Festival de Tournois Classiques de Rentree 2025 Lille Metropole Chess - Ferme D
6 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 27 Sept 2025 to 28 Sept 2025 in Lille, France. Top 10 Elo average was 1690, and top seed was Marouane Belkhdir (🇫🇷 FRA, 1714).
Georges-Emmanuel Custoza (🇫🇷 FRA, 1680) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Damien Gillet (3.0) and Jean-Christophe Fiorina (2.5). Custoza won solo starting round 3.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsGeorges-Emmanuel Custoza led from R3 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight.
Georges-Emmanuel Custoza never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.
Georges-Emmanuel Custoza opens a +1.5-point gap over the chasing pack (closest: Damien Gillet); the title is out of reach before R5.
Georges-Emmanuel Custoza beat Damien Gillet (Black).
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
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| 1 | 🇫🇷Custoza, Georges-Emmanuel | 1680 | * | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 4.5 | 9.50 | 10.5 | +84.0 | 2060 |
| 2 | 🇫🇷Gillet, Damien | 1681 | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.0 | 5.50 | 12.0 | +10.4 | 1764 |
| 3 | 🇫🇷Fiorina, Jean-Christophe | 1678 | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | ½ | 2.5 | 4.50 | 12.5 | +2.0 | 1694 |
| 5 | 🇫🇷Belkhdir, Marouane | 1714 | ½ | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | 2.0 | 4.75 | 13.0 | -13.8 | 1615 |
| 4 | 🇫🇷Bourquin, Remi | 1694 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | 2.0 | 4.00 | 13.0 | -10.2 | 1620 |
| 6 | 🇫🇷Colin, Gerard | 1690 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | 1.0 | 2.25 | 14.0 | -30.4 | 1451 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Custoza, Georges-EmmanuelFRA+84.04.5 pts · #1
- 2Gillet, DamienFRA+10.43.0 pts · #2
- 3Fiorina, Jean-ChristopheFRA+2.02.5 pts · #3
- 1Colin, GerardFRA-30.41.0 pts · #6
- 2Belkhdir, MarouaneFRA-13.82.0 pts · #5
- 3Bourquin, RemiFRA-10.22.0 pts · #4