Tournoi d'ete du Corsica Chess Club - 2025
28 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 15 Jul 2025 to 18 Jul 2025 in Bastia, France. 4 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1933, and top seed was Matteo Ratier-Fontana (🇫🇷 FRA, CM, 2275).
Alexandre Bernardi (🇫🇷 FRA, 1897) won with 5.0/7, ahead of Pierre-Marie Gerandi (5.0) and Niculai Todirascu (5.0). Bernardi shared the lead from round 6, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Niculai Todirascu (1831) beat Pierre Joseph Bonelli Maestracci (CM, 2098), a +267-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsTight race until R7; 3 players tied at 5.0/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.
3 players finish on 5.0/7. Bernardi takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (25.5).
Niculai Todirascu drew with Alexandre Bernardi (White).
Niculai Todirascu 4 wins (R2–R5)Alexandre Bernardi 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Niculai Todirascu | * | ½ | — | ½ |
| 2Alexandre Bernardi | ½ | * | 1 | 0 |
| 3Pierre-Marie Gerandi | — | 0 | * | 1 |
| 4Philippe Parodi | ½ | 1 | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bernardi, Alexandre | 1897 | FRA | +12B | +2N | +14B | =11N | −4B | +6N | =3N | 5.0 | 25.5 | 28.5 | 19.75 | 1866 | -4.0 |
| 2 | Gerandi, Pierre-Marie | 1653 | FRA | +19N | −1B | +7N | +5B | −13N | +8B | +4N | 5.0 | 25.5 | 28.0 | 19.50 | 1821 | +39.2 |
| 3 | Todirascu, Niculai | 1831 | FRA | F | +26N | +16B | +6N | +11B | =4N | =1B | 5.0 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 16.25 | 2013 | +27.0 |
| 4 | Parodi, Philippe | 1672 | FRA | +15B | −11N | +19B | +10N | +1N | =3B | −2B | 4.5 | 25.0 | 27.5 | 16.50 | 1812 | +15.6 |
| 5 | Ascione, Olivier | 1687 | FRA | +26B | −9N | +15B | −2N | +19B | =14N | +10B | 4.5 | 21.0 | 22.0 | 11.50 | 1693 | -1.0 |
| 6 | Geronimi, Paul-Antoine | 1672 | FRA | +7N | −22B | +23N | −3B | +17N | −1B | +15N | 4.0 | 22.5 | 24.5 | 12.00 | 1685 | -0.8 |
| 7 | Costa, Laurent Jacques | 0 | FRA | −6B | +24N | −2B | +16N | +21B | −9N | +14B | 4.0 | 21.5 | 23.5 | 10.50 | 1713 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Morazzani, Gabriel | 1643 | FRA | +20B | −13N | −18B | +14N | +15B | −2N | +16B | 4.0 | 20.5 | 23.0 | 11.50 | 1614 | -10.0 |
| 9 | Pieri, Pierre-LouisCM | 2224 | FRA | +27N | +5B | F | +13N | F | +7B | — | 4.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 12.00 | 2631 | +5.0 |
| 10 | Gil, Jean-Jacques | 1584 | FRA | =14N | −17B | +27N | −4B | +20N | +24B | −5N | 3.5 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 6.00 | 1514 | -9.4 |
| 11 | Bonelli Maestracci, Pierre JosephCM | 2098 | FRA | +16N | +4B | +17N | =1B | −3N | — | — | 3.5 | 17.5 | 20.5 | 13.00 | 1914 | -33.6 |
| 12 | Pietrelle, Christian | 1446 | FRA | −1N | −19B | +28N | =20B | −25N | +23B | +21B | 3.5 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 5.75 | 1603 | +14.4 |
| 13 | Orsoni, Jean-Philippe | 1843 | FRA | +23N | +8B | =22N | −9B | +2B | — | — | 3.5 | 15.5 | 17.5 | 12.25 | 1995 | +18.6 |
| 14 | Franchi, Ange Marie | 0 | FRA | =10B | +21N | −1N | −8B | +23N | =5B | −7N | 3.0 | 23.5 | 25.5 | 8.50 | 1633 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Palmarin, Corrado | 0 | ITA | −4N | +27B | −5N | +25B | −8N | +17B | −6B | 3.0 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 5.00 | 1570 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Giovannoni, Pierre-Mathieu | 1464 | FRA | −11B | +20N | −3N | −7B | +27N | +19B | −8N | 3.0 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 5.00 | 1573 | -23.2 |
| 17 | Barq, Matteu | 1563 | FRA | +28B | +10N | −11B | −18N | −6B | −15N | +26B | 3.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 4.50 | 1648 | +14.4 |
| 18 | Guillemart, SergeCM | 2135 | FRA | +24B | F | +8N | +17B | — | — | — | 3.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.00 | 2535 | +4.8 |
| 19 | Cicerale Mariani, Pascal | 0 | FRA | −2B | +12N | −4N | +26B | −5N | −16N | =23B | 2.5 | 22.5 | 23.5 | 5.50 | 1470 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Costa, Mario | 0 | FRA | −8N | −16B | +24B | =12N | −10B | −21N | +28N | 2.5 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 3.75 | 1371 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Papazian, Daniel | 1557 | FRA | −22N | −14B | +26N | =23B | −7N | +20B | −12N | 2.5 | 17.5 | 18.5 | 4.50 | 1479 | -23.2 |
| 22 | Ratier-Fontana, MatteoCM | 2275 | FRA | +21B | +6N | =13B | — | — | — | — | 2.5 | 7.5 | 10.0 | 8.25 | 2147 | -10.4 |
| 23 | Castagnerol, Ocean | 1445 | FRA | −13B | +28N | −6B | =21N | −14B | −12N | =19N | 2.0 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 2.50 | 1304 | -22.8 |
| 24 | Desmarescaux, Carl | 1482 | FRA | −18N | −7B | −20N | +27B | +28B | −10N | −25B | 2.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 0.00 | 1450 | -10.4 |
| 25 | Santelli, Paul Louis | 1583 | FRA | F | F | F | −15N | +12B | F | +24N | 2.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 5.50 | 2266 | +27.6 |
| 26 | Pergola, Lucca | 1437 | FRA | −5N | −3B | −21B | −19N | F | +28B | −17N | 1.0 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 0.00 | 858 | -37.2 |
| 27 | Massei, Pierre-Ange | 1528 | FRA | −9B | −15N | −10B | −24N | −16B | F | F | 0.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 0.00 | 865 | -54.8 |
| 28 | FIDE 544092687 | 0 | — | −17N | −23B | −12B | F | −24N | −26N | −20B | 0.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 0.00 | 670 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Gerandi, Pierre-MarieFRA+39.25.0 pts · #5
- 2Santelli, Paul LouisFRA+27.62.0 pts · #14
- 3Todirascu, NiculaiFRA+27.05.0 pts · #1
- 1Massei, Pierre-AngeFRA-54.80.0 pts · #26
- 2Pergola, LuccaFRA-37.21.0 pts · #27
- 3Bonelli Maestracci, Pierre JosephCMFRA-33.63.5 pts · #4
- R5+267 Elo gap
- R5+225 Elo gap
- R7+111 Elo gap