1er Tournoi Open de Paques 2026 de Hyeres (-2400)

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54 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 11 Apr 2026 to 12 Apr 2026 in Hyeres, France. 2 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2078, and top seed was Guillaume Philippe (🇫🇷 FRA, IM, 2338).

Emmanuel Gault (🇫🇷 FRA, 2038) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Arnaud Canivet (5.0) and Guillaume Philippe (5.0). Gault shared the lead from round 2, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Ilyes Ben Amar (1565) beat Malo Barthel (1901), a +336-point gap.

Location

🇫🇷Hyeres, France

Dates

11 Apr 2026 → 12 Apr 2026

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇫🇷IMGuillaume Philippe2338

Avg top 10

2,078

Participants

Titled players · 2

IM×1

WIM×1

Federations · 3 represented

🇫🇷France×52

🇮🇹Italy×1

🇲🇨Monaco×1

Top 3

🥇
Emmanuel Gault
🇫🇷FRA·2038
5.0pts·2170perf+20.0
🥈
Arnaud Canivet
🇫🇷FRA·2020
5.0pts·2126perf+15.4
🥉
IMGuillaume Philippe
🇫🇷FRA·2338
5.0pts·2238perf-4.1

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 5 co-leaders at R4 to 4 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Canivet5Philippe5Gault5Boudjellal5Maret4.5Ben Amar4

R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

4 players finish on 5.0/6. Gault takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (19.5).

R1–R3 · WIN STREAK

Emmanuel Gault won 3 in a row (R1–R3).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Arnaud Canivet	*	—	—	—
2IMGuillaume Philippe	—	*	½	—
3Emmanuel Gault	—	½	*	—
4Yaqin Boudjellal	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Gault, Emmanuel	2038	FRA	+36N	+8B	+39N	=5B	=3N	+9B	5.0	19.5	21.5	16.75	2170	+20.0
2	Canivet, Arnaud	2020	FRA	+35B	+16N	=12B	+15B	=7N	+8N	5.0	18.5	20.5	16.75	2126	+15.4
3	Philippe, GuillaumeIM	2338	FRA	+32B	=13N	+34B	+12N	=1B	+6N	5.0	18.5	20.5	16.25	2238	-4.1
4	Boudjellal, Yaqin	1893	FRA	+38B	+31N	−6B	+34N	+16B	+7B	5.0	16.0	18.0	14.00	2072	+49.7
5	Maret, Anna	1925	FRA	+28B	+17N	+14B	=1N	−6B	+13N	4.5	19.5	22.5	16.00	2046	+40.4
6	Ben Amar, Yanis	2000	FRA	+19N	+24B	+4N	−7B	+5N	−3B	4.0	22.0	25.0	16.00	2066	+22.4
7	Bibah, Wassil	2048	FRA	+50B	=15N	+13B	+6N	=2B	−4N	4.0	21.0	22.0	12.75	2011	-8.0
8	Bourgery, William	1866	FRA	+53B	−1N	+35B	+10B	+26N	−2B	4.0	19.0	20.0	10.00	1987	+16.8
9	Ighilahriz, Said	1694	FRA	−11B	+38N	+37B	+30B	+14N	−1N	4.0	17.5	19.5	10.50	1961	+69.5
10	Mallassagne, Francois-Eric	2083	FRA	+25B	−14N	+33B	−8N	+36B	+24N	4.0	16.0	18.0	10.50	1894	-22.6
11	Marchix, Esteban	2310	FRA	+9N	F	F	+46B	+20N	+12B	4.0	12.5	12.5	12.50	2725	+7.2
12	Bonnafous, Michel	1901	FRA	+27N	+22B	=2N	−3B	+15N	−11N	3.5	21.0	24.0	12.50	2026	+17.4
13	Wang, Yi Xuan	1893	FRA	+37N	=3B	−7N	+21B	+22N	−5B	3.5	20.5	22.5	11.50	1903	+6.3
14	Hazarian, Colin	1876	FRA	+47N	+10B	−5N	+27B	−9B	=17N	3.5	19.0	20.5	10.25	1814	-13.6
15	Ben Ammar Laurans, Nael	1851	FRA	+21N	=7B	+49B	−2N	−12B	+46N	3.5	17.5	19.0	8.50	1905	+23.2
16	Ribreau, Anna	1821	FRA	+48N	−2B	+41N	+39B	−4N	=18B	3.5	17.5	19.0	7.25	1846	+15.2
17	Candela, Leo-Thierry	1719	FRA	+40N	−5B	−27N	+31N	+29B	=14B	3.5	16.5	18.5	9.25	1717	-0.6
18	Barthel, Malo	1901	FRA	−31B	+46B	+19N	−26B	+27N	=16N	3.5	15.5	17.0	9.75	1725	-38.9
19	Pascal, Frederic	1624	FRA	−6B	+51N	−18B	+28N	+34B	=25N	3.5	15.5	16.5	7.50	1811	+28.2
20	Masson, Valentin	1969	FRA	+29B	−34N	+36B	=24N	−11B	+33N	3.5	14.5	16.5	9.00	1865	-13.4
21	Tailland, Jordan	1450	FRA	−15B	+50N	=25B	−13N	+32B	+36N	3.5	14.5	15.5	7.00	1784	+97.2
22	Lebel-Arias, JuliaWIM	1760	MNC	+54B	−12N	=31B	+25N	−13B	+41N	3.5	14.5	14.5	6.25	1718	-5.2
23	Janier, Fabrice	1926	FRA	=46N	+44B	=30N	F	=24B	+26B	3.5	12.5	12.5	8.75	1915	0.0
24	Metras, Leonard	1825	FRA	+51B	−6N	+29B	=20B	=23N	−10B	3.0	18.0	19.0	7.50	1866	+14.0
25	Verlingue, Brewen	1662	FRA	−10N	+47B	=21N	−22B	+48N	=19B	3.0	16.0	17.5	6.50	1645	-4.6
26	Versini, Simon	1804	FRA	+52B	−39N	+28B	+18N	−8B	−23N	3.0	16.0	17.0	7.50	1785	-4.0
27	Lemaire Cordeiro, Thomas	1565	FRA	−12B	+54N	+17B	−14N	−18B	+35N	3.0	16.0	16.0	5.50	1733	+34.0
28	Pervent, Louis	1592	FRA	−5N	+40B	−26N	−19B	+52N	+42B	3.0	15.0	16.0	5.00	1609	+0.4
29	Wang, Tian You	1615	FRA	−20N	+43B	−24N	+40B	−17N	+37N	3.0	14.0	16.0	6.00	1573	-15.6
30	Chomier, Frederic	1886	FRA	+42B	=49N	=23B	−9N	+35B	F	3.0	13.0	13.0	6.50	1842	-3.4
31	Ben Amar, Ilyes	1565	FRA	+18N	−4B	=22N	−17B	−46N	+47B	2.5	17.0	18.5	6.75	1681	+28.8
32	Matos, Francisco	1708	FRA	−3N	−37B	+51N	=47B	−21N	+38N	2.5	14.0	15.0	3.75	1576	-24.0
33	Peragoux, Jean	1656	FRA	−49B	+42N	−10N	=48B	+47N	−20B	2.5	12.5	14.0	4.25	1709	+2.0
34	Penkov, Nikola	1791	FRA	+43N	+20B	−3N	−4B	−19N	F	2.0	19.0	19.0	5.50	1726	-8.6
35	Fornet, Nicolas Francesco Antoine	1629	ITA	−2N	+48B	−8N	+43B	−30N	−27B	2.0	17.0	18.5	3.50	1516	-31.6
36	Pasero, Alexandre	1642	FRA	−1B	+53N	−20N	+52B	−10N	−21B	2.0	17.0	18.0	2.00	1558	-27.6
37	Jacob, Alain	1554	FRA	−13B	+32N	−9N	−44B	+40N	−29B	2.0	15.0	17.0	4.50	1488	-8.0
38	Marku, Demeter	1563	FRA	−4N	−9B	−52N	+51B	+43N	−32B	2.0	14.5	15.5	3.00	1436	-16.8
39	Tair, Brahim	1918	FRA	+41N	+26B	−1B	−16N	F	F	2.0	13.5	13.5	5.00	1808	-10.2
40	Vernisse, Tom	0	FRA	−17B	−28N	+53B	−29N	−37B	+51N	2.0	12.5	13.5	2.00	1376	0.0
41	Vial, Alexandre	1567	FRA	−39B	+52N	−16B	F	+44N	−22B	2.0	12.0	12.0	3.00	1671	+22.4
42	Dumas, Pierre	1544	FRA	−30N	−33B	−43N	+54B	+50B	−28N	2.0	11.5	11.5	1.00	1505	-10.4
43	Regnier, Bernard	0	FRA	−34B	−29N	+42B	−35N	−38B	+50N	2.0	11.0	12.0	3.00	1513	0.0
44	Hadzikaric, Mirsad	1706	FRA	F	−23N	F	+37N	−41B	+52B	2.0	10.0	10.0	3.00	1639	-7.4
45	Idoux, Christophe	1626	FRA	F	F	F	F	+53N	+48B	2.0	2.5	2.5	2.50	2230	+5.0
46	Mribti, Soultane	1594	FRA	=23B	−18N	F	−11N	+31B	−15B	1.5	17.0	19.0	4.25	1703	+14.8
47	Aouf, Wannis	1542	FRA	−14B	−25N	+54B	=32N	−33B	−31N	1.5	14.0	14.0	1.25	1328	-34.0
48	Origet, Martin	1427	FRA	−16B	−35N	+50B	=33N	−25B	−45N	1.5	13.0	14.0	2.25	1482	+11.2
49	Bel-Girardot, Charles	2052	FRA	+33N	=30B	−15N	F	F	F	1.5	9.0	9.0	4.00	1799	-18.0
50	Dubarry, Leonardo	1653	FRA	−7N	−21B	−48N	+53B	−42N	−43B	1.0	13.0	14.0	1.00	819	-90.8
51	Mistral, Cesar	1428	FRA	−24N	−19B	−32B	−38N	+54N	−40B	1.0	13.0	13.0	0.00	880	-58.4
52	Barthel, Jean	0	FRA	−26N	−41B	+38B	−36N	−28B	−44N	1.0	12.0	14.0	2.00	1372	-33.8
53	Vetsmany, Axel-Keo	1495	FRA	−8N	−36B	−40N	−50N	−45B	+54B	1.0	11.0	11.0	0.00	894	0.0
54	Bellezza-Groisy, Thymeo	0	FRA	−22N	−27B	−47N	−42N	−51B	−53N	0.0	11.0	12.0	0.00	801	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Tailland, JordanFRA
+97.2
3.5 pts · #19
2Ighilahriz, SaidFRA
+69.5
4.0 pts · #8
3Boudjellal, YaqinFRA
+49.7
5.0 pts · #4

Top rating losers

1Dubarry, LeonardoFRA
-90.8
1.0 pts · #53
2Mistral, CesarFRA
-58.4
1.0 pts · #51
3Barthel, MaloFRA
-38.9
3.5 pts · #15

Biggest upsets

R1+336 Elo gap
Ben Amar, Ilyes1565 beat Barthel, Malo1901
R5+258 Elo gap
Tailland, Jordan1450 beat Matos, Francisco1708
R3+226 Elo gap
Origet, Martin1427 beat Dubarry, Leonardo1653