231e Open FIDE Interchess de 3 Rondes -1800
Open SwissStandard
8 players participated in this 3-round tournament, held on 25 Jan 2026 in Paris, France. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1667, and top seed was Clement Bouvier (🇫🇷 FRA, 1782).
Esteban Renault Rodriguez (🇫🇷 FRA, 1738) won with 2.5/3, ahead of Hedi Masmoudi (2.5) and Clement Bouvier (2.0). Renault Rodriguez shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Anate Abbey (1485) beat Flavio Picchiotti (1751), a +266-point gap.
Location
🇫🇷Paris, France
Dates
25 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 50 minutes with 10 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 3 rounds
Federations · 3 represented
🇫🇷France×6
🇮🇹Italy×1
🇲🇦Morocco×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 3 roundsTight race until R3; 2 players tied at 2.5/3, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
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2
R3 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 2.5/3. Renault Rodriguez takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (4.0).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hedi Masmoudi | * | — | — | ½ |
| 2Esteban Renault Rodriguez | — | * | 1 | ½ |
| 3Manuel Ambraisse | — | 0 | * | — |
| 4Clement Bouvier | ½ | ½ | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Renault Rodriguez, Esteban | 1738 | FRA | +7B | +4N | =3B | 2.5 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 4.00 | 1893 | +22.8 |
| 2 | Masmoudi, Hedi | 1655 | FRA | =3B | +8N | +5B | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.00 | 2041 | +58.4 |
| 3 | Bouvier, Clement | 1782 | FRA | =2N | +6B | =1N | 2.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 3.50 | 1770 | -0.8 |
| 4 | Ambraisse, Manuel | 1585 | FRA | +5N | −1B | +6N | 2.0 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 2.00 | 1808 | +35.2 |
| 5 | Belkhayat Zouggari, Omar | 1770 | MAR | −4B | +7N | −2N | 1.0 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 1.00 | 1453 | -49.2 |
| 6 | Brellier Sanchez, Rafael | 1568 | FRA | +8B | −3N | −4B | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 1581 | +5.2 |
| 7 | Abbey, Anate | 1485 | FRA | −1N | −5B | +8B | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 1627 | +9.0 |
| 8 | Picchiotti, Flavio | 1751 | ITA | −6N | −2B | −7N | 0.0 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 765 | -44.4 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Masmoudi, HediFRA+58.42.5 pts · #1
- 2Ambraisse, ManuelFRA+35.22.0 pts · #3
- 3Renault Rodriguez, EstebanFRA+22.82.5 pts · #2
Top rating losers
- 1Belkhayat Zouggari, OmarMAR-49.21.0 pts · #5
- 2Picchiotti, FlavioITA-44.40.0 pts · #8
- 3Bouvier, ClementFRA-0.82.0 pts · #4
Biggest upsets
- R3+266 Elo gap
- R1+185 Elo gap
- R1+183 Elo gap