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Tournoi du mercredi Grenoble - Hiver 2026 - Principal r6-9

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22 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 07 Jan 2026 to 28 Jan 2026 in Grenoble, France. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1807, and top seed was Hugues Blanchard (🇫🇷 FRA, 1939).

Hugues Blanchard (🇫🇷 FRA, 1939) won with 3.5/9, ahead of Olivier Grandval (3.0) and Kevin Costner Noumbissie Leungoue (3.0). Blanchard won solo starting round 8.

The biggest upset came in round 9: Chesner Desir (1404) beat Paul Cura (1687), a +283-point gap.

Location
🇫🇷Grenoble, France
Dates
07 Jan 2026 → 28 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇫🇷Hugues Blanchard1939
Avg top 10
1,807
Participants
22
Federations · 3 represented
🇫🇷France×20
🇪🇸Spain×1
🇨🇲Cameroon×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Hugues Blanchard led from R8; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 26 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R8.

Co-leaders
26
26
26
26
26
6
3
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
R8–R9 · LEAD HELD

Hugues Blanchard held the sole lead from R8 through R9 without losing it.

R6–R8 · WIN STREAK

Hugues Blanchard won 3 in a row (R6–R8).

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Blanchard, Hugues1939FRAFFFFF+18B+5N+13B=7N3.56.06.05.002161+17.8
2Grandval, Olivier1735FRAFFFFF+8N+18B6B+5N3.06.56.54.501963+47.2
3Noumbissie Leungoue, Kevin Costner1650CMRFFFFF+14N6B+16B+13N3.06.06.04.001970+33.6
4De Carvalho, Daniel1703FRAFFFFF=13B7N+8B+18N2.56.06.03.251889+39.2
5Belhadj-Abbes, Mustapha1751FRAFFFFF+6N1B+9N2B2.010.510.54.001823+7.4
6Chomier, Frederic1872FRAFFFFF5B+3N+2NF2.08.08.06.001836-2.4
7Oberfalcer, Nathan1891FRAFFFFFF+4B=18N=1B2.06.56.54.501948+4.8
8Goepfert, Olivier1628FRAFFFFF2B+22N4N+15B2.06.56.51.001692+7.0
9Alonso, David1747FRAFFFFFF+15N5B+17N2.04.04.02.001806+4.6
10Perrier, Mael1713FRAFFFFFF+19N+15B16N2.02.52.51.501779+10.0
11Desir, Chesner1404FRAFFFFF12B+21BF+19N2.02.52.50.502452+32.2
12Vallot, Pierre0FRAFFFFF+11N+20BFF2.02.02.02.0015560.0
13Milosavljevic, Dimitri1831FRAFFFFF=4N+14B1N3B1.510.510.52.751676-34.4
14Vincendeau, Jonathan1763FRAFFFFF3B13N=19B+20B1.55.05.00.251612-16.8
15Ecsedi De Csapo, Alix1631FRAFFFFF+20N9B10N8N1.06.06.00.001486-29.2
16Rondot, Loic1645FRAFFFFFFF3N+10B1.05.05.02.001680+2.0
17Buzzi, Giulian1661ESPFFFFFFF+20N9B1.02.02.00.001688+3.2
18Barneaud, Gabriel1828FRAFFFFF1N2N=7B4B0.511.011.01.001495-31.2
19Cura, Paul1687FRAFFFFFF10B=14N11B0.55.55.50.751353-24.0
20Vives, Sebastien1629FRAFFFFF15B12N17B14N0.05.55.50.00884-51.2
21Verdoot, Vincent1607FRAFFFFFF11NFF0.02.02.00.00602-30.8
22Esclafit, Pierre1701FRAFFFFFF8BFF0.02.02.00.00828-12.0

Key insights

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