Flobas Challenge 2025 Rondes 4-5
Open SwissStandard
8 players participated in this 2-round tournament, held from 06 Jun 2025 to 20 Jun 2025 in Saint-Ghislain, Belgium. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1592, and top seed was Eric Hermet (🇫🇷 FRA, 1759).
Raphael Jacob (🇧🇪 BEL, 1598) won with 2.0/2, ahead of Dorian Lotigier (2.0) and Sylvain Leroy (1.0). Jacob shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Dorian Lotigier (1460) beat Thomas Amoroso (1682), a +222-point gap.
Location
🇧🇪Saint-Ghislain, Belgium
Dates
06 Jun 2025 → 20 Jun 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 2 rounds
Federations · 2 represented
🇧🇪Belgium×7
🇫🇷France×1
Top 3
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Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacob, Raphael | 1598 | BEL | +3N | +6B | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2357 | +18.0 |
| 2 | Lotigier, Dorian | 1460 | BEL | +8N | +7B | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2364 | +50.4 |
| 3 | Leroy, Sylvain | 1423 | BEL | −1B | +4N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 1617 | +10.0 |
| 4 | Basso, Florio | 1638 | BEL | +7N | −3B | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1433 | -20.4 |
| 5 | Hermet, Eric | 1759 | FRA | +6N | F | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2494 | +8.2 |
| 6 | Helsen, Paul | 1723 | BEL | −5B | −1N | 0.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 879 | -41.6 |
| 7 | Druart, Christophe | 1455 | BEL | −4B | −2N | 0.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 747 | -14.8 |
| 8 | Amoroso, Thomas | 1682 | BEL | −2B | F | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 660 | -15.6 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Lotigier, DorianBEL+50.42.0 pts · #1
- 2Jacob, RaphaelBEL+18.02.0 pts · #2
- 3Leroy, SylvainBEL+10.01.0 pts · #5
Top rating losers
- 1Helsen, PaulBEL-41.60.0 pts · #6
- 2Basso, FlorioBEL-20.41.0 pts · #3
- 3Amoroso, ThomasBEL-15.60.0 pts · #8
Biggest upsets
- R1+222 Elo gap
- R2+215 Elo gap
- R2+125 Elo gap