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2e Open de Valdoie (-1600)

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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.

Location
🇫🇷Valdoie, France
Dates
21 Feb 2026 → 22 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Avg top 10
1,514
Participants
33
Federations · 1 represented
🇫🇷France×23
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Alexandre 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.

Co-leaders
18
10
4
2
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R5–R5 · LEAD HELD

Alexandre Schwartz never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Alexandre Schwartz beat Samuel Peter (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

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
Player1234
1Alexandre Schwartz*
1
1
2Samuel Peter
0
*
3Emrys Roch
0
*
4Raphael Cabaret*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Schwartz, Alexandre1555FRA+19B+10N+2B+3N+4B5.015.017.017.002309+68.8
2Ferry, Danny1521FRA+9N+17B1N+12B+15N4.014.017.012.00759-18.0
3Roch, Emrys1522FRA+28N+11B+14N1B+8N4.014.015.510.501684+33.2
4Peter, Samuel1541FRA+31N+18B+6N+8B1N4.013.514.59.501700+34.8
5Cabaret, Raphael1537FRA+24B+15N8B+11N+16B4.012.014.011.001486-5.6
6Peter, Lionel1520FRA+26B+29N4B+17N=13B3.512.013.07.501346-9.6
7Bernard, Jean-Pierre0FRA+?N+?B=13B16N+9B3.59.09.04.5015320.0
8Morel, Julien1517FRA+23N+22B+5N4N3B3.014.016.08.001406-17.6
9Focheux, Lara0FRA2B+?N+10B+14B7N3.013.513.56.0014910.0
10Boutboul, Gabriel1424FRA+12N1B9N+22B+23N3.013.015.07.00759-14.4
11Hubert, Eric1404FRA+33B3N+21B5B+20N3.012.012.04.00731-32.0
12Pajic, Andrej0FRA10B+19N+29B2N+18N3.011.012.05.0013420.0
13Boutboul, Michael1557FRAF+27B=7N+18B=6N3.011.011.07.501671+6.4
14Albrecht, Erwan1450FRA+30B+32N3B9N+25N3.010.010.03.00724-15.2
15Thevenot, Paul-Minh1413FRA+20N5B+?N+?B2B3.010.010.02.0013870.0
16Godard, Adrien0FRA+?B+?NF+7B5N3.07.57.53.5015700.0
17Betsch, Thomas0FRA+?B2N+32B6B+?N3.07.57.50.007270.0
18Jeanpetit, Tiphanie1424FRA+21B4N+25B13N12B2.012.014.04.00739-27.6
19FIDE 56006708001N12B20N+21N+30B2.012.013.03.007590.0
20FIDE 560006307015B24N+19B+29N11B2.010.011.03.006570.0
21FIDE 560002247018N+31B11N19B+32N2.08.08.01.006410.0
22FIDE 5270997170+?B8NF10N+28B2.07.57.51.506860.0
23Laporte, Ilyan0FRA8B?N+33B+30N10B2.07.07.01.006860.0
24FIDE 56006650405N+20B?N?B+?N2.06.06.02.007080.0
25FIDE 5600666360?N+?B18N+?N14B2.05.05.00.006450.0
26FIDE 57600875406N?B+?N+32B?N2.03.53.50.007050.0
27Genet, Emilien0FRAF13N+?BF+?B2.03.03.00.0015460.0
28Boutboul, Noe0FRA3B+33N=?B?N22N1.56.06.00.0012730.0
29Garnier, Jacques0FRA+?N6B12N20B?N1.08.58.50.007490.0
30Mougenot, Charlie0FRA14N?N+?B23B19N1.07.07.00.007010.0
31FIDE 56006649004B21N?B+?N?B1.06.06.00.007400.0
32FIDE 5600665980F14B17N26N21B0.010.010.00.006340.0
33FIDE 560066580011N28B23N?B?N0.06.56.50.006570.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets