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3eme Festival Manoir Hotel Touquet Golf Resort - Master

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61 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 16 Feb 2026 to 20 Feb 2026 in Le Touquet Paris Plage, France. 3 titled players from 6 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2026, and top seed was Stefan Maltezeanu (🇱🇺 LUX, CM, 2262).

Stefan Maltezeanu (🇱🇺 LUX, CM, 2262) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Wim Maes (5.5) and Jisu Kim (5.0). Maltezeanu won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Edgar Ricard (1510) beat Michel Letellier (1714), a +204-point gap.

Location
🇫🇷Le Touquet Paris Plage, France
Dates
16 Feb 2026 → 20 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇱🇺CMStefan Maltezeanu2262
Avg top 10
2,026
Participants
61
Titled players · 3
FM×1
CM×2
Federations · 6 represented
🇫🇷France×51
🇧🇪Belgium×3
🇱🇺Luxembourg×1
🇬🇪Georgia×1
🇩🇰Denmark×1
🇩🇪Germany×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R6; 2 players tied at 5.5/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
28
11
3
4
1
1
2
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7Maes takes lead
R6 · LEADER CHANGE19 Feb

FM Wim Maes takes the sole lead (5.0/6).

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.5/7. Maltezeanu takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (28.5).

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Wim Maes beat CM Stefan Maltezeanu (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FMWim Maes*
1
½
2CMStefan Maltezeanu
0
*
3Krishnan Sudharsan*
4Yann-Erle Le Roux
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Maltezeanu, StefanCM2262LUX+26B+13N=9B+16N+5B2N+22B5.528.532.524.502174-9.8
2Maes, WimFM2151BEL+24N=11B+18N+30B=8N+1B=4N5.528.031.023.752155+3.4
3Kim, Jisu2087FRA+27B+14N+6B=44N=4N=7B=10N5.028.031.022.002053-3.4
4Veron, CyprienCM1915FRA+31N+20B+7NF=3B+6N=2B5.027.527.522.252187+40.2
5Ricou, Guillaume1992FRA+47B=12N+46B+9N1N+15B=7N5.027.029.519.252028+10.0
6Chauvin, Antoine1922FRA+40N+21B3N+19B+11N4B+18N5.026.529.519.501991+14.4
7Sudharsan, Krishnan1982DEN+49B+36N4B+25N+14B=3N=5B5.026.529.019.002013+8.0
8Le Roux, Yann-Erle1988FRA+32N+19B+10NF=2B=22N+12B5.026.026.021.252124+19.8
9Bertram, Johannes1932GER+33B+38N=1N5B=30N+20B+13N5.025.028.018.752028+18.4
10Dion, Guillaume1918FRA+51B+43N8B+36N=12B+28N=3B5.024.026.016.251972+20.4
11Glavnov, Pavel1839FRA+45B=2N=12B+51N6B+34N=14B4.525.527.515.251888+21.2
12Giblin, Martin1809FRA+57N=5B=11N+31B=10N+30B8N4.525.526.514.251919+22.6
13Busnel, Laurent1845FRA+48N1B+47N+21B=28B+17N9B4.525.027.515.251931+15.2
14Szurhaj, William1836FRA+53N3B+32N+20B7N+31B=11N4.524.526.514.251877+9.4
15Cousin, Benjamin1834FRA=46B+17N44B+38N+16B5N+27B4.523.526.016.751926+19.4
16Thomas, Olivier1945FRA+37N+42B=30N1B15N+47B+25B4.523.025.514.001927-1.4
17Crepaux, Jean-Marie1860FRA=52N15B+37N+46B+19N13B+42N4.521.523.513.501815-5.6
18Ratsavong, Moukda1850FRA+35B+23N2B+27N22B+39N6B4.025.028.013.501812-6.8
19Daignieres, Pierre1780FRA+50B8N+33B6N17B+51N+35B4.023.025.010.501774-1.0
20Taramelli, Marc1719FRA+58B4N+35B14N+51B9N+34B4.022.523.59.001755+5.4
21Glavnov, Emma1726FRA+59B6N+34B13N+33B=27N=28B4.022.523.010.001750+6.8
22Julien, Didier1797FRA+54B=44NF+52B+18N=8B1N4.021.521.512.001976+27.4
23Stievenard, Noah0FRA+29B18B+39N28N27B+33N+46B4.020.523.012.0017180.0
24Tchigrachon, David1709GEO2B35N+50B34N+54B+29N+40B4.020.522.511.001690-5.2
25Peelman, Lieven1723BEL+60N30B+48N7B+49N+32B16N4.020.520.58.001781+8.2
26Pantais, Daniel1712FRA1N48B+41N+53B31N+52B+32N4.019.021.010.001683-7.0
27Honorable, Nicolas1704FRA3N+53B+58N18B+23N=21B15N3.523.524.59.001654-8.4
28Christophe-hayot, Romain1784FRAF=52B+49N+23B=13N10B=21N3.522.022.011.751750-4.8
29Letellier, Michel1714FRA23N46N+56B=48B+37N24B+47N3.518.520.58.751647-8.8
30Padrini, Gabriel1872FRA+34B+25N=16B2N=9B12N39B3.026.529.511.751786-33.2
31Prothon, Gabriel1622FRA4B+59N+38B12N+26B14NF3.024.024.57.501736+26.8
32Rene Monguillon, Augustine1656FRA8B+54N14B+58N+43B25N26B3.022.523.56.001505-38.4
33Ramu, Dominique1634FRA9N+41B19N+57B21N23B+54N3.022.023.06.001608-4.6
34Perruquon, Laetitia1610FRA30N+60B21N+24B+48N11B20N3.022.022.06.501616+0.4
35Chatelain, Laurent1609FRA18N+24B20NF+55B+49B19N3.021.523.58.501670+7.4
36Demetz, Yves1783FRA+56N7B+40N10B=47N42B=37B3.021.523.57.751670-20.4
37Schranckenmuller, Daniele1643FRA16B=50N17B+56N29B+41B=36N3.021.023.07.751597-7.2
38Remondi, Laurent1767FRA+41N9B31N15B+57N40B+53N3.020.521.56.001547-34.0
39Rimbert, Bradley1686FRA44B+45N23BF+52N18B+30N3.020.022.08.001848+20.8
40Boet, Luc1633FRA6B+55N36B43N+60B+38N24N3.020.020.05.001602-3.4
41Relange, Leon0FRA38B33N26B+50N+45B37N+51B3.018.520.57.5015310.0
42Dehaibe, Xavier1766BEL+55B16N51BF+46N+36N17B3.018.518.57.501673-25.2
43Douale, Philippe0FRA+61N10B52N+40B32N+53BF3.018.018.05.0015940.0
44Triger, Franck1994FRA+39N=22B+15N=3BFFF3.016.516.512.002044+6.2
45Delsenne, Eric1550FRA11N39B+61N47B41N+59B+55N3.015.515.52.50934-16.2
46Ricard, Edgar1510FRA=15N+29B5N17N42B+48B23N2.524.527.08.251720+54.0
47Vives, Thierry1676FRA5N+57B13B+45N=36B16N29B2.523.524.55.501659-5.6
48Relange, Oscar1577FRA13B+26N25B=29N34B46N+61N2.521.521.55.751492-26.4
49Colin, Gerard1650FRA7N+56B28B+54N25B35N=50B2.520.022.05.251541-18.4
50Bruneau, Kilian0FRA19N=37B24N41B=59N+60B=49N2.517.017.03.0015030.0
51De Boutray, Thibault1628FRA10N+61B+42N11B20N19B41N2.023.523.53.001563-15.2
52Tellier, Valentin1610FRA=17B=28N+43B22N39B26NF2.022.022.07.001528-9.6
53TAISNE, JACQUES1517FRA14B27N+55B26N+58B43N38B2.020.021.03.00954-16.6
54Capelain, Bruno1463FRA22N32B+60N49B24N+61B33B2.016.516.50.00889-22.2
55Renard, Jean-Louis0FRA42N40B53N+61B35N+57B45B2.015.015.01.0013220.0
56Christophe-Hayot Tis, Jean-Romain1427FRA36B49N29N37BF+58N+57B2.014.014.02.001417-4.8
57Boehm, Cathie1494FRA12B47N+59B33N38B55N56N1.017.017.50.50862-58.4
58Jacquin, Raphael0FRA20NF27B32B53N56B+60N1.014.514.50.008040.0
59FIDE 527070301021N31B57NF=50B45NF0.513.513.51.257990.0
60FIDE 527059260025B34N54BF40N50N58B0.015.515.50.008070.0
61FIDE 576007103043B51N45B55NF54N48B0.014.514.50.007550.0

Key insights

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