Tournoi d'Entrainement FIDE du CE-Strasbourg 2025T
Open SwissStandard
48 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held on 31 Oct 2025 in Strasbourg, France. 1 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1860, and top seed was Tayeb Naidji (🇫🇷 FRA, 2088).
Jean-Claude Letzelter (🇫🇷 FRA, FM, 1965) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Faris. Kamel (5.0) and Petar Dimovski (5.0). Letzelter shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Thomas Guntzer Vetter (1511) beat Marjan Rahimikharaghani (1705), a +194-point gap.
Location
🇫🇷Strasbourg, France
Dates
31 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Titled players · 1
FM×1
Federations · 4 represented
🇫🇷France×37
🇸🇾Syria×1
🇧🇷Brazil×1
🇮🇷Iran×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsTight race until R5; 3 players tied at 5.0/6, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.
Co-leaders
21
10
5
2
1
3
R5–R6 · LEAD HELD
FM Jean-Claude Letzelter held the sole lead from R5 through R6 without losing it.
R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
3 players finish on 5.0/6. Letzelter takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (20.5).
R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
FM Jean-Claude Letzelter lost to Petar Dimovski (Black).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1FMJean-Claude Letzelter | * | 0 | 1 | — |
| 2Petar Dimovski | 1 | * | — | 0 |
| 3Faris. Kamel | 0 | — | * | 1 |
| 4Tayeb Naidji | — | 1 | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Letzelter, Jean-ClaudeFM | 1965 | FRA | +24B | +19N | +15B | +8N | +2B | −3N | 5.0 | 20.5 | 23.5 | 18.50 | 2032 | +12.2 |
| 2 | Kamel,Faris. | 1938 | SYR | +22N | +20B | +7N | +4B | −1N | +8N | 5.0 | 20.5 | 23.5 | 18.50 | 2069 | +39.2 |
| 3 | Dimovski, Petar | 1804 | FRA | +27N | +32B | −4N | +19B | +7N | +1B | 5.0 | 19.5 | 21.5 | 17.00 | 1952 | +20.2 |
| 4 | Naidji, Tayeb | 2088 | FRA | +14B | +31N | +3B | −2N | +13B | =6N | 4.5 | 21.5 | 23.5 | 16.25 | 1984 | -10.6 |
| 5 | Guliyev, Altan | 1665 | FRA | +34B | F | +10B | =13N | +9N | +17B | 4.5 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 15.25 | 2072 | +73.6 |
| 6 | Alvarez, Pablo | 1742 | FRA | +47N | +29B | −8B | +23N | +21N | =4B | 4.5 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 10.75 | 1841 | +3.8 |
| 7 | Michels, Matthieu | 0 | FRA | +12N | +9B | −2B | +11N | −3B | +19N | 4.0 | 22.0 | 25.0 | 15.00 | 1778 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Wen, Bohao | 1979 | FRA | +26N | +35B | +6N | −1B | +20N | −2B | 4.0 | 20.5 | 22.5 | 12.50 | 1856 | -25.6 |
| 9 | Ehrhard, Clement | 1753 | FRA | +18B | −7N | +33B | +14N | −5B | +22N | 4.0 | 18.5 | 20.5 | 12.00 | 1786 | +8.4 |
| 10 | Filipozzi, Justin | 1740 | FRA | F | +28B | −5N | +45N | +29B | +13B | 4.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 10.00 | 1824 | +6.8 |
| 11 | Stralchonak, Kseniya | 1656 | FRA | −29N | +47B | +24N | −7B | +33N | +20B | 4.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 8.00 | 2327 | +20.0 |
| 12 | Rahimikharaghani, Marjan | 1705 | IRI | −7B | +48N | −14B | +41N | +32B | +21N | 4.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 6.50 | 1511 | -10.0 |
| 13 | Arbib, Yassine | 1888 | FRA | +43B | +17N | +21B | =5B | −4N | −10N | 3.5 | 19.5 | 20.5 | 9.75 | 1710 | -20.2 |
| 14 | Guntzer Vetter, Thomas | 1511 | FRA | −4N | +40B | +12N | −9B | +31B | =15N | 3.5 | 18.0 | 20.0 | 9.75 | 1728 | +54.0 |
| 15 | Queiroz, Maria Becker | 1695 | BRA | +37N | +41B | −1N | −20B | +16N | =14B | 3.5 | 17.0 | 18.5 | 8.75 | 1589 | -12.6 |
| 16 | Sinivassane, Roja | 1654 | FRA | +23B | −21N | +22B | =29N | −15B | +25B | 3.5 | 15.5 | 18.0 | 10.25 | 1571 | -8.8 |
| 17 | Liddell, William | 1561 | FRA | +25N | −13B | =41N | +38B | +46N | −5N | 3.5 | 14.5 | 15.5 | 6.75 | 979 | -19.2 |
| 18 | Benhallou, Sarah | 0 | FRA | −9N | =30B | −38N | +47B | +41B | +29N | 3.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 5.25 | 1458 | -16.0 |
| 19 | Sharma, Varun | 1575 | FRA | +36N | −1B | +25N | −3N | +23B | −7B | 3.0 | 20.0 | 22.0 | 8.00 | 1085 | -12.0 |
| 20 | Blanc, Gregory | 1574 | FRA | +44B | −2N | +39B | +15N | −8B | −11N | 3.0 | 18.5 | 19.5 | 6.50 | 1622 | +3.2 |
| 21 | Tellin, Mael | 0 | FRA | +33N | +16B | −13N | +31N | −6B | −12B | 3.0 | 17.5 | 19.5 | 7.50 | 1679 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Harutyunyan, Karen | 1446 | FRA | −2B | +42N | −16N | +39B | +35N | −9B | 3.0 | 16.5 | 17.5 | 5.00 | 1518 | +9.6 |
| 23 | Rosselli, Lucas | 0 | FRA | −16N | +26B | +32N | −6B | −19N | +33B | 3.0 | 16.0 | 18.0 | 7.00 | 1582 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Sinivassane, Nila | 1476 | FRA | −1N | +36N | −11B | −25B | +44N | +35B | 3.0 | 16.0 | 17.0 | 5.00 | 1590 | +8.4 |
| 25 | Ott, Jordan | 0 | FRA | −17B | +43N | −19B | +24N | +30B | −16N | 3.0 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 6.50 | 1544 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Babayev, Ayxan | 1488 | FRA | −8B | −23N | −37B | +48B | +34N | +31N | 3.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 4.00 | 1743 | +21.2 |
| 27 | Shokhakimov, Malik | 1424 | FRA | −3B | +44N | −31B | −30N | +42B | +32N | 3.0 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 4.00 | 1421 | -2.0 |
| 28 | Meyer, Claude | 1536 | FRA | F | −10N | −45B | +42N | +37B | +38B | 3.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 5.00 | 940 | -4.8 |
| 29 | Robert, Lilian | 0 | FRA | +11B | −6N | +35N | =16B | −10N | −18B | 2.5 | 19.5 | 21.5 | 7.75 | 1608 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Essolh, Adil | 1543 | FRA | −41B | =18N | F | +27B | −25N | +36B | 2.5 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 6.75 | 1708 | +16.4 |
| 31 | Roos, Carole | 1616 | FRA | +40N | −4B | +27N | −21B | −14N | −26B | 2.0 | 17.0 | 19.0 | 5.00 | 1408 | -40.8 |
| 32 | Gasimov, Raphael | 1517 | FRA | +39N | −3N | −23B | +34B | −12N | −27B | 2.0 | 17.0 | 19.0 | 4.00 | 841 | -42.4 |
| 33 | Park, Sohou | 1513 | FRA | −21B | +34N | −9N | +44B | −11B | −23N | 2.0 | 16.0 | 17.0 | 3.00 | 902 | -18.8 |
| 34 | FIDE 551000075 | 0 | — | −5N | −33B | +36B | −32N | −26B | +42N | 2.0 | 13.5 | 14.5 | 3.00 | 747 | 0.0 |
| 35 | Butbaia, Ilarioni | 1582 | FRA | +42B | −8N | −29B | +43N | −22B | −24N | 2.0 | 13.5 | 14.5 | 2.00 | 1394 | -44.0 |
| 36 | FIDE 560033215 | 0 | — | −19B | −24B | −34N | +40B | +48N | −30N | 2.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 2.00 | 744 | 0.0 |
| 37 | Park, Ikhyeon | 0 | FRA | −15B | F | +26N | −46B | −28N | +41N | 2.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 4.50 | 1453 | 0.0 |
| 38 | Hammouche, Zakarya | 0 | FRA | F | F | +18B | −17N | +45B | −28N | 2.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 4.50 | 1447 | 0.0 |
| 39 | Tangiev, Rassoul | 0 | FRA | −32B | F | −20N | −22N | +43B | +45N | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 2.00 | 1295 | 0.0 |
| 40 | FIDE 651015684 | 0 | — | −31B | −14N | −43B | −36N | +47N | +48B | 2.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.00 | 700 | 0.0 |
| 41 | Randrianarizafy, Paul | 0 | FRA | +30N | −15N | =17B | −12B | −18N | −37B | 1.5 | 17.0 | 19.0 | 4.25 | 1476 | 0.0 |
| 42 | Figueiredo, Paula | 0 | FRA | −35N | −22B | +47N | −28B | −27N | −34B | 1.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 0.00 | 696 | 0.0 |
| 43 | Benhallou, Kamila | 1436 | FRA | −13N | −25B | +40N | −35B | −39N | −44B | 1.0 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 2.00 | 899 | -14.0 |
| 44 | FIDE 560033223 | 0 | — | −20N | −27B | F | −33N | −24B | +43N | 1.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 1.00 | 1241 | 0.0 |
| 45 | FIDE 560033185 | 0 | — | F | F | +28N | −10B | −38N | −39B | 1.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 3.00 | 1639 | 0.0 |
| 46 | FIDE 560033177 | 0 | — | F | F | F | +37N | −17B | — | 1.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 2.00 | 762 | 0.0 |
| 47 | FIDE 651048337 | 0 | — | −6B | −11N | −42B | −18N | −40B | F | 0.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 0.00 | 869 | 0.0 |
| 48 | FIDE 560033193 | 0 | — | F | −12B | F | −26N | −36B | −40N | 0.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 0.00 | 804 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Guliyev, AltanFRA+73.64.5 pts · #8
- 2Guntzer Vetter, ThomasFRA+54.03.5 pts · #13
- 3Kamel,Faris.SYR+39.25.0 pts · #5
Top rating losers
- 1Butbaia, IlarioniFRA-44.02.0 pts · #30
- 2Gasimov, RaphaelFRA-42.42.0 pts · #44
- 3Roos, CaroleFRA-40.82.0 pts · #26
Biggest upsets
- R3+194 Elo gap
- R6+161 Elo gap
- R4+150 Elo gap