Tournoi d'Entrainement du CE-Strasbourg janvier 2026

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46 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 02 Jan 2026 to 04 Jan 2026 in Strasbourg, France. 1 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1820, and top seed was Jean-Claude Letzelter (🇫🇷 FRA, FM, 2008).

Bohao Wen (🇫🇷 FRA, 1984) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Yassine Arbib (5.0) and Jean-Claude Letzelter (5.0). Wen won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Karen Harutyunyan (1469) beat Axel Lafont-Martins (1693), a +224-point gap.

Location

🇫🇷Strasbourg, France

Dates

02 Jan 2026 → 04 Jan 2026

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇫🇷FMJean-Claude Letzelter2008

Avg top 10

1,820

Participants

Titled players · 1

FM×1

Federations · 4 represented

🇫🇷France×39

🇧🇷Brazil×1

🇮🇷Iran×1

🇩🇪Germany×1

Top 3

🥇
Bohao Wen
🇫🇷FRA·1984
5.0pts·2006perf+11.2
🥈
Yassine Arbib
🇫🇷FRA·1902
5.0pts·2015perf+17.6
🥉
FMJean-Claude Letzelter
🇫🇷FRA·2008
5.0pts·1994perf+1.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Tight race until R6; 4 players tied at 5.0/6, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 4 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Wen5Arbib5Letzelter5Liddell5Lenz4.5Rahimikharaghani4

R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

4 players finish on 5.0/6. Wen takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (20.5).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Bohao Wen lost to Yassine Arbib (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Bohao Wen 3 wins (R1–R3)Yassine Arbib 4 wins (R1–R4)FM Jean-Claude Letzelter 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Bohao Wen	*	0	—	—
2Yassine Arbib	1	*	—	—
3FMJean-Claude Letzelter	—	—	*	1
4William Liddell	—	—	0	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Wen, Bohao	1984	FRA	+25B	+10N	+9B	−2N	+16B	+5N	5.0	20.5	23.0	18.00	2006	+11.2
2	Arbib, Yassine	1902	FRA	+31N	+29B	+6N	+1B	=5B	=8N	5.0	19.5	21.5	17.25	2015	+17.6
3	Letzelter, Jean-ClaudeFM	2008	FRA	+4B	+30N	+37B	−5N	+11B	+13B	5.0	19.0	21.0	16.50	1994	+1.0
4	Liddell, William	1565	FRA	−3N	+44B	+14N	+30B	+7N	+6B	5.0	18.5	19.0	14.00	1970	+93.2
5	Lenz, Matthias	1917	GER	+26B	+12N	+16B	+3B	=2N	−1B	4.5	22.0	24.5	17.00	1968	+11.4
6	Queiroz, Maria Becker	1683	BRA	+20B	+15N	−2B	+21N	+9B	−4N	4.0	20.5	23.5	13.50	1779	+15.2
7	Rahimikharaghani, Marjan	1706	IRI	+22B	−39N	+15B	+13N	−4B	+16N	4.0	18.0	20.0	13.00	1722	+2.4
8	De Andrade, Mathis	1723	FRA	F	+23B	=18N	+19B	+10N	=2B	4.0	18.0	18.0	14.00	1894	+20.8
9	Michels, Matthieu	1768	FRA	+32N	+19B	−1N	+29B	−6N	+17B	4.0	17.0	19.0	10.00	1762	+0.8
10	Amrani, Chahine	1633	FRA	+34N	−1B	+31N	+17B	−8B	+22N	4.0	17.0	19.0	10.00	1760	+37.2
11	Lafont-Martins, Axel	1693	FRA	−17N	+28B	+25N	+18B	−3N	+19B	4.0	16.5	19.0	11.00	1728	+9.6
12	Fagherazzi, Michel	1625	FRA	+38B	−5B	+36N	−16N	+26B	+20N	4.0	15.0	17.0	9.50	1674	+4.6
13	Babayev, Murad	1699	FRA	+33N	=18B	+17N	−7B	+32B	−3N	3.5	17.0	19.0	8.50	1683	-4.8
14	Robert, Lilian	1699	FRA	+24B	−16N	−4B	=33N	+28B	+27N	3.5	16.0	18.0	9.00	1524	-42.0
15	Blanc, Gregory	1577	FRA	+45N	−6B	−7N	=28B	+38N	+32B	3.5	14.5	14.5	5.25	1490	-20.4
16	Rosselli, Lucas	1593	FRA	+35N	+14B	−5N	+12B	−1N	−7B	3.0	21.0	23.0	9.50	1714	+25.6
17	Harutyunyan, Karen	1469	FRA	+11B	+43N	−13B	−10N	+21B	−9N	3.0	18.5	19.5	8.00	1680	+65.2
18	Delacour, Thomas	1583	FRA	+27B	=13N	=8B	−11N	−20B	+35N	3.0	17.0	19.0	8.25	1455	-12.6
19	Guntzer Vetter, Thomas	1593	FRA	+40B	−9N	+20B	−8N	+34B	−11N	3.0	17.0	18.5	6.50	1574	-2.2
20	Decreux, Lilian	1455	FRA	−6N	+45B	−19N	+31B	+18N	−12B	3.0	16.0	16.0	5.00	1532	+7.8
21	Tellin, Mael	1616	FRA	+46N	−37B	+22N	−6B	−17N	+36B	3.0	14.0	14.0	5.00	1523	-24.8
22	Beheshti, Khadijeh	1494	FRA	−7N	+41B	−21B	+45N	+29N	−10B	3.0	14.0	14.0	3.00	1448	-16.4
23	Babayev, Ayxan	1569	FRA	F	−8N	+27B	−32N	+40N	+25B	3.0	12.5	12.5	6.50	1465	-17.6
24	Tangiev, Rassoul	1473	FRA	−14N	+35B	−29N	−25B	+31N	+30B	3.0	12.0	14.0	6.00	1521	+2.4
25	Sharma, Varun	1551	FRA	−1N	+34B	−11B	+24N	=27B	−23N	2.5	17.5	19.5	6.25	1589	+4.4
26	Butbaia, Ilarioni	1528	FRA	−5N	+38B	=30B	F	−12N	+29B	2.5	14.5	14.5	5.00	1600	+10.0
27	Bouhours, Gabriel	0	FRA	−18N	+33B	−23N	+36B	=25N	−14B	2.5	14.0	16.0	5.25	1508	0.0
28	Gasimov, Raphael	1425	FRA	−43B	−11N	+41B	=15N	−14N	+33B	2.5	14.0	15.0	4.75	1477	+10.4
29	Tabatabai, Armand	1610	FRA	+42B	−2N	+24B	−9N	−22B	−26N	2.0	17.5	18.5	4.00	1408	-52.0
30	Randrianarizafy, Paul	1644	FRA	+44B	−3B	=26N	−4N	=33B	−24N	2.0	17.5	18.0	2.75	1383	-54.4
31	Meyer, Claude	1520	FRA	−2B	+42N	−10B	−20N	−24B	+46N	2.0	16.0	16.0	1.00	829	-31.6
32	Hueber, Michael	1497	FRA	−9B	+40N	F	+23B	−13N	−15N	2.0	15.5	15.5	4.50	1462	-7.2
33	Essolh, Adil	1488	FRA	−13B	−27N	+42B	=14B	=30N	−28N	2.0	14.0	15.0	3.75	1406	-20.0
34	Benhallou, Sarah	0	FRA	−10B	−25N	+35B	+44N	−19N	F	2.0	12.0	12.0	2.50	791	-57.2
35	FIDE 560062150	0	—	−16B	−24N	−34N	+42B	+46N	−18B	2.0	12.0	12.0	1.00	763	0.0
36	Pererva, Yulia	1499	FRA	−37N	+46B	−12B	−27N	+45B	−21N	2.0	11.5	11.5	0.00	883	-32.8
37	Guliyev, Altan	1795	FRA	+36B	+21N	−3N	F	F	F	2.0	10.0	10.0	5.00	1833	+7.2
38	Hueber, Gabriel-Azer	0	FRA	−12N	−26N	F	+46B	−15B	+45N	2.0	10.0	10.0	0.00	781	0.0
39	Dalstein, Maxence	1593	FRA	+41N	+7B	F	F	F	F	2.0	5.0	5.0	5.00	2507	+13.0
40	FIDE 651015684	0	—	−19N	−32B	=44N	+41N	−23B	F	1.5	9.5	9.5	1.25	751	0.0
41	FIDE 551000075	0	—	−39B	−22N	−28N	−40B	F	+42N	1.0	10.0	10.0	1.00	717	0.0
42	Petitdidier, Lea	0	FRA	−29N	−31B	−33N	−35N	+44B	−41B	1.0	9.0	9.5	0.50	748	0.0
43	Altoe, Julien	1665	FRA	+28N	−17B	F	F	F	F	1.0	5.5	5.5	2.50	1445	-22.4
44	Benhallou, Kamila	1413	FRA	−30N	−4N	=40B	−34B	−42N	F	0.5	11.5	11.5	0.75	782	0.0
45	FIDE 527079511	0	—	−15B	−20N	F	−22B	−36N	−38B	0.0	13.5	13.5	0.00	720	0.0
46	Ovchuyeva, Mehriban	0	FRA	−21B	−36N	F	−38N	−35B	−31B	0.0	11.0	11.0	0.00	749	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Liddell, WilliamFRA
+93.2
5.0 pts · #6
2Harutyunyan, KarenFRA
+65.2
3.0 pts · #14
3Amrani, ChahineFRA
+37.2
4.0 pts · #11

Top rating losers

1Benhallou, SarahFRA
-57.2
2.0 pts · #45
2Randrianarizafy, PaulFRA
-54.4
2.0 pts · #30
3Tabatabai, ArmandFRA
-52.0
2.0 pts · #34

Biggest upsets

R1+224 Elo gap
Harutyunyan, Karen1469 beat Lafont-Martins, Axel1693
R2+196 Elo gap
Harutyunyan, Karen1469 beat Altoe, Julien1665
R6+171 Elo gap
Tangiev, Rassoul1473 beat Randrianarizafy, Paul1644