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Championnat de France 2025 - National

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16 players participated in this 8-round tournament, held from 15 Aug 2025 to 24 Aug 2025 in Vichy, France. 16 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2583, and top seed was Etienne Bacrot (🇫🇷 FRA, GM, 2635).

MarcAndria Maurizzi (🇫🇷 FRA, GM, 2604) won with 5.0/8, ahead of Etienne Bacrot (5.0) and Laurent Fressinet (4.5). Maurizzi shared the lead from round 3, winning on tie-break.

Location
🇫🇷Vichy, France
Dates
15 Aug 2025 → 24 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1
System
Knockout · 8 rounds
Top seed
🇫🇷GMEtienne Bacrot2635
Avg top 10
2,583
Participants
16
Titled players · 16
GM×13
IM×3
Federations · 1 represented
🇫🇷France×16
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 8 rounds

Tight race until R8; 2 players tied at 5.0/8, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
5
3
3
3
1
1
1
2
2468R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8
R8 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.0/8. Maurizzi takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (24.5).

HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND · 2 games

GM Etienne Bacrot 1.01.0 against GM MarcAndria Maurizzi (R5 ½-½, R6 ½-½).

R1–R8 · UNBEATEN

GM Etienne Bacrot went unbeaten across 8 games (R1–R8).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1GMEtienne Bacrot*
½
½
½
1
2GMMarcAndria Maurizzi
½
½
*
½
½
3GMLaurent Fressinet
½
½
*
1
½
4GMSebastien Maze
½
0
0
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Maurizzi, MarcAndriaGM2604FRA=11N+11B+7B=7N=2B=2N=3N=3B5.024.525.014.002663+6.0
2Bacrot, EtienneGM2635FRA+12N=12B=5B=5N=1N=1B=4N+4B5.023.524.014.002646+0.8
3Fressinet, LaurentGM2605FRA=9B=9N=6N=6B+4B=4N=1B=1N4.524.025.014.252572-3.0
4Maze, SebastienGM2533FRA=10N=10B+8B=8N3N=3B=2B2N3.524.025.08.752545+1.0
5Moussard, JulesGM2584FRA+15N+15B=2N=2B3.010.010.05.002716+6.8
6Gozzoli, YannickGM2559FRA+14B+14N=3B=3N3.09.09.04.502703+7.4
7Razafindratsima, TimotheIM2484FRA+16B+16N1N=1B2.510.010.02.502681+10.6
8Edouard, RomainGM2542FRA+13N=13B4N=4B2.07.58.02.502575+1.8
9Sebag, MarieGM2420FRA=3N=3B1.04.59.04.502605+4.8
10Laurent-Paoli, PierreGM2570FRA=4B=4N1.03.57.03.502533-1.0
11Bauer, ChristianGM2547FRA=1B1N0.55.010.02.502411-3.4
12Droin, AugustinIM2481FRA2B=2N0.55.010.02.502442-0.8
13Lagarde, MaximeGM2616FRA8B=8N0.52.04.01.002349-7.0
14Abergel, ThalGM2415FRA6N6B0.03.06.00.001759-6.2
15Bournel, AntoineIM2410FRA5B5N0.03.06.00.001784-5.4
16Tregubov, Pavel V.GM2568FRA7N7B0.02.55.00.001684-12.4

Key insights

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