5eme Festival de Fontainebleau - Ferme A
10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 19 Jul 2025 to 26 Jul 2025 in Fontainebleau, France. 2 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1867, and top seed was Valentin Nicot (🇫🇷 FRA, CM, 2157).
Alastair Armstrong (🇬🇧 ENG, 2024) won with 6.5/9, ahead of Moawia Ahmed Holi Ali (5.5) and Valentin Nicot (5.5). Armstrong shared the lead from round 6 and broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 9: Alastair Armstrong (2024) beat Valentin Nicot (CM, 2157), a +133-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 10 · 9 roundsAlastair Armstrong led from R9 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R9.
Alastair Armstrong takes the sole lead (6.5/9).
Alastair Armstrong beat CM Valentin Nicot (Black).
Alastair Armstrong went unbeaten across 5 games (R5–R9).
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
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| 1 | 🇬🇧Armstrong, Alastair | 2024 | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6.5 | 27.75 | 38.5 | +84.4 | 2221 |
| 4 | 🇸🇩CMAhmed Holi Ali, Moawia | 2022 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5.5 | 22.50 | 39.5 | +22.6 | 2124 |
| 2 | 🇫🇷CMNicot, Valentin | 2157 | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 5.5 | 20.75 | 39.5 | -20.0 | 2107 |
| 3 | 🇫🇷Gaudin, Gauthier | 2075 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 5.5 | 20.75 | 39.5 | +19.2 | 2117 |
| 5 | 🇫🇷Yastrebov, Daniel | 2112 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 17.50 | 40.0 | -18.8 | 2069 |
| 6 | 🇫🇷Ben Khelifa, Noomene | 2068 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 17.50 | 40.0 | +1.4 | 2075 |
| 7 | 🇫🇷Alidis, Myron | 2119 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | 0 | ½ | 1 | 4.5 | 19.00 | 40.5 | -42.4 | 2026 |
| 8 | 🇫🇷Mariller, Romain | 2020 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | * | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 13.50 | 41.0 | -6.4 | 1994 |
| 9 | 🇫🇷Boissonnier, Kimo | 2069 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | 3.5 | 14.25 | 41.5 | -28.8 | 1934 |
| 10 | 🇧🇪Praet, Eric | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 0.0 | 0.00 | 45.0 | 0.0 | 1274 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Armstrong, AlastairENG+84.46.5 pts · #1
- 2Ahmed Holi Ali, MoawiaCMSUD+22.65.5 pts · #4
- 3Gaudin, GauthierFRA+19.25.5 pts · #3
- 1Alidis, MyronFRA-42.44.5 pts · #7
- 2Boissonnier, KimoFRA-28.83.5 pts · #9
- 3Nicot, ValentinCMFRA-20.05.5 pts · #2
- R9+133 Elo gap