1er Trophee des Rois de Dijon

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66 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 03 Jan 2026 to 04 Jan 2026 in Dijon, France. 2 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2016, and top seed was Christophe Claverie (🇫🇷 FRA, IM, 2273).

Gregory Charmier (🇫🇷 FRA, CM, 2149) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Christophe Claverie (4.5) and Philippe Boulet (4.0). Charmier won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Martin Bouvier (1807) beat Jean-Marie Clarac (2136), a +329-point gap.

Location

🇫🇷Dijon, France

Dates

03 Jan 2026 → 04 Jan 2026

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇫🇷IMChristophe Claverie2273

Avg top 10

2,016

Participants

Titled players · 2

IM×1

CM×1

Federations · 3 represented

🇫🇷France×63

🇺🇦Ukraine×2

🇩🇪Germany×1

Top 3

🥇
CMGregory Charmier
🇫🇷FRA·2149
4.5pts·2148perf+0.2
🥈
IMChristophe Claverie
🇫🇷FRA·2273
4.5pts·2305perf+3.6
🥉
Philippe Boulet
🇫🇷FRA·1931
4.0pts·2104perf+20.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.5/5, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Claverie4.5Charmier4.5Czmil-Michard4Bournique4Oberfalcer4Boulet4— ex-leaders:Soulasled R4, #7

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.5/5. Charmier takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (15.0).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

IM Christophe Claverie 3 wins (R1–R3)Paul Czmil-Michard 4 wins (R2–R5)

R3 · LATE SURGE

Paul Czmil-Michard was #11 at R3, climbed to #3 over the final stretch.

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Charmier, GregoryCM	2149	FRA	+40N	+5B	=4N	+11B	+10B	4.5	15.0	17.0	15.00	2148	+0.2
2	Claverie, ChristopheIM	2273	FRA	+30B	+17N	+22B	=3N	+6B	4.5	14.0	16.5	14.50	2305	+3.6
3	Boulet, Philippe	1931	FRA	+39N	+32B	+8N	=2B	=4N	4.0	15.0	17.0	12.75	2104	+20.8
4	Oberfalcer, Nathan	1891	FRA	+19B	+27N	=1B	+29N	=3B	4.0	14.5	17.0	12.75	2037	+18.8
5	Noel, Nicolas	1772	FRA	+50B	−1N	+28B	+23N	+18B	4.0	13.5	15.0	10.50	1984	+20.2
6	Soulas, Gilles	2130	FRA	+49N	+25B	+31N	+16B	−2N	4.0	13.0	15.0	10.50	2125	+3.4
7	Clarac, Jean-Marie	2136	FRA	+51B	+26N	−16B	+21N	+17B	4.0	12.0	13.5	10.50	1959	-12.2
8	Bournique, Bruno	1838	FRA	+63B	+38N	−3B	+44N	+19B	4.0	11.0	11.0	7.00	1938	+12.2
9	Czmil-Michard, Paul	1845	FRA	−29N	+46B	+43N	+39B	+16N	4.0	9.5	11.5	9.00	1899	+6.6
10	Coulon, Julien	1623	FRA	+14B	+13N	=18B	+12B	−1N	3.5	15.0	18.0	12.00	2047	+104.8
11	Bondarenko, Serhiy	1675	UKR	=23B	+37N	+34B	−1N	+31N	3.5	12.5	15.0	9.00	1970	+57.2
12	Chalancon, Antoine	1915	FRA	+45B	+21N	=29B	−10N	+24N	3.5	12.0	14.0	9.25	1801	-11.8
13	Revers, Adrien	1837	FRA	+46N	−10B	=38B	+30N	+29B	3.5	10.5	12.5	8.00	1774	-6.8
14	Boudier, Eric	1899	FRA	−10N	+63B	=20N	+51B	+35N	3.5	10.5	10.5	5.50	1771	-12.8
15	Gravit, Lucas	1827	FRA	+53B	−29N	=30B	+50N	+32B	3.5	9.0	10.5	6.75	1768	-6.2
16	Bouvier, Martin	1807	FRA	+56N	+42B	+7N	−6N	−9B	3.0	14.0	15.0	7.00	1918	+19.6
17	Flores, Victor	1787	FRA	+58B	−2B	+40N	+20B	−7N	3.0	13.5	14.5	6.00	1885	+7.0
18	Lefevre, Michel	1814	FRA	+55N	=20B	=10N	+33B	−5N	3.0	13.0	14.0	6.75	1683	-15.4
19	Le, Evan	1620	FRA	−4N	+64B	+25N	+41B	−8N	3.0	13.0	13.0	5.00	1828	+54.0
20	Laaradh, Ilyes	1554	FRA	+36B	=18N	=14B	−17N	+44B	3.0	12.0	14.0	7.75	1862	+77.6
21	Bondarenko, Olexandr	1713	UKR	+33N	−12B	+42N	−7B	+39N	3.0	12.0	14.0	6.50	1799	+13.6
22	Ripplinger, Anthony	1888	FRA	+54N	+35B	−2N	−24B	+38N	3.0	12.0	13.5	6.00	1858	-4.2
23	Perron, Patrice	0	FRA	=11N	+62B	=41N	−5B	+43N	3.0	11.5	12.0	5.25	1733	0.0
24	Bouvier, Benjamin	1704	FRA	−34B	+66N	+47B	+22N	−12B	3.0	11.0	11.0	5.00	1766	+16.8
25	Beedassee, Zadig	1749	FRA	+52B	−6N	−19B	+53N	+45B	3.0	10.5	12.0	5.00	1771	+3.2
26	Miletic, Dragan	0	FRA	+57N	−7B	=51N	=38B	+40N	3.0	9.5	10.5	4.75	1756	0.0
27	Jourdy, Roman	1693	FRA	+64N	−4B	−33N	+55B	+42N	3.0	9.5	9.5	3.00	1623	-7.4
28	Seignez, Antoine	1634	FRA	−60N	+52B	−5N	+61B	+41N	3.0	8.5	9.0	4.00	1766	+13.0
29	Hy, Robin	1594	FRA	+9B	+15B	=12N	−4B	−13N	2.5	15.0	18.5	9.25	1863	+32.4
30	Kirshenboim, Ran	1664	FRA	−2N	+56B	=15N	−13B	+52B	2.5	13.0	14.0	4.25	1765	+22.4
31	Adjemian, Tigran	1864	FRA	+47B	+43N	−6B	=32N	−11B	2.5	12.0	14.0	5.25	1755	-14.4
32	Delamare, Eva	1690	FRA	+65B	−3N	+48B	=31B	−15N	2.5	12.0	12.0	3.25	1601	-11.6
33	Pillard, Romain	1518	FRA	−21B	+45N	+27B	−18N	=36B	2.5	11.5	13.5	6.25	1721	+46.8
34	Dimanche, Phileasse	1500	FRA	+24N	=41B	−11N	−35B	+54N	2.5	11.0	12.5	5.50	1695	+49.2
35	Richard, Steve	1684	FRA	+48B	−22N	=50B	+34N	−14B	2.5	11.0	12.5	5.25	1626	-7.4
36	Roupioz, Lottfi	1762	FRA	−20N	+53B	−39N	+47B	=33N	2.5	9.5	11.0	4.75	1582	-47.2
37	Morel, Gilles	1669	FRA	=62N	−11B	F	+63N	+50B	2.5	5.5	5.5	1.75	1735	+5.2
38	Boileau, Maxime	1664	FRA	+59B	−8B	=13N	=26N	−22B	2.0	13.5	14.5	4.25	1581	-10.4
39	Cuyvers, Wolf	1631	FRA	−3B	+65N	+36B	−9N	−21B	2.0	13.5	13.5	2.50	1620	-1.8
40	Riahi, Sohel	1664	FRA	−1B	+58N	−17B	+48N	−26B	2.0	12.5	13.5	3.00	1125	-16.4
41	Hildwein, Kenzo	1812	FRA	+66B	=34N	=23B	−19N	−28B	2.0	11.5	11.5	2.75	1493	-58.7
42	Charmier, Gabin	0	FRA	+44B	−16N	−21B	+49N	−27B	2.0	11.0	13.0	4.00	1637	0.0
43	Le Tiec, Pascal	1678	FRA	+61N	−31B	−9B	+57N	−23B	2.0	10.5	11.0	1.50	1630	-8.0
44	Martinon, Gabriel	1689	FRA	−42N	+55B	+59N	−8B	−20N	2.0	10.0	11.0	2.00	1529	-25.6
45	Capillon, Isabelle	1626	FRA	−12N	−33B	+56N	+59B	−25N	2.0	10.0	11.0	2.00	1498	-14.0
46	Rahal, Mohamed	1584	FRA	−13B	−9N	−52N	+58B	+65N	2.0	10.0	10.0	1.00	940	-37.6
47	Flores, Christophe	1604	FRA	−31N	+61B	−24N	−36N	+57B	2.0	9.0	9.5	1.50	1529	-8.0
48	Jobez, Valentin	0	FRA	−35N	+54B	−32N	−40B	+55N	2.0	8.5	9.5	2.50	1570	0.0
49	Hildwein, Kenji	1642	FRA	−6B	−50N	+62N	−42B	+56N	2.0	8.5	9.0	1.50	1598	-12.4
50	Boursier, Rodolphe	1554	FRA	−5N	+49B	=35N	−15B	−37N	1.5	12.5	14.5	3.25	1570	0.0
51	Mendes, Martin	1657	FRA	−7N	+57B	=26B	−14N	F	1.5	11.5	11.5	2.50	1714	+3.2
52	Lamy, Geoffroy	1537	FRA	−25N	−28N	+46B	=54B	−30N	1.5	10.5	12.0	2.75	1498	-5.2
53	Quesnoy, Pierre	1582	FRA	−15N	−36N	+64B	−25B	=61N	1.5	9.5	9.5	0.25	1515	-14.4
54	Da Silva, Pascal	1606	FRA	−22B	−48N	+58B	=52N	−34B	1.5	9.0	10.0	1.75	1369	-18.0
55	Maillard, Pauline	1569	FRA	−18B	−44N	+65B	−27N	−48B	1.0	10.0	10.0	0.00	931	-17.2
56	Khantouche, Ali	1560	FRA	−16B	−30N	−45B	+64N	−49B	1.0	9.5	9.5	0.00	1407	-37.2
57	Daller, Philippe	1557	FRA	−26B	−51N	+63N	−43B	−47N	1.0	8.5	8.5	0.00	1440	-11.8
58	Gay, Frederic	1558	FRA	−17N	−40B	−54N	−46N	+63B	1.0	8.5	8.5	0.00	1406	0.0
59	Khettar, Noam	0	FRA	−38N	F	−44B	−45N	+64B	1.0	6.0	6.0	0.00	1425	0.0
60	Caer, Remy	1948	FRA	+28B	F	F	F	F	1.0	3.0	3.0	3.00	2434	+2.8
61	Myard, Margaux	0	FRA	−43B	−47N	F	−28N	=53B	0.5	8.5	8.5	0.75	1302	0.0
62	Tepedibi, Tayfun	0	GER	=37B	−23N	−49B	F	F	0.5	7.5	7.5	1.25	1464	0.0
63	Hamar, Jacques	1589	FRA	−8N	−14N	−57B	−37B	−58N	0.0	11.0	12.0	0.00	941	-25.2
64	Quentin, Bruno	1495	FRA	−27B	−19N	−53N	−56B	−59N	0.0	8.5	9.5	0.00	813	-54.8
65	Beedassee, Varma	0	FRA	−32N	−39B	−55N	F	−46B	0.0	7.5	7.5	0.00	818	0.0
66	Peyrous, Yonnis	1564	FRA	−41N	−24B	F	F	F	0.0	5.5	5.5	0.00	956	-20.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Coulon, JulienFRA
+104.8
3.5 pts · #11
2Laaradh, IlyesFRA
+77.6
3.0 pts · #19
3Bondarenko, SerhiyUKR
+57.2
3.5 pts · #16

Top rating losers

1Hildwein, KenzoFRA
-58.7
2.0 pts · #41
2Quentin, BrunoFRA
-54.8
0.0 pts · #64
3Roupioz, LottfiFRA
-47.2
2.5 pts · #23

Biggest upsets

R3+329 Elo gap
Bouvier, Martin1807 beat Clarac, Jean-Marie2136
R4+292 Elo gap
Coulon, Julien1623 beat Chalancon, Antoine1915
R1+276 Elo gap
Coulon, Julien1623 beat Boudier, Eric1899