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9eme Festival de l'EFE Metz - Tournoi E

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10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 23 Jul 2025 to 27 Jul 2025 in Metz, France. 4 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1669, and top seed was Julien Germain (🇫🇷 FRA, 1700).

Rune Martens (🇧🇪 BEL, 1663) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Martin Samuel (6.0) and Thierry Plard (6.0). Martens shared the lead from round 5 and broke clear in the final round.

Location
🇫🇷Metz, France
Dates
23 Jul 2025 → 27 Jul 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇫🇷Julien Germain1700
Avg top 10
1,669
Participants
10
Federations · 4 represented
🇫🇷France×7
🇧🇪Belgium×1
🇱🇺Luxembourg×1
🇩🇪Germany×1
Top 3
  • 🥇
    Rune Martens
    🇧🇪BEL·1663
    7.0pts·1889perf+103.6
  • 🥈
    Martin Samuel
    🇫🇷FRA·1681
    6.0pts·1858perf+36.6
  • 🥉
    Thierry Plard
    🇱🇺LUX·1625
    6.0pts·1799perf+42.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Rune Martens led from R9; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R9.

Co-leaders
4
2
2
2
2
2
3
2
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
Martens7Plard6Samuel6Prum5.5Germain5Santamarianova4.5
R9–R9 · LEAD HELD

Rune Martens never relinquished the lead after R9; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Rune Martens beat Thierry Plard (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Rune Martens 4 wins (R2–R5)Thierry Plard 3 wins (R1–R3)Martin Samuel 4 wins (R2–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Rune Martens*
1
½
1
2Thierry Plard
0
*
0
1
3Martin Samuel
½
1
*
0
4Suzanne Prum
0
0
1
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Martens, Rune1663BEL−5N+4N+6B+9N+3B=2N=7B+8N+10B7.035.537.027.251889+103.6
2Samuel, Martin1681FRA−4B+7B+8N+10B+5N=1B=6NF+3N6.036.538.024.751858+36.6
3Plard, Thierry1625LUX+7N+8B+10N=5B−1N=6B+9N+4N−2B6.036.538.020.251799+42.4
4Prum, Suzanne1699FRA+2N−1B=7N−6B+8N+9B+10N−3B+5N5.537.038.519.251745+11.6
5Germain, Julien1700FRA+1B+6N+9B=3N−2B=7N−8B+10N−4B5.037.539.019.751708+1.6
6Santamarianova, Fabrice1635FRA+10N−5B−1N+4N=9B=3N=2B=7N=8B4.538.039.517.251672+9.0
7Ruet, Alanzo1681FRA−3B−2N=4B+8B−10N=5B=1N=6B=9N3.539.040.515.001587-46.0
8Mozzini, Louis1631FRA=9B−3N−2B−7N−4B+10B+5N−1B=6N3.039.541.09.751548-19.6
9Jendoubi, Malek1692FRA=8N=10B−5N−1B=6N−4N−3BF=7B2.040.542.06.251472-90.8
10Hossain, Sayed Muddashir1687GER−6B=9N−3B−2N+7B−8N−4B−5B−1N1.540.542.54.501394-130.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

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