Brussels Spring Competition 2025 Rounds 8-9

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79 players participated in this 2-round tournament, held from 02 Jun 2025 to 16 Jun 2025 in Brussels, Belgium. 6 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2074, and top seed was Arno Sterck (🇧🇪 BEL, FM, 2257).

Athanasios Dimitrakopoulos (🇧🇪 BEL, 1509) won with 2.0/2, ahead of Roland Leemans (2.0) and Jelle Pepermans (2.0).

The biggest upset came in round 2: Athanasios Dimitrakopoulos (1509) beat Rokus Hofstede (1876), a +367-point gap.

Location

🇧🇪Brussels, Belgium

Dates

02 Jun 2025 → 16 Jun 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 2 rounds

Top seed

🇧🇪FMArno Sterck2257

Avg top 10

2,074

Participants

Titled players · 6

FM×2

CM×3

WCM×1

Federations · 8 represented

🇧🇪Belgium×64

🇵🇱Poland×2

🇫🇷France×2

🇮🇹Italy×1

🇬🇧England×1

🇭🇺Hungary×1

FIDE (no federation)×1

🇲🇦Morocco×1

Top 3

🥇
Athanasios Dimitrakopoulos
🇧🇪BEL·1509
2.0pts·2519perf+59.2
🥈
Roland Leemans
🇧🇪BEL·2048
2.0pts·2630perf+8.8
🥉
Jelle Pepermans
🇧🇪BEL·1796
2.0pts·2628perf+21.8

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Dimitrakopoulos, Athanasios	1509	BEL	+26N	+25B	2.0	1.0	2.0	2.00	2519	+59.2
2	Leemans, Roland	2048	BEL	+21B	+48N	2.0	1.0	1.5	1.50	2630	+8.8
3	Pepermans, Jelle	1796	BEL	+49N	+24B	2.0	1.0	1.5	1.50	2628	+21.8
4	Wyngaerden, Florian	1901	BEL	+57N	+23B	2.0	1.0	1.0	1.00	2673	+36.8
5	Parisi, Alessandro	1753	ITA	+60N	+22B	2.0	1.0	1.0	1.00	2493	+16.6
6	Macai, Ioan	1873	BEL	+50B	+59N	2.0	0.5	0.5	0.50	2641	+18.2
7	ALLAMAAKCHAOUI AYOUB	1708	MAR	+61B	+58N	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	2553	+22.4
8	Sarkisian, ArmanCM	2130	BEL	+28B	=10N	1.5	1.5	2.5	1.75	2268	+7.2
9	Czuczai, Jeno Dr.CM	1920	HUN	+32B	=11N	1.5	1.5	2.5	1.75	2047	+6.6
10	Faybish, Nimrod	2165	BEL	+51N	=8B	1.5	1.5	2.0	1.25	2280	+5.8
11	Grodent, Gerald	1941	BEL	+66N	=9B	1.5	1.5	1.5	0.75	2118	+9.0
12	Rando, Manuel	1660	BEL	+31B	=27N	1.5	1.0	2.0	1.50	1797	+7.0
13	Drugmand, Benoit	1970	BEL	+29B	=50N	1.5	1.0	1.5	1.25	2012	+4.0
14	Brion, Philippe	1829	BEL	=48B	+30B	1.5	1.0	1.5	1.25	2139	+16.0
15	Maizel, Jacob	1849	BEL	+64N	=49B	1.5	0.5	0.5	0.25	1989	+14.0
16	Ahmetaj, Rasim	2059	BEL	=52N	+62B	1.5	0.5	0.5	0.25	2188	+6.4
17	Toledo, Samuel	1677	BEL	=53B	+63N	1.5	0.5	0.5	0.25	1824	+7.6
18	Peeters, Simonne	1696	BEL	=54B	+65N	1.5	0.5	0.5	0.25	1856	+8.2
19	Sterck, ArnoFM	2257	BEL	+62N	=51B	1.5	0.5	0.5	0.25	2184	-2.8
20	Delronge, Justin	0	BEL	+?B	=?N	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.00	1611	0.0
21	Szajnicki, Dawid	1791	POL	−2N	+41B	1.0	2.0	3.0	1.00	1932	+7.0
22	Remon, Serge	1705	BEL	+72N	−5N	1.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	1703	0.0
23	Brunet Vrijens, Leo	1858	BEL	+59B	−4N	1.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	1874	+0.8
24	Siebert, Xavier	1843	BEL	+63B	−3N	1.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	1754	-5.0
25	Hofstede, Rokus	1876	BEL	+69B	−1N	1.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	1526	-31.2
26	Maquoi, Sophie	1563	BEL	−1B	+70N	1.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	1472	-5.0
27	Godfroid, Maxime	1710	BEL	=55N	=12B	1.0	1.5	2.0	1.00	1611	-10.8
28	Partoens, Remi	1985	BEL	−8N	+52B	1.0	1.5	2.0	0.50	2092	+5.6
29	Onrubia-Aviles, Carlos	1803	BEL	−13N	+57B	1.0	1.5	1.5	0.00	1929	+6.8
30	Venet, David	2024	BEL	+58B	−14N	1.0	1.5	1.5	0.00	1768	-12.4
31	Alvarez Barrera, Raul	1498	BEL	−12N	+74B	1.0	1.5	1.5	0.00	1615	+12.8
32	Tahari, Youcef Nazim	1767	BEL	−9N	+67N	1.0	1.5	1.5	0.00	1886	+6.4
33	Fares, Jamal	1677	BEL	−35N	+42B	1.0	1.0	2.0	1.00	1650	-2.8
34	Travers, Sylvain	1512	BEL	+39N	−38N	1.0	1.0	2.0	1.00	2511	+15.0
35	Kaminski, Patryk	1749	POL	+33B	F	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.00	2477	+16.0
36	Lintner, Felix	1860	AUT	F	+40N	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.00	2461	+4.8
37	Tombroff, Cesar	1539	BEL	F	+43N	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.00	2388	+22.8
38	Stoyanofski, Alexandre	0	BEL	F	+34B	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.00	1537	0.0
39	Busto, Adrien	1711	BEL	−34B	+68N	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	1513	-20.4
40	Moledo Del Rio, Alejandro	1661	BEL	+68B	−36B	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	1684	+1.2
41	Mechkor, Mohamed	1816	BEL	+67B	−21N	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	1822	+0.4
42	Busschots Martins, Kevin	1551	BEL	+73B	−33N	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	1617	+7.2
43	Amadou, Bilal	1585	BEL	+71N	−37B	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	739	-22.8
44	Herman, Luc	1707	BEL	F	+55B	1.0	0.5	0.5	0.50	2360	+6.0
45	Du, Deyi	0	BEL	−?N	+?B	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	1682	0.0
46	Werbrouck, Michael	1842	BEL	+70B	F	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	2242	+1.6
47	Desadeleer, Geoffrey	1502	BEL	F	+69N	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	2344	+11.2
48	Chung Choong Lon, Marc	1868	BEL	=14N	−2B	0.5	2.0	3.5	0.75	1746	-6.2
49	Dehaibe, Xavier	1814	BEL	−3B	=15N	0.5	2.0	3.5	0.75	1630	-18.8
50	Lombart, Philippe	1835	BEL	−6N	=13B	0.5	2.0	3.5	0.75	1729	-5.4
51	Toledo, HillelCM	2044	BEL	−10B	=19N	0.5	1.5	3.0	0.75	2018	-2.8
52	Fayard, AlainFM	2053	FRA	=16B	−28N	0.5	1.5	2.5	0.75	1829	-11.6
53	Duvillier, Frederic	1550	BEL	=17N	F	0.5	1.5	1.5	0.75	1677	+3.4
54	Dierickx, Ulysse	1539	BEL	=18N	F	0.5	1.5	1.5	0.75	1696	+8.4
55	Koninckx, Eric	1559	BEL	=27B	−44N	0.5	1.0	2.0	0.50	1516	-2.0
56	FIDE 544070497	0	—	=?N	−?B	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.00	1760	0.0
57	Delesenne, Arthur	1888	BEL	−4B	−29N	0.0	2.0	3.0	0.00	1052	-22.0
58	Van De Craen, Piet	1707	BEL	−30N	−7B	0.0	2.0	3.0	0.00	1066	-12.6
59	Rittelmeyer, Yann-Sven	1847	FRA	−23N	−6B	0.0	2.0	3.0	0.00	1066	-18.8
60	Tang, Ningmeng	1681	BEL	−5B	F	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	953	-16.0
61	Bill, Vincenz	1798	ENG	−7N	F	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	908	-24.8
62	Dessomme, Francois	1938	BEL	−19B	−16N	0.0	1.5	3.0	0.00	1358	-9.2
63	Acham, MeritzaWCM	1712	MRI	−24N	−17B	0.0	1.5	2.5	0.00	960	-17.4
64	Tellier, Aurelie	1779	BEL	−15B	F	0.0	1.5	2.0	0.00	1049	-16.0
65	Lambert, Michel	1787	BEL	F	−18B	0.0	1.5	1.5	0.00	896	-12.4
66	De Reymaeker, Walter	1929	BEL	−11B	F	0.0	1.5	1.5	0.00	1141	-9.6
67	Dabkowski, Ernest	1852	BEL	−41N	−32B	0.0	1.0	2.0	0.00	992	-46.8
68	De Smet, Karl	1507	BEL	−40N	−39B	0.0	1.0	2.0	0.00	886	-10.8
69	Heynsmans, Michel	1544	BEL	−25N	−47B	0.0	1.0	2.0	0.00	889	-13.6
70	Kacar, Lea	1437	BEL	−46N	−26B	0.0	1.0	2.0	0.00	899	-16.4
71	Michaux, Eric	0	BEL	−43B	F	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	788	0.0
72	Ben Kiran, Youssouf	1653	FID	−22B	F	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	904	-8.6
73	Defays, Alain	1557	BEL	−42N	F	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	751	-10.2
74	Van Merris, Francois	1569	BEL	F	−31N	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	697	-12.0
75	FIDE 548001546	0	—	F	−?B	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	762	0.0
76	FIDE 548001562	0	—	−?N	−?N	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	883	0.0
77	Venet, Dorian	0	BEL	−?B	F	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	921	0.0
78	FIDE 299316	0	—	−?B	−?N	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	883	0.0
79	Velez, Germain	0	BEL	−?B	−?N	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	831	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Dimitrakopoulos, AthanasiosBEL
+59.2
2.0 pts · #1
2Wyngaerden, FlorianBEL
+36.8
2.0 pts · #4
3Tombroff, CesarBEL
+22.8
1.0 pts · #35

Top rating losers

1Dabkowski, ErnestBEL
-46.8
0.0 pts · #57
2Hofstede, RokusBEL
-31.2
1.0 pts · #40
3Bill, VincenzENG
-24.8
0.0 pts · #71

Biggest upsets

R2+367 Elo gap
Dimitrakopoulos, Athanasios1509 beat Hofstede, Rokus1876
R1+199 Elo gap
Travers, Sylvain1512 beat Busto, Adrien1711
R2+195 Elo gap
Brion, Philippe1829 beat Venet, David2024