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2eme Tournoi d'automne du Balagna Chess Club

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28 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 01 Nov 2025 to 02 Nov 2025 in Calvi, France. 2 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1812, and top seed was Matteo Ratier-Fontana (πŸ‡«πŸ‡· FRA, CM, 2182).

Jean-Michel Bigonnet (πŸ‡«πŸ‡· FRA, 2090) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Matteo Ratier-Fontana (4.5) and Luccas Savelli De Guido (4.0). Bigonnet shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Luccas Savelli De Guido (1586) beat Serge Guillemart (CM, 2087), a +501-point gap.

Location
πŸ‡«πŸ‡·Calvi, France
Dates
01 Nov 2025 β†’ 02 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss Β· 5 rounds
Top seed
πŸ‡«πŸ‡·CMMatteo Ratier-Fontana2182
Avg top 10
1,812
Participants
28
Titled players Β· 2
CMΓ—2
Federations Β· 1 represented
πŸ‡«πŸ‡·FranceΓ—21
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 Β· 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.5/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
14
6
2
3
2
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Bigonnet4.5Ratier-Fontana4.5Guillemart4Savelli De Guido4Santelli3.5Paris3.5
R5 Β· TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.5/5. Bigonnet takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (14.0).

WIN STREAKS Β· 2 top finishers

CM Matteo Ratier-Fontana 3 wins (R1–R3)CM Serge Guillemart 3 wins (R3–R5)

Key matchups Β· top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Jean-Michel Bigonnet*β€”β€”
Β½
2CMMatteo Ratier-Fontanaβ€”*β€”β€”
3CMSerge Guillemartβ€”β€”*
0
4Luccas Savelli De Guido
Β½
β€”
1
*

Grille amΓ©ricaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΞ”
1Bigonnet, Jean-Michel2090FRA+15N+8B=3N+6B+5N4.514.016.514.502107+2.6
2Ratier-Fontana, MatteoCM2182FRA+16B+9N+12B=5B+8N4.512.014.012.252181+0.8
3Savelli De Guido, Luccas1586FRA+25N+4B=1B=12N+7N4.014.015.011.502013+56.4
4Guillemart, SergeCM2087FRA+27Bβˆ’3N+13B+14N+10B4.012.013.09.001880-13.6
5Paris, Romain1946FRA+20N+10B+7B=2Nβˆ’1B3.515.017.010.251946+1.6
6Santelli, Paul Louis1664FRA+17B=13N+9Bβˆ’1N+12B3.512.514.58.751817+28.0
7Zgonec, Pierre Do0FRA+19B+11Bβˆ’5N+13Nβˆ’3B3.013.015.07.5016670.0
8Morazzani, Gabriel1632FRA+23Bβˆ’1N+27B+16Nβˆ’2B3.012.013.04.001718+4.8
9Gil, Jean-Jacques1636FRA+28Nβˆ’2Bβˆ’6N+20B+16N3.012.012.04.001596-5.2
10Goussev, Alexandre1561FRA+24Bβˆ’5N+17B+18Nβˆ’4N3.011.512.55.001156-6.8
11Costa, Laurent Jacques1643FRA+22Bβˆ’7Nβˆ’16B+17N+19B3.09.011.06.001471-21.2
12Paris, Lisandre1655FRA+18N+14Bβˆ’2N=3Bβˆ’6N2.514.516.56.501618-14.0
13Tiebot, Jean-marc1535FRA+26N=6Bβˆ’4Nβˆ’7B+18B2.512.513.54.751606+1.8
14Paris, Cyrille1498FRA+21Bβˆ’12N+23Bβˆ’4B=15N2.511.012.04.251393-18.0
15De Jaegher, Luka1451FRAβˆ’1Bβˆ’23N+24B+21N=14B2.510.011.04.2514790.0
16Costa, Mario1465FRAβˆ’2N+28B+11Nβˆ’8Bβˆ’9B2.013.513.53.001509+5.2
17FIDE 5270729910β€”βˆ’6N+26Bβˆ’10Nβˆ’11B+24N2.010.511.52.008340.0
18FIDE 5600223700β€”βˆ’12B+21N+19Bβˆ’10Bβˆ’13N2.010.012.04.0013650.0
19Desmarescaux, Carl1468FRAβˆ’7N+22Bβˆ’18N+24Bβˆ’11N2.010.011.03.00875-9.6
20FIDE 5270729830β€”βˆ’5Bβˆ’24N+25Bβˆ’9N+26B2.08.59.52.009900.0
21FIDE 5600223610β€”βˆ’14Nβˆ’18B+28Nβˆ’15B+23N2.08.08.01.006720.0
22FIDE 804037270β€”βˆ’11Nβˆ’19N+26BF+25B2.07.07.02.007750.0
23Goussev, Alexei0FRAβˆ’8N+15Bβˆ’14Nβˆ’25Nβˆ’21B1.010.011.02.5014000.0
24FIDE 6530127710β€”βˆ’10N+20Bβˆ’15Nβˆ’19Nβˆ’17B1.09.511.52.006950.0
25Palmero Caselli, Ange0FRAβˆ’3Bβˆ’27Nβˆ’20N+23Bβˆ’22N1.09.010.01.008050.0
26Sueur, Dorian0FRAβˆ’13Bβˆ’17Nβˆ’22N+?Bβˆ’20N1.08.58.50.007350.0
27De Surrel, Henri0FRAβˆ’4N+25Bβˆ’8Nβ€”β€”1.07.08.01.0010600.0
28FIDE 5600328800β€”βˆ’9Bβˆ’16Nβˆ’21Bβ€”β€”0.05.07.00.007500.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets β€” the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets
2eme Tournoi d'automne du Balagna Chess Club (2025) β€” CALVI, France | Chess Tournament Results | ChessStats