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24th Rochefort Chess Festival - Masters

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128 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 14 Feb 2026 to 20 Feb 2026 in Rochefort, France. 50 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2470, and top seed was Christian Bauer (🇫🇷 FRA, GM, 2549).

Sohan Belkaid (🇫🇷 FRA, FM, 2349) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Christian Bauer (7.5) and Egor Bogdanov (7.0). Belkaid shared the lead from round 6, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Milan Bracke (1979) beat Baptiste Lissillour (FM, 2273), a +294-point gap.

Location
🇫🇷Rochefort, France
Dates
14 Feb 2026 → 20 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇫🇷GMChristian Bauer2549
Avg top 10
2,470
Participants
128
Titled players · 50
GM×3
IM×12
FM×24
CM×4
WGM×1
WIM×2
WFM×3
WCM×1
Federations · 8 represented
🇫🇷France×94
🇺🇦Ukraine×3
🇮🇹Italy×3
🇪🇸Spain×3
🇮🇳India×3
🇬🇧England×3
🇹🇷Turkiye×2
🇧🇪Belgium×2
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 2 players tied at 7.5/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 11 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
53
19
7
11
5
2
1
1
2
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.5/9. Belkaid takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (49.0).

R9 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Christian Bauer beat FM Sohan Belkaid (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

GM Christian Bauer 3 wins (R1–R3)FM Sohan Belkaid 5 wins (R4–R8)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1GMChristian Bauer*
1
2FMSohan Belkaid
0
*
3GMEgor Bogdanov*
½
4IMPeio Duboue
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Belkaid, SohanFM2349FRA+87N+45B=15N+21B+14N+13B+7B+12N2B7.549.052.542.002599+28.0
2Bauer, ChristianGM2549FRA+41N+33B+25N=13B=32N+8B=6N+22B+1N7.547.552.543.752627+8.4
3Bogdanov, EgorGM2500UKR+54N=16B+53N=14B+26N=18B+8N+7B=4N7.048.052.540.002496+1.0
4Duboue, PeioIM2461FRA+102B+63N+31B=23N+22B7N+9B+5N=3B7.046.549.536.752554+10.9
5Degraeve, RemyIM2448FRA+38N+12B+24N=8B7N+39B+18N4B+27N6.548.553.536.752440+0.8
6Solodovnichenko, YuriGM2523UKR+100B11N+58B+27B+24N=9N=2B+26B=15N6.547.550.534.002444-5.1
7Janzelj, TimIM2377SLO+97B=51N+37B+68N+5B+4B1N3N+28B6.547.050.033.252438+8.8
8Srihari LIM2372IND+111B+35N+46B=5N+10B2N3B+49N+21N6.547.049.531.752478+14.5
9Breuil, TristanFM2294FRA+67N+43B13N+17B+66N=6B4N+24B+22N6.545.549.533.252433+34.4
10Larkin, VladyslavIM2477UKR+78N=26B+30N+16B8N+47B=21N=27B+25N6.544.548.033.252428-3.7
11Favarel, JulienFM2257FRA+126N+6B=21N32B+77N=15B+31N+16B=12B6.544.045.031.002443+46.0
12Borne, FelixFM2244FRA+122B5N+107B+46N+34B+31N+28B1B=11N6.543.044.527.252362+30.2
13Carnicelli, ValerioIM2438ITA+74B+20N+9B=2N+23B1N22B=14N+33B6.049.553.533.752435+0.8
14Gelas, ChristopheFM2281FRA=48B+123N+51B=3N1B=35N+40B=13B+36N6.044.545.526.752343+16.8
15Harshavardhan G BIM2490IND+99B+49N=1B=22N=33B=11N=63B+47N=6B6.044.047.029.502418-6.6
16Gunawardhana, Devindya OshiniWIM2260SRI+80B=3N+48B10N+91B=23N+52B11N+42B6.043.046.527.252390+40.5
17Lebon, Sebastien2115FRA+69B+29N22B9N=46B+77N+34B=52N+44B6.040.544.027.502322+48.4
18Lissillour, BaptisteFM2273FRA83B+75N+97B+43N+49B=3N5B=23N+63B6.040.043.026.752341+17.8
19Bin-Suhayl, Ieysaa2207ITA+98N21B+81N=25B=29B=34N=55B+46N+79B6.037.540.524.752303+23.8
20Luong Phuong HanhWGM2236VIE+50N13B=128N+92B21N=90B+56N+69B+32N6.036.537.523.752260+8.2
21Rodriguez, AdrienIM2392FRA+57B+19N=11B1N+20B+33N=10B=28N8B5.549.554.030.752341-4.6
22Vallee, LouisFM2381FRA+64N+105B+17N=15B4N+79B+13N2N9B5.546.549.525.502390+5.4
23Pichon, EwenFM2385FRA+56N+36B+40N=4B13N=16B=24N=18B=26N5.546.050.529.502349-6.4
24Manko, MariiaWIM2264SUI+120B+83N5B+53N6B+37N=23B9N+57B5.542.544.522.252296+10.0
25Dalaud, DorianFM2328FRA+82B+28N2B=19N37B+100B+68N+79N10B5.541.544.522.502303-4.2
26Vu Dinh, AdrienFM2257FRA+88B=10N=114B+67N3B+89N+42B6N=23B5.541.544.023.252371+56.4
27Monpeurt, CyrielleWFM2143FRA+108B=34N+39B6N+112B=52N+44B=10N5B5.541.544.023.002401+58.6
28Yohan Yadav TaralaCM2137IND+77N25B+124N+71B+114N+32B12N=21B7N5.539.040.018.752335+92.8
29Olson, HamishFM2310SCO+110N17B=41N+90B=19N=66B=54N=45B+55N5.538.541.022.752184-26.8
30Joly, Julien2238FRA+117B=114N10B=70N+97B+48B47N=55N+96B5.533.035.018.502233+0.6
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34Macon, ArthurFM2323FRA+62N=27B=121N+40B12N=19B17N=38B+67N5.042.544.522.752171-34.2
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36Jackson, Thomas2234FRA+65B23N+72B+86N31B=50N=35B+43N14B5.039.042.521.252161-14.6
37Mendoza, Mael2196FRA+116N=32B7N+118B+25N24B=69N=50B=38N5.038.040.018.752178-2.8
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40Vigneau-Zorraquino, Cioran2192FRA+73B+52N23B34N+82BF14N+64B+61N5.037.037.020.502271+17.0
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43Selebran, Henri2108FRA+119N9N+69B18B48N+81B+82N36B+101N5.036.038.016.002099-2.4
44Zheng, Harry Z2268ENG=103N=118B38N+88B+56N+78B27N+66B17N5.035.037.018.002094-77.6
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48Mariller, Romain1999FRA=14N+101B16N=54B+43B30N=85B41N+78N4.539.042.018.502137+31.4
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