1er Open FIDE Noel Culture-Echecs
43 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 20 Dec 2025 to 22 Dec 2025 in Suresnes, France. 1 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1965, and top seed was Julien G. Laurent (🇫🇷 FRA, FM, 2186).
Julien G. Laurent (🇫🇷 FRA, FM, 2186) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Victor Gregoire (5.0) and Vincent Neves (5.0). Laurent clinched sole first place in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Jerome Pivois (1768) beat Matteo Peluso (1938), a +170-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsFM Julien G. Laurent led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.
FM Julien G. Laurent takes the sole lead (5.5/6).
FM Julien G. Laurent beat Victor Gregoire (White).
FM Julien G. Laurent 3 wins (R4–R6)Victor Gregoire 5 wins (R1–R5)Vincent Neves 5 wins (R1–R6)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1FMJulien G. Laurent | * | 1 | — | — |
| 2Victor Gregoire | 0 | * | — | — |
| 3Vincent Neves | — | — | * | 1 |
| 4Leon Berelowitch | — | — | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laurent, Julien G.FM | 2186 | FRA | +26B | +24N | =5B | +23N | +15B | +2B | 5.5 | 17.0 | 19.0 | 17.00 | 2272 | +7.2 |
| 2 | Gregoire, Victor | 1985 | FRA | +8B | +17N | +9B | +5N | +4B | −1N | 5.0 | 21.5 | 24.5 | 19.00 | 2167 | +27.2 |
| 3 | Neves, Vincent | 1925 | FRA | +35N | +6B | F | +33N | +8B | +7B | 5.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 15.00 | 2499 | +18.6 |
| 4 | Chalampuente, Victor | 1929 | FRA | +16B | =12N | +7N | +11B | −2N | =5B | 4.0 | 20.0 | 23.0 | 14.25 | 1883 | -7.6 |
| 5 | Bertrand, Julien | 1951 | FRA | +25B | +22N | =1N | −2B | +23B | =4N | 4.0 | 20.0 | 22.5 | 12.75 | 1986 | +7.4 |
| 6 | Pivois, Jerome | 1768 | FRA | +20B | −3N | +27B | +9N | −7N | +24B | 4.0 | 18.5 | 20.5 | 11.50 | 1872 | +15.4 |
| 7 | Berelowitch, Leon | 1861 | FRA | +28B | +42N | −4B | +12N | +6B | −3N | 4.0 | 18.5 | 19.5 | 10.50 | 1921 | +23.6 |
| 8 | Brisard, Lalo | 1607 | FRA | −2N | +38B | +39N | +19B | −3N | +17B | 4.0 | 17.0 | 18.0 | 8.00 | 1840 | +57.2 |
| 9 | Peluso, Matteo | 1938 | FRA | +34N | +36B | −2N | −6B | +26N | +11B | 4.0 | 16.0 | 17.5 | 8.50 | 1821 | -12.2 |
| 10 | Sellak, Moussa | 1869 | FRA | F | +28N | +16B | −22N | +27B | +15N | 4.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 10.00 | 1862 | +2.2 |
| 11 | Berthillet, Clement | 0 | FRA | =23B | +26N | +14B | −4N | +24B | −9N | 3.5 | 16.5 | 18.5 | 9.25 | 1851 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Clari, Louis | 1687 | FRA | +29N | =4B | =15N | −7B | =18N | +33B | 3.5 | 16.0 | 17.5 | 8.50 | 1738 | +8.0 |
| 13 | Richard Kitagawa, Ulysse | 1535 | FRA | −15N | +29B | =36N | −18B | +25N | +34B | 3.5 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 6.75 | 1690 | +38.0 |
| 14 | Dergaoui, Amir | 1873 | FRA | +37N | =19B | −11N | +34B | +33B | F | 3.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 5.50 | 1869 | +1.2 |
| 15 | Violini, Paolo | 1882 | ITA | +13B | =33N | =12B | +17N | −1N | −10B | 3.0 | 19.5 | 21.0 | 9.00 | 1806 | -9.6 |
| 16 | Brellier Sanchez, Rafael | 1567 | FRA | −4N | +21B | −10N | +43B | =30N | =18B | 3.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 5.50 | 1587 | +0.4 |
| 17 | Lagniez, Louis | 1750 | FRA | +40N | −2B | +41N | −15B | +29B | −8N | 3.0 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 4.00 | 1025 | -48.8 |
| 18 | Antoine, Vladimir | 1634 | FRA | =32B | −23N | =31B | +13N | =12B | =16N | 3.0 | 14.5 | 16.5 | 8.75 | 1696 | +17.2 |
| 19 | Chatterjee, Adhyayan | 1702 | FRA | +41B | =14N | −33B | −8N | =20B | +27N | 3.0 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 6.25 | 1641 | -9.2 |
| 20 | Brosseau-Habert, Theophile | 0 | FRA | −6N | −34B | +35N | =25B | =19N | +30B | 3.0 | 13.0 | 14.5 | 6.25 | 1647 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Guerry, Nicolas | 0 | FRA | −22B | −16N | +28B | −26N | +37N | +31B | 3.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 5.00 | 1584 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Lebacq, Gaspar | 1699 | FRA | +21N | −5B | +43N | +10B | F | F | 3.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 7.00 | 1911 | +10.8 |
| 23 | Faure, Pierre | 1778 | FRA | =11N | +18B | +30N | −1B | −5N | F | 2.5 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 6.75 | 1862 | +6.6 |
| 24 | Kankanige Nethul, Dilsara Perera | 1833 | FRA | +38N | −1B | =34N | +30B | −11N | −6N | 2.5 | 16.5 | 17.5 | 3.75 | 1740 | -24.0 |
| 25 | Magnan, Hector | 1579 | FRA | −5N | +40B | −32B | =20N | −13B | +35N | 2.5 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 4.00 | 1564 | -11.6 |
| 26 | Peter, Gilles | 1643 | FRA | −1N | −11B | +38N | +21B | −9B | F | 2.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 4.00 | 1693 | +1.2 |
| 27 | Richard Kitagawa, Nohan | 1440 | FRA | −36N | +31B | −6N | +39B | −10N | −19B | 2.0 | 14.5 | 15.5 | 3.00 | 1499 | +8.0 |
| 28 | Arpin-Pont, Artiom | 1489 | FRA | −7N | −10B | −21N | +38B | +43N | −29B | 2.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 1.00 | 1611 | +11.6 |
| 29 | Brodbeck, Isaac | 0 | FRA | −12B | −13N | F | +37B | −17N | +28N | 2.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 3.00 | 1522 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Vadapalli, Sri Adhrit | 1693 | FRA | +43B | =32N | −23B | −24N | =16B | −20N | 2.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 2.50 | 1604 | -19.6 |
| 31 | Diouani, Niels | 1596 | FRA | −42B | −27N | =18N | =35B | +40N | −21N | 2.0 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 3.25 | 1457 | -33.2 |
| 32 | Fan, Sizhuo | 2008 | FRA | =18N | =30B | +25N | F | F | F | 2.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 5.00 | 1768 | -28.0 |
| 33 | Ishikawa, Kenshin | 0 | FRA | F | =15B | +19N | −3B | −14N | −12N | 1.5 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 4.50 | 1665 | 0.0 |
| 34 | Choucroun, Maxime | 1575 | FRA | −9B | +20N | =24B | −14N | F | −13N | 1.5 | 16.5 | 18.0 | 4.25 | 1473 | -9.8 |
| 35 | Toubiana, Marc | 1558 | FRA | −3B | −41N | −20B | =31N | +39B | −25B | 1.5 | 13.5 | 14.5 | 2.00 | 1430 | -20.0 |
| 36 | Bonnay, Denis | 1778 | FRA | +27B | −9N | =13B | F | F | F | 1.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 3.75 | 1638 | -9.4 |
| 37 | Ragot Ruer, Noah | 1525 | FRA | −14B | −39N | +40B | −29N | −21B | F | 1.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 1.00 | 1073 | -4.0 |
| 38 | Clari, Julie | 1478 | FRA | −24B | −8N | −26B | −28N | F | +43B | 1.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 0.00 | 842 | -48.4 |
| 39 | Canaple, Paul | 0 | FRA | −?N | +37B | −8B | −27N | −35N | −40B | 1.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 1.00 | 1316 | 0.0 |
| 40 | Diouani, Elise | 0 | FRA | −17B | −25N | −37N | F | −31B | +39N | 1.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 1.00 | 811 | 0.0 |
| 41 | Ducloy, Fabien | 0 | FRA | −19N | +35B | −17B | F | F | F | 1.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.50 | 1545 | 0.0 |
| 42 | Auder, Benjamin | 1970 | FRA | +31N | −7B | F | F | F | F | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 2.00 | 1730 | -11.0 |
| 43 | Atay, Priamos | 0 | FRA | −30N | F | −22B | −16N | −28B | −38N | 0.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 0.00 | 785 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Brisard, LaloFRA+57.24.0 pts · #8
- 2Richard Kitagawa, UlysseFRA+38.03.5 pts · #18
- 3Gregoire, VictorFRA+27.25.0 pts · #2
- 1Lagniez, LouisFRA-48.83.0 pts · #39
- 2Clari, JulieFRA-48.41.0 pts · #43
- 3Diouani, NielsFRA-33.22.0 pts · #31
- R4+170 Elo gap
- R4+170 Elo gap
- R2+156 Elo gap