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Championnat d'Echecs de Nouvelle-Caledonie 2025

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26 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 12 Oct 2025 to 17 Oct 2025 in Noumea, New Caledonia. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1181, and top seed was Sylvain Giraud (🇳🇨 NCL, 1981).

Nicolas Douyere (🇳🇨 NCL, 1818) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Sylvain Giraud (6.0) and Mathieu Galois (6.0). Douyere shared the lead from round 6, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Mathieu Galois (1781) beat Sylvain Giraud (1981), a +200-point gap.

Location
🇳🇨Noumea, New Caledonia
Dates
12 Oct 2025 → 17 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇳🇨Sylvain Giraud1981
Avg top 10
1,181
Participants
26
Federations · 2 represented
🇳🇨Unknown (NCL)×15
🇫🇷France×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R7; 3 players tied at 6.0/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.

Co-leaders
16
8
3
2
1
3
3
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Douyere6Galois6Giraud65Rogeret4.5Giraud4.5
R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 6.0/7. Douyere takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (28.5).

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Nicolas Douyere beat Mathieu Galois (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Nicolas Douyere 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R5–R7)Mathieu Galois 5 wins (R1–R5)Sylvain Giraud 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Nicolas Douyere*
1
0
—
2Mathieu Galois
0
*
1
—
3Sylvain Giraud
1
0
*
1
4FIDE 528000196——
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Douyere, Nicolas1818NCL+13N+18B+17N−2B+5N+3N+6B6.028.531.525.501880+8.8
2Giraud, Sylvain1981NCL+21B+25N+11B+1N−3B+4N+5B6.028.530.524.501799-9.6
3Galois, Mathieu1781NCL+26B+16N+7B+10N+2N−1B+8N6.028.529.523.501946+13.0
4FIDE 5280001960—+?B−7N+19B+9N+14B−2B+11N5.026.026.015.5011810.0
5Rogeret, Tahiry0NCL+?B+6N=10B+12N−1B+16B−2N4.528.028.014.0017240.0
6Bouchard, Malcom1568NCL+8N−5B+15N+11B=16N+14B−1N4.527.030.518.251018-7.6
7Segala, Titouan0NCL+20B+4B−3N−16N+21B+12N=10B4.525.528.517.0016770.0
8Giraud, David0NCL−6B+?N+25B=17B+18N+10N−3B4.523.023.010.7515180.0
9FIDE 804491740—+?N−17B+22N−4B=13N+?B+16N4.519.019.08.506100.0
10Bellier Pontais, Titouan1663NCL+23N+22B=5N−3B+17N−8B=7N4.026.029.014.001595-6.0
11Kolata, Serge0NCL+?B+12B−2N−6N+25B+15N−4B4.025.525.510.0015870.0
12Bellier, Julien1588NCL+15B−11N+20B−5B+19N−7B+17N4.023.526.513.502210+10.8
13FIDE 5280002180—−1B=24N+?B−25N=9B+20N+19B4.021.021.09.5010180.0
14Nguyen, Novak0NCL−16B+26N+24B+18B−4N−6N+?B4.019.519.56.507680.0
15George, William0FRA−12N+?N−6B+?B+?N−11B+18N4.015.515.53.007780.0
16Chivot, Nel0NCL+14N−3B+?N+7B=6B−5N−9B3.528.028.010.7514810.0
17Bellier Pontais, Temoe1410NCL+19B+9N−1B=8N−10B+24N−12B3.526.028.512.25887-21.6
18FIDE 5280002500—+24B−1N+?B−14N−8B+21N−15B3.024.024.05.5010180.0
19Hoarau, Corentin0NCL−17N+?B−4N+22B−12B+25N−13N3.021.521.55.006990.0
20FIDE 5600119470—−7N+?B−12N−?B+22N−13B+26B3.016.516.54.007880.0
21Fongue, Alaric0NCL−2N−?B+?N+23B−7N−18B+?N3.016.516.53.0011810.0
22FIDE 5280002690—+?B−10N−9B−19N−20B+?N+25B3.016.516.52.008630.0
23FIDE 5280001700—−10B−?N+?B−21N−?B+26N+?B3.08.08.01.008630.0
24FIDE 5280002260—−18N=13B−14N+?N+?B−17B−?N2.514.514.52.006100.0
25FIDE 5280002850—+?N−2B−8N+13B−11N−19B−22N2.024.524.54.0011810.0
26FIDE 6530060030—−3N−14B−?N−?N+?B−23B−20N1.016.016.00.009790.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets