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Cocoon 2025 -1800

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25 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 06 Sept 2025 to 12 Sept 2025 in Oostende, Belgium. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1750, and top seed was Arne Stroobant (🇧🇪 BEL, 1974).

Gino Snoeck (🇧🇪 BEL, 1752) won with 6.5/9, ahead of Marc Ulenaers (6.0) and Johan De Brouwere (6.0). Snoeck clinched sole first place in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Christelle Kindts (1433) beat Patrick Geussens (1664), a +231-point gap.

Location
🇧🇪Oostende, Belgium
Dates
06 Sept 2025 → 12 Sept 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇧🇪Arne Stroobant1974
Avg top 10
1,750
Participants
25
Federations · 3 represented
🇧🇪Belgium×23
🇱🇺Luxembourg×1
🇳🇴Norway×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Gino Snoeck led from R9; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
9
7
2
1
2
1
2
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Ulenaers takes leadSnoeck takes lead
R6 · LEADER CHANGE09 Sept

Marc Ulenaers takes the sole lead (5.0/6).

R8 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Gino Snoeck drew with Johan De Brouwere (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Gino Snoeck 4 wins (R4–R7)Marc Ulenaers 4 wins (R3–R6)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Gino Snoeck*
½
1
2Johan De Brouwere
½
*
½
3Marc Ulenaers
0
½
*
0
4Victor Van Houdt
1
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Snoeck, Gino1752BEL=12NF=13B+22N+11B+16B+2N=3B+4N6.536.036.028.751895+27.8
2Ulenaers, Marc1634BEL=3N=12B+14N+9B+8B+7N1B+5N6N6.043.047.029.751816+44.2
3De Brouwere, Johan1774BEL=2B=19N+18B=11N+17B=5N=7B=1N+9B6.039.041.526.501788+3.8
4Marechal, Georges1735BEL11B+15N+19B8N+6N+10B=5B+7N1B5.541.043.524.751745+3.6
5Christoffersen, Odd1751NOR+18B=8N=11B=17N+10N=3B=4N2B+12N5.540.043.024.751749+0.2
6Van Houdt, Victor1683BELF=10N7B+13N4B+9N+8B+12N+2B5.540.040.027.001818+28.8
7Temmerman, Hans1743BEL+13N=17B+6N+10B=16N2B=3N4B=14N5.039.543.023.001710-9.2
8Van Der Avort, Bart1659BEL+23N=5B=9N+4B2N=17B6N=14B+13N5.039.040.019.501678+4.0
9Woyave, Pascal1692BEL+14B=11N=8B2N+15N6B+17N+16B3N5.038.542.019.751691-1.0
10Nolf, Francky1690BEL+21N=6B+22N7N5B4N+20B=13B+16N5.033.535.514.751662-5.4
11De Meyere, Dirk1614BEL+4N=9B=5N=3B1N=14B16N+15B=18N4.540.043.021.251684+17.6
12Verhagen, Tristan1633BEL=1B=2N+23B16N=14N+13B+15N6B5B4.539.040.017.251632-2.4
13Ooms, Lennert1624BEL7B+20N=1N6B+18B12N+23B=10N8B4.037.038.012.251585-13.2
14Thong, Wei Jeun1517BEL9NF2B+23N=12B=11N+19B=8N=7B4.033.533.513.001615+41.2
15Ramon, Joeri1589BEL16B4B+21N+19N9B+18N12B11N+20N4.031.033.010.001559-7.0
16Deblauwe, Pauwel1708BEL+15NFF+12B=7B1N+11B9N10B3.534.534.515.501675-6.6
17Deceuninck, Andre1650BEL+20B=7NF=5B3N=8N9B+19N21B3.533.533.512.751586-13.8
18Claes, Toon1631BEL5N+21B3N=20B13N15BF+23N=11B3.029.529.56.501498-59.2
19Recloux, Georges1506BELF=3B4N15B+21N+22B14N17BF2.527.027.07.001497-3.0
20Sivashankar, Shrishti1409LUX17N13B24B=18N+23BF10N+21N15B2.523.523.54.501474+19.6
21Gosseries, Philippe1491BEL10B18N15BF19B23N+22N20B+17N2.023.523.55.501350-57.6
22Kindts, Christelle1433BEL+25NF10B1BF19N21BF+23N2.017.017.01.001464+5.6
23Verbanck, Mario1432BEL8BF12N14B20N+21B13N18B22B1.027.027.02.001228-36.8
24Stroobant, Arne1974BELFF+20NFFFFFF1.02.52.52.502374+3.2
25Geussens, Patrick1664BEL22BFFFFFFFF0.06.06.00.00634-15.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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