2025 Le Tournoi Germain Laplante Open
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33 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 16 May 2025 to 18 May 2025 in Chambly, Quebec, Canada. 6 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2321, and top seed was Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux (🇨🇦 CAN, GM, 2575).
Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux (🇨🇦 CAN, GM, 2575) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Vincent Latorre (4.0) and Taira Tyler Tanaka (3.5). Rodrigue-Lemieux won solo starting round 4.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Aurelien Bain-thouverez (1757) beat Yuen Tak Mok (2100), a +343-point gap.
Location
🇨🇦Chambly, Quebec, Canada
Dates
16 May 2025 → 18 May 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Titled players · 6
GM×1
IM×3
FM×2
Federations · 4 represented
🇨🇦Canada×29
🇫🇷France×2
🇺🇸United States of America×1
🇲🇬Madagascar×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsGM Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
12
6
2
1
1
R4–R5 · LEAD HELD
GM Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
R1–R5 · WIN STREAK
GM Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux won 5 in a row (R1–R5).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1GMShawn Rodrigue-Lemieux | * | — | — | 1 |
| 2FMVincent Latorre | — | * | ½ | — |
| 3IMTangi Migot | — | ½ | * | 0 |
| 4FMTaira Tyler Tanaka | 0 | — | 1 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rodrigue-Lemieux, ShawnGM | 2575 | CAN | +17B | +8N | +5B | +3N | +12B | 5.0 | 13.0 | 15.5 | 15.50 | 2991 | +6.9 |
| 2 | Latorre, VincentFM | 2368 | CAN | +15N | +21B | =6N | =4B | +9N | 4.0 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 11.50 | 2283 | +1.8 |
| 3 | Tanaka, Taira TylerFM | 2341 | CAN | +14B | +11N | +4B | −1B | =6N | 3.5 | 15.0 | 18.0 | 11.25 | 2303 | +10.6 |
| 4 | Migot, TangiIM | 2425 | FRA | +24N | +9B | −3N | =2N | +18B | 3.5 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 9.50 | 2232 | -4.6 |
| 5 | Duong, Thanh NhaIM | 2330 | CAN | +27N | +20B | −1N | =6B | +22N | 3.5 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 6.75 | 2183 | +2.8 |
| 6 | Masse, Hugues | 2211 | CAN | +26B | +32N | =2B | =5N | =3B | 3.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 6.50 | 2215 | +14.4 |
| 7 | Kraiouchkine, Nikita | 2262 | CAN | F | =31B | +13N | +11N | +10B | 3.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.25 | 2769 | +14.4 |
| 8 | Berube, Antoine | 2155 | CAN | +19N | −1B | +31N | =22B | =13N | 3.0 | 12.5 | 13.0 | 5.50 | 2033 | -3.6 |
| 9 | Jiang Barron, Jiyu | 2064 | CAN | +33B | −4N | +14B | +23N | −2B | 3.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 5.00 | 2069 | +20.8 |
| 10 | Mok, Yuen Tak | 2100 | CAN | −20N | +19B | +15N | +16B | −7N | 3.0 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 8.50 | 1944 | +1.6 |
| 11 | St-Germain, Jack | 2053 | CAN | +16N | −3B | +20N | −7B | +24N | 3.0 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 7.00 | 2058 | +14.8 |
| 12 | Chiku-Ratte, Olivier-KentaIM | 2403 | CAN | =18B | +30N | =22N | +21B | −1N | 3.0 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 5.25 | 2110 | -9.0 |
| 13 | Genzling, Jerome | 2140 | CAN | =25B | +18N | −7B | +28N | =8B | 3.0 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 5.75 | 2040 | +1.8 |
| 14 | Iordanescu, Victor Nicolae | 1876 | CAN | −3N | +29B | −9N | +20B | +21N | 3.0 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 5.00 | 2024 | +37.2 |
| 15 | Di Matteo, Alessio | 1880 | CAN | −2B | +26N | −10B | +29N | +23B | 3.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 4.00 | 1974 | +13.6 |
| 16 | Filion, Samuel | 1718 | CAN | −11B | +17N | +30B | −10N | +28B | 3.0 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 4.50 | 2012 | +74.4 |
| 17 | Hebrard, Emmanuel | 1994 | CAN | −1N | −16B | =19N | +33B | +25N | 2.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 2.75 | 1903 | -36.0 |
| 18 | Turcotte, Jonathan | 1955 | CAN | =12N | −13B | +25N | +31B | −4N | 2.5 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 3.50 | 2041 | +7.6 |
| 19 | Zhang, Yitian | 1781 | CAN | −8B | −10N | =17B | +27N | +26B | 2.5 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 3.25 | 1926 | +40.8 |
| 20 | Bain-thouverez, Aurelien | 1757 | FRA | +10B | −5N | −11B | −14N | +32B | 2.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 3.00 | 1789 | -6.6 |
| 21 | Nassif, Aba | 2049 | USA | +23B | −2N | +32B | −12N | −14B | 2.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 2.00 | 1838 | -6.8 |
| 22 | Duval, Mathieu | 1977 | CAN | F | +28N | =12B | =8N | −5B | 2.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 4.00 | 2090 | +37.2 |
| 23 | Gauthier, Denis | 1700 | CAN | −21N | +27B | +24N | −9B | −15N | 2.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 3.00 | 1825 | +12.4 |
| 24 | Beaupre, Eugene Jr | 1984 | CAN | −4B | +25N | −23B | +26N | −11B | 2.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 2.50 | 1853 | -15.2 |
| 25 | Parenteau, Francois | 1769 | CAN | =13N | −24B | −18B | +32N | −17B | 1.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 1.50 | 1665 | -30.8 |
| 26 | Mercure, Gilbert | 1793 | CAN | −6N | −15B | +27N | −24B | −19N | 1.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 1.00 | 1659 | -13.2 |
| 27 | Herilala, Manitra | 1833 | MAD | −5B | −23N | −26B | −19B | +33N | 1.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.00 | 1593 | -31.8 |
| 28 | Lamontagne, Damien | 1887 | CAN | F | −22B | +33N | −13B | −16N | 1.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.00 | 1651 | -40.4 |
| 29 | Kerhuel-Lefebvre, Stephane | 1665 | CAN | −30B | −14N | F | −15B | +31N | 1.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.50 | 1088 | -50.8 |
| 30 | Singher, Jean-Pierre | 2021 | CAN | +29N | −12B | −16N | F | F | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.00 | 1829 | -10.0 |
| 31 | Barrera, Eduardo | 1970 | CAN | F | =7N | −8B | −18N | −29B | 0.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 1.75 | 1673 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Wu, Yuchen | 1437 | CAN | F | −6B | −21N | −25B | −20N | 0.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.00 | 1112 | 0.0 |
| 33 | Wu, Ting En Ryan | 1732 | CAN | −9N | F | −28B | −17N | −27B | 0.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.00 | 1125 | -42.8 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Filion, SamuelCAN+74.43.0 pts · #8
- 2Zhang, YitianCAN+40.82.5 pts · #17
- 3Duval, MathieuCAN+37.22.0 pts · #20
Top rating losers
- 1Kerhuel-Lefebvre, StephaneCAN-50.81.0 pts · #33
- 2Wu, Ting En RyanCAN-42.80.0 pts · #32
- 3Lamontagne, DamienCAN-40.41.0 pts · #27
Biggest upsets
- R1+343 Elo gap
- R5+305 Elo gap
- R3+303 Elo gap