Salon Tournoi A 2025

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38 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 05 Jul 2025 to 11 Jul 2025 in Salon De Provence, France. 10 titled players from 6 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2292, and top seed was Radoslav Dimitrov (🇧🇬 BUL, GM, 2491).

Momchil Nikolov (🇧🇬 BUL, GM, 2440) won with 6.0/9, ahead of Pierre Villegas (6.0) and Ivajlo Enchev (6.0). Nikolov shared the lead from round 7, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Tristan Bregnac (CM, 2170) beat Ivajlo Enchev (GM, 2408), a +238-point gap.

Location

🇫🇷Salon De Provence, France

Dates

05 Jul 2025 → 11 Jul 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇧🇬GMRadoslav Dimitrov2491

Avg top 10

2,292

Participants

Titled players · 10

GM×4

IM×3

CM×2

WCM×1

Federations · 6 represented

🇫🇷France×31

🇧🇬Bulgaria×3

🇲🇨Monaco×1

🇷🇸Serbia×1

🇭🇷Croatia×1

🇦🇹Austria×1

Top 3

🥇
GMMomchil Nikolov
🇧🇬BUL·2440
6.0pts·2459perf+3.6
🥈
IMPierre Villegas
🇲🇨MNC·2291
6.0pts·2233perf-8.0
🥉
GMIvajlo Enchev
🇧🇬BUL·2408
6.0pts·2372perf-0.5

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 6 players tied at 6.0/9, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Lalic6Dimitrov6Figier6Enchev6Villegas6Nikolov6— ex-leaders:Bregnacled R3–R5, #11

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

6 players finish on 6.0/9. Nikolov takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (45.0).

R2–R4 · WIN STREAK

GM Radoslav Dimitrov won 3 in a row (R2–R4).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1GMBogdan Lalic	*	—	½	—
2GMRadoslav Dimitrov	—	*	—	½
3Anthony Figier	½	—	*	0
4GMIvajlo Enchev	—	½	1	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Nikolov, MomchilGM	2440	BUL	F	+15B	=9N	+13N	+2B	=6N	+11B	=3N	=5B	6.0	45.0	45.0	33.25	2459	+3.6
2	Villegas, PierreIM	2291	MNC	+30N	+18B	=12N	=5B	−1N	+17B	=9N	+7B	=4N	6.0	43.5	46.5	29.25	2233	-8.0
3	Enchev, IvajloGM	2408	BUL	F	+19N	+4B	−7N	+10B	+12B	+15N	=1B	=6N	6.0	43.5	43.5	32.00	2372	-0.5
4	Figier, Anthony	2063	FRA	+32B	=5B	−3N	+23N	+13B	−8B	+18N	+10N	=2B	6.0	42.5	45.0	27.50	2181	+28.6
5	Lalic, BogdanGM	2313	CRO	+27B	=4N	F	=2N	+16B	+9B	=7N	+8B	=1N	6.0	42.5	42.5	30.75	2332	+4.1
6	Dimitrov, RadoslavGM	2491	BUL	F	+20B	+24N	+12B	=7N	=1B	=8N	+11B	=3B	6.0	41.5	41.5	30.00	2428	-3.2
7	Bregnac, TristanCM	2170	FRA	+17N	+10B	+8N	+3B	=6B	−11N	=5B	−2N	=9N	5.5	46.0	51.0	30.75	2286	+29.6
8	Fanninger, Leon	2217	AUT	+28B	+13N	−7B	+14N	=11B	+4N	=6B	−5N	=15N	5.5	44.0	47.0	27.25	2195	+0.4
9	Perret, Timothe	2108	FRA	+26N	+16B	=1B	−11N	+21B	−5N	=2B	+14N	=7B	5.5	43.0	46.5	26.25	2164	+25.2
10	Busson, Benoit	1912	FRA	+25B	−7N	=23B	+32N	−3N	+20B	+12N	−4B	+18N	5.5	38.5	41.0	21.50	2045	+30.0
11	Philippe, GuillaumeIM	2340	FRA	F	+29B	+36N	+9B	=8N	+7B	−1N	−6N	+19B	5.5	36.5	36.5	21.75	2297	-1.0
12	Roganova, Maxime	2120	FRA	+23B	+14N	=2B	−6N	+27B	−3N	−10B	+28N	=13B	5.0	40.5	43.5	20.50	2065	-22.4
13	Bibah, Wassil	1878	FRA	+31N	−8B	+17N	−1B	−4N	=28B	+21N	+24B	=12N	5.0	38.5	41.5	20.00	1989	+33.0
14	Fanget, Sullys	1826	FRA	+35N	−12B	+31N	−8B	−18N	+29B	+17N	−9B	+22N	5.0	35.5	36.0	15.50	1929	+38.8
15	Protopopescu, LucaCM	2133	FRA	F	−1N	=19B	+33N	+30B	+27N	−3B	+16N	=8B	5.0	35.0	35.0	18.00	2126	+2.3
16	Espanet, Fabien	1876	FRA	+33B	−9N	=32B	+22N	−5N	+21B	=24N	−15B	+27N	5.0	34.0	36.0	16.25	1940	+12.0
17	Polaert, Clarence	1776	FRA	−7B	+33N	−13B	+35N	+23B	−2N	−14B	+34N	+20N	5.0	32.5	33.0	11.50	1880	+39.1
18	Peric, SlavisaIM	1973	SRB	+22B	−2N	+30B	−27N	+14B	=19N	−4B	+25N	−10B	4.5	37.5	40.5	17.75	1901	-8.7
19	Kolb, Sebastien	1944	FRA	=21N	−3B	=15N	F	+32B	=18B	+30N	+27B	−11N	4.5	33.5	33.5	15.25	2032	+15.6
20	Tramarin, Matteo	1832	FRA	+34B	−6N	=22B	−21N	+25B	−10N	=23B	+29N	−17B	4.0	35.0	36.0	11.50	1759	-19.8
21	Philippe, Alexis	1740	FRA	=19B	−27N	+26B	+20B	−9N	−16N	−13B	+32N	=28B	4.0	33.5	36.0	13.75	1821	+18.2
22	Metras, Dominique	1743	FRA	−18N	+35B	=20N	−16B	+31N	=24B	F	+23N	−14B	4.0	32.5	33.0	11.50	1802	+12.4
23	Rigat, Severin	1764	FRA	−12N	+37B	=10N	−4B	−17N	+34B	=20N	−22B	+36N	4.0	31.0	31.5	6.75	1763	-4.4
24	Hadamard, Olivier	1837	FRA	+37N	F	−6B	+29B	F	=22N	=16B	−13N	+25B	4.0	27.0	27.0	11.50	1878	+6.2
25	Mata, Thierry	1700	FRA	−10N	−30B	=37N	+31B	−20N	+36B	+26N	−18B	−24N	3.5	28.0	28.5	7.25	1697	-2.2
26	Madranges, Jean	1757	FRA	−9B	F	−21N	+37B	=29N	−32N	−25B	+36B	+33N	3.5	21.5	21.5	4.50	1692	-16.2
27	Maggio, Lucas	1824	FRA	−5N	+21B	+38N	+18B	−12N	−15B	F	−19N	−16B	3.0	38.0	38.5	9.00	1919	+28.4
28	Picard, Antoine	1801	FRA	−8N	−31B	−29N	F	+35B	=13N	+32B	−12B	=21N	3.0	28.5	28.5	7.50	1754	-15.2
29	Engles, Baptiste	1748	FRA	=38B	−11N	+28B	−24N	=26B	−14N	+33N	−20B	F	3.0	27.5	27.5	7.00	1773	+7.6
30	Rival, None	1809	FRA	−2B	+25N	−18N	+36B	−15N	+33B	−19B	F	F	3.0	26.5	26.5	6.00	1832	+0.8
31	Gomez, Guy	1689	FRA	−13B	+28N	−14B	−25N	−22B	=35N	=36N	F	+34B	3.0	22.5	22.5	4.50	1631	-13.2
32	Dinlemez, Karim	1751	FRA	−4N	+34B	=16N	−10B	−19N	+26B	−28N	−21B	—	2.5	31.5	32.5	7.00	1697	-18.9
33	Engles, Pierre	1656	FRA	−16N	−17B	+34N	−15B	F	−30N	−29B	+35N	−26B	2.0	26.0	26.5	1.50	1587	-32.0
34	Chabaud, Philippe	1614	FRA	−20N	−32N	−33B	F	F	−23N	+35B	−17B	−31N	1.0	21.0	21.0	0.50	1417	-29.2
35	Roganova, Jeremy	1589	FRA	−14B	−22N	F	−17B	−28N	=31B	−34N	−33B	F	0.5	26.0	26.0	1.50	1307	-79.2
36	Bregier, Gerard	1563	FRA	F	F	−11B	−30N	F	−25N	=31B	−26N	−23B	0.5	22.5	22.5	1.50	1378	-18.4
37	Davin, Florian	1627	FRA	−24B	−23N	=25B	−26N	F	—	—	—	—	0.5	15.0	17.0	1.75	1442	-15.6
38	Hernandez, LaraWCM	2037	FRA	=29N	F	−27B	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.5	6.0	6.0	1.50	1587	-22.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Polaert, ClarenceFRA
+39.1
5.0 pts · #13
2Fanget, SullysFRA
+38.8
5.0 pts · #15
3Bibah, WassilFRA
+33.0
5.0 pts · #14

Top rating losers

1Roganova, JeremyFRA
-79.2
0.5 pts · #37
2Engles, PierreFRA
-32.0
2.0 pts · #33
3Chabaud, PhilippeFRA
-29.2
1.0 pts · #34

Biggest upsets

R4+238 Elo gap
CMBregnac, Tristan2170 beat GMEnchev, Ivajlo2408
R3+213 Elo gap
Maggio, Lucas1824 beat WCMHernandez, Lara2037
R7+208 Elo gap
Busson, Benoit1912 beat Roganova, Maxime2120