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Brugse Meesters 2025 U1800

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122 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 09 Aug 2025 to 15 Aug 2025 in Brugge, Belgium. 1 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1770, and top seed was Kristoff Bultijnck (πŸ‡§πŸ‡ͺ BEL, 1788).

Brian Drube (πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺ GER, 1717) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Timur Klimenko (7.0) and Thales Foulon (7.0). Drube shared the lead from round 8 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Tigo Di Marcantonio (1484) beat Jeroen Vanherck (1760), a +276-point gap.

Location
πŸ‡§πŸ‡ͺBrugge, Belgium
Dates
09 Aug 2025 β†’ 15 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss Β· 9 rounds
Top seed
πŸ‡§πŸ‡ͺKristoff Bultijnck1788
Avg top 10
1,770
Participants
122
Titled players Β· 1
WCMΓ—1
Federations Β· 8 represented
πŸ‡§πŸ‡ͺBelgiumΓ—87
πŸ‡³πŸ‡±NetherlandsΓ—11
πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³ChinaΓ—6
πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺGermanyΓ—4
πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§EnglandΓ—3
πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊAustraliaΓ—3
πŸ‡¨πŸ‡­SwitzerlandΓ—2
πŸ‡±πŸ‡ΊLuxembourgΓ—1
Top 3
  • πŸ₯‡
    πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺGERΒ·1717
    7.5ptsΒ·1992perf+94.0
  • πŸ₯ˆ
    πŸ‡§πŸ‡ͺBELΒ·1773
    7.0ptsΒ·1857perf+35.6
  • πŸ₯‰
    πŸ‡§πŸ‡ͺBELΒ·1649
    7.0ptsΒ·1935perf+91.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 Β· 9 rounds

Brian Drube led from R9; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R9.

Co-leaders
45
16
5
2
1
1
1
2
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Drube takes lead
Drube7.5Klimenko7Foulon7Debunne6.5Bultijnck6.5Verbeke6.5β€” ex-leaders:Vargheseled R5–R7, #27
R9 Β· LEADER CHANGE15 Aug

Brian Drube takes the sole lead (7.5/9).

WIN STREAKS Β· 3 top finishers

Brian Drube 3 wins (R1–R3)Timur Klimenko 3 wins (R7–R9)Thales Foulon 3 wins (R3–R5)

R5–R7 Β· FORMER LEADER FALL

Vivan Varghese held the sole lead at R5–R7 but finished #27.

Grille amΓ©ricaine

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1Drube, Brian1717GER+90B+41N+63B=17B+29N=15N=49B+4N+11B7.543.046.538.501992+94.0
2Klimenko, Timur1773BEL+20Bβˆ’10N+41B+63N=9B=61N+16B+22N+4B7.044.048.037.001857+35.6
3Foulon, Thales1649BEL+112Bβˆ’31N+88B+62N+50B=19N+15B=10B+36N7.039.041.030.251935+91.2
4Varghese, Vivan1729SUI+71N+35B+27N+24B+11N+17B=36Nβˆ’1Bβˆ’2N6.547.051.034.001837+40.8
5Verbeke, Basiel1729BEL+7B=18N+32Bβˆ’9N=33B+66N+31B+49N=19B6.543.547.533.501795+25.2
6Bultijnck, Kristoff1788BEL+66B=77Nβˆ’9B+64Nβˆ’34B+68N+58B+18N+10B6.539.043.030.0017900.0
7Cherentsov, Andrey1591BELβˆ’5Nβˆ’69B+108N+110B+39N=24B+53B+38N+17N6.538.540.527.251859+84.4
8Debunne, Lasse1770BEL+62B+68N=16Bβˆ’51N=77B+42N+61B+76N=9B6.537.041.028.751804+8.0
9Vertongen, Jack1669BEL+40BF+6N+5B=2N=10B+17N=36B=8N6.048.048.035.751895+70.8
10Huysmans, Carsten1637BEL+69N+2B=50B=22N+37B=9N+26B=3Nβˆ’6N6.047.051.033.001813+74.8
11Van de Pasch, Sil1775NED=32B+100N+18B+45Nβˆ’4B+51N+34B=19Nβˆ’1N6.044.547.027.751792+8.0
12Van Looy, Daan1766BEL+60N+55BFβˆ’36B+94Nβˆ’21B+14N+24B+23N6.039.539.529.001956+54.8
13Defour, Eline1693BEL+65B=61N+91B=16N=31B=18N=33B=34N+32B6.039.042.027.001762+26.8
14Aragonda, Sahasra1620SUI=25Bβˆ’57N+103B=111N+72B+37Nβˆ’12B+56N+34B6.037.039.024.751814+75.6
15De Witte, Rube1727BELβˆ’29N+93B+60N+27B+24N=1Bβˆ’3N=21B=28N5.546.549.527.751715-4.0
16Langer, Johann Leander1644GER+48N+47B=8N=13B=23N=43Bβˆ’2N+59B=21N5.545.550.028.751696+19.6
17Mathijssen, Koen0NED+107N+46B+53B=1N+51Bβˆ’4Nβˆ’9B+33Nβˆ’7B5.545.548.025.2516870.0
18Bolhov, Ivan1631BEL+64N=5Bβˆ’11N+92B+84N=13B=23Nβˆ’6B+54N5.542.545.524.001735+33.4
19Pierloot, Joran1649BELF+92Bβˆ’36N+65N+22B=3B+21N=11B=5N5.542.545.027.751892+84.4
20Weller, Tony1616AUSβˆ’2N+114B=28Nβˆ’21B+89N+39B+51B+26Nβˆ’22B5.542.044.023.251711+21.4
21Stokes, Mark C1675AUS+87B=86Nβˆ’47B+20N+32B+12Nβˆ’19B=15N=16B5.541.545.027.251768+20.0
22Froeyman, Evelien1726BEL+52BF+102N=10Bβˆ’19N+44B+35Nβˆ’2B+20N5.541.041.025.501753+13.2
23Nolf, Francky1681BEL+59B=91N=61B+70N=16B=31N=18B+25Nβˆ’12B5.540.043.025.501726+9.4
24Brys, Yves1646BEL+103B+121N+31Bβˆ’4Nβˆ’15B=7N+84Bβˆ’12N+67B5.539.539.518.251631-3.2
25Danneels, Jarno1778BEL=14N+118B=67Nβˆ’29B=73N+101B+46Nβˆ’23B+35N5.537.538.520.501702-34.0
26Meulemeester, Joran1681BEL=82N=98B=92N+89B+46N+35Bβˆ’10Nβˆ’20B+63N5.536.039.022.501653-8.8
27Ulenaers, Marc1625BEL+95B+84Nβˆ’4Bβˆ’15N+117Bβˆ’50N+74B=45N+72B5.536.037.018.001671+9.2
28Abramenko, Aleksei1671BELβˆ’91B+120N=20B=52N+65B=67N=32B+61N=15B5.535.536.020.751666-0.8
29Chen, QinranWCM1592CHN+15B+94N=51B+25Nβˆ’1B+80N+50BFF5.534.534.524.751945+126.4
30D`hooghe, Oscar1413BEL=58B=72N+56B+68Nβˆ’80Bβˆ’76N=66B+53N+51B5.534.038.023.751737+148.8
31Morelli, Gabriele0ENG+83N+3Bβˆ’24N+55B=13N=23Bβˆ’5N=77B=46N5.044.048.025.7516840.0
32Hamilton, Don1617AUS=11N+78Bβˆ’5N+102Bβˆ’21N+57B=28N+43Bβˆ’13N5.043.045.521.751734+28.0
33De Pauw, Matthias0BEL+38Bβˆ’51N+43N=84B=5N+54B=13Nβˆ’17B=77N5.041.044.524.5017440.0
34Wilmotte, Ward1672BELβˆ’92N=104B+85N+82B+6N+47Bβˆ’11N=13Bβˆ’14N5.040.042.523.251635-24.8
35Sinnaeve, Juul1628BEL+74Bβˆ’4N+121B+57N+76Bβˆ’26Nβˆ’22B+80Nβˆ’25B5.039.539.516.501669+14.8
36Meuleman, Marcel0BEL+97B+56N+19B+12NFF=4B=9Nβˆ’3B5.038.538.525.2517380.0
37Lenoir, Aurele1710BELβˆ’44N+87B+73N+67Bβˆ’10Nβˆ’14B+70Nβˆ’42B+62N5.038.041.519.501645-16.6
38Tsiapouris, Alexander, Dr.1785GERβˆ’33N=59B+110N=81B+70Nβˆ’55B+62Nβˆ’7B+99N5.035.537.517.251645-24.4
39Spinazzola, Matteo1684BELβˆ’61B=40N=100B+75Nβˆ’7Bβˆ’20N+117B+65N+64B5.035.536.516.751556-54.8
40Pierloot, Siebe1503BELβˆ’9N=39B=78Nβˆ’54B+121N=100B+73N+58N=45B5.035.535.516.751666+64.8
41Orban, Jasper1626BEL+110Nβˆ’1Bβˆ’2N+104Bβˆ’44NF+87B+84N+50B5.035.535.516.001705+61.2
42Arnou, Aram1632BEL+106Bβˆ’50Nβˆ’64B+112N+86Bβˆ’8B+69N+37Nβˆ’49B5.035.037.017.001635+2.4
43Temmerman, Hans1749BEL=101B=88Nβˆ’33B+90N+62B=16N=67Bβˆ’32N+75B5.034.537.019.251697-11.2
44Ramon, Joeri1566BEL+37Bβˆ’53Nβˆ’76B+107N+41Bβˆ’22Nβˆ’56B+113N+94B5.034.036.017.501660+19.6
45Wilmotte, Frederik1689BEL=115N+85B+109Nβˆ’11Bβˆ’98N+71B=63N=27B=40N5.033.535.018.001591-20.6
46Laforce, Edward1661BEL+120Bβˆ’17N=52B+91Nβˆ’26B+118Nβˆ’25B+85N=31B5.033.534.012.751707+19.2
47Brackx, Roland0BEL+70Bβˆ’16N+21NF+53Bβˆ’34NF+52B+55N5.033.533.523.0017040.0
48Gabrielli, Lorenzo0ENGβˆ’16Bβˆ’62Nβˆ’75B+119B+60Nβˆ’52N+91B+68N+84B5.033.033.515.5016080.0
49Felgendreher, Luke1681GER+93NF+86B=50NF+98B=1Nβˆ’5B+42N5.033.033.020.501775+36.8
50Volckaert, Jesse1754BEL+73N+42B=10N=49Bβˆ’3N+27Bβˆ’29N=55Bβˆ’41N4.543.547.522.251621-61.2
51Verslype, Geert1669BEL+104N+33B=29N+8Bβˆ’17Nβˆ’11Bβˆ’20N+100Bβˆ’30N4.542.044.519.251620-8.8
52Tant, Sander1584BELβˆ’22N+116B=46N=28Bβˆ’54N+48B+94Bβˆ’47N=56B4.538.039.517.001616+4.2
53De Meyere, Dirk1663BEL+89N+44Bβˆ’17N=98Bβˆ’47N+102Bβˆ’7Nβˆ’30B+100N4.536.539.015.001610-6.6
54Seliga, Mathis1665BELβˆ’86B+112Nβˆ’62B+40N+52Bβˆ’33N+65B=67Nβˆ’18B4.535.537.517.501596-23.4
55Peeters, Yumi1635BEL+105Bβˆ’12N+117Bβˆ’31N+87B+38Nβˆ’76B=50Nβˆ’47B4.535.536.514.251717+28.4
56Dufour, Jakob1645BEL+114Nβˆ’36Bβˆ’30N=71B=96N+111B+44Nβˆ’14B=52N4.535.037.014.751489-25.8
57Van Der Beek, Justys1740BEL=85N+14B=101Nβˆ’35BFβˆ’32N+71B=66N+88B4.533.533.518.501649-37.2
58Tabsho, Hassan1654BEL=30Nβˆ’102Bβˆ’59N+121B+92N+93Bβˆ’6Nβˆ’40B+104N4.532.532.511.251493-34.6
59Esprit, Kobe1540BELβˆ’23N=38N+58Bβˆ’94B+115NF+97Bβˆ’16N+66B4.532.032.015.501698+71.2
60Vandekerckhove, Ava1609BELβˆ’12B+105Nβˆ’15Bβˆ’93Nβˆ’48B=95N+109B+115N+85B4.531.032.511.501561-7.0
61Pruvost, Alain1545FRA+39N=13B=23N=77B+78N=2Bβˆ’8Nβˆ’28BF4.043.543.520.251709+34.8
62Nica, Radu-Catalin1611BELβˆ’8N+48B+54Nβˆ’3Bβˆ’43N+96Bβˆ’38B+102Nβˆ’37B4.041.043.515.001571-9.6
63Gevorgyan, Arthur1623BEL+113N+79Bβˆ’1Nβˆ’2B+81NF=45B=72Nβˆ’26B4.039.039.014.501631+0.8
64Van Maelsaeke, Victor0BELβˆ’18B+90N+42Nβˆ’6Bβˆ’67N=75B+101N=83Bβˆ’39N4.037.540.015.0015930.0
65Peeters, Paul1552BELβˆ’13N+113B+83Nβˆ’19Bβˆ’28N+78Bβˆ’54Nβˆ’39B+96N4.037.539.513.001570-0.8
66Brys, Kristof1623BELβˆ’6N=89B=104N+122B+69Nβˆ’5B=30N=57Bβˆ’59N4.037.537.512.001447-33.0
67Vandenbussche, Dries1623BELF+111N=25Bβˆ’37N+64B=28B=43N=54Bβˆ’24N4.037.037.016.251578-6.8
68Cornelis, Werner1633BEL+116Nβˆ’8B+69Nβˆ’30B=101Nβˆ’6B=93Nβˆ’48B+92N4.036.037.511.251476-25.0
69Rogozyanskiy, Mikhail0NEDβˆ’10B+7Nβˆ’68B+100Nβˆ’66B+90Nβˆ’42Bβˆ’75N+115B4.035.537.014.0015580.0
70Claerhout, Tieme1619BELβˆ’47N+108B+79Nβˆ’23Bβˆ’38B+91Nβˆ’37B+86Nβˆ’80B4.035.037.513.001634+6.4
71Christiaens, Nyssa1587BELβˆ’4B+74Nβˆ’84B=56N+111Bβˆ’45Nβˆ’57N+95B=79N4.035.037.013.251427-43.6
72Baetens, Flor1651BELF=30Bβˆ’98N+109Bβˆ’14N+82B+88N=63Bβˆ’27N4.034.034.014.751505-55.6
73Recker, Jan1594BELβˆ’50B+106Nβˆ’37B+95N=25Bβˆ’84Nβˆ’40B+87N=97B4.033.035.513.251499-36.4
74Wang, Chenqian0CHNβˆ’35Nβˆ’71B=96N+85B=79N+81Bβˆ’27Nβˆ’99B+93N4.032.035.014.0015500.0
75Budaev, Sorkhogtani Behki1560BELβˆ’79Nβˆ’110B+48Nβˆ’39B+113B=64N=107N+69Bβˆ’43N4.031.533.514.251372-31.2
76Vanbeselaere, Victor1694BELFF+44N+101Bβˆ’35N+30B+55Nβˆ’8BF4.031.531.517.501727+5.8
77Deceuninck, Andre1644BEL+119B=6BF=61N=8NF=80B=31N=33B4.031.531.516.001698+5.6
78Vanherck, Jeroen1760BEL=100Bβˆ’32N=40B+88Nβˆ’61Bβˆ’65Nβˆ’86B+117N+89B4.031.032.011.751495-59.6
79Baekelandt, Els1700BEL+75Bβˆ’63Nβˆ’70Bβˆ’87N=74B+92Nβˆ’85B+90N=71B4.030.533.514.501530-37.2
80Gilson, Pacome1691BELFF=81N+115B+30Nβˆ’29B=77Nβˆ’35B+70N4.029.529.515.001622-23.6
81Koppenens, Ben1559NEDβˆ’84B+95N=80B=38Nβˆ’63Bβˆ’74N+116Bβˆ’94N+102B4.029.030.511.501525-5.6
82Oyunchimeg, Baagi1544BEL=26BFFβˆ’34N=91Bβˆ’72N+111N+107B+83N4.026.026.012.751638+31.2
83Verkinderen, Marc1637BELβˆ’31B+119Nβˆ’65Bβˆ’117N+112B=87N+115B=64Nβˆ’82B4.025.025.57.751448-62.4
84Cattrysse, Ruben1696BEL+81Nβˆ’27B+71N=33Nβˆ’18B+73Bβˆ’24Nβˆ’41Bβˆ’48N3.539.543.514.501547-57.6
85Van t Riet, Flip1591NED=57Bβˆ’45Nβˆ’34Bβˆ’74N+95B+103N+79Nβˆ’46Bβˆ’60N3.535.037.511.751489-30.0
86Di Marcantonio, Tigo1484BEL+54N=21Bβˆ’49N=97Bβˆ’42Nβˆ’88B+78Nβˆ’70B=107N3.534.537.014.001576+40.8
87Guan, Evan1513ENGβˆ’21Nβˆ’37N+105B+79Bβˆ’55N=83Bβˆ’41Nβˆ’73B+106N3.534.537.011.001412-32.0
88Thakkar, Viaan1582NEDF=43Bβˆ’3Nβˆ’78B+105N+86Nβˆ’72B+93Bβˆ’57N3.533.533.511.501550-17.6
89Backiel, Robert1471BELβˆ’53B=66N+99Bβˆ’26Nβˆ’20B+112Nβˆ’100N+101Bβˆ’78N3.531.533.59.501537+27.6
90Gerrits, Rony1569BELβˆ’1Nβˆ’64B+114Nβˆ’43B+110Nβˆ’69B=102Nβˆ’79B+105N3.531.533.57.751328-44.0
91Meert, Senne1509BEL+28N=23Bβˆ’13Nβˆ’46B=82Nβˆ’70Bβˆ’48N=105B=95N3.038.040.513.001519-3.2
92Vanherck, Adinda1514BEL+34Bβˆ’19N=26Bβˆ’18Nβˆ’58Bβˆ’79B=106N+114Nβˆ’68B3.036.538.511.001433-22.8
93Thong, Wei Jeun1535BELβˆ’49Bβˆ’15N+119B+60B=97Nβˆ’58N=68Bβˆ’88Nβˆ’74B3.034.034.58.501489-17.6
94Van De Kelder, Yves1667BEL+96Nβˆ’29BF+59Nβˆ’12BFβˆ’52N+81Bβˆ’44N3.032.532.511.501536-25.0
95Xu, Ziyi0CHNβˆ’27Nβˆ’81B+106Nβˆ’73Bβˆ’85N=60B+103Bβˆ’71N=91B3.031.033.58.7512760.0
96Uylenbroeck, Paul1499BELβˆ’94Bβˆ’97N=74B+103N=56Bβˆ’62Nβˆ’113B+111Nβˆ’65B3.027.029.08.751259-46.4
97Vandevelde, Luc1639BELβˆ’36N+96BF=86N=93BFβˆ’59N=104B=73N3.025.525.59.501535-16.4
98Deshpande, Rucha1469CANF=26N+72B=53N+45Bβˆ’49NFFF3.024.024.014.001742+72.0
99Mahieu, Jacques1618BELFβˆ’109Bβˆ’89N+116Bβˆ’102NF+114B+74Nβˆ’38B3.021.021.07.50764-34.4
100Ma, Ying Hao1609NED=78Nβˆ’11B=39Nβˆ’69BF=40N+89Bβˆ’51Nβˆ’53B2.536.536.510.501545-26.4
101Evens, Joris1591BEL=43NF=57Bβˆ’76N=68Bβˆ’25Nβˆ’64Bβˆ’89N+103B2.534.537.09.251484-16.2
102DHeere Dehens, Lewis0BELF+58Nβˆ’22Bβˆ’32N+99Bβˆ’53N=90Bβˆ’62Bβˆ’81N2.534.034.09.251486+18.8
103Backiel, Sandra0BELβˆ’24N=107Bβˆ’14Nβˆ’96B+106Nβˆ’85Bβˆ’95N+121Bβˆ’101N2.528.528.53.7511970.0
104Meuleman, Simeon1563BELβˆ’51B=34N=66Bβˆ’41NFF+110B=97Nβˆ’58B2.528.028.08.001443-35.6
105Sarathbabu, Mrityunjay0NEDβˆ’55Nβˆ’60Bβˆ’87N+114Bβˆ’88Bβˆ’113N+112B=91Nβˆ’90B2.526.528.55.5013220.0
106Van Lerberghe, Torr0BELβˆ’42Nβˆ’73Bβˆ’95B=108Nβˆ’103B+119N=92B=109Nβˆ’87B2.526.026.54.5013090.0
107Eidsvold, Jo Vevstad1644NORβˆ’17B=103NFβˆ’44BF+117N=75Bβˆ’82N=86B2.525.525.56.001449-26.4
108Sivashankar, Shrishti1482LUXFβˆ’70Nβˆ’7B=106Bβˆ’116Nβˆ’110B+121N=119N=111B2.524.524.52.50804-28.0
109Kang, Xinyue0CHNF+99Nβˆ’45Bβˆ’72Nβˆ’118Bβˆ’115Bβˆ’60N=106B+121N2.521.521.54.2513480.0
110Wang, Yang0BELβˆ’41B+75Nβˆ’38Bβˆ’7Nβˆ’90B+108Nβˆ’104NFF2.029.029.06.5014280.0
111XU W, Sophia0NEDFβˆ’67B+118N=14Bβˆ’71Nβˆ’56Nβˆ’82Bβˆ’96B=108N2.029.029.05.2513850.0
112Yuan, Yunlin1409CHNβˆ’3Nβˆ’54B+113Nβˆ’42Bβˆ’83Nβˆ’89Bβˆ’105NF+119B2.029.029.02.50811-48.8
113Zhang, Chunyuan0CHNβˆ’63Bβˆ’65Nβˆ’112BFβˆ’75N+105B+96Nβˆ’44BF2.024.524.55.5012660.0
114Kindts, Christelle0BELβˆ’56Bβˆ’20Nβˆ’90Bβˆ’105NF+121Bβˆ’99Nβˆ’92B+117N2.023.023.01.0012960.0
115Gosseries, Philippe1548BEL=45BFFβˆ’80Nβˆ’59B+109Nβˆ’83Nβˆ’60Bβˆ’69N1.528.528.55.001266-57.2
116Ten Dam, Thijs0NEDβˆ’68Bβˆ’52N=120Bβˆ’99N+108BFβˆ’81NFF1.518.518.52.7513670.0
117Verbanck, Mario1442BELFFβˆ’55N+83Bβˆ’27Nβˆ’107Bβˆ’39Nβˆ’78Bβˆ’114B1.027.527.54.001391-7.4
118Pathak, Ira1611NEDFβˆ’25Nβˆ’111BF+109Nβˆ’46BFFF1.015.515.52.50920-28.4
119Dewulf, Anouk0BELβˆ’77Nβˆ’83Bβˆ’93Nβˆ’48NFβˆ’106BF=108Bβˆ’112N0.523.023.01.2511780.0
120Vermeulen, Christa1469BELβˆ’46Nβˆ’28B=116NFFFFFF0.513.013.00.75866-19.6
121FIDE 86774250β€”Fβˆ’24Bβˆ’35Nβˆ’58Nβˆ’40Bβˆ’114Nβˆ’108Bβˆ’103Nβˆ’109B0.029.529.50.007870.0
122FIDE 5480014300β€”FFFβˆ’66NFFFFF0.06.56.50.008230.0

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