40eme Open International d'Hiver de Nice

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61 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 26 Dec 2025 to 30 Dec 2025 in Nice, France. 3 titled players from 6 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2074, and top seed was Harutyun Barseghyan (🇫🇷 FRA, IM, 2451).

Harutyun Barseghyan (🇫🇷 FRA, IM, 2451) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Milo Yin (5.5) and Julien Lamorelle (5.5). Barseghyan broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Joel Richard (1667) beat Paolo Rezzonico (1983), a +316-point gap.

Location

🇫🇷Nice, France

Dates

26 Dec 2025 → 30 Dec 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇫🇷IMHarutyun Barseghyan2451

Avg top 10

2,074

Participants

Titled players · 3

IM×1

FM×2

Federations · 6 represented

🇫🇷France×53

🇲🇨Monaco×3

🇮🇹Italy×2

🇩🇿Algeria×1

🇺🇦Ukraine×1

🇨🇭Switzerland×1

Top 3

🥇
IMHarutyun Barseghyan
🇫🇷FRA·2451
6.5pts·2506perf+2.6
🥈
Milo Yin
🇫🇷FRA·2078
5.5pts·2113perf+18.8
🥉
FMJulien Lamorelle
🇫🇷FRA·2281
5.5pts·2228perf-2.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

IM Harutyun Barseghyan led from R7; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R7.

Co-leaders

Barseghyan6.5Lamorelle5.5Yin5.5Bes5De Martino5Wauters5

R7–R7 · LEAD HELD

IM Harutyun Barseghyan never relinquished the lead after R7; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Harutyun Barseghyan drew with FM Julien Lamorelle (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

IM Harutyun Barseghyan 4 wins (R1–R4)FM Julien Lamorelle 4 wins (R1–R4)Milo Yin 3 wins (R5–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1IMHarutyun Barseghyan	*	½	—	1
2FMJulien Lamorelle	½	*	0	—
3Milo Yin	—	1	*	—
4Stephane Bes	0	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Barseghyan, HarutyunIM	2451	FRA	+51N	+12B	+17N	+5B	=3N	+4B	+7N	6.5	29.0	31.0	28.25	2506	+2.6
2	Yin, Milo	2078	FRA	+21N	+9B	=18N	−4B	+34N	+11B	+3N	5.5	27.5	30.5	23.50	2113	+18.8
3	Lamorelle, JulienFM	2281	FRA	+25B	+31N	+6B	+33N	=1B	+18N	−2B	5.5	27.5	30.5	21.75	2228	-2.2
4	Wauters, Alain	2034	FRA	+44B	=11N	+36B	+2N	=18B	−1N	+15B	5.0	27.5	30.0	19.25	2051	+6.8
5	Caci, Nicolas	2004	FRA	+22N	+46B	+32N	−1N	=14B	+16B	=6N	5.0	26.5	29.0	18.00	1964	-1.4
6	De Martino, Daniele	1932	ITA	+16N	+8B	−3N	+32B	=30N	+33B	=5B	5.0	26.0	29.0	19.25	1977	+21.2
7	Bes, Stephane	2004	FRA	+29B	−32N	+20N	+37B	+31B	+15N	−1B	5.0	24.0	27.0	17.50	1972	-1.8
8	Parodi, Philippe	1687	FRA	+53B	−6N	−43B	+27N	+35B	+31N	+26B	5.0	20.5	22.5	15.00	1979	+36.4
9	Magakelov, Daniel	1804	FRA	+27B	−2N	−14B	+48N	+51B	+22N	=10N	4.5	24.0	26.0	14.25	1794	+1.6
10	Gambini, Stephane	1913	FRA	+41B	=15N	=11B	=25N	+38B	=14N	=9B	4.5	23.5	26.5	16.25	1773	-20.0
11	Wang, Yi Xuan	1839	FRA	+56N	=4B	=10N	=34B	+46N	−2N	+40B	4.5	23.5	25.0	13.25	1873	+19.6
12	Maltsev, Nikita	1811	FRA	+58B	−1N	+35B	=16N	+25B	F	+33N	4.5	21.0	21.0	12.50	1896	+23.2
13	Clementz, Joel	1884	FRA	=45B	−33N	+50B	−38N	+56B	+29N	+25B	4.5	18.0	19.5	12.25	1674	-29.8
14	Ameur, Remy	1579	FRA	−17B	+52N	+9N	+23B	=5N	=10B	F	4.0	26.0	28.0	15.25	1974	+92.8
15	Negro, Andrea	1700	FRA	+39N	=10B	=34N	+19B	+17N	−7B	−4N	4.0	25.5	28.5	14.75	1907	+58.8
16	Pastor, Noe	1556	FRA	−6B	+47N	+24N	=12B	+26B	−5N	=30B	4.0	25.5	28.0	14.00	1835	+78.8
17	De Rycke, Alexandre	1949	FRA	+14N	+28B	−1B	+36N	−15B	+37N	−18B	4.0	25.0	28.0	13.50	1852	-31.6
18	Flamand, Arthur	1872	FRA	+57N	+60B	=2B	F	=4N	−3B	+17N	4.0	23.5	24.0	11.25	2043	+22.0
19	Rezzonico, Paolo	1983	ITA	+35B	+37N	−33B	−15N	+21B	+24N	F	4.0	22.0	25.0	14.00	1804	-22.2
20	Hannane, Karim	1509	FRA	=26B	+38N	−7B	=51N	+36B	−23N	+37B	4.0	21.5	23.5	11.75	1796	+48.6
21	Baisse, Rose	1660	SUI	−2B	+50N	+59B	−31N	−19N	+49B	+39N	4.0	20.5	21.0	8.50	1641	-9.6
22	Martin, Julien	1616	FRA	−5B	−43N	+52B	+59N	+48B	−9B	+31N	4.0	19.5	20.0	8.00	1799	+17.0
23	Ahmetovic, Salko	1867	FRA	+48B	−36N	+44B	−14N	F	+20B	+28N	4.0	19.5	19.5	12.50	1732	-17.2
24	Salimpour, Mateo	1729	FRA	+43B	−55N	−16B	+58N	+44B	−19B	+35N	4.0	18.0	19.0	9.00	1723	-4.8
25	Mari, Alain	1644	FRA	−3N	+42B	+60N	=10B	−12N	+34B	−13N	3.5	25.0	25.5	8.75	1731	+9.4
26	Boughambouz, Mehdi	1812	ALG	=20N	−34B	+39N	+28B	−16N	+46B	−8N	3.5	22.5	25.0	11.00	1565	-38.6
27	Salimpour, Leo	1494	FRA	−9N	−40B	+53N	−8B	+60N	+51B	=32N	3.5	19.5	20.0	6.00	1557	+13.2
28	Pobedonostzeff, Franck	1694	FRA	+47B	−17N	=56B	−26N	+57B	+38N	−23B	3.5	18.5	20.0	7.75	1640	-9.6
29	Sainson, Michael	1636	FRA	−7N	−56B	+54N	+57B	=32N	−13B	+45N	3.5	18.5	20.0	7.50	1652	+1.0
30	Lyubimov, Ian	1771	FRA	=50B	+45N	F	+43N	=6B	F	=16N	3.5	16.5	16.5	10.75	1703	-10.0
31	Charrier, Francois	1861	MNC	+42N	−3B	+40N	+21B	−7N	−8B	−22B	3.0	26.5	29.5	10.00	1718	-54.8
32	Lamorelle, Alexey	1764	FRA	+54N	+7B	−5B	−6N	=29B	−40N	=27B	3.0	25.0	27.0	10.50	1681	-30.0
33	Richard, Joel	1667	FRA	+59N	+13B	+19N	−3B	F	−6N	−12B	3.0	24.0	24.0	9.00	1864	+21.4
34	Rei-Rosa, Jean-Jacques	1565	FRA	F	+26N	=15B	=11N	−2B	−25N	+48B	3.0	23.5	23.5	10.25	1747	+26.4
35	Cravi, Bastien	1596	FRA	−19N	+49B	−12N	+39B	−8N	+50B	−24B	3.0	23.0	25.5	8.00	1489	-28.8
36	To, Nam Long	1688	MNC	+61N	+23B	−4N	−17B	−20N	=45B	=41N	3.0	22.5	22.5	6.75	1614	-29.6
37	Cammera, Jean-Pierre	1724	FRA	+49N	−19B	+57N	−7N	+43B	−17B	−20N	3.0	22.0	23.5	6.50	1554	-21.8
38	Boche, Nicolay	1572	FRA	F	−20B	+45N	+13B	−10N	−28B	+46N	3.0	21.5	21.5	9.50	1706	+37.2
39	Pascal, Marc	0	FRA	−15B	+41N	−26B	−35N	+58B	+44N	−21B	3.0	20.0	21.0	6.50	1594	0.0
40	Rouhier, Simon	1633	FRA	−55B	+27N	−31B	+47N	F	+32B	−11N	3.0	18.5	18.5	9.00	1724	+9.0
41	Charrier, Jean Claude	1562	FRA	−10N	−39B	−49N	=45B	+54B	+56N	=36B	3.0	17.5	19.0	6.25	1671	+13.2
42	Wang, Tian You	1517	FRA	−31B	−25N	−47B	+61N	=59B	+43N	=51N	3.0	14.0	14.0	3.75	1442	-10.4
43	Baratli, Ezedine	0	FRA	−24N	+22B	+8N	−30B	−37N	−42B	=49N	2.5	22.5	25.0	10.25	1549	0.0
44	Bernardi, Gabriel	1633	FRA	−4N	+54B	−23N	+49B	−24N	−39B	=47N	2.5	21.0	23.0	5.75	1568	-17.6
45	Maltsev, Artem	1518	FRA	=13N	−30B	−38B	=41N	+52B	=36N	−29B	2.5	20.5	22.5	7.25	1494	-9.2
46	Benamozig, Jean-Marc	1723	FRA	+52B	−5N	=48B	+56N	−11B	−26N	−38B	2.5	20.5	22.0	4.75	1509	-33.0
47	To, Nam	0	MNC	−28N	−16B	+42N	−40B	−49N	+57N	=44B	2.5	18.5	20.0	5.75	1535	0.0
48	Wu, Xuanchi	1520	FRA	−23N	+61B	=46N	−9B	−22N	+59B	−34N	2.5	18.5	18.5	1.75	1348	-34.8
49	Falzon, Frederic	0	FRA	−37B	−35N	+41B	−44N	+47B	−21N	=43B	2.5	18.0	20.5	6.75	1395	0.0
50	Falco, Gianni	1429	FRA	=30N	−21B	−13N	+60B	F	−35N	+52B	2.5	17.5	17.5	4.25	1392	-7.6
51	Pryimak, Natalya	1646	UKR	−1B	+58N	F	=20B	−9N	−27N	=42B	2.0	22.5	22.5	4.50	1526	-20.6
52	Lecaer, Pierre	0	FRA	−46N	−14B	−22N	+53B	−45N	+60B	−50N	2.0	17.5	18.0	2.50	772	0.0
53	Hilchenko, Misha	0	FRA	−8N	−57B	−27B	−52N	+61B	+58N	F	2.0	13.0	13.0	1.00	1369	0.0
54	Caccamo, Louise	1415	FRA	−32B	−44N	−29B	F	−41N	+61B	+59N	2.0	12.5	12.5	0.50	849	-34.0
55	Lamorelle, YvesFM	2024	FRA	+40N	+24B	F	F	F	F	F	2.0	11.0	11.0	7.00	2481	+4.8
56	Hua, Leo Bao Tuan	1459	FRA	−11B	+29N	=28N	−46B	−13N	−41B	F	1.5	21.5	22.5	5.25	1526	+12.4
57	Lamartiniere, Christian	1529	FRA	−18B	+53N	−37B	−29N	−28N	−47B	=60N	1.5	18.5	19.0	2.25	932	-19.4
58	Taki, Mehdi	1515	FRA	−12N	−51B	+61N	−24B	−39N	−53B	F	1.0	17.0	17.0	0.00	927	-32.0
59	Lachaume, Evan	0	FRA	−33B	F	−21N	−22B	=42N	−48N	−54B	0.5	18.5	18.5	1.50	1165	0.0
60	Necba, Sarhanne	0	FRA	F	−18N	−25B	−50N	−27B	−52N	=57B	0.5	17.0	17.0	0.75	1227	0.0
61	Garstea, Alexandre	0	FRA	−36B	−48N	−58B	−42B	−53N	−54N	F	0.0	13.5	13.5	0.00	738	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Ameur, RemyFRA
+92.8
4.0 pts · #24
2Pastor, NoeFRA
+78.8
4.0 pts · #28
3Negro, AndreaFRA
+58.8
4.0 pts · #23

Top rating losers

1Charrier, FrancoisMNC
-54.8
3.0 pts · #27
2Boughambouz, MehdiALG
-38.6
3.5 pts · #32
3Wu, XuanchiFRA
-34.8
2.5 pts · #55

Biggest upsets

R3+316 Elo gap
Richard, Joel1667 beat Rezzonico, Paolo1983
R4+312 Elo gap
Boche, Nicolay1572 beat Clementz, Joel1884
R4+288 Elo gap
Ameur, Remy1579 beat Ahmetovic, Salko1867