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36ste Open van Leuven - Reeks A

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161 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 08 Nov 2025 to 11 Nov 2025 in Leuven, Belgium. 35 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2397, and top seed was Hagen Poetsch (🇩🇪 GER, GM, 2456).

Steven Geirnaert (🇧🇪 BEL, IM, 2384) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Hagen Poetsch (5.5) and Hongsen Chen (5.5). Geirnaert shared the lead from round 4 and won solo starting round 6.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Alper Uzag (1915) beat Dries Van Malder (2242), a +327-point gap.

Location
🇧🇪Leuven, Belgium
Dates
08 Nov 2025 → 11 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇩🇪GMHagen Poetsch2456
Avg top 10
2,397
Participants
161
Titled players · 35
GM×2
IM×9
FM×15
CM×4
WIM×1
WFM×3
WCM×1
Federations · 8 represented
🇧🇪Belgium×96
🇳🇱Netherlands×21
🇬🇷Greece×6
🇩🇪Germany×5
🇹🇷Turkiye×4
🇮🇳India×3
🇫🇷France×3
🇪🇸Spain×3
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

IM Steven Geirnaert led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 10 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.

Co-leaders
51
11
2
10
3
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
R6–R7 · LEAD HELD

IM Steven Geirnaert held the sole lead from R6 through R7 without losing it.

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

IM Steven Geirnaert 3 wins (R4–R6)IM Elias Ruzhansky 4 wins (R3–R6)FM Natan Pirard 3 wins (R2–R4)

R4 · LATE SURGE

IM Elias Ruzhansky was #11 at R4, climbed to #2 over the final stretch.

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1IMSteven Geirnaert*
1
1
2IMElias Ruzhansky*
3FMNatan Pirard
0
*
4Ilias Roinos
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Geirnaert, StevenIM2384BEL+101N+8B=10N+30B+6N+5B=2N6.031.534.529.252574+14.6
2Poetsch, HagenGM2456GER+142B+13N+58B=21N=20B+12N=1B5.529.031.023.502526+5.5
3Chen, HongsenIM2366CHN+32N=19B+65N+36B=10N=14B+26N5.527.531.023.752403+3.1
4Ruzhansky, EliasIM2426BEL+55N22B+54N+68B+29N+19B=7N5.527.030.523.252404-0.7
5Sirosh, IljaIM2385EST+47B=25N+103B+27N+63B1N+20B5.527.030.021.752437+4.5
6Pirard, NatanFM2329BEL=63B+60N+35B+64N1B+27N+19B5.526.530.022.252375+8.2
7Lenaerts, LennertFM2363BEL+69B=40N=38B+105N+42B+41N=4B5.525.028.021.252398+6.2
8Roinos, Ilias2208GRE+84B1N=67B+113N+31B+63N+21N5.525.027.519.752379+28.8
9Akesson, RalfGM2327SWE39N+148B=66N+117B+51N+10B+23N5.523.525.019.252358+3.6
10Hou, Yifan(HLJ)2257CHN+52B+23N=1B+44N=3B9N+35B5.029.533.522.252386+25.8
11Maerevoet, SimIM2426BEL=38B+16N=12B+115N+46B=20N=14B5.027.530.020.752352-4.9
12Terlouw, WouterFM2250NED=51N+45B=11N+66B+97N2B+39N5.026.029.019.002334+33.6
13Dreelinck, JacobFM2317BEL+74N2B+87N+53B=24N=59B+45N5.025.528.518.752275-3.4
14Nemegeer, ArneFM2270BEL=64B+106N=111B+67N+48B=3N=11N5.024.527.018.752313+10.4
15De Waele, WarreFM2340BEL=27B+43N=40B+70N41B+84N+50B5.024.027.018.752256-11.6
16Sarkisian, ArmanCM2198BEL=49N11B+80N+86B=50N+66B+36N5.024.027.018.002242+8.6
17Travesset Sagre, JanFM2345ESP30N+91B+135N=49B=35B+48N+42B5.023.525.517.002219-17.2
18Dauw, SterreFM2309BEL=26B+70N+72B63N+64B=35N+43B5.023.026.518.752226-11.6
19Vandenhole, KobeFM2200BEL+33B=3N+25B+111N+21B4N6N4.530.032.518.752358+61.6
20Maltezeanu, StefanCM2257LUX=73N+29B+24N+37B=2N=11B5N4.529.032.520.002309+12.4
21Docx, StefanIM2377BEL+61B+46N+22B=2B19N+69N8B4.528.031.518.752321-3.9
22Dreelinck, Adriaan2245BEL+48B+4N21N+34B=23N=24B=59N4.527.531.520.502307+13.0
23Garrido Outon, AlexIM2437ESP+71N10B+85B+84N=22B+32N9B4.526.029.016.252272-11.8
24Keloglu, Ismail Cinar2008TUR+75B+151N20B+40N=13B=22N=28B4.526.027.516.002240+84.0
25Van Meegen, RuudFM2284NED+125N=5B19N+54B=36N=68B+41B4.525.528.017.002229-7.8
26Magold, Victor2080ROU=18N=37B=77N+129B+65N+47N3B4.525.527.515.752208+24.0
27Verhaeren, Gertjan2101BEL=15N+120B+112N5B+88N6B+76N4.525.027.514.002217+21.6
28Van Malder, Dries2242BEL=36N=30B37N+102B+94N+49B=24N4.524.027.016.502116-19.4
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36Shuqja, KleanWFM2059ALB=28B+90N+88B3N=25B+46N16B4.026.529.514.502213+28.0
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56Wlogalski, Olivier1843BEL+57B=113N63B=153N66N+99B+93B4.019.521.012.002098+45.2
57Van Peer, Cedric1955BEL56N+124B53N+147B39N+119B+140N4.019.020.58.501997+8.6
58Abdulla, MuradFM2324SCO+41B+42N2NFF+114B+94N4.019.019.013.502370+8.0
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61Maddens, MartijnCM2113BEL21N87B95N+154B+132N+102B+86N4.018.519.59.002044-12.2
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66Vande Ginste, Michiel2026BEL=133B+138N=9B12N+56B16N=98B3.524.526.511.252030-0.2
67Jabandzic, Irfan2040BIH=106N+137B=8N14B=92N+88B30B3.524.026.010.752063+4.0
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112Kocur, Marc1877BELF+33N27B=52N=93B=54B53N2.524.024.010.001999+18.0
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117Verboven, Wout2057BEL=103B=88N=121B9N=79B85N=122B2.520.523.07.251922-26.8
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121Cappan, Pjotr1965BEL+157N71B=117N+101B47B64N83B2.520.021.05.251956-5.6
122Steegmans, Pieter1923BEL=76B48N51N+160B73N=125B=117N2.520.020.04.251930+0.4
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126Raal, Ludwig1808BEL85B77BF+110N=53N=140B=113N2.518.018.07.251939+37.6
127Van Zeebroeck, Sam1955BEL+158B142N43B136N+146B=95N82B2.516.017.04.001858-19.8
128Vaneechoutte, Ruben1886BEL+110B=93N42B32N78B82N=145N2.021.523.05.251878-2.8
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130Henderyckx, Nathan1929BEL+50B63N41B+83N105BF136N2.020.020.07.501892-11.6
131Wolters, Vincent1913NED+94N49B34N71BF+141N109B2.020.020.05.001905-1.4
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140Buysse, Milo2062BELFF=78B98N+118B=126N57B2.015.515.55.501821-32.0
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148Smit, Rick1958NED+100B9N106B=144NF118NF1.515.515.53.751875-13.4
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150Gain, Soheil1854FRAF=83BF=104B=135N89B102N1.514.514.54.251830-3.2
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152Vanoverloop, Rune1804BEL=123B62NF134B154N157B+158N1.511.511.52.251725-11.8
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154Van Dam, Nathan1888NED80N97N33B61N+152B124BF1.019.019.01.501695-27.8
155Leonel, Davi1984BELF=101B39NF=60B81N79B1.018.018.03.501832-18.0
156Van Gosliga, Jouke1884NEDF84N=83B116N108B109N=149N1.016.516.52.501728-21.2
157Daemen, Jules1857NED121B108N109N82B158B+152NF1.014.514.51.501670-26.4
158Vervaet, Bart1844BEL127N78N159B132B+157N143B152B1.012.513.51.001645-30.6
159Buijsman, Delano2002NED149B119N+158N92BFFF1.08.08.01.001690-65.6
160Van Campenhout, Andreas1876BELF105N107B122N110BFF0.011.511.50.001194-54.4
161Meert, Kaio0BEL141B147NFFFFF0.03.53.50.0010690.0

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