Second open d'Hiver de Fontenilles 2026 (-1800)

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43 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 10 Jan 2026 to 11 Jan 2026 in Fontenilles, France. Top 10 Elo average was 1726, and top seed was Damien Valriviere (🇫🇷 FRA, 1772).

Camil Chorfi (🇫🇷 FRA, 0) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Guillaume Brunet (5.5) and Damien Valriviere (5.0). Chorfi shared the lead from round 3, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Jean-marc Donzac (1521) beat Matthieu Martinelli (1769), a +248-point gap.

Location

🇫🇷Fontenilles, France

Dates

10 Jan 2026 → 11 Jan 2026

Time control

Standard: 50 minutes with 10 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇫🇷Damien Valriviere1772

Avg top 10

1,726

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇫🇷France×43

Top 3

🥇
Camil Chorfi
🇫🇷FRA
5.5pts·1724perf0.0
🥈
Guillaume Brunet
🇫🇷FRA·1668
5.5pts·2000perf+29.6
🥉
Damien Valriviere
🇫🇷FRA·1772
5.0pts·2039perf+26.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Tight race until R4; 2 players tied at 5.5/6, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Chorfi5.5Brunet5.5Valriviere5Pringalle5Papion4Wiggenhauser4— ex-leaders:Chorfiled R4–R5, #9

R4–R6 · LEAD HELD

Camil Chorfi held the sole lead from R4 through R6 without losing it.

R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.5/6. Chorfi takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (19.0).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Camil Chorfi 5 wins (R1–R5)Guillaume Brunet 5 wins (R2–R6)Damien Valriviere 4 wins (R2–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Camil Chorfi	*	—	½	—
2Guillaume Brunet	—	*	½	—
3Damien Valriviere	½	½	*	—
4Nahel Pringalle	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Chorfi, Camil	0	FRA	+42B	+31N	+6B	+8B	+7N	=3N	5.5	19.0	19.5	17.00	1724	0.0
2	Brunet, Guillaume	1668	FRA	=3B	+22N	+36B	+30N	+5B	+8N	5.5	18.0	20.0	17.50	2000	+29.6
3	Valriviere, Damien	1772	FRA	=2N	+18B	+38N	+16B	+10N	=1B	5.0	21.0	22.5	17.00	2039	+26.8
4	Pringalle, Nahel	0	FRA	+27B	−17N	+11B	+37N	+20B	+9B	5.0	16.5	18.0	15.00	1692	0.0
5	De Biasi, Gregory	1647	FRA	+18N	+23B	+9N	=7B	−2N	=15B	4.0	20.0	23.0	13.75	1876	+24.2
6	Papion, Simon	1628	FRA	+12B	+10B	−1N	−20N	+21B	+16B	4.0	19.0	22.0	13.50	2501	+96.4
7	Bernot, Sylvain	0	FRA	+21B	+26B	+16N	=5N	−1B	=12N	4.0	19.0	21.5	12.25	1741	0.0
8	Pittet, Flavien	0	FRA	+19B	+37N	+20B	−1N	+30B	−2B	4.0	19.0	20.5	9.50	1704	0.0
9	Goiffon, Carl	1586	FRA	+33B	+19N	−5B	+12N	+17B	−4N	4.0	18.5	20.5	11.50	1871	+72.4
10	Chaudesaygues, Hugo	1695	FRA	+25B	−6N	+27B	+13N	−3B	+17N	4.0	18.0	20.5	11.50	1712	+2.2
11	Wiggenhauser, Amy	1636	FRA	+14N	−16B	−4N	+23B	+19B	+24N	4.0	17.5	20.5	12.50	1954	+81.6
12	Antunez, Alexandre	1699	FRA	−6N	+29B	+28N	−9B	+25N	=7B	3.5	17.0	19.0	9.00	1644	-8.0
13	Mandelaire, Thibaut	0	FRA	−29N	+32B	+26N	−10B	=14N	+31B	3.5	14.0	16.0	8.25	1657	0.0
14	Biz, Corentin	1703	FRA	−11B	=25N	+40B	=38N	=13B	+30N	3.5	13.5	14.5	6.75	1645	-14.8
15	Albespy, Eloi	0	FRA	+35B	F	F	+39B	+18N	=5N	3.5	10.5	10.5	8.50	1692	0.0
16	Cruzel, Thierry	1729	FRA	+17B	+11N	−7B	−3N	+38B	−6N	3.0	20.0	21.5	8.50	1724	-0.4
17	Vidalenc, Dimitri	1663	FRA	−16N	+4B	+33N	+29B	−9N	−10B	3.0	18.0	20.0	9.00	1525	-18.4
18	Tuynman, Arnaud	1709	FRA	−5B	−3N	+35B	+27N	−15B	+40N	3.0	17.0	18.0	5.50	1679	-6.4
19	Mouden, Herve	1706	FRA	−8N	−9B	+41N	+26B	−11N	+34B	3.0	16.5	17.5	5.50	1589	-24.8
20	Pages, Louis	0	FRA	+41N	+34B	−8N	+6B	−4N	F	3.0	16.0	16.0	7.00	1596	0.0
21	Pounchou-Guilhamot, Martin	1671	FRA	−7N	+28B	−29N	+34B	−6N	+32B	3.0	14.5	16.5	6.50	1555	-24.4
22	Guerin, Laurent	1718	FRA	−26N	−2B	+32N	−25B	+39N	+29B	3.0	14.5	16.0	5.50	1607	-18.0
23	Martinelli, Matthieu	1769	FRA	+31B	−5N	−30B	−11N	+40N	+37N	3.0	13.5	14.5	4.50	1626	-44.8
24	Toscani, Jean-Patrick	1664	FRA	−37B	−36N	+43N	+28B	+29N	−11B	3.0	12.0	12.0	4.50	1606	-6.2
25	Ournac, Nathan	1624	FRA	−10N	=14B	=34N	+22N	−12B	=28B	2.5	16.5	18.5	7.00	1590	-9.2
26	Tourenne, Dominique	1648	FRA	+22B	−7N	−13B	−19N	=27B	+38N	2.5	16.0	17.5	5.75	1720	+7.6
27	Abdous, Anthony	1514	FRA	−4N	+43B	−10N	−18B	=26N	+39B	2.5	16.0	16.0	2.75	1574	+5.6
28	Vialard, Laurent	1484	FRA	+39B	−21N	−12B	−24N	+35B	=25N	2.5	14.0	15.5	4.75	1583	+29.2
29	Limondin, Pascal	1542	FRA	+13B	−12N	+21B	−17N	−24B	−22N	2.0	16.0	19.0	6.50	1445	-22.0
30	Donzac, Jean-marc	1521	FRA	+43B	F	+23N	−2B	−8N	−14B	2.0	16.0	16.0	3.00	1588	+5.0
31	Toulouze, Pierre	1667	FRA	−23N	−1B	F	+33N	+37B	−13N	2.0	15.5	15.5	3.50	1779	+18.8
32	Soumet, Claude	1567	FRA	−36B	−13N	−22B	+43N	+33B	−21N	2.0	13.5	13.5	2.00	1481	-6.8
33	Grimault, Stephanie	1430	FRA	−9N	+35N	−17B	−31B	−32N	+41B	2.0	13.0	14.0	3.00	1467	+5.2
34	Munoz, Thomas	0	FRA	=40B	−20N	=25B	−21N	+42B	−19N	2.0	12.5	13.0	2.25	1550	0.0
35	Leroy, Gerard	1582	FRA	−15N	−33B	−18N	+41B	−28N	+43B	2.0	12.0	12.0	1.00	1334	-25.8
36	Briday, Teo	0	FRA	+32N	+24B	−2N	F	F	F	2.0	10.5	10.5	5.00	1653	0.0
37	Solans, Lucas	1763	FRA	+24N	−8B	=39N	−4B	−31N	−23B	1.5	17.0	18.5	3.75	1586	-39.6
38	Gramont, Francois	1566	FRA	F	+40N	−3B	=14B	−16N	−26B	1.5	15.0	15.0	2.75	1526	-5.2
39	Pounchou-Guilhamot, Stephane	1590	FRA	−28N	+41B	=37B	−15N	−22B	−27N	1.5	13.0	14.0	1.75	1444	-40.0
40	Falik, Charles	1522	FRA	=34N	−38B	−14N	=42N	−23B	−18B	1.0	13.0	13.5	1.25	1301	-21.0
41	Petrowitsch, Ruediger	1486	FRA	−20B	−39N	−19B	−35N	+43B	−33N	1.0	11.5	11.5	0.00	777	-30.6
42	Charruyer, Baptiste	1590	FRA	−1N	F	F	=40B	−34N	F	0.5	8.5	8.5	0.50	1522	-2.0
43	Petit, Julien	0	FRA	−30N	−27N	−24B	−32B	−41N	−35N	0.0	11.5	12.5	0.00	756	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Papion, SimonFRA
+96.4
4.0 pts · #2
2Wiggenhauser, AmyFRA
+81.6
4.0 pts · #3
3Goiffon, CarlFRA
+72.4
4.0 pts · #5

Top rating losers

1Martinelli, MatthieuFRA
-44.8
3.0 pts · #18
2Pounchou-Guilhamot, StephaneFRA
-40.0
1.5 pts · #35
3Solans, LucasFRA
-39.6
1.5 pts · #33

Biggest upsets

R3+248 Elo gap
Donzac, Jean-marc1521 beat Martinelli, Matthieu1769
R2+152 Elo gap
Grimault, Stephanie1430 beat Leroy, Gerard1582
R4+133 Elo gap
Wiggenhauser, Amy1636 beat Martinelli, Matthieu1769