Tournaisiades 2025
10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 23 Jun 2025 to 27 Jun 2025 in Tournai, Belgium. 1 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1639, and top seed was Nicolas Davoust (🇫🇷 FRA, CM, 2005).
Nicolas Davoust (🇫🇷 FRA, CM, 2005) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Jonathan Drossart (7.0) and Mael Staelens (6.0). Davoust shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Kevin Menet (1726) beat Florian Jouvel (1915), a +189-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 10 · 9 roundsTitle race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Jonathan Drossart lost to CM Nicolas Davoust (Black).
Jonathan Drossart 3 wins (R7–R9)CM Nicolas Davoust 7 wins (R1–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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| 2 | 🇫🇷CMDavoust, Nicolas | 2005 | * | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7.0 | 24.50 | 35.0 | +57.6 | 2598 |
| 1 | 🇧🇪Drossart, Jonathan | 1825 | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 7.0 | 24.25 | 35.0 | +49.0 | 2071 |
| 3 | 🇧🇪Staelens, Mael | 1722 | — | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.0 | 19.25 | 36.0 | +92.4 | 1967 |
| 4 | 🇧🇪Menet, Kevin | 1726 | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5.5 | 15.50 | 36.5 | +32.6 | 1876 |
| 6 | 🇫🇷Canel, Michel | 1873 | — | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.5 | 12.50 | 37.5 | -7.6 | 1823 |
| 5 | 🇧🇪Michel, Jonathan | 1743 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 4.0 | 11.50 | 38.0 | +8.2 | 1788 |
| 7 | 🇫🇷Jouvel, Florian | 1915 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | — | 0 | * | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2.5 | 6.00 | 39.5 | -122.8 | 1570 |
| 8 | 🇧🇪Staelens, David | 1750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | * | 1 | 0 | 2.5 | 6.00 | 39.5 | -66.8 | 1579 |
| 9 | 🇧🇪Lienart, Laurent | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | * | ½ | 1.5 | 6.25 | 40.5 | 0.0 | 1548 |
| 10 | 🇧🇪Vanneste, Damien | 1829 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | * | 1.5 | 3.25 | 40.5 | -124.8 | 1498 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Staelens, MaelBEL+92.46.0 pts · #3
- 2Davoust, NicolasCMFRA+57.67.0 pts · #2
- 3Drossart, JonathanBEL+49.07.0 pts · #1
- 1Vanneste, DamienBEL-124.81.5 pts · #10
- 2Jouvel, FlorianFRA-122.82.5 pts · #7
- 3Staelens, DavidBEL-66.82.5 pts · #8
- R1+189 Elo gap
- R9+172 Elo gap
- R5+165 Elo gap