Brussels Open Fall 2025 Rounds 5-6

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98 players participated in this 2-round tournament, held from 06 Oct 2025 to 13 Oct 2025 in Brussels, Belgium. 4 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2072, and top seed was Hillel Toledo (🇧🇪 BEL, CM, 2206).

Michel Heynsmans (🇧🇪 BEL, 1485) won with 2.0/2, ahead of Jens Cuyvers (2.0) and Florian Wyngaerden (2.0).

The biggest upset came in round 2: Youcef Nazim Tahari (1778) beat Ivan Ronse (2072), a +294-point gap.

Location

🇧🇪Brussels, Belgium

Dates

06 Oct 2025 → 13 Oct 2025

Time control

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

System

Swiss · 2 rounds

Top seed

🇧🇪CMHillel Toledo2206

Avg top 10

2,072

Participants

Titled players · 4

CM×4

Federations · 8 represented

🇧🇪Belgium×82

🇮🇹Italy×2

🇩🇪Germany×2

🇫🇷France×2

🇻🇳Vietnam×2

🇲🇦Morocco×1

🇵🇱Poland×1

🇺🇦Ukraine×1

Top 3

🥇
Michel Heynsmans
🇧🇪BEL·1485
2.0pts·2456perf+29.0
🥈
Jens Cuyvers
🇧🇪BEL·1907
2.0pts·2521perf+20.8
🥉
Florian Wyngaerden
🇧🇪BEL·1944
2.0pts·2825perf+47.2

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Heynsmans, Michel	1485	BEL	+24N	+25B	2.0	1.0	2.0	2.00	2456	+29.0
2	Cuyvers, Jens	1907	BEL	+28B	+27N	2.0	1.0	2.0	2.00	2521	+20.8
3	Wyngaerden, Florian	1944	BEL	+22B	+78N	2.0	1.0	1.0	1.00	2825	+47.2
4	Tahari, Youcef Nazim	1778	BEL	+77B	+23N	2.0	1.0	1.0	1.00	2783	+30.2
5	Faybish, Benjamin	2119	BEL	+79N	+26B	2.0	1.0	1.0	1.00	2668	+7.6
6	Mechkor, Mohamed	1727	BEL	+61N	+73B	2.0	0.5	0.5	0.50	2344	+10.4
7	Tombroff, Cesar	1562	BEL	+74N	+76B	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	2531	+57.2
8	Haulotte, Francois	1814	BEL	+73N	+75N	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	2354	+3.6
9	Remon, Serge	1697	BEL	=11N	+31B	1.5	1.5	2.5	1.75	1714	+0.8
10	De Reymaeker, Walter	1890	BEL	+30N	=12B	1.5	1.5	2.5	1.75	1940	+2.4
11	Travers, Sylvain	1542	BEL	=9B	+80N	1.5	1.5	1.5	0.75	1833	+15.4
12	Szajnicki, Dawid	1798	POL	+80B	=10N	1.5	1.5	1.5	0.75	1929	+7.0
13	An Dinh MinhCM	2032	VIE	=67N	+34B	1.5	1.0	1.5	1.25	2310	+29.2
14	Van De Craen, Piet	1670	BEL	=62B	+35N	1.5	1.0	1.5	1.25	1755	+4.0
15	Ahmetaj, Rasim	2014	BEL	+32B	=65N	1.5	1.0	1.5	1.25	2137	+6.2
16	Grobli-Casimir, Davy	1992	BEL	=68B	+33N	1.5	1.0	1.5	1.25	1870	-4.4
17	Mahla, Amine	1781	BEL	=69N	+29B	1.5	1.0	1.5	1.25	2502	+7.8
18	Lombart, Philippe	1781	BEL	+82N	=66B	1.5	0.5	0.5	0.25	1929	+8.0
19	Desadeleer, Geoffrey	1510	BEL	+83N	=63B	1.5	0.5	0.5	0.25	1867	+18.4
20	Labruyere, Robert Nirina	1788	BEL	+84N	=64B	1.5	0.5	0.5	0.25	2013	+11.6
21	Bastiaens, Lionel	0	BEL	+81B	=?N	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.00	1879	0.0
22	Brion, Philippe	1843	BEL	−3N	+38B	1.0	2.0	3.0	1.00	1842	0.0
23	Ronse, Ivan	2072	BEL	+65N	−4B	1.0	2.0	2.5	0.50	1872	-9.8
24	Ben Kiran, Youssouf	1651	FID	−1B	+85N	1.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	1519	-7.2
25	Ciccia, Lea	1661	BEL	+85B	−1N	1.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	1519	-15.2
26	Macai, Ioan	1880	BEL	+75B	−5N	1.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	1319	-4.0
27	Stoyanofski, Alexandre	1748	BEL	+86N	−2B	1.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	1107	-11.6
28	Rando, Manuel	1693	BEL	−2N	+86B	1.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	1107	-4.6
29	Peeters, Simonne	1701	BEL	+36B	−17N	1.0	1.5	2.5	1.00	1627	-3.6
30	Godfroid, Maxime	1695	BEL	−10B	+62N	1.0	1.5	2.0	0.50	1729	+3.2
31	Venet, Dorian	1500	BEL	+70B	−9N	1.0	1.5	2.0	0.50	897	-10.0
32	Drugmand, Benoit	1921	BEL	−15N	+77N	1.0	1.5	1.5	0.00	1954	+3.2
33	Palazoski, Elvir	1625	BEL	+88N	−16B	1.0	1.5	1.5	0.00	1723	+3.4
34	Venet, David	2039	BEL	+78B	−13N	1.0	1.5	1.5	0.00	2119	+4.2
35	Duvillier, Frederic	1556	BEL	+91N	−14B	1.0	1.5	1.5	0.00	870	-6.8
36	Simon, Fernand	1473	BEL	−29N	+51B	1.0	1.0	2.0	1.00	1635	+8.4
37	Siebert, Xavier	1851	BEL	−44B	+41N	1.0	1.0	2.0	1.00	1784	-2.6
38	Declerck, Olivier	1740	BEL	+48B	−22N	1.0	1.0	2.0	1.00	1043	-7.2
39	Rittelmeyer, Yann-Sven	1814	FRA	+64B	−47N	1.0	1.0	1.5	0.50	2746	+13.6
40	Delesenne, Arthur	1843	BEL	+66N	−43B	1.0	1.0	1.5	0.50	1968	+6.6
41	Pham Cong Hieu	1535	VIE	+63N	−37B	1.0	1.0	1.5	0.50	1804	+26.0
42	Watelet, Sylvain	1924	BEL	+49B	F	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.00	2505	+4.4
43	Leemans, Roland	2016	BEL	F	+40N	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.00	2643	+5.4
44	Menolascina, FrancescoCM	2033	BEL	+37N	F	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.00	2651	+10.4
45	Defays, Alain	1547	BEL	+52N	F	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.00	2450	+12.8
46	Dhaijere, Arnaud	1926	BEL	+50N	F	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.00	2467	+3.6
47	Garcia-Almuzara Hernandez, Jaime	0	BEL	F	+39B	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.00	1834	0.0
48	Pamukcu, Leo	0	BEL	−38N	+74B	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	1696	0.0
49	ALLAMAAKCHAOUI AYOUB	1704	MAR	−42N	+82B	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	1739	+1.6
50	Smargiasse, Lorenzo	1667	ITA	−46B	+81N	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	1871	+20.8
51	Dimitrakopoulos, Athanasios	1567	BEL	+89B	−36N	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	673	-25.2
52	Toledo, Samuel	1650	BEL	−45B	+92N	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	747	-12.8
53	Deschepper, Francois	0	BEL	F	+?B	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	1429	0.0
54	Vasylchenko, Maksym	1801	UKR	+90N	F	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	2264	+2.4
55	Ganguly, Aayush	1992	BEL	+76N	F	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	2609	+10.4
56	Llave Nevado, Ruslan	1887	ESP	+93B	F	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	2482	+4.8
57	Neumark, Leonie	0	GER	−?N	+83B	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	1695	0.0
58	Werbrouck, Michael	1844	BEL	F	+88B	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	2254	+1.8
59	Daramelas, Nicolas	0	GRE	F	+87B	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	1447	0.0
60	Ladurner, Ulrich	1618	BEL	+87B	F	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	2227	+5.0
61	Engelhardt, Perry	1535	BEL	−6B	=70N	0.5	2.0	2.5	0.25	927	-5.0
62	Gatta, Bruno	1561	BEL	=14N	−30B	0.5	1.5	2.5	0.75	1490	-3.8
63	Bertrand, Abel	1757	BEL	−41B	=19N	0.5	1.5	2.5	0.75	1330	-21.8
64	Grodent, Gerald	1946	BEL	−39N	=20N	0.5	1.5	2.5	0.75	1608	-17.8
65	Dessomme, Francois	1967	BEL	−23B	=15B	0.5	1.5	2.5	0.75	1850	-5.8
66	Dethy, David	1919	BEL	−40B	=18N	0.5	1.5	2.5	0.75	1619	-15.8
67	Sarkisian, ArmanCM	2195	BEL	=13B	F	0.5	1.5	1.5	0.75	2032	-4.4
68	Dufrasne, Lucas	1729	BEL	=16N	F	0.5	1.5	1.5	0.75	1992	+6.4
69	Marchand, Pierre	0	BEL	=17B	−?N	0.5	1.5	1.5	0.75	1627	0.0
70	Merali, Kaim	0	BEL	−31N	=61B	0.5	1.0	1.5	0.25	1324	0.0
71	Sohet, Cedric	1777	BEL	=72B	F	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.25	1890	+3.0
72	Ranucci, Marcello	1890	ITA	=71N	F	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.25	1777	-3.0
73	Dierickx, Ulysse	1554	BEL	−8B	−6N	0.0	2.0	4.0	0.00	971	-18.0
74	Tang, Ningmeng	1652	BEL	−7B	−48N	0.0	2.0	3.0	0.00	762	-24.8
75	Focant, Bastien	0	BEL	−26N	−8B	0.0	2.0	3.0	0.00	1047	0.0
76	Pepermans, Jelle	1808	BEL	−55B	−7N	0.0	2.0	3.0	0.00	978	-21.4
77	Brunet Vrijens, Leo	1893	BEL	−4N	−32B	0.0	2.0	3.0	0.00	1050	-22.4
78	Toledo, HillelCM	2206	BEL	−34N	−3B	0.0	2.0	3.0	0.00	1192	-61.6
79	Herzfeld, Henry	1855	BEL	−5B	F	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	1319	-7.2
80	Castiau, Julien	1582	BEL	−12N	−11B	0.0	1.5	3.0	0.00	870	-15.6
81	Onrubia-Aviles, Carlos	1816	BEL	−21N	−50B	0.0	1.5	2.5	0.00	867	-14.0
82	Maquoi, Sophie	1553	BEL	−18B	−49N	0.0	1.5	2.5	0.00	943	-10.2
83	Aron, Frederic	1592	BEL	−19B	−57N	0.0	1.5	2.5	0.00	710	-24.4
84	Neumark, Jan-Luca	1694	GER	−20B	F	0.0	1.5	1.5	0.00	988	-14.8
85	Varlet, Daniel	1552	BEL	−25N	−24B	0.0	1.0	2.0	0.00	856	-14.2
86	Aydin, Gabriel	0	FRA	−27B	−28N	0.0	1.0	2.0	0.00	921	0.0
87	Kacar, Lea	1427	BEL	−60N	−59N	0.0	1.0	2.0	0.00	818	-10.0
88	Du, Deyi	1454	BEL	−33B	−58N	0.0	1.0	2.0	0.00	935	-14.4
89	FIDE 548003174	0	—	−51N	−?B	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	824	0.0
90	Merle, Lila	1463	BEL	−54B	F	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	1001	-4.8
91	Michel, Chloe	0	BEL	−35B	F	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	756	0.0
92	Leclef, Maxime	0	BEL	F	−52B	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	850	0.0
93	Nuc, Francois	1682	BEL	−56N	F	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	1087	-9.6
94	FIDE 548004006	0	—	F	−?B	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	774	0.0
95	De La Batut, Benoit	0	BEL	−?B	F	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	966	0.0
96	Stockelynck, Alexander	0	BEL	−?N	−?B	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	763	0.0
97	Fayt, Gaston	0	BEL	F	−?B	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	753	0.0
98	Mercier, Theo	0	BEL	F	−?N	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	802	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Tombroff, CesarBEL
+57.2
2.0 pts · #6
2Wyngaerden, FlorianBEL
+47.2
2.0 pts · #1
3Tahari, Youcef NazimBEL
+30.2
2.0 pts · #3

Top rating losers

1Toledo, HillelCMBEL
-61.6
0.0 pts · #98
2Dimitrakopoulos, AthanasiosBEL
-25.2
1.0 pts · #76
3Tang, NingmengBEL
-24.8
0.0 pts · #65

Biggest upsets

R2+294 Elo gap
Tahari, Youcef Nazim1778 beat Ronse, Ivan2072
R2+262 Elo gap
Wyngaerden, Florian1944 beat CMToledo, Hillel2206
R2+246 Elo gap
Tombroff, Cesar1562 beat Pepermans, Jelle1808