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31e Open de Selestat - Tournoi B (1500-1799)

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70 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 26 Feb 2026 to 01 Mar 2026 in Selestat, France. 1 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1757, and top seed was Jean-Louis Mackels (🇫🇷 FRA, 1791).

Maelys Villeneuve De (🇫🇷 FRA, 1666) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Hugo Hirsch (5.5) and Alexis Guillaume (5.5). Villeneuve De shared the lead from round 5 and won solo starting round 6.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Samuel Callet (1504) beat Andre Schmeisser (1741), a +237-point gap.

Location
🇫🇷Selestat, France
Dates
26 Feb 2026 → 01 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇫🇷Jean-Louis Mackels1791
Avg top 10
1,757
Participants
70
Titled players · 1
WCM×1
Federations · 4 represented
🇫🇷France×62
🇩🇪Germany×6
🇱🇺Luxembourg×1
🇧🇷Brazil×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Maelys Villeneuve De led from R6; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
26
9
3
1
3
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7Villeneuve De takes lead
R6 · LEADER CHANGE28 Feb

Maelys Villeneuve De takes the sole lead (5.5/6).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Maelys Villeneuve De 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R5–R7)Lucas Decock 4 wins (R2–R5)Alexis Guillaume 3 wins (R4–R6)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Maelys Villeneuve De*
½
2Lucas Decock*
0
3Alexis Guillaume
1
*
½
4Hugo Hirsch
½
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Villeneuve De, Maelys1666FRA+52N+21B+12N=2B+32B+10N+6B6.527.029.526.752086+107.2
2Hirsch, Hugo1772LUX+39N+43B=19N=1N+7B+5B=3N5.529.532.524.501895+38.8
3Guillaume, Alexis1700FRA+34N+27B5N+22B+20B+4N=2B5.528.031.523.751883+31.8
4Decock, Lucas1669FRA=41N+57B+42N+19B+23N3B+12N5.524.527.019.751857+62.0
5Manouvel, MaelysWCM1617FRA+30B+26N+3B+7N10B2N+25B5.028.532.522.501870+96.8
6Cabezas, Jonathan0FRA+16B32N+39N+49B+13N+33B1N5.026.028.518.5017450.0
7Husser, Thierry1663FRA+59N+54B+36N5B2N+27B+19N5.024.527.016.501824+30.4
8Gangloff, Laurent1669FRA=68B=40N+45B+24N=15B=25N+20B5.023.023.517.251799+24.4
9Brochard, Patrice1774FRA=53B51N+60B+42N+28N=19B+10B5.020.523.017.251811+6.8
10Brennenstuhl, Jan1712GER+46N+38B=11N+28B+5N1B9N4.528.531.517.751773+24.0
11Sinivassane, Roja1695FRA+47B+20N=10B23N+17B=15N=13B4.526.029.018.251784+29.6
12Duttenhoefer, Rainer1695GER+69B+18N1B=37N+51B+32N4B4.526.026.512.751743+9.6
13Siegel, Lara1744GER42N+41B+27N+44N6B+22B=11N4.524.027.016.751799+8.0
14Malgras, Alexis1655FRA22N+35B+52N20N+31B+36N=15B4.523.526.015.751734+26.8
15Losseroy, Pierre1708FRA+55N=42B=49N+34B=8N=11B=14N4.523.025.515.751751+8.4
16Stralchonak, Kseniya1648FRA6N+61B22N+52B+34N+43B=21N4.522.024.513.501789+21.4
17Callet, Paul1608FRA21N+59B=25N+50B11N+62B+32B4.521.023.012.501787+68.8
18Ismayilov, Hikmat1625FRA+56N12B=50N=36B=21N+63B+33N4.520.522.513.001821+76.0
19Khairallah, Jad1695FRA+35N+22B=2B4N+37B=9N7B4.028.532.016.251708+6.8
20Mackels, Jean-Louis1791FRA+44N11B+46N+14B3N+23B8N4.026.529.514.501710-14.4
21Beaufauchet, David1708FRA+17B1N37B+47N=18B+51N=16B4.026.529.014.501679-6.2
22Callet, Samuel1504FRA+14B19N+16B3N+44B13N+56B4.026.028.514.501743+84.4
23Hildwein, Kenji1607FRA=50N+33B+29N+11B4B20N=28B4.025.528.015.251761+59.2
24Rumberger, Mias Timothy1598GER26B+30N+43N8B=38N+50B=29N4.023.526.013.251738+53.6
25Lambert, Paul1703FRA=40B=58N=17B+55N+63N=8B5N4.023.025.012.251668-6.6
26Queiroz, Maria Becker1702BRA+24N5B34N=35B+45N=38B+46N4.022.525.513.501649-9.6
27Callet, Louis1605FRA+67B3N13B+62B+54N7N+49B4.022.023.08.001756+58.4
28Lainey, Sylvain1675FRA+61N=48B+51N10N9B+53B=23N4.021.524.011.001710+7.2
29Wernert, Alexandre1673FRA=58B+68N23B+40N33B+37N=24B4.021.021.510.751661-1.8
30Schuler, Sebastien1736FRA5N24B35N+68N+57B+55B+42N4.020.521.08.501637-17.4
31Adam, Kaan1510FRA49N=55B+56N=38B14N+54B+43N4.018.521.011.001722+70.4
32Schwarz, Tim1679FRA=57N+6B+53N+63B1N12B17N3.525.527.510.751581-34.4
33Moussaoui, Nassim1754FRA=37B23N+41B+53B+29N6N18B3.524.527.011.751672-23.2
34Stritmatter, Pierre1596FRA3B+67N+26B15N16B=48N+51B3.524.025.09.001688+17.2
35Gardon, Thomas1574FRA19B14N+30B=26N=42B+44N=38N3.523.026.012.251677+38.8
36Dufour, Patrick1757FRA+65N=49B7B=18N+46N14B=39N3.523.024.09.251641-22.2
37Voorwinden, Florian1628FRA=33N=50B+21N=12B19N29B+53N3.522.525.011.751696+26.4
38Colledani, Cedric1648FRA+66B10N=58B=31N=24B=26N=35B3.522.523.510.001594-10.0
39Chainbaux, Thierry1639FRA2B+47N6B=45N+70B=49N=36B3.522.522.57.501702+11.0
40Hasenfratz, Lucie1598FRA=25N=8B=54N29B=48B=56N+50N3.521.023.511.001703+18.6
41Wang, Ruizhe1537FRA=4B13N33N+59B53N+65B+63N3.520.521.58.251660+52.0
42Maurer, Leon1627FRA+13B=15N4B9B=35N+66N30B3.027.028.09.501621-3.6
43Becht, Timothee1678FRA+45B2N24B+57N+58B16N31B3.023.526.08.001551-49.2
44Halicki, Gustav1643FRA20B+69N+66N13B22N35B+52N3.019.520.04.001554-40.4
45Boutboul, Michael1557FRA43N+65B8N=39B26B+70N=48B3.019.519.54.251603+10.2
46Antusch, Volker1608GER10B+70N20B+66N36B+58N26B3.019.519.53.501597-3.8
47Schweitzer, Sebastien1566FRA11N39B+65N21B=52N=59B+62N3.019.020.05.501593-4.4
48Zimmer, Elmar1726GER+64B=28N63B51B=40N=34B=45N3.018.520.59.001566-30.6
49Mathiot, Jean-Marc1661FRA+31B=36N=15B6NF=39B27N2.524.524.59.751650-1.6
50Hacquard, Claude1707FRA=23B=37N=18B17N+60B24N40B2.524.026.58.501507-38.6
51Mallet, Guy1632FRA=62N+9B28B+48N12N21B34N2.524.026.09.001605-4.6
52Ancel, Jean-Marc1532FRA1B+64N14B16N=47B+60N44B2.524.026.06.001531-2.8
53Billey, David1642FRA=9N+62B32B33N+41B28N37B2.523.025.08.001583-11.6
54Menetrey, Jean-Paul1701FRA+60B7N=40B=58N27B31N=61B2.521.524.06.751482-42.0
55Wiedemann, Michel1608FRA15B=31N+68B25B=56N30N=58B2.521.522.05.001543-13.2
56Schmeisser, Andre1741FRA18B=60N31B+69N=55B=40B22N2.521.021.54.751479-49.4
57Puloch, Dominique1565FRA=32B4N=62N43B30N+64B=59N2.520.522.56.001563+1.2
58Adam, Sare1544FRA=29N=25B=38N=54B43N46B=55N2.520.022.58.251558+2.0
59Lainey, Jean1517FRA7B17N=69B41N+68B=47N=57B2.519.019.53.501478-7.6
60Pfaff, Pascal1596FRA54N=56B9N+61B50N52B+66B2.517.518.54.751537-11.2
61Lazes, Herve1545FRA28B16N+64B60N62N+69B=54N2.517.518.03.751551+2.0
62Michels, Matthieu1770FRA=51B53N=57B27N+61B17N47B2.019.021.55.001438-123.2
63Homerin, Vincent1666FRA+70BF+48N32N25B18N41B2.018.518.53.001506-25.8
64Nussbicker, Patric1614FRA48N52B61N65B+69B57N+70B2.012.012.00.501426-33.2
65Kertzinger, Guillaume1629FRA36B45N47B+64N66B41N67B1.016.017.02.001292-107.2
66Gillet, Geoffrey1481FRA38NF44B46B+65N42B60N1.016.016.01.001354-33.2
67Lafont-Martins, Axel1704FRA27N34BFFFF+65N1.08.58.51.001483-36.4
68Klosek, Louise1534FRA=8N29B55N30B59NFF0.518.018.02.501275-52.0
69Levasseur, Maurice1585FRA12N44B=59N56B64N61NF0.517.017.01.251224-43.6
70Martinez, Thomas1521FRA63N46BFF39N45B64N0.013.513.50.00812-39.2

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