22eme Open International d'Echecs de Menton Tournoi C (- 1700 Elo)

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104 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 19 Oct 2025 to 26 Oct 2025 in Menton, France. 7 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1629, and top seed was Maxime Richard (🇫🇷 FRA, 1690).

Hector Greco-Roux (🇫🇷 FRA, 1543) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Ethan Rambour (7.5) and Stanislav Rosette (7.0). Greco-Roux won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Christina Lopneva (1510) beat Jan De Geest (1672), a +162-point gap.

Location

🇫🇷Menton, France

Dates

19 Oct 2025 → 26 Oct 2025

Time control

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

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇫🇷Maxime Richard1690

Avg top 10

1,629

Participants

104

Federations · 7 represented

🇫🇷France×84

🇲🇨Monaco×7

🇮🇹Italy×3

🇧🇪Belgium×2

🇨🇭Switzerland×1

🇺🇦Ukraine×1

🇩🇪Germany×1

Top 3

🥇
Hector Greco-Roux
🇫🇷FRA·1543
7.5pts·1834perf+117.6
🥈
Ethan Rambour
🇫🇷FRA·1639
7.5pts·1814perf+72.4
🥉
Stanislav Rosette
🇫🇷FRA·1505
7.0pts·1753perf+104.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 2 players tied at 7.5/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Rambour7.5Greco-Roux7.5Shiryaev7Rosette7Maksimovic7Belhandouz6.5— ex-leaders:Demarque Zarroukled R5–R6, #49

R8 · LEADER CHANGE25 Oct

Mickael Shiryaev takes the sole lead (7.0/8).

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.5/9. Greco-Roux takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (47.0).

R2 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Ethan Rambour lost to Hector Greco-Roux (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Ethan Rambour	*	0	—	—
2Hector Greco-Roux	1	*	1	—
3Mickael Shiryaev	—	0	*	1
4Stanislav Rosette	—	—	0	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Greco-Roux, Hector	1543	FRA	+84N	+2B	=12B	=58N	+55B	=6N	+10N	+16B	+4N	7.5	47.0	50.0	41.75	1834	+117.6
2	Rambour, Ethan	1639	FRA	+92B	−1N	+71B	+11B	+5N	=7B	+48N	+45N	+6B	7.5	46.0	48.0	37.25	1814	+72.4
3	Rosette, Stanislav	1505	FRA	+99N	+38B	+5N	+17B	=12N	=16B	+7N	−4B	+11B	7.0	48.5	50.0	37.25	1753	+104.4
4	Shiryaev, Mickael	1559	FRA	+83B	+79N	−47B	+49N	+22B	+12B	+16N	+3N	−1B	7.0	43.0	46.0	34.00	1713	+62.8
5	Maksimovic, Come	1552	FRA	+40B	+69N	−3B	+97N	−2B	+92N	+55B	+12B	+27N	7.0	40.0	42.0	27.50	1698	+49.6
6	Dubertrand, Bernard	1616	FRA	+56N	+43B	+11N	+47B	−16N	=1B	+17N	+8B	−2N	6.5	48.0	52.0	35.25	1703	+20.0
7	Pecoraro, Jan	1516	MNC	+89B	=78N	+30B	+24B	+45N	=2N	−3B	=9B	+16N	6.5	44.5	47.0	31.25	1731	+93.2
8	Lopneva, Christina	1510	FRA	+51B	+55N	+23B	−16N	=18B	+28N	+13B	−6N	+45B	6.5	42.5	46.5	31.75	1730	+94.4
9	Colin, Serge	1613	FRA	+80B	−11N	−22B	+89N	+35B	+19N	+18B	=7N	+33B	6.5	41.5	44.0	29.75	1648	+6.8
10	Belhandouz, Maxime	1572	FRA	+57B	−47N	=69B	+60N	+81B	+25N	−1B	+48N	+23B	6.5	38.0	41.0	27.25	1666	+41.6
11	Mouly, Maxime	1543	FRA	+76N	+9B	−6B	−2N	+57B	+14N	+23B	+24B	−3N	6.0	47.5	51.0	30.00	1676	+56.8
12	Bonello, Mattia	1641	ITA	+75N	+81B	=1N	+31B	=3B	−4N	+26B	−5N	+28B	6.0	47.0	50.0	28.75	1665	+8.4
13	De Geest, Jan	1672	BEL	=71B	+53N	=48B	+29N	=27B	=18N	−8N	+34B	+31N	6.0	41.0	44.5	28.75	1620	-11.4
14	Richard, Maxime	1690	FRA	+22N	−31B	=56N	=46B	+70N	−11B	+80N	+17B	+29N	6.0	38.5	41.5	26.25	1644	-8.6
15	Moeneclaey, Vincent	1592	FRA	−69B	+100N	+35B	+79N	+19B	−43N	+58B	−27N	+50B	6.0	35.5	36.5	23.00	1581	-2.4
16	Demarque Zarrouk, Antonin	1551	FRA	+88N	+37B	+32N	+8B	+6B	=3N	−4B	−1N	−7B	5.5	51.0	54.0	29.50	1485	-23.6
17	Pastor, Noe	1529	FRA	+74N	+20B	+52B	−3N	=26B	+24N	−6B	−14N	+46B	5.5	44.0	47.5	25.50	1598	+26.4
18	Rachkovskiy, Kirill	1555	FRA	+82N	−32B	+70N	+37B	=8N	=13B	−9N	=46N	+71B	5.5	40.5	43.5	23.50	1610	+15.2
19	Sayol, Rom Anne	1508	FRA	−37N	+88B	+76N	+20B	−15N	−9B	+62N	+73B	=21N	5.5	39.5	42.5	22.25	1630	+41.6
20	Bouhlel, Adam	1596	FRA	+60B	−17N	+86B	−19N	+80B	=22N	+41B	−33N	+58B	5.5	37.0	40.0	21.50	1573	-16.0
21	Castellaneta, Filippo	1563	FRA	+100B	=44N	−58B	+69N	−25B	+77N	+22B	=50N	=19B	5.5	36.0	37.0	20.50	1525	-16.0
22	Maltsev, Artem	1478	FRA	−14B	+67N	+9N	+38B	−4N	=20B	−21N	+61B	=26B	5.0	44.5	48.5	24.75	1592	+44.4
23	Carissan, Alice	1572	FRA	+65N	+42B	−8N	+39B	−43N	+34B	−11N	+35B	−10N	5.0	44.0	48.0	24.00	1521	-23.6
24	Pons, Eric	1607	FRA	+86B	=48N	+49B	−7N	+33N	−17B	+47B	−11N	=41B	5.0	41.5	44.5	21.75	1516	-20.2
25	Guigay, Joel	1494	FRA	+63B	=26N	+36B	−45N	+21N	−10B	−29N	+51B	=38N	5.0	41.0	45.0	24.00	1522	+4.4
26	Rei-Rosa, Jean-Jacques	1564	FRA	+72N	=25B	=46N	+42B	=17N	=27B	−12N	=39B	=22N	5.0	41.0	44.5	23.50	1529	-8.2
27	Schang, Mickael	1511	FRA	+104B	=30N	F	=73B	=13N	=26N	+36B	+15B	−5B	5.0	41.0	41.0	20.75	1640	+25.8
28	Lea, Melissa	1561	MNC	=46N	+68B	=39N	+32B	=47N	−8B	+83N	=29B	−12N	5.0	40.5	43.5	21.50	1470	-30.4
29	Boutin, Bernard	1546	FRA	+67B	−49N	+93B	−13B	+32N	=46N	+25B	=28N	−14B	5.0	40.0	42.0	20.75	1566	+1.2
30	Cornelis, Werner	1592	BEL	+35N	=27B	−7N	+62B	−48N	+56B	−33N	+69B	=39N	5.0	39.0	42.5	21.50	1536	-14.4
31	Cherki, Romain	1541	FRA	+97B	+14N	=45B	−12N	=46B	=52N	=71B	+60N	−13B	5.0	39.0	41.0	20.50	1591	+15.2
32	Aissaoui, Adel	0	FRA	+33B	+18N	−16B	−28N	−29B	+91N	−44B	+92N	+60B	5.0	37.5	39.5	19.00	1521	0.0
33	Librecht, Yann	1541	FRA	−32N	+82B	+72N	F	−24B	+64N	+30B	+20B	−9N	5.0	37.5	37.5	21.00	1645	+30.8
34	Munteanu, Marian	1512	FRA	+59B	−45N	+53B	−55N	+93B	−23N	+40B	−13N	+65B	5.0	37.0	39.0	19.50	1327	-45.2
35	Karpov , Hryhorii	1444	MNC	−30B	+59N	−15N	+84B	−9N	+82B	+81B	−23N	+55B	5.0	36.5	39.5	17.00	1454	+2.4
36	Kiorgwu, Jesse	1567	FRA	+91N	=39B	−25N	=77B	+72N	+37B	−27N	+49B	−44N	5.0	36.5	39.0	19.75	1253	-79.2
37	Marra, Arthur	0	FRA	+19B	−16N	+41B	−18N	+79B	−36N	+92B	−58N	+81B	5.0	36.5	38.5	18.50	1538	0.0
38	Lainey, Jean	1571	FRA	+93B	−3N	+57B	−22N	=64B	−71N	+53B	+77N	=25B	5.0	36.5	38.5	18.50	1462	-23.0
39	Balzarotti, Mete	1503	FRA	+94B	=36N	=28B	−23N	+97B	−55N	+59B	=26N	=30B	5.0	35.0	37.0	18.00	1447	-17.6
40	Kohler, Rosalie	0	FRA	−5N	+95B	−43N	−70B	+96N	+42B	−34N	+66B	+79N	5.0	34.5	36.5	16.00	1506	0.0
41	Chamberland, Pablo	1500	FRA	=68N	−46B	−37N	+94B	+98N	+63B	−20N	+56B	=24N	5.0	34.0	35.5	16.00	1561	+10.4
42	Kiorgwu, Jayan	1505	FRA	+96B	−23N	+98B	−26N	−49B	−40N	+72B	+57N	+59B	5.0	33.0	34.5	15.00	1391	-22.0
43	Charrier, Jean Claude	1529	FRA	+54B	−6N	+40B	+52N	+23B	+15B	F	—	—	5.0	31.5	36.0	25.00	1785	+26.4
44	Duchatel, Sebastien	1486	FRA	+98N	=21B	−73N	F	=63B	F	+32N	+55N	+36B	5.0	28.5	28.5	20.25	1664	+20.2
45	Siegel, Rainer	1606	GER	+62N	+34B	=31N	+25B	−7B	+47N	F	−2B	−8N	4.5	45.0	49.0	21.00	1572	-7.4
46	Giacalone, Fabio	0	FRA	=28B	+41N	=26B	=14N	=31N	=29B	=61N	=18B	−17N	4.5	42.0	46.0	22.75	1564	0.0
47	Mezzapesa, Juliette	1511	FRA	+85N	+10B	+4N	−6N	=28B	−45B	−24N	−63B	+70N	4.5	42.0	45.0	22.50	1565	+9.8
48	Caillet, Patrick	1532	FRA	+87N	=24B	=13N	F	+30B	+73N	−2B	−10B	=63N	4.5	40.5	40.5	19.00	1611	+13.0
49	Aime, Frederic	0	FRA	+61N	+29B	−24N	−4B	+42N	F	=73B	−36N	+62B	4.5	38.5	38.5	19.75	1576	0.0
50	D`eurveiller, Marie-Claire	1472	FRA	F	−71N	−54B	+74N	+91B	+89N	+52B	=21B	−15N	4.5	32.5	32.5	15.75	1465	-1.0
51	Lucotte, Louise	0	FRA	−8N	−65B	−88N	+87B	+84N	+70B	=79B	−25N	+95N	4.5	31.0	33.0	13.00	1491	0.0
52	Citores, Mathis	1585	FRA	+77N	+101B	−17N	−43B	+56N	=31B	−50N	+83B	—	4.5	30.5	31.5	14.00	1539	-9.8
53	Passchier, Marie France	0	FRA	+95N	−13B	−34N	−72B	+99N	=75B	−38N	+98B	+69N	4.5	30.0	31.5	10.25	1477	0.0
54	Bourdon, Lylian	0	FRA	−43N	=66B	+50N	−56B	−62N	−98B	+103N	+94B	+75N	4.5	28.5	29.5	13.00	1425	0.0
55	Lamartiniere, Christian	1574	FRA	+70N	−8B	+65N	+34B	−1N	+39B	−5N	−44B	−35N	4.0	45.0	48.5	17.50	1412	-36.2
56	Falco, Gianni	1467	FRA	−6B	+103N	=14B	+54N	−52B	−30N	+89B	−41N	=68B	4.0	38.0	39.0	13.00	1231	-46.0
57	Boudet, Nicole	1417	FRA	−10N	+85B	−38N	+90B	−11N	−61B	+82N	−42B	+87N	4.0	35.5	38.0	11.50	757	-29.6
58	Grigorescu, Theodore	1515	FRA	+90N	=73B	+21N	=1B	F	F	−15N	+37B	−20N	4.0	35.5	35.5	18.50	1504	+1.2
59	Frette, Louan	0	FRA	−34N	−35B	−61N	+102B	+88N	+66B	−39N	+80B	−42N	4.0	34.0	35.0	11.00	1339	0.0
60	Avalian, Tihran	1446	UKR	−20N	=74B	+94N	−10B	=61N	+100B	+95N	−31B	−32N	4.0	33.5	34.5	8.75	1421	-11.6
61	Wang, Tian You	1566	FRA	−49B	−83N	+59B	=82N	=60B	+57N	=46B	−22N	=64B	4.0	33.0	36.0	15.75	1375	-52.0
62	Luteyn, Raphaelle	1451	FRA	−45B	=89N	+74B	−30N	+54B	=81N	−19B	+95B	−49N	4.0	33.0	35.0	12.75	1408	-21.2
63	Taki, Mehdi	0	FRA	−25N	−72B	F	+65B	=44N	−41N	+101B	+47N	=48B	4.0	32.5	32.5	14.25	1504	0.0
64	Gianni, Paul	1430	FRA	−73N	−90B	+87N	+76B	=38N	−33B	−78B	+74N	=61N	4.0	31.0	33.5	14.50	1330	-26.0
65	Djellal, Souleymen	1415	FRA	−23B	+51N	−55B	−63N	+90B	−79N	+85B	+101N	−34N	4.0	31.0	32.0	11.00	1289	0.0
66	Valenza, Margot	1466	FRA	−78B	=54N	−89B	+67N	=82B	−59N	+100B	−40N	+85B	4.0	29.5	30.5	11.75	805	-6.0
67	Matteoda, Valentin	0	FRA	−29N	−22B	−85N	−66B	+104N	+99B	−70N	+93N	+80B	4.0	27.0	27.0	6.50	1341	0.0
68	Tabib, Florian	0	FRA	=41B	−28N	−80B	−100N	+94N	+103B	−69N	+86B	=56N	4.0	26.5	27.5	10.50	1355	0.0
69	Jean-Baptiste, Natacha	1434	FRA	+15N	−5B	=10N	−21B	−101B	+76N	+68B	−30N	−53B	3.5	42.0	43.0	16.75	1373	-18.0
70	Ramella, Fulvio	1425	ITA	−55B	+102N	−18B	+40N	−14B	−51N	+67B	=81N	−47B	3.5	36.5	37.5	11.50	1207	-20.6
71	Belio, Florian	1470	FRA	=13N	+50B	−2N	F	F	+38B	=31N	=79B	−18N	3.5	36.5	36.5	16.50	1563	+34.4
72	Ben Haj, Shahin	0	FRA	−26B	+63N	−33B	+53N	−36B	−80N	−42N	=76B	+94N	3.5	35.0	37.0	12.25	731	0.0
73	Gelibter, Marc	1577	FRA	+64B	=58N	+44B	=27N	F	−48B	=49N	−19N	—	3.5	32.5	32.5	15.75	1494	-13.8
74	Caccamo, Louise	0	FRA	−17B	=60N	−62N	−50B	+85N	+86B	−75N	−64B	+93B	3.5	31.5	33.5	10.00	1326	0.0
75	De Labaca, Victoria	1470	FRA	−12B	−97N	+104B	−83N	+76B	=53N	+74B	−78N	−54B	3.5	30.5	30.5	9.25	760	-46.0
76	Raymond, Arthur	0	FRA	−11B	+80N	−19B	−64N	−75N	−69B	+102N	=72N	+101B	3.5	30.0	31.0	6.75	1323	0.0
77	Maksimovic, Laurent	1434	FRA	−52B	+104N	F	=36N	F	−21B	+98N	−38B	+83N	3.5	24.5	24.5	7.00	1393	-22.4
78	Khusainau, Dzmitry	1608	SUI	+66N	=7B	F	F	F	F	+64N	+75B	—	3.5	23.0	23.0	14.75	1808	+31.6
79	Besson, Catherine	1481	FRA	F	−4B	+90N	−15B	−37N	+65B	=51N	=71N	−40B	3.0	37.5	37.5	10.50	1266	-15.2
80	Carissan, Yannick	1466	FRA	−9N	−76B	+68N	+88B	−20N	+72B	−14B	−59N	−67N	3.0	37.0	40.0	10.50	837	-16.0
81	Jevremovic, Milan	1534	FRA	+103B	−12N	+83B	F	−10N	=62B	−35N	=70B	−37N	3.0	34.0	34.0	7.75	1378	-25.2
82	Ignatov, Andrii	0	MNC	−18B	−33N	+102B	=61B	=66N	−35N	−57B	+84N	F	3.0	32.5	33.5	8.00	1221	0.0
83	Godon, Bonnie	0	FRA	−4N	+61B	−81N	+75B	F	+101N	−28B	−52N	−77B	3.0	31.5	31.5	8.50	1446	+4.0
84	Meirone, Lorenzo	0	FRA	−1B	−92N	+96B	−35N	−51B	+90N	−86N	−82B	+100B	3.0	29.5	30.5	5.50	680	0.0
85	FIDE 527073297	0	—	−47B	−57N	+67B	−93N	−74B	+87N	−65N	+103B	−66N	3.0	29.0	30.0	8.00	646	0.0
86	Catitti, Alessandro	1457	ITA	−24N	+87B	−20N	F	−89B	−74N	+84B	−68N	+90B	3.0	29.0	29.0	8.50	808	-12.0
87	FIDE 80450326	0	—	−48B	−86N	−64B	−51N	+102N	−85B	+96B	+100N	−57B	3.0	26.0	27.0	4.00	659	0.0
88	Lorenzini, Odile	0	FRA	−16B	−19N	+51B	−80N	−59B	+96N	+93B	—	—	3.0	24.5	26.5	8.50	1289	0.0
89	Castel, Nathane	0	FRA	−7N	=62B	+66N	−9B	+86N	−50B	−56N	—	—	2.5	29.5	32.5	9.00	1394	0.0
90	Erdogdu, Erim	0	FRA	−58B	+64N	−79B	−57N	−65N	−84B	=99N	+102B	−86N	2.5	26.5	27.5	5.75	1217	0.0
91	Poirel, Marie-france	1402	FRA	−36B	+96N	F	−92B	−50N	−32B	−94N	+99B	=98N	2.5	23.5	23.5	4.25	701	0.0
92	Richard, Nina	1469	FRA	−2N	+84B	F	+91N	F	−5B	−37N	−32B	F	2.0	33.0	33.0	5.50	803	-26.0
93	Grigorescu, Stephane	1410	FRA	−38N	+99B	−29N	+85B	−34N	−95B	−88N	−67B	−74N	2.0	30.5	32.0	4.50	745	-50.8
94	Sperber , Boris	0	MNC	−39N	F	−60B	−41N	−68B	+104N	+91B	−54N	−72B	2.0	28.5	28.5	2.50	690	0.0
95	Le Fol, Roland	1543	FRA	−53B	−40N	F	+99B	F	+93N	−60B	−62N	−51B	2.0	25.5	25.5	3.50	1330	-17.4
96	Necba, Sarhanne	0	FRA	−42N	−91B	−84N	F	−40B	−88B	−87N	+104B	+99N	2.0	23.0	23.0	1.50	731	0.0
97	Ribbegren, Kimberly	0	MNC	−31N	+75B	+101N	−5B	−39N	—	—	—	—	2.0	20.5	21.5	4.50	1449	0.0
98	FIDE 653009240	0	—	−44B	F	−42N	F	−41B	+54N	−77B	−53N	=91B	1.5	30.0	30.0	5.75	697	0.0
99	Pichard, Lucie	0	FRA	−3B	−93N	+103B	−95N	−53B	−67N	=90B	−91N	−96B	1.5	26.5	27.5	2.25	686	0.0
100	Bernardeau, Maryvonne	0	FRA	−21N	−15B	F	+68B	F	−60N	−66N	−87B	−84N	1.0	29.5	29.5	4.00	719	0.0
101	Lherbon De Lussats, Jean	1510	MNC	F	−52N	−97B	F	+69N	−83B	−63N	−65B	−76N	1.0	25.5	25.5	3.50	1359	-11.8
102	FIDE 5402468	0	—	F	−70B	−82N	−59N	−87B	F	−76B	−90N	+104N	1.0	20.5	20.5	0.00	625	0.0
103	FIDE 560010916	0	—	−81N	−56B	−99N	+104B	F	−68N	−54B	−85N	F	1.0	20.0	20.0	0.00	701	0.0
104	Gianni, Josephine	0	FRA	−27N	−77B	−75N	−103N	−67B	−94B	F	−96N	−102B	0.0	22.0	22.0	0.00	687	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Greco-Roux, HectorFRA
+117.6
7.5 pts · #4
2Rosette, StanislavFRA
+104.4
7.0 pts · #7
3Lopneva, ChristinaFRA
+94.4
6.5 pts · #8

Top rating losers

1Kiorgwu, JesseFRA
-79.2
5.0 pts · #78
2Wang, Tian YouFRA
-52.0
4.0 pts · #57
3Grigorescu, StephaneFRA
-50.8
2.0 pts · #94

Biggest upsets

R7+162 Elo gap
Lopneva, Christina1510 beat De Geest, Jan1672
R1+158 Elo gap
Jean-Baptiste, Natacha1434 beat Moeneclaey, Vincent1592
R2+149 Elo gap
Cherki, Romain1541 beat Richard, Maxime1690