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Festival de Tournois Classiques du Carnaval 2026 du Lille Metropole Chess - Open

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23 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 21 Feb 2026 to 22 Feb 2026 in Lille, France. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1633, and top seed was Jules Potier (🇫🇷 FRA, 1710).

Liam Berki (🇫🇷 FRA, 1703) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Julien Delmarre (4.0) and Alexandre Delbarre (4.0). Berki broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Mario Verbanck (1415) beat Lea Ciccia (1557), a +142-point gap.

Location
🇫🇷Lille, France
Dates
21 Feb 2026 → 22 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇫🇷Jules Potier1710
Avg top 10
1,633
Participants
23
Federations · 2 represented
🇫🇷France×17
🇧🇪Belgium×3
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Liam Berki 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
10
5
3
2
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Berki5Delmarre4Colin4Delbarre4Besson3Potier3
R5–R5 · LEAD HELD

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

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Liam Berki beat Julien Delmarre (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Liam Berki 5 wins (R1–R5)Julien Delmarre 4 wins (R1–R4)Gerard Colin 3 wins (R3–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Liam Berki*
1
——
2Julien Delmarre
0
*—
1
3Gerard Colin——*—
4Alexandre Delbarre—
0
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Berki, Liam1703FRA+7B+8N+6B+5N+2B5.013.016.016.002348+17.6
2Delmarre, Julien1575FRA+22B+3N+9B+12N−1N4.014.514.59.501844+56.4
3Delbarre, Alexandre1699FRA+17N−2B+10B+8N+5B4.013.015.011.001764+6.8
4Colin, Gerard1650FRA+15B−5N+7B+6N+9B4.012.014.011.002326+20.2
5Besson, Remi0FRA+14N+4B+18N−1B−3N3.015.016.57.5016740.0
6Vezy, Charles0FRA+11N+16B−1N−4B+18B3.014.015.56.5016280.0
7Duvillier, Frederic1512BEL−1N+20B−4N+21B+14N3.012.012.53.501532+1.6
8George, Harold1556FRA+19N−1B+23N−3B+16N3.012.012.03.00901-24.4
9Mozgawa, Patrick1649FRA+21N+23B−2N+13B−4N3.011.011.03.001466-14.8
10Potier, Jules1710FRA+13N=18B−3N=14B+17N3.010.512.06.251653-13.6
11Ciccia, Lea1557BEL−6B−15N+22B+18N+20B3.07.57.52.501509-5.2
12Mozgawa, Karine1562FRA=16N=14B+17N−2B=13N2.510.512.55.251545-1.6
13Koban, Regis1547FRA−10B+21N+19B−9N=12B2.59.510.02.751365-12.8
14Bancilhon, Jean-Baptiste1620FRA−5B=12N+15B=10N−7B2.011.513.54.751548-14.4
15Verbanck, Mario1415BEL−4N+11B−14N−16B+23N2.011.011.03.001484+10.0
16Legranger, Sebastien0FRA=12B−6N=21B+15N−8B2.010.511.03.5015080.0
17Ferrari, Emile1451FRA−3B+22N−12B+19N−10B2.010.510.51.00854-14.0
18Bisiaux, Geoffrey1602FRA+20N=10N−5B−11B−6N1.512.013.02.501441-8.2
19Zouggaghe, Saidane0FRA−8BF−13N−17B+22N1.07.57.50.007150.0
20Bortier, Marc0FRA−18B−7NF+23B−11N1.07.57.50.007580.0
21FIDE 5600210390—−9B−13B=16N−7NF0.510.510.51.007700.0
22FIDE 5760012880—−2N−17B−11NF−19B0.010.010.00.007250.0
23FIDE 174018520—F−9N−8B−20N−15B0.09.09.00.007400.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets