Championnat Jeunes de l'Herault 2025 - Cadet-Junior mixte
16 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 22 Nov 2025 to 23 Nov 2025 in Lattes, France. Top 10 Elo average was 1563, and top seed was Maxime Ak (🇫🇷 FRA, 1846).
Milan Baldassari (🇫🇷 FRA, 1565) won with 3.5/6, ahead of Cody Kerckhove (3.5) and Thomas Niedermeyer (3.0). Baldassari won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Valentin Vincent (1533) beat Clement Chamberlin (1661), a +128-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsTight race until R6; 2 players tied at 3.5/6, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
2 players finish on 3.5/6. Baldassari takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (15.5).
Cody Kerckhove drew with Milan Baldassari (Black).
Milan Baldassari 3 wins (R1–R4)Thomas Niedermeyer 3 wins (R2–R4)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Cody Kerckhove | * | ½ | — | 1 |
| 2Milan Baldassari | ½ | * | 1 | — |
| 3Thomas Niedermeyer | — | 0 | * | — |
| 4Valentin Vincent | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baldassari, Milan | 1565 | FRA | +3N | +4B | F | +6B | −10N | =2B | 3.5 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 10.75 | 1601 | +6.0 |
| 2 | Kerckhove, Cody | 1582 | FRA | =4N | =11B | +14N | +7B | F | =1N | 3.5 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 8.50 | 1679 | +17.2 |
| 3 | Niedermeyer, Thomas | 0 | FRA | −1B | +13N | +10N | +11B | −9N | F | 3.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 7.00 | 1570 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Crassous, Lenny | 0 | FRA | =2B | −1N | −11N | +12B | =13N | +14B | 3.0 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 5.50 | 1340 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Mendel, Clara | 1496 | FRA | F | +12N | −9B | +16N | −8N | +11B | 3.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 4.50 | 1472 | -4.0 |
| 6 | Chamberlin, Clement | 1661 | FRA | +13B | +15N | F | −1N | −7N | +12B | 3.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 3.50 | 1385 | -43.6 |
| 7 | Vincent, Valentin | 1533 | FRA | F | F | +15B | −2N | +6B | +8B | 3.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 6.00 | 1739 | +33.2 |
| 8 | Kelemen, Thomas | 1610 | FRA | +12B | F | F | +14N | +5B | −7N | 3.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 6.00 | 1515 | -10.4 |
| 9 | Roubaud, Louis-Alexandre | 1618 | FRA | +14N | F | +5N | F | +3B | F | 3.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.00 | 2297 | +13.6 |
| 10 | Cameron, Euan | 1572 | FRA | +16B | F | −3B | +15N | +1B | F | 3.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 3.50 | 2366 | +19.6 |
| 11 | Cadilhac-Seffino, Lea | 1563 | FRA | F | =2N | +4B | −3N | +16B | −5N | 2.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 4.75 | 1341 | -23.2 |
| 12 | Baille, Alban | 0 | FRA | −8N | −5B | +13B | −4N | +15B | −6N | 2.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 1.50 | 1357 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Fanise, Alois | 1432 | FRA | −6N | −3B | −12N | F | =4B | +15N | 1.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 1.50 | 861 | -8.4 |
| 14 | Dubuc, Toyan | 1401 | FRA | −9B | +16N | −2B | −8B | F | −4N | 1.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 0.00 | 800 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Vella, Sandro | 0 | FRA | F | −6B | −7N | −10B | −12N | −13B | 0.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 0.00 | 749 | 0.0 |
| 16 | FIDE 551036029 | 0 | — | −10N | −14B | F | −5B | −11N | — | 0.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 0.00 | 744 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Vincent, ValentinFRA+33.23.0 pts · #3
- 2Cameron, EuanFRA+19.63.0 pts · #6
- 3Kerckhove, CodyFRA+17.23.5 pts · #2
- 1Chamberlin, ClementFRA-43.63.0 pts · #5
- 2Cadilhac-Seffino, LeaFRA-23.22.5 pts · #12
- 3Kelemen, ThomasFRA-10.43.0 pts · #9
- R5+128 Elo gap