Open VSF-Kampioenschap 2025

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53 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 29 May 2025 to 01 Jun 2025 in Gent, Belgium. 4 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 2005, and top seed was Wouter Ghyselen (🇧🇪 BEL, 2103).

Tom Liessens (🇧🇪 BEL, 2016) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Bert Van Hecke (6.0) and Hannes De Geest (5.5). Liessens shared the lead from round 6, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Mario Verbanck (1449) beat Predrag Stojadinovic (1681), a +232-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

🇧🇪Wouter Ghyselen2103

Avg top 10

2,005

Participants

Federations · 4 represented

🇧🇪Belgium×49

FIDE (no federation)×1

🇹🇷Turkiye×1

🇳🇱Netherlands×1

Top 3

🥇
Tom Liessens
🇧🇪BEL·2016
6.0pts·2200perf+27.2
🥈
Bert Van Hecke
🇧🇪BEL·1929
6.0pts·2194perf+42.8
🥉
Hannes De Geest
🇧🇪BEL·1982
5.5pts·2095perf+18.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R7; 2 players tied at 6.0/7, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Van Hecke6Liessens6De Geest5.5Pereira Garza5Ganguly5Demiddele5— ex-leaders:Roelandtled R4, #16

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 6.0/7. Liessens takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (28.0).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Bert Van Hecke drew with Tom Liessens (White).

R4–R7 · WIN STREAK

Hannes De Geest won 4 in a row (R4–R7).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Bert Van Hecke	*	½	—	1
2Tom Liessens	½	*	—	1
3Hannes De Geest	—	—	*	—
4Cecilia Pereira Garza	0	0	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Liessens, Tom	2016	BEL	+48N	+5B	=2N	+23B	=4B	+14N	+8N	6.0	28.0	29.0	23.50	2200	+27.2
2	Van Hecke, Bert	1929	BEL	+31B	+24N	=1B	+9B	+22N	=4N	+5B	6.0	27.5	30.5	25.00	2194	+42.8
3	De Geest, Hannes	1982	BEL	+36N	−14B	=47N	+19N	+15B	+22B	+4N	5.5	23.5	25.0	20.25	2095	+18.8
4	Roelandt, Jesse	1882	BEL	+44N	+12B	+7N	+8B	=1N	=2B	−3B	5.0	31.5	33.5	22.00	2124	+78.4
5	Pereira Garza, Cecilia	1862	BEL	+41N	−1N	+24B	+12B	+42N	+10B	−2N	5.0	27.0	29.0	17.00	2003	+53.6
6	Demiddele, Kevin	1936	BEL	+43N	+26B	−8N	+18B	−14N	+33B	+16B	5.0	23.0	25.0	16.50	1986	+11.2
7	Ganguly, Aayush	1978	BEL	+47B	=17N	−4B	+38N	+39B	=16N	+14B	5.0	22.0	23.5	14.50	1984	+5.2
8	Maes, Tibo	2007	BEL	+30B	+19N	+6B	−4N	=9B	+25N	−1B	4.5	28.0	31.0	17.75	2010	+2.0
9	Verhalle, Elias	1969	BEL	+27B	+28N	=22B	−2N	=8N	+42B	=10N	4.5	25.5	27.5	15.25	1980	+3.8
10	Kshirsagar, Parth	1809	NED	+49B	=25N	+17B	=16N	+11B	−5N	=9B	4.5	25.5	26.5	15.50	1962	+62.4
11	Partoens, Remi	1977	BEL	+34N	+18B	−14N	+20B	−10N	+21B	=12N	4.5	25.0	28.0	17.25	1973	+0.6
12	Peeters, Tim	2080	BEL	+42B	−4N	+33B	−5N	+30B	+19N	=11B	4.5	24.5	26.5	14.25	1934	-21.8
13	Debaere, Thomas	1883	BEL	−24B	=38N	+48B	=33N	=27B	+31N	+23N	4.5	19.0	20.0	12.00	1849	-4.8
14	Surmont, Yves	1849	BEL	+45B	+3N	+11B	−22N	+6B	−1B	−7N	4.0	29.5	31.5	17.00	1994	+27.6
15	Surkol, Hector	1908	BEL	=32N	=20B	+34N	=39B	−3N	+26B	=18N	4.0	23.0	25.5	13.25	1849	-20.4
16	Vincent, Gwijde	1992	BEL	F	+43B	+30N	=10B	+23N	=7B	−6N	4.0	23.0	23.0	13.25	1982	-0.6
17	Meert, Maarin	1824	BEL	+37N	=7B	−10N	+26B	−25N	=32B	+34N	4.0	22.5	25.5	13.50	1805	-6.0
18	Blommaert, Robin	1846	BEL	+46B	−11N	+40B	−6N	=31B	+27N	=15B	4.0	22.5	24.5	11.50	1823	-2.2
19	Lambrecht, Milan	1847	BEL	+50N	−8B	+32N	−3B	+43N	−12B	+42N	4.0	21.5	22.5	8.00	1884	+7.4
20	Stroobant, Arne	1881	BEL	=40B	=15N	+51B	−11N	−33B	+43N	+32B	4.0	19.0	20.0	9.25	1812	-22.8
21	Veldeman, Sieben	1901	BEL	+51B	−22N	+27B	F	+34N	−11N	+30B	4.0	18.5	18.5	10.50	1954	+8.6
22	Ghyselen, Wouter	2103	BEL	+39N	+21B	=9N	+14B	−2B	−3N	F	3.5	26.5	26.5	12.75	1960	-20.2
23	Boodts, Jeroen	1943	BEL	+38B	=33N	+25B	−1N	−16B	+28N	−13B	3.5	24.5	27.0	11.00	1866	-13.4
24	Aelvoet, Karel	1670	BEL	+13N	−2B	−5N	=35B	−28B	+47N	+38B	3.5	24.5	26.0	10.00	1806	+24.8
25	Verbruggen, Samuel	1949	BEL	+35N	=10B	−23N	F	+17B	−8B	+29N	3.5	23.0	24.5	12.75	1924	-3.0
26	Volckaert, Jesse	1675	BEL	+29B	−6N	=28B	−17N	+47B	−15N	+39B	3.5	22.5	24.0	9.25	1840	+59.2
27	Verbeke, Basiel	1725	BEL	−9N	+52B	−21N	+44B	=13N	−18B	+41N	3.5	21.5	21.5	6.75	1715	-3.6
28	Tips, Tibo	1793	BEL	+52N	−9B	=26N	−30B	+24N	−23B	+40N	3.5	20.5	20.5	7.75	1725	-10.8
29	Van Der Straeten, Lieven	1899	BEL	−26N	+44B	+35N	−42B	=32N	+39N	−25B	3.5	17.5	19.5	9.00	1711	-30.4
30	Bultijnck, Kristoff	1763	BEL	−8N	+50B	−16B	+28N	−12N	+44B	−21N	3.0	22.5	23.5	6.50	1767	-1.0
31	Van Doorne, Stijn	1698	BEL	−2N	−39B	+52N	+41B	=18N	−13B	=35N	3.0	22.5	22.5	6.00	1693	-1.4
32	Bunkens, Rudi	1693	BEL	=15B	=40N	−19B	+45N	=29B	=17N	−20N	3.0	22.0	24.0	9.00	1754	+10.6
33	Sonmez, Ozkal	1711	TUR	+53N	=23B	−12N	=13B	+20N	−6N	F	3.0	21.5	21.5	8.00	1873	+18.4
34	Peeters, Rik	1728	BEL	−11B	+46N	−15B	+51N	−21B	+49N	−17B	3.0	19.5	20.5	4.00	1701	-10.8
35	Leyendecker, Hubert	1721	BEL	−25B	+49N	−29B	=24N	=38B	=40N	=31B	3.0	18.5	19.5	6.75	1669	-10.2
36	Vandevelde, Koen	1735	BEL	−3B	−45N	−38B	+46N	−40B	+50N	+49B	3.0	15.5	16.5	4.00	1595	-26.4
37	Laforce, Edward	0	BEL	−17B	−47N	F	−48N	+50B	+46N	+45B	3.0	11.5	11.5	5.00	1672	0.0
38	Temmerman, Hans	1721	BEL	−23N	=13B	+36N	−7B	=35N	=41B	−24N	2.5	22.5	25.0	8.00	1692	-7.4
39	Vanhauwaert, Kurt	1786	BEL	−22B	+31N	+45B	=15N	−7N	−29B	−26N	2.5	22.5	24.5	7.00	1738	-11.0
40	De Geest, Jan	1650	BEL	=20N	=32B	−18N	−43B	+36N	=35B	−28B	2.5	20.5	22.5	8.00	1667	+2.0
41	Abramenko, Aleksei	1629	BEL	−5B	−42N	+49B	−31N	+48B	=38N	−27B	2.5	17.0	18.0	3.25	1613	-7.6
42	Klimenko, Timur	1784	BEL	−12N	+41B	F	+29N	−5B	−9N	−19B	2.0	24.0	24.0	6.00	1756	-10.4
43	Gaelens, Joachim	1714	BEL	−6B	−16N	+50B	+40N	−19B	−20B	F	2.0	20.5	20.5	3.50	1689	-5.2
44	Vermeulen, Mark	0	BEL	−4B	−29N	+46B	−27N	+45B	−30N	F	2.0	19.0	19.0	4.00	1608	0.0
45	Cornelis, Werner	1618	BEL	−14N	+36B	−39N	−32B	−44N	+52B	−37N	2.0	17.5	17.5	3.00	1622	0.0
46	Audooren, Olaf	1516	BEL	−18N	−34B	−44N	−36B	+52N	−37B	+50N	2.0	16.0	16.0	1.00	1586	+14.4
47	Vandesteene, Wesley	1734	BEL	−7N	+37B	=3B	F	−26N	−24B	F	1.5	24.0	24.0	5.75	1504	-21.2
48	Deblauwe, Pauwel	1766	BEL	−1B	−51N	−13N	+37B	−41N	F	F	1.0	17.0	17.0	3.00	1002	-36.6
49	Verbanck, Mario	1449	BEL	−10N	−35B	−41N	F	+51B	−34B	−36N	1.0	17.0	17.0	1.00	1444	-1.4
50	Schatteman, Sven	1577	BEL	−19B	−30N	−43N	+52B	−37N	−36B	−46B	1.0	17.0	17.0	0.00	1391	-27.0
51	Stojadinovic, Predrag	1681	FID	−21N	+48B	−20N	−34B	−49N	F	F	1.0	13.0	13.0	1.00	1505	-42.4
52	De Caluwe, Gerard	1405	BEL	−28B	−27N	−31B	−50N	−46B	−45N	F	0.0	15.0	15.0	0.00	854	-24.4
53	FIDE 548001430	0	—	−33B	F	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	5.0	5.0	0.00	911	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Roelandt, JesseBEL
+78.4
5.0 pts · #16
2Kshirsagar, ParthNED
+62.4
4.5 pts · #12
3Volckaert, JesseBEL
+59.2
3.5 pts · #25

Top rating losers

1Stojadinovic, PredragFID
-42.4
1.0 pts · #48
2Deblauwe, PauwelBEL
-36.6
1.0 pts · #53
3Van Der Straeten, LievenBEL
-30.4
3.5 pts · #35

Biggest upsets

R5+232 Elo gap
Verbanck, Mario1449 beat Stojadinovic, Predrag1681
R1+224 Elo gap
Volckaert, Jesse1675 beat Van Der Straeten, Lieven1899
R4+218 Elo gap
Pereira Garza, Cecilia1862 beat Peeters, Tim2080