Open de Noel de Toulon 2025 -1800
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34 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 21 Dec 2025 to 22 Dec 2025 in Toulon, France. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1663, and top seed was Nikola Penkov (π«π· FRA, 1796).
Chandraveer Kunwar (π©πͺ GER, 1731) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Nikola Penkov (5.0) and Clement Vernet (5.0). Kunwar shared the lead from round 5, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Louis Paranque (1490) beat Tom Garcia (1651), a +161-point gap.
Location
π«π·Toulon, France
Dates
21 Dec 2025 β 22 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 50 minutes with 10 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss Β· 6 rounds
Federations Β· 2 represented
π«π·FranceΓ32
π©πͺGermanyΓ1
Top 3
- π₯
- π₯
- π₯
How it unfolded
Top 6 Β· 6 roundsTight race until R6; 3 players tied at 5.0/6, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
17
8
3
1
2
3
R6 Β· TIEBREAK CLUSTER
3 players finish on 5.0/6. Kunwar takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (21.0).
R4 Β· HEAD-TO-HEAD Β· WINNER VS 2ND
Clement Vernet lost to Chandraveer Kunwar (White).
WIN STREAKS Β· 2 top finishers
Clement Vernet 3 wins (R1βR3)Nikola Penkov 4 wins (R1βR4)
Key matchups Β· top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Clement Vernet | * | 0 | β | β |
| 2Chandraveer Kunwar | 1 | * | Β½ | β |
| 3Nikola Penkov | β | Β½ | * | β |
| 4Brewen Verlingue | β | β | β | * |
Grille amΓ©ricaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Ξ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kunwar, Chandraveer | 1731 | GER | +16B | +17N | =6B | +3N | +8B | =2B | 5.0 | 21.0 | 24.0 | 19.50 | 1889 | +23.2 |
| 2 | Penkov, Nikola | 1796 | FRA | +13B | +15N | +4B | +8N | =6B | =1N | 5.0 | 21.0 | 24.0 | 19.50 | 1876 | +11.8 |
| 3 | Vernet, Clement | 1698 | FRA | +26N | +12B | +7N | β1B | +15N | +6B | 5.0 | 20.0 | 22.0 | 17.00 | 1810 | +31.2 |
| 4 | Vieusses, Thierry | 1599 | FRA | +28N | +11B | β2N | +18B | =7N | +14B | 4.5 | 19.5 | 21.5 | 14.50 | 1583 | -1.6 |
| 5 | Verlingue, Brewen | 1653 | FRA | +14B | =22N | +9B | β6N | +23B | +13N | 4.5 | 17.5 | 20.0 | 14.75 | 1636 | -2.0 |
| 6 | Boyer, Matteo | 1503 | FRA | +21N | +19B | =1N | +5B | =2N | β3N | 4.0 | 22.5 | 25.5 | 15.50 | 1770 | +69.6 |
| 7 | Paranque, Louis | 1490 | FRA | +29B | +9N | β3B | +16N | =4B | =10B | 4.0 | 20.5 | 21.5 | 12.25 | 1667 | +49.2 |
| 8 | Sabia-Riou, Erwan | 1734 | FRA | +18N | +20B | +10N | β2B | β1N | +15B | 4.0 | 20.0 | 23.0 | 13.00 | 1744 | +2.6 |
| 9 | Garcia, Tom | 1651 | FRA | +25N | β7B | β5N | +32B | +18N | +17B | 4.0 | 16.5 | 17.5 | 9.00 | 1534 | -26.0 |
| 10 | Barana, Yanis | 1589 | FRA | +27B | +34N | β8B | +22N | =13B | =7N | 4.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 8.25 | 1556 | -8.0 |
| 11 | Leyder, Quentin | 0 | FRA | +?B | β4N | +17B | β15N | +28B | +19B | 4.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 8.00 | 1596 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Matarazzo, Eliott | 1525 | FRA | +31B | β3N | +29B | β13N | +24B | +22N | 4.0 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 6.50 | 1444 | -12.8 |
| 13 | Ollier, Yoann | 1487 | FRA | β2N | +27B | +21N | +12B | =10N | β5B | 3.5 | 20.5 | 22.5 | 11.00 | 1551 | +12.4 |
| 14 | Greva, Leane | 0 | FRA | β5N | =23B | +26N | +20B | +22B | β4N | 3.5 | 17.0 | 19.0 | 8.75 | 1566 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Bonneau, Adrien | 1563 | FRA | +24N | β2B | +25N | +11B | β3B | β8N | 3.0 | 20.0 | 22.0 | 8.00 | 941 | -17.4 |
| 16 | Grondin, Camille | 1433 | FRA | β1N | +24B | +20N | β7B | β19N | +32B | 3.0 | 17.0 | 18.0 | 6.00 | 1404 | -6.4 |
| 17 | Takada, Soshiro | 1539 | FRA | +32B | β1B | β11N | +29N | +25B | β9N | 3.0 | 16.0 | 17.0 | 4.00 | 894 | -23.6 |
| 18 | Poulin, Baptiste | 1455 | FRA | β8B | +30N | +34B | β4N | β9B | +23N | 3.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 3.50 | 862 | -30.8 |
| 19 | Candela, Leo-Thierry | 1619 | FRA | +33B | β6N | β22B | +30N | +16B | β11N | 3.0 | 14.5 | 15.5 | 5.00 | 1362 | -20.8 |
| 20 | Taylor, Lisa | 1555 | FRA | +30B | β8N | β16B | β14N | +29B | +25N | 3.0 | 13.5 | 14.5 | 4.00 | 781 | -36.8 |
| 21 | Oyer Amoric, Ines | 0 | FRA | β6B | +33N | β13B | β24N | +30B | +29N | 3.0 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 3.00 | 690 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Marku, Demeter | 1538 | FRA | +23N | =5B | +19N | β10B | β14N | β12B | 2.5 | 19.0 | 21.5 | 7.75 | 1508 | -2.8 |
| 23 | Motte Voisin, Eden | 0 | FRA | β22B | =14N | +33B | +27N | β5N | β18B | 2.5 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 4.75 | 749 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Carriac, Timeo | 0 | FRA | β15B | β16N | F | +21B | β12N | +26B | 2.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 5.00 | 1291 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Oyer, Guillaume | 0 | FRA | β9B | +31N | β15B | +34N | β17N | β20B | 2.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 1.00 | 781 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Durand, Antoine | 1407 | FRA | β3B | β29N | β14B | +31N | +34B | β24N | 2.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 1.00 | 899 | -6.0 |
| 27 | Bruneau, Lucas | 0 | FRA | β10N | β13N | +31B | β23B | β32N | +34B | 2.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 1.00 | 734 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Boyer, Paul | 0 | FRA | β4B | β?N | β30B | +33N | β11N | +31B | 2.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 2.00 | 771 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Oyer Amoric, Lucie | 0 | FRA | β7N | +26B | β12N | β17B | β20N | β21B | 1.0 | 17.0 | 19.0 | 2.00 | 1260 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Govciyan, Maxime | 0 | FRA | β20N | β18B | +28N | β19B | β21N | β33B | 1.0 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 2.00 | 748 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Ollier, Raphael | 0 | FRA | β12N | β25B | β27N | β26B | +33B | β28N | 1.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 1.00 | 663 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Lindner, James | 0 | FRA | β17N | F | β?B | β9N | +27B | β16N | 1.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 2.00 | 741 | 0.0 |
| 33 | FIDE 560080515 | 0 | β | β19N | β21B | β23N | β28B | β31N | +30N | 1.0 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 1.00 | 822 | 0.0 |
| 34 | Poulin, Tristan | 0 | FRA | F | β10B | β18N | β25B | β26N | β27N | 0.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 0.00 | 689 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets β the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Boyer, MatteoFRA+69.64.0 pts Β· #6
- 2Paranque, LouisFRA+49.24.0 pts Β· #8
- 3Vernet, ClementFRA+31.25.0 pts Β· #1
Top rating losers
- 1Taylor, LisaFRA-36.83.0 pts Β· #32
- 2Poulin, BaptisteFRA-30.83.0 pts Β· #27
- 3Garcia, TomFRA-26.04.0 pts Β· #11
Biggest upsets
- R2+161 Elo gap
- R4+150 Elo gap
- R3+122 Elo gap