Phase Nord du Championnat de France Jeunes 2025 U14 (-1800)

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50 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 18 Oct 2025 to 20 Oct 2025 in Cappelle La Grande, France. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1629, and top seed was Pablo Nevoux (🇫🇷 FRA, 1768).

Georges-Emmanuel Custoza (🇫🇷 FRA, 1764) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Barthelemy Gandin (6.0) and Pablo Nevoux (5.5). Custoza broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Martin Delpierre (1449) beat Eliott Pauwels (1707), a +258-point gap.

Location

🇫🇷Cappelle La Grande, France

Dates

18 Oct 2025 → 20 Oct 2025

Time control

Standard: 50 minutes with 10 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇫🇷Pablo Nevoux1768

Avg top 10

1,629

Participants

Federations · 2 represented

🇫🇷France×38

🇧🇪Belgium×1

Top 3

🥇
Georges-Emmanuel Custoza
🇫🇷FRA·1764
6.5pts·1983perf+47.2
🥈
Barthelemy Gandin
🇫🇷FRA·1597
6.0pts·1862perf+77.2
🥉
Pablo Nevoux
🇫🇷FRA·1768
5.5pts·1763perf+2.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Georges-Emmanuel Custoza led from R7; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R7.

Co-leaders

Custoza6.5Gandin6Nevoux5.5Zine5Pauwels5Braure5

R7–R7 · LEAD HELD

Georges-Emmanuel Custoza held the sole lead from R7 through R7 without losing it.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Georges-Emmanuel Custoza drew with Barthelemy Gandin (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Georges-Emmanuel Custoza 4 wins (R1–R4)Barthelemy Gandin 4 wins (R1–R4)Pablo Nevoux 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Georges-Emmanuel Custoza	*	½	1	—
2Barthelemy Gandin	½	*	½	—
3Pablo Nevoux	0	½	*	—
4Younes Zine	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Custoza, Georges-Emmanuel	1764	FRA	+24B	+19N	+8B	+3N	=2B	+7N	+5B	6.5	29.0	32.5	29.50	1983	+47.2
2	Gandin, Barthelemy	1597	FRA	+32B	+17N	+23B	+10N	=1N	+8B	=3B	6.0	28.5	31.5	25.50	1862	+77.2
3	Nevoux, Pablo	1768	FRA	+26N	+27B	+25N	−1B	+4N	+9B	=2N	5.5	29.0	32.5	23.00	1763	+2.4
4	Braure, Robin	1646	FRA	+31B	+14N	=7B	+16N	−3B	+22N	=10B	5.0	26.5	30.0	20.00	1629	-3.6
5	Pauwels, Eliott	1707	FRA	+29N	−7B	+38N	+21B	+19N	+11B	−1N	5.0	26.0	28.5	17.50	1606	-24.4
6	Zine, Younes	1555	FRA	−20B	+11N	−32B	+28N	+16B	+23N	+18B	5.0	23.0	26.0	19.50	2247	+57.6
7	Delpierre, Martin	1449	FRA	+48B	+5N	=4N	=9B	+12N	−1B	=8N	4.5	30.0	31.5	18.00	1650	+66.0
8	Vermeersch, Elise	1516	FRA	+41B	+38N	−1N	+18B	+20B	−2N	=7B	4.5	27.0	29.5	14.75	1526	+1.2
9	Degremont, Ivann	1424	FRA	+40B	+30N	=10B	=7N	+15B	−3N	=16N	4.5	26.5	29.0	17.00	1586	+40.4
10	Doucet, Paul-Loup	1608	FRA	+39N	+34B	=9N	−2B	=21N	+17B	=4N	4.5	26.0	28.5	16.00	1553	-16.8
11	Gressier, Thibault	1417	FRA	=22N	−6B	+47N	+33B	+17B	−5N	+19B	4.5	24.0	25.5	13.75	1545	+26.0
12	Guevorkian, Marie	1501	FRA	+33N	−20B	+44N	+23N	−7B	=13B	+21N	4.5	22.5	24.5	14.25	1544	+6.8
13	Hervy, Ivan-Louis	0	FRA	−19B	−24N	+43B	+29B	+34N	=12N	+22B	4.5	21.5	24.0	14.75	1470	0.0
14	Wemaere, Baptiste	1447	FRA	+47N	−4B	=33N	+32N	−22B	+31N	+20B	4.5	21.5	23.0	13.00	847	-9.6
15	Jeanson, Noah	1527	FRA	+45N	−23B	+39N	+34B	−9N	=21B	+26N	4.5	20.5	22.5	12.75	1336	0.0
16	Dekeukelaere, Ruben	1521	FRA	+28N	=21B	+20N	−4B	−6N	+24N	=9B	4.0	25.0	28.5	14.50	1314	-43.2
17	Mouchie, Emeline	1428	FRA	+37N	−2B	+40N	+25B	−11N	−10N	+35B	4.0	24.5	27.0	12.00	1345	-22.8
18	Adjabi, Qassim	1407	FRA	+50N	−25B	+42N	−8N	+36B	+27B	−6N	4.0	22.0	22.5	9.50	1322	-21.6
19	Merle, Lila	1460	BEL	+13N	−1B	+28N	+30N	−5B	=26B	−11N	3.5	27.5	31.0	13.25	1427	-10.0
20	Creton, Axel	0	FRA	+6N	+12N	−16B	+27B	−8N	=25B	−14N	3.5	26.0	29.5	14.75	1504	0.0
21	Besson, Timeo	1404	FRA	+43B	=16N	+22B	−5N	=10B	=15N	−12B	3.5	26.0	28.5	12.50	1392	-3.2
22	Mouchon, Arthur	0	FRA	=11B	+26N	−21N	+38B	+14N	−4B	−13N	3.5	25.5	28.0	12.75	1463	0.0
23	Kong, Arthur	1417	FRA	+46B	+15N	−2N	−12B	+45N	−6B	=25N	3.5	25.5	27.5	10.25	1221	-32.8
24	Virelizier, Evariste	0	FRA	−1N	+13B	−30B	+35N	=25N	−16B	+36B	3.5	25.0	28.0	12.25	1279	0.0
25	Yu, Shuang	1524	FRA	+44B	+18N	−3B	−17N	=24B	=20N	=23B	3.5	24.0	26.0	11.25	1432	-22.8
26	Hennet, Anais	0	FRA	−3B	−22B	+37N	+41N	+30B	=19N	−15B	3.5	23.5	26.0	10.75	1608	0.0
27	Pallier, Juliette	1466	FRA	+35B	−3N	+36B	−20N	+32B	−18N	=28B	3.5	22.5	25.5	10.75	800	-28.0
28	Delaplace, Edouard	0	FRA	−16B	+46N	−19B	−6B	+33N	+34B	=27N	3.5	22.0	24.0	9.75	1341	0.0
29	Alquier, Aksel	0	FRA	−5B	−35N	+31B	−13N	+48B	+41N	=30B	3.5	22.0	23.5	9.25	1457	0.0
30	Maeght, Ruben	1593	FRA	+49N	−9B	+24N	−19B	−26N	+44B	=29N	3.5	20.5	22.0	8.75	644	-55.6
31	Baqous, Reda	0	FRA	−4N	=47B	−29N	+40B	+44N	−14B	+42N	3.5	20.0	21.5	7.75	747	0.0
32	Bernard, Victorien	0	FRA	−2N	+37B	+6N	−14B	−27N	=42B	=33B	3.0	25.0	27.5	10.75	1323	0.0
33	FIDE 560020903	0	—	−12B	+43N	=14B	−11N	−28B	+37B	=32N	3.0	23.0	25.5	9.25	1181	0.0
34	Motheron, Jouliann	1445	FRA	+36B	−10N	+35B	−15N	−13B	−28N	+44B	3.0	23.0	25.0	8.00	813	-11.2
35	FIDE 560020911	0	—	−27N	+29B	−34N	−24B	+38N	+39B	−17N	3.0	20.0	22.5	8.50	1250	0.0
36	FIDE 527042901	0	—	−34N	+49B	−27N	+39B	−18N	+45B	−24N	3.0	18.5	20.0	6.00	648	0.0
37	Langlet, Ruben	0	FRA	−17B	−32N	−26B	+43N	+49B	−33N	+45N	3.0	18.0	19.5	6.00	657	0.0
38	Decad, Alexis	1403	FRA	+42N	−8B	−5B	−22N	−35B	+46N	=41B	2.5	21.0	23.0	5.75	812	-19.2
39	Barois, Augustin	0	FRA	−10B	+48N	−15B	−36N	+46B	−35N	=40B	2.5	19.5	21.0	4.75	813	0.0
40	FIDE 560020938	0	—	−9N	+45B	−17B	−31N	−41B	+48N	=39N	2.5	19.0	20.5	4.75	640	0.0
41	Engelmann, Armand	0	FRA	−8N	−42B	+50N	−26B	+40N	−29B	=38N	2.5	19.0	19.5	4.25	1267	0.0
42	FIDE 560020962	0	—	−38B	+41N	−18B	−44B	+47N	=32N	−31B	2.5	17.5	19.0	5.50	617	0.0
43	Saidi, Issa	0	FRA	−21N	−33B	−13N	−37B	+50N	=49B	+47N	2.5	17.0	17.5	2.75	604	0.0
44	Delacroix, Alice	0	FRA	−25N	+50B	−12B	+42N	−31B	−30N	−34N	2.0	20.5	21.0	3.00	716	0.0
45	FIDE 560020881	0	—	−15B	−40N	+46B	+48N	−23B	−36N	−37B	2.0	18.5	20.0	3.50	617	0.0
46	FIDE 560020946	0	—	−23N	−28B	−45N	+50B	−39N	−38B	+49N	2.0	15.5	16.0	2.00	610	0.0
47	FIDE 80431879	0	—	−14B	=31N	−11B	−49N	−42B	+50N	−43B	1.5	19.0	19.5	2.25	632	0.0
48	FIDE 560020920	0	—	−7N	−39B	+49N	−45B	−29N	−40B	=50B	1.5	16.5	17.0	1.75	636	0.0
49	FIDE 560020873	0	—	−30B	−36N	−48B	+47B	−37N	=43N	−46B	1.5	15.5	17.0	2.75	793	0.0
50	FIDE 544024452	0	—	−18B	−44N	−41B	−46N	−43B	−47B	=48N	0.5	14.5	16.0	0.75	632	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Gandin, BarthelemyFRA
+77.2
6.0 pts · #2
2Delpierre, MartinFRA
+66.0
4.5 pts · #6
3Zine, YounesFRA
+57.6
5.0 pts · #4

Top rating losers

1Maeght, RubenFRA
-55.6
3.5 pts · #49
2Dekeukelaere, RubenFRA
-43.2
4.0 pts · #21
3Kong, ArthurFRA
-32.8
3.5 pts · #30

Biggest upsets

R2+258 Elo gap
Delpierre, Martin1449 beat Pauwels, Eliott1707
R2+169 Elo gap
Degremont, Ivann1424 beat Maeght, Ruben1593
R4+133 Elo gap
Merle, Lila1460 beat Maeght, Ruben1593