13N	5.5	34.5	34.5	26.00	1963	+24.4
27	Schebacher, Leane	1791	FRA	+67N	+89B	=17N	+21B	−2N	+13B	−19N	=41B	−12N	5.0	44.5	46.5	22.25	1838	-15.2
28	Fei, Emie	1661	FRA	+93B	−6N	+52B	−4N	+51B	+58N	−14N	+33B	−11N	5.0	43.5	45.0	19.50	1658	+35.2
29	Raffin-Sumyk, Piermael	1749	FRA	+46N	=2B	−13N	+55B	−44N	+40B	−21N	+80B	=37N	5.0	42.0	44.5	22.25	1741	-2.0
30	Nicaud, Corentin	1480	FRA	+19N	+37B	−1N	−16B	−45N	+72B	−23N	+86B	+59N	5.0	41.5	43.5	20.00	1725	+68.8
31	Charbonnel, Jean-Jacques	1809	FRA	+72N	+59B	−12N	+47B	F	+73B	+16N	−1B	−6N	5.0	41.5	41.5	21.00	1791	-1.8
32	Erradi, Nassim	1802	FRA	+65N	+47B	−3B	F	=10N	+44B	−17N	=34N	+60B	5.0	40.5	44.5	22.50	1806	+3.0
33	Djiane, Alexandra	1459	FRA	−7B	+85N	−16N	+62B	+23B	−20N	+47B	−28N	+61B	5.0	40.5	42.5	20.00	1629	+52.8
34	Roger, Patrick	1675	FRA	+101N	−9B	+56N	=44B	−21N	+42B	+36N	=32B	−41N	5.0	40.0	40.0	18.75	1756	+16.2
35	Merllie, Noe	1609	FRA	+91N	−11B	+67N	−14B	+55N	−19B	+69N	−12B	+54N	5.0	38.5	40.5	17.00	1670	+40.8
36	Fromont, Christophe	1628	FRA	+82B	=20N	−26B	−24N	+67B	=43N	−34B	+64N	+58B	5.0	38.0	40.5	19.25	1657	+4.0
37	Malveille, Louis	1777	FRA	+92B	−30N	+71B	+74B	−9N	+60N	=39B	−7N	=29B	5.0	38.0	40.0	17.50	1664	-55.2
38	Lasserre, Marc	1699	FRA	+79N	=45B	−21N	+49B	−22N	+54B	−13N	=59B	+74B	5.0	37.0	40.0	18.75	1731	+15.2
39	Ode, Sandro	1661	FRA	+99N	−17B	−55N	+70N	+69B	+56B	=37N	=45B	−14N	5.0	36.0	36.5	16.25	1620	+9.2
40	De Frias, Robin	1573	FRA	+96B	−8N	=68B	−66N	+70B	−29N	=46B	+63N	+62B	5.0	34.5	35.5	16.50	1331	-44.0
41	Emilbekov, Bektogul	1835	FRA	+55N	F	+25B	−13B	F	+74N	=18B	=27N	+34B	5.0	34.0	34.0	22.75	1852	+6.4
42	Rei-Rosa, Jean-Jacques	1572	FRA	+81N	−53B	=46N	−15B	+88N	−34N	=63B	+56B	+75N	5.0	33.0	35.0	15.75	1580	-4.0
43	Portes, Daniel	1536	FRA	−44N	−46B	+99N	+77B	=80N	=36B	+65N	−22B	+55N	5.0	33.0	33.5	15.25	1620	+36.0
44	Sembel Rudelle, Gael	1935	FRA	+43B	−10N	+75B	=34N	+29B	−32N	−15B	+58N	−25B	4.5	41.5	44.5	19.50	1659	-99.6
45	Labarrere, Daniel	1749	FRA	+97B	=38N	−7B	=68N	+30B	+50N	−9B	=39N	−24B	4.5	41.0	42.0	17.25	1648	-28.4
46	Polo, Tidiane	0	FRA	−29B	+43N	=42B	−25N	−57N	+49B	=40N	=50B	+71N	4.5	38.5	42.0	20.25	1573	0.0
47	Ababsa, Tufek	1591	FRA	+70B	−32N	+77B	−31N	+64B	−26B	−33N	+68N	=52B	4.5	36.0	39.0	16.25	1533	-13.8
48	Kiorgwu, Jayan	1497	FRA	−17N	+78B	−14N	=67B	+49N	−23B	+70N	−54B	+72N	4.5	36.0	39.0	16.25	1561	+10.0
49	Bouhlel, Adam	1642	FRA	+63B	=7N	−20B	−38N	−48B	−46N	+88N	+70B	+80N	4.5	36.0	38.0	15.25	1525	-31.6
50	Petit, Raphael	1538	FRA	−4B	+92N	+81B	−18N	+68B	−45B	−55N	=46N	+67B	4.5	35.0	37.0	13.75	1521	-11.2
51	Provost, Noah	1473	FRA	−5B	+93N	−22N	+78B	−28N	+84B	=59N	+74B	−21N	4.5	34.5	36.0	11.50	1508	+3.2
52	Desbois, Maxime	1439	FRA	−53N	+86B	−28N	+81B	−74N	+96B	+66N	−23B	=47N	4.5	30.0	31.0	11.25	1441	-1.6
53	Bianchi, Florence	1792	FRA	+52B	+42N	+24B	F	−17N	+21B	−8N	−13B	−16N	4.0	44.0	44.0	20.50	1772	-2.4
54	Le Roux, Nathanael	1616	FRA	+62N	−1B	+65N	F	−24B	−38N	+67B	+48N	−35B	4.0	39.5	39.5	16.00	1605	-7.8
55	Moufannine, Anne	1437	FRA	−41B	+82N	+39B	−29N	−35B	+62N	+50B	−60N	−43B	4.0	37.5	40.0	16.00	1468	-0.8
56	Seignour, Jean-Michel	1453	FRA	−20B	+63N	−34B	+90N	+98B	−39N	−60B	−42N	+76B	4.0	33.5	34.5	10.00	861	-24.6
57	Tabary, Charlene	1507	FRA	−9N	F	−70B	+82N	+46B	+66N	−24B	−25N	+81B	4.0	33.5	33.5	13.00	1571	+3.8
58	Touilleux, Jade	1502	FRA	−24B	+94N	−19N	+84B	+89N	−28B	+76N	−44B	−36N	4.0	32.5	33.5	8.00	958	-36.0
59	Receveur, Emmanuel	1612	FRA	+88B	−31N	+80B	F	F	+68N	=51B	=38N	−30B	4.0	32.5	32.5	12.75	1561	-10.0
60	Schreiber Pitot, Beryl	1568	FRA	F	F	+89N	+22B	−14N	−37B	+56N	+55B	−32N	4.0	31.5	31.5	15.50	1678	+12.0
61	Brun, Tai-Lan	1554	FRA	−2N	−67B	+88N	−72B	+85N	−65B	+90N	+76B	−33N	4.0	30.5	32.5	9.00	760	-96.0
62	Lehingue, Malo	0	FRA	−54B	−80N	+94B	−33N	+78N	−55B	+87N	+69B	−40N	4.0	29.0	30.0	9.50	1229	0.0
63	Hugon, Luca	0	FRA	−49N	−56B	−78N	=99B	+83N	+87B	=42N	−40B	+77N	4.0	29.0	29.5	10.25	1388	0.0
64	Proud`hon, Louise	1459	FRA	−21N	+99B	−73N	+96B	−47N	−76B	+85N	−36B	+86N	4.0	26.5	27.0	5.50	893	-35.2
65	Sitbon, Natann	1417	FRA	−32B	+96N	−54B	−75N	+86B	+61N	−43B	F	+89N	4.0	26.0	26.0	9.00	1353	-17.2
66	Lemaire, Augustin	1646	FRA	+86N	=13B	−2N	+40B	−15N	−57B	−52B	−67N	+82B	3.5	39.0	41.0	12.50	1459	-66.4
67	Kiorgwu, Jesse	0	FRA	−27B	+61N	−35B	=48N	−36N	+81B	−54N	+66B	−50N	3.5	35.5	38.0	12.25	1475	-38.8
68	Fretay, Jean-Max	1412	FRA	−14N	+83B	=40N	=45B	−50N	−59B	+89N	−47B	=69N	3.5	34.5	36.5	11.00	1391	-10.8
69	Proud`hon, Baptiste	1463	FRA	−13N	+76B	−18N	+95B	−39N	+90B	−35B	−62N	=68B	3.5	34.0	35.0	7.75	1265	-41.2
70	Mouhieddine, Marouane	0	FRA	−47N	=72B	+57N	−39B	−40N	+97B	−48B	−49N	+87N	3.5	33.0	34.0	8.75	1318	0.0
71	Mistral, Cesar	1491	FRA	−6B	+90N	−37N	−92B	=76N	+93B	−25B	+79N	−46B	3.5	31.5	33.0	8.00	1475	+3.2
72	Gozzoli, Anais	1421	FRA	−31B	=70N	=100B	+61N	−75B	−30N	=79B	+82N	−48B	3.5	30.5	31.0	10.00	1396	-19.2
73	Migneret, Edgard	1690	FRA	+90B	=24N	+64B	−6N	+20B	−31N	—	—	—	3.5	26.5	28.5	14.25	1787	+25.6
74	Hovaguimian, Gerard	1574	FRA	+83N	+14B	−5B	−37N	+52B	−41B	F	−51N	−38N	3.0	39.0	39.0	13.00	1550	-7.4
75	Watson, Tiger	1523	USA	−3B	+97N	−44N	+65B	+72N	−22B	F	−20N	−42B	3.0	37.0	38.0	8.50	1530	+1.6
76	Bernard, Lou	0	FRA	−10B	−69N	=82B	+93N	=71B	+64N	−58B	−61N	−56N	3.0	31.5	33.0	8.50	1272	0.0
77	Mercier, Paul	1419	FRA	−11N	+91B	−47N	−43N	−90B	+88B	F	+85N	−63B	3.0	27.5	28.5	6.00	839	-28.8
78	Sitbon, Benjamin	0	FRA	−18B	−48N	+63B	−51N	−62B	−86N	+95B	F	+85B	3.0	27.5	27.5	7.00	774	0.0
79	Mohamed Elhad, Amane	0	FRA	−38B	F	−15N	−88B	=81N	+91B	=72N	−71B	+83N	3.0	27.0	27.0	7.50	1274	-29.2
80	Thierry, Kenan	1432	FRA	−1N	+62B	−59N	F	=43B	+25N	−7B	−29N	−49B	2.5	42.5	43.0	12.00	1451	+3.2
81	Bringas Bologna, Izam Ottavio	0	ITA	−42B	F	−50N	−52N	=79B	−67N	+97B	+84B	−57N	2.5	27.5	27.5	4.50	1109	0.0
82	Lehingue, Elliot	0	FRA	−36N	−55B	=76N	−57B	−97N	+83B	+93N	−72B	−66N	2.5	27.0	28.0	5.50	733	0.0
83	Muscinesi Valera, Simon	0	FRA	−74B	−68N	=93B	−94N	−63B	−82N	+99B	+95N	−79B	2.5	19.5	20.0	2.25	671	0.0
84	Belaid, Myriam	0	FRA	−8B	−22B	+85N	−58N	+95B	−51N	−86B	−81N	−91B	2.0	29.0	30.0	3.00	822	0.0
85	Ghalmi, Souleyman	0	FRA	−23N	−33B	−84B	+91N	−61B	+95N	−64B	−77B	−78N	2.0	28.5	29.5	3.00	703	0.0
86	Hallier, Eliot	0	FRA	−66B	−52N	−92B	F	−65N	+78B	+84N	−30N	−64B	2.0	28.0	28.0	5.00	700	0.0
87	Diuzhakova, Anastasia	1437	FRA	−26N	+95B	−23N	−98B	F	−63N	−62B	+93N	−70B	2.0	26.0	26.0	2.50	930	0.0
88	Mohamed Elhad, Nouraiya	0	FRA	−59N	F	−61B	+79N	−42B	−77N	−49B	+97N	F	2.0	25.5	25.5	4.00	1260	0.0
89	FIDE 39984745	0	—	F	−27N	−60B	F	−58B	+94N	−68B	+91N	−65B	2.0	23.5	23.5	3.00	756	0.0
90	Bossard Rodriguez, Pablo	0	FRA	−73N	−71B	+91N	−56B	+77N	−69N	−61B	—	—	2.0	21.5	23.5	5.00	1223	0.0
91	Montes, Leo	0	FRA	−35B	−77N	−90B	−85B	F	−79N	+94N	−89B	+84N	2.0	20.0	20.0	3.00	668	0.0
92	Meirone, Lorenzo	0	FRA	−37N	−50B	+86N	+71N	F	F	F	—	—	2.0	18.0	18.0	5.50	1466	0.0
93	Bouchard, Adrien	0	FRA	−28N	−51B	=83N	−76B	F	−71N	−82B	−87B	+97N	1.5	24.0	24.5	2.25	684	0.0
94	FIDE 80495281	0	—	−16N	−58B	−62N	+83B	−96N	−89B	−91B	F	F	1.0	23.0	23.0	2.50	792	0.0
95	Kraysvitniy, Mykhailo	0	FRA	−25B	−87N	+97B	−69N	−84N	−85B	−78N	−83B	F	1.0	21.5	22.0	1.00	740	0.0
96	Sarkissian, Louis	0	FRA	−40N	−65B	F	−64N	+94B	−52N	F	—	—	1.0	21.5	21.5	1.00	672	0.0
97	Peucelle, Richard	0	FRA	−45N	−75B	−95N	F	+82B	−70N	−81N	−88B	−93B	1.0	20.5	20.5	2.50	839	0.0
98	FIDE 560002433	0	—	F	F	F	+87N	−56N	F	—	—	—	1.0	6.5	6.5	2.00	653	0.0
99	Erdogdu, Erim	0	FRA	−39B	−64N	−43B	=63N	F	F	−83N	F	F	0.5	24.0	24.0	2.00	716	0.0
100	Ezazian, Jaya	1558	FRA	F	−19B	=72N	F	—	—	—	—	—	0.5	11.5	11.5	1.75	1470	-13.2
101	Boucekine, Mekine	0	FRA	−34B	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	—	0.0	7.5	7.5	0.00	875	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Shleweet, SaryFRA
+99.2
6.0 pts · #10
2Gachbar, ImraneFRA
+76.0
7.0 pts · #4
3Nicaud, CorentinFRA
+68.8
5.0 pts · #34

Top rating losers

1Sembel Rudelle, GaelFRA
-99.6
4.5 pts · #29
2Brun, Tai-LanFRA
-96.0
4.0 pts · #81
3Lemaire, AugustinFRA
-66.4
3.5 pts · #66

Biggest upsets

R1+409 Elo gap
Nicaud, Corentin1480 beat Dabrowski, Remi1889
R9+297 Elo gap
Fei, Arnaud1638 beat Sembel Rudelle, Gael1935
R2+297 Elo gap
Nicaud, Corentin1480 beat Malveille, Louis1777