The 20th edition of the Sautron International Chess Open 2022 took place from 3-10 July at the Espace Phelippes Beaulieux. The event attracted nearly 100 entries who fought for the throne of the two sections: A and B. The tournaments were played in 9 swiss rounds, with time control: 90 minutes for 40 moves, plus 30 minutes till the end of the game, with 30 seconds increment per move, starting from the move one.
GM Maxime Lagarde triumphed in the Open A tournament scoring 8/9 points. Two players tied for the second place with 7 points, each, with the tiebreak criteria determining the final places. Mohapatra Sidhant had better Bucholz and claimed silver, while Bala Chan Dhulipalla came third.
Marc Gourier was the sole winner of the B section with 7.5/9 points. Three players tied for the second position, with Dewi Guegueniat winning the silver medal with the best tiebreaks, Antoine Giraud was third and Tushig Ganbat came fourth. (scroll down for final rankings of both sections)
Simultaneously with the 20th Sautron International Chess Open, the Sautron Chess Club set the largest chess piece in the world, unofficially breaking the Guinness record.

Final rankings – 20th Sautron Chess Open A:
pl
Last name
Rating
Points
Tr.
Perf
1
Maxime LAGARDE
2631 F
8
44
2739
2
SIDHANT Mohapatra
2315 F
7
44
2389
3
DHULIPALLA BALA CHAN
2423F
7
42½
2395
4
BUJISHO Benjamin
2300 F
6½
43
2304
5
COTTON Melkior
2267F
6½
41
2250
6
DELORME Alban
2318F
6½
40½
2180
7
TRIPOTEAU Nicolas
2405F
6
46½
2363
8
MARCHAIS Antoine
2131F
6
40
2102
9
AFRAOUI Anaelle
2136F
6
39
2127
10
GRATTON Manolo
1626F
6
35½
1863
11
DAVID Bogdan-Emanuel
2082F
5½
43
2174
12
GRESSER Baptiste
1859 F
5½
42
2012
13
MARCHIX Esteban
1954 F
5½
42
1949
14
COLLINET Nicolas
1967 F
5½
39½
1989
15
GUECHCHATI Ilyess
1590F
5½
36½
1894
16
GONNET Frederic
1691F
5½
36
1863
17
VASSELIN Louis
1629F
5½
36
1813
18
GENAND Theo
1934 F
5
40
1877
19
POUPARD Alexandre
1889 F
5
38½
1846
20
GENERAL Thierry
1810F
5
36½
1844
21
FISCHER Arnaud
1864F
5
36½
1691
22
Valentin
1662F
5
34½
1735
23
RINEAU Nathan
1737F
5
34
1731
24
TALEC Nolann
1602F
5
33½
1704
25
SACHER Arthur
1465F
5
32
1705
26
BRAULT Gabriel
2103 F
4½
39½
1914
27
LUCIDARME Damien
1869 F
4½
36½
1774
28
MARTIN Didier
1656F
4½
36
1671
29
VALLETTA Christian
1874F
4½
35½
1776
30
MARSHAL George
1695F
4½
35
1631
31
PICARD Remi
2048F
4½
34
1684
32
TALEC Hadrian
1681F
4½
34
1671
33
AJDENBAUM Julien
1471F
4½
34
1667
34
LE QUILLEC Corentin
1613F
4½
33½
1739
35
JOUAN Hugo
1777F
4½
32½
1574
36
ALBERT-ROULHAC Edouard
1503F
4½
30½
1567
37
BOUMRAR Ayrad
1849F
4
39
1724
38
CORRAL NEHAMA Leo
1523F
4
35½
1609
39
BAURY-Noe
1394F
4
33½
1610
40
CLOT Arnaud
1463F
4
32½
1604
41
EUGENE Nathael
1820F
3½
39½
1871
42
COUCHET Renaud
1622F
3½
33
1511
43
GOGUELY Pierre
1605F
3½
32
1538
44
ROMAGNA Thomas
1416F
3½
31½
1489
45
RENAUD Jacques
1451F
3½
30½
1490
46
ALLAIRE Ewen
1266F
3½
30½
1453
47
FOUQUES Hugo
1480F
3½
30
1550
48
ROZIER Germain
1338F
3½
29
1461
49
Patrick LEMERCIER
1602F
3½
28½
1363
50
BAUJARD Romain
1366F
3½
28
1391
51
CHAILLOUX Romuald
1269F
3½
27½
1477
52
VERHILLE Gabin
1668F
3½
25½
1420
53
Dominica
1870F
3
35
1679
54
GALIMOV Iskandar
1434F
3
30½
1514
55
POUPARD Guillaume
1438F
3
27½
1333
56
THE MENN Bob
1407F
3
23
1371
57
BOUCHENOIRE Maxime
1336F
2½
30½
1446
58
PERRIN Cyril
1305F
2½
27
1245
59
LE GOFF Patrick
1457F
2½
24
1197
60
COURJAL Pauline
1928 F
2
32
1786
61
PRIMAULT Theo
1571F
2
27½
1351
62
DRY Daniel
1515F
2
27½
1281
63
BOUMRAR Emma
1311F
2
27
1196
64
BEAUFRETON Thierry
1344F
1
27
856
.
Final rankings – 20th Sautron Chess Open B:
pl
Last name
Rating
Points
Tr.
Perf
1
GOURIER Marc
1199E
7½
38½
1604
2
GUEGUENIAT Dewi
1512F
7
43
1550
3
GIRAUD Antoine
1379F
7
41½
1541
4
GANBAT Tushig
1186F
7
35
1477
5
BOZONNET Bertrand
1199E
6
35½
1519
6
MARSHAL Philippe
1324 F
5½
41
1380
7
PINEAU Mathis
1403F
5½
39½
1330
8
BACQUET Maximilian
1259F
5½
38½
1335
9
Rabhi Basil
1217F
5½
36½
1364
10
Pierre
1235F
5
42½
1416
11
WOYAVE Pascal
1492F
5
39½
1354
12
CERCLIER Leo
1265F
5
35
1271
13
MARCHIX Timeo
1072F
5
32
1344
14
GAUDIN Roger
1343F
4½
36½
1251
15
LETURC Hubert
1312F
4½
36
1256
16
DEVADE-Malo
1016F
4½
35
1299
17
DESCAMPS Serge
1354F
4½
31
1242
18
LAUDEN Pierre
1194F
4½
28½
1214
19
TALE Erwan
1199E
4
36½
1186
20
TOPAL Emir
1009E
4
36
1223
21
LAMBERT Vincent
1424F
4
34½
1156
22
MODAT Matthew
1199E
4
32½
1263
23
GARNIER Pierre
1281F
4
28½
1106
24
GHESTIN Franck
1362F
3½
37½
1181
25
Arthur COLLINS
1009E
3½
34
1126
26
MONTAY Jean-Paul
1269F
3½
30½
1114
27
BOLLET Alexandre
1199E
3½
30
1073
28
THE FOL Roland
1252F
3½
27
929
29
GASC Stephanie
1026F
3
31
1060
30
BRODIN Gilles
1061F
3
30
1028
31
KIYENDE LIBATA Evan
1101F
3
29
1089
32
BRIAND Edouard
1160F
2
31½
1174
33
POUPARD Antoine
1090N
2
24
505
.
