Belgian Championship 2025 Experts
10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 05 Jul 2025 to 13 Jul 2025 in Westerlo, Belgium. 10 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2365, and top seed was Sim Maerevoet (🇧🇪 BEL, IM, 2454).
Sim Maerevoet (🇧🇪 BEL, IM, 2454) won with 6.0/9, ahead of Elias Ruzhansky (6.0) and Mher Hovhannisyan (5.5). Maerevoet took the lead from round 6, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Kim Le Quang (FM, 2278) beat Stefan Beukema (IM, 2421), a +143-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 10 · 9 roundsIM Sim Maerevoet led from R6 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight.
GM Mher Hovhannisyan takes the sole lead (4.0/5).
IM Sim Maerevoet beat IM Elias Ruzhansky (White).
IM Sim Maerevoet went unbeaten across 7 games (R3–R9).
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
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| 1 | 🇧🇪IMMaerevoet, Sim | 2454 | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.0 | 24.25 | 39.0 | +3.1 | 2481 |
| 2 | 🇧🇪IMRuzhansky, Elias | 2320 | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.0 | 23.75 | 39.0 | +38.8 | 2495 |
| 4 | 🇧🇪GMHovhannisyan, Mher | 2386 | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.5 | 22.75 | 39.5 | +7.2 | 2444 |
| 3 | 🇧🇪GMDgebuadze, Alexandre | 2396 | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 5.5 | 21.25 | 39.5 | +5.8 | 2443 |
| 6 | 🇧🇪GMGlek, Igor | 2442 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 5.0 | 22.50 | 40.0 | -5.3 | 2400 |
| 5 | 🇧🇪FMHauchamps, Maxime | 2311 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 21.50 | 40.0 | +24.8 | 2415 |
| 7 | 🇧🇪IMBeukema, Stefan | 2421 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | * | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | 16.50 | 41.5 | -17.4 | 2280 |
| 8 | 🇧🇪IMVan der Stricht, Geert | 2307 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | 3.0 | 11.75 | 42.0 | -6.9 | 2247 |
| 9 | 🇧🇪FMLe Quang, Kim | 2278 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | * | 1 | 3.0 | 11.25 | 42.0 | -6.2 | 2251 |
| 10 | 🇧🇪IMAlienkin, Aleksander | 2331 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | * | 2.5 | 10.50 | 42.5 | -15.2 | 2204 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Ruzhansky, EliasIMBEL+38.86.0 pts · #2
- 2Hauchamps, MaximeFMBEL+24.85.0 pts · #5
- 3Hovhannisyan, MherGMBEL+7.25.5 pts · #4
- 1Beukema, StefanIMBEL-17.43.5 pts · #7
- 2Alienkin, AleksanderIMBEL-15.22.5 pts · #10
- 3Van der Stricht, GeertIMBEL-6.93.0 pts · #8
- R1+143 Elo gap
- R2+143 Elo gap