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Festival de Tournois Classiques d'Hiver 26 du LMC - Open

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20 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 10 Jan 2026 to 11 Jan 2026 in Lille, France. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1499, and top seed was Francois Biskupski (🇧🇪 BEL, 1543).

Timothee Thiery (🇫🇷 FRA, 1438) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Joachim Caffonnette (4.0) and Lucien Poublon (4.0). Thiery broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Lucien Poublon (1418) beat Hugo Adam (1538), a +120-point gap.

Location
🇫🇷Lille, France
Dates
10 Jan 2026 → 11 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇧🇪Francois Biskupski1543
Avg top 10
1,499
Participants
20
Federations · 2 represented
🇫🇷France×11
🇧🇪Belgium×8
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Timothee Thiery led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
10
5
3
2
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Thiery4.5Caffonnette4Poublon4Moreno3.5Desimpelaere3Belverge3
R5–R5 · LEAD HELD

Timothee Thiery held the sole lead from R5 through R5 without losing it.

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Timothee Thiery beat Joachim Caffonnette (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Timothee Thiery 3 wins (R1–R3)Lucien Poublon 3 wins (R3–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Timothee Thiery*
1
—
½
2Joachim Caffonnette
0
*
1
—
3Lucien Poublon—
0
*
1
4Leo Moreno
½
—
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Thiery, Timothee1438FRA+14N+6B+2B=4N+8B4.513.515.513.752304+70.4
2Caffonnette, Joachim1500BEL+12N+3B−1N+10B+5N4.014.016.011.501673+16.4
3Poublon, Lucien1418BEL+13B−2N+18B+12N+4B4.011.512.58.501525+5.8
4Moreno, Leo0FRA+7N+5B+6N=1B−3N3.514.517.511.2515180.0
5Belverge, Serge1521FRA+9B−4N+17B+8N−2B3.013.514.57.001489-1.8
6Duvillier, Frederic1534BEL+15B−1N−4B+18N+12B3.012.013.05.00639-12.6
7Rasseneur, Cyprien1480FRA−4B+19N=9N=11B+14N3.011.012.05.751439-2.4
8Bienaime, Alain1469FRA+18N+17B+10N−5B−1N3.011.012.04.501376-6.8
9Desimpelaere, Christian0BEL−5N+13N=7B+15B=10N3.010.512.56.7515200.0
10Biskupski, Francois1543BEL+20B+11N−8B−2N=9B2.512.512.54.001462-17.6
11Ferrari, Emile1439FRA+19B−10B−12N=7N+13B2.59.510.54.501520+6.6
12Magniez, Vincent0FRA−2B+16N+11B−3B−6N2.013.515.54.5014140.0
13Adam, Hugo1538BEL−3N−9B+14N+19B−11N2.011.512.53.00629-51.6
14FIDE 5480071100—−1B+15N−13B+17N−7B2.011.512.53.006850.0
15Bortier, Marc0FRA−6N−14B+16B−9N+20N2.010.010.02.0015170.0
16Dekeukelaere, Ruben1526FRA−17N−12B−15N+20B+19N2.06.06.01.002231+14.8
17Coussement, Serge0BEL+16B−8N−5N−14BF1.010.010.02.0013790.0
18Pechenard, Patrick0FRA−8B+20N−3N−6BF1.010.010.00.0012690.0
19Verbanck, Mario0BEL−11N−7B+20B−13N−16B1.09.59.50.0012430.0
20Bergoend, Jean-Marc1431FRA−10N−18B−19N−16N−15B0.07.58.50.00735-28.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets