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Championnat d'echecs du Haut-Richelieu - Section Ouverte

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31 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 17 Oct 2025 to 19 Oct 2025 in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada. 5 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2170, and top seed was Olivier-Kenta Chiku-Ratte (🇨🇦 CAN, IM, 2323).

Julien Song (🇫🇷 FRA, IM, 2316) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Renzo Gutierrez (4.0) and Rafael Adam (4.0). Song shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Matteo Presseau (1537) beat Eduardo Barrera (1936), a +399-point gap.

Location
🇨🇦Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada
Dates
17 Oct 2025 → 19 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
Avg top 10
2,170
Participants
31
Titled players · 5
IM×2
FM×1
CM×1
WIM×1
Federations · 5 represented
🇨🇦Canada×26
🇫🇷France×1
🇩🇿Algeria×1
🇵🇪Peru×1
🇻🇳Vietnam×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R3; 4 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 4 at the finish.

Co-leaders
10
4
1
2
4
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R3–R5 · LEAD HELD

IM Julien Song held the sole lead from R3 through R5 without losing it.

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

4 players finish on 4.0/5. Song takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (15.0).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Julien Song beat FM Renzo Gutierrez (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1IMJulien Song*
1
½
½
2FMRenzo Gutierrez
0
*
3IMOlivier-Kenta Chiku-Ratte
½
*
4CMRafael Adam
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Song, JulienIM2316FRA+12N+9B+2N=4B=3N4.015.017.513.502356+3.9
2Gutierrez, RenzoFM2180PER+20B+10N1B+18N+7B4.012.014.010.002248+10.0
3Adam, RafaelCM2245CAN+28B+18N=7B+11N=1B4.011.511.58.002255+8.8
4Chiku-Ratte, Olivier-KentaIM2323CAN=11B+25N+22B=1N+8B4.011.012.08.752245-1.8
5Saine, Zachary2149CAN19N+20B=12N+13B+16N3.59.511.58.251972-12.0
6Presseau, Matteo1537CAN=23N+31B=9N=17B+12N3.59.59.56.0019510.0
7Berube, Antoine2228CAN+21N+13B=3N=8B2N3.013.515.58.002081+0.4
8Zhu, Elber2097CAN=14N+15B+19B=7N4N3.012.014.07.252047+24.8
9Ramesan, Raunak Amit2023CAN+24B1N=6B+19N=15B3.012.013.56.502036+22.0
10Di Matteo, Alessio1989CAN+30N2B13N+21B+18B3.010.510.54.001986+14.2
11Jutras, Arnaud1936CAN=4N+14B=17N3B=13N2.513.015.57.002033+50.0
12Dufresne, Christophe1929CAN1B+29N=5B+24N6B2.512.512.53.252048+38.8
13Turcotte, Jonathan2015CAN+26B7N+10B5N=11B2.512.013.05.251901-2.8
14Zhang, Yitian1842CAN=8B11N+28B15N+20B2.510.010.03.501869+7.6
15Lamontagne, Damien1901CANF8N+30B+14B=9N2.58.58.54.001963+20.0
16Wu, Ting En Ryan1828CAN18B+28N=23B+22N5B2.58.58.52.251932+39.6
17Latreche, SabrinaWIM2122ALG+29B=19N=11B=6NF2.58.08.04.001861-7.2
18Mok, Yuen Tak2020CAN+16N3B+26N2B10N2.013.514.53.501869-9.2
19Mercure, Gilbert1861CAN+5B=17B8N9B=25N2.012.013.05.251887+16.0
20Sun, Jonathan1877CAN2N5N+29B+25B14N2.011.011.01.001857+2.8
21Gribanov, Anton1891CAN7B=24N=25B10N+28N2.08.58.51.251845+10.6
22Filion, Samuel1864CANF+23B4N16B=26N1.59.09.02.001801+1.6
23Iordanescu, Victor Nicolae1986CAN=6B22N=16N=26BF1.58.58.53.501597-57.6
24McCartney, Steven1834CAN9N=21B+31N12BF1.57.57.51.001751-9.6
25Duval, Mathieu1910CANF4B=21N20N=19B1.010.010.02.001711-40.8
26Xu, Florence Zixin1783CAN13NF18B=23N=22B1.07.57.51.501708+10.8
27FIDE 26809121908FFF+30NF1.00.00.00.0018020.0
28Huynh, Nhu Phuong Nghi1894VIE3N16B14NF21B0.011.011.00.001103-81.2
29Cormier, Michael1856CAN17N12B20NFF0.07.07.00.001078-25.6
30Kerhuel-Lefebvre, Stephane1780CAN10BF15N27BF0.06.56.50.001072-30.0
31Barrera, Eduardo1936CANF6N24BFF0.05.05.00.001034-20.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets