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2nd Open International des Maitres du Temps de Castres

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21 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 01 May 2026 to 03 May 2026 in Castres, France. Top 10 Elo average was 1829, and top seed was Thomas Nowak (🇫🇷 FRA, 1941).

Thomas Nowak (🇫🇷 FRA, 1941) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Frederick Capel (4.5) and Thierry Carivenc (4.5). Nowak shared the lead from round 4 and won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Patrice Monnier (1515) beat Emmanuel Zaia (1797), a +282-point gap.

Location
🇫🇷Castres, France
Dates
01 May 2026 → 03 May 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇫🇷Thomas Nowak1941
Avg top 10
1,829
Participants
21
Federations · 1 represented
🇫🇷France×21
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Thomas Nowak led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
9
3
1
2
1
1
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6Nowak takes lead
R5 · LEADER CHANGE03 May

Thomas Nowak takes the sole lead (4.0/5).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Thomas Nowak drew with Frederick Capel (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Frederick Capel 3 wins (R1–R3)Thierry Carivenc 3 wins (R4–R6)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Thomas Nowak*
½
1
2Frederick Capel
½
*
3Thierry Carivenc*
4Vincent Denis
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Nowak, Thomas1941FRA+13B=8N+4B+5N=2B+6N5.019.022.018.002113+24.2
2Capel, Frederick1921FRA+15N+11B+5N6B=1N+7B4.518.520.514.501988+11.2
3Carivenc, Thierry1784FRA+21N5B=14N+15B+9N+12B4.514.514.59.751786+2.4
4Denis, Vincent1887FRA+14N+7B1N+11BF+10N4.017.517.512.501975+11.4
5Pantioukhine, Slava1862FRA+12B+3N2B1B+14N=8N3.520.523.011.751817-3.8
6Razat, Romain1887FRA=9B+10N+8B+2NF1B3.520.020.013.251947+9.2
7Tardif, Mickael1684FRA+17B4N+13B+12N=8B2N3.518.019.59.251761+9.8
8Klimchand, Didier1838FRA+20N=1B6N+14B=7N=5B3.518.018.59.001788-4.2
9Choquet, Sylvain1601FRA=6N+15B11N+18B3B+17N3.514.516.06.751721+14.8
10Gomez Rodriguez, Jose Manuel1689FRA+16N6B=18N+17B+13N4B3.514.015.57.251652-10.0
11Zaia, Emmanuel1797FRA+19B2N+9B4N12B+18N3.016.517.56.001652-40.4
12Monnier, Patrice1515FRA5N+16B+20N7B+11N3N3.016.517.05.501644+13.8
13Denis, Monique1642FRA1N+21B7N+19B10B+15N3.015.015.03.001629-2.4
14Buiten, Herman1563FRA4B+19N=3B8N5B+16B2.517.518.55.251615+3.4
15Marshall, Douglas1599FRA2B9N+16B3N+20B13B2.017.518.02.501440-41.2
16Wilkowski, Nicolas0FRA10B12N15N+20B+21B14N2.011.511.50.5014140.0
17Ferrie, Alain0FRA7N=20B+21N10N18B9B1.512.512.50.2513700.0
18Sialino, Patrick1539FRAFF=10B9N+17N11B1.511.511.53.251423-7.8
19Denis, Karine1448FRA11N14BF13NF+21B1.08.58.50.001411-5.0
20Lamour, Stephanie1451FRA8B=17N12B16N15NF0.512.012.00.75851-32.0
21Berro, Rosette1415FRA3B13N17BF16N19N0.012.012.00.00825-30.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets