10eme Open International du Pays de Bray

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60 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 14 May 2026 to 17 May 2026 in Gournay En Bray, France. 6 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2184, and top seed was Hugo Tirard (🇫🇷 FRA, IM, 2402).

Valentin Nicot (🇫🇷 FRA, CM, 2154) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Bassam El Zein (5.5) and Hugo Tirard (5.5). Nicot clinched sole first place in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Nathan Kham-Nguyen (1818) beat Nicolas Bacon (2168), a +350-point gap.

Location

🇫🇷Gournay En Bray, France

Dates

14 May 2026 → 17 May 2026

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇫🇷IMHugo Tirard2402

Avg top 10

2,184

Participants

Titled players · 6

GM×1

IM×1

FM×1

CM×2

WFM×1

Federations · 4 represented

🇫🇷France×52

🇩🇪Germany×6

🇪🇸Spain×1

🇭🇺Hungary×1

Top 3

🥇
CMValentin Nicot
🇫🇷FRA·2154
6.0pts·2377perf+73.2
🥈
CMBassam El Zein
🇫🇷FRA·2217
5.5pts·2233perf+13.6
🥉
IMHugo Tirard
🇫🇷FRA·2402
5.5pts·2295perf-6.1

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

CM Valentin Nicot led from R7; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 6 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R7.

Co-leaders

Nicot6Tirard5.5El Zein5.5Diologent5Mergen5Legky5

R7 · LEADER CHANGE17 May

CM Valentin Nicot takes the sole lead (6.0/7).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

CM Valentin Nicot 3 wins (R1–R3)IM Hugo Tirard 4 wins (R2–R5)CM Bassam El Zein 3 wins (R4–R6)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1CMValentin Nicot	*	—	1	—
2IMHugo Tirard	—	*	0	1
3CMBassam El Zein	0	1	*	½
4Matthieu Diologent	—	0	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Nicot, ValentinCM	2154	FRA	+36N	+7B	+13N	=5B	=6N	+27B	+2N	6.0	28.5	31.5	26.50	2377	+73.2
2	El Zein, BassamCM	2217	FRA	+29N	+35B	=4N	+9N	+16B	+3N	−1B	5.5	28.5	31.5	23.00	2233	+13.6
3	Tirard, HugoIM	2402	FRA	=24N	+39B	+34N	+4B	+5N	−2B	+10N	5.5	26.5	29.5	22.25	2295	-6.1
4	Diologent, Matthieu	2032	FRA	+59B	+33N	=2B	−3N	+9B	+16N	=8B	5.0	27.5	28.0	17.25	2132	+20.4
5	Devaure, Guillaume	2110	FRA	+48N	+37B	+20N	=1N	−3B	+23B	=6N	5.0	27.0	29.5	18.50	2192	+17.6
6	Legky, Nikolay AGM	2325	FRA	+55B	=26N	+23B	+18N	=1B	=12N	=5B	5.0	26.5	28.5	19.00	2185	-8.8
7	Mergen, Bat	1877	FRA	+54B	−1N	+33B	=8N	=11B	+38N	+17B	5.0	25.5	27.5	16.75	2057	+33.4
8	Kham-Nguyen, Mathys	2118	FRA	−47N	+40B	+19N	=7B	+31N	+22B	=4N	5.0	24.5	27.0	19.50	2038	-20.0
9	Drely, Emy	1734	FRA	+11B	+22N	=10N	−2B	−4N	+50B	+37N	4.5	26.5	29.0	16.25	2105	+128.0
10	Bat, Sodcetsen	2089	FRA	+42B	+19N	=9B	−16N	+35B	+30N	−3B	4.5	24.5	27.5	15.75	2047	-9.2
11	Salaun, Nicolas	2037	FRA	−9N	+59B	+47N	=17B	=7N	+37B	=12B	4.5	23.5	24.0	12.75	1957	-11.2
12	Rabus, Berthold	2118	GER	+51B	+28N	=18B	F	+15N	=6B	=11N	4.5	23.5	23.5	16.75	2201	+14.0
13	Thibaut-Coignec, Leopold	1966	FRA	+44B	+52N	−1B	−27B	=24N	+25N	+28B	4.5	23.0	25.0	13.75	1985	+6.0
14	Moriniaux, Colin	2071	FRA	+38N	−20B	=36N	+25B	−23N	+19B	+26B	4.5	21.5	24.5	15.50	1941	-20.4
15	Soubirou, OrianeWFM	2007	FRA	−33B	+44N	+51B	+37N	−12B	=17B	+23N	4.5	21.0	23.0	13.50	1951	-7.4
16	Thereze, Ludovic	1905	FRA	+58N	=34B	+25N	+10B	−2N	−4B	=21N	4.0	25.5	27.0	13.00	2000	+17.4
17	Enkirche, Raphael	1868	FRA	−52B	+43N	+32B	=11N	+18B	=15N	−7N	4.0	24.5	26.5	15.00	1893	+12.0
18	Hacout, Francois	2029	FRA	+45N	+47B	=12N	−6B	−17N	=24B	+39N	4.0	23.0	25.5	12.50	1952	-11.0
19	Hamidi, Navid	1861	FRA	+53N	−10B	−8B	+34N	+42B	−14N	+38B	4.0	23.0	25.0	11.00	1912	+10.2
20	Waucampt, Yoan	1850	FRA	+60B	+14N	−5B	−21N	−38B	+33N	+40B	4.0	22.5	22.5	10.50	1901	+9.8
21	Leharanger, Guillaume	2139	FRA	=41B	−23N	+55B	+20B	−26N	+29N	=16B	4.0	21.5	23.5	13.00	1908	-36.8
22	Koenig, Dirk	1985	GER	+46N	−9B	+48N	F	+28B	−8N	+35B	4.0	21.5	21.5	12.00	1972	-0.8
23	Falck, Gabriel	1880	FRA	=40N	+21B	−6N	+39B	+14B	−5N	−15B	3.5	26.0	29.0	13.00	1984	+17.2
24	Cousin, Benjamin	1846	FRA	=3B	−41N	=40B	+33N	=13B	=18N	=32B	3.5	23.5	26.5	13.25	1866	+1.6
25	Kham-Nguyen, Nathan	1818	FRA	+27N	=30B	−16B	−14N	+45N	−13B	+49B	3.5	23.0	25.5	10.75	1949	+43.6
26	Gode, Clement	1896	FRA	+43B	=6B	−30N	+41N	+21B	F	−14N	3.5	23.0	23.0	12.50	2067	+51.2
27	Bacon, Nicolas	2168	FRA	−25B	+49N	+41B	+13N	=30B	−1N	F	3.5	23.0	23.0	11.75	1987	-22.4
28	Mathiyazhagan, Kenzo	1867	FRA	+57N	−12B	=39N	+36B	−22N	+34B	−13N	3.5	22.0	23.5	9.00	1827	-13.2
29	Garrigues, Achille	1827	FRA	−2B	−32N	+54B	+43N	=50N	−21B	+47N	3.5	21.0	23.0	8.75	1857	+5.2
30	Mihok, LaszloFM	2070	HUN	+49B	=25N	+26B	F	=27N	−10B	=31N	3.5	21.0	21.0	11.25	1990	-10.0
31	Morlock, Peter	1889	GER	−34N	+45B	+38N	F	−8B	+49N	=30B	3.5	20.0	20.0	10.25	1902	+3.0
32	Tirard, Liza	1652	FRA	−35N	+29B	−17N	−47B	+53N	+51B	=24N	3.5	18.5	20.5	9.25	1797	+52.4
33	Carrasquedo, Imanol	1718	FRA	+15N	−4B	−7N	−24B	+52N	−20B	+53N	3.0	24.0	26.0	8.50	1780	+8.6
34	Aernouts, Ludovic	1665	FRA	+31B	=16N	−3B	−19B	+48N	−28N	=41B	3.0	23.5	26.0	9.50	1829	+26.6
35	Durrieu, Philippe	1885	FRA	+32B	−2N	+42B	F	−10N	+36B	−22N	3.0	23.5	23.5	9.50	1919	+4.4
36	Delanoe, Gaspard	1810	FRA	−1B	+54N	=14B	−28N	+44B	−35N	=43B	3.0	23.0	25.0	8.75	1808	-6.4
37	Thery, Arthus	1867	FRA	+56B	−5N	+52B	−15B	+47N	−11N	−9B	3.0	23.0	25.0	6.50	1792	-14.2
38	Vigneron, Frederic	1756	FRA	−14B	+60N	−31B	+52N	+20N	−7B	−19N	3.0	23.0	23.0	6.00	1763	-0.2
39	Menard, Emma	1635	FRA	+50B	−3N	=28B	−23N	+41B	=42N	−18B	3.0	22.5	25.0	8.75	1843	+65.2
40	Weckerle, Sacha	1645	FRA	=23B	−8N	=24N	=48B	=51N	+45B	−20N	3.0	21.5	23.5	8.75	1791	+47.6
41	Len, Thomas	1806	ESP	=21N	+24B	−27N	−26B	−39N	+46B	=34N	3.0	20.5	23.5	10.00	1816	-1.6
42	Faure, Pierre	1760	FRA	−10N	+53B	−35N	+46B	−19N	=39B	=50N	3.0	20.0	22.0	7.75	1755	-2.4
43	Peter, Gilles	1678	FRA	−26N	−17B	+53N	−29B	+60N	=47B	=36N	3.0	18.5	18.5	4.75	1705	+4.4
44	Rimbert, Bradley	1708	FRA	−13N	−15B	=57N	+59B	−36N	+48B	=51N	3.0	18.0	18.5	4.75	1759	+7.6
45	Delaruelle, Christian	1723	FRA	−18B	−31N	+60B	+56N	−25B	−40N	+54B	3.0	18.0	18.0	4.00	1682	-9.2
46	Nicot, Anna	1716	FRA	−22B	=50N	=49B	−42N	+56B	−41N	+55B	3.0	17.0	19.0	6.50	1749	+9.6
47	Hammel, Juergen	1797	GER	+8B	−18N	−11B	+32N	−37B	=43N	−29B	2.5	23.5	26.5	10.00	1785	-5.0
48	Moussaoui, Hicham	1761	FRA	−5B	+56N	−22B	=40N	−34B	−44N	+57B	2.5	20.0	21.5	5.00	1657	-22.4
49	Hatton, Christian	1739	FRA	−30N	−27B	=46N	+58B	+57N	−31B	−25N	2.5	18.5	20.0	4.50	1746	-3.2
50	Adler, Alexander	1875	GER	−39N	=46B	+58N	F	=29B	−9N	=42B	2.5	18.5	18.5	6.25	1670	-33.4
51	Hof, Hasso	1783	GER	−12N	+57B	−15N	F	=40B	−32N	=44B	2.0	20.0	20.0	4.50	1665	-20.8
52	Le Roux, Nathanael	1623	FRA	+17N	−13B	−37N	−38B	−33B	−55N	+60N	2.0	19.5	19.5	4.00	1633	-1.4
53	Assal, Mohammed Amin	1572	FRA	−19B	−42N	−43B	+54N	−32B	+59N	−33B	2.0	18.5	19.0	2.50	1562	-3.2
54	Delattre, Remy	1642	FRA	−7N	−36B	−29N	−53B	+58N	+60B	−45N	2.0	18.0	18.0	1.50	1559	-16.8
55	Leleu, Andre	1844	FRA	−6N	=58B	−21N	−57B	=59N	+52B	−46N	2.0	17.0	17.5	3.00	1663	-36.8
56	Zinoun, Said	1585	FRA	−37N	−48B	+59N	−45B	−46N	+57B	−58B	2.0	14.5	15.0	2.00	1570	-3.8
57	Seixas, Noah	1612	FRA	−28B	−51N	=44B	+55N	−49B	−56N	−48N	1.5	15.5	17.5	3.50	1525	-28.4
58	Garcia, Diego	1690	FRA	−16B	=55N	−50B	−49N	−54B	F	+56N	1.5	15.0	15.0	3.00	1572	-18.4
59	Germain, Julien	1726	FRA	−4N	−11N	−56B	−44N	=55B	−53B	F	0.5	18.5	18.5	1.00	1395	-41.0
60	Plessier, Pascal	1518	FRA	−20N	−38B	−45N	F	−43B	−54N	−52B	0.0	17.0	17.0	0.00	912	-30.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Drely, EmyFRA
+128.0
4.5 pts · #15
2Nicot, ValentinCMFRA
+73.2
6.0 pts · #1
3Menard, EmmaFRA
+65.2
3.0 pts · #38

Top rating losers

1Germain, JulienFRA
-41.0
0.5 pts · #59
2Leharanger, GuillaumeFRA
-36.8
4.0 pts · #20
3Leleu, AndreFRA
-36.8
2.0 pts · #56

Biggest upsets

R1+350 Elo gap
Kham-Nguyen, Nathan1818 beat Bacon, Nicolas2168
R1+321 Elo gap
Hammel, Juergen1797 beat Kham-Nguyen, Mathys2118
R1+303 Elo gap
Drely, Emy1734 beat Salaun, Nicolas2037