11e Open Fide de la ville de Brest

Open SwissStandard

51 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 04 Apr 2026 to 06 Apr 2026 in Brest, France. Top 10 Elo average was 2004, and top seed was Patrick Cresswell (🇫🇷 FRA, 2087).

Vincent Nineuil (🇫🇷 FRA, 1995) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Patrick Cresswell (5.0) and Maxime Lavanant (5.0). Nineuil won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Maxime Soenen (1712) beat Ali Baghdadi (2086), a +374-point gap.

Location

🇫🇷Brest, France

Dates

04 Apr 2026 → 06 Apr 2026

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇫🇷Patrick Cresswell2087

Avg top 10

2,004

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇫🇷France×50

Top 3

🥇
Vincent Nineuil
🇫🇷FRA·1995
5.5pts·2232perf+28.2
🥈
Patrick Cresswell
🇫🇷FRA·2087
5.0pts·2137perf+8.2
🥉
Maxime Lavanant
🇫🇷FRA·2080
5.0pts·2070perf+1.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Vincent Nineuil led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Nineuil5.5Lavanant5Cresswell5Baghdadi4.5Lefebvre4.5Seiller4.5

R5–R6 · LEAD HELD

Vincent Nineuil held the sole lead from R5 through R6 without losing it.

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Vincent Nineuil 5 wins (R1–R5)Maxime Lavanant 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Vincent Nineuil	*	—	—	½
2Maxime Lavanant	—	*	—	—
3Patrick Cresswell	—	—	*	—
4Ali Baghdadi	½	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Nineuil, Vincent	1995	FRA	+43N	+45B	+8N	+18B	+7N	=5B	5.5	17.5	18.5	16.25	2232	+28.2
2	Cresswell, Patrick	2087	FRA	+16N	+21B	=15N	=4B	+14N	+7B	5.0	19.0	22.0	18.00	2137	+8.2
3	Lavanant, Maxime	2080	FRA	+32N	+39B	+14N	−7B	+15N	+8B	5.0	17.5	19.5	15.50	2070	+1.0
4	Lefebvre, Matthieu	2052	FRA	+31B	=17N	+9B	=2N	+19B	=6N	4.5	20.5	23.0	16.50	1980	-4.6
5	Baghdadi, Ali	2086	FRA	+29B	−9N	+17B	+37N	+22B	=1N	4.5	18.5	20.5	13.75	1964	-22.8
6	Seiller, Nicolas	1936	FRA	+42N	−8B	+43N	+9B	+10N	=4B	4.5	18.5	20.0	13.75	1846	-6.2
7	Bleuzen, Erwan	1948	FRA	+19B	+33N	+28B	+3N	−1B	−2N	4.0	21.5	24.0	13.50	1972	+8.6
8	Taher, Sinane	1650	FRA	+49B	+6N	−1B	+28N	+17B	−3N	4.0	21.0	21.0	10.50	1970	+38.4
9	Soenen, Maxime	1712	FRA	+44N	+5B	−4N	−6N	+24B	+26B	4.0	19.5	21.0	12.00	1862	+45.2
10	Mirguet, Vladislav	0	FRA	+11N	−14B	+38N	+12N	−6B	+30B	4.0	18.5	20.5	12.50	1796	0.0
11	Esmer, Milan	1683	FRA	−10B	=35N	+31B	+20N	=28B	+21N	4.0	15.5	18.0	11.50	1851	+34.8
12	Gabrielczyk, Harold	1735	FRA	−40N	+38B	+42N	−10B	+25N	+37B	4.0	13.0	15.0	9.00	1720	-0.6
13	Caroff, Frederic	1957	FRA	=38N	=30B	+32N	F	+29B	+27N	4.0	12.5	12.5	10.25	1884	-4.8
14	Ladan, Amelie	1821	FRA	+24B	+10N	−3B	+23N	−2B	=19N	3.5	20.5	23.5	11.75	1756	-7.2
15	Tranvouez, Pierre	1903	FRA	+51B	+20N	=2B	=22N	−3B	=16N	3.5	20.0	20.0	9.25	1828	-7.2
16	Bachelard, Thibault	1603	FRA	−2B	+24N	=20B	=21N	+39N	=15B	3.5	18.0	20.0	10.00	1851	+60.0
17	Topdemir, Ilyas	1688	FRA	+50N	=4B	−5N	+33B	−8N	+36B	3.5	18.0	18.0	7.25	1795	+21.2
18	Brecheteau, Paul	1993	FRA	+41B	+23N	=22B	−1N	−27B	+29N	3.5	17.0	19.0	9.00	1782	-25.6
19	Beuze Moureau, Ethan	1517	FRA	−7N	+34B	+45N	+39B	−4N	=14B	3.5	16.5	17.5	7.25	1824	+69.6
20	Goubin, Paul	0	FRA	+36N	−15B	=16N	−11B	+43N	+28N	3.5	16.0	17.5	8.25	1726	0.0
21	Dambrine, Gaspard	1770	FRA	+46N	−2N	=29B	=16B	+32N	−11B	3.0	17.5	18.5	6.50	1664	-33.6
22	Schmouchkovitch, Michel	1862	FRA	+35N	+40B	=18N	=15B	−5N	F	3.0	16.0	16.0	8.00	1860	+4.0
23	Memboeuf, Anselme	1627	FRA	+34N	−18B	+25N	−14B	−26N	+48B	3.0	15.5	16.5	6.50	1481	-33.6
24	Zubowicz, David	1472	FRA	−14N	−16B	+34N	+45B	−9N	+43B	3.0	15.0	16.0	5.00	1603	+30.4
25	Miszkowicz, Thibaut	0	FRA	+37B	−28N	−23B	+41N	−12B	+45N	3.0	13.5	14.5	5.00	1682	0.0
26	Raoult, Maxime	1482	FRA	−28B	−37N	+47B	+49N	+23B	−9N	3.0	12.5	12.5	4.00	1584	+23.2
27	Le Guyader, Ewenn	1680	FRA	F	F	+44N	+30B	+18N	−13B	3.0	11.5	11.5	7.50	1988	+31.0
28	Morgan, Christian	1823	FRA	+26N	+25B	−7N	−8B	=11N	−20B	2.5	18.5	21.5	8.00	1604	-22.6
29	Troadec, Swann	1582	FRA	−5N	+46B	=21N	+36B	−13N	−18B	2.5	17.5	18.5	5.00	1749	+39.2
30	Andre, Marine	1830	FRA	−33B	=13N	+35B	−27N	+40B	−10N	2.5	16.0	18.0	6.50	1611	-24.2
31	Bon, Eloan	1542	FRA	−4N	=44B	−11N	+35B	=33N	=34B	2.5	16.0	17.5	5.75	1531	-8.8
32	Claramunt, Christophe	1569	FRA	−3B	+47N	−13B	+46N	−21B	=33N	2.5	15.5	16.5	3.25	1626	+6.4
33	Grojean, Remi	1494	FRA	+30N	−7B	=36N	−17N	=31B	=32B	2.5	15.0	17.5	6.25	1645	+39.6
34	Stumpf, Gabriel	0	FRA	−23B	−19N	−24B	+47N	+41B	=31N	2.5	14.0	15.0	4.25	1465	0.0
35	Battas, Victor	1500	FRA	−22B	=11B	−30N	−31N	+46B	+44N	2.5	13.5	14.5	4.50	1572	+16.8
36	Claramunt, Sebastien	1692	FRA	−20B	+51N	=33B	−29N	+44B	−17N	2.5	13.5	13.5	2.75	1534	-20.2
37	Simon, Pablo	1668	FRA	−25N	+26B	+40N	−5B	F	−12N	2.0	16.5	18.5	5.00	1672	-2.4
38	Kerbaol, Jacques	1525	FRA	=13B	−12N	−10B	−44N	+47B	=40N	2.0	15.5	16.5	4.00	1512	-4.8
39	Richard, Louis	1749	FRA	+47B	−3N	+41B	−19N	−16B	F	2.0	15.0	15.0	3.00	1564	-49.2
40	Cantagrel, Cesar	1405	FRA	+12B	−22N	−37B	=43B	−30N	=38B	2.0	13.5	15.0	5.75	1553	+34.4
41	Esmer, Aksel	1526	FRA	−18N	+50B	−39N	−25B	−34N	+46B	2.0	12.0	12.0	1.00	1585	+4.0
42	Doudou, Nathan	1511	FRA	−6B	+49N	−12B	+50N	F	F	2.0	10.5	10.5	0.00	1023	-11.6
43	Hereus, Daniel	1528	FRA	−1B	+48N	−6B	=40N	−20B	−24N	1.5	18.5	19.5	2.00	1476	-11.4
44	Thiery, Mathieu	1401	FRA	−9B	=31N	−27B	+38B	−36N	−35B	1.5	14.5	16.5	3.25	1415	+0.8
45	Lecru, Louis	1714	FRA	+48B	−1N	−19B	−24N	F	−25B	1.0	16.0	16.0	1.00	1402	-63.2
46	Guihal, Nathalie	1454	FRA	−21B	−29N	+48B	−32B	−35N	−41N	1.0	12.5	13.5	1.00	1284	-24.8
47	Hurreau, Jean Francois	1453	FRA	−39N	−32B	−26N	−34B	−38N	+49B	1.0	12.0	12.0	0.00	781	-27.0
48	Cresswell, Mary-Jane	1401	FRA	−45N	−43B	−46N	F	+49B	−23N	1.0	6.5	6.5	0.00	781	-22.0
49	FIDE 652087131	0	—	−8N	−42B	F	−26B	−48N	−47N	0.0	11.0	11.0	0.00	699	0.0
50	Kuhn, Antoine	0	FRA	−17B	−41N	F	−42B	F	F	0.0	8.5	8.5	0.00	774	0.0
51	Rodier, Eliot	1508	FRA	−15N	−36B	F	F	F	F	0.0	6.0	6.0	0.00	998	-13.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Beuze Moureau, EthanFRA
+69.6
3.5 pts · #29
2Bachelard, ThibaultFRA
+60.0
3.5 pts · #17
3Soenen, MaximeFRA
+45.2
4.0 pts · #6

Top rating losers

1Lecru, LouisFRA
-63.2
1.0 pts · #42
2Richard, LouisFRA
-49.2
2.0 pts · #37
3Dambrine, GaspardFRA
-33.6
3.0 pts · #20

Biggest upsets

R2+374 Elo gap
Soenen, Maxime1712 beat Baghdadi, Ali2086
R1+336 Elo gap
Grojean, Remi1494 beat Andre, Marine1830
R1+330 Elo gap
Cantagrel, Cesar1405 beat Gabrielczyk, Harold1735