3e Festival International d'Annemasse - Tournoi Maitre

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93 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 18 Oct 2025 to 24 Oct 2025 in Annemasse, France. 51 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2495, and top seed was Brandon Jacobson (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2595).

Brandon Jacobson (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2595) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Mahdi Gholami Orimi (7.0) and V S Rathanvel (6.5). Jacobson shared the lead from round 8, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Luong Phuong Hanh (WGM, 2126) beat Remy Degraeve (IM, 2464), a +338-point gap.

Location

🇫🇷Annemasse, France

Dates

18 Oct 2025 → 24 Oct 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇺🇸GMBrandon Jacobson2595

Avg top 10

2,495

Participants

Titled players · 51

GM×7

IM×18

FM×12

CM×4

WGM×1

WIM×5

WFM×4

Federations · 8 represented

🇫🇷France×31

🇮🇳India×30

🇨🇭Switzerland×11

🇩🇪Germany×7

🇺🇦Ukraine×3

🇬🇧England×2

🇮🇷Iran×1

🇲🇩Moldova×1

Top 3

🥇
GMBrandon Jacobson
🇺🇸USA·2595
7.0pts·2627perf+4.1
🥈
GMMahdi Gholami Orimi
🇮🇷IRI·2500
7.0pts·2612perf+12.9
🥉
IMV S Rathanvel
🇮🇳IND·2483
6.5pts·2516perf+4.9

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R6; 2 players tied at 7.0/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 7 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Gholami Orimi7Jacobson7Das6.5Aradhya6.5Walia6.5Sidhant6.5

R6–R9 · LEAD HELD

GM Mahdi Gholami Orimi held the sole lead from R6 through R9 without losing it.

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.0/9. Jacobson takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (50.0).

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Mahdi Gholami Orimi beat GM Brandon Jacobson (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1GMMahdi Gholami Orimi	*	1	½	—
2GMBrandon Jacobson	0	*	1	—
3GMSayantan Das	½	0	*	—
4IMGarg Aradhya	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Jacobson, BrandonGM	2595	USA	+43B	+14N	+15B	=9N	+4B	−2N	+11B	+10B	=3N	7.0	50.0	54.5	41.25	2627	+4.1
2	Gholami Orimi, MahdiGM	2500	IRI	+55N	+41B	=13N	+21B	+3N	+1B	=10N	=4B	=6N	7.0	48.5	52.5	40.00	2612	+12.9
3	Rathanvel, V SIM	2483	IND	+93B	+57N	=7B	+24N	−2B	+17N	+20B	=5N	=1B	6.5	47.5	47.5	30.50	2516	+4.9
4	Das, SayantanGM	2435	IND	+45B	+23N	+60B	=18B	−1N	+25N	+27B	=2N	=5B	6.5	45.5	49.0	32.50	2532	+12.5
5	Namitbir Singh WaliaIM	2328	IND	+74B	=53N	+82B	=12N	+16B	=9N	+8B	=3B	=4N	6.5	44.5	47.0	32.50	2500	+21.7
6	Bacrot, Alexandre	2416	FRA	+56B	+52N	=19B	=7N	+67B	=20N	=12B	+28N	=2B	6.5	43.5	47.0	31.75	2537	+15.1
7	Sidhant, MohapatraIM	2384	IND	+64N	+63B	=3N	=6B	=60N	+14B	=18N	=19B	+21N	6.5	42.5	46.0	32.25	2516	+16.4
8	Aradhya, GargIM	2400	IND	+44N	+35B	−9N	+54B	=14N	+60B	−5N	+29B	+18N	6.5	42.5	46.0	30.50	2447	+6.8
9	Bernadskiy, VitaliyGM	2487	UKR	+49B	+25N	+8B	=1B	−18N	=5B	=13N	+32N	=11B	6.0	47.5	52.0	33.75	2509	+3.6
10	Di Nicolantonio, LucasIM	2388	FRA	+48B	=82N	=26N	+35B	+23N	+15B	=2B	−1N	=12B	6.0	45.5	48.0	30.75	2450	+8.2
11	Mosesov, DanyilIM	2434	UKR	+29N	+22B	=24N	+26B	=19N	+18B	−1N	=21B	=9N	6.0	45.0	50.0	32.00	2492	+7.9
12	Prraneeth VuppalaGM	2485	IND	+58N	+40B	=21N	=5B	=17N	+42B	=6N	=18B	=10N	6.0	45.0	49.0	31.00	2474	-0.6
13	Bournel, AntoineIM	2411	FRA	+51B	+30N	=2B	=19N	−20B	+23N	=9B	=24N	+31B	6.0	44.0	48.5	31.25	2458	+6.2
14	Dhruva ThotaIM	2318	IND	+65B	−1B	+55N	+30N	=8B	−7N	+52B	=16N	+27B	6.0	44.0	47.5	27.75	2453	+32.4
15	Vedmediuc, SergheiIM	2425	MDA	+76B	+31N	−1N	+41B	+32B	−10N	−21B	+52N	+25B	6.0	42.0	45.0	26.50	2451	+3.4
16	Schnaider, IlanIM	2413	ARG	+79N	+54B	−18N	+22B	−5N	=29B	+60N	=14B	+23B	6.0	41.0	44.0	26.50	2389	-1.9
17	Tahay, AlexisIM	2359	FRA	=59B	+72N	=53B	+31N	=12B	−3B	+43N	=20N	+24B	6.0	40.5	43.5	27.25	2354	+1.5
18	Solodovnichenko, YuriGM	2517	UKR	+86B	+20N	+16B	=4N	+9B	−11N	=7B	=12N	−8B	5.5	49.0	51.5	29.50	2467	-4.6
19	Visakh N RGM	2552	IND	+71N	+33B	=6N	=13B	=11B	=21N	=32B	=7N	=20B	5.5	46.0	49.0	28.50	2428	-12.9
20	Utsab ChatterjeeIM	2299	IND	+37N	−18B	+45N	+53B	+13N	=6B	−3N	=17B	=19N	5.5	45.5	49.5	28.50	2395	+12.6
21	Jin, YuehengIM	2364	CHN	+69B	+50N	=12B	−2N	+57B	=19B	+15N	=11N	−7B	5.5	45.5	49.0	26.75	2454	+11.5
22	Shubhi GuptaWFM	2271	IND	+46B	−11N	+73B	−16N	+45B	−27N	+49B	=36N	+47B	5.5	40.0	43.0	23.50	2286	+14.4
23	Saya, EthanFM	2276	FRA	+91N	−4B	+70N	+28N	−10B	−13B	+39N	+26B	−16N	5.0	43.0	43.5	19.00	2309	+8.6
24	Zienkiewicz, JanFM	2266	FRA	+83B	+28N	=11B	−3B	−42N	+48N	+56B	=13B	−17N	5.0	42.5	45.0	22.00	2337	+17.4
25	Nithin Babu	2297	IND	+68N	−9B	=56N	+44B	+26N	−4B	=34N	+46B	−15N	5.0	41.5	45.0	22.00	2241	-11.8
26	Luong Phuong HanhWGM	2126	VIE	+27B	+32N	=10B	−11N	−25B	+62B	=33N	−23N	+52B	5.0	41.0	44.5	23.00	2347	+49.4
27	Degraeve, RemyIM	2464	FRA	−26N	+78B	=63N	+39B	=40N	+22B	−4N	+54B	−14N	5.0	40.0	43.0	21.50	2273	-20.2
28	Toktomushev, TeimurIM	2417	SUI	+39N	−24B	+50N	−23B	+55N	+54B	+40N	−6B	F	5.0	39.5	43.5	22.00	2338	-7.6
29	Gowrishankar JayarajCM	2121	IND	−11B	−46N	+91B	+83N	+31B	=16N	+67B	−8N	=38B	5.0	39.0	39.5	17.00	2276	+67.6
30	Jagreet MisraCM	2243	IND	+61N	−13B	+62N	−14B	+53N	=33B	=42N	=40B	=36B	5.0	38.5	42.0	20.50	2265	+13.6
31	Trevisiol, AntoineFM	2270	FRA	+75N	−15B	+64N	−17B	−29N	+44B	+84N	+42B	−13N	5.0	38.5	41.0	18.00	2249	-3.6
32	Belkaid, SohanFM	2343	FRA	+34N	−26B	+71N	+88B	−15N	+84B	=19N	−9B	=35N	5.0	38.0	40.0	17.75	2295	-5.0
33	Adharsh KFM	2302	IND	+85B	−19N	=49B	+76N	=52B	=30N	=26B	+34N	F	5.0	37.0	39.5	19.75	2288	-2.8
34	Cervelli, Eduard	2084	SUI	−32B	−47N	+89B	=36N	+58B	+57N	=25B	−33B	+55N	5.0	36.5	38.0	18.50	2240	+70.8
35	Pandey SrishtiWIM	2213	IND	+89B	−8N	+47B	−10N	+85N	−40B	=41N	+75B	=32B	5.0	36.5	38.0	16.25	2223	+3.4
36	Kamalidenova, MeruertIM	2363	KAZ	=66N	=70B	−43N	=34B	=61N	+64B	+55N	=22B	=30N	5.0	34.5	38.0	20.50	2173	-20.4
37	Subhabrata Roy	1940	IND	−20B	−48N	+81N	=66B	−44N	+79B	+86N	+43B	=42N	5.0	33.0	35.5	17.00	2195	+56.4
38	Chassard, CedricFM	2312	GER	−53N	=74B	+78N	−60N	=66B	+69B	=46N	+44B	=29N	5.0	31.5	34.5	19.00	2127	-41.2
39	Levesque, Guillaume	2117	FRA	−28B	=83N	+72B	−27N	+80B	=61N	−23B	+87N	+63B	5.0	30.5	33.0	15.00	2168	+9.6
40	Gelas, ChristopheFM	2284	FRA	+73B	−12N	=48B	+49N	=27B	+35N	−28B	=30N	−45B	4.5	39.5	42.5	19.75	2241	-9.6
41	Aakanksha HagawaneWIM	2295	IND	+84B	−2N	+51B	−15N	+48B	−52N	=35B	=56N	=70B	4.5	38.5	41.0	17.75	2202	-21.2
42	Padmini, RoutIM	2354	IND	+47B	−60N	+86B	=52N	+24B	−12N	=30B	−31N	=37B	4.5	38.0	40.5	19.00	2197	-16.5
43	Pahud, Cedric	2183	SUI	−1N	+68B	+36B	−67N	=47B	+65N	−17B	−37N	+84B	4.5	38.0	40.5	16.75	2177	-2.8
44	Metzinger, Hannes	2105	GER	−8B	+89N	=57B	−25N	+37B	−31N	+65B	−38N	+61N	4.5	37.5	39.0	15.50	2167	+13.6
45	Arshpreet SinghFM	2123	IND	−4N	+77B	−20B	+75N	−22N	+50B	=57B	F	+40N	4.5	37.0	40.0	17.00	2259	+51.1
46	Mahir TanejaFM	1985	IND	−22N	+29B	−52B	+69N	+82B	=67N	=38B	−25N	=49B	4.5	36.0	38.5	17.50	2225	+98.4
47	Soham Dey	1943	IND	−42N	+34B	−35N	+64B	=43N	−56B	+71N	+60B	−22N	4.5	35.5	38.5	17.25	2186	+53.0
48	Gunawardhana, Devindya OshiniWIM	2101	SRI	−10N	+37B	=40N	+63B	−41N	−24B	−62N	+82N	+65B	4.5	35.5	38.0	16.75	2179	+35.2
49	Arul Anandh S P K	2134	IND	−9N	+91B	=33N	−40B	=70N	+85B	−22N	+62B	=46N	4.5	35.0	35.5	13.00	2156	+3.6
50	Kheerthi GantaWFM	2202	IND	+92N	−21B	−28B	=65N	=77B	−45N	=87B	+68N	+69B	4.5	31.0	31.5	12.00	2102	-46.0
51	Han, QixiangFM	2107	ENG	−13N	+92B	−41N	+87B	−54N	=71B	=53N	=61B	+62N	4.5	31.0	31.5	11.75	2107	-1.6
52	Mehta Naitik RCM	2260	IND	+77N	−6B	+46N	=42B	=33N	+41B	−14N	−15B	−26N	4.0	42.0	45.0	16.75	2200	-12.2
53	Dayal, Samar	2029	ENG	+38B	=5B	=17N	−20N	−30B	=82N	=51B	−57N	+80B	4.0	39.5	42.0	17.75	2189	+68.8
54	Kalyani SirinWIM	2244	IND	+62B	−16N	+75B	−8N	+51B	−28N	+61B	−27N	F	4.0	38.0	41.0	14.50	2214	-9.2
55	Kufferath, Camille	2138	FRA	−2B	+84N	−14B	+73N	−28B	+66N	−36B	+74N	−34B	4.0	37.5	40.0	12.00	2161	+5.6
56	Vedant Yogesh Kale	2116	IND	−6N	+90B	=25B	−57N	+72B	+47N	−24N	=41B	F	4.0	36.5	38.0	13.75	2176	+23.2
57	Iwanesko, AlexandreFM	2292	FRA	+81N	−3B	=44N	+56B	−21N	−34B	=45N	+53B	—	4.0	34.0	37.0	15.50	2163	-25.6
58	Swara Lakshmi S NairWFM	2130	IND	−12B	−73N	=87N	+68B	−34N	=78B	=85N	+64B	=75N	4.0	29.5	32.0	12.50	2031	-25.2
59	Minde, Baptiste	2086	FRA	=17N	−88B	−61N	=62B	−87N	+73B	−72N	+83B	+85N	4.0	26.5	28.5	12.75	1996	-44.0
60	Orfila, Kristofer	2194	FRA	+87N	+42B	−4N	+38B	=7B	−8N	−16B	−47N	F	3.5	43.0	45.5	15.25	2228	+13.2
61	Jess Ruchandani	1967	IND	−30B	=76N	+59B	=82N	=36B	=39B	−54N	=51N	−44B	3.5	35.0	37.5	14.00	2097	+52.4
62	Mukazhanov, Mansur	1968	GER	−54N	+79B	−30B	=59N	+76B	−26N	+48B	−49N	−51B	3.5	34.5	37.5	12.50	2061	+40.4
63	Schmid, Pablo	2207	SUI	+80B	−7N	=27B	−48N	−65B	+77N	=70B	=66N	−39N	3.5	34.5	37.5	12.00	2056	-36.8
64	Vlandas, Baptiste	2097	FRA	−7B	+80N	−31B	−47N	+83B	−36N	=68B	−58N	+90B	3.5	34.0	35.5	8.75	2029	-37.6
65	Boisson-Chaigneau, Arthur	2060	FRA	−14N	−71B	+90N	=50B	+63N	−43B	−44N	+86B	−48N	3.5	33.0	34.5	9.75	2075	+5.6
66	Vishwa VasnawalaWIM	2087	IND	=36B	−67N	=83B	=37N	=38N	−55B	+78N	=63B	F	3.5	32.5	35.0	13.50	2122	+5.2
67	Colmenares, AurelioFM	2323	SUI	=78N	+66B	=88N	+43B	−6N	=46B	−29N	F	—	3.5	31.5	33.5	12.75	2151	-14.9
68	Massardo, Quentin	2017	FRA	−25B	−43N	=80B	−58N	=79N	+90B	=64N	−50B	+86N	3.5	30.0	31.5	8.75	2039	+3.8
69	Monteverde, Jonathan	2094	SUI	−21N	=87B	=85N	−46B	+90B	−38N	+81B	=84N	−50N	3.5	30.0	31.5	8.25	2006	-22.8
70	Aniruddh Chatterjee	2097	IND	F	=36N	−23B	=77N	=49B	F	=63N	+72B	=41N	3.5	28.5	28.5	13.25	2169	+12.6
71	Nicot, ValentinCM	2175	FRA	−19B	+65N	−32B	−84N	+73B	=51N	−47B	=80N	F	3.0	32.0	34.5	10.25	2031	-55.4
72	Mence, ElineWFM	1940	FRA	=88N	−17B	−39N	+78B	−56N	=74B	+59B	−70N	F	3.0	31.0	33.0	9.50	2050	+38.0
73	Kassab, Chadi	1992	FRA	−40N	+58B	−22N	−55B	−71N	−59N	=79B	+89B	=83N	3.0	30.5	32.0	8.25	2001	+1.6
74	Artan, Tamir	2070	SUI	−5N	=38N	−76B	−80N	+91B	=72N	+77B	−55B	F	3.0	30.5	31.0	7.50	2006	-32.8
75	Schreidl, Michael	1976	GER	−31B	F	−54N	−45B	=86N	+76N	+82B	−35N	=58B	3.0	30.5	30.5	8.75	2095	+35.6
76	Perret, Timothe	2120	FRA	−15N	=61B	+74N	−33B	−62N	−75B	+89N	=85B	F	3.0	29.5	31.0	7.50	2000	-56.0
77	Parmelin, Evan	1969	SUI	−52B	−45N	+79N	=70B	=50N	−63B	−74N	+81N	F	3.0	29.0	32.0	10.00	2047	+27.6
78	Weber, Nikita	2065	GER	=67B	−27N	−38B	−72N	+89B	=58N	−66B	=90N	=79B	3.0	28.5	30.0	7.50	2018	-21.2
79	Piffaut, Pierre-yves	2109	FRA	−16B	−62N	−77B	=89N	=68B	−37N	=73N	+91B	=78N	3.0	28.5	29.0	6.00	1910	-48.8
80	Pinelli, Gian	1947	SUI	−63N	−64B	=68N	+74B	−39N	−86B	+91N	=71B	−53N	3.0	28.0	28.5	6.75	1970	+9.1
81	Briquet, Tom	1998	FRA	−57B	−86N	−37B	−90N	+92N	+83B	−69N	−77B	+91N	3.0	22.5	23.0	3.50	1909	-44.8
82	Le Marec, Simon	2207	FRA	+90N	=10B	−5N	=61B	−46N	=53B	−75N	−48B	F	2.5	35.0	36.5	8.25	1951	-53.0
83	Abitbol, Ethan	1973	FRA	−24N	=39B	=66N	−29B	−64N	−81N	+92B	−59N	=73B	2.5	32.0	32.5	6.25	1913	-30.8
84	Bougain, Victor	2004	FRA	−41N	−55B	+92N	+71B	F	−32N	−31B	=69B	−43N	2.5	31.5	32.0	5.25	2039	+4.6
85	Doxarve, Nils	2023	SUI	−33N	F	=69B	+86N	−35B	−49N	=58B	=76N	−59B	2.5	31.5	31.5	7.75	2013	-2.4
86	Schwarz, David	2149	GER	−18N	+81B	−42N	−85B	=75B	+80N	−37B	−65N	−68B	2.5	31.0	33.5	7.50	1926	-80.3
87	Hadet, Emmanuel	1930	FRA	−60B	=69N	=58B	−51N	+59B	F	=50N	−39B	—	2.5	29.0	29.0	10.00	2031	+16.2
88	Gemelli,Romain	2199	SUI	=72B	+59N	=67B	−32N	F	—	—	—	—	2.0	15.5	18.0	7.25	2173	-2.4
89	Peric, SlavisaIM	1964	SRB	−35N	−44B	−34N	=79B	−78N	+92B	−76B	−73N	F	1.5	27.0	27.0	2.00	1828	-12.9
90	Suez-Panama, Gilles	1958	FRA	−82B	−56N	−65B	+81B	−69N	−68N	F	=78B	−64N	1.5	26.5	26.5	4.50	1831	-23.6
91	Anikeiev, Serhii	1989	FRA	−23B	−49N	−29N	=92B	−74N	F	−80B	−79N	−81B	0.5	27.0	27.0	0.25	1631	-105.2
92	Llapasset, Jean-Louis	1943	FRA	−50B	−51N	−84B	=91N	−81B	−89N	−83N	F	—	0.5	19.0	19.0	0.25	1612	-43.4
93	Klein, Levent	2129	GER	−3N	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0	6.5	9.5	0.00	1683	-4.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Mahir TanejaFMIND
+98.4
4.5 pts · #40
2Cervelli, EduardSUI
+70.8
5.0 pts · #27
3Dayal, SamarENG
+68.8
4.0 pts · #59

Top rating losers

1Anikeiev, SerhiiFRA
-105.2
0.5 pts · #91
2Schwarz, DavidGER
-80.3
2.5 pts · #83
3Perret, TimotheFRA
-56.0
3.0 pts · #81

Biggest upsets

R1+338 Elo gap
WGMLuong Phuong Hanh2126 beat IMDegraeve, Remy2464
R1+283 Elo gap
Dayal, Samar2029 beat FMChassard, Cedric2312
R8+251 Elo gap
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