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22e Grand Prix du Beaujolais (moins de 2400 elo) - Open A

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37 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 20 Jun 2026 to 21 Jun 2026 in Villefranche Sur Saone, France. 2 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2075, and top seed was Ethan Saya (🇫🇷 FRA, FM, 2297).

Ethan Saya (🇫🇷 FRA, FM, 2297) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Baptiste Lissillour (4.0) and Aurelien Grandy (4.0). Saya won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Louis Genaud (1795) beat Geraldi Ropaj (2027), a +232-point gap.

Location
🇫🇷Villefranche Sur Saone, France
Dates
20 Jun 2026 → 21 Jun 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇫🇷FMEthan Saya2297
Avg top 10
2,075
Participants
37
Titled players · 2
FM×2
Federations · 2 represented
🇫🇷France×36
🇮🇱Israel×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

FM Ethan Saya led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
16
7
3
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R4–R5 · LEAD HELD

FM Ethan Saya never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

FM Ethan Saya 5 wins (R1–R5)Alex Gong 3 wins (R3–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FMEthan Saya*
2FMBaptiste Lissillour*
1
3Alex Gong*
4Mael Bourlois
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Saya, EthanFM2297FRA+22N+10B+6N+11B+7N5.013.015.015.002786+14.4
2Lissillour, BaptisteFM2269FRA+9B+13N=16B+4B=6N4.014.016.513.502201-5.4
3Grandy, Aurelien2096FRA+37N+5B4N+18B+11N4.013.514.010.002117+3.8
4Bourlois, Mael1992FRA+23B+21N+3B2N+10B4.013.015.011.002212+54.0
5Gong, Alex1876FRA+31B3N+33B+12N+16B4.010.511.57.502131+64.8
6Caillot, Charles2020FRA+32B+19N1B+13N=2B3.514.515.58.502163+37.2
7Menard, Baptiste2076FRA+34B=8N+26B+16N1B3.513.014.07.252140+9.0
8Giazzi, Zakary1884FRA+29N=7B11N+20B+17B3.511.513.08.252018+35.6
9Samai, Nahil1843FRA2N=17B+24N+21B+18N3.511.013.07.751997+36.4
10Melkumyan, David1958FRA+17B1N+28B+14N4N3.014.516.07.002043+21.6
11Boulet, Philippe1978FRA+28B+33N+8B1N3B3.014.015.06.002009+5.0
12Seite, Yamina1989FRA=24N=18B+25N5B+32N3.010.511.55.251856-16.0
13Adjemian, Tigran1919FRA+36B2B+29N6B+31N3.010.010.53.001971+6.2
14Ropaj, Geraldi2027FRA19N+27B+23N10B+22N3.09.511.56.001919-26.4
15Bernard, Clarence1950FRA21N=20B+37N=31B+23B3.07.58.04.251849-25.2
16Hogan, Nawzad2007FRA+20N+25B=2N7B5N2.514.016.06.501956-6.8
17De Chasteigner, Cedric1764FRA10N=9N+35B+19B8N2.512.513.55.251869+28.0
18Hildwein, Kenji1708FRA+35B=12N+30B3N9B2.512.013.04.001892+43.2
19Genaud, Louis1795FRA+14B6B=31N17N+28B2.510.511.55.001863+8.2
20Sapaly, Aurelien1790FRA16B=15N+36B8N+30B2.510.511.03.501849+15.2
21Vissoh, Ayitchededji Mick Ax1751FRA+15B4B=27N9N=26B2.012.514.55.001849+12.2
22Pardede, Maruli1845FRA1B28N+34B+30N14B2.011.012.02.501830-9.2
23Hildwein, Kenzo1784FRA4N+35N14B+33B15N2.011.012.02.001821+8.0
24Drillat, Michel1776FRA=12B30N9B+36N=27N2.010.010.53.001745-4.8
25Van Straaten, Patrick1768ISR+26B16N12B32N+29N2.09.010.03.501826+6.6
26Benouaret, Idir1968FRA25N+32B7N=29B=21N2.09.010.02.751752-28.2
27Pawar, Paarth1852FRA=30B14N=21B=28N=24B2.08.510.03.501727-34.4
28Fessemaz Grossard, Gaspard1775FRA11N+22B10N=27B19N1.510.512.53.001737-10.4
29Kazarian, Nathalie1736FRA8B+34N13B=26N25B1.510.511.52.001719-5.6
30Lorenter, Patrick1666FRA=27N+24B18N22B20N1.59.011.03.001645-3.0
31Valli, Gregory1731FRA5NF=19B=15N13B1.012.512.52.751692-4.0
32Andrieu, Philippe1791FRA6N26NF+25B12B1.010.510.52.001743-5.0
33Herve, Alban1631FRAF11B5N23N+36B1.09.59.50.501651+1.2
34Garon, Pierre1799FRA7N29B22N+37B35N1.08.08.50.501631-21.4
35Damboise, Pierre-Olivier1866FRA18N23B17NF+34B1.08.08.01.001571-31.0
36Ma, Theo1737FRA13N=37B20N24B33N0.58.59.00.251423-66.0
37Carreau, Romain1830FRA3B=36N15B34NF0.58.58.50.251574-23.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets