Open Rabelais 2025 (-2400)
35 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 13 Dec 2025 to 14 Dec 2025 in Chauny, France. 2 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1937, and top seed was Noe Ringuet (🇫🇷 FRA, FM, 2217).
Noe Ringuet (🇫🇷 FRA, FM, 2217) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Thomas Morais (5.5) and Daniel Chouvaev-Komin (4.5). Ringuet shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Maxime Mozgawa (1640) beat Matt Andre Vergne Ahlong (1818), a +178-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsTight race until R6; 2 players tied at 5.5/6, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
2 players finish on 5.5/6. Ringuet takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (21.5).
FM Thomas Morais drew with FM Noe Ringuet (White).
FM Thomas Morais 3 wins (R1–R3)FM Noe Ringuet 3 wins (R1–R3)Daniel Chouvaev-Komin 3 wins (R2–R4)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1FMThomas Morais | * | ½ | 1 | — |
| 2FMNoe Ringuet | ½ | * | — | 1 |
| 3Daniel Chouvaev-Komin | 0 | — | * | — |
| 4Julien Obert | — | 0 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ringuet, NoeFM | 2217 | FRA | +6B | +10N | +5B | =2N | +7B | +4N | 5.5 | 21.5 | 25.0 | 22.25 | 2297 | +8.0 |
| 2 | Morais, ThomasFM | 2126 | FRA | +34N | +19B | +4N | =1B | +3N | +11B | 5.5 | 20.0 | 20.5 | 17.75 | 2295 | +19.2 |
| 3 | Chouvaev-Komin, Daniel | 2037 | FRA | =18B | +12N | +8B | +11N | −2B | +10N | 4.5 | 20.0 | 22.5 | 15.75 | 1994 | -3.6 |
| 4 | Gravit, Lucas | 1797 | FRA | +21B | +32N | −2B | +9N | +13B | −1B | 4.0 | 21.0 | 22.0 | 11.00 | 1899 | +11.6 |
| 5 | Glavnov, Pavel | 1820 | FRA | +26B | +9N | −1N | =7B | +23N | =6B | 4.0 | 20.0 | 22.0 | 12.50 | 1877 | +13.6 |
| 6 | Mozgawa, Maxime | 1640 | FRA | −1N | +16B | +32B | +12N | =10B | =5N | 4.0 | 19.5 | 20.5 | 11.25 | 1840 | +49.6 |
| 7 | Obert, Julien | 1976 | FRA | +20B | =8N | +18B | =5N | −1N | +15B | 4.0 | 19.0 | 21.5 | 12.00 | 1879 | -9.4 |
| 8 | Roux, Jean-francois | 1669 | FRA | +29N | =7B | −3N | +20B | +22N | =13N | 4.0 | 17.0 | 18.5 | 10.25 | 1811 | +12.4 |
| 9 | Fiorina, Jean-Christophe | 1656 | FRA | +35N | −5B | +31N | −4B | +16N | +19B | 4.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 6.50 | 1696 | +4.2 |
| 10 | Germain, Julien | 1696 | FRA | +25N | −1B | +26N | +15B | =6N | −3B | 3.5 | 19.0 | 21.0 | 9.00 | 1793 | +9.0 |
| 11 | Leroyer, Theo | 1862 | FRA | +24N | =15B | +30N | −3B | +18N | −2N | 3.5 | 18.0 | 19.5 | 8.00 | 1819 | -4.2 |
| 12 | Vergne Ahlong, Matt Andre | 1818 | FRA | =27N | −3B | +24N | −6B | +20N | +21B | 3.5 | 16.0 | 18.0 | 8.50 | 1684 | -34.0 |
| 13 | Homerin, Vincent | 1673 | FRA | +31B | −28N | +21B | +14N | −4N | =8B | 3.5 | 16.0 | 17.0 | 9.00 | 1733 | +7.2 |
| 14 | Glavnov, Emma | 1735 | FRA | +16N | =30B | =15N | −13B | =21N | +22B | 3.5 | 14.5 | 16.0 | 9.00 | 1584 | -38.4 |
| 15 | Herman, Jose | 1661 | FRA | +22B | =11N | =14B | −10N | +25B | −7N | 3.0 | 17.0 | 19.0 | 8.00 | 1624 | -4.6 |
| 16 | Soyer, Xavier | 1465 | FRA | −14B | −6N | +35B | +33N | −9B | +25N | 3.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 3.00 | 878 | -27.6 |
| 17 | Kohler, Rosalie | 1562 | FRA | −28B | −31N | −25B | +35N | +29B | +26N | 3.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 3.50 | 1749 | +14.8 |
| 18 | Gauvain, Clement | 1583 | FRA | =3N | +27B | −7N | +19B | −11B | −23N | 2.5 | 17.0 | 19.0 | 6.75 | 1809 | +25.2 |
| 19 | Steichen, Daniel | 1701 | FRA | +23B | −2N | =20B | −18N | +27B | −9N | 2.5 | 17.0 | 19.0 | 5.75 | 1535 | -24.8 |
| 20 | Glavnov, Artem | 1555 | FRA | −7N | +25B | =19N | −8N | −12B | +32B | 2.5 | 16.0 | 17.0 | 4.25 | 1464 | -16.4 |
| 21 | Tryhoen, Melaine | 1484 | FRA | −4N | +33B | −13N | +31B | =14B | −12N | 2.5 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 3.75 | 1434 | -4.0 |
| 22 | Bouclet, Noah | 0 | FRA | −15N | =24B | +34N | +26B | −8B | −14N | 2.5 | 15.0 | 15.5 | 3.75 | 1563 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Delamare, Eva | 0 | FRA | −19N | =34B | +27N | F | −5B | +18B | 2.5 | 12.5 | 13.0 | 4.75 | 1645 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Mozgawa, Karine | 1535 | FRA | −11B | =22N | −12B | −29B | +34N | +31N | 2.5 | 12.0 | 12.5 | 2.75 | 1635 | +13.2 |
| 25 | Diouani, Elise | 0 | FRA | −10B | −20N | +17N | +32B | −15N | −16B | 2.0 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 4.00 | 1349 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Gobeaut, Claudine | 1532 | FRA | −5N | +35B | −10B | −22N | +33N | −17B | 2.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 1.00 | 894 | -17.8 |
| 27 | Minard, Gabriel | 1522 | FRA | =12B | −18N | −23B | +34B | −19N | =29N | 2.0 | 12.5 | 13.0 | 3.00 | 1589 | +11.2 |
| 28 | Kozlowski, Thierry | 1984 | FRA | +17N | +13B | F | F | F | F | 2.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.50 | 2429 | +4.4 |
| 29 | Minard, Loic | 0 | FRA | −8B | F | F | +24N | −17N | =27B | 1.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 3.50 | 1483 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Fromont, Christophe | 1649 | FRA | +33B | =14N | −11B | F | F | F | 1.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 2.75 | 1606 | -1.8 |
| 31 | Fournier, Jordan | 0 | FRA | −13N | +17B | −9B | −21N | −32N | −24B | 1.0 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 3.00 | 1340 | 0.0 |
| 32 | FIDE 544035705 | 0 | — | F | −4B | −6N | −25N | +31B | −20N | 1.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 1.00 | 864 | 0.0 |
| 33 | FIDE 560019255 | 0 | — | −30N | −21N | F | −16B | −26B | +35N | 1.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.00 | 730 | 0.0 |
| 34 | Diouani, Niels | 1596 | FRA | −2B | =23N | −22B | −27N | −24B | F | 0.5 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 1.25 | 881 | -51.6 |
| 35 | FIDE 560019220 | 0 | — | −9B | −26N | −16N | −17B | F | −33B | 0.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 0.00 | 755 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Mozgawa, MaximeFRA+49.64.0 pts · #7
- 2Gauvain, ClementFRA+25.22.5 pts · #14
- 3Morais, ThomasFMFRA+19.25.5 pts · #1
- 1Diouani, NielsFRA-51.60.5 pts · #34
- 2Glavnov, EmmaFRA-38.43.5 pts · #10
- 3Vergne Ahlong, Matt AndreFRA-34.03.5 pts · #5
- R4+178 Elo gap
- R4+118 Elo gap