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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
54
Titled players · 2
IM×1
WIM×1
Federations · 3 represented
🇫🇷France×52
🇮🇹Italy×1
🇲🇨Monaco×1
Top 3

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
25
9
3
5
8
4
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
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
Player1234
1Arnaud Canivet*
2IMGuillaume Philippe*
½
3Emmanuel Gault
½
*
4Yaqin Boudjellal*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Gault, Emmanuel2038FRA+36N+8B+39N=5B=3N+9B5.019.521.516.752170+20.0
2Canivet, Arnaud2020FRA+35B+16N=12B+15B=7N+8N5.018.520.516.752126+15.4
3Philippe, GuillaumeIM2338FRA+32B=13N+34B+12N=1B+6N5.018.520.516.252238-4.1
4Boudjellal, Yaqin1893FRA+38B+31N6B+34N+16B+7B5.016.018.014.002072+49.7
5Maret, Anna1925FRA+28B+17N+14B=1N6B+13N4.519.522.516.002046+40.4
6Ben Amar, Yanis2000FRA+19N+24B+4N7B+5N3B4.022.025.016.002066+22.4
7Bibah, Wassil2048FRA+50B=15N+13B+6N=2B4N4.021.022.012.752011-8.0
8Bourgery, William1866FRA+53B1N+35B+10B+26N2B4.019.020.010.001987+16.8
9Ighilahriz, Said1694FRA11B+38N+37B+30B+14N1N4.017.519.510.501961+69.5
10Mallassagne, Francois-Eric2083FRA+25B14N+33B8N+36B+24N4.016.018.010.501894-22.6
11Marchix, Esteban2310FRA+9NFF+46B+20N+12B4.012.512.512.502725+7.2
12Bonnafous, Michel1901FRA+27N+22B=2N3B+15N11N3.521.024.012.502026+17.4
13Wang, Yi Xuan1893FRA+37N=3B7N+21B+22N5B3.520.522.511.501903+6.3
14Hazarian, Colin1876FRA+47N+10B5N+27B9B=17N3.519.020.510.251814-13.6
15Ben Ammar Laurans, Nael1851FRA+21N=7B+49B2N12B+46N3.517.519.08.501905+23.2
16Ribreau, Anna1821FRA+48N2B+41N+39B4N=18B3.517.519.07.251846+15.2
17Candela, Leo-Thierry1719FRA+40N5B27N+31N+29B=14B3.516.518.59.251717-0.6
18Barthel, Malo1901FRA31B+46B+19N26B+27N=16N3.515.517.09.751725-38.9
19Pascal, Frederic1624FRA6B+51N18B+28N+34B=25N3.515.516.57.501811+28.2
20Masson, Valentin1969FRA+29B34N+36B=24N11B+33N3.514.516.59.001865-13.4
21Tailland, Jordan1450FRA15B+50N=25B13N+32B+36N3.514.515.57.001784+97.2
22Lebel-Arias, JuliaWIM1760MNC+54B12N=31B+25N13B+41N3.514.514.56.251718-5.2
23Janier, Fabrice1926FRA=46N+44B=30NF=24B+26B3.512.512.58.7519150.0
24Metras, Leonard1825FRA+51B6N+29B=20B=23N10B3.018.019.07.501866+14.0
25Verlingue, Brewen1662FRA10N+47B=21N22B+48N=19B3.016.017.56.501645-4.6
26Versini, Simon1804FRA+52B39N+28B+18N8B23N3.016.017.07.501785-4.0
27Lemaire Cordeiro, Thomas1565FRA12B+54N+17B14N18B+35N3.016.016.05.501733+34.0
28Pervent, Louis1592FRA5N+40B26N19B+52N+42B3.015.016.05.001609+0.4
29Wang, Tian You1615FRA20N+43B24N+40B17N+37N3.014.016.06.001573-15.6
30Chomier, Frederic1886FRA+42B=49N=23B9N+35BF3.013.013.06.501842-3.4
31Ben Amar, Ilyes1565FRA+18N4B=22N17B46N+47B2.517.018.56.751681+28.8
32Matos, Francisco1708FRA3N37B+51N=47B21N+38N2.514.015.03.751576-24.0
33Peragoux, Jean1656FRA49B+42N10N=48B+47N20B2.512.514.04.251709+2.0
34Penkov, Nikola1791FRA+43N+20B3N4B19NF2.019.019.05.501726-8.6
35Fornet, Nicolas Francesco Antoine1629ITA2N+48B8N+43B30N27B2.017.018.53.501516-31.6
36Pasero, Alexandre1642FRA1B+53N20N+52B10N21B2.017.018.02.001558-27.6
37Jacob, Alain1554FRA13B+32N9N44B+40N29B2.015.017.04.501488-8.0
38Marku, Demeter1563FRA4N9B52N+51B+43N32B2.014.515.53.001436-16.8
39Tair, Brahim1918FRA+41N+26B1B16NFF2.013.513.55.001808-10.2
40Vernisse, Tom0FRA17B28N+53B29N37B+51N2.012.513.52.0013760.0
41Vial, Alexandre1567FRA39B+52N16BF+44N22B2.012.012.03.001671+22.4
42Dumas, Pierre1544FRA30N33B43N+54B+50B28N2.011.511.51.001505-10.4
43Regnier, Bernard0FRA34B29N+42B35N38B+50N2.011.012.03.0015130.0
44Hadzikaric, Mirsad1706FRAF23NF+37N41B+52B2.010.010.03.001639-7.4
45Idoux, Christophe1626FRAFFFF+53N+48B2.02.52.52.502230+5.0
46Mribti, Soultane1594FRA=23B18NF11N+31B15B1.517.019.04.251703+14.8
47Aouf, Wannis1542FRA14B25N+54B=32N33B31N1.514.014.01.251328-34.0
48Origet, Martin1427FRA16B35N+50B=33N25B45N1.513.014.02.251482+11.2
49Bel-Girardot, Charles2052FRA+33N=30B15NFFF1.59.09.04.001799-18.0
50Dubarry, Leonardo1653FRA7N21B48N+53B42N43B1.013.014.01.00819-90.8
51Mistral, Cesar1428FRA24N19B32B38N+54N40B1.013.013.00.00880-58.4
52Barthel, Jean0FRA26N41B+38B36N28B44N1.012.014.02.001372-33.8
53Vetsmany, Axel-Keo1495FRA8N36B40N50N45B+54B1.011.011.00.008940.0
54Bellezza-Groisy, Thymeo0FRA22N27B47N42N51B53N0.011.012.00.008010.0

Key insights

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