2e Open de Valdoie (-1600)
33 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 21 Feb 2026 to 22 Feb 2026 in Valdoie, France. Top 10 Elo average was 1514, and top seed was Silas Dano (🇫🇷 FRA, 1567).
Alexandre Schwartz (🇫🇷 FRA, 1555) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Danny Ferry (4.0) and Emrys Roch (4.0). Schwartz broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Paul-Minh Thevenot (1413) beat Theo Vitu (1522), a +109-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsAlexandre Schwartz led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
Alexandre Schwartz never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
Alexandre Schwartz beat Samuel Peter (White).
Alexandre Schwartz 5 wins (R1–R5)Samuel Peter 4 wins (R1–R4)Emrys Roch 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Alexandre Schwartz | * | 1 | 1 | — |
| 2Samuel Peter | 0 | * | — | — |
| 3Emrys Roch | 0 | — | * | — |
| 4Raphael Cabaret | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Schwartz, Alexandre | 1555 | FRA | +19B | +10N | +2B | +3N | +4B | 5.0 | 15.0 | 17.0 | 17.00 | 2309 | +68.8 |
| 2 | Ferry, Danny | 1521 | FRA | +9N | +17B | −1N | +12B | +15N | 4.0 | 14.0 | 17.0 | 12.00 | 759 | -18.0 |
| 3 | Roch, Emrys | 1522 | FRA | +28N | +11B | +14N | −1B | +8N | 4.0 | 14.0 | 15.5 | 10.50 | 1684 | +33.2 |
| 4 | Peter, Samuel | 1541 | FRA | +31N | +18B | +6N | +8B | −1N | 4.0 | 13.5 | 14.5 | 9.50 | 1700 | +34.8 |
| 5 | Cabaret, Raphael | 1537 | FRA | +24B | +15N | −8B | +11N | +16B | 4.0 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 11.00 | 1486 | -5.6 |
| 6 | Peter, Lionel | 1520 | FRA | +26B | +29N | −4B | +17N | =13B | 3.5 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 7.50 | 1346 | -9.6 |
| 7 | Bernard, Jean-Pierre | 0 | FRA | +?N | +?B | =13B | −16N | +9B | 3.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 4.50 | 1532 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Morel, Julien | 1517 | FRA | +23N | +22B | +5N | −4N | −3B | 3.0 | 14.0 | 16.0 | 8.00 | 1406 | -17.6 |
| 9 | Focheux, Lara | 0 | FRA | −2B | +?N | +10B | +14B | −7N | 3.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 6.00 | 1491 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Boutboul, Gabriel | 1424 | FRA | +12N | −1B | −9N | +22B | +23N | 3.0 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 7.00 | 759 | -14.4 |
| 11 | Hubert, Eric | 1404 | FRA | +33B | −3N | +21B | −5B | +20N | 3.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 4.00 | 731 | -32.0 |
| 12 | Pajic, Andrej | 0 | FRA | −10B | +19N | +29B | −2N | +18N | 3.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 5.00 | 1342 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Boutboul, Michael | 1557 | FRA | F | +27B | =7N | +18B | =6N | 3.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 7.50 | 1671 | +6.4 |
| 14 | Albrecht, Erwan | 1450 | FRA | +30B | +32N | −3B | −9N | +25N | 3.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 3.00 | 724 | -15.2 |
| 15 | Thevenot, Paul-Minh | 1413 | FRA | +20N | −5B | +?N | +?B | −2B | 3.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 2.00 | 1387 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Godard, Adrien | 0 | FRA | +?B | +?N | F | +7B | −5N | 3.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 3.50 | 1570 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Betsch, Thomas | 0 | FRA | +?B | −2N | +32B | −6B | +?N | 3.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.00 | 727 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Jeanpetit, Tiphanie | 1424 | FRA | +21B | −4N | +25B | −13N | −12B | 2.0 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 4.00 | 739 | -27.6 |
| 19 | FIDE 560067080 | 0 | — | −1N | −12B | −20N | +21N | +30B | 2.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 3.00 | 759 | 0.0 |
| 20 | FIDE 560006307 | 0 | — | −15B | −24N | +19B | +29N | −11B | 2.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 3.00 | 657 | 0.0 |
| 21 | FIDE 560002247 | 0 | — | −18N | +31B | −11N | −19B | +32N | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.00 | 641 | 0.0 |
| 22 | FIDE 527099717 | 0 | — | +?B | −8N | F | −10N | +28B | 2.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.50 | 686 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Laporte, Ilyan | 0 | FRA | −8B | −?N | +33B | +30N | −10B | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.00 | 686 | 0.0 |
| 24 | FIDE 560066504 | 0 | — | −5N | +20B | −?N | −?B | +?N | 2.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 2.00 | 708 | 0.0 |
| 25 | FIDE 560066636 | 0 | — | −?N | +?B | −18N | +?N | −14B | 2.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 645 | 0.0 |
| 26 | FIDE 576008754 | 0 | — | −6N | −?B | +?N | +32B | −?N | 2.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 705 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Genet, Emilien | 0 | FRA | F | −13N | +?B | F | +?B | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 1546 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Boutboul, Noe | 0 | FRA | −3B | +33N | =?B | −?N | −22N | 1.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 1273 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Garnier, Jacques | 0 | FRA | +?N | −6B | −12N | −20B | −?N | 1.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.00 | 749 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Mougenot, Charlie | 0 | FRA | −14N | −?N | +?B | −23B | −19N | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 701 | 0.0 |
| 31 | FIDE 560066490 | 0 | — | −4B | −21N | −?B | +?N | −?B | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 740 | 0.0 |
| 32 | FIDE 560066598 | 0 | — | F | −14B | −17N | −26N | −21B | 0.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 0.00 | 634 | 0.0 |
| 33 | FIDE 560066580 | 0 | — | −11N | −28B | −23N | −?B | −?N | 0.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.00 | 657 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Schwartz, AlexandreFRA+68.85.0 pts · #1
- 2Peter, SamuelFRA+34.84.0 pts · #2
- 3Roch, EmrysFRA+33.24.0 pts · #3
- 1Hubert, EricFRA-32.03.0 pts · #21
- 2Jeanpetit, TiphanieFRA-27.62.0 pts · #30
- 3Ferry, DannyFRA-18.04.0 pts · #26
- R4+109 Elo gap