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Tournoi interne de la TPG 2026

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27 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 23 May 2026 to 07 Jun 2026 in Besancon, France. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1800, and top seed was Alain Sermier (🇫🇷 FRA, 1964).

Joe Sowden (🇫🇷 FRA, 1852) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Alain Sermier (5.0) and Jules Millot (4.5). Sowden shared the lead from round 5 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Gabin Magne (1464) beat Guillaume Ponard (1712), a +248-point gap.

Location
🇫🇷Besancon, France
Dates
23 May 2026 → 07 Jun 2026
Time control
Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇫🇷Alain Sermier1964
Avg top 10
1,800
Participants
27
Federations · 3 represented
🇫🇷France×24
🇮🇳India×1
🇨🇭Switzerland×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Joe Sowden led from R7; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
10
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23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7Sowden takes lead
R7 · LEADER CHANGE07 Jun

Joe Sowden takes the sole lead (6.0/7).

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Joe Sowden beat Alain Sermier (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Joe Sowden 6 wins (R1–R7)Alain Sermier 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Sowden, Joe1852FRA+26NF+11B+17N+4B+9N+2B6.020.522.019.002510+79.2
2Sermier, Alain1964FRA+4B+6N+10B=7N=9B+3N1N5.025.528.519.002037+10.0
3Millot, Jules1682FRA+25B5N+18B+21N=6B2B+16N4.520.021.510.501828+54.8
4Boullier, Gilles1674FRA2N=22B+19N+13B1N=5B+14N4.023.525.511.501794+18.2
5Flesch, Jean-benoit1808FRA=13N+3BF6N+19B=4N+11B4.021.524.013.501778-3.8
6Soltani, Gabrielle1800FRA+22N2B+13N+5B=3NF=12B4.021.523.512.751856+12.6
7Atharva Vijay Dabholkar1872INDF+8B+16N=2BF=10N+9B4.020.520.513.502034+19.6
8Robbe, Christophe1710FRA+14B7NF+24B+25N+22BF4.016.017.58.501865+18.6
9Chauvin, Denis1809SUI+11B=12NF+16B=2N1B7N3.025.027.59.501856+6.8
10Denis, Bruno1736FRA+18BF2N=12B+11N=7BF3.025.027.59.001824+7.6
11Tran, Tuan-Anh1636FRA9N+23B1N+20B10B+26N5N3.020.522.06.001635-0.2
12Tabatabai, Reza1707FRA+23N=9BF=10NF=16B=6N3.019.521.58.251780+8.2
13Abbenzeller, Laurent1626FRA=5B+27N6B4N15N+18B=22N3.019.519.55.501560-13.0
14Noyelles, Benoit1528FRA8N21B+26N25B+27B+17N4B3.015.515.54.001510-3.2
15Grux, Ludovic1726FRAF+24NFF+13BF+25N3.011.511.56.502401+19.8
16Tran, Duc Anh1720FRA+19NF7B9N+21B=12N3B2.519.521.56.001645-25.2
17Ponard, Guillaume1712FRA+20BF+25N1B23N14B=21N2.518.019.55.001548-42.8
18Frederic, Christine1566FRA10N+26B3N23B+20N13N=19B2.517.519.05.251473-17.8
19Combe, Nicolas1506FRA16B=20N4B+27N5N=24B=18N2.517.517.53.501438-11.4
20Malaise, Marc1495FRA17N=19B=24B11N18B+27N=26B2.514.014.03.001375-18.2
21Bachour, Martin1617FRAF+14NF3B16N=25B=17B2.018.018.05.001584-9.6
22Corsini, Jean-Francois1563FRA6B=4N+27BFF8N=13B2.018.018.03.501508-5.4
23Magne, Gabin1464FRA12B11NF+18N+17BFF2.015.015.05.001660+39.6
24Pronin, Mikolai1528FRAF15B=20N8N26B=19N+27B2.013.513.52.501340-23.4
25Joyeux Steiner, Gael1634FRA3NF17B+14N8B=21N15B1.519.019.04.001470-50.0
26Vinsu, Tristan1465FRA1B18N14BF+24N11B=20N1.519.019.03.251401-16.8
27FIDE 5760495660F13B22N19B14N20B24N0.015.015.00.007440.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets