8eme Festival International de Perpignan Classique -2400 Elo

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50 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 20 Oct 2025 to 23 Oct 2025 in Perpignan, France. 9 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2246, and top seed was Tom Decuigniere (🇫🇷 FRA, IM, 2392).

Sebastian Siebrecht (🇩🇪 GER, GM, 2362) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Tom Decuigniere (7.0) and Sebastien Pucher (6.5). Siebrecht took the lead from round 7.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Kenzo Hildwein (1480) beat Lumeann Wojtas (1822), a +342-point gap.

Location

🇫🇷Perpignan, France

Dates

20 Oct 2025 → 23 Oct 2025

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇫🇷IMTom Decuigniere2392

Avg top 10

2,246

Participants

Titled players · 9

GM×2

IM×2

FM×4

CM×1

Federations · 4 represented

🇫🇷France×47

🇪🇸Spain×1

🇧🇪Belgium×1

🇩🇪Germany×1

Top 3

🥇
GMSebastian Siebrecht
🇩🇪GER·2362
7.5pts·2428perf+8.3
🥈
IMTom Decuigniere
🇫🇷FRA·2392
7.0pts·2405perf+3.3
🥉
FMSebastien Pucher
🇫🇷FRA·2216
6.5pts·2212perf+8.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

GM Sebastian Siebrecht led from R7; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Siebrecht7.5Decuigniere7Pucher6.5Vidal6Chabaud6Milliet6

R7 · LEADER CHANGE22 Oct

GM Sebastian Siebrecht takes the sole lead (5.5/7).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Sebastian Siebrecht drew with IM Tom Decuigniere (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

GM Sebastian Siebrecht 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R7–R9)IM Tom Decuigniere 3 wins (R1–R3)FM Sebastien Pucher 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1GMSebastian Siebrecht	*	½	½	1
2IMTom Decuigniere	½	*	½	1
3FMSebastien Pucher	½	½	*	—
4FMLlewellyn Vidal	0	0	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Siebrecht, SebastianGM	2362	GER	+35B	+14N	+13B	=2N	=4N	=3B	+7N	+25B	+5B	7.5	45.5	49.0	39.25	2428	+8.3
2	Decuigniere, TomIM	2392	FRA	+21N	+15B	+5N	=1B	=3N	=4B	=25N	+7B	+31N	7.0	45.5	49.5	37.25	2405	+3.3
3	Pucher, SebastienFM	2216	FRA	+27B	+8N	+18B	+26N	=2B	=1N	−4N	+12B	=6N	6.5	46.0	50.0	33.75	2212	+8.4
4	Milliet, SophieIM	2360	FRA	+28N	+11B	+7N	F	=1B	=2N	+3B	−5N	+10B	6.0	47.5	47.5	34.25	2344	+0.9
5	Vidal, LlewellynFM	2192	FRA	+43N	+30B	−2B	+14N	F	+9B	+31N	+4B	−1N	6.0	41.5	41.5	27.00	2315	+29.4
6	Chabaud, Mathis	2046	FRA	+19B	=26N	=10B	+18N	−31B	+23N	=8B	+14N	=3B	6.0	41.0	45.0	30.25	2097	+13.4
7	Csomos, Romain	2074	FRA	+34B	+16N	−4B	=8N	+30B	+13N	−1B	−2N	+23B	5.5	44.5	48.0	24.75	2134	+15.0
8	Shamanauri, Nino	1930	FRA	+40N	−3B	+28N	=7B	=9N	+29B	=6N	−31B	+21N	5.5	40.0	43.0	24.00	1992	+16.2
9	Martinez, Julien	1862	FRA	+37B	−13N	+29B	+17N	=8B	−5N	+46B	−10N	+16B	5.5	39.0	40.5	21.25	1926	+37.6
10	Bauer, Pierre	2053	FRA	+48N	=12B	=6N	−16B	=21N	+38B	+34N	+9B	−4N	5.5	38.5	39.5	20.75	1950	-36.4
11	Long, Raphael	1934	FRA	+44B	−4N	−38B	=22N	F	+36B	+27N	+28B	+12N	5.5	31.5	31.5	20.25	1916	-2.6
12	Ramachandriya Balach, Pranav	1824	FRA	+29B	=10N	−26B	+38N	=13B	+17N	+15B	−3N	−11B	5.0	40.5	43.5	22.25	1973	+65.6
13	Budak, Rewi	2100	FRA	+33N	+9B	−1N	=15B	=12N	−7B	−26N	+38B	+28N	5.0	40.5	43.5	21.50	1944	-31.0
14	Kozlowski, Thierry	1970	FRA	+42N	−1B	+20N	−5B	+36N	=34B	+21N	−6B	=22N	5.0	40.0	42.5	19.00	1915	-11.2
15	Negre, Albert	1978	FRA	+22B	−2N	+27B	=13N	=26B	=16N	−12N	+34B	=20N	5.0	39.5	43.0	21.50	1919	-13.8
16	Durand, Simon	1874	FRA	+47N	−7B	+36N	+10N	−25B	=15B	=22N	+24B	−9N	5.0	38.0	39.0	18.75	1914	+10.4
17	Martine, Jean-ChristopheCM	2004	FRA	+36N	+20B	−31N	−9B	+27N	−12B	+33N	+26B	−25N	5.0	36.0	39.0	20.00	1923	-17.6
18	Wojtas, Lumeann	1822	FRA	+46N	+24B	−3N	−6B	−29N	−42B	+45N	+33B	+27N	5.0	33.5	35.0	16.00	1789	-13.6
19	Baroukh, Pau	1661	FRA	−6N	+50B	−30N	=24B	=32N	−27B	+37N	+44B	+26N	5.0	31.5	31.5	13.25	1768	+46.0
20	Casadesus Sanmiquel, Jordi	1813	ESP	+39B	−17N	−14B	−37N	+48B	=24B	+36N	+43N	=15B	5.0	31.0	32.0	14.25	1789	-2.6
21	Salvador, Lucie	1810	FRA	−2B	=22N	+37B	=23N	=10B	+26N	−14B	+46N	−8B	4.5	39.0	40.5	15.75	1826	+5.0
22	Rhighi, Yassine	1648	FRA	−15N	=21B	+42N	=11B	F	+30N	=16B	=23N	=14B	4.5	36.0	36.0	18.75	1916	+106.4
23	Csomos, Roland	1892	FRA	+49N	−25B	=34N	=21B	+37N	−6B	+29N	=22B	−7N	4.5	35.5	36.0	13.75	1767	-23.4
24	Pascal, Jonathan	1900	FRA	=32B	−18N	=35B	=19N	+39B	=20N	+42B	−16N	=30B	4.5	34.5	37.0	16.25	1710	-39.6
25	Contie, LilioFM	2130	FRA	+38B	+23N	F	F	+16N	F	=2B	−1N	+17B	4.5	32.0	32.0	21.00	2235	+36.4
26	Denes, Remi	1861	FRA	+50N	=6B	+12N	−3B	=15N	−21B	+13B	−17N	−19B	4.0	42.0	42.0	15.50	1861	0.0
27	Mimouni, Nael	1705	FRA	−3N	+40B	−15N	+47B	−17B	+19N	−11B	+39N	−18B	4.0	38.0	39.0	12.00	1743	+4.8
28	Bennani, Joachim	1723	FRA	−4B	+44N	−8B	−29N	+40B	+32B	+35N	−11N	−13B	4.0	36.5	38.5	12.50	1752	+5.2
29	Hildwein, Kenzo	1480	FRA	−12N	+48B	−9N	+28B	+18B	−8N	−23B	−30N	+36B	4.0	36.5	37.5	13.00	1764	+97.6
30	Dupy, Lucas	1888	FRA	+45B	−5N	+19B	F	−7N	−22B	=38N	+29B	=24N	4.0	34.5	34.5	14.75	1779	-20.2
31	Prie, EricGM	2344	FRA	F	+32N	+17B	F	+6N	F	−5B	+8N	−2B	4.0	33.5	33.5	20.50	2212	-7.0
32	Coudre, Pablo	1586	FRA	=24N	−31B	+33N	−34B	=19B	−28N	=49N	=35B	+39B	4.0	31.5	32.0	13.75	1651	+18.8
33	Hildwein, Kenji	1693	FRA	−13B	−37N	−32B	+45N	+47B	+39N	−17B	−18N	+40B	4.0	30.0	31.0	9.00	1616	-48.8
34	Avagyan, Ararat	1685	FRA	−7N	+47B	=23B	+32N	F	=14N	−10B	−15N	=43B	3.5	33.0	33.0	11.00	1804	+37.6
35	Colin, Felix	1745	FRA	−1N	=42B	=24N	−36B	F	+40N	−28B	=32N	+37B	3.5	31.5	31.5	11.50	1669	-38.0
36	Mari, Alain	1658	FRA	−17B	+39N	−16B	+35N	−14B	−11N	−20B	+47B	−29N	3.0	36.0	37.0	7.50	1606	-13.6
37	Diaz, Lucas	1502	FRA	−9N	+33B	−21N	+20B	−23B	−44N	−19B	+50B	−35N	3.0	34.0	34.0	9.00	1599	+56.4
38	Colin, Penelope	1696	FRA	−25N	+49B	+11N	−12B	F	−10N	=30B	−13N	=46B	3.0	31.5	31.5	8.75	1765	+14.8
39	Delzenne, Bruno	0	FRA	−20N	−36B	+49N	+48B	−24N	−33B	+41N	−27B	−32N	3.0	28.5	29.0	4.50	1632	0.0
40	Mascalchi, Louis	1604	FRA	−8B	−27N	+50B	−42N	−28N	−35B	+47N	+49B	−33N	3.0	25.0	25.0	1.50	1538	-34.4
41	Schmit, VincentFM	2286	FRA	F	F	F	F	+49B	+50N	−39B	+45N	—	3.0	5.5	5.5	2.50	2686	+4.8
42	Mounie, Jean	1635	FRA	−14B	=35N	−22B	+40B	F	+18N	−24N	—	—	2.5	25.5	25.5	9.75	1725	+22.8
43	Normand, Nicolas	1698	FRA	−5B	+45N	F	F	F	−46B	+44N	−20B	=34N	2.5	20.0	20.0	5.75	1638	-12.0
44	Gramtine, Carlos	1607	BEL	−11N	−28B	−47N	+50N	F	+37B	−43B	−19N	F	2.0	21.0	21.0	3.00	1482	-25.2
45	Bennani, Johan	1541	FRA	−30N	−43B	−48N	−33B	F	+47N	−18B	−41B	+50N	2.0	20.5	20.5	1.00	1526	-12.8
46	Lacombe, Pascal	1418	FRA	−18B	F	F	F	F	+43N	−9N	−21B	=38N	1.5	20.5	20.5	4.00	1623	+17.6
47	Bonnefoux, Patrice	1529	FRA	−16B	−34N	+44B	−27N	−33N	−45B	−40B	−36N	—	1.0	24.5	26.5	2.00	1352	-30.2
48	Tabone, Yves	1666	FRA	−10B	−29N	+45B	−39N	−20N	—	—	—	—	1.0	17.5	19.5	2.00	1538	-15.2
49	Calatayud, Adam	1553	FRA	−23B	−38N	−39B	F	−41N	F	=32B	−40N	—	0.5	20.5	20.5	2.00	1368	-24.8
50	Ait Hassou, Wassila	1496	FRA	−26B	−19N	−40N	−44B	F	−41B	F	−37N	−45B	0.0	22.0	22.0	0.00	858	-87.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Rhighi, YassineFRA
+106.4
4.5 pts · #23
2Hildwein, KenzoFRA
+97.6
4.0 pts · #28
3Ramachandriya Balach, PranavFRA
+65.6
5.0 pts · #14

Top rating losers

1Ait Hassou, WassilaFRA
-87.2
0.0 pts · #50
2Hildwein, KenjiFRA
-48.8
4.0 pts · #34
3Pascal, JonathanFRA
-39.6
4.5 pts · #32

Biggest upsets

R5+342 Elo gap
Hildwein, Kenzo1480 beat Wojtas, Lumeann1822
R4+311 Elo gap
Diaz, Lucas1502 beat Casadesus Sanmiquel, Jordi1813
R6+280 Elo gap
Lacombe, Pascal1418 beat Normand, Nicolas1698