16e Open International de Corbas tournoi B

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46 players participated in this 11-round tournament, held from 20 Dec 2025 to 23 Dec 2025 in Corbas, France. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1636, and top seed was Christophe Jocteur (🇫🇷 FRA, 1717).

Gaspard Fessemaz Grossard (🇫🇷 FRA, 1691) won with 8.5/11, ahead of Thomas Coquart (8.5) and Garry Aubier (8.0). Fessemaz Grossard took the lead from round 10, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Alexandre Courthial (1447) beat Jean-Philippe Lemaire (1703), a +256-point gap.

Location

🇫🇷Corbas, France

Dates

20 Dec 2025 → 23 Dec 2025

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 11 rounds

Top seed

🇫🇷Christophe Jocteur1717

Avg top 10

1,636

Participants

Federations · 2 represented

🇫🇷France×40

🇨🇭Switzerland×1

Top 3

🥇
Gaspard Fessemaz Grossard
🇫🇷FRA·1691
8.5pts·1759perf+33.6
🥈
Thomas Coquart
🇫🇷FRA·1582
8.5pts·1723perf+67.2
🥉
Garry Aubier
🇨🇭SUI·1608
8.0pts·1714perf+61.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 11 rounds

Tight race until R10; 2 players tied at 8.5/11, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Fessemaz Grossard8.5Coquart8.5Aubier8Pondar8Courthial8Hildwein7

R9 · LEADER CHANGE23 Dec

Thomas Coquart takes the sole lead (7.5/9).

R11 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 8.5/11. Fessemaz Grossard takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (68.5).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Gaspard Fessemaz Grossard lost to Thomas Coquart (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Gaspard Fessemaz Grossard	*	0	1	½
2Thomas Coquart	1	*	1	0
3Garry Aubier	0	0	*	½
4Benjamin Pondar	½	1	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Fessemaz Grossard, Gaspard	1691	FRA	+37N	+11B	−2N	+24B	+20N	+10B	−6N	+13B	+7N	+3B	=5N	8.5	68.5	72.0	52.50	1759	+33.6
2	Coquart, Thomas	1582	FRA	+26B	+36N	+1B	−7N	+32B	+3N	=9B	+6B	+12N	−5N	+8B	8.5	68.0	71.5	53.25	1723	+67.2
3	Aubier, Garry	1608	SUI	+8N	+24B	+23N	+20B	=6N	−2B	=5N	+4B	+13N	−1N	+10B	8.0	70.5	75.5	51.00	1714	+61.6
4	Courthial, Alexandre	1447	FRA	+38B	=7N	=15B	−10B	+18N	+21B	+20N	−3N	+9B	+6B	+17N	8.0	64.0	67.5	46.25	1683	+100.8
5	Pondar, Benjamin	1641	FRA	F	F	+30B	+19N	+12B	+11N	=3B	+9N	+6N	+2B	=1B	8.0	61.5	61.5	53.25	1927	+98.4
6	Hildwein, Kenji	1597	FRA	+17B	+22N	+12B	+16N	=3B	+7N	+1B	−2N	−5B	−4N	=11B	7.0	73.0	78.0	46.25	1630	+19.6
7	Minssieux, Simon	1586	FRA	+43N	=4B	+9N	+2B	+21N	−6B	=10N	+11B	−1B	−8N	+16B	7.0	69.5	71.5	41.75	1710	+57.2
8	Bert, Mathias	0	FRA	−3B	−33N	+41B	+38N	+22B	−13N	+29B	+16N	+11N	+7B	−2N	7.0	59.5	62.0	35.00	1576	0.0
9	Lazes, Herve	1523	FRA	+39B	=19N	−7B	+15N	+14B	+16N	=2N	−5B	−4N	+21B	=13B	6.5	67.5	70.5	37.25	1590	+16.2
10	Florian, Julien	1671	FRA	+28B	−12N	+40B	+4N	+13B	−1N	=7B	−21N	+14B	+17B	−3N	6.5	66.5	69.5	38.00	1517	-66.0
11	Prost, Judith	1480	FRA	+33B	−1N	+26B	+28N	+16B	−5B	+17N	−7N	−8B	+23B	=6N	6.5	64.0	68.0	34.00	1547	+10.8
12	Lastier, Paul	1514	FRA	+41N	+10B	−6N	=14B	−5N	+24B	+15N	+32B	−2B	−16N	+22B	6.5	63.5	66.0	33.25	1591	+18.2
13	Contant, Nathan	1536	FRA	+46N	−21B	+37N	+17B	−10N	+8B	+40N	−1N	−3B	+18B	=9N	6.5	60.0	60.0	28.75	1405	-20.0
14	Thomas, Olivier	0	FRA	+15B	−16N	+29B	=12N	−9N	+25B	−32B	+19N	−10N	+28B	+21N	6.5	56.5	61.0	34.25	1581	0.0
15	Godon, Alexandre	1549	FRA	−14N	+46B	=4N	−9B	+45N	+27N	−12B	+20B	−18N	+29N	+23B	6.5	54.5	54.5	25.00	1596	+19.6
16	Perez, Quentin	1564	FRA	+30N	+14B	+21N	−6B	−11N	−9B	+18N	−8B	+27N	+12B	−7N	6.0	63.0	67.5	33.50	1512	-8.2
17	Dao, Duc Nam	0	FRA	−6N	+34B	+22B	−13N	+36B	+19N	−11B	+40N	+21B	−10N	−4B	6.0	57.5	60.5	26.00	1547	0.0
18	Menzella, Raphael	0	FRA	−22B	−28N	+35B	+29N	−4B	+36N	−16B	+31N	+15B	−13N	+30B	6.0	54.0	57.5	27.50	1439	0.0
19	Jocteur, Christophe	1717	FRA	+32N	=9B	−20N	−5B	+30N	−17B	+24N	−14B	=25N	=31B	+29N	5.5	56.0	60.5	26.50	1547	-28.0
20	Perez Millier, Tristan	1537	FRA	+44B	+42N	+19B	−3N	−1B	=32N	−4B	−15N	−29B	+38N	+28N	5.5	56.0	57.5	19.75	1323	-51.2
21	Lemaire, Jean-Philippe	1703	FRA	+40B	+13N	−16B	+36N	−7B	−4N	+22B	+10B	−17N	−9N	−14B	5.0	61.5	64.5	24.50	1555	-65.6
22	Halimi, Emmanuelle	1486	FRA	+18N	−6B	−17N	+34B	−8N	+39B	−21N	−23B	+37N	+27B	−12N	5.0	55.0	58.0	21.50	1333	-30.4
23	Maillot, Juliette	1554	FRA	+35B	+29N	−3B	−32N	+28B	F	F	+22N	+30B	−11N	−15N	5.0	51.0	51.0	22.50	1373	-58.4
24	Bourbotte, Olivier	1464	FRA	+45B	−3N	+42B	−1N	F	−12N	−19B	+36N	−28B	+37B	+31N	5.0	48.0	48.0	15.00	1351	-27.6
25	Laporte, Alain	1507	FRA	−42B	+35N	−28B	+26N	−40B	−14N	+34B	=29N	=19B	−30N	+33B	5.0	45.5	48.0	22.00	1400	-17.6
26	FIDE 544013051	0	—	−2N	+31B	−11N	−25B	−34N	+41B	−37N	+33B	−35N	+46B	+39N	5.0	45.5	45.5	14.00	733	0.0
27	Yves, Isabelle	1495	FRA	F	F	+45N	=43B	+37N	−15B	+28B	=30N	−16B	−22N	+41N	5.0	35.5	35.5	14.75	719	-28.0
28	Aubier, Ilyas	0	FRA	−10N	+18B	+25N	−11B	−23N	+31B	−27N	=37B	+24N	−14N	−20B	4.5	55.5	59.0	22.25	1367	0.0
29	Bourbotte, Odin	1455	FRA	+31N	−23B	−14N	−18B	+41N	+34B	−8N	=25B	+20N	−15B	−19B	4.5	55.5	58.0	19.00	1410	-12.8
30	Hermann, Gerard	0	FRA	−16B	F	−5N	+35N	−19B	+45B	+39N	=27B	−23N	+25B	−18N	4.5	48.5	48.5	15.50	1385	0.0
31	Solignac, Antoine	0	FRA	−29B	−26N	+39B	−40N	+33B	−28N	+45N	−18B	+36B	=19N	−24B	4.5	44.0	45.0	14.25	1346	0.0
32	Volle, Eliam	1440	FRA	−19B	+44N	+33B	+23B	−2N	=20B	+14N	−12N	F	F	F	4.5	43.0	43.0	19.75	1419	-2.0
33	Modat, Arthur	0	FRA	−11N	+8B	−32N	−45B	−31N	−37B	+44B	−26N	+46B	+36N	−25N	4.0	42.0	42.0	12.00	1275	0.0
34	FIDE 544093063	0	—	−36B	−17N	+44B	−22N	+26B	−29N	−25N	−38B	+41N	−39B	+46N	4.0	39.5	39.5	9.00	665	0.0
35	Lorenzini, Odile	0	FRA	−23N	−25B	−18N	−30B	+44B	+38N	−36B	+39N	+26B	F	F	4.0	37.0	37.0	13.00	699	0.0
36	Gallot, Melanie	1471	FRA	+34N	−2B	+43N	−21B	−17N	−18B	+35N	−24B	−31N	−33B	=44N	3.5	49.0	50.5	10.75	783	-37.6
37	Bouvier, Liam	1407	FRA	−1B	+39N	−13B	−42N	−27B	+33N	+26B	=28N	−22B	−24N	F	3.5	49.0	49.0	14.25	729	0.0
38	Therville Rossi, Antoine	0	FRA	−4N	−43B	+46N	−8B	−39N	−35B	=41N	+34N	+44B	−20B	F	3.5	37.5	37.5	6.75	657	0.0
39	FIDE 653083822	0	—	−9N	−37B	−31N	+44N	+38B	−22N	−30B	−35B	F	+34N	−26B	3.0	42.0	42.0	9.00	691	0.0
40	Volle, Loic	1410	FRA	−21N	+41B	−10N	+31B	+25N	F	−13B	−17B	F	F	F	3.0	41.0	41.0	12.00	1411	0.0
41	Jegourel, Hoai An	0	FRA	−12B	−40N	−8N	F	−29B	−26N	=38B	+46N	−34B	+44N	−27B	2.5	40.0	40.0	3.25	667	0.0
42	Jourdan, Thibaut	0	FRA	+25N	−20B	−24N	+37B	=43N	F	F	F	F	F	F	2.5	21.0	21.0	9.50	1356	0.0
43	Ferrent, Pierre	0	FRA	−7B	+38N	−36B	=27N	=42B	F	F	F	F	F	F	2.0	21.5	21.5	7.25	1235	0.0
44	FIDE 653087135	0	—	−20N	−32B	−34N	−39B	−35N	+46B	−33N	F	−38N	−41B	=36B	1.5	34.5	34.5	1.75	1169	0.0
45	Ricci, Raphael	0	FRA	−24N	F	−27B	+33N	−15B	−30N	−31B	F	F	F	F	1.0	29.5	29.5	4.00	702	0.0
46	FIDE 560021306	0	—	−13B	−15N	−38B	F	F	−44N	F	−41B	−33N	−26N	−34B	0.0	36.0	36.0	0.00	742	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Courthial, AlexandreFRA
+100.8
8.0 pts · #9
2Pondar, BenjaminFRA
+98.4
8.0 pts · #3
3Coquart, ThomasFRA
+67.2
8.5 pts · #4

Top rating losers

1Florian, JulienFRA
-66.0
6.5 pts · #16
2Lemaire, Jean-PhilippeFRA
-65.6
5.0 pts · #12
3Maillot, JulietteFRA
-58.4
5.0 pts · #20

Biggest upsets

R6+256 Elo gap
Courthial, Alexandre1447 beat Lemaire, Jean-Philippe1703
R3+180 Elo gap
Perez Millier, Tristan1537 beat Jocteur, Christophe1717
R10+180 Elo gap
Lazes, Herve1523 beat Lemaire, Jean-Philippe1703