2eme Open de Noel du Pays-Haut Pays des 3 Frontieres (-2400)
32 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 20 Dec 2025 to 21 Dec 2025 in Tressange, France. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1894, and top seed was Loic Fournier (🇫🇷 FRA, 2251).
Loic Fournier (🇫🇷 FRA, 2251) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Axel Plard (4.5) and Jeremy Carrillo (4.0). Fournier shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Meara Classen (1489) beat Fabrice Santamarianova (1648), a +159-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.5/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
2 players finish on 4.5/5. Fournier takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (13.5).
Loic Fournier won 3 in a row (R1–R3).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Axel Plard | * | — | ½ | — |
| 2Loic Fournier | — | * | ½ | 1 |
| 3Jeremy Carrillo | ½ | ½ | * | — |
| 4Marnin Classen | — | 0 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fournier, Loic | 2251 | FRA | +6B | +7N | +8B | =3N | +5B | 4.5 | 13.5 | 16.5 | 14.50 | 2240 | -0.6 |
| 2 | Plard, Axel | 2052 | LUX | +17B | +15N | =3B | +10N | +4B | 4.5 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 13.00 | 2158 | +16.8 |
| 3 | Carrillo, Jeremy | 2058 | FRA | +13N | +11B | =2N | =1B | +9N | 4.0 | 15.0 | 18.0 | 13.50 | 2081 | +14.2 |
| 4 | Azorit, Louis | 1827 | FRA | +22B | +19N | +12B | =5B | −2N | 3.5 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 8.75 | 1951 | +13.0 |
| 5 | Classen, Marnin | 1918 | GER | +29N | +18B | +17B | =4N | −1N | 3.5 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 6.75 | 1900 | +3.6 |
| 6 | Frau, Maxime | 0 | FRA | −1N | +14B | +27N | +15B | −8N | 3.0 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 6.50 | 1870 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Plard, Thierry | 1662 | LUX | +28N | −1B | +13N | −9B | +17N | 3.0 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 6.00 | 1647 | -2.4 |
| 8 | Kizil, Yilmaz | 1832 | FRA | F | +9B | −1N | +18N | +6B | 3.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 8.00 | 1962 | +8.2 |
| 9 | Moussaoui, Nassim | 1626 | FRA | +23B | −8N | +26B | +7N | −3B | 3.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 6.00 | 1703 | +7.6 |
| 10 | Pierron Bejan, Nicephore | 1786 | FRA | +16N | F | +24B | −2B | +11N | 3.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 7.00 | 1912 | +18.0 |
| 11 | Classen, Miguel | 1657 | GER | +21B | −3N | +20B | +19N | −10B | 3.0 | 11.0 | 13.0 | 6.00 | 1671 | -0.4 |
| 12 | Sivashankar, Samyukta | 1834 | LUX | +20B | =24N | −4N | +16B | =14N | 3.0 | 11.0 | 12.5 | 6.75 | 1601 | -37.2 |
| 13 | Classen, Meara | 1489 | GER | −3B | +21N | −7B | +26N | +18B | 3.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 5.00 | 1592 | +16.4 |
| 14 | Deliere, Yannick | 1718 | FRA | =25B | −6N | +30B | +24N | =12B | 3.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 4.75 | 1912 | +14.4 |
| 15 | Burkel, Augustin | 1652 | LUX | +27N | −2B | =16N | −6N | +24B | 2.5 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 3.75 | 1852 | +14.4 |
| 16 | Ibrahimi, Mohamed | 0 | FRA | −10B | +23N | =15B | −12N | +22B | 2.5 | 10.5 | 12.5 | 5.25 | 1493 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Armeni, Julien | 1447 | FRA | −2N | +32B | −5N | +21B | −7B | 2.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 2.00 | 982 | -16.0 |
| 18 | Santamarianova, Fabrice | 1648 | FRA | +26B | −5N | +25N | −8B | −13N | 2.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 2.50 | 937 | -23.2 |
| 19 | Paperini, Robert | 1597 | FRA | +31N | −4B | +28N | −11B | −20N | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 1.00 | 942 | -13.0 |
| 20 | Desbuisson, Andy | 0 | FRA | −12N | +31B | −11N | F | +19B | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 2.00 | 1573 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Hentzien, Pierre | 0 | FRA | −11N | −13B | +31N | −17N | +30B | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 1.00 | 1310 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Simon Iglesias, Manuel | 0 | FRA | −4N | −28B | +32N | +25B | −16N | 2.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 1.50 | 1027 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Plenecassagne Bertol, Achille | 0 | FRA | −9N | −16B | −29N | +32B | +31N | 2.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.00 | 729 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Uriet-Bia, Jarod | 1634 | FRA | +32N | =12B | −10N | −14B | −15N | 1.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 1.50 | 1432 | -34.4 |
| 25 | Pierron Bejan, Elisa | 0 | FRA | =14N | F | −18B | −22N | +26B | 1.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 2.50 | 1486 | 0.0 |
| 26 | FIDE 527063305 | 0 | — | −18N | +29B | −9N | −13B | −25N | 1.0 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 1.00 | 1346 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Mekhtoub, Sacha | 0 | FRA | −15B | +30N | −6B | F | F | 1.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 1.00 | 1563 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Dias, Tiago | 0 | FRA | −7B | +22N | −19B | F | F | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 2.00 | 827 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Dauendorffer, Lionel | 1425 | FRA | −5B | −26N | +23B | F | F | 1.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 2.00 | 1025 | -1.6 |
| 30 | Racine, Eliane | 1448 | FRA | F | −27B | −14N | +31B | −21N | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 916 | -6.8 |
| 31 | Plenecassagne Bertol, Lucrece | 0 | FRA | −19B | −20N | −21B | −30N | −23B | 0.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 0.00 | 726 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Paparusso, Rayan | 0 | FRA | −24B | −17N | −22B | −23N | −?B | 0.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.00 | 741 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Pierron Bejan, NicephoreFRA+18.03.0 pts · #8
- 2Plard, AxelLUX+16.84.5 pts · #1
- 3Classen, MearaGER+16.43.0 pts · #11
- 1Sivashankar, SamyuktaLUX-37.23.0 pts · #16
- 2Uriet-Bia, JarodFRA-34.41.5 pts · #21
- 3Santamarianova, FabriceFRA-23.22.0 pts · #25
- R5+159 Elo gap