2me Wapichess 2025

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49 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 25 Oct 2025 to 01 Nov 2025 in Leuze-en-Hainaut, Belgium. 2 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1951, and top seed was Thibault Real (🇧🇪 BEL, FM, 2201).

Thibault Real (🇧🇪 BEL, FM, 2201) won with 8.5/9, ahead of Nicolas Davoust (7.0) and Ludovic Hias (6.5). Real won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 9: Karel Aelvoet (1633) beat Axel Denivet (1871), a +238-point gap.

Location

🇧🇪Leuze-en-Hainaut, Belgium

Dates

25 Oct 2025 → 01 Nov 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes for first 40 moves and 15 min. for the rest of the game with 30 sec. increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇧🇪FMThibault Real2201

Avg top 10

1,951

Participants

Titled players · 2

FM×1

CM×1

Federations · 4 represented

🇧🇪Belgium×41

🇫🇷France×5

🇪🇸Spain×1

🇩🇪Germany×1

Top 3

🥇
FMThibault Real
🇧🇪BEL·2201
8.5pts·2348perf+19.2
🥈
CMNicolas Davoust
🇫🇷FRA·2120
7.0pts·2117perf+6.0
🥉
Ludovic Hias
🇧🇪BEL·1973
6.5pts·2045perf+20.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

FM Thibault Real led from R4; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Real8.5Davoust7Hias6.5Charlier6Hannecart6Jonniaux6

R4–R9 · LEAD HELD

FM Thibault Real never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Thibault Real drew with CM Nicolas Davoust (White).

R1–R6 · WIN STREAK

FM Thibault Real won 6 in a row (R1–R6).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1FMThibault Real	*	½	1	—
2CMNicolas Davoust	½	*	½	—
3Ludovic Hias	0	½	*	1
4Laurent Charlier	—	—	0	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Real, ThibaultFM	2201	BEL	+16B	+22N	+29B	+7N	+5B	+3N	=2B	+9N	+8B	8.5	45.5	49.5	46.00	2348	+19.2
2	Davoust, NicolasCM	2120	FRA	+33N	=15B	+8N	+11B	=9N	+7B	=1N	=3B	+10N	7.0	47.5	51.0	38.25	2117	+6.0
3	Hias, Ludovic	1973	BEL	+28N	+12B	=9N	+10B	+8N	−1B	+4N	=2N	=5B	6.5	49.5	54.0	36.25	2045	+20.0
4	Charlier, Laurent	1821	BEL	+13N	+18B	−7N	+19B	=11N	+9B	−3B	=6N	+15B	6.0	44.5	49.5	31.75	1897	+20.2
5	Jonniaux, Bastien	1895	BEL	=32N	+38B	+15N	+29B	−1N	+6B	=7N	=11B	=3N	6.0	44.5	48.0	29.00	1964	+15.4
6	Hannecart, Marc	1803	BEL	+35N	+19B	−10N	=17B	+32N	−5N	+23B	=4B	+11N	6.0	41.0	44.5	27.50	1838	+11.2
7	Ganguly, Aayush	1992	BEL	+20B	+14N	+4B	−1B	+10N	−2N	=5B	−8N	+39B	5.5	49.0	52.5	28.50	1944	-13.0
8	Len, Thomas	1806	ESP	+24B	+23N	−2B	+14N	−3B	+34N	=10N	+7B	−1N	5.5	47.5	51.0	26.25	1930	+28.8
9	Dumont, Andre	1879	BEL	+45B	+30N	=3B	+21N	=2B	−4N	+15B	−1B	=13N	5.5	47.0	49.0	25.00	1876	+3.4
10	Deneyer, Frank	1907	BEL	+26B	+17N	+6B	−3N	−7B	+21N	=8B	+29N	−2B	5.5	44.5	48.5	26.75	1912	+4.2
11	Brasseur, Vincent	1852	FRA	+41B	=21N	+34B	−2N	=4B	+17N	+16B	=5N	−6B	5.5	43.0	46.0	24.75	1826	-3.2
12	Pitcher, Liam	1726	BEL	+43B	−3N	−21B	+31N	=24B	=23N	+26B	=14N	+16B	5.5	39.0	41.0	22.75	1672	-6.8
13	Hardenne, Esteban	1454	BEL	−4B	+40N	−17B	+49N	−39B	+18N	+30B	+23N	=9B	5.5	36.5	37.5	20.25	1717	+86.8
14	Maesfranckx, Philippe	1765	BEL	+47N	−7B	+28N	−8B	+33N	=39B	=35N	=12B	+25N	5.5	36.0	37.5	20.25	1729	-5.4
15	Menet, Kevin	1743	BEL	+48B	=2N	−5B	+20N	=23B	+29N	−9N	+22B	−4N	5.0	42.5	43.5	20.25	1817	+14.0
16	Delcourt, Arthur	1606	FRA	−1N	=24B	+38N	+18B	=17N	+22B	−11N	+35B	−12N	5.0	42.0	45.5	21.25	1699	+17.4
17	Poublon, Guillaume	1728	BEL	+44N	−10B	+13N	=6N	=16B	−11B	=25N	+28B	=19N	5.0	41.5	43.5	22.25	1694	-7.0
18	Aelvoet, Karel	1633	BEL	+40B	−4N	=26B	−16N	=27N	−13B	+42N	+31B	+29B	5.0	36.5	39.0	18.00	1508	-17.4
19	Chantry, Vincent	1621	BEL	+49B	−6N	+41B	−4N	−35B	=36N	+21B	+24N	=17B	5.0	36.0	37.0	17.25	1601	-4.0
20	Straetmans, Georges	1549	BEL	−7N	+48B	+25N	−15B	F	+27B	−39N	+36N	+30B	5.0	31.5	31.5	17.50	1690	+42.8
21	Knudde, Francis	1662	BEL	+27N	=11B	+12N	−9B	=22N	−10B	−19N	+33B	=35N	4.5	39.5	43.0	20.25	1679	+2.2
22	Schicktanz, Florian	1772	GER	+36B	−1B	+33N	=23N	=21B	−16N	+34B	−15N	=26B	4.5	39.0	42.5	17.25	1665	-26.2
23	Auquier, Yvan	1632	BEL	+37N	−8B	+49N	=22B	=15N	=12B	−6N	−13B	+36N	4.5	39.0	40.0	15.50	1573	-11.4
24	Lecomte, Joakim	1446	BEL	−8N	=16N	=35B	+42B	=12N	−32B	+27N	−19B	+38B	4.5	36.0	38.5	17.50	1424	-9.6
25	Usakiewicz, Kacper	1666	BEL	+31B	−29N	−20B	=26N	+40B	=30N	=17B	+32N	−14B	4.5	35.5	38.5	17.25	1561	-41.2
26	Blois, Dominique	1531	FRA	−10N	+44B	=18N	=25B	−29N	+37B	−12N	+41B	=22N	4.5	35.5	37.5	15.50	1638	+18.2
27	Brulet, Nicolas	0	BEL	−21B	+45N	=30B	=34N	=18B	−20N	−24B	+48N	+32B	4.5	32.0	33.0	12.75	1528	0.0
28	Robert, Maxime	1535	BEL	−3B	+43N	−14B	=40N	−36B	+41N	+48B	−17N	+37B	4.5	32.0	33.0	11.00	1500	-16.8
29	Denivet, Axel	1871	BEL	+46N	+25B	−1N	−5N	+26B	−15B	+33N	−10B	−18N	4.0	42.5	44.5	14.50	1694	-38.2
30	Strubbe, Paul	1686	BEL	+42N	−9B	=27N	−32B	+38N	=25B	−13N	+34B	−20N	4.0	35.5	38.0	14.00	1419	-83.2
31	Adam, Hugo	0	BEL	−25N	+46B	−32N	−12B	+47N	−33B	+44N	−18N	+43B	4.0	28.0	29.5	7.50	1496	0.0
32	Decellier, Lise	1516	BEL	=5B	−34N	+31B	+30N	−6B	+24N	F	−25B	−27N	3.5	37.0	37.0	15.50	1627	+14.0
33	Biskupski, Francois	1586	BEL	−2B	+36N	−22B	+43N	−14B	+31N	−29B	−21N	=34N	3.5	36.5	38.5	11.25	1549	-22.4
34	Hanarte, Gaetan	1616	BEL	=38N	+32B	−11N	=27B	+44N	−8B	−22N	−30N	=33B	3.5	34.5	36.5	11.25	1560	-11.0
35	Papeguay, Antoine	1443	FRA	−6B	F	=24N	+37B	+19N	F	=14B	−16N	=21B	3.5	34.0	34.0	15.75	1594	+40.0
36	Rorive, Alain	1438	BEL	−22N	−33B	−37N	+46B	+28N	=19B	+40N	−20B	−23B	3.5	33.5	35.5	12.00	1492	+7.6
37	Genard, Adam	0	BEL	−23B	−41N	+36B	−35N	+43B	−26N	=47N	+40B	−28N	3.5	28.5	30.0	9.25	1346	0.0
38	Toussaint, Neal	0	BEL	=34B	−5N	−16B	+45N	−30B	+43N	F	+47B	−24N	3.5	28.5	28.5	7.25	1528	0.0
39	Muller, Erik	1665	BEL	F	F	F	+47B	+13N	=14N	+20B	F	−7N	3.5	23.0	23.0	14.75	1786	+15.6
40	De Geyter, Kevin	0	BEL	−18N	−13B	+48N	=28B	−25N	+44B	−36B	−37N	=46B	3.0	30.5	31.5	6.25	1358	-106.4
41	Josson, Benoit	1466	BEL	−11N	+37B	−19N	−44B	F	−28B	+45N	−26N	+48B	3.0	28.0	28.0	6.50	1299	-50.4
42	Maesfranckx, Yannis	0	BEL	−30B	F	F	−24N	F	+45N	−18B	=46B	+47N	2.5	19.0	19.0	4.50	1466	0.0
43	Masselus, Christian	1418	BEL	−12N	−28B	+46N	−33B	−37N	−38B	F	+44B	−31N	2.0	28.5	28.5	4.00	1472	+12.0
44	Bourgois, Michael	1419	BEL	−17B	−26N	+45B	+41N	−34B	−40N	−31B	−43N	−49B	2.0	27.0	28.0	5.00	1413	-2.0
45	Coussement, Serge	1471	BEL	−9N	−27B	−44N	−38B	+46N	−42B	−41B	+49N	F	2.0	24.0	24.0	3.00	1363	-26.8
46	Desimpelaere, Christian	1467	BEL	−29B	−31N	−43B	−36N	−45B	F	+49B	=42N	=40N	2.0	22.0	22.0	3.75	749	-33.6
47	Poublon, Lucien	1432	BEL	−14B	F	F	−39N	−31B	+49N	=37B	−38N	−42B	1.5	23.5	23.5	2.75	915	-6.6
48	Tounkara, Paul	0	BEL	−15N	−20N	−40B	F	+49B	F	−28N	−27B	−41N	1.0	26.0	26.0	1.00	772	0.0
49	FIDE 548004847	0	—	−19N	F	−23B	−13B	−48N	−47B	−46N	−45B	+44N	1.0	23.5	23.5	2.00	1190	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Hardenne, EstebanBEL
+86.8
5.5 pts · #23
2Straetmans, GeorgesBEL
+42.8
5.0 pts · #27
3Papeguay, AntoineFRA
+40.0
3.5 pts · #36

Top rating losers

1De Geyter, KevinBEL
-106.4
3.0 pts · #37
2Strubbe, PaulBEL
-83.2
4.0 pts · #43
3Josson, BenoitBEL
-50.4
3.0 pts · #44

Biggest upsets

R9+238 Elo gap
Aelvoet, Karel1633 beat Denivet, Axel1871
R7+232 Elo gap
Hardenne, Esteban1454 beat Strubbe, Paul1686
R8+186 Elo gap
Len, Thomas1806 beat Ganguly, Aayush1992