Muthaiah Al clear first at 11th Liffre Open 2025

by Shahid Ahmed - 12/11/2025

IM FT Muthaiah Al scored an unbeaten 7/9 to win 11th Liffre Open A (>1650) 2025. He finished a half point ahead of the rest. FM Louis Vallee (FRA) and Pierre-Basile Coset (FRA) scored 6.5/9 each to secure second and third place respectively according to tie-breaks. The total prize fund was €5000. The top three prizes were €1000, €800 and €600 each respectively. 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. IM Nitin S, WGM Priyanka Nutakki and IM Srinath Rao S V scored 6/9 each. They were placed seventh, eighth and ninth according to tie-breaks. Photo: Official site

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.

Runner-up - FM Louis Vallee (FRA) 6.5/9 and Champion - IM Muthaiah Al 7/9 | Photo: Official site

7th IM S Nitin 6/9 | Photo: Official site

8th WGM Priyanka Nutakki 6/9 | Photo: Official site

9th IM Srinath Rao S V 6/9 | Photo: Official site

IM Muthaiah during one of his games | Photo: Official site

IM Muthaiah Al scored an unbeaten 7/9, finished a half point ahead of others and gained 3.7 Elo rating points

The tournament hall at Intergenerational Space, Liffre in France | Photo: Official site

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

Details

Links

Official site

Tournament regulations

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