3eme Open International des Weppes (-2200)

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94 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 23 May 2026 to 25 May 2026 in Fromelles, France. 2 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2092, and top seed was Hubert Hareux (🇫🇷 FRA, CM, 2173).

Stephane Burgnies (🇫🇷 FRA, 2131) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Guillaume Bianchi (5.5) and Samuel Dubuisson (5.5). Burgnies won solo starting round 6.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Aurelien Desfontaine (1474) beat Stephane Vandeputte (1784), a +310-point gap.

Location

🇫🇷Fromelles, France

Dates

23 May 2026 → 25 May 2026

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇫🇷CMHubert Hareux2173

Avg top 10

2,092

Participants

Titled players · 2

CM×2

Federations · 3 represented

🇫🇷France×82

🇧🇪Belgium×4

🇪🇸Spain×1

Top 3

🥇
Stephane Burgnies
🇫🇷FRA·2131
6.0pts·2287perf+25.4
🥈
CMGuillaume Bianchi
🇫🇷FRA·2113
5.5pts·2144perf+6.2
🥉
Samuel Dubuisson
🇫🇷FRA·2149
5.5pts·2361perf+23.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Stephane Burgnies led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.

Co-leaders

Burgnies6Dubuisson5.5Deveque5.5Lelievre5.5Bianchi5.5Franck5

R6–R7 · LEAD HELD

Stephane Burgnies held the sole lead from R6 through R7 without losing it.

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Stephane Burgnies drew with Samuel Dubuisson (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Stephane Burgnies 4 wins (R1–R4)Samuel Dubuisson 5 wins (R1–R6)Guillaume Deveque 4 wins (R3–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Stephane Burgnies	*	½	—	—
2Samuel Dubuisson	½	*	—	—
3Guillaume Deveque	—	—	*	—
4Sacha Lelievre	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Burgnies, Stephane	2131	FRA	+25N	+8B	+70N	+6B	=2N	+11B	=3B	6.0	29.5	31.5	26.00	2287	+25.4
2	Bianchi, GuillaumeCM	2113	FRA	+32B	=12N	+69B	+10N	=1B	=15N	+16B	5.5	28.5	30.5	23.00	2144	+6.2
3	Dubuisson, Samuel	2149	FRA	+26B	+16N	+56B	+7N	F	+6B	=1N	5.5	27.5	27.5	24.50	2361	+23.8
4	Deveque, Guillaume	2071	FRA	+22N	=39B	+9N	+27B	F	+8B	+11N	5.5	26.5	26.5	24.75	2287	+22.6
5	Lelievre, Sacha	2007	FRA	−41N	+46B	+50N	+37B	=13N	+25B	+12N	5.5	23.0	26.0	20.25	1961	-9.2
6	Van Coppenolle, Kurt	2070	BEL	+29B	+13N	+48B	−1N	+19B	−3N	+28B	5.0	28.5	31.5	20.00	2037	-0.4
7	Franck, Boris	2098	FRA	+21N	+19B	+14N	−3B	−11N	+24B	+25N	5.0	27.5	31.5	21.50	2013	-7.6
8	Lucidarme, Damien	1923	FRA	+38B	−1N	+72B	+24N	+29B	−4N	+26B	5.0	27.0	29.0	17.50	1963	+10.6
9	Deseure, Timeo	1852	FRA	+45N	=11B	−4B	+43N	+38B	+49N	=15B	5.0	24.5	27.5	17.50	2012	+59.2
10	Harutyunyan, Axel	1951	BEL	+30B	+91N	F	−2B	+66N	+17B	+13N	5.0	22.0	22.0	16.50	2170	+31.4
11	Doucet, Pierre-Alois	2087	FRA	+68B	=9N	+17B	+53N	+7B	−1N	−4B	4.5	29.0	31.5	17.50	2050	-6.0
12	Pierron Bejan, Nicephore	1921	FRA	+40N	=2B	+54N	=15B	=14N	+32B	−5B	4.5	27.5	30.5	17.75	1927	+9.6
13	Len, Thomas	1806	ESP	+33B	−6B	+57N	+52N	=5B	+30N	−10B	4.5	26.5	29.5	16.75	1901	+18.2
14	Thiery, Timothee	1574	FRA	+59N	+21B	−7B	+31N	=12B	−16N	+38B	4.5	26.0	29.0	17.25	1889	+91.6
15	Piccavet, Elias	2018	FRA	F	+37B	+39N	=12N	+26B	=2B	=9N	4.5	26.0	26.0	18.50	2051	+6.6
16	Sydor, Vivien	1930	FRA	+43N	−3B	+55N	+46B	=40N	+14B	−2N	4.5	25.5	28.5	15.75	1880	-3.6
17	Messaoui, Rafael	1794	FRA	+35N	=18B	−11N	+65B	+23B	−10N	+58B	4.5	25.5	28.0	16.25	1879	+16.6
18	Etemadzadeh, Christophe	1962	FRA	+31B	=17N	−24B	+22N	F	+29N	+20B	4.5	25.5	25.5	19.25	1943	-4.0
19	Le Barzic, Elio	1841	FRA	+52B	−7N	+63B	+33N	−6N	=34B	+40N	4.5	24.5	27.5	15.50	1864	+6.0
20	Le Garzic-Valet, Ewan	1837	FRA	=34N	−27B	+42N	+54B	+41N	+40B	−18N	4.5	23.0	26.0	15.50	1836	+3.6
21	Bringuez, Gaetan	1740	FRA	−7B	−14N	+85B	+84N	+46B	+33N	=27B	4.5	22.0	23.5	12.00	1775	+5.6
22	Pascal, Joseph	1731	FRA	−4B	=67N	+80N	−18B	+42N	+70B	+52N	4.5	21.0	23.0	11.75	1795	+18.4
23	Delzenne, Valentin	1624	FRA	+47N	−28N	+81B	=41B	−17N	+69B	+39N	4.5	20.5	22.0	11.75	1720	+25.2
24	Potier, Jules	1687	FRA	=27N	+34B	+18N	−8B	=28B	−7N	+48B	4.0	26.5	29.5	15.50	1879	+67.2
25	Tahar-Chaouch, Nefissa	1773	FRA	−1B	+50N	+89B	+56N	+53B	−5N	−7B	4.0	25.5	26.5	10.00	1892	+41.2
26	Vanhoucke, Armand	1780	FRA	−3N	+58B	+60N	+74B	−15N	+37B	−8N	4.0	24.5	26.5	11.50	1834	+18.4
27	Marie, Leon	1897	FRA	=24B	+20N	+67B	−4N	F	+45B	=21N	4.0	24.0	24.0	14.25	1885	0.0
28	Przybylek, Patrick	1825	FRA	−37N	+23B	=65N	+64B	=24N	+35B	−6N	4.0	23.5	26.0	14.25	1717	-17.0
29	Dubois, Achille	1729	FRA	−6N	+65B	+71N	+70B	−8N	−18B	+47N	4.0	22.0	24.0	9.50	1765	+14.0
30	Legrand, Patrick	1710	FRA	−10N	+60B	+78N	+36B	F	−13B	+56N	4.0	21.5	21.5	12.00	1741	+4.8
31	Desfontaine, Arthur	1721	FRA	−18N	+57B	+47N	−14B	F	+60N	+55B	4.0	21.0	21.0	12.00	1725	+2.8
32	Damarez, Philippe	1756	FRA	−2N	+74B	+62N	+58B	F	−12N	+50B	4.0	21.0	21.0	11.00	1850	+14.0
33	Turpin, Jules	1642	FRA	−13N	+73B	+94N	−19B	+47N	−21B	+64N	4.0	21.0	21.0	7.50	1579	-16.8
34	Antoine, Dorian	1670	FRA	=20B	−24N	F	+75B	+71N	=19N	+49B	4.0	20.0	20.0	11.50	1789	+39.2
35	Barois, Maxime	1635	FRA	−17B	−69N	+93B	+61N	+48B	−28N	+51B	4.0	19.5	20.0	9.50	1679	+9.6
36	Zhuang, Lilio	1453	FRA	+88B	+51N	−53B	−30N	−37N	+68B	+45N	4.0	19.0	20.0	9.50	1715	+75.6
37	Desbonnets, Brieuc	1655	FRA	+28B	−15N	+82B	−5N	+36B	−26N	=44B	3.5	25.5	27.0	11.25	1695	+5.2
38	Zhuang, Leno	1703	FRA	−8N	+62B	=59N	+39B	−9N	+63B	−14N	3.5	24.0	27.0	11.00	1690	-3.2
39	Bossut, Louis	1826	FRA	+51B	=4N	−15B	−38N	+77B	+74N	−23B	3.5	23.0	25.0	9.75	1731	-15.8
40	Blot, Philippe	1687	FRA	−12B	+84N	+61B	+69N	=16B	−20N	−19B	3.5	23.0	24.5	8.75	1651	-5.6
41	Lamiri, Samir	1726	FRA	+5B	−53N	+84B	=23N	−20B	−55N	+78B	3.5	22.5	24.0	11.25	1690	-7.2
42	Dubois, Arsene	1581	FRA	−69B	=55N	−20B	+83N	−22B	+77N	+73B	3.5	18.0	19.5	7.00	1555	-8.0
43	Solujic, Vladimir	1705	FRA	−16B	+89N	F	−9B	=64N	+73N	+46B	3.5	18.0	18.0	7.25	1663	-10.4
44	Engelmann, Armand	1427	FRA	−58N	+92B	−49N	−45B	+94N	+67B	=37N	3.5	15.5	15.5	4.75	1494	+14.0
45	Ballenghien, Elise	1681	FRA	−9B	−48N	+79B	+44N	+57B	−27N	−36B	3.0	22.5	24.5	8.50	1476	-63.6
46	Catteau, Celestin	1628	FRA	+64B	−5N	+76B	−16N	−21N	+75B	−43N	3.0	22.5	24.5	6.50	1584	-19.2
47	Mathieu, Christophe	1430	FRA	−23B	+79N	−31B	+51N	−33B	+72N	−29B	3.0	21.5	23.5	7.00	1526	+13.0
48	Ballenghien, Jeanne	1440	FRA	+87N	+45B	−6N	−49B	−35N	+65B	−24N	3.0	21.5	22.5	6.50	1562	+30.8
49	Remondi, Laurent	1715	FRA	−53B	+72N	+44B	+48N	F	−9B	−34N	3.0	20.5	20.5	8.50	1646	-9.8
50	Di Filippo, Mauro	1607	FRA	+85N	−25B	−5B	F	+54N	+66B	−32N	3.0	20.5	20.5	7.00	1716	+11.8
51	Gressier, Thibault	1656	FRA	−39N	−36B	+92N	−47B	+61N	+71B	−35N	3.0	19.5	20.0	5.50	1323	-84.0
52	Merle, Lila	1675	BEL	−19N	+71B	+73N	−13B	F	+78N	−22B	3.0	19.5	19.5	6.00	1519	-31.2
53	Desfontaine, Vincent	1955	FRA	+49N	+41B	+36N	−11B	−25N	F	F	3.0	19.0	19.0	10.50	1843	-11.4
54	Rys, Ludovic	1618	FRA	+77N	=66B	−12B	−20N	−50B	=82N	+75N	3.0	18.5	20.0	6.00	1609	-3.4
55	Devos, Marc	1592	FRA	=83N	=42B	−16B	+82N	F	+41B	−31N	3.0	18.5	18.5	7.50	1653	+4.2
56	Billet, Philippe	1629	FRA	+75N	+94B	−3N	−25B	F	+59N	−30B	3.0	18.5	18.5	5.00	1544	-10.6
57	Waelput, Valerian	1535	FRA	+79B	−31N	−13B	+76N	−45N	−64B	+85N	3.0	18.0	19.5	5.50	861	-27.4
58	Sys, Emmanuel	1621	FRA	+44B	−26N	+87B	−32N	F	+90B	−17N	3.0	18.0	18.0	5.50	1496	-12.6
59	Smagghe, Cyril	0	FRA	−14B	+88N	=38B	=68N	F	−56B	+70N	3.0	16.5	16.5	6.00	1574	0.0
60	Pierron Bejan, Elisa	1507	FRA	+76B	−30N	−26B	+81N	F	−31B	+87N	3.0	16.5	16.5	4.50	937	-25.6
61	Rifflart, Philippe	0	FRA	−70N	+90B	−40N	−35B	−51B	+92N	+72B	3.0	15.5	16.0	3.50	1380	0.0
62	Desfontaine, Aurelien	1474	FRA	+81B	−38N	−32B	−90N	F	+76B	+66N	3.0	14.5	14.5	6.00	1623	+19.6
63	Medo, Guy	1491	FRA	−73N	+83B	−19N	+94B	F	−38N	+80B	3.0	13.5	13.5	3.50	972	-13.6
64	Godard, Frederic	1436	FRA	−46N	+86B	F	−28N	=43B	+57N	−33B	2.5	19.0	19.0	6.25	1518	+7.8
65	Dekeukelaere, Ruben	1561	FRA	+82B	−29N	=28B	−17N	F	−48N	+86B	2.5	18.5	18.5	5.00	1375	-33.2
66	Vandeputte, Stephane	1784	FRA	−91B	=54N	+83B	+67N	−10B	−50N	−62B	2.5	18.0	19.0	5.50	1535	-39.6
67	Hameau, Philippe	1545	FRA	+86N	=22B	−27N	−66B	F	−44N	+82B	2.5	17.5	17.5	5.25	1388	-14.6
68	Marquette, Pierre	1733	FRA	−11N	−70B	+86N	=59B	F	−36N	+71B	2.5	17.0	17.0	5.00	1458	-58.4
69	Roux, Aymeric	0	FRA	+42N	+35B	−2N	−40B	F	−23N	−74B	2.0	23.0	23.0	7.50	1584	0.0
70	Chwastiak, Aurelie	1593	FRA	+61B	+68N	−1B	−29N	F	−22N	−59B	2.0	23.0	23.0	5.50	1604	-0.8
71	Montagne, Fabio	1469	FRA	+80B	−52N	−29B	+87N	−34B	−51N	−68N	2.0	18.5	19.5	3.00	893	-44.0
72	Merle, Thibault	1531	BEL	+92N	−49B	−8N	−78B	+79N	−47B	−61N	2.0	18.0	18.5	2.50	889	-19.6
73	Vezy, Charles	0	FRA	+63B	−33N	−52B	+89N	F	−43B	−42N	2.0	18.0	18.0	4.00	1469	0.0
74	Poulet, Stephane	1616	FRA	+78B	−32N	F	−26N	F	−39B	+69N	2.0	16.5	16.5	4.00	987	-32.8
75	Bortier, Marc	1436	FRA	−56B	−82N	+88B	−34N	+81B	−46N	−54B	2.0	16.0	17.0	2.50	836	-38.8
76	Vanden Wildenberg, Thomas	0	FRA	−60N	+77B	−46N	−57B	F	−62N	+83B	2.0	15.5	15.5	3.50	1270	0.0
77	Vermersch, Aria	1408	FRA	−54B	−76N	F	+80B	−39N	−42B	+81N	2.0	15.5	15.5	3.50	869	-23.2
78	Dekeukelaere, Frederic	0	FRA	−74N	+93B	−30B	+72N	F	−52B	−41N	2.0	15.0	15.0	2.50	1412	0.0
79	Tahar-Chaouch, Fouzia	0	FRA	−57N	−47B	−45N	+88B	−72B	=81N	=84B	2.0	14.0	15.0	2.50	1163	0.0
80	Duvivier, Sulyvan	0	FRA	−71N	F	−22B	−77N	+83B	+89B	−63N	2.0	14.0	14.0	2.50	1274	0.0
81	Barois, Augustin	0	FRA	−62N	+85B	−23N	−60B	−75N	=79B	−77B	1.5	16.5	18.0	2.50	690	0.0
82	Sydor Mourette, Alix	0	FRA	−65N	+75B	−37N	−55B	F	=54B	−67N	1.5	16.5	16.5	3.50	1375	0.0
83	FIDE 527038106	0	—	=55B	−63N	−66N	−42B	−80N	+93B	−76N	1.5	16.0	16.5	2.00	1290	0.0
84	Vasseur, Pierre-Marie	1469	FRA	+90N	−40B	−41N	−21B	F	−87B	=79N	1.5	15.5	15.5	2.00	918	-11.4
85	FIDE 527070123	0	—	−50B	−81N	−21N	=92B	F	+88N	−57B	1.5	13.5	13.5	1.25	827	0.0
86	Sys, Corentine	0	FRA	−67B	−64N	−68B	=93N	F	+94B	−65N	1.5	10.5	10.5	0.25	769	0.0
87	Pascal, William	0	FRA	−48B	F	−58N	−71B	F	+84N	−60B	1.0	12.5	12.5	1.50	1261	0.0
88	FIDE 560004592	0	—	−36N	−59B	−75N	−79N	F	−85B	+94N	1.0	12.5	12.5	0.00	645	0.0
89	Bienaime, Alain	1469	FRA	+93N	−43B	−25N	−73B	F	−80N	F	1.0	12.0	12.0	0.50	939	-6.8
90	FIDE 576043703	0	—	−84B	−61N	F	+62B	F	−58N	F	1.0	10.5	10.5	3.00	1396	0.0
91	Hareux, HubertCM	2173	FRA	+66N	−10B	F	F	F	F	F	1.0	9.5	9.5	2.50	1868	-13.8
92	FIDE 560028475	0	—	−72B	−44N	−51B	=85N	F	−61B	F	0.5	13.0	13.0	0.75	738	0.0
93	FIDE 544023260	0	—	−89B	−78N	−35N	=86B	F	−83N	F	0.5	10.0	10.0	0.75	752	0.0
94	FIDE 576043711	0	—	F	−56N	−33B	−63N	−44B	−86N	−88B	0.0	16.0	16.0	0.00	747	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Thiery, TimotheeFRA
+91.6
4.5 pts · #31
2Zhuang, LilioFRA
+75.6
4.0 pts · #33
3Potier, JulesFRA
+67.2
4.0 pts · #23

Top rating losers

1Gressier, ThibaultFRA
-84.0
3.0 pts · #72
2Ballenghien, EliseFRA
-63.6
3.0 pts · #46
3Marquette, PierreFRA
-58.4
2.5 pts · #65

Biggest upsets

R7+310 Elo gap
Desfontaine, Aurelien1474 beat Vandeputte, Stephane1784
R1+281 Elo gap
Lamiri, Samir1726 beat Lelievre, Sacha2007
R6+280 Elo gap
Zhuang, Lilio1453 beat Marquette, Pierre1733