Championnat de France des aveugles et deficients visuels 2026
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33 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 13 May 2026 to 17 May 2026 in Saint Jean De Braye, France. 7 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1780, and top seed was Mathieu Dufort (🇫🇷 FRA, 1996).
Mathieu Dufort (🇫🇷 FRA, 1996) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Eva Fontaine (6.0) and Olivier Deville (5.0). Dufort shared the lead from round 6, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Pierre Schmitt (1434) beat Andre Schmeisser (1692), a +258-point gap.
Location
🇫🇷Saint Jean De Braye, France
Dates
13 May 2026 → 17 May 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Federations · 7 represented
🇫🇷France×21
🇧🇪Belgium×3
🇨🇦Canada×3
🇮🇹Italy×1
🇪🇸Spain×1
🇲🇨Monaco×1
🇩🇪Germany×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsTight race until R5; 2 players tied at 6.0/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Co-leaders
15
8
3
3
1
3
2
R5–R7 · LEAD HELD
Eva Fontaine held the sole lead from R5 through R7 without losing it.
R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 6.0/7. Dufort takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (29.5).
R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Eva Fontaine drew with Mathieu Dufort (Black).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Eva Fontaine | * | ½ | 1 | ½ |
| 2Mathieu Dufort | ½ | * | 1 | ½ |
| 3Christian Nicol | 0 | 0 | * | — |
| 4Olivier Deville | ½ | ½ | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dufort, Mathieu | 1996 | FRA | +10N | +4B | +8N | =2B | =3N | +6B | +9N | 6.0 | 29.5 | 34.0 | 28.50 | 2047 | +6.6 |
| 2 | Fontaine, Eva | 1818 | FRA | +29B | +12N | +6B | =1N | +11B | =3N | +4B | 6.0 | 29.0 | 30.5 | 25.00 | 2043 | +35.0 |
| 3 | Deville, Olivier | 1805 | FRA | +14B | +16N | +11B | =7N | =1B | =2B | =6N | 5.0 | 29.5 | 33.0 | 22.50 | 1901 | +19.4 |
| 4 | Nicol, Christian | 1712 | FRA | +32N | −1N | +19B | +26B | +7N | +8B | −2N | 5.0 | 26.5 | 27.5 | 15.50 | 1870 | +30.2 |
| 5 | Pouteau, Pascal | 1616 | FRA | +30B | −7N | +17B | +25N | −6B | +13N | +16B | 5.0 | 22.5 | 23.5 | 14.50 | 1679 | +17.6 |
| 6 | Lambert, Pierre | 1763 | CAN | +26N | +13B | −2N | +9B | +5N | −1N | =3B | 4.5 | 30.5 | 33.0 | 18.50 | 1799 | +9.2 |
| 7 | Meyer, Eric | 1808 | FRA | +23N | +5B | =9N | =3B | −4B | +14N | =8N | 4.5 | 28.0 | 31.0 | 19.00 | 1766 | -5.2 |
| 8 | Gadow, Martin | 1757 | GER | +15B | +28N | −1B | +12N | +14B | −4N | =7B | 4.5 | 27.5 | 29.0 | 15.75 | 1745 | -0.8 |
| 9 | Lenen, Pierre | 1713 | FRA | +17B | +22N | =7B | −6N | +19B | +12N | −1B | 4.5 | 25.5 | 28.5 | 15.75 | 1772 | +10.0 |
| 10 | Scata, Laura | 1536 | ITA | −1B | +27N | −25B | +16N | +22B | =11N | +17B | 4.5 | 23.0 | 25.0 | 14.25 | 1785 | +30.8 |
| 11 | Bourdeau, Yvan | 1732 | CAN | +27N | +31B | −3N | +20B | −2N | =10B | +25B | 4.5 | 23.0 | 24.0 | 10.75 | 1640 | -11.4 |
| 12 | Kruk, Clementine | 1598 | FRA | +33N | −2B | +13N | −8B | +15N | −9B | +21N | 4.0 | 26.0 | 26.5 | 11.50 | 1603 | +0.6 |
| 13 | Schmitt, Pierre | 1434 | FRA | +18N | −6N | −12B | +23B | +20N | −5B | +28N | 4.0 | 23.0 | 24.5 | 11.00 | 1625 | +58.0 |
| 14 | Guillaume, Mickael | 1522 | FRA | −3N | +33B | +31N | +21B | −8N | −7B | +20N | 4.0 | 21.0 | 21.5 | 7.50 | 1595 | +7.2 |
| 15 | De Coninck, Philippe | 1489 | BEL | −8N | −20B | +33N | +30B | −12B | +22N | +19B | 4.0 | 18.5 | 19.0 | 7.50 | 1450 | -4.0 |
| 16 | Gharbi, Said | 1564 | BEL | +25N | −3B | =21N | −10B | +18N | +26B | −5N | 3.5 | 23.5 | 26.0 | 10.00 | 1535 | -12.0 |
| 17 | Lherbon De Lussats, Jean | 1468 | MNC | −9N | +23B | −5N | +31B | +24N | =21B | −10N | 3.5 | 23.0 | 24.0 | 8.50 | 1506 | +4.8 |
| 18 | Schmeisser, Andre | 1692 | FRA | −13B | −19N | +27B | =28N | −16B | +32N | +26B | 3.5 | 16.5 | 17.5 | 6.25 | 1514 | -27.2 |
| 19 | Viatge, Fabrice | 1659 | FRA | =21N | +18B | −4N | =24B | −9N | +27B | −15N | 3.0 | 23.0 | 25.0 | 8.50 | 1532 | -46.4 |
| 20 | Tacchini, Bruno | 1559 | FRA | −22B | +15N | +28B | −11N | −13B | +23N | −14B | 3.0 | 22.5 | 24.0 | 8.50 | 1468 | -12.8 |
| 21 | Montilla Bejarano, Carmen | 1404 | ESP | =19B | =24N | =16B | −14N | +28B | =17N | −12B | 3.0 | 21.0 | 22.5 | 8.00 | 1441 | +5.0 |
| 22 | Soubrier, Laure | 0 | FRA | +20N | −9B | −26N | +32B | −10N | −15B | +27N | 3.0 | 20.5 | 21.5 | 6.00 | 1482 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Clauzel, Andre | 1524 | FRA | −7B | −17N | +29B | −13N | +30N | −20B | +31N | 3.0 | 17.5 | 18.5 | 3.50 | 1321 | -26.0 |
| 24 | Duthoit, Bernard | 1583 | FRA | −28B | =21B | +32N | =19N | −17B | −25N | +30N | 3.0 | 14.5 | 15.5 | 5.00 | 1495 | -9.4 |
| 25 | Ortis, Yves | 0 | FRA | −16B | F | +10N | −5B | =26N | +24B | −11N | 2.5 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 8.75 | 1531 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Vincent, Andre | 1497 | CAN | −6B | +30N | +22B | −4N | =25B | −16N | −18N | 2.5 | 22.0 | 23.0 | 5.25 | 883 | -42.8 |
| 27 | Valmalette, Alain | 1482 | FRA | −11B | −10B | −18N | +29N | +33B | −19N | −22B | 2.0 | 20.0 | 20.5 | 2.00 | 1391 | -21.6 |
| 28 | Gerbaux, Regis | 0 | FRA | +24N | −8B | −20N | =18B | −21N | F | −13B | 1.5 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 4.75 | 1379 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Le Bouill, Pierre | 1534 | FRA | −2N | =32B | −23N | −27B | +31N | −30B | F | 1.5 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 1.50 | 1246 | -54.4 |
| 30 | Bouvier, Jacques | 0 | FRA | −5N | −26B | F | −15N | −23B | +29N | −24B | 1.0 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 1.50 | 1268 | 0.0 |
| 31 | FIDE 576042073 | 0 | — | F | −11N | −14B | −17N | −29B | +33N | −23B | 1.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 0.50 | 756 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Rodriguez, Nathalie | 1447 | BEL | −4B | =29N | −24B | −22N | F | −18B | =33N | 1.0 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 1.00 | 1308 | -11.6 |
| 33 | FIDE 653009231 | 0 | — | −12B | −14N | −15B | F | −27N | −31B | =32B | 0.5 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 0.50 | 1142 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Schmitt, PierreFRA+58.04.0 pts · #12
- 2Fontaine, EvaFRA+35.06.0 pts · #1
- 3Scata, LauraITA+30.84.5 pts · #7
Top rating losers
- 1Le Bouill, PierreFRA-54.41.5 pts · #29
- 2Viatge, FabriceFRA-46.43.0 pts · #15
- 3Vincent, AndreCAN-42.82.5 pts · #32
Biggest upsets
- R1+258 Elo gap
- R7+170 Elo gap
- R5+128 Elo gap