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9eme Festival de l'EFE Metz - Tournoi G

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10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 23 Jul 2025 to 27 Jul 2025 in Metz, France. Top 10 Elo average was 1518, and top seed was Emile Aliyev (🇫🇷 FRA, 1547).

Johan Van Der Walt (🇫🇷 FRA, 1523) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Asma Aliyeva (6.5) and Hugo Brioux (6.0). Van Der Walt shared the lead from round 4 and won solo starting round 7.

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
🇫🇷Emile Aliyev1547
Avg top 10
1,518
Participants
10
Federations · 1 represented
🇫🇷France×10
Top 3
  • 🥇
    Johan Van Der Walt
    🇫🇷FRA·1523
    7.0pts·1739perf+49.4
  • 🥈
    Asma Aliyeva
    🇫🇷FRA·1528
    6.5pts·1683perf+67.6
  • 🥉
    Hugo Brioux
    🇫🇷FRA·1542
    6.0pts·1642perf+47.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Johan Van Der Walt led from R7; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R7.

Co-leaders
5
2
1
4
2
3
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Van Der Walt takes lead
Van Der Walt7Aliyeva6.5Brioux6Peroche5.5Wang5.5Faure5
R7 · LEADER CHANGE26 Jul

Johan Van Der Walt takes the sole lead (5.5/7).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Johan Van Der Walt beat Asma Aliyeva (White).

R2–R4 · WIN STREAK

Hugo Brioux won 3 in a row (R2–R4).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Johan Van Der Walt*
1
1
½
2Asma Aliyeva
0
*
½
1
3Hugo Brioux
0
½
*
1
4Augustin Peroche
½
0
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Van Der Walt, Johan1523FRA+3B+7B−4N+2B+10N=5B+9N=8B+6N7.038.038.028.251739+49.4
2Aliyeva, Asma1528FRA+9B−8N+6B−1N+7B+4N=3B+10B+5N6.538.538.525.501683+67.6
3Brioux, Hugo1542FRA−1N+5B+7N+9B=4N+8B=2N−6B+10N6.039.039.021.001642+47.6
4Wang, Ruizhe1492FRA+8B+6N+1B−7N=3B−2B+10N=5B=9N5.539.539.522.001603+33.4
5Peroche, Augustin1502FRA+10N−3N+9B+8N+6B=1N=7B=4N−2B5.539.539.518.751600+42.8
6Faure, Nicolas1477FRA+7N−4B−2N+10B−5N+9B+8N+3N−1B5.040.040.015.501567+21.8
7D`audigier, Jean-Pierre1526FRA−6B−1N−3B+4B−2N+10B=5N+9B=8N4.041.041.012.251476-24.4
8Wang, Elie1542FRA−4N+2B+10N−5B−9N−3N−6B=1N=7B3.042.042.012.001392-52.6
9Pierron Bejan, Elisa1500FRA−2N+10B−5N−3N+8B−6N−1B−7N=4B2.542.542.55.751355-73.2
10Aliyev, Emile1547FRA−5B−9N−8B−6N−1B−7N−4B−2N−3B0.042.545.00.00719-183.2

Key insights

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