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2026 Le Tournoi Germain Laplante IV Open

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32 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 10 Apr 2026 to 12 Apr 2026 in Chambly, QC, Canada. 3 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2121, and top seed was Olivier-Kenta Chiku-Ratte (🇨🇦 CAN, IM, 2427).

Olivier-Kenta Chiku-Ratte (🇨🇦 CAN, IM, 2427) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Thanh Nha Duong (4.0) and Charli Peloquin (3.5). Chiku-Ratte won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Gabriel Lapalme (1538) beat Gabriel Gagnon (1834), a +296-point gap.

Location
🇨🇦Chambly, QC, Canada
Dates
10 Apr 2026 → 12 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇨🇦IMOlivier-Kenta Chiku-Ratte2427
Avg top 10
2,121
Participants
32
Titled players · 3
IM×2
CM×1
Federations · 4 represented
🇨🇦Canada×29
🇧🇼Botswana×1
FIDE (no federation)×1
🇫🇷France×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

IM Olivier-Kenta Chiku-Ratte led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
11
4
2
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Chiku-Ratte5Duong4Kiryakov3.5Peloquin3.5Sun3.5Porlier3.5
R4–R5 · LEAD HELD

IM Olivier-Kenta Chiku-Ratte never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Olivier-Kenta Chiku-Ratte beat IM Thanh Nha Duong (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

IM Olivier-Kenta Chiku-Ratte 5 wins (R1–R5)IM Thanh Nha Duong 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1IMOlivier-Kenta Chiku-Ratte*
1
——
2IMThanh Nha Duong
0
*—
1
3Marin Kiryakov——*
½
4Charli Peloquin—
0
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Chiku-Ratte, Olivier-KentaIM2427CAN+30N+13B+12N+2B+7B5.012.012.512.502850+9.0
2Duong, Thanh NhaIM2314CAN+14B+20N+3B−1N+9B4.014.016.011.002205+3.4
3Peloquin, Charli1978CAN+6N+23B−2N+8N=4B3.514.015.59.752051+16.2
4Kiryakov, Marin1801CAN=5N=25B+21N+16B=3N3.511.513.08.751985+25.2
5Sun, Jonathan1964CAN=4B−10N+26B+17N+14B3.511.512.57.751958+28.8
6Porlier, Xavier1890CAN−3B=19N+31B+29N+12B3.58.59.04.502137+23.8
7Kraiouchkine, Nikita2229CANF+8B+18N+10B−1N3.013.513.58.502138+2.8
8Zhang, Yitian1809CAN+9B−7N+11N−3B+20N3.012.514.58.001971+52.0
9Chua, Zachary McDonald1972CAN−8N+29B+23N+15B−2N3.011.011.54.501991+56.4
10Kolodner, Garry1785CANF+5B+16N−7N+19B3.011.011.08.002092+51.6
11Audouze, Oscar1945FID+24B−12N−8B+28N+25N3.08.59.03.501772+1.2
12Wu, Tony (dongze)2131CAN+21N+11B−1B=14N−6N2.514.016.06.251941-10.8
13Jutras, Arnaud1977CAN+32B−1N=17B=18B=15N2.512.512.53.751981+3.6
14Dufresne, Christophe1934CAN−2N+27B+24N=12B−5N2.511.512.53.751860-4.8
15Turcotte, Jonathan1896CAN=16N+28B=22N−9N=13B2.510.010.54.001848-5.2
16Mok, Yuen Tak1989CAN=15B+26N−10B−4N+31B2.510.010.52.751823-11.6
17Duval, Mathieu1901CAN−22N+30B=13N−5B+23N2.59.510.03.251932+19.6
18Morin, Richer1939CAN+27N=22B−7B=13N=24B2.59.010.04.001887-8.8
19Daigle, Gilles2064CAN−23N=6B=28N+27B−10N2.09.09.53.0016510.0
20Di Matteo, Alessio1953CAN+29N−2B+25NF−8B2.09.09.02.0018980.0
21Cyr, Antoine1902CAN−12B+32N−4B−24N+28B2.08.08.00.501673-34.0
22Tremblay, RejeanCM2125CAN+17B=18N=15BFF2.07.57.55.002023-6.4
23Tse, Chun Wing1899CAN+19B−3N−9B=31N−17B1.511.011.52.251539-52.4
24Yavorskyi, Yevhen1616CAN−11NF−14B+21B=18N1.510.010.03.251763+34.8
25Beardall, Ben1893CANF=4N−20B+26N−11B1.59.59.52.751721+2.8
26Mothupi, Tebatso1868BOTF−16B−5N−25B+27N1.08.58.51.001586-38.0
27Lapalme, Gabriel1538CAN−18B−14N+32B−19N−26B1.08.08.00.001673+0.4
28Zheng Roy, Ethan1306CANF−15N=19B−11B−21N0.59.59.51.001018-13.6
29Doshi, Nabhya1712CAN−20B−9N=30N−6BF0.59.09.00.251549-73.2
30Boulay, David1934CAN−1B−17N=29BFF0.58.08.00.251763-13.0
31Bain-thouverez, Aurelien1826FRAFF−6N=23B−16N0.57.57.50.751609-21.6
32Gagnon, Gabriel1834CAN−13N−21B−27NFF0.05.55.50.001010-70.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets