Open Plainpalais 2025 Round 3-4
Open SwissStandard
18 players participated in this 4-round tournament, held from 06 Oct 2025 to 27 Oct 2025 in Geneva, Switzerland. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1926, and top seed was Hugo Jelicic (🇨🇭 SUI, 2100).
Camille De Seroux (🇨🇭 SUI, WIM, 2050) won with 2.0/4, ahead of Tibor Lepcsenyi (2.0) and Christophe Schild (2.0). De Seroux shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Clarke Alexander (1763) beat Igor Kupalov (1954), a +191-point gap.
Location
🇨🇭Geneva, Switzerland
Dates
06 Oct 2025 → 27 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: 36 Moves in 90 Min. / / 30 Min.
System
Swiss · 4 rounds
Titled players · 1
WIM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇨🇭Switzerland×17
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 4 roundsTight race until R4; 6 players tied at 2.0/4, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 6 co-leaders at R4 to 6 at the finish.
Co-leaders
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20
9
6
R4 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
6 players finish on 2.0/4. De Seroux takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (2.0).
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | De Seroux, CamilleWIM | 2050 | SUI | F | F | +7N | +8B | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.00 | 2731 | +14.6 |
| 2 | Lepcsenyi, Tibor | 1737 | SUI | F | F | +13B | +9B | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2458 | +31.2 |
| 3 | Schild, Christophe | 2044 | SUI | F | F | +11B | +15N | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.50 | 2606 | +4.0 |
| 4 | Chahbounia, Sami | 1475 | SUI | F | F | +12N | +13B | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.50 | 2391 | +26.4 |
| 5 | Doxarve, Nils | 2023 | SUI | F | F | +14N | +16B | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2672 | +13.0 |
| 6 | Lopez Barreto, Bruno | 1709 | SUI | F | F | +17B | +14B | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2540 | +21.8 |
| 7 | Clarke Alexander | 1763 | SUI | F | F | −1B | +10B | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 2002 | +11.8 |
| 8 | Jelicic, Hugo | 2100 | SUI | F | F | +16N | −1N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 2037 | -7.2 |
| 9 | Orel, Erol | 1725 | SUI | F | F | +18B | −2N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1730 | +0.4 |
| 10 | Kupalov, Igor | 1954 | SUI | F | F | +15B | −7N | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1784 | -9.0 |
| 11 | FIDE 1374680 | 0 | — | F | F | −3N | =12B | 0.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.25 | 1243 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Rozenberg, Merlin | 0 | SUI | F | F | −4B | =11N | 0.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.25 | 674 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Haldi, Eric | 1591 | SUI | F | F | −2N | −4N | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 806 | -38.4 |
| 14 | Cretenet, Quentin | 1721 | SUI | F | F | −5B | −6N | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 1066 | -26.8 |
| 15 | Klyucharev, Alexander | 1806 | SUI | F | F | −10N | −3B | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 1199 | -10.0 |
| 16 | De Gregorio, Alexis | 2023 | SUI | F | F | −8B | −5N | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 1262 | -17.8 |
| 17 | Rouiller, Leonard | 1759 | SUI | F | F | −6N | F | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 909 | -11.4 |
| 18 | Ait Benbrahim, Mohamed | 1724 | SUI | F | F | −9N | F | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 925 | -10.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Lepcsenyi, TiborSUI+31.22.0 pts · #4
- 2Chahbounia, SamiSUI+26.42.0 pts · #6
- 3Lopez Barreto, BrunoSUI+21.82.0 pts · #3
Top rating losers
- 1Haldi, EricSUI-38.40.0 pts · #14
- 2Cretenet, QuentinSUI-26.80.0 pts · #17
- 3De Gregorio, AlexisSUI-17.80.0 pts · #15
Biggest upsets
- R4+191 Elo gap
- R4+116 Elo gap