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1er Open International des Maitres du Temps de Castres

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16 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 16 May 2025 to 18 May 2025 in Castres, France. Top 10 Elo average was 1792, and top seed was Samuel Blanchard (🇫🇷 FRA, 1947).

Samuel Blanchard (🇫🇷 FRA, 1947) won with 3.5/5, ahead of Herve Debaux (3.5) and Thomas Nowak (3.5). Blanchard won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Monique Denis (1607) beat Patrice Galligani (1777), a +170-point gap.

Location
🇫🇷Castres, France
Dates
16 May 2025 → 18 May 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇫🇷Samuel Blanchard1947
Avg top 10
1,792
Participants
16
Federations · 1 represented
🇫🇷France×16
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 3 players tied at 3.5/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.

Co-leaders
7
2
2
2
3
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Blanchard3.5Nowak3.5Debaux3.5Zaia3Denis3Denis3
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 3.5/5. Blanchard takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (13.0).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Samuel Blanchard lost to Thomas Nowak (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Samuel Blanchard*
0
½
—
2Thomas Nowak
1
*—
½
3Herve Debaux
½
—*—
4Emmanuel Zaia—
½
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Blanchard, Samuel1947FRA+8N+7B=2N−3B+9N3.513.015.510.251909-2.8
2Debaux, Herve1734FRA+11B+6N=1B=9N=4B3.512.014.09.501950+22.6
3Nowak, Thomas1937FRA+15B=9N=6B+1N=5B3.512.013.08.751987+6.4
4Denis, Vincent1835FRAF=5B+8N+7B=2N3.012.512.59.251979+9.8
5Zaia, Emmanuel0FRA+13B=4N=9B=10N=3N3.011.012.57.0017740.0
6Klimchand, Didier1893FRA+10N−2B=3N=14B+11N3.011.012.56.501758-13.4
7Carivenc, Thierry1777FRA+12B−1N+15B−4N+10B3.010.511.55.001740-3.8
8Denis, Monique1607FRA−1B+12N−4B+13N+14N3.010.011.55.001807+19.6
9Brugel, Francis1743FRA+16N=3B=5N=2B−1B2.513.514.56.0017480.0
10Buiten, Herman1585FRA−6B+11N=14N=5B−7N2.011.012.54.251543-2.8
11Pages, Philippe0FRA−2N−10B+16N+15N−6B2.09.510.52.0015090.0
12Beltran, Charles0FRA−7N−8B−13B+16N+15B2.08.59.52.0014690.0
13Gomez Rodriguez, Jose Manuel1669FRA−5N=14B+12N−8B−16B1.59.510.52.751499-17.6
14Galligani, Patrice1777FRAF=13N=10B=6N−8B1.59.59.53.251602-38.4
15Sialino, Patrick1594FRA−3N+16B−7N−11B−12N1.010.511.51.001057-15.2
16Berro, Rosette0FRA−9B−15N−11B−12B+13N1.08.09.01.5015440.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets