Muthaiah's first triumph of the year
Pierre-Basile Coiffait (FRA) was the sole leader 6.5/8, heading into the last round. IM Muthaiah Al and IM Floryan Eugene (FRA) were trailing by a half point at 6/8 each. Muthaiah defeated Pierre-Basile to become a clear champion, the latter finished third. Floryan lost to FM Louis Vallee (FRA) and the latter secured second place. The total participation was 220 players - 80 in Open A (>1650), 87 in Open B (<1749) and 53 in Blitz.
A total of 80 players including 2 GMs, 5 IMs, a WGM and a WIM took part from seven countries across the world in the Open A (>1650) section. The seven-day nine round Rating tournament was organized by Echiquier du Pays de Liffré from 18th to 24th October 2025 at Intergenerational Space, Liffre in France. The tournament had a time control of 100 minutes/40 moves + 30 minutes/rest with 30 seconds increment from move no. 1.
Final standings in Open A
| Pl | Name | Elo | Cat. | Fede | League | Club | Pts | Tr. | Perf | |
| 1 | M | MUTHAIAH AL | 2446 E | SenM | 7 | 42 | 2474 | |||
| 2 | f | VALLEE Louis | 2328 E | CadM | EAST | Vandoeuvre-Chess | Phyl. 61/2 | 44 | 2483 | |
| 3 | COSET Pierre-Basile | 2253 E | SenM | IDF | White Tower Chess | Phyl. 61/2 | 411/2 | 2413 | ||
| 4 | M | BALAJI Aaravamudhan | 2288 E | SenM | Phyl. 61/2 | 39 | 2351 | |||
| 5 | M | EUGENE Floryan | 2474 E | SenM | EAST | The Châlonnais Chessboard | 6 | 431/2 | 2393 | |
| 6 | f | LACAN-RUS David | 2335 E | BenM | CVL | C'Chartres Chess | 6 | 431/2 | 2333 | |
| 7 | M | NITIN S. | 2315 E | SenM | MACAW | Lyon Olympique Chess | 6 | 41 | 2310 | |
| 8 | GF | PRIYANKA NUTAKKI | 2259 E | SenF | 6 | 391/2 | 2234 | |||
| 9 | M | SRINATH Rao S.v. | 2287 E | SenM | 6 | 371/2 | 2370 | |||
| 10 | g | HAUB Thorsten Michael | 2299 E | SepM | EAST | Stanislas Chess | 6 | 371/2 | 2285 |
