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40ste Internationaal Open van Geraardsbergen 2025

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124 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 03 Aug 2025 to 07 Aug 2025 in Geraardsbergen, Belgium. 12 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2297, and top seed was Steven Rojas Salas (🇵🇪 PER, IM, 2431).

Normunds Miezis (🇱🇻 LAT, GM, 2366) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Amir Zouaghi (7.0) and Jacob Dreelinck (7.0). Miezis took the lead from round 8, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Dimitri Debucke (1710) beat Ruben Smekens (2067), a +357-point gap.

Location
🇧🇪Geraardsbergen, Belgium
Dates
03 Aug 2025 → 07 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇵🇪IMSteven Rojas Salas2431
Avg top 10
2,297
Participants
124
Titled players · 12
GM×1
IM×2
FM×6
CM×3
Federations · 8 represented
🇧🇪Belgium×86
🇳🇱Netherlands×22
🇫🇷France×6
🇵🇪Peru×2
🇨🇦Canada×2
🇩🇰Denmark×2
🇪🇸Spain×1
🇨🇳China×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 4 players tied at 7.0/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 4 at the finish.

Co-leaders
54
21
6
2
4
5
1
1
4
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Miezis takes lead
R8 · LEADER CHANGE06 Aug

GM Normunds Miezis takes the sole lead (6.5/8).

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

4 players finish on 7.0/9. Miezis takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (48.5).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

FM Jacob Dreelinck 3 wins (R1–R3)FM Amir Zouaghi 4 wins (R1–R4)FM Mikkel Manosri Jacobsen 4 wins (R6–R9)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FMJacob Dreelinck*
0
2FMAmir Zouaghi*
½
3FMMikkel Manosri Jacobsen*
4GMNormunds Miezis
1
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Miezis, NormundsGM2366LAT+90N+44B+8N+3B=2N=10B=5N+60B=7N7.048.552.039.002399+5.3
2Zouaghi, AmirFM2301BEL+48B+24N+14B+11N=1B=32N+10B7B+9N7.048.052.540.002384+20.6
3Dreelinck, JacobFM2278BEL+51B+21N+30B1N+73B=18N+45B=5N+13B7.045.549.536.502329+13.0
4Jacobsen, Mikkel ManosriFM2271DEN+104N+26B20N+36B18N+38B+25N+32B+8N7.043.046.035.002239-4.0
5Kumar, Prajit Sai2231NED+87B+49N=19B=25N+15B+21N=1B=3B=30N6.546.550.034.752238+11.4
6Deberdt, Joris2147BEL=34N+81B=37N+26B=42N+35B60N+27B+18N6.541.044.532.502107-3.4
7Rojas Salas, StevenIM2431PERFF+109B+49N+19B+11N+32B+2N=1B6.537.537.534.002577+8.1
8Real, ThibaultFM2148BEL+53B+31N1B+41N21B+29N+49B+15N4B6.046.050.531.002124-1.8
9Dreelinck, Adriaan2216BEL+75N=33B+27N+20B10N+42B+16N=17B2B6.046.050.031.502209+2.6
10Verheyen, Olivier2160BEL+108N+38B=52N+33B+9B=1N2N+20B17N6.046.048.529.752232+20.0
11Chen, Muxi2174CHN+47N+36B+28N2B+20N7B=35N=33B+55N6.044.048.530.002168+2.3
12Iolis, Oleg2174BEL+109B=40N+15B+23N32B=39N+24B13N+58B6.042.545.029.002092-14.6
13Butzen, Robin2122BEL+64B39N+74B46N+47N+37B+26N+12B3N6.042.046.029.502041-12.0
14Wahlgreen, Noah Krug2127DEN+61N+56B2N+38B35N36B+51N+41B+33N6.041.045.528.502057-24.8
15Ahn, Maximilian2017BEL+84N+69B12N+87B5N+34B+36N8B+32N6.041.044.526.002073+32.0
16Pathak, Raghav2138NED+74B+41N107B+68N=46B+23N9B+19N=42B6.039.542.528.752132+5.3
17Flores Quillas, Diego Saul RodriIM2386PERFF+53B+29N=25B+19N+18B=9N+10B6.038.538.532.752396+1.0
18Micciche, Ruben2116BEL=57B+103N+66B=34N+4B=3B17N+21N6B5.545.548.527.752092+1.5
19Kshirsagar, Pranav2071NED+63N+43B=5N+22B7N17B+70N16B+46N5.544.548.526.752146+37.6
20De Mon, Gino2071NED+92B+46N+4B9N11B+56N+66B10N=39B5.543.046.526.002084+6.0
21Orban, Pieter-Jan1962BEL+102N3B+76N+114B+8N5B=22N18B+48N5.542.044.022.252067+44.8
22Terlouw, WouterFM2192NED+106B+29N=23B19N+40B=24N=21B42N+68B5.541.544.525.752038-61.2
23Beukenhorst, Edo2055BEL+83N+78B=22N12B+33N16B27N+69B+43N5.541.044.524.252018-5.0
24Geboers, Jimmy1989BEL+82N2B=47N+65B+58N=22B12N+98B=28N5.541.044.523.752049+14.6
25Van den Berg, Jeroen2073NED+111BF+70N=5B=17N+46N4B=43B+35N5.540.540.524.752151+18.0
26Vranckx, Jonas1951BEL+116B4N+67B6N+87B+51N13B=68N+53B5.540.042.020.501984+8.8
27Veldeman, Sieben1890BEL=50B+57N9B89N+86B+74N+23B6N+54B5.539.042.524.251964+14.0
28Van Herck, Marcel2024BEL+86B+120N11B=51N=66B+48N+39B30N=24B5.538.539.521.001962-11.0
29Deshpande,SarthakCM1917CAN+93N22B+96N17B+76N8B=34N+82B+70N5.537.541.021.001969+20.9
30Penson, Thierry2123BEL+76N+59B3N+37B+34NFF+28B=5B5.537.537.527.252194+15.4
31Kumar, Prayan Sai1895NED+72N8B=69N47B+102N+79B42N+103B+50N5.535.038.020.501832-21.2
32Peeters, Alex2108BEL+96N=37B+65N+52B+12N=2B7N4N15B5.046.550.024.502113+2.8
33Wyngaerden, Florian1938BEL+105B=9N+50B10N23B+47N+46B=11N14B5.043.046.022.502003+14.5
34Volckaert, Jesse1754BEL=6B+122N+55N=18B30B15N=29B+85N=40B5.042.043.020.251975+88.5
35Dumont, Ties1971NED+54B107N+92B+71N+14B6N=11B=45N25B5.041.044.023.502050+19.2
36Cuvelier, Annelies1925BEL+85B11N+86B4N+108B+14N15B58N+75B5.040.543.019.501972+9.8
37Xu, Alex Z1856NED+101B=32N=6B30N+67B13N+71B+73N45B5.040.043.020.752005+36.5
38Debard, Hugo1912FRA+118B10N+54B14N+71B4N+109B39N+67B5.039.040.516.501927+2.2
39Beukenhorst, Gabriel1866BEL+114N+13BF60B+52N=12B28N+38B=20N5.039.039.023.252113+88.8
40Van Poucke, Simon1908BEL+112N=12B60N+43B22N+61B=98N=52B=34N5.038.541.021.501970+13.6
41Dellaert, Sander1888BEL+97N16B+81N8B=83N+72B=52B14N+71B5.037.541.019.001900+3.6
42De Block, Fabio2059BEL+67B+98NFF=6B9N+31B+22B=16N5.037.037.024.752178+24.6
43Blommaert, Robin1848BEL+110B19N=118B40N+54B+101N+44B=25N23B5.036.538.018.501867+6.2
44Debucke, Jolan1976BEL+89B1N71B=83B+81N+90B43N=48N+66B5.035.038.518.501880-22.8
45Luminet, Denis2117BEL+79NF=68B+48NF+55B3N=35B+37N5.034.034.022.502083-1.8
46Ahn, Anastasia1864BEL+77N20B+93N+13B=16N25B33N+81B19B4.541.044.520.001917+26.0
47Kshirsagar, Parth1771NED11B+105N=24B+31N13B33B81N+86N+83B4.538.541.518.251873+40.0
48Seyns, Odilon1816BEL2N+102B+77N45B+114N28B+89N=44B21B4.538.540.515.001852+8.4
49Lambrecht, Milan1925BEL+80N5B+79N7B+75N+84B8N=70BF4.538.538.517.501964+6.6
50De Pauw, Matthias0BEL=27N+58B33N55B=62N+75B=78N+61B31B4.538.042.020.0018570.0
51Meert, Maarin1807BEL3N+88B+123N=28B=100N26B14B=83N+82N4.538.038.513.751863+22.0
52Jacobs, MichielCM2016BEL+99B+119N=10B32N39B+82B=41N=40N65B4.537.538.516.001854-33.2
53Roelants, Samuel1756BEL8N+72B17N82B+94N+93B=59N+77B26N4.537.040.517.251794+10.0
54Dooreman, Maarten1674BEL35N+104B38N=62B43N+96B+76N+59B27N4.537.040.017.251838+76.4
55Descamps, Stijn1948BEL+88NF34B+50N+89B45N=58B+66N11B4.536.036.017.751876-12.6
56Koeweiden, Bart1904NED+94B14NF=70B+63N20B=84N=67N+72B4.535.035.017.751829-12.8
57Ooms, Kylion1725BEL=18N27B89N=77B+95N59B+93N=78B+88N4.534.037.517.251749+3.8
58Deneyer, Frank1866BELF50N+101B+118N24B+83B=55N+36B12N4.533.533.515.251944+16.6
59Bauwens, Steven1865BEL+95B30N85B84N+91B+57N=53B54N+106B4.533.036.016.751727-31.4
60Davoust, NicolasCM2124FRA+71B=66N+40B+39NFF+6B1NF4.531.531.522.502177+20.4
61Maes, Lander1747BEL14B118N+112B=101N+115B40N+86B50N+85B4.530.031.513.001750+0.5
62Van den Bos, Frans Pieter1811NED107B=99N=103B=54N=50B=85N=83B=92N+84N4.529.532.516.501756-14.2
63Bonnaffe, Xavier1712BEL19B101N+94B+119N56B106N+95B=109N+91B4.529.030.012.751681-8.8
64Verlinden, Patrick1738BEL13N114B72N+117N=122B=102B+116N=89B+81N4.526.027.011.251729-3.0
65Ortega, Sylvain1853FRA+121NF32B24N+103BF=82N+88B+52N4.526.026.013.751914+13.2
66Londers, Jan1870BEL+117N=60B18N+69B=28N+100B20N55B44N4.038.040.014.501904+8.4
67Van Roy, Arno1709BEL42N+115B26N+93B37N=78B+90N=56B38N4.036.038.013.251785+16.8
68Lemmens, Philip1872BEL+91BF=45N16B82N+88B+99N=26B22N4.036.036.015.751882+1.0
69Debucke, Dimitri1710BEL+73B15N=31B66N98B+118N+101B23N=78N4.035.537.013.251817+22.0
70Robinson, Roland1793NEDF+113N25B=56N+85B+73N19B=49N29B4.035.535.514.501896+20.4
71Declerck, Adriaan1747BEL60N+117B+44N35B38N+114B37N+99B41N4.035.037.012.501788+9.6
72Orban, Jasper1626BEL31B53N+64B=86N+105B41N=92B+87N56N4.034.537.514.501738+85.2
73Smekens, Ruben2067BEL69N+84B+75N+78B3N70B+106N37BF4.034.534.514.501841-42.2
74Temmerman, Hans1749BEL16N+97B13N=81B+116N27B88N=115B+102N4.033.035.011.251725-8.8
75Selimov, Ruslan1776BEL9B+116N73B+105N49B50N+112B+94N36N4.033.035.011.001836+9.8
76Pletinckx, Eddy1743BEL30B+94N21B+120N29B=87N54B=101N+114B4.033.034.09.751643-21.4
77Van Ewijk, Abel1517BEL46B+111N48B=57N+92B98N+108B53N=79N4.031.534.012.751726+90.4
78Koppens, Daniel1841BEL+123B23N+120B73N84B=67N=50B=57N=69B4.031.031.510.001670-31.4
79Oostenbrug, Thijs1735NED45B+91N49B=115N+123B31N85B+110N=77B4.030.531.09.501634-47.2
80Masselin, Lennert1661BEL49B87N108N=97B113B=117N+119N+104B+115N4.023.524.58.751596-32.0
81Drossart, Julien1679BEL+100B6N41B=74N44B+123N+47B46N64B3.537.538.010.501748+12.2
82Xu, Nicholas M1696NED24B100N+117B+53N+68B52N=65B29N51B3.536.538.512.751782+17.6
83Valks, Henny1707NED23B=110N+113B=44N=41B58N=62N=51B47N3.536.038.513.251723+2.8
84Vagenende, Lars1701BEL15B73N+91B+59B+78N49N=56B100N62B3.535.539.014.251809+42.4
85Vereecken, Alexandre1660BEL36N+108B+59N100B70N=62B+79N34B61N3.535.037.513.251739+32.4
86Mirza, Gabriel1703IRL28N+90B36N=72B27N+115B61N47B+110B3.535.037.010.001663-11.4
87Vanhauwaert, Kurt1781BEL5N+80B+119B15N26N=76B103N72B+116N3.535.036.09.001664-27.2
88Oostenbrug, Floris1667NED55B51N+121B=92N+111B68N+74B65N57B3.532.033.09.251687+6.4
89Schepens, Aron1679BEL44NF+57B+27B55NF48B=64N+92B3.532.032.015.751829+26.2
90Mechkor, Mohamed1820BEL1B86N+110B=103N+118B44N67B91N+101B3.531.533.08.501647-42.4
91Yperman, Jeffrey1599BEL68N79B84N+104B59N=97B+96N+90B63N3.531.034.011.751678+16.6
92Van Driessche, Filiep1711BEL20N+121B35N=88B77N+122B=72N=62B89N3.531.032.08.001624-23.4
93Ooms, Lennert1642BEL29B+106N46B67N+119B53N57B=111N+108B3.531.032.07.751637-3.2
94Cornelis, Werner1633BEL56N76B63N+121N53B+119B+102N75B=97N3.529.030.06.751572-13.4
95Ongenae, Veerle1527BEL59N96B102N+112N57B+104B63N+123B=99N3.529.029.57.751612+17.6
96Knudde, Francis1715BEL32B+95N29B=123N101B54N91B+118N+112B3.529.029.57.751590-32.2
97Lequy, Cedric1611BEL41B74N111B=80N=110B=91N+113B=112N=94B3.527.530.010.501580-9.2
98Vanden Broeck, Jan1843BEL+115N42BFF+69N+77B=40B24NF3.527.527.512.501832+2.2
99Aelvoet, Karel1700BEL52N=62B=122B109N+120B+108N68B71N=95B3.526.527.58.001615-18.6
100Middelhoven, Huib1974NED81N+82BF+85N=51B66NF+84BF3.522.522.512.751793-24.6
101Noyelles, Benoit1514FRA37N+63B58N=61B+96N43B69N=76B90N3.035.038.512.251655+27.0
102Frouws, Willem1674NED21B48N+95B=111N31B=64N94B+121N74B3.033.534.58.001604-16.8
103Arends, Herman1681NEDF18B=62N=90B65N+113N+87B31NF3.032.032.010.001778+14.8
104Bultijnck, Kristoff1788BEL4B54N105B91N+117B95N+123B80N+118B3.029.029.54.001534-60.6
105De Meyere, Dirk1663BEL33N47B+104N75B72N=110B115N=117B+120N3.027.028.06.251477-37.4
106Vermeulen, Hailey1775BEL22N93BF+113NF+63B73B+114N59N3.026.526.59.001710-26.4
107Garcia Cuenca, VictorFM2293ESP+62N+35B+16NFFFFFF3.015.515.515.502801+10.0
108Dvorsak, Hans1762FRA10B85N+80B+122N36N99B77N=116B93N2.531.532.56.001554-51.8
109Pisaneschi, Maxime1765BEL12N+112B7N+99BFF38N=63BF2.531.031.08.251826+4.2
110Recloux, Georges1503BEL43N=83B90N116B=97N=105N+118B79B86N2.528.029.56.501543+6.4
111Vandesteene, Wesley1713BEL25N77B+97N=102B88N=116B114N=93B113N2.527.529.57.751534-39.6
112Skowron, Jean-Pol1636BEL40B109N61N95B+121N+120B75N=97B96N2.527.528.53.751447-38.8
113Schatteman, Sven1552BEL=124N70B83N106B+80N103B97NF+111B2.524.024.06.751585+5.6
114Gerardi, David0BEL39B+64NF21N48B71N+111B106B76N2.034.036.57.0016020.0
115Deshpande, Rucha1469CAN98B67NF=79B61N86N+105B=74N80B2.030.530.57.001532+20.4
116Koeweiden, Theo1667NED26N75BF+110N74B=111N64B=108N87B2.029.029.05.001553-23.6
117Rotthier, Gery1575BEL66B71N82N64B104N=80BF=105N+121B2.027.027.04.501518-12.2
118Vandevelde, Luc1639BEL38N+61B=43N58B90N69B110N96B104N1.533.035.57.001495-29.8
119Sodbayar, Nomingoo0BELF52B87N63B93N94N80B120B+123N1.025.025.00.5013850.0
120Choijamts, Nasa0BELF28B78N76B99N112N121B+119N105B1.024.524.51.009330.0
121Sodbayar, Irmuun1510BEL65B92N88N94B112BF+120N102B117N1.023.523.51.00879-86.8
122Blois, Dominique1552FRAF34B=99N108B=64N92NFFF1.019.019.04.001493-6.4
123Ingels, Nick1413BEL78NF51B=96B79N81B104N95N119B0.527.027.01.751302-11.4
124Vreugdenhil, Frans1869NED=113BFFFFFFFF0.52.52.51.251552-7.4

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