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Tournoi interne classique Caen Alekhine 2026

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24 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 22 Jun 2026 to 26 Jun 2026 in Caen, France. Top 10 Elo average was 1794, and top seed was Eliott Paillard (🇫🇷 FRA, 2040).

Eliott Paillard (🇫🇷 FRA, 2040) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Tom Jousset (6.5) and Gabriel Viot (5.0). Paillard shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Yanis Boutry (1527) beat Dominique Sechery (1707), a +180-point gap.

Location
🇫🇷Caen, France
Dates
22 Jun 2026 → 26 Jun 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇫🇷Eliott Paillard2040
Avg top 10
1,794
Participants
24
Federations · 1 represented
🇫🇷France×23
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R7; 2 players tied at 6.5/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
9
3
1
2
2
2
2
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Paillard6.5Jousset6.5Viot5Ramanoara4.5Casanovas4Bessou4
R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 6.5/7. Paillard takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (28.0).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Eliott Paillard drew with Tom Jousset (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Eliott Paillard 4 wins (R4–R7)Tom Jousset 4 wins (R4–R7)Gabriel Viot 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Eliott Paillard*
½
1
1
2Tom Jousset
½
*
1
1
3Gabriel Viot
0
0
*—
4Nathan Ramanoara
0
0
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Paillard, Eliott2040FRA+14B+5N=2B+3N+6B+4N+7B6.528.031.027.752190+15.8
2Jousset, Tom1946FRA+13N+4B=1N+8B+3N+9B+5N6.527.030.026.752163+26.4
3Viot, Gabriel1853FRA+18N+9B+10N−1B−2B+8N+6B5.027.529.016.001904+11.8
4Ramanoara, Nathan1770FRA+16B−2N=6B+11N+10N−1B+15N4.526.529.014.001808+14.0
5Miossec, Gael1686FRA+17N−1B=18N+16B+8N=7N−2B4.025.026.510.751779+15.6
6Bessou, Faustin1726FRA+21N=10B=4N+15B−1N+13B−3N4.025.026.010.501772+8.4
7Casanovas, Tony1758FRA=15B=8N=9N+18B+13N=5B−1N4.023.024.511.251726-5.8
8Tisserant, Clement1665FRA+23N=7B+11N−2N−5B−3B+16N3.525.526.59.001656-6.0
9Boutry, Yanis1527FRAF−3N=7B+23N+12B−2N+10B3.523.523.510.001796+80.0
10Sechery, Dominique1707FRA+19B=6N−3B+20N−4B+17N−9N3.520.522.07.001650-10.2
11FIDE 5760548610—F=12N−8B−4B+18N+19N+13B3.517.517.57.7516790.0
12Ponsard, Anthony1665FRA+22N=11B=15N−13B−9N+21B=14N3.516.517.56.501563-32.8
13Gil, Miguel1626FRA−2B+20N+21B+12N−7B−6N−11N3.023.024.06.001679+7.6
14Chatelain, Laurent1617FRA−1N=17B−16N+22B+20N−15B=12B3.018.519.55.251577-10.6
15Mussard, Christophe1574FRA=7NF=12B−6N=19B+14N−4B2.520.521.07.501635+8.6
16Monpellier, Alain1514FRA−4N=22B+14B−5N−17B+23N−8B2.518.019.04.501524+0.4
17Pasquet, Pierre1564FRA−5B=14N−23BF+16N−10B=22B2.015.015.04.501475-28.4
18Lecanu Deschamps, Olivier1614FRA−3B+19N=5B−7N−11BFF1.519.020.03.501641+1.8
19Panthou, Sacha1615FRA−10N−18BF+21N=15N−11BF1.513.513.52.251507-24.4
20Hammer, Titouan1498FRA=24N−13B+22N−10B−14BFF1.512.512.51.251509+0.8
21Cardon, Christophe1481FRA−6BF−13N−19B+23B−12NF1.014.514.51.001391-10.6
22Mabire, David1554FRA−12B=16N−20B−14NFF=17N1.014.014.02.251332-27.8
23Vaubourg, Eric1523FRA−8BF+17N−9B−21N−16BF1.012.512.52.001310-52.4
24Ablin De Claverie, Timeo1786FRA=20BFFFFFF0.54.04.00.751498-13.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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