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Gesloten VSF-Kampioenschap 2025

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18 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 29 May 2025 to 01 Jun 2025 in Gent, Belgium. 9 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2261, and top seed was Thibaut Vandenbussche (🇧🇪 BEL, IM, 2416).

Sterre Dauw (🇧🇪 BEL, FM, 2331) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Elias Ruzhansky (5.0) and Merlijn Van Volsem (4.5). Dauw took the lead from round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Victor Magold (2104) beat Elias Ruzhansky (IM, 2313), a +209-point gap.

Location
🇧🇪Gent, Belgium
Dates
29 May 2025 → 01 Jun 2025
Time control
Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇧🇪IMThibaut Vandenbussche2416
Avg top 10
2,261
Participants
18
Titled players · 9
IM×2
FM×5
CM×1
WIM×1
Federations · 3 represented
🇧🇪Belgium×16
🇳🇱Netherlands×1
🇷🇴Romania×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

FM Sterre Dauw led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
7
3
1
1
1
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7Vandenbussche takes leadDauw takes lead
Dauw5.5Ruzhansky5Lenaerts4.5Van Volsem4.5Vantorre4Vandenhole4— ex-leaders:Boudryled R3, #7Vandenbusscheled R4, #9
R4 · LEADER CHANGE30 May

IM Thibaut Vandenbussche takes the sole lead (3.5/4).

R5–R7 · WIN STREAK

IM Elias Ruzhansky won 3 in a row (R5–R7).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FMSterre Dauw*—
½
½
2IMElias Ruzhansky—*—
½
3FMLennert Lenaerts
½
—*—
4FMMerlijn Van Volsem
½
½
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Dauw, SterreFM2331BEL+9N+12B=6N=3B+5N+7B=4N5.525.028.021.502469+23.2
2Ruzhansky, EliasIM2313BEL−11N=3B+17N=15B+14N+5B+6N5.021.522.515.752327+4.2
3Van Volsem, MerlijnFM2259BEL=13B=2N+9B=1N+8B=6B=7N4.526.529.518.752357+19.4
4Lenaerts, LennertFM2322BEL−5B+14N=12B=16N+13B+11N=1B4.521.523.514.252252-10.8
5Boudry, WilliamFM2127BEL+4N+8B+11N−6B−1B−2N+12B4.026.029.014.502320+35.2
6Vandenbussche, ThibautIM2416BEL+17B+16N=1B+5N−7B=3N−2B4.025.026.012.002278-11.6
7Vandenhole, KobeFM2259BEL=15N=11B+10N=8B+6N−1N=3B4.024.527.514.7522520.0
8Vantorre, Nils2240BEL+14B−5N+13B=7N−3N+15B=10N4.022.025.012.752174-22.0
9Stinis, Steven2133BEL−1B+18N−3N=10B=17N+14B+13N4.020.520.58.252148+4.8
10Van Herck, Marcel1990BEL−16B+17N−7B=9N+18B=12N=8B3.518.018.06.502130+25.2
11Magold, Victor2104ROU+2B=7N−5B=12N+16B−4B−14N3.023.525.510.502153+8.2
12Goossens, HanneWIM2160BEL+18B−1N=4N=11B=15N=10B−5N3.023.523.57.002059-18.4
13Carpentier, Jannes2094BEL=3N=15B−8N+18B−4N+16N−9B3.022.022.05.7520950.0
14Krygelmans, Johan2065BEL−8N−4B+18N+17B−2B−9N+11B3.021.521.54.002102+5.8
15Van Vliet, DennisCM2074BEL=7B=13N=16B=2N=12B−8N=17B3.021.022.09.002146+12.6
16Verheyen, Olivier2171BEL+10N−6B=15N=4B−11N−13BF2.021.021.07.252042-21.4
17Kshirsagar, Pranav2137NED−6N−10B−2B−14N=9BF=15N1.022.522.53.501892-73.2
18Karlioglu, Boran1813BEL−12N−9B−14B−13N−10NFF0.018.519.50.001288-17.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets