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Master A 2025 du Var

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8 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 08 Nov 2025 to 11 Nov 2025 in La Crau, France. 1 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2049, and top seed was Yuri Borisov (🇳🇴 NOR, FM, 2290).

Esteban Marchix (🇫🇷 FRA, 2248) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Yuri Borisov (4.0) and Eric Mory (4.0). Marchix won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Alexandre Oltra (1869) beat Yuri Borisov (FM, 2290), a +421-point gap.

Location
🇫🇷La Crau, France
Dates
08 Nov 2025 → 11 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇳🇴FMYuri Borisov2290
Avg top 10
2,049
Participants
8
Titled players · 1
FM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇫🇷France×7
🇳🇴Norway×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 8 · 7 rounds

Esteban Marchix led from R4 onwards, the title was decided early.

Co-leaders
3
2
2
1
1
1
1
#1#2#4#8R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Marchix#1Quere#2Mory#3Borisov#4Bibah#5Djoudi#6Oltra#7Bonnafous#8
R4–R7 · LEAD HELD

Esteban Marchix never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +2.5 over the runner-up.

R6 · DECISIVE LEAD11 Nov

Esteban Marchix opens a +1.5-point gap over the chasing pack (closest: Alexandre Quere); the title is out of reach before R7.

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Esteban Marchix beat Alexandre Quere (Black).

Cross-table

#PlayerElo12345678PtsSBBhΔ EloPerf
1🇫🇷Marchix, Esteban2248*1111½116.520.0021.5+44.42443
4🇳🇴FMBorisov, Yuri22900*1101014.011.5024.0-34.22068
3🇫🇷Mory, Eric200800*1½½114.010.2524.0+17.62105
2🇫🇷Quere, Alexandre2003000*11114.09.5024.0+18.42106
5🇫🇷Bibah, Wassil202301½0*½1½3.510.2524.5+10.02053
6🇫🇷Djoudi, Labir1992½0½0½*½13.08.7525.0+0.62008
7🇫🇷Oltra, Alexandre186901000½*12.56.0025.5+14.01970
8🇫🇷Bonnafous, Michel19620000½00*0.51.7527.5-43.61640

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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