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18eme Festival International d'Echecs de Marseille

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27 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 28 Jul 2025 to 03 Aug 2025 in Marseille, France. 15 titled players from 7 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2300, and top seed was Nikola Kanov (🇧🇬 BUL, IM, 2447).

Shahil Dey (🇮🇳 IND, IM, 2366) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Raghav V (6.5) and Remy Degraeve (6.0). Dey won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Kristofer Orfila (2108) beat Nikola Kanov (IM, 2447), a +339-point gap.

Location
🇫🇷Marseille, France
Dates
28 Jul 2025 → 03 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇧🇬IMNikola Kanov2447
Avg top 10
2,300
Participants
27
Titled players · 15
IM×4
FM×5
CM×4
WGM×1
WFM×1
Federations · 7 represented
🇫🇷France×14
🇮🇳India×8
🇧🇬Bulgaria×1
🇲🇽Mexico×1
🇺🇸United States of America×1
🇨🇳China×1
🇩🇪Germany×1
Top 3
  • 🥇
    IMShahil Dey
    🇮🇳IND·2366
    7.5pts·2491perf+14.8
  • 🥈
    FMRaghav V
    🇮🇳IND·2305
    6.5pts·2347perf+14.0
  • 🥉
    IMRemy Degraeve
    🇫🇷FRA·2429
    6.0pts·2372perf-5.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

IM Shahil Dey led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
11
6
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
Dey7.5Raghav6.5Kumaresh6Kanov6Degraeve6Gupta5.5
R5–R9 · LEAD HELD

IM Shahil Dey never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Shahil Dey beat FM Raghav V (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

IM Shahil Dey 7 wins (R1–R7)FM Raghav V 4 wins (R5–R8)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1IMShahil Dey*
1
1
0
2FMRaghav V
0
*—
1
3CMKumaresh A
0
—*—
4IMNikola Kanov
1
0
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Shahil DeyIM2366IND+6B+13N+2B+16N+3B+10N+5N=12B−4N7.543.547.539.252491+14.8
2Raghav VFM2305IND+25N+26B−1N−10B+19B+7N+4B+3N=6B6.539.539.524.752347+14.0
3Degraeve, RemyIM2429FRA+18N+7B+11N+4B−1N−5B+10N−2B+12N6.044.548.028.002372-5.2
4Kanov, NikolaIM2447BUL+24B+15N+14B−3N−10B+11B−2N+17N+1B6.042.044.527.502372-6.4
5Kumaresh ACM2135IND=16N=8B+26N=11B+12N+3N−1B=6N+14B6.041.541.524.502332+46.0
6Shubhi GuptaWFM2114IND−1N+23B−7N+26B=8N+16B+11N=5B=2N5.541.041.019.752236+58.0
7Jaidambareesh N RFM2180IND+20B−3N+6B=14N=16B−2B−12N+21N+11B5.038.541.520.252253+33.2
8Rohith SFM2160IND=17B=5N+9B−13N=6B=19N+25B−15N+16N5.036.538.520.252130-7.2
9Divry, Alexandre2049GER+12N−11B−8N+21B−15B−25N+20B+19N+17B5.031.533.517.502175+29.0
10Orfila, Kristofer2108FRA−14B+27N+17B+2N+4N−1B−3B−11N=13B4.543.543.518.752260+61.9
11Petrosyan, ArmenIM2321FRA+22B+9N−3B=5N+13B−4N−6B+10B−7N4.542.545.520.002191-14.7
12Ringuet, NoeFM2248FRA−9B+22N+24B=19N−5B=13N+7B=1N−3B4.540.042.518.002171-18.0
13Charlier, Antoine2171FRA+19N−1B=18N+8B−11N=12B−16N+23B=10N4.536.539.016.752151-10.0
14Navrotescu, AndreeaWGM2326FRA+10N+21B−4N=7B−18NF+19B+16B−5N4.535.035.017.002184-26.4
15Fournier, Loic2208FRA+23N−4B−16N+27B+9NF=17B+8B—4.526.526.514.502199-0.6
16Bringas Osuna, Ivan Jarek2001MEX=5B+17N+15B−1B=7N−6N+13B−14N−8B4.042.546.518.502143+31.2
17Corral Nehama, LeoCM2014FRA=8N−16B−10N+23B+22N+20B=15N−4B−9N4.035.037.513.252077+24.7
18Yu, ZechenFM2115CHN−3B+20N=13B+24N+14B————3.518.020.512.252363+64.0
19Bassal, Samuel2016FRA−13BF+21N=12B−2N=8B−14N−9B+25N3.035.035.09.752095+13.2
20Grimmer, Jonathan2025FRA−7N−18B+25N−22B+24B−17N−9NF+21B3.028.028.07.502008-4.8
21Meynard, Thibault2124FRA+27B−14N−19B−9N=25B=23N+22N−7B−20N3.028.028.05.251959-40.4
22Naveen Kumar PCM2083IND−11N−12B=23N+20N−17B+24N−21B=25BF3.026.026.07.752033-25.2
23Salaun, Nicolas2035FRA−15B−6N=22B−17NF=21B+27N−13N=24B2.527.027.04.251960-15.8
24Roganova, Maxime2120FRA−4N+25B−12N−18B−20N−22BF+27N=23N2.524.524.53.251983-61.6
25Darshan GCM2069IND−2B−24N−20BF=21N+9B−8N=22N−19B2.031.031.08.001917-62.8
26Erard, Eric Christian1907USAF−2N−5B−6N—————0.018.018.00.001385-20.8
27Douchez, Tony1970FRA−21N−10BF−15NFF−23B−24B—0.017.017.00.001319-30.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets