Championnat de la Loire 2025-2026 r5-6
29 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 28 Feb 2026 to 21 Mar 2026 in Saint Etienne, France. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1830, and top seed was Adam Moussa Deboosere (π©πΏ ALG, 1984).
Nicolas Noel (π«π· FRA, 1802) won with 2.0/6, ahead of Ovidiu Bumba (2.0) and Vincent Colin-Khuu (2.0). Noel shared the lead from round 5, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 6: Julien Martin (1655) beat Thierry Frey (1780), a +125-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 Β· 6 roundsTight race until R6; 4 players tied at 2.0/6, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 36 co-leaders at R4 to 4 at the finish.
4 players finish on 2.0/6. Noel takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (2.0).
Grille amΓ©ricaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Ξ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noel, Nicolas | 1802 | FRA | F | F | F | F | +9N | +8B | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.00 | 2551 | +17.0 |
| 2 | Bumba, Ovidiu | 1980 | ROU | F | F | F | F | +22B | +11N | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2660 | +13.2 |
| 3 | Colin-Khuu, Vincent | 1863 | FRA | F | F | F | F | +12N | +21B | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2339 | +5.4 |
| 4 | Minchilli, Franco | 1662 | FRA | F | F | F | F | +23B | +20N | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2400 | +16.6 |
| 5 | Philip, Sylvain | 1868 | FRA | F | F | F | F | =6B | +13N | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.75 | 1878 | +0.8 |
| 6 | Vier, Serge | 1666 | FRA | F | F | F | F | =5N | +18B | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.25 | 1924 | +13.2 |
| 7 | FIDE 560045930 | 0 | β | F | F | F | F | =?N | +25B | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1526 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Bouchut, Leo | 1752 | FRA | F | F | F | F | +15B | β1N | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 1723 | -1.2 |
| 9 | Vigne, Louis | 1785 | FRA | F | F | F | F | β1B | +19N | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.50 | 1762 | +0.4 |
| 10 | Mialon, Franck | 1437 | FRA | F | F | F | F | β14N | +16N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 2283 | +11.6 |
| 11 | Bacyk, Bruno | 1764 | FRA | F | F | F | F | +24N | β2B | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1840 | +3.4 |
| 12 | Taillepierre, Michel | 1491 | FRA | F | F | F | F | β3B | +28N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1063 | -2.0 |
| 13 | Hakobyan, Artur | 1712 | FRA | F | F | F | F | +20N | β5B | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 1749 | +2.4 |
| 14 | Zakhour, Marc | 0 | FRA | F | F | F | F | +10B | F | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 1447 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Boeuf, Jean-Julien | 1635 | FRA | F | F | F | F | β8N | +24B | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1717 | +4.2 |
| 16 | Libiszewski, Christian | 1480 | FRA | F | F | F | F | +29B | β10B | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1465 | -1.0 |
| 17 | Martin, Julien | 1655 | FRA | F | F | F | F | F | +26B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2584 | +13.8 |
| 18 | Belhadj, Jeremie | 1611 | FRA | F | F | F | F | =19B | β6N | 0.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.25 | 1499 | -5.0 |
| 19 | Caron, Mickael | 1718 | FRA | F | F | F | F | =18N | β9B | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.25 | 1486 | -24.4 |
| 20 | Joly, Christian | 1636 | FRA | F | F | F | F | β13B | β4B | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 883 | -17.6 |
| 21 | Moulin, Aymeric | 1601 | FRA | F | F | F | F | F | β3N | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1063 | -6.8 |
| 22 | Deboosere, Adam Moussa | 1984 | ALG | F | F | F | F | β2N | F | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1191 | -8.8 |
| 23 | Barrandon, Georges | 1561 | FRA | F | F | F | F | β4N | F | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 862 | -7.2 |
| 24 | Rios, Pedro | 1689 | FRA | F | F | F | F | β11B | β15N | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 906 | -38.4 |
| 25 | Choquelle, Jean | 0 | FRA | F | F | F | F | β?B | β7N | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 696 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Frey, Thierry | 1780 | FRA | F | F | F | F | F | β17N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 840 | -13.8 |
| 27 | FIDE 560006560 | 0 | β | F | F | F | F | F | β?N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 726 | 0.0 |
| 28 | FIDE 560012463 | 0 | β | F | F | F | F | β?N | β12B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 743 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Brachet, Gerard | 1494 | FRA | F | F | F | F | β16N | F | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 683 | -10.6 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets β the story behind the numbers.
- 1Noel, NicolasFRA+17.02.0 pts Β· #3
- 2Minchilli, FrancoFRA+16.62.0 pts Β· #2
- 3Martin, JulienFRA+13.81.0 pts Β· #12
- 1Rios, PedroFRA-38.40.0 pts Β· #27
- 2Caron, MickaelFRA-24.40.5 pts Β· #18
- 3Joly, ChristianFRA-17.60.0 pts Β· #26
- R6+125 Elo gap