4e Festival International d'Echecs de Tours - Tournoi A ouvert a tous

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96 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 26 Dec 2025 to 30 Dec 2025 in Tours, France. 16 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2378, and top seed was Romain Edouard (🇫🇷 FRA, GM, 2545).

Romain Edouard (🇫🇷 FRA, GM, 2545) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Muthaiah AL (5.5) and Andrei Shchekachev (5.5). Edouard shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Robin Hy (1604) beat Dimitri Dube (1954), a +350-point gap.

Location

🇫🇷Tours, France

Dates

26 Dec 2025 → 30 Dec 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇫🇷GMRomain Edouard2545

Avg top 10

2,378

Participants

Titled players · 16

GM×5

IM×7

FM×4

Federations · 8 represented

🇫🇷France×84

🇮🇳India×4

🇷🇸Serbia×2

🇬🇧England×1

🇪🇸Spain×1

🇭🇷Croatia×1

🇦🇿Azerbaijan×1

🇮🇷Iran×1

Top 3

🥇
GMRomain Edouard
🇫🇷FRA·2545
5.5pts·2555perf+2.0
🥈
IMMuthaiah AL
🇮🇳IND·2413
5.5pts·2471perf+5.5
🥉
GMAndrei Shchekachev
🇫🇷FRA·2463
5.5pts·2440perf+0.3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R7; 6 players tied at 5.5/7, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Shchekachev5.5Grezels5.5Muthaiah5.5Firouzja5.5Edouard5.5Gampa5.5

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

6 players finish on 5.5/7. Edouard takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (31.0).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

GM Andrei Shchekachev 3 wins (R2–R4)FM Florian Grezels 3 wins (R2–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1GMAndrei Shchekachev	*	—	—	—
2FMFlorian Grezels	—	*	—	—
3IMMuthaiah AL	—	—	*	1
4Mohammadreza Firouzja	—	—	0	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Edouard, RomainGM	2545	FRA	+22B	+10N	+4B	+18B	=3N	=2N	=8B	5.5	31.0	35.5	27.50	2555	+2.0
2	Muthaiah ALIM	2413	IND	+37N	+28B	=19N	+5B	+15N	=1B	=7N	5.5	29.0	33.0	25.50	2471	+5.5
3	Shchekachev, AndreiGM	2463	FRA	=24B	+25N	+17B	+11N	=1B	=14N	+20B	5.5	28.0	32.0	25.00	2440	+0.3
4	Aditya Varun GampaFM	2241	IND	+12N	+26B	−1N	+36B	+30B	=9N	+16B	5.5	28.0	32.0	24.00	2380	+24.0
5	Firouzja, Mohammadreza	2167	IRI	+39B	=8N	+54B	−2N	+43B	+25N	+14B	5.5	26.5	29.5	21.50	2341	+31.6
6	Grezels, FlorianFM	2337	FRA	−17B	+89N	+85N	+12B	=16N	+26B	+15N	5.5	24.0	25.0	18.25	2270	-7.2
7	Sanket ChakravartyIM	2350	IND	+35B	+13N	+52B	=9N	=14B	=8N	=2B	5.0	29.0	32.0	22.00	2387	+5.7
8	Guliyev, NamigGM	2486	AZE	+53N	=5B	=16N	+21B	+27N	=7B	=1N	5.0	29.0	32.0	21.75	2372	-5.9
9	Lalic, BogdanGM	2320	CRO	+45N	+30B	+68N	=7B	=18N	=4B	=10N	5.0	27.5	30.0	20.00	2321	+2.1
10	Holcman, Jeremy	2189	FRA	+33N	−1B	+47N	+29B	=26N	+31B	=9B	5.0	26.5	30.0	20.00	2231	+10.6
11	Djuric, StefanGM	2230	SRB	+49N	=32B	+51N	−3B	+17N	=24B	+37N	5.0	25.5	29.0	19.50	2190	-1.4
12	Ghazaryan, Gurgen	1975	FRA	−4B	+44N	+88B	−6N	+73N	+47B	+27N	5.0	24.5	26.0	15.00	2127	+27.6
13	Le Pen, Steven	2135	FRA	+58N	−7B	+59N	+52B	+22N	−15B	+24N	5.0	24.0	27.0	17.50	2184	+12.6
14	El Zein, Zayne-EddineFM	2286	LBN	+96B	=17N	+32N	+19B	=7N	=3B	−5N	4.5	29.0	29.0	16.00	2262	-0.6
15	Shirazi, KamranIM	2236	FRA	=25B	+24N	+40B	+20N	−2B	+13N	−6B	4.5	28.5	32.5	19.50	2239	+2.0
16	Auffray-Bonnet, Gaspard	2100	FRA	=46B	+43N	=8B	+48N	=6B	+18B	−4N	4.5	27.5	31.0	18.50	2264	+29.4
17	Mareau, Timothe	2004	FRA	+6N	=14B	−3N	+54B	−11B	+66N	+50B	4.5	27.0	29.5	16.75	2178	+30.8
18	Nitin, S.IM	2341	IND	+23N	+27B	+79B	−1N	=9B	−16N	+45B	4.5	27.0	29.0	16.50	2249	-5.4
19	Colin, VincentIM	2214	FRA	+38N	+29B	=2B	−14N	−25B	+58N	+43B	4.5	25.5	28.5	17.25	2153	-3.3
20	Salaun, YannIM	2218	FRA	=43B	+56N	+55N	−15B	+49N	+33B	−3N	4.5	24.0	27.0	15.25	2136	-4.6
21	Entem, Alan	2138	FRA	=56B	+46N	+66B	−8N	=32B	+39N	=23B	4.5	24.0	26.5	15.75	2085	-7.0
22	Malinovskii, Ilia	2093	ENG	−1N	+47B	+62N	+68B	−13B	=50N	+48B	4.5	24.0	26.5	14.25	2051	-4.2
23	Soyer, Jean-Yves	2007	FRA	−18B	+73N	=65B	=55N	+52N	+36B	=21N	4.5	21.5	24.0	14.50	2019	+4.0
24	Ghazaryan, Gor	2026	FRA	=3N	−15B	+95B	+40N	+58B	=11N	−13B	4.0	27.0	27.0	12.25	2130	+36.0
25	Dincov, Ioan	1972	FRA	=15N	−3B	+87N	+82B	+19N	−5B	=26N	4.0	26.0	27.5	12.25	2105	+24.2
26	Picard, Clement	2094	FRA	+89B	−4N	+75B	+44N	=10B	−6N	=25B	4.0	26.0	27.0	11.50	2070	-1.4
27	El Zein, Bassam	2115	FRA	+48B	−18N	+60B	+50N	−8B	+32N	−12B	4.0	25.5	28.5	14.00	2090	-8.4
28	Barberis, Valentin	2153	FRA	+36N	−2N	+77B	=31B	=38N	=29B	=33N	4.0	25.5	28.0	14.50	2022	-21.2
29	Forestieri, Samuel	1907	FRA	+34B	−19N	+71B	−10N	+42B	=28N	=30B	4.0	25.5	28.0	14.50	2064	+57.2
30	Fantin, LudwigFM	2096	FRA	+31N	−9N	+90B	+79B	−4N	=38B	=29N	4.0	24.5	25.5	11.00	2026	-10.0
31	Rachez, Christophe	1885	FRA	−30B	+82N	+64B	=28N	+35B	−10N	=34B	4.0	24.0	26.0	13.00	2034	+27.0
32	Peric, SlavisaIM	1926	SRB	+57N	=11N	−14B	+85B	=21N	−27B	+52N	4.0	24.0	25.5	12.25	2085	+14.6
33	Brecheteau, Paul	1924	FRA	−10B	=54N	+81B	+57N	+34B	−20N	=28B	4.0	23.5	25.5	12.50	2067	+27.4
34	Darniere, Simon	2112	FRA	−29N	=40B	+46N	+51B	−33N	+70B	=31N	4.0	23.0	25.5	13.50	1901	-34.4
35	Martin-Breteau, Paul	2011	FRA	−7N	=51B	+76N	+65B	−31N	+46B	=38N	4.0	22.5	25.0	12.25	1956	-19.6
36	Chauvin, Antoine	1917	FRA	−28B	+70N	+80B	−4N	+44B	−23N	+65B	4.0	22.5	24.5	10.50	1954	+6.4
37	Masset, Jacques	2021	FRA	−2B	+90N	−44B	+80N	+60B	+55N	−11B	4.0	22.0	23.0	9.00	1970	-8.0
38	Moussu, Augustin	1929	FRA	−19B	+88N	=67B	+66N	=28B	=30N	=35B	4.0	21.5	23.0	11.25	1997	+25.2
39	Primel, Dominique	1922	FRA	−5N	+72B	=69N	=53B	+79N	−21B	+62N	4.0	21.0	23.0	10.25	1934	+3.6
40	Lovejoy-Black, Sebastien	1854	FRA	+67B	=34N	−15N	−24B	+69N	=53B	+79N	4.0	20.5	22.5	10.50	1984	+22.4
41	Hy, Robin	1604	FRA	−79N	+61N	−57B	=59B	+76N	+49B	=53N	4.0	18.0	20.0	12.00	1912	+51.8
42	Echaide Oscoz, Oier	1574	ESP	−65N	−67N	+61B	+90B	−29N	+59B	+73N	4.0	17.5	18.5	9.50	1834	+74.4
43	Letemple, Frederic	1932	FRA	=20N	−16B	+78N	+69B	−5N	+85B	−19N	3.5	24.0	25.5	8.75	1920	+0.6
44	Hasle, Antoine	1760	FRA	+92N	−12B	+37N	−26B	−36N	+71B	=56N	3.5	22.5	23.0	8.50	1890	+22.0
45	Favrel, Nicolas	2002	FRA	−9B	−52N	+63B	=84N	+68N	+51B	−18N	3.5	21.5	23.5	10.00	1871	-20.6
46	Cleran, Anthony	1886	FRA	=16N	−21B	−34B	+87N	+67B	−35N	+82B	3.5	21.5	23.0	8.25	1911	+4.6
47	Mareau, Noe	1835	FRA	+80B	−22N	−10B	+83N	+86B	−12N	=55B	3.5	21.5	23.0	7.00	1835	-5.6
48	Shurgaia, Vincent	1913	FRA	−27N	+74B	+72N	−16B	=70N	+57B	−22N	3.5	21.0	23.5	9.25	1939	+4.8
49	Dube, Dimitri	1954	FRA	−11B	+65N	=70B	+67N	−20B	−41N	+66B	3.5	21.0	23.5	8.75	1849	-18.2
50	El Fakkak, Radouan	1844	FRA	−72N	+83B	+74N	−27B	+71N	=22B	−17N	3.5	20.5	22.5	9.25	1845	-0.6
51	Andre, Victoria	1783	FRA	+83B	=35N	−11B	−34N	+92B	−45N	+85N	3.5	20.0	20.5	6.00	1857	+11.4
52	Dumont, Gilles	1760	FRA	+63B	+45B	−7N	−13N	−23B	+81N	−32B	3.0	25.0	27.0	8.50	1860	+13.4
53	Rudiano, Nicolas	2036	FRA	−8B	+60N	=73B	=39N	F	=40N	=41B	3.0	22.5	22.5	10.25	1901	-20.6
54	Nicolas, Didier	1726	FRA	+94B	=33B	−5N	−17N	=81B	+60N	−57N	3.0	22.0	22.5	6.50	1804	+9.2
55	Ouradou, Frederic	1745	FRA	F	+81N	−20B	=23B	+56N	−37B	=47N	3.0	21.5	21.5	9.00	1909	+22.8
56	Salvaing, Jean-Louis	1915	FRA	=21N	−20B	F	+64N	−55B	+80N	=44B	3.0	20.5	20.5	9.00	1868	-7.6
57	Denjoy, Arnaud	2191	FRA	−32B	F	+41N	−33B	+82N	−48N	+54B	3.0	20.5	20.5	9.00	1856	-44.8
58	Bremond, Abel	1913	FRA	−13B	+71N	+84B	F	−24N	−19B	+74N	3.0	20.5	20.5	7.00	1900	-2.4
59	Dal Pra, Noel	1806	FRA	−82B	+63N	−13B	=41N	=84B	−42N	+83B	3.0	20.0	22.0	8.00	1663	-28.2
60	Aubert, Lucien	1796	FRA	+69N	−53B	−27N	+72B	−37N	−54B	+87N	3.0	19.0	20.5	6.50	1791	-7.6
61	Bouthier, Jacques	1753	FRA	−68N	−41B	−42N	+78B	−63N	+91N	+81B	3.0	18.0	19.0	5.50	1524	-42.4
62	Kharchouche, Mohammed	1729	FRA	=81B	=84N	−22B	−86N	+83B	+63N	−39B	3.0	17.5	19.0	7.00	1747	+2.0
63	Paparas-Chlous, Raphael	1612	FRA	−52N	−59B	−45N	+91N	+61B	−62B	+80N	3.0	17.5	18.5	6.00	1700	+13.4
64	Andre, Emmanuel	1649	FRA	−90N	+86B	−31N	−56B	=89N	+76B	=70N	3.0	14.5	15.5	5.75	1696	+6.2
65	Brunault, Luc	1753	FRA	+42B	−49B	=23N	−35N	F	+68B	−36N	2.5	22.5	22.5	8.75	1795	+4.6
66	Caillot, Arnaud	1705	FRA	=85N	+78B	−21N	−38B	+77N	−17B	−49N	2.5	21.5	23.0	5.75	1727	-0.2
67	Oheix, Jonathan	1716	FRA	−40N	+42B	=38N	−49B	−46N	−74B	+89N	2.5	21.5	22.5	7.00	1722	-0.4
68	Chatard, Patrice	1587	FRA	+61B	+95N	−9B	−22N	−45B	−65N	=84B	2.5	20.5	20.5	4.00	1742	+21.0
69	Jeanneret, Denis	1656	FRA	−60B	+94N	=39B	−43N	−40B	=77N	=75B	2.5	19.5	20.0	5.00	1697	+5.2
70	Rioland, Ollivier	1717	FRA	+86N	−36B	=49N	F	=48B	−34N	=64B	2.5	19.5	19.5	6.50	1760	+2.8
71	Bessou, Faustin	1696	FRA	+77B	−58B	−29N	+75N	−50B	−44N	=86B	2.5	19.0	20.5	5.75	1714	+2.6
72	Guillevic-Haas, Colomban	1707	FRA	+50B	−39N	−48B	−60N	=75B	+92N	−77B	2.5	19.0	19.5	5.25	1712	-0.8
73	Giraud, Antoine	1762	FRA	+93N	−23B	=53N	F	−12B	+84N	−42B	2.5	19.0	19.0	4.00	1770	-1.4
74	Bukavec, Nikolaj	1648	FRA	+75B	−48N	−50B	=88N	−80B	+67N	−58B	2.5	17.0	18.5	5.75	1699	+7.2
75	Chaumont, Lucas	1787	FRA	−74N	+92B	−26N	−71B	=72N	=87B	=69N	2.5	15.5	16.0	3.75	1617	-33.8
76	Bugeaud, Alexandre	1752	FRA	=78N	−85B	−35B	+94N	−41B	−64N	+92B	2.5	15.5	16.0	2.25	1517	-88.0
77	Lescieux, Matthieu	1822	FRA	−71N	+93B	−28N	F	−66B	=69B	+72N	2.5	14.5	14.5	4.25	1702	-21.8
78	Besnard, Sylviane	1551	FRA	=76B	−66N	−43B	−61N	−87B	+93B	+91N	2.5	14.0	14.5	2.75	1598	+5.4
79	Duvert, Francois	1756	FRA	+41B	F	−18N	−30N	−39B	+86N	−40B	2.0	22.0	22.0	5.50	1686	-11.0
80	Richard, Benoit	1699	FRA	−47N	+91B	−36N	−37B	+74N	−56B	−63B	2.0	20.0	21.0	3.50	1620	-34.0
81	Higonenq, Bastien	1533	FRA	=62N	−55B	−33N	+93B	=54N	−52B	−61N	2.0	19.0	19.5	3.50	1595	+16.4
82	Aulagnet, Alois	1676	FRA	+59N	−31B	F	−25N	−57B	+89B	−46N	2.0	18.5	18.5	4.00	1789	+14.6
83	Lamrani, Ali	1644	FRA	−51N	−50N	+91B	−47B	−62N	+94B	−59N	2.0	17.5	18.0	1.50	1552	-37.6
84	Loll, Jean-Baptiste	1678	FRA	F	=62B	−58N	=45B	=59N	−73B	=68N	2.0	17.5	17.5	6.00	1675	-1.8
85	Coupau, Aymeric	0	FRA	=66B	+76N	−6B	−32N	F	−43N	−51B	1.5	21.5	23.0	3.75	1598	+34.0
86	Blay, Maxime	0	FRA	−70B	−64N	F	+62B	−47N	−79B	=71N	1.5	16.5	16.5	4.25	1538	0.0
87	Katic, Celestin	1625	FRA	F	F	−25B	−46B	+78N	=75N	−60B	1.5	15.5	15.5	3.75	1650	+2.4
88	Alcantara, Regis	1728	FRA	+91N	−38B	−12N	=74B	F	F	F	1.5	14.0	14.0	2.25	1676	-14.8
89	Juranville, Dylan	1857	FRA	−26N	−6B	=92N	F	=64B	−82N	−67B	1.0	17.5	17.5	1.75	1560	-91.6
90	Boullay, Philippe	1794	FRA	+64B	−37B	−30N	−42N	F	F	F	1.0	15.0	15.0	3.00	1658	-15.2
91	Tupin, Lucien	1494	FRA	−88B	−80N	−83N	−63B	+93N	−61B	−78B	1.0	14.0	14.5	0.50	1353	-40.4
92	Refuveille, Sylvain	1612	FRA	−44B	−75N	=89B	F	−51N	−72B	−76N	0.5	15.5	15.5	0.50	1374	-23.8
93	Lechevalier, Mathilde	1631	FRA	−73B	−77N	=94B	−81N	−91B	−78N	F	0.5	11.0	11.0	0.25	1206	-108.4
94	Crozatier, Denis	1474	FRA	−54N	−69B	=93N	−76B	F	−83N	F	0.5	10.5	10.5	0.25	1317	-13.4
95	Bossard, Abel	1763	FRA	F	−68B	−24N	F	F	F	F	0.0	7.0	7.0	0.00	1007	-18.2
96	Ducos, Antoine	1993	FRA	−14N	F	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	6.5	6.5	0.00	1486	-3.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Echaide Oscoz, OierESP
+74.4
4.0 pts · #26
2Forestieri, SamuelFRA
+57.2
4.0 pts · #38
3Hy, RobinFRA
+51.8
4.0 pts · #32

Top rating losers

1Lechevalier, MathildeFRA
-108.4
0.5 pts · #92
2Juranville, DylanFRA
-91.6
1.0 pts · #89
3Bugeaud, AlexandreFRA
-88.0
2.5 pts · #70

Biggest upsets

R6+350 Elo gap
Hy, Robin1604 beat Dube, Dimitri1954
R1+333 Elo gap
Mareau, Timothe2004 beat FMGrezels, Florian2337
R6+278 Elo gap
Shurgaia, Vincent1913 beat Denjoy, Arnaud2191