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Open des fleurs de Grasse 2025 tournoi B (-1600 Elo)

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19 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 21 Jun 2025 to 22 Jun 2025 in Grasse, France. Top 10 Elo average was 1342, and top seed was Marian Munteanu (🇫🇷 FRA, 1592).

Mark Karsanov (🇫🇷 FRA, 0) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Mete Balzarotti (5.0) and Antonin Demarque Zarrouk (4.0). Karsanov shared the lead from round 3, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Felix Etievant (1427) beat Marian Munteanu (1592), a +165-point gap.

Location
🇫🇷Grasse, France
Dates
21 Jun 2025 → 22 Jun 2025
Time control
Standard: 50 minutes with 10 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇫🇷Marian Munteanu1592
Avg top 10
1,342
Participants
19
Federations · 1 represented
🇫🇷France×16
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Tight race until R6; 2 players tied at 5.0/6, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
9
2
4
2
3
2
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.0/6. Karsanov takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (20.0).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Mark Karsanov drew with Mete Balzarotti (White).

R2–R4 · WIN STREAK

Mark Karsanov won 3 in a row (R2–R4).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Karsanov, Mark0FRA=7B+5N+9B+6N=2B+3N5.020.023.519.2515420.0
2Balzarotti, Mete1465FRA+18B=3N+7B+8B=1N+6B5.019.519.515.001755+41.2
3Demarque Zarrouk, Antonin1560FRA+15N=2B=16N+14B+4N1B4.018.520.512.001621+9.2
4Munteanu, Marian1592FRA+5B6N+13B+11N3B+7N4.018.020.513.001357-37.6
5Cops, Achille0FRA4N1B+19N+15N+?B+10B4.014.014.05.0015760.0
6Etievant, Felix1427FRA+14N+4B=8N1B+9B2N3.521.023.511.751644+34.8
7Hua, Leo Bao Tuan1456FRA=1N+13B2N+12B+8N4B3.520.523.011.501381-12.4
8Munteanu, Matei0FRA+12N+10B=6B2N7B+13N3.518.020.510.2514750.0
9Wu, Xuanchi1489FRA+11N=16B1N+10B6N+14B3.517.019.09.501469-2.8
10Balmelle De Vibraye, Aloise1554FRA+17B8N+15B9N+11B5N3.016.017.06.00688-24.0
11Falco, Gianni0FRA9B+?N+12N4B10N+?B3.013.513.53.0013300.0
12Duchatel, Sebastien1455FRA8B+18N11B7N+17N+15B3.013.013.03.00659-9.8
13Millot, Philippe0FRA+?B7N4N+17B=14N8B2.514.514.52.257260.0
14Perini, Elio0FRA6B+17N+18B3N=13B9N2.514.514.52.256920.0
15Benedetti, Valentin0FRA3B+19N10N5B+?N12N2.014.014.00.007240.0
16Aillet, Akira1420FRA+19B=9N=3B2.07.57.53.751524+11.2
17FIDE 544063229010N14B+?N13N12BF1.011.011.00.007060.0
18FIDE 54409052802N12B14N?BF?N0.010.510.50.006640.0
19FIDE 544090536016N15B5B0.06.08.00.006200.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets