11eme Open International d'Echecs de Noisiel 2026 - Open C (-2000 Elo et p 50 ans)
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44 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 18 Apr 2026 to 23 Apr 2026 in Noisiel, France. 4 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1869, and top seed was Frederic Guerlach (🇫🇷 FRA, 1974).
Frederic Guerlach (🇫🇷 FRA, 1974) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Alain De Cesare (6.5) and Philippe Olivier (6.5). Guerlach took the lead from round 8.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Didier Thomas (1744) beat Frederic Guerlach (1974), a +230-point gap.
Location
🇫🇷Noisiel, France
Dates
18 Apr 2026 → 23 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Federations · 4 represented
🇫🇷France×41
🇱🇺Luxembourg×1
🇪🇬Egypt×1
🇩🇪Germany×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsFrederic Guerlach led from R8; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R8.
Co-leaders
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R8 · LEADER CHANGE22 Apr
Frederic Guerlach takes the sole lead (6.5/8).
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
Frederic Guerlach 4 wins (R6–R9)Philippe Olivier 4 wins (R4–R7)
R5 · LATE SURGE
Philippe Olivier was #11 at R5, climbed to #3 over the final stretch.
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Frederic Guerlach | * | — | — | — |
| 2Alain De Cesare | — | * | — | — |
| 3Philippe Olivier | — | — | * | 1 |
| 4Bruno Davy | — | — | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guerlach, Frederic | 1974 | FRA | +29B | −11N | +20B | +13N | =17N | +25B | +7N | +4B | +9N | 7.5 | 40.0 | 43.5 | 36.25 | 2031 | +12.4 |
| 2 | De Cesare, Alain | 1749 | FRA | +30B | =6N | +14B | +9N | −4N | +18B | =11N | =7B | +17B | 6.5 | 41.5 | 45.0 | 31.00 | 1932 | +44.2 |
| 3 | Olivier, Philippe | 1886 | FRA | +22N | −7B | −12N | +33B | +20N | +21B | +5N | =17N | +4B | 6.5 | 40.5 | 43.5 | 30.75 | 1907 | +8.0 |
| 4 | Cazeaux, Didier | 1892 | FRA | +20B | +25N | =8B | +11N | +2B | +15N | =17B | −1N | −3N | 6.0 | 45.0 | 49.0 | 30.00 | 1912 | +5.2 |
| 5 | Davy, Bruno | 1842 | FRA | +24B | +13N | =11B | =7N | −15B | +29N | −3B | +32N | +12B | 6.0 | 39.5 | 43.0 | 26.25 | 1834 | -1.8 |
| 6 | Chaumont, Philippe | 1907 | FRA | +12N | =2B | =18N | =10B | F | =13N | =15B | +19N | +11B | 5.5 | 41.0 | 41.0 | 27.75 | 1859 | -9.0 |
| 7 | Le Bris, Louis | 1734 | FRA | +41B | +3N | F | =5B | +21N | =34N | −1B | =2N | +13B | 5.5 | 41.0 | 41.0 | 25.75 | 1934 | +42.2 |
| 8 | Demetz, Yves | 1755 | FRA | +27B | +26N | =4N | −17B | +10N | −11B | +18N | −15B | +31N | 5.5 | 38.5 | 42.0 | 24.50 | 1786 | +8.4 |
| 9 | Mousa, Medhat | 1870 | EGY | =23B | +39N | F | −2B | +12N | +24N | +34B | +11N | −1B | 5.5 | 38.0 | 38.0 | 21.75 | 1871 | +1.6 |
| 10 | Ploegaerts, Ludovic | 1674 | FRA | +42B | −34N | +31B | =6N | −8B | =19N | =24B | +30N | +14B | 5.5 | 34.5 | 36.5 | 21.00 | 1748 | +16.2 |
| 11 | Thomas, Didier | 1744 | FRA | +38N | +1B | =5N | −4B | +14N | +8N | =2B | −9B | −6N | 5.0 | 47.5 | 50.0 | 26.75 | 1841 | +23.2 |
| 12 | Wuhrmann, Daniel | 1668 | FRA | −6B | +41N | +3B | −15N | −9B | +27N | +26B | +34N | −5N | 5.0 | 39.5 | 41.5 | 19.50 | 1805 | +30.8 |
| 13 | Farwagi, Pierre | 1684 | FRA | +43N | −5B | +42N | −1B | +23N | =6B | =25N | +18B | −7N | 5.0 | 39.5 | 41.0 | 17.25 | 1733 | +7.6 |
| 14 | Dubourg, Bruno | 1622 | FRA | =34B | +19N | −2N | +16B | −11B | =26N | +29B | +25N | −10N | 5.0 | 38.0 | 41.0 | 20.50 | 1763 | +33.2 |
| 15 | Taramelli, Marc | 1751 | FRA | +40N | =18B | F | +12B | +5N | −4B | =6N | +8N | F | 5.0 | 35.0 | 35.0 | 24.00 | 1924 | +33.0 |
| 16 | Simon, Lionel | 1699 | FRA | +31B | −17N | =26B | −14N | −24B | =35N | +27B | +33N | +40B | 5.0 | 31.0 | 33.5 | 16.50 | 1656 | -10.8 |
| 17 | Belardello, Mario-Jovani | 1865 | FRA | +36N | +16B | F | +8N | =1B | F | =4N | =3B | −2N | 4.5 | 40.0 | 40.0 | 23.50 | 1901 | +8.0 |
| 18 | Mostefai, Malik | 1688 | FRA | +37B | =15N | =6B | =25N | +19B | −2N | −8B | −13N | +30B | 4.5 | 39.5 | 42.0 | 17.75 | 1711 | +5.8 |
| 19 | Daignieres, Pierre | 1787 | FRA | =32N | −14B | +44N | +37B | −18N | =10B | +22N | −6B | =23N | 4.5 | 35.5 | 35.5 | 13.75 | 1619 | -35.8 |
| 20 | Jouy, Guy | 1663 | FRA | −4N | +38B | −1N | +42B | −3B | −30N | +44B | +35N | =21N | 4.5 | 35.5 | 35.5 | 9.75 | 1645 | -6.2 |
| 21 | Ton-that, Stephane | 1825 | FRA | −26B | +30N | +29B | +24N | −7B | −3N | −32B | +36N | =20B | 4.5 | 35.0 | 38.0 | 16.25 | 1669 | -36.2 |
| 22 | Trkulja, Nicolas | 1654 | FRA | −3B | −31N | +39B | =30N | =27B | +41N | −19B | +37N | =24B | 4.5 | 31.0 | 33.0 | 12.75 | 1626 | -7.6 |
| 23 | Feldman, Frederic | 1641 | FRA | =9N | −32B | =33N | +44B | −13B | −36N | +41B | +29N | =19B | 4.5 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 12.00 | 1623 | -5.6 |
| 24 | Pankeshon, Jean-Jacques | 1636 | FRA | −5N | +35B | +28N | −21B | +16N | −9B | =10N | −31B | =22N | 4.0 | 38.5 | 41.5 | 17.00 | 1659 | +5.4 |
| 25 | Graziani, Jacques | 1696 | FRA | +35N | −4B | +43N | =18B | +32N | −1N | =13B | −14B | F | 4.0 | 36.0 | 36.0 | 12.75 | 1662 | -8.2 |
| 26 | Plard, Thierry | 1619 | LUX | +21N | −8B | =16N | −32B | +37N | =14B | −12N | −28B | +33B | 4.0 | 35.5 | 38.0 | 15.00 | 1615 | -0.2 |
| 27 | Delacourt, Frederic | 1603 | FRA | −8N | −43B | +38N | =28B | =22N | −12B | −16N | +44B | +37B | 4.0 | 30.5 | 30.5 | 9.25 | 1601 | -1.0 |
| 28 | Schulze Forsthoevel, Manfred | 1711 | GER | =33N | F | −24B | =27N | F | =31B | =30B | +26N | +32B | 4.0 | 25.5 | 25.5 | 14.50 | 1634 | -13.8 |
| 29 | Roux, Jean-francois | 1672 | FRA | −1N | +33B | −21N | +43B | +31N | −5B | −14N | −23B | =35B | 3.5 | 37.0 | 38.5 | 9.50 | 1543 | -28.8 |
| 30 | Marival, Fred | 1574 | FRA | −2N | −21B | +41N | =22B | =39N | +20B | =28N | −10B | −18N | 3.5 | 36.5 | 38.5 | 12.00 | 1596 | +5.2 |
| 31 | Fabre, Guy | 1519 | FRA | −16N | +22B | −10N | F | −29B | =28N | +39B | +24N | −8B | 3.5 | 35.0 | 37.5 | 13.00 | 1630 | +21.2 |
| 32 | Lafosse, Olivier | 1607 | FRA | =19B | +23N | −34B | +26N | −25B | F | +21N | −5B | −28N | 3.5 | 34.5 | 34.5 | 15.25 | 1702 | +18.2 |
| 33 | Lazes, Herve | 1531 | FRA | =28B | −29N | =23B | −3N | =36B | +42N | =37B | −16B | −26N | 3.0 | 33.0 | 35.0 | 9.00 | 1478 | -10.4 |
| 34 | Kvashyna, Tetyana | 1839 | FRA | =14N | +10B | +32N | F | F | =7B | −9N | −12B | F | 3.0 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 14.25 | 1697 | -22.2 |
| 35 | Austruy, Daniel | 1515 | FRA | −25B | −24N | F | −38B | +42N | =16B | +43N | −20B | =29N | 3.0 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 7.75 | 1382 | -17.6 |
| 36 | Hucault, Christophe | 1638 | FRA | −17B | F | F | F | =33N | +23B | =40N | −21B | +41N | 3.0 | 24.5 | 24.5 | 9.25 | 1667 | +4.2 |
| 37 | Bonnefoux, Patrice | 1499 | FRA | −18N | +40B | F | −19N | −26B | +38B | =33N | −22B | −27N | 2.5 | 29.5 | 29.5 | 6.50 | 1489 | -3.0 |
| 38 | Sazerac, Jean | 1565 | FRA | −11B | −20N | −27B | +35N | =43B | −37N | +42B | −40B | −39N | 2.5 | 26.0 | 27.5 | 5.75 | 1293 | -43.2 |
| 39 | Desgouttes, Philippe | 1588 | FRA | F | −9B | −22N | +40N | =30B | F | −31N | −41B | +38B | 2.5 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 6.75 | 1517 | -14.4 |
| 40 | Roux, Pascal | 1594 | FRA | −15B | −37N | F | −39B | F | +43N | =36B | +38N | −16N | 2.5 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 5.50 | 1430 | -27.2 |
| 41 | Denevert, Michel | 1561 | FRA | −7N | −12B | −30B | F | +44N | −22B | −23N | +39N | −36B | 2.0 | 28.5 | 28.5 | 2.50 | 1333 | -31.0 |
| 42 | Leonesi, Francis | 0 | FRA | −10N | F | −13B | −20N | −35B | −33B | −38N | +43B | +44N | 2.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 1.50 | 804 | 0.0 |
| 43 | Lelaidier, Franck | 0 | FRA | −13B | +27N | −25B | −29N | =38N | −40B | −35B | −42N | F | 1.5 | 26.5 | 26.5 | 5.25 | 1390 | 0.0 |
| 44 | Patarot, Alain | 0 | FRA | F | F | −19B | −23N | −41B | F | −20N | −27N | −42B | 0.0 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 0.00 | 847 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1De Cesare, AlainFRA+44.26.5 pts · #2
- 2Le Bris, LouisFRA+42.25.5 pts · #6
- 3Dubourg, BrunoFRA+33.25.0 pts · #10
Top rating losers
- 1Sazerac, JeanFRA-43.22.5 pts · #40
- 2Ton-that, StephaneFRA-36.24.5 pts · #18
- 3Daignieres, PierreFRA-35.84.5 pts · #23
Biggest upsets
- R2+230 Elo gap
- R3+218 Elo gap
- R7+218 Elo gap