Brussels Open Fall 2025 Round 4

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67 players participated in this 1-round tournament, held on 29 Sept 2025 in Brussels, Belgium. 3 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2031, and top seed was Arman Sarkisian (🇧🇪 BEL, CM, 2195).

Jens Cuyvers (🇧🇪 BEL, 1907) won with 1.0/1, ahead of Maxime Godfroid (1.0) and Roland Leemans (1.0).

The biggest upset came in round 1: Pham Cong Hieu (1535) beat Mikael Brouwers (1804), a +269-point gap.

Location

🇧🇪Brussels, Belgium

Dates

29 Sept 2025

Time control

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

System

Swiss · 1 rounds

Top seed

🇧🇪CMArman Sarkisian2195

Avg top 10

2,031

Participants

Titled players · 3

CM×3

Federations · 8 represented

🇧🇪Belgium×58

🇻🇳Vietnam×2

🇫🇷France×1

🇩🇿Algeria×1

🇵🇱Poland×1

🇪🇸Spain×1

🇩🇪Germany×1

🇮🇹Italy×1

Top 3

🥇
Jens Cuyvers
🇧🇪BEL·1907
1.0pts·2354perf+3.6
🥈
Maxime Godfroid
🇧🇪BEL·1695
1.0pts·2304perf+10.0
🥉
Roland Leemans
🇧🇪BEL·2016
1.0pts·2638perf+4.8

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	Pts	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Cuyvers, Jens	1907	BEL	+43N	1.0	0.0	0.00	2354	+3.6
2	Godfroid, Maxime	1695	BEL	+36N	1.0	0.0	0.00	2304	+10.0
3	Leemans, Roland	2016	BEL	+38B	1.0	0.0	0.00	2638	+4.8
4	Taourchi, Hakem-Sidali	1915	ALG	+54N	1.0	0.0	0.00	2579	+6.2
5	Pepermans, Jelle	1809	BEL	+42B	1.0	0.0	0.00	2332	+3.0
6	Lombart, Philippe	1781	BEL	+57B	1.0	0.0	0.00	2367	+4.2
7	Venet, David	2039	BEL	+44N	1.0	0.0	0.00	2838	+10.8
8	Aron, Frederic	1590	BEL	+35N	1.0	0.0	0.00	2220	+10.8
9	Watelet, Sylvain	1925	BEL	+52N	1.0	0.0	0.00	2356	+1.8
10	Dufrasne, Lucas	1727	BEL	+47B	1.0	0.0	0.00	2299	+4.4
11	An Dinh MinhCM	2032	VIE	+51B	1.0	0.0	0.00	2389	+3.2
12	Dhaijere, Arnaud	1926	BEL	+55B	1.0	0.0	0.00	2347	+1.8
13	Chung Choong Lon, Marc	1859	BEL	+56N	1.0	0.0	0.00	2376	+3.2
14	Tang, Ningmeng	1651	BEL	+40N	1.0	0.0	0.00	2357	+14.0
15	Herzfeld, Henry	1855	BEL	+41N	1.0	0.0	0.00	2302	+4.4
16	Grobli-Casimir, Davy	1992	BEL	+39N	1.0	0.0	0.00	2392	+1.6
17	Pham Cong Hieu	1535	VIE	+46B	1.0	0.0	0.00	2617	+34.0
18	Sarkisian, ArmanCM	2195	BEL	+50N	1.0	0.0	0.00	2750	+3.6
19	Macai, Ioan	1880	BEL	+37N	1.0	0.0	0.00	2384	+3.2
20	Sohet, Cedric	1776	BEL	+49N	1.0	0.0	0.00	2362	+4.4
21	Pamukcu, Leo	0	BEL	+?B	1.0	0.0	0.00	1657	0.0
22	Dessomme, Francois	1966	BEL	+45N	1.0	0.0	0.00	2648	+7.2
23	Menolascina, FrancescoCM	2036	BEL	+48B	1.0	0.0	0.00	2527	+5.6
24	Onrubia-Aviles, Carlos	1815	BEL	+53B	1.0	0.0	0.00	2675	+11.6
25	Remon, Serge	1697	BEL	=32B	0.5	0.5	0.25	1458	-6.2
26	Desadeleer, Geoffrey	1510	BEL	=30B	0.5	0.5	0.25	1694	+4.8
27	Brunet Vrijens, Leo	1893	BEL	=31N	0.5	0.5	0.25	2017	+4.0
28	Szajnicki, Dawid	1798	POL	=29N	0.5	0.5	0.25	1690	-3.0
29	Rando, Manuel	1692	BEL	=28B	0.5	0.5	0.25	1798	+3.0
30	Van De Craen, Piet	1670	BEL	=26N	0.5	0.5	0.25	1513	-4.8
31	Eskandar, Abanoub	2017	BEL	=27B	0.5	0.5	0.25	1865	-4.0
32	Du, Deyi	1465	BEL	=25N	0.5	0.5	0.25	1712	+12.4
33	Neumark, Leonie	0	GER	=?N	0.5	0.0	0.00	1632	0.0
34	Fayt, Gaston	0	BEL	=?N	0.5	0.0	0.00	1689	0.0
35	Kacar, Lea	1428	BEL	−8B	0.0	1.0	0.00	794	-10.8
36	Alvarez Barrera, Raul	1503	BEL	−2B	0.0	1.0	0.00	899	-5.0
37	Castiau, Julien	1582	BEL	−19B	0.0	1.0	0.00	1074	-3.2
38	Siebert, Xavier	1851	BEL	−3N	0.0	1.0	0.00	1240	-4.8
39	Birg, Raphael	1567	BEL	−16B	0.0	1.0	0.00	1167	-3.2
40	Van Merris, Francois	1553	BEL	−14B	0.0	1.0	0.00	866	-7.0
41	Simon, Fernand	1479	BEL	−15B	0.0	1.0	0.00	1055	-2.2
42	Travers, Sylvain	1538	BEL	−5N	0.0	1.0	0.00	1031	-3.0
43	Varlet, Daniel	1550	BEL	−1B	0.0	1.0	0.00	1134	-1.8
44	Ronse, Ivan	2072	BEL	−7B	0.0	1.0	0.00	1212	-10.8
45	Drugmand, Benoit	1922	BEL	−22B	0.0	1.0	0.00	1153	-14.4
46	Brouwers, Mikael	1804	BEL	−17N	0.0	1.0	0.00	720	-17.0
47	Heynsmans, Michel	1485	BEL	−10N	0.0	1.0	0.00	923	-4.4
48	Declerck, Olivier	1740	BEL	−23N	0.0	1.0	0.00	1231	-2.8
49	Tombroff, Cesar	1562	BEL	−20B	0.0	1.0	0.00	985	-8.8
50	Grodent, Gerald	1946	BEL	−18B	0.0	1.0	0.00	1413	-3.6
51	Smargiasse, Lorenzo	1667	ITA	−11N	0.0	1.0	0.00	1178	-3.2
52	Duvillier, Frederic	1556	BEL	−9B	0.0	1.0	0.00	1136	-1.8
53	Llave Nevado, Ruslan	1887	ESP	−24N	0.0	1.0	0.00	1015	-11.6
54	Mahla, Amine	1781	BEL	−4B	0.0	1.0	0.00	1118	-6.2
55	Dierickx, Ulysse	1554	BEL	−12N	0.0	1.0	0.00	1127	-3.6
56	Gatta, Bruno	1568	BEL	−13B	0.0	1.0	0.00	1062	-3.2
57	Dimitrakopoulos, Athanasios	1567	BEL	−6N	0.0	1.0	0.00	997	-8.4
58	Merali, Kaim	0	BEL	−?B	0.0	0.0	0.00	750	0.0
59	Marchand, Pierre	0	BEL	−?N	0.0	0.0	0.00	1045	0.0
60	De La Batut, Benoit	0	BEL	−?N	0.0	0.0	0.00	914	0.0
61	Bastiaens, Lionel	0	BEL	−?B	0.0	0.0	0.00	954	0.0
62	Nuc, Francois	1683	BEL	−?B	0.0	0.0	0.00	1028	-12.0
63	Aydin, Gabriel	0	FRA	−?N	0.0	0.0	0.00	1045	0.0
64	Focant, Bastien	0	BEL	−?B	0.0	0.0	0.00	1259	0.0
65	Mercier, Theo	0	BEL	−?B	0.0	0.0	0.00	793	0.0
66	Venet, Dorian	1499	BEL	−?N	0.0	0.0	0.00	900	-9.6
67	FIDE 548004006	0	—	−?N	0.0	0.0	0.00	747	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Pham Cong HieuVIE
+34.0
1.0 pts · #17
2Tang, NingmengBEL
+14.0
1.0 pts · #14
3Du, DeyiBEL
+12.4
0.5 pts · #34

Top rating losers

1Brouwers, MikaelBEL
-17.0
0.0 pts · #51
2Drugmand, BenoitBEL
-14.4
0.0 pts · #50
3Nuc, FrancoisBEL
-12.0
0.0 pts · #48

Biggest upsets

R1+269 Elo gap
Pham Cong Hieu1535 beat Brouwers, Mikael1804