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2eme Grand Prix de l'AJA - Echiquier Auxerrois

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28 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 28 Feb 2026 to 01 Mar 2026 in Auxerre, France. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1797, and top seed was Arnaud Payen (🇫🇷 FRA, IM, 2247).

Arnaud Payen (🇫🇷 FRA, IM, 2247) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Augustin Moussu (4.5) and Eole Trier (4.0). Payen shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Daniel Lattrey (1475) beat Joel Surinach (1677), a +202-point gap.

Location
🇫🇷Auxerre, France
Dates
28 Feb 2026 → 01 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇫🇷IMArnaud Payen2247
Avg top 10
1,797
Participants
28
Titled players · 1
IM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇫🇷France×25
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.5/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
12
6
3
2
2
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Moussu4.5Payen4.5Trier4Boileau4Dupas3Gravit3
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.5/5. Payen takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (14.0).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Augustin Moussu drew with IM Arnaud Payen (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Augustin Moussu 3 wins (R1–R3)IM Arnaud Payen 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Augustin Moussu*
½
——
2IMArnaud Payen
½
*
1
—
3Eole Trier—
0
*
1
4Maxime Boileau——
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Payen, ArnaudIM2247FRA+10B+16N+3B=2N+11B4.514.016.013.752234-0.3
2Moussu, Augustin1949FRA+15N+14B+5N=1B+7N4.513.015.513.252171+44.4
3Trier, Eole1715FRA+9N+4B−1N+6B+8N4.014.517.513.001928+38.0
4Boileau, Maxime1654FRA+27B−3N+24B+13N+17B4.09.59.55.501698+4.8
5Albano, Laurent1705FRA+13B+20N−2B−17N+12B3.011.513.57.001734+2.4
6Dupas, Thomas0FRA+12B−11N+20B−3N+16B3.011.013.06.5016990.0
7Gravit, Lucas1805FRA+22N+17B=11B=18N−2B3.011.013.06.251809+1.6
8Roupioz, Lottfi1686FRA+21B+23N+18B−11N−3B3.010.512.05.501688+0.4
9Lattrey, Daniel1475FRA−3B+27N+16B−12N+19N3.010.510.54.001573+7.0
10Turpin, Ethan1596FRA−1N+26B=12B+23N=18B3.010.510.53.751751+34.4
11Saddok, Kyane1679FRAF+6B=7N+8B−1N2.513.513.57.501856+24.0
12De Moura, Kevin1692FRA−6N+21B=10N+9B−5N2.512.014.06.501581-17.2
13Atigui, James0FRA−5N+28B+25N−4B=15N2.510.510.52.2515680.0
14Delamare, Eva1678FRA+19B−2N=23B−16N+24B2.510.011.03.751447-34.8
15Guiblain, Loris1592FRA−2B−19N+26B+24N=13B2.510.010.02.251152-4.0
16Surinach, Joel1677FRA+26N−1B−9N+14B−6N2.013.013.02.501618-13.6
17Madelenat, Benjamin1670FRAF−7N+19B+5B−4N2.012.012.05.001596-5.8
18Guyot, Patrick1815FRAF+25B−8N=7B=10N2.010.010.04.001681-13.8
19Jegou, Christian0FRA−14N+15B−17N+26N−9B2.010.010.02.5014110.0
20Hakim, Chamsou1618FRA+28N−5B−6N+22B−21N2.010.010.02.001638+2.0
21Dussaud, Patrick0FRA−8N−12N+28BF+20B2.08.58.52.0015410.0
22Hamar, Jacques1559FRA−7B−24N+27B−20N+26B2.06.06.00.00912-12.8
23Montegut, Florent1527FRAF−8B=14N−10B+28N1.58.58.51.251370-22.0
24Richecoeur, Alain0FRA−25N+22B−4N−15B−14N1.011.012.02.0013930.0
25Bayer, Jean-Pierre1671FRA+24B−18N−13BFF1.07.57.51.001015-6.2
26FIDE 5600947290—−16B−10N−15N−19B−22N0.09.511.50.008010.0
27FIDE 5760138200—−4N−9B−22NFF0.09.09.00.007660.0
28FIDE 5760138390—−20B−13N−21NF−23B0.08.08.00.007760.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets