22e Grand Prix du Beaujolais (moins de 1700 elo) - Open B
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40 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 20 Jun 2026 to 21 Jun 2026 in Villefranche Sur Saone, France. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1622, and top seed was Farnaz Damnabi Asl (🇮🇷 IRI, 1677).
Gaguik Mardoyan (🇫🇷 FRA, 1616) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Ethan Turpin (5.0) and Clement Gauvain (4.0). Mardoyan shared the lead from round 3, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Alain Laporte (1410) beat Elias Payadopulos (1640), a +230-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
Federations · 2 represented
🇫🇷France×36
🇮🇷Iran×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R5; 2 players tied at 5.0/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Co-leaders
19
9
5
3
2
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 5.0/5. Mardoyan takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (14.0).
WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers
Ethan Turpin 5 wins (R1–R5)Gaguik Mardoyan 5 wins (R1–R5)Farnaz Damnabi Asl 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ethan Turpin | * | — | — | — |
| 2Gaguik Mardoyan | — | * | 1 | 1 |
| 3Farnaz Damnabi Asl | — | 0 | * | — |
| 4Pierre Sillero | — | 0 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mardoyan, Gaguik | 1616 | FRA | +33B | +13N | +5B | +4N | +8B | 5.0 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 15.00 | 2404 | +77.2 |
| 2 | Turpin, Ethan | 1668 | FRA | +17B | +22N | +12B | +9N | +3B | 5.0 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 15.00 | 2336 | +32.8 |
| 3 | Gauvain, Clement | 1563 | FRA | +39B | +6N | +8B | +12N | −2N | 4.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 10.00 | 1786 | +23.2 |
| 4 | Damnabi Asl, Farnaz | 1677 | IRI | +30N | +7B | +10N | −1B | +9N | 4.0 | 14.5 | 16.5 | 11.50 | 1781 | +12.2 |
| 5 | Sillero, Pierre | 1581 | FRA | +38N | +26B | −1N | +15B | +14N | 4.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 8.00 | 1689 | +10.8 |
| 6 | Xu, Celine | 1452 | FRA | +34N | −3B | +23N | +10B | +11N | 4.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 9.00 | 1721 | +43.2 |
| 7 | Ma, Ethan | 1538 | FRA | +24B | −4N | =32B | +28N | +20B | 3.5 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 7.25 | 1518 | -3.2 |
| 8 | Colin, Serge | 1651 | FRA | +15N | +18B | −3N | +25B | −1N | 3.0 | 15.0 | 17.0 | 8.00 | 1583 | -8.4 |
| 9 | Contant, Nathan | 1532 | FRA | +35N | +11B | +21N | −2B | −4B | 3.0 | 14.5 | 15.5 | 6.50 | 1612 | +8.4 |
| 10 | Kazarian, Anais | 1583 | FRA | +16B | +20N | −4B | −6N | +24B | 3.0 | 13.5 | 15.5 | 7.50 | 1557 | -5.6 |
| 11 | Sabas, Edgar | 1641 | FRA | +32B | −9N | +17B | +13N | −6B | 3.0 | 13.0 | 14.5 | 7.50 | 1539 | -25.6 |
| 12 | Flores, Christophe | 1600 | FRA | +36N | +25B | −2N | −3B | +26N | 3.0 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 5.00 | 1522 | -8.2 |
| 13 | Royer, Claire | 1508 | FRA | +31N | −1B | +26N | −11B | +27N | 3.0 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 6.00 | 1431 | -6.0 |
| 14 | Chappat, Abigail | 1526 | FRA | −23B | +19N | +33B | +16N | −5B | 3.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 7.00 | 1608 | +9.2 |
| 15 | Sapaly, Dorian | 1431 | FRA | −8B | +24N | +22B | −5N | +29B | 3.0 | 11.0 | 13.0 | 6.00 | 1471 | +6.0 |
| 16 | Deschryver-Pages, Axel | 0 | FRA | −10N | +34B | +18N | −14B | +22B | 3.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 6.00 | 1541 | -10.4 |
| 17 | Cavalli, Gaspard | 1431 | FRA | −2N | +35B | −11N | +31B | +34N | 3.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 4.00 | 855 | -17.2 |
| 18 | Kazarian, Emilie | 1497 | FRA | +29B | −8N | −16B | +32N | +28B | 3.0 | 10.0 | 11.5 | 5.50 | 1442 | -8.4 |
| 19 | Laurent, Nolan | 0 | FRA | =21N | −14B | +36N | =27B | +25N | 3.0 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 5.25 | 1478 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Sapaly, Sylvain | 1464 | FRA | +37N | −10B | =27N | +21B | −7N | 2.5 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 4.50 | 1402 | -5.0 |
| 21 | Michel, Charlie | 1460 | FRA | =19B | +23N | −9B | −20N | +32B | 2.5 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 5.00 | 1345 | -18.0 |
| 22 | Gillet, Alain | 1556 | FRA | +27N | −2B | −15N | +23B | −16N | 2.0 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 4.00 | 778 | -56.4 |
| 23 | Antoine, Irvin | 0 | FRA | +14N | −21B | −6B | −22N | +33B | 2.0 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 4.00 | 1306 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Mathon, Francois | 0 | FRA | −7N | −15B | +37N | +30B | −10N | 2.0 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 3.00 | 1304 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Michel, Olivier | 1447 | FRA | +28B | −12N | +29B | −8N | −19B | 2.0 | 11.0 | 13.0 | 4.00 | 826 | -21.6 |
| 26 | Laporte, Alain | 1410 | FRA | +40B | −5N | −13B | +35N | −12B | 2.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 1.00 | 1389 | -4.0 |
| 27 | Lorenzini, Odile | 0 | FRA | −22B | +40N | =20B | =19N | −13B | 2.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 2.75 | 1455 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Schmitt, Mahelia | 0 | FRA | −25N | +38B | +30N | −7B | −18N | 2.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 2.00 | 1286 | 0.0 |
| 29 | FIDE 560062339 | 0 | — | −18N | +36B | −25N | +38B | −15N | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 1.00 | 658 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Vichard, Gerard | 1435 | FRA | −4B | +39N | −28B | −24N | +35B | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 1.00 | 877 | -8.0 |
| 31 | FIDE 544044712 | 0 | — | −13B | −32N | +39B | −17N | +38B | 2.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.00 | 651 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Doyonnax, Mathieux | 1414 | FRA | −11N | +31B | =7N | −18B | −21N | 1.5 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 3.75 | 1212 | -34.8 |
| 33 | Caillot, Thierry | 0 | FRA | −1N | +37B | −14N | −34B | −23N | 1.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 1.00 | 771 | 0.0 |
| 34 | Mommer, Jean | 0 | FRA | −6B | −16N | F | +33N | −17B | 1.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 1.00 | 706 | 0.0 |
| 35 | Zhou, Yiwei | 0 | FRA | −9B | −17N | +38N | −26B | −30N | 1.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 0.00 | 652 | 0.0 |
| 36 | FIDE 544048920 | 0 | — | −12B | −29N | −19B | +39N | −37B | 1.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.00 | 800 | 0.0 |
| 37 | Etemadzadeh, Theobald | 0 | FRA | −20B | −33N | −24B | F | +36N | 1.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 1.00 | 664 | 0.0 |
| 38 | Fargeot, Claude | 0 | FRA | −5B | −28N | −35B | −29N | −31N | 0.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 0.00 | 781 | 0.0 |
| 39 | Limousy, Damien | 0 | FRA | −3N | −30B | −31N | −36B | F | 0.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.00 | 699 | 0.0 |
| 40 | Payadopulos, Elias | 1640 | FRA | −26N | −27B | F | F | F | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 610 | -31.6 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Mardoyan, GaguikFRA+77.25.0 pts · #2
- 2Xu, CelineFRA+43.24.0 pts · #11
- 3Turpin, EthanFRA+32.85.0 pts · #1
Top rating losers
- 1Gillet, AlainFRA-56.42.0 pts · #35
- 2Doyonnax, MathieuxFRA-34.81.5 pts · #26
- 3Payadopulos, EliasFRA-31.60.0 pts · #29
Biggest upsets
- R1+230 Elo gap
- R5+189 Elo gap
- R4+131 Elo gap