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3eme Festival d'ete de Saint-Max - Tournoi A p1800

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24 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 17 Jul 2025 to 20 Jul 2025 in Saint Max, France. 4 titled players from 6 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2190, and top seed was Hagen Poetsch (🇩🇪 GER, GM, 2479).

Hagen Poetsch (🇩🇪 GER, GM, 2479) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Vitalii Hryshko (5.5) and Benjamin Le Corre (5.0). Poetsch won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Maxime Taupiac (1867) beat Alistair Cameron (2149), a +282-point gap.

Location
🇫🇷Saint Max, France
Dates
17 Jul 2025 → 20 Jul 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇩🇪GMHagen Poetsch2479
Avg top 10
2,190
Participants
24
Titled players · 4
GM×1
FM×2
CM×1
Federations · 6 represented
🇫🇷France×16
🇩🇪Germany×3
🇱🇺Luxembourg×2
🇲🇰North Macedonia×1
🇺🇦Ukraine×1
🇦🇺Australia×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

GM Hagen Poetsch led from R3; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
9
3
1
2
1
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Poetsch6.5Hryshko5.5Helstroffer5Le Corre5Zienkiewicz4Pillard4
R3–R7 · LEAD HELD

GM Hagen Poetsch never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Hagen Poetsch beat FM Vitalii Hryshko (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

GM Hagen Poetsch 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R5–R7)Arnaud Helstroffer 3 wins (R2–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1GMHagen Poetsch*
1
1
½
2FMVitalii Hryshko
0
*
½
1
3Arnaud Helstroffer
0
½
*—
4FMBenjamin Le Corre
½
0
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Poetsch, HagenGM2479GER+12B+8N+2B=3N+4B+5N+14B6.527.030.528.002563+4.0
2Hryshko, VitaliiFM2300UKR+16N+5B−1N+9B+3N=4B+6N5.528.031.022.002413+19.2
3Le Corre, BenjaminFM2218FRA+22N+11B=6N=1B−2B+7N+5B5.027.529.018.252330+21.8
4Helstroffer, Arnaud2128FRA=21N+19B+15N+10B−1N=2N+9B5.024.526.516.252226+18.6
5Plard, Axel2090LUX+13B−2N+23B+6B+10N−1B−3N4.028.029.512.502179+26.1
6Pillard, Valentin2274FRA+14B=7N=3B−5N+13B+8N−2B4.026.029.515.502138-20.8
7Zienkiewicz, Geoffroy2068FRA+23N=6B−10N+11B=15N−3B+17N4.022.023.511.502103+7.2
8Martinez Martinez, Mateo2095FRA+24N−1B−11N+23B+16N−6B+15N4.021.521.57.502114+2.6
9Meuer, David2101GER=10B=15N+13B−2N=12B+20B−4N3.524.026.511.002025-27.6
10Schroetter, Mickael1911FRA=9N+21B+7B−4N−5B=11N=12B3.523.525.511.252055+26.4
11Chofardet, Pierre2040FRA+18B−3N+8B−7N=17N=10B=13B3.523.026.012.002023-2.9
12Vallet, Hadrien2039FRA−1N=22B+16N=14B=9N=17B=10N3.523.024.510.502074+5.3
13Taupiac, Maxime1867FRA−5N+17B−9N+21B−6N+16B=11N3.521.023.09.752079+36.0
14Peev, Kosta1973MKD−6N+24BF=12N+22B+15B−1N3.518.518.56.252131+22.6
15Lobina, Thomas1924FRA+17N=9B−4B+20N=7B−14N−8B3.023.025.59.252024+34.4
16Pham, Han NamCM1991FRA−2B+18N−12B+24N−8B−13N+22B3.021.021.04.501948-15.8
17Cameron, Alistair2149AUS−15B−13N+18B+22N=11B=12N−7B3.020.522.08.001914-42.6
18Nezosi, Constantin1854FRA−11N−16B−17N+19B=23N+21N=20B3.016.518.06.501921+10.8
19Aubriot, Louis1839FRAF−4N−22B−18N=21B+24N+23N2.513.013.02.501875+8.8
20Esmer, Kemal Eymen2006LUXFF+21N−15B+24B−9N=18N2.511.511.53.501936-16.5
21Loquet, Adam1919FRA=4B−10N−20B−13N=19N−18B+24B2.020.020.03.751769-28.8
22Bertram, Johannes1952GER−3B=12N+19N−17B−14N−23B−16N1.520.522.04.251779-30.4
23Rigaud, Nicolas1856FRA−7BF−5N−8N=18B+22N−19B1.519.019.03.001790-10.8
24Pierron Bejan, Nicephore1882FRA−8B−14NF−16B−20N−19B−21N0.017.517.50.001170-91.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets