Open d'Automne de Toulon 2025 -1800
Open SwissStandard
23 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 22 Nov 2025 to 13 Dec 2025 in Toulon, France. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1710, and top seed was Abdelhamid Khalfaoui (🇫🇷 FRA, 1769).
Leo-Thierry Candela (🇫🇷 FRA, 1669) won with 5.0/6, ahead of David Chailan (4.5) and Hugo Gleyze (4.5). Candela clinched sole first place in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 6: Tom Garcia (1439) beat Abdelhamid Khalfaoui (1769), a +330-point gap.
Location
🇫🇷Toulon, France
Dates
22 Nov 2025 → 13 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 50 minutes with 10 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Federations · 3 represented
🇫🇷France×20
🇬🇧England×1
🇩🇪Germany×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsLeo-Thierry Candela led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.
Co-leaders
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R5 · LEADER CHANGE13 Dec
David Chailan takes the sole lead (4.5/5).
R2–R6 · WIN STREAK
Leo-Thierry Candela won 5 in a row (R2–R6).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Leo-Thierry Candela | * | — | 1 | — |
| 2Hugo Gleyze | — | * | 0 | — |
| 3David Chailan | 0 | 1 | * | — |
| 4Tom Garcia | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Candela, Leo-Thierry | 1669 | FRA | −5N | +16B | +22N | +10B | +9N | +2B | 5.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 12.50 | 2464 | +39.2 |
| 2 | Chailan, David | 1753 | FRA | +13B | +8N | =14B | +5N | +3B | −1N | 4.5 | 19.0 | 21.5 | 15.25 | 1798 | +6.4 |
| 3 | Gleyze, Hugo | 1753 | FRA | +16N | =5B | +10N | +9B | −2N | +11B | 4.5 | 17.0 | 19.0 | 12.75 | 1916 | +40.4 |
| 4 | Garcia, Tom | 1439 | FRA | −11N | −6N | +21B | +22B | +15N | +9B | 4.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 6.00 | 1669 | +44.8 |
| 5 | Caroli, Thomas | 0 | FRA | +1B | =3N | +7B | −2B | +6N | −12N | 3.5 | 21.0 | 24.0 | 14.25 | 1766 | -4.0 |
| 6 | Vieusses, Thierry | 1610 | FRA | −17N | +4B | +20B | +13N | −5B | =7N | 3.5 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 9.25 | 1842 | +16.8 |
| 7 | Penkov, Nikola | 1761 | FRA | +15N | =10B | −5N | =12B | +20N | =6B | 3.5 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 7.75 | 1725 | -4.0 |
| 8 | Chauveau, Theo | 1586 | FRA | +22B | −2B | +17N | −11N | +13B | =10B | 3.5 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 6.00 | 1569 | -5.6 |
| 9 | Khalfaoui, Abdelhamid | 1769 | FRA | +18B | +12N | +11B | −3N | −1B | −4N | 3.0 | 19.5 | 21.5 | 8.00 | 1642 | -19.0 |
| 10 | Peragoux, Jean | 1637 | FRA | +23B | =7N | −3B | −1N | +17B | =8N | 3.0 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 5.50 | 1500 | -13.8 |
| 11 | Kunwar, Chandraveer | 1725 | GER | +4B | +20N | −9N | +8B | F | −3N | 3.0 | 17.5 | 18.5 | 8.50 | 1638 | -8.4 |
| 12 | Menardo, Philippe | 1702 | FRA | +21B | −9B | =15N | =7N | F | +5B | 3.0 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 7.25 | 1574 | -10.2 |
| 13 | Takada, Soshiro | 1509 | FRA | −2N | +23B | +19N | −6B | −8N | =15B | 2.5 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 3.00 | 1441 | -18.4 |
| 14 | Thieuleux, Thomas | 1725 | FRA | +19N | +17B | =2N | F | F | F | 2.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 6.25 | 1783 | +3.8 |
| 15 | Bonneau, Adrien | 1554 | FRA | −7B | +21N | =12B | −18N | −4B | =13N | 2.0 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 3.75 | 1353 | -27.2 |
| 16 | Ollier, Yoann | 1508 | FRA | −3B | −1N | =18B | =19N | F | +20B | 2.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 3.00 | 1409 | -19.2 |
| 17 | Dehri, Raphael | 0 | FRA | +6B | −14N | −8B | F | −10N | +22B | 2.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 3.50 | 1447 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Smart, Hugo | 1555 | ENG | −9N | =19B | =16N | +15B | F | F | 2.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 4.00 | 1566 | +1.6 |
| 19 | Durand, Antoine | 1429 | FRA | −14B | =18N | −13B | =16B | +22N | −21N | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 2.00 | 1378 | -10.8 |
| 20 | Ollier, Raphael | 0 | FRA | F | −11B | −6N | +23N | −7B | −16N | 1.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 0.00 | 848 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Baille, Alexandre | 0 | FRA | −12N | −15B | −4N | F | F | +19B | 1.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 2.00 | 1342 | 0.0 |
| 22 | FIDE 544057393 | 0 | — | −8N | F | −1B | −4N | −19B | −17N | 0.0 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 0.00 | 732 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Mauko, Manon | 0 | FRA | −10N | −13N | F | −20B | F | F | 0.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.00 | 772 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Garcia, TomFRA+44.84.0 pts · #8
- 2Gleyze, HugoFRA+40.44.5 pts · #2
- 3Candela, Leo-ThierryFRA+39.25.0 pts · #1
Top rating losers
- 1Bonneau, AdrienFRA-27.22.0 pts · #16
- 2Ollier, YoannFRA-19.22.0 pts · #20
- 3Khalfaoui, AbdelhamidFRA-19.03.0 pts · #5
Biggest upsets
- R6+330 Elo gap
- R5+115 Elo gap