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Festival de Tournois Classiques d'Automne 2025 du LMC - Open

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16 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 08 Nov 2025 to 11 Nov 2025 in Lille, France. 5 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1545, and top seed was Francis Knudde (🇧🇪 BEL, 1665).

Soufiane Khamlach (🇫🇷 FRA, 0) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Francis Knudde (5.0) and Gerard Colin (4.5). Khamlach won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Tzu-Chin Wang (1417) beat Dominique Blois (1535), a +118-point gap.

Location
🇫🇷Lille, France
Dates
08 Nov 2025 → 11 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇧🇪Francis Knudde1665
Avg top 10
1,545
Participants
16
Federations · 5 represented
🇫🇷France×7
🇧🇪Belgium×6
🇹🇼Chinese Taipei×1
🇮🇳India×1
🇦🇺Australia×1
Top 3
  • 🥇
    Soufiane Khamlach
    🇫🇷FRA
    6.5pts·1692perf0.0
  • 🥈
    Francis Knudde
    🇧🇪BEL·1665
    5.0pts·1816perf+21.0
  • 🥉
    Gerard Colin
    🇫🇷FRA·1655
    4.5pts·1745perf+13.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Soufiane Khamlach led from R4; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
7
4
2
1
1
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Khamlach6.5Knudde5Dutta4.5Colin4.5Wang4Dalstein4
R4–R7 · LEAD HELD

Soufiane Khamlach never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Soufiane Khamlach beat Francis Knudde (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Soufiane Khamlach 5 wins (R1–R5)Francis Knudde 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Soufiane Khamlach*
1
1
1
2Francis Knudde
0
*
1
0
3Arnob Dutta
0
0
*
½
4Gerard Colin
0
1
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Khamlach, Soufiane0FRA+12N+11B+4N+2B+3N=6B+5N6.525.528.526.5016920.0
2Knudde, Francis1665BEL+9B+6N+5B−1N+4B+7N−3B5.027.531.020.001816+21.0
3Colin, Gerard1655FRA+13N−5B+8N+6B−1B=4N+2N4.528.030.017.251745+13.2
4Arnob Dutta1598IND+15B+10N−1B+5N−2N=3B+12N4.526.527.513.751753+47.6
5Dalstein, Maxence1556FRA+7B+3N−2N−4B+9N+12B−1B4.028.031.015.001674+18.0
6Lambert, Olivier1567FRA+16N−2B+9N−3N+10B=1N=7B4.027.028.013.251581+2.8
7Wang, Tzu-Chin1417TPE−5N+13B=12N+10N+8B−2B=6N4.023.525.513.001586+63.6
8Josson, Benoit1466BEL=11N=12B−3B+13N−7N+14B+15N4.019.020.08.251534+23.2
9Capelain, Bruno1453FRA−2N+16B−6B+14N−5B=10N+13B3.520.521.56.751514+11.0
10Blois, Dominique1535FRA+14N−4B+15N−7B−6N=9B+16N3.519.020.05.751471-12.0
11Adam, Hugo0BEL=8B−1N−13B+16N−12B+15B+14N3.518.519.56.0014660.0
12Fogarty, Emily1501AUS−1B=8N=7B+15B+11N−5N−4B3.026.527.58.501425-22.0
13Desimpelaere, Christian1449BEL−3B−7N+11N−8B−14N+16B−9N2.021.522.54.501196-37.0
14Verbanck, Mario1400BEL−10B−15N+16N−9B+13B−8N−11B2.017.518.53.001336-9.8
15Coussement, Serge1440BEL−4N+14B−10B−12N−16B−11N−8B1.020.521.52.001214-64.8
16Bortier, Marc1417FRA−6B−9N−14B−11B+15N−13N−10B1.018.519.51.001202-31.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets
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