Brussels Open Fall 2025 Rounds 1-3

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103 players participated in this 3-round tournament, held from 08 Sept 2025 to 22 Sept 2025 in Brussels, Belgium. 4 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2093, and top seed was Matthieu Loncke (🇧🇪 BEL, 2222).

Ivan Ronse (🇧🇪 BEL, 2038) won with 3.0/3, ahead of Bastien Focant (3.0) and Lorenzo Smargiasse (3.0). Ronse shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Lorenzo Smargiasse (1578) beat Philippe Lombart (1796), a +218-point gap.

Location

🇧🇪Brussels, Belgium

Dates

08 Sept 2025 → 22 Sept 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes for game with 30 seconds delay from move 1

System

Swiss · 3 rounds

Top seed

🇧🇪Matthieu Loncke2222

Avg top 10

2,093

Participants

103

Titled players · 4

CM×4

Federations · 8 represented

🇧🇪Belgium×85

🇫🇷France×3

🇮🇹Italy×2

🇻🇳Vietnam×1

🇮🇪Ireland×1

🇲🇦Morocco×1

🇩🇿Algeria×1

🇪🇸Spain×1

Top 3

🥇
Ivan Ronse
🇧🇪BEL·2038
3.0pts·2893perf+34.4
🥈
Bastien Focant
🇧🇪BEL
3.0pts·1647perf0.0
🥉
Lorenzo Smargiasse
🇮🇹ITA·1578
3.0pts·2555perf+58.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 3 rounds

Tight race until R3; 3 players tied at 3.0/3, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Focant3Ronse3Smargiasse3Dessomme2.5Tahari2.5Drugmand2.5

R3 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 3.0/3. Ronse takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (2.0).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Bastien Focant 3 wins (R1–R3)Ivan Ronse 3 wins (R1–R3)Lorenzo Smargiasse 3 wins (R1–R3)

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Ronse, Ivan	2038	BEL	+38N	+39B	+40N	3.0	2.0	3.0	3.00	2893	+34.4
2	Focant, Bastien	0	BEL	+47N	+46B	+82N	3.0	2.0	2.5	2.50	1647	0.0
3	Smargiasse, Lorenzo	1578	ITA	+89B	+44N	+43B	3.0	2.0	2.0	2.00	2555	+58.4
4	Drugmand, Benoit	1848	BEL	+83B	=8B	+50N	2.5	3.0	3.5	2.50	2173	+48.8
5	Dessomme, Francois	1953	BEL	+91B	=9N	+42B	2.5	3.0	3.0	2.00	2187	+16.8
6	Tahari, Youcef Nazim	1754	BEL	+48N	+41B	=30N	2.5	2.5	3.5	2.75	2072	+23.8
7	Garcia-Almuzara Hernandez, Jaime	0	BEL	+?N	+?B	=28N	2.5	1.5	1.5	0.75	1751	0.0
8	Grodent, Gerald	1950	BEL	+56B	=4N	=9B	2.0	4.5	5.5	3.25	1988	+2.8
9	De Saedeleer, Sam	1896	BEL	+41N	=5B	=8N	2.0	4.5	5.5	3.25	2032	+11.0
10	Wyngaerden, Florian	1904	BEL	−11N	+28B	+17N	2.0	4.0	5.5	3.50	1913	+1.6
11	Siebert, Xavier	1838	BEL	+10B	−13N	+52B	2.0	4.0	5.0	3.00	2065	+18.2
12	Labruyere, Robert Nirina	1766	BEL	+33B	+49N	−14B	2.0	3.5	4.5	2.50	1941	+14.2
13	An Dinh MinhCM	1989	VIE	F	+11B	+58N	2.0	3.0	3.0	3.00	2626	+22.8
14	Dethy, David	1912	BEL	−51N	+95B	+12N	2.0	3.0	3.0	2.00	1932	+1.4
15	Castiau, Julien	1584	BEL	+92N	+16B	−41N	2.0	3.0	3.0	2.00	1712	+6.4
16	Aydin, Gabriel	0	FRA	+60B	−15N	+?B	2.0	3.0	3.0	1.00	1583	0.0
17	Declerck, Olivier	1727	BEL	+96B	+83N	−10B	2.0	2.5	2.5	0.50	1915	+14.8
18	Mahla, Amine	1779	BEL	+82N	+54B	−38N	2.0	2.0	2.5	1.50	2016	+16.8
19	Venet, David	2012	BEL	+40N	+38B	F	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.00	2936	+26.6
20	Perrin, Antoine	2070	FRA	+55N	+67B	F	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.00	2824	+17.4
21	Toledo, HillelCM	2202	BEL	F	+53B	+39N	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.00	2740	+15.2
22	Dierickx, Ulysse	1547	BEL	+98B	−45N	+57B	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.00	1613	+7.2
23	Simon, Fernand	1501	BEL	+97N	−64B	+59N	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.00	1638	+7.2
24	Marchand, Pierre	0	BEL	−29B	+?N	+?B	2.0	1.5	1.5	0.00	1589	0.0
25	Bertrand, Abel	1737	BEL	+45B	+88N	F	2.0	1.0	1.0	1.00	2536	+20.0
26	Nuc, Francois	0	BEL	+68N	−?B	+?N	2.0	1.0	1.0	1.00	1625	0.0
27	Brunet Vrijens, Leo	1864	BEL	+88B	−42N	+94B	2.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	2095	+18.4
28	Szajnicki, Dawid	1798	POL	+44B	−10N	=7B	1.5	4.5	5.5	2.25	1808	+0.4
29	Gatta, Bruno	1568	BEL	+24N	−70B	=34N	1.5	3.5	4.5	2.75	1423	-7.8
30	Ranucci, Marcello	1886	ITA	F	+43N	=6B	1.5	3.5	3.5	2.25	1969	+4.0
31	Delronge, Justin	0	BEL	+34N	=82B	−32B	1.5	3.0	3.5	1.75	1634	0.0
32	Peeters, Simonne	1703	BEL	=84N	−36B	+31N	1.5	3.0	3.5	1.75	1616	-2.4
33	Rando, Manuel	1689	BEL	−12N	+61B	=85N	1.5	3.0	3.5	1.25	1727	+2.8
34	Travers, Sylvain	1527	BEL	−31B	+90N	=29B	1.5	3.0	3.0	0.75	1576	+1.2
35	Sohet, Cedric	1784	BEL	+71B	=37N	−49B	1.5	2.5	3.5	1.75	1045	-8.4
36	Doyle, Robert	0	IRL	F	+32N	=83B	1.5	2.0	2.0	1.75	1788	0.0
37	Bastiaens, Lionel	0	BEL	−?N	=35B	+?N	1.5	1.5	1.5	0.75	1893	0.0
38	Sarkisian, ArmanCM	2213	BEL	−1B	−19N	+18B	1.0	5.0	7.0	2.00	1829	-28.2
39	Thiteca, Thierry	2006	BEL	+42B	−1N	−21B	1.0	5.0	6.0	1.00	1968	-3.2
40	Ahmetaj, Rasim	2059	BEL	−19B	+52N	−1B	1.0	5.0	6.0	1.00	1867	-15.6
41	Jardemaliyev, Alisher	1816	BEL	−9B	−6N	+15B	1.0	4.5	6.5	2.00	1620	-30.8
42	Leemans, Roland	2040	BEL	−39N	+27B	−5N	1.0	4.5	5.5	2.00	1816	-18.0
43	Lombart, Philippe	1796	BEL	+65N	−30B	−3N	1.0	4.5	5.5	1.00	1596	-15.8
44	Remon, Serge	1712	BEL	−28N	−3B	+60N	1.0	4.5	5.5	1.00	1517	-15.4
45	Palazoski, Elvir	1632	BEL	−25N	+22B	−54N	1.0	4.0	5.0	2.00	1579	-4.6
46	Taourchi, Malik	1637	BEL	F	−2N	+69B	1.0	4.0	4.0	1.00	2313	+13.2
47	Du, Deyi	1469	BEL	−2B	−75N	+90B	1.0	4.0	4.0	0.00	1022	-4.0
48	Van De Craen, Piet	1694	BEL	−6B	+79N	−62B	1.0	3.5	4.5	1.00	985	-15.2
49	Brion, Philippe	1845	BEL	F	−12B	+35N	1.0	3.5	3.5	1.50	1776	-3.8
50	Taourchi, Hakem-Sidali	1918	ALG	F	+62N	−4B	1.0	3.5	3.5	1.00	1832	-4.8
51	Herzfeld, Henry	1855	BEL	+14B	−76N	−55B	1.0	3.0	4.0	2.00	1855	0.0
52	Dhaijere, Arnaud	1927	BEL	+54N	−40B	−11N	1.0	3.0	4.0	1.00	1783	-11.6
53	Macai, Ioan	1874	BEL	+62B	−21N	−73B	1.0	3.0	4.0	1.00	1955	+3.6
54	Rittelmeyer, Yann-Sven	1828	FRA	−52B	−18N	+45B	1.0	3.0	4.0	1.00	1654	-13.6
55	Eskandar, Abanoub	2017	BEL	−20B	F	+51N	1.0	3.0	3.0	1.00	1963	-2.8
56	Delesenne, Arthur	1844	BEL	−8N	F	+66B	1.0	3.0	3.0	1.00	1797	-2.4
57	Ahmed El Gamal, Younes	1593	BEL	F	+78B	−22N	1.0	3.0	3.0	1.00	747	-22.4
58	Haulotte, Francois	1814	BEL	−72B	+93N	−13B	1.0	3.0	3.0	0.00	1807	-0.6
59	Koninckx, Eric	1580	BEL	+101N	−63N	−23B	1.0	3.0	3.0	0.00	813	-18.4
60	Maquoi, Sophie	1550	BEL	−16N	+102B	−44B	1.0	3.0	3.0	0.00	912	-5.8
61	Engelhardt, Perry	1553	BEL	+77B	−33N	F	1.0	2.5	2.5	1.00	890	-6.2
62	Onrubia-Aviles, Carlos	1815	BEL	−53N	−50B	+48N	1.0	2.0	3.0	1.00	1704	-8.8
63	Dufrasne, Lucas	1721	BEL	−66N	+59B	−74N	1.0	2.0	3.0	1.00	1577	-11.8
64	Lisitzky, Alexandr	1694	BEL	F	+23N	F	1.0	2.0	2.0	2.00	2302	+10.0
65	Godfroid, Maxime	1699	BEL	−43B	+69N	F	1.0	2.0	2.0	1.00	1655	-4.4
66	Ben Kiran, Youssouf	1644	FID	+63B	F	−56N	1.0	2.0	2.0	1.00	1784	+7.4
67	Partoens, Remi	2030	BEL	+93B	−20N	F	1.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	2002	-1.4
68	Neumark, Leonie	0	GER	−26B	−?N	+?B	1.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	754	0.0
69	Desadeleer, Geoffrey	1512	BEL	+100N	−65B	−46N	1.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	868	-11.8
70	ALLAMAAKCHAOUI AYOUB	1703	MAR	F	+29N	F	1.0	1.5	1.5	1.50	2376	+6.6
71	Stoyanofski, Alexandre	0	BEL	−35N	+?B	−?N	1.0	1.5	1.5	0.00	1617	0.0
72	De Verteuil, Peter	1873	BEL	+58N	F	F	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.00	2614	+16.8
73	Loncke, Matthieu	2222	BEL	F	F	+53N	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.00	2674	+2.2
74	Vinsous, Roman	1883	BEL	F	F	+63B	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.00	2523	+5.8
75	Sofia, Tommaso	1821	BEL	F	+47B	F	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.00	2258	+2.0
76	Micciche, Ruben	2011	BEL	F	+51B	F	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.00	2655	+11.6
77	Pamukcu, Leo	0	BEL	−61N	=?B	=?N	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	1444	0.0
78	Douxchamps, Brice	0	BEL	−?B	−57N	+?B	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	1444	0.0
79	Venet, Dorian	0	BEL	+99N	−48B	F	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	894	0.0
80	Mercier, Theo	0	BEL	+?N	−?B	−?N	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	1449	0.0
81	FIDE 548003166	0	—	F	+?B	F	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	1519	0.0
82	Tang, Ningmeng	1665	BEL	−18B	=31N	−2B	0.5	5.0	6.5	0.75	979	-14.0
83	Pepermans, Jelle	1831	BEL	−4N	−17B	=36N	0.5	4.5	6.0	0.75	988	-22.4
84	Ladurner, Ulrich	1616	BEL	=32B	F	F	0.5	1.5	1.5	0.75	1704	+2.4
85	Chung Choong Lon, Marc	1862	BEL	F	F	=33B	0.5	1.5	1.5	0.75	1690	-4.6
86	Van Merris, Francois	1557	BEL	F	F	=87N	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.25	1420	-3.6
87	Kacar, Lea	1421	BEL	F	F	=86B	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.25	1557	+7.2
88	Hernandez Morales, Adriel	1840	ESP	−27N	−25B	F	0.0	4.0	4.0	0.00	1001	-44.4
89	Leclef, Maxime	0	BEL	−3N	−?B	F	0.0	3.0	3.0	0.00	881	0.0
90	Hendrickx, Jelle	0	BEL	F	−34B	−47N	0.0	2.5	2.5	0.00	695	0.0
91	Vandeputte, Thomas	1805	BEL	−5N	F	F	0.0	2.5	2.5	0.00	1153	-6.0
92	Moedbeck, Arthur	1607	BEL	−15B	F	F	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	784	-21.2
93	Cuyvers, Jens	1934	BEL	−67N	−58B	F	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	1122	-41.2
94	Menolascina, FrancescoCM	2034	BEL	F	F	−27N	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	1065	-28.8
95	Criquillion, Guillaume	1801	BEL	F	−14N	F	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	1112	-7.0
96	Eskandar, Sosanna	1634	BEL	−17N	F	F	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	927	-7.4
97	Merali, Kaim	0	BEL	−23B	F	−?N	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	909	0.0
98	FIDE 548003123	0	—	−22N	F	F	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	747	0.0
99	De La Batut, Benoit	0	BEL	−79B	−?N	−?B	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	738	0.0
100	FIDE 548003140	0	—	−69B	F	F	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	713	0.0
101	FIDE 548003174	0	—	−59B	F	−?N	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	741	0.0
102	Fayt, Gaston	0	BEL	F	−60N	−?B	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	727	0.0
103	FIDE 548002224	0	—	−?N	F	F	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	767	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Smargiasse, LorenzoITA
+58.4
3.0 pts · #10
2Drugmand, BenoitBEL
+48.8
2.5 pts · #5
3Ronse, IvanBEL
+34.4
3.0 pts · #2

Top rating losers

1Hernandez Morales, AdrielESP
-44.4
0.0 pts · #76
2Cuyvers, JensBEL
-41.2
0.0 pts · #85
3Jardemaliyev, AlisherBEL
-30.8
1.0 pts · #44

Biggest upsets

R3+218 Elo gap
Smargiasse, Lorenzo1578 beat Lombart, Philippe1796
R2+201 Elo gap
Venet, David2012 beat CMSarkisian, Arman2213
R1+175 Elo gap
Ronse, Ivan2038 beat CMSarkisian, Arman2213