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3eme Open de Marseille - Principal

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24 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 26 Dec 2025 to 30 Dec 2025 in Marseille, France. 4 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2194, and top seed was Pavel Govciyan (🇫🇷 FRA, IM, 2424).

Raphael De Carvalho Massabo (🇫🇷 FRA, 2233) won with 6.5/9, ahead of Pavel Govciyan (6.5) and Jonathan Grimmer (6.0). De Carvalho Massabo shared the lead from round 2, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Mickael Dos Santos (1821) beat Mohammed Madi (2045), a +224-point gap.

Location
🇫🇷Marseille, France
Dates
26 Dec 2025 → 30 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇫🇷IMPavel Govciyan2424
Avg top 10
2,194
Participants
24
Titled players · 4
GM×1
IM×2
WCM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇫🇷France×23
🇬🇧England×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 2 players tied at 6.5/9, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
10
2
1
1
2
3
1
1
2
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
Govciyan6.5De Carvalho Massabo6.5Grimmer6Petrosyan5.5Charlier5.5Roganova5.5
R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 6.5/9. De Carvalho Massabo takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (44.0).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Pavel Govciyan lost to Raphael De Carvalho Massabo (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

IM Pavel Govciyan 4 wins (R5–R9)Raphael De Carvalho Massabo 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1IMPavel Govciyan*
0
1
1
2Raphael De Carvalho Massabo
1
*
½
½
3Jonathan Grimmer
0
½
*
½
4IMArmen Petrosyan
0
½
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1De Carvalho Massabo, Raphael2233FRA+14N+13B+2N=4B=7N=5N+6B=9B=3N6.544.048.534.752335+25.4
2Govciyan, PavelIM2424FRA+3B+9N−1B=5N+15BF+4N+7B+6N6.543.543.534.252419+1.4
3Grimmer, Jonathan2024FRA−2N+20B+24N=11B=8N=4B+12N+10B=1B6.041.042.024.502213+42.2
4Petrosyan, ArmenIM2304FRA+10B=8N+6B=1N−5B=3N−2B+15N+12B5.544.548.527.752221-7.3
5Flear, Glenn CGM2376ENG+19N=12B+15N=2B+4N=1B−7N−6B+9N5.543.046.526.752235-13.3
6Charlier, Antoine2159FRA+22N=15B−4N+13B+11N+12B−1N+5N−2B5.542.044.023.502238+39.6
7Roganova, Maxime2160FRA=16BF=12N+8N=1B+9N+5B−2N+13B5.541.541.527.502283+51.2
8Chabaud, Mathis2053FRA+21N=4B=11N−7B=3B+17N=10B=13N=14N5.039.541.520.752059+1.4
9Duquesnoy, Jean-Philippe2081FRA+20N−2B+22N+17B=12N−7B+15B=1N−5B5.039.041.018.002133+15.2
10Gonzalez De Linares, Milan1915FRA−4N+21B+23N−12B=17N+18B=8N−3N+16B5.034.035.014.751995+33.2
11Figier, Anthony2099FRA=24B+16N=8B=3N−6B−15N=17B+23N+18B5.032.533.516.251982-25.4
12Chagny, Pierre2055FRA+17B=5N=7B+10N=9B−6N−3B+18N−4N4.541.545.020.002069+3.0
13Madi, Mohammed2045FRA+23B−1N−17B−6N+16B+19B+14N=8B−7N4.538.039.015.502004-17.6
14Kosteniuk, KristinaWCM1915FRA−1B−23N+21B−15N+20B+22N−13B+17N=8B4.530.531.513.001945-6.8
15Bel-Girardot, Charles2030FRA+18N=6N−5B+14B−2N+11B−9N−4B=19N4.041.044.517.502083+9.4
16Maggio, Lucas1894FRA=7N−11B−19N=18B−13N+23B+21N+20B−10N4.032.033.010.501893-2.0
17Dos Santos, Mickael1821FRA−12N+19B+13N−9N=10B−8B=11N−14B=21N3.537.039.014.001913+19.2
18Gertner, Nicolas1798FRA−15B−22B+20N=16N+24B−10N+19B−12B−11N3.531.032.09.501865+12.4
19Bremond, Pascal1940FRA−5B−17N+16B=24N+22B−13N−18N=21B=15B3.529.030.09.501860-22.4
20Brisse, Axel1853FRA−9B−3N−18B+21N−14NF+22B−16N+23B3.028.028.05.001816-9.6
21Perles, Eva1806FRA−8B−10N−14N−20B+23NF−16B=19N=17B2.029.529.54.501714-37.2
22Desormes, Lea1861FRA−6B+18N−9B+23B−19N−14B−20NFF2.026.026.04.501784-16.0
23Van Hulst, Daniel1805FRA−13N+14B−10B−22N−21B−16NF−11B−20N1.030.030.04.501608-68.4
24Desportes, Gerard1861FRA=11NF−3B=19B−18NFFFF1.018.018.04.251774-9.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets