Championnat jeunes ligue PACA U16 2026

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48 players participated in this 8-round tournament, held from 18 Feb 2026 to 21 Feb 2026 in Aubagne, France. Top 10 Elo average was 1899, and top seed was Imrane Gachbar (🇫🇷 FRA, 2021).

Walid Madi (🇫🇷 FRA, 1919) won with 6.5/8, ahead of Wassil Bibah (6.5) and Colin Hazarian (6.0). Madi won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Adam Boughaleb (1592) beat Gael Sembel Rudelle (1981), a +389-point gap.

Location

🇫🇷Aubagne, France

Dates

18 Feb 2026 → 21 Feb 2026

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 8 rounds

Avg top 10

1,899

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇫🇷France×48

Top 3

🥇
Walid Madi
🇫🇷FRA·1919
6.5pts·2026perf+42.4
🥈
Wassil Bibah
🇫🇷FRA·2012
6.5pts·2024perf+9.2
🥉
Colin Hazarian
🇫🇷FRA·1868
6.0pts·1997perf+54.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 8 rounds

Tight race until R8; 2 players tied at 6.5/8, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Bibah6.5Madi6.5Hazarian6Ben Amar5.5Basso-Ritlop5.5Abidi5.5

R8 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 6.5/8. Madi takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (36.5).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Wassil Bibah 3 wins (R3–R5)Colin Hazarian 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Wassil Bibah	*	—	1	—
2Walid Madi	—	*	0	1
3Colin Hazarian	0	1	*	—
4Yanis Ben Amar	—	0	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Madi, Walid	1919	FRA	+39N	+17B	=11N	+5B	+4B	−3N	+16B	+6N	6.5	36.5	39.0	30.50	2026	+42.4
2	Bibah, Wassil	2012	FRA	=21N	=12B	+7N	+18B	+17N	=5B	+8N	+3B	6.5	36.0	40.0	32.75	2024	+9.2
3	Hazarian, Colin	1868	FRA	+36B	+20N	+10B	=4N	+16B	+1B	=7N	−2N	6.0	37.5	40.5	28.50	1997	+54.0
4	Abidi, Jayad	1740	FRA	+38N	+6N	+9B	=3B	−1N	=8B	+11N	=7B	5.5	38.5	41.5	26.75	1974	+93.9
5	Basso-Ritlop, Timeo	1826	FRA	+19B	+46N	+13B	−1N	+10B	=2N	−6B	+16N	5.5	37.5	38.5	23.25	1941	+49.6
6	Ben Amar, Yanis	1951	FRA	+31N	−4B	=30N	+22B	+15N	+12B	+5N	−1B	5.5	35.0	38.5	24.75	1857	-28.8
7	Touzet, Cassien	1950	FRA	+26B	=23N	−2B	+40N	+20B	+9N	=3B	=4N	5.5	35.0	37.5	23.25	1895	-13.2
8	Barbaresco, Achille	1811	FRA	+29B	+32N	=16B	=9N	+13B	=4N	−2B	=10N	5.0	35.0	38.5	22.00	1855	+18.8
9	Cauture, Baptiste	1846	FRA	+24N	+15B	−4N	=8B	+27N	−7B	+18N	=12B	5.0	34.5	38.5	22.50	1811	-12.0
10	Magakelov, Daniel	1806	FRA	+22N	+28B	−3N	+21B	−5N	+24B	=17N	=8B	5.0	33.0	37.0	20.75	1794	-3.2
11	Ly, Dylan	1793	FRA	+41B	+30N	=1B	−16N	=23B	+13N	−4B	+20N	5.0	33.0	35.5	20.25	1812	+8.0
12	Laprevotte, Valentin	1765	FRA	=40B	=2N	+26B	=20N	+29B	−6N	+32B	=9N	5.0	32.0	34.5	20.00	1821	+24.0
13	Balloy, Alix	1775	FRA	+48N	+18B	−5N	+31B	−8N	−11B	+27N	+24B	5.0	31.5	31.5	16.00	1746	-8.8
14	Robbe, Leni	1826	FRA	+27N	−16B	−31N	+30B	+22N	=18B	=21N	+17B	5.0	29.0	32.5	20.25	1714	-43.6
15	Cherpin, Milo	1730	FRA	+35B	−9N	+19B	=29N	−6B	=34N	+37B	+22N	5.0	28.5	31.5	17.75	1704	-8.0
16	Lefebvre, Titouan	1709	FRA	+33B	+14N	=8N	+11B	−3N	+25B	−1N	−5B	4.5	37.0	40.5	20.00	1861	+53.6
17	Salimpour, Mateo	1731	FRA	+34B	−1N	+36B	+35N	−2B	+23N	=10B	−14N	4.5	33.0	36.0	15.50	1774	+20.0
18	Bernardi, Gabriel	1616	FRA	+42B	−13N	+25B	−2N	+36B	=14N	−9B	+29N	4.5	32.0	34.0	15.00	1795	+57.6
19	Savichev, Timofii	1561	FRA	−5N	+37B	−15N	−25B	=39N	+30B	+34B	+32N	4.5	27.5	30.0	14.25	1705	+57.2
20	Ratto, Felix	1715	FRA	+37N	−3B	+24N	=12B	−7N	=21B	+42N	−11B	4.0	32.5	34.5	13.50	1662	-20.8
21	Lopneva, Christina	1598	FRA	=2B	+40N	=23B	−10N	+35B	=20N	=14B	−25N	4.0	31.5	34.0	15.25	1755	+57.6
22	Castellaneta, Filippo	1545	FRA	−10B	+42N	+32B	−6N	−14B	+35N	+23B	−15B	4.0	31.0	33.0	12.50	1684	+42.8
23	Bouhlel, Lina	1730	FRA	+43N	=7B	=21N	=27B	=11N	−17B	−22N	+31B	4.0	30.5	32.5	14.75	1630	-38.8
24	Taylor, Lisa	1563	FRA	−9B	+33N	−20B	+37N	+40B	−10N	+29B	−13N	4.0	29.0	31.5	12.50	1616	+14.8
25	Sembel Rudelle, Gael	1981	FRA	−30B	F	−18N	+19N	+26B	−16N	+36B	+21B	4.0	28.0	28.0	15.50	1660	-92.0
26	Ziaziev, Vasye	1578	FRA	−7N	+38B	−12N	+43B	−25N	=27B	=28N	+42B	4.0	27.5	29.5	11.00	1609	+4.0
27	Lemaire Cordeiro, Thomas	1551	FRA	−14B	+47N	+46B	=23N	−9B	=26N	−13B	+34N	4.0	27.0	27.5	8.50	1654	+32.4
28	Kemmo, Jules	1642	FRA	+47B	−10N	−29B	=34N	+33B	−32N	=26B	+38N	4.0	25.5	26.0	10.50	1476	-53.6
29	Sayol, Rom Anne	1547	FRA	−8N	+44B	+28N	=15B	−12N	+31B	−24N	−18B	3.5	31.0	33.0	12.00	1572	+5.2
30	Boughaleb, Adam	1592	FRA	+25N	−11B	=6B	−14N	−34B	−19N	+40B	+35N	3.5	30.0	32.5	12.25	1659	+14.8
31	Liu, Bo-An	1589	FRA	−6B	+34N	+14B	−13N	=32B	−29N	+39B	−23N	3.5	29.5	32.0	12.25	1653	+20.8
32	Boyer, Matteo	1641	FRA	+45N	−8B	−22N	+38B	=31N	+28B	−12N	−19B	3.5	29.0	30.5	10.25	1532	-42.8
33	Lejeune, Lilouan	0	FRA	−16N	−24B	=39N	+41B	−28N	−42B	+45N	+44B	3.5	21.5	23.0	7.25	1459	0.0
34	Perez, Victor	1519	FRA	−17N	−31B	+44N	=28B	+30N	=15B	−19N	−27B	3.0	29.0	31.0	10.00	1472	-18.8
35	Kriba, Liyana	1458	FRA	−15N	+39B	+41N	−17B	−21N	−22B	+44N	−30B	3.0	26.0	28.0	7.00	1460	-2.4
36	Hwang-Guitton, Joan	1573	FRA	−3N	+43B	−17N	+42B	−18N	+44B	−25N	−37B	3.0	26.0	28.0	6.00	926	-65.6
37	Rodolphe, Quentin	1442	FRA	−20B	−19N	F	−24B	+43N	+39B	−15N	+36N	3.0	25.0	25.0	7.50	1495	+14.4
38	De La Clergerie, Helie	1524	FRA	−4B	−26N	+47B	−32N	−42N	+43B	+41N	−28B	3.0	23.5	24.0	5.00	1387	-32.4
39	Camus, Evan	1573	FRA	−1B	−35N	=33B	+45N	=19B	−37N	−31N	=41B	2.5	26.5	28.0	6.75	1312	-79.6
40	Turchi, Matteo	1527	FRA	=12N	−21B	+45N	−7B	−24N	−41B	−30N	+47B	2.5	26.0	26.5	4.50	1266	-60.4
41	Djiane, Alexandra	1543	FRA	−11N	=45B	−35B	−33N	=47B	+40N	−38B	=39N	2.5	21.0	21.5	4.75	1426	-32.8
42	Schmitt, Romeo	0	FRA	−18N	−22B	F	−36N	+38B	+33N	−20B	−26N	2.0	26.0	26.0	6.50	1318	0.0
43	Calabria, Emma	0	FRA	−23B	−36N	F	−26N	−37B	−38N	+47B	+45B	2.0	19.0	19.0	2.00	768	0.0
44	Reix, Etann	0	FRA	−46B	−29N	−34B	+47N	+45B	−36N	−35B	−33N	2.0	18.5	19.0	2.00	752	0.0
45	Safiani, N`sam	0	FRA	−32B	=41N	−40B	−39B	−44N	+47N	−33B	−43N	1.5	18.5	19.0	1.75	1249	0.0
46	Nogues, Norah	1661	FRA	+44N	−5B	−27N	F	F	F	F	F	1.0	11.5	11.5	2.00	890	-37.2
47	Reix, Mateo	0	FRA	−28N	−27B	−38N	−44B	=41N	−45B	−43N	−40N	0.5	20.0	21.5	1.25	1192	0.0
48	Pradal, Julie	1539	FRA	−13B	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	12.0	12.0	0.00	975	-5.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Abidi, JayadFRA
+93.9
5.5 pts · #6
2Bernardi, GabrielFRA
+57.6
4.5 pts · #22
3Lopneva, ChristinaFRA
+57.6
4.0 pts · #19

Top rating losers

1Sembel Rudelle, GaelFRA
-92.0
4.0 pts · #18
2Camus, EvanFRA
-79.6
2.5 pts · #38
3Hwang-Guitton, JoanFRA
-65.6
3.0 pts · #44

Biggest upsets

R1+389 Elo gap
Boughaleb, Adam1592 beat Sembel Rudelle, Gael1981
R3+365 Elo gap
Bernardi, Gabriel1616 beat Sembel Rudelle, Gael1981
R6+272 Elo gap
Lefebvre, Titouan1709 beat Sembel Rudelle, Gael1981