XIX Trophee International de Lyon 2025 open B (elo -1900)

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72 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 26 Dec 2025 to 30 Dec 2025 in Lyon, France. 7 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1771, and top seed was Arnaud Pichon (🇫🇷 FRA, 1792).

Rafayel Ordyan (🇦🇲 ARM, 1608) won with 8.5/9, ahead of Nahil Samai (7.0) and Arsen Begdzhanyan (7.0). Ordyan shared the lead from round 4 and won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Manuel Barseghyan (1439) beat Evan Duroux (1764), a +325-point gap.

Location

🇫🇷Lyon, France

Dates

26 Dec 2025 → 30 Dec 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇫🇷Arnaud Pichon1792

Avg top 10

1,771

Participants

Federations · 7 represented

🇫🇷France×60

🇦🇲Armenia×2

🇨🇭Switzerland×2

🇺🇦Ukraine×2

🇮🇳India×2

🇮🇱Israel×1

🇮🇷Iran×1

Top 3

🥇
Rafayel Ordyan
🇦🇲ARM·1608
8.5pts·2210perf+103.6
🥈
Nahil Samai
🇫🇷FRA·1755
7.0pts·1877perf+56.4
🥉
Arsen Begdzhanyan
🇫🇷FRA·1750
7.0pts·1878perf+57.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Rafayel Ordyan led from R5; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Ordyan8.5Begdzhanyan7Samai7Mercier7Lamarque6.5Daoudi6.5

R5–R9 · LEAD HELD

Rafayel Ordyan never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Rafayel Ordyan beat Arsen Begdzhanyan (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Rafayel Ordyan 6 wins (R1–R6)Arsen Begdzhanyan 4 wins (R4–R7)Nahil Samai 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Rafayel Ordyan	*	1	½	—
2Arsen Begdzhanyan	0	*	0	—
3Nahil Samai	½	1	*	0
4Jean-Yves Mercier	—	—	1	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Ordyan, Rafayel	1608	ARM	+61N	+41B	+3N	+12B	+8N	+11B	=2N	+6B	+10N	8.5	47.5	50.0	46.50	2210	+103.6
2	Samai, Nahil	1755	FRA	+22N	+27B	+55N	=11B	+14B	+13N	=1B	+3N	−4B	7.0	48.5	51.5	37.50	1877	+56.4
3	Begdzhanyan, Arsen	1750	FRA	+45B	+32N	−1B	+40N	+12N	+8B	+5N	−2B	+11N	7.0	47.5	51.5	36.00	1878	+57.6
4	Mercier, Jean-Yves	1733	FRA	+72B	+5N	−11N	=27B	+48N	+15B	=23N	+12B	+2N	7.0	43.0	43.0	32.75	1807	+15.6
5	Lamarque, Geoffrey	1555	FRA	+13N	−4B	+10B	+30N	+9B	+14N	−3B	=18N	+20B	6.5	48.0	52.5	35.75	1876	+76.0
6	Daoudi, Aarone	1776	FRA	−40N	+22B	+24N	+16B	=23N	+62B	+11N	−1N	+19B	6.5	44.0	46.5	31.50	1797	+11.6
7	Boudebbouz, Sabri	1673	FRA	+52B	=25N	−15B	=21B	+56N	+9N	=50B	+13N	+16B	6.5	39.5	42.5	30.25	1965	+46.4
8	Duroux, Evan	1764	FRA	+39B	+28N	+20B	+9N	−1B	−3N	−18B	+43N	+42N	6.0	45.5	49.5	28.50	1737	-9.2
9	Royer, Charles-Henri	1769	FRA	+42N	+37B	+23N	−8B	−5N	−7B	+35N	+24B	+22N	6.0	43.0	47.0	28.00	1712	-11.4
10	Dumanoir, Nicolas	1746	FRA	−27N	+72B	−5N	+49B	+28N	+21B	+40N	+23B	−1B	6.0	41.5	41.5	22.00	1691	-11.0
11	Pichon, Arnaud	1792	FRA	+43B	+58N	+4B	=2N	+31B	−1N	−6B	+29N	−3B	5.5	49.0	52.0	26.50	1748	-8.6
12	Van Straaten, Patrick	1782	ISR	+56B	+16N	+33B	−1N	−3B	=29N	+34B	−4N	+27B	5.5	46.0	49.0	24.25	1724	-12.0
13	Baumier, Abel	1773	FRA	−5B	+45N	+32B	+37N	+19B	−2B	=17N	−7B	+34N	5.5	44.5	48.5	25.75	1679	-18.8
14	Dupont, Thimothee	1782	FRA	+35N	=44B	+21N	+15B	−2N	−5B	−19N	+49B	+29N	5.5	42.5	46.0	25.00	1664	-23.2
15	Jerwin Raj S	0	IND	=34N	+17B	+7N	−14N	+20B	−4N	−29B	+62B	+50N	5.5	42.5	45.0	25.75	1730	0.0
16	Schmitt, Sylvain	1636	FRA	+69B	−12B	+59N	−6N	+47B	=30B	+31N	+17B	−7N	5.5	40.0	41.0	20.25	1677	+6.2
17	Zakrevskyi, Alex	1678	FRA	=18B	−15N	=36B	+64N	+43B	+55N	=13B	−16N	+38B	5.5	38.0	40.5	21.75	1694	+6.0
18	Barseghyan, Manuel	1439	ARM	=17N	=26B	+58B	+33N	=41N	=50B	+8N	=5B	F	5.5	38.0	38.0	25.75	1808	+129.6
19	Hasard, Josselin	1659	FRA	−48N	+52B	+57B	+46N	−13N	=41B	+14B	+50N	−6N	5.5	36.0	39.0	21.50	1774	+23.6
20	Darrington, Tim	1670	FRA	+70N	+46B	−8N	=48B	−15N	+51B	+62N	+30B	−5N	5.5	36.0	37.0	17.25	1726	+9.4
21	Anthoine-Milhomme, Jean-Pierre	1642	FRA	=38N	+63B	−14B	=7N	+36B	−10N	−22B	+45N	+43B	5.0	40.0	42.5	20.50	1613	-5.4
22	Raposo, Leandro	1518	FRA	−2B	−6N	+60B	−28N	+71N	+44B	+21N	+41B	−9B	5.0	40.0	40.5	16.50	1658	+48.4
23	Lorenter, Patrick	1713	FRA	+64B	+57N	−9B	+55N	=6B	+31N	=4B	−10N	F	5.0	38.5	38.5	19.75	1730	+5.0
24	Seve, Camille	1595	FRA	−25B	+60N	−6B	+61N	−33B	+64N	+55B	−9N	+41N	5.0	34.5	37.0	15.00	1665	+22.0
25	Knyazyan, Aram	0	FRA	+24N	=7B	+44N	−31N	−62B	=58B	+28N	+33B	F	5.0	34.5	34.5	22.75	1696	0.0
26	Richard, Sylvain	1730	FRA	=49B	=18N	−54B	+45N	=32B	−27N	=63N	+53B	+40N	5.0	33.0	35.5	19.50	1544	-41.4
27	Jaikrish E B	1505	IND	+10B	−2N	+29B	=4N	−50N	+26B	−30N	+31B	−12N	4.5	44.0	47.5	23.50	1739	+125.6
28	Turpin, Ethan	1616	FRA	+59N	−8B	−46N	+22B	−10B	+45N	−25B	=36N	+48B	4.5	38.0	41.0	17.75	1519	-25.6
29	Braymand, Thomas	1676	FRA	−57N	+66B	−27N	+42B	+35N	=12B	+15N	−11B	−14B	4.5	38.0	40.0	18.75	1625	-8.4
30	Thorens, Johan	1731	SUI	+53N	−55B	+39N	−5B	+37B	=16N	+27B	−20N	F	4.5	37.5	37.5	19.75	1548	-64.4
31	Damnabi Asl, Farnaz	1759	IRI	+51N	=40B	+49N	+25B	−11N	−23B	−16B	−27N	+47N	4.5	37.0	40.5	18.00	1490	-97.2
32	Kazarian, Nathalie	1590	FRA	+65N	−3B	−13N	+63B	=26N	+49B	=41N	−42B	=33N	4.5	36.0	38.5	15.25	1608	+1.2
33	Majewski, Theo	1709	FRA	+66N	+48B	−12N	−18B	+24N	−40B	+56B	−25N	=32B	4.5	36.0	38.0	15.75	1575	-24.2
34	Vieira, Angelo	1659	FRA	=15B	−49N	=63N	+39B	=51N	+48B	−12N	+40B	−13B	4.5	35.5	38.0	17.75	1540	-22.6
35	Sillero, Pierre	1570	FRA	−14B	−69N	+38N	+59B	−29B	+36N	−9B	=48N	+51N	4.5	35.0	36.0	17.25	1497	-7.6
36	Frenea, Elie	0	FRA	−37N	+42B	=17N	=44B	−21N	−35B	+66N	=28B	+62N	4.5	34.5	36.5	15.50	1637	+4.0
37	Coquart, Franck	0	FRA	+36B	−9N	+69B	−13B	−30N	+53B	−42N	+63N	=54B	4.5	34.0	35.0	13.25	1515	-53.2
38	Savchenko, Volodymyr	0	UKR	=21B	−50N	−35B	−47N	+72N	+52B	+51N	+44B	−17N	4.5	33.5	33.5	13.50	1616	0.0
39	Payadopulos, Elias	1537	FRA	−8N	+61B	−30B	−34N	=52N	−63B	+71N	+55B	+49N	4.5	30.0	30.5	11.25	1477	-24.4
40	Dubois, Ivann	1565	FRA	+6B	=31N	=50B	−3B	+58N	+33N	−10B	−34N	−26B	4.0	41.5	44.5	18.00	1647	+15.4
41	Savchenko, Iryna	1756	UKR	+54B	−1N	+43B	=62N	=18B	=19N	=32B	−22N	−24B	4.0	41.5	44.0	16.50	1526	-106.0
42	Le Pennec, Stephane	1548	FRA	−9B	−36N	+70B	−29N	+57N	F	+37B	+32N	−8B	4.0	37.0	38.0	13.00	1509	-3.8
43	Coquart, Thomas	1582	FRA	−11N	+71B	−41N	+57B	−17N	+66B	+54N	−8B	−21N	4.0	34.5	35.0	9.00	1502	-16.0
44	Colin, Serge	1648	FRA	+71B	=14N	−25B	=36N	−55B	−22N	+46B	−38N	+63B	4.0	34.0	34.5	12.00	1544	-13.6
45	Pernoud, Claire	1509	FRA	−3N	−13B	+71N	−26B	+59N	−28B	+69N	−21B	+57N	4.0	34.0	34.5	7.50	901	-24.6
46	Legagneux, Jean-Pierre	0	FRA	+67B	−20N	+28B	−19B	−49N	F	−44N	+66B	+61N	4.0	31.5	33.5	11.00	1459	+8.0
47	Tregou, Alban	0	FRA	−62N	−51B	+66N	+38B	−16N	F	+64B	+56N	−31B	4.0	29.0	31.0	12.00	1526	0.0
48	Haggoud, Laila	0	FRA	+19B	−33N	+67B	=20N	−4B	−34N	=58N	=35B	−28N	3.5	39.0	41.0	14.00	1501	0.0
49	Halimi, Emmanuelle	1486	FRA	=26N	+34B	−31B	−10N	+46B	−32N	+61B	−14N	−39B	3.5	38.5	41.0	13.50	1514	+7.8
50	Clair, Michael	1744	FRA	F	+38B	=40N	F	+27B	=18N	=7N	−19B	−15B	3.5	36.0	36.0	17.00	1556	-23.0
51	Contant, Nathan	1536	FRA	−31B	+47N	−68B	+67N	=34B	−20N	−38B	+61N	−35B	3.5	32.0	34.0	10.75	1343	-16.4
52	Mura, Enzo	1423	FRA	−7N	−19N	−56B	+60N	=39B	−38N	−65B	+72B	+66N	3.5	31.5	31.5	7.25	1512	+18.0
53	Arousstamian, Rima	1489	FRA	−30B	−68N	−61B	+72N	+69B	−37N	+59B	−26N	=64B	3.5	25.0	25.0	5.25	1522	+3.6
54	Saverot, Leo	1536	FRA	−41N	+65B	+26N	F	F	F	−43B	+58B	=37N	3.5	23.0	23.0	12.75	1565	+5.2
55	Vignon, Maxime	1486	FRA	+68B	+30N	−2B	−23B	+44N	−17B	−24N	−39N	−56B	3.0	38.5	40.5	10.50	1462	-20.4
56	Kazarian, Emilie	1569	FRA	−12N	−59B	+52N	+65B	−7B	F	−33N	−47B	+55N	3.0	34.0	36.5	9.00	1554	-8.8
57	Nguyen, Thi Lan Huong	1429	FRA	+29B	−23B	−19N	−43N	−42B	−61N	+60B	+59N	−45B	3.0	33.0	35.5	10.50	1340	0.0
58	Moret, Christian	0	SUI	+60B	−11B	−18N	+69N	−40B	=25N	=48B	−54N	F	3.0	31.0	31.0	8.25	781	-94.8
59	Dargnat, Yoan	0	FRA	−28B	+56N	−16B	−35N	−45B	+67N	−53N	−57B	+71N	3.0	30.0	30.5	5.50	1292	-38.4
60	Gamba, Claire	0	FRA	−58N	−24B	−22N	−52B	−70N	+72B	−57N	+71B	+67B	3.0	23.0	23.0	2.50	1323	0.0
61	Ivanda, Milan	0	FRA	−1B	−39N	+53N	−24B	=63N	+57B	−49N	−51B	−46B	2.5	35.5	38.0	7.75	1265	0.0
62	Otari, Armin	1595	FRA	+47B	F	F	=41B	+25N	−6N	−20B	−15N	−36B	2.5	35.0	35.0	11.00	1461	-9.0
63	Feugier, Bruno	1481	FRA	F	−21N	=34B	−32N	=61B	+39N	=26B	−37B	−44N	2.5	34.5	34.5	10.50	1511	+4.0
64	Schwartz, Pierre	1470	FRA	−23N	F	F	−17B	+65N	−24B	−47N	+69B	=53N	2.5	26.5	26.5	5.25	1297	-14.6
65	Knyazyan, Arpi	0	FRA	−32B	−54N	F	−56N	−64B	=71B	+52N	+67N	F	2.5	19.5	19.5	5.75	1285	0.0
66	Dumonteil, Olena	1444	FRA	−33B	−29N	−47B	+70N	+67B	−43N	−36B	−46N	−52B	2.0	31.0	32.0	3.00	768	-71.6
67	FIDE 560092696	0	—	−46N	+70B	−48N	−51B	−66N	−59B	+72N	−65B	−60N	2.0	22.5	22.5	1.00	1288	0.0
68	Thevenet, Olivier	0	FRA	−55N	+53B	+51N	F	F	F	F	F	F	2.0	10.0	10.0	7.00	1532	0.0
69	Barseghyan, Alen	0	FRA	−16N	+35B	−37N	−58B	−53N	F	−45B	−64N	F	1.0	28.5	28.5	4.50	1294	0.0
70	FIDE 560092688	0	—	−20B	−67N	−42N	−66B	+60B	F	F	F	F	1.0	17.5	17.5	3.00	758	0.0
71	Roblin, Cerise Huichun	0	FRA	−44N	−43N	−45B	F	−22B	=65N	−39B	−60N	−59B	0.5	30.0	30.0	1.25	757	0.0
72	Zimmer, Julien	1503	FRA	−4N	−10N	F	−53B	−38B	−60N	−67B	−52N	F	0.0	29.5	29.5	0.00	804	-30.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Barseghyan, ManuelARM
+129.6
5.5 pts · #20
2Jaikrish E BIND
+125.6
4.5 pts · #15
3Ordyan, RafayelARM
+103.6
8.5 pts · #1

Top rating losers

1Savchenko, IrynaUKR
-106.0
4.0 pts · #23
2Damnabi Asl, FarnazIRI
-97.2
4.5 pts · #40
3Moret, ChristianSUI
-94.8
3.0 pts · #69

Biggest upsets

R7+325 Elo gap
Barseghyan, Manuel1439 beat Duroux, Evan1764
R4+270 Elo gap
Barseghyan, Manuel1439 beat Majewski, Theo1709
R8+254 Elo gap
Jaikrish E B1505 beat Damnabi Asl, Farnaz1759