Brussels Open Fall 2025 Rounds 7-10
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102 players participated in this 4-round tournament, held from 03 Nov 2025 to 24 Nov 2025 in Brussels, Belgium. 5 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2066, and top seed was Arman Sarkisian (🇧🇪 BEL, CM, 2198).
An Dinh Minh (🇻🇳 VIE, CM, 2089) won with 4.0/4, ahead of Luc Herman (4.0) and Jeno Dr. Czuczai (4.0). Minh shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Youcef Nazim Tahari (1808) beat David Venet (2054), a +246-point gap.
Location
🇧🇪Brussels, Belgium
Dates
03 Nov 2025 → 24 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes for game with 30 seconds delay from move 1
System
Swiss · 4 rounds
Titled players · 5
CM×5
Federations · 8 represented
🇧🇪Belgium×89
🇮🇹Italy×2
🇻🇳Vietnam×2
🇫🇷France×2
🇲🇦Morocco×1
🇭🇺Hungary×1
🇩🇪Germany×1
FIDE (no federation)×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 4 roundsTight race until R4; 3 players tied at 4.0/4, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.
Co-leaders
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R4 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
3 players finish on 4.0/4. Minh takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (8.0).
WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers
CM Jeno Dr. Czuczai 4 wins (R1–R4)CM An Dinh Minh 4 wins (R1–R4)Luc Herman 4 wins (R1–R4)
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An Dinh MinhCM | 2089 | VIE | +21N | +4N | +17B | +16B | 4.0 | 8.0 | 10.0 | 10.00 | 2770 | +55.6 |
| 2 | Herman, Luc | 1713 | BEL | +41N | +85B | +50N | +84B | 4.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.50 | 2294 | +8.8 |
| 3 | Czuczai, Jeno Dr.CM | 1903 | HUN | +76B | +88N | +87B | +44B | 4.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.50 | 2346 | +8.8 |
| 4 | Ronse, Ivan | 2051 | BEL | +56N | −1B | +55N | +6B | 3.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 5.00 | 2140 | +10.2 |
| 5 | Grodent, Gerald | 1933 | BEL | +49B | +39N | +8B | −7B | 3.0 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 5.50 | 1892 | -1.2 |
| 6 | Grobli-Casimir, Davy | 1993 | BEL | +40B | +35N | +23B | −4N | 3.0 | 6.5 | 8.0 | 5.00 | 2109 | +11.6 |
| 7 | Macai, Ioan | 1883 | BEL | +48B | −23N | +46B | +5N | 3.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 5.00 | 1997 | +12.0 |
| 8 | Brunet Vrijens, Leo | 1884 | BEL | +89N | +37B | −5N | +53B | 3.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 2.50 | 1962 | +8.6 |
| 9 | Pepermans, Jelle | 1782 | BEL | +28N | F | +45B | +36N | 3.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.50 | 2410 | +16.6 |
| 10 | Mechkor, Mohamed | 1736 | BEL | +52N | F | +51B | +24B | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.00 | 2467 | +24.6 |
| 11 | Bertrand, Abel | 1746 | BEL | =79B | +48N | +25B | =77N | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 3.50 | 1966 | +22.6 |
| 12 | Toledo, HillelCM | 2135 | BEL | F | +45N | +37B | +47N | 3.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.50 | 2569 | +12.4 |
| 13 | Dethy, David | 1903 | BEL | +45B | F | +44N | +35B | 3.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.50 | 2503 | +15.4 |
| 14 | Ahmed El Gamal, Younes | 1582 | BEL | +36B | F | +54N | +46B | 3.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.50 | 2461 | +72.8 |
| 15 | Sarkisian, ArmanCM | 2198 | BEL | +90N | F | +49B | +19N | 3.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.50 | 2612 | +3.6 |
| 16 | Dessomme, Francois | 1978 | BEL | =18N | +38N | +21B | −1N | 2.5 | 8.5 | 10.0 | 4.75 | 2012 | +4.4 |
| 17 | Leemans, Roland | 2042 | BEL | +46B | +47N | −1N | =22B | 2.5 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 3.00 | 1909 | -10.4 |
| 18 | Venet, David | 2054 | BEL | =16B | +22B | +26N | −21N | 2.5 | 6.5 | 8.5 | 5.25 | 1975 | -8.0 |
| 19 | Onrubia-Aviles, Carlos | 1825 | BEL | +50N | +61B | =22N | −15B | 2.5 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 3.00 | 1889 | +5.6 |
| 20 | Bastiaens, Lionel | 1867 | BEL | −47B | +78N | =38B | +57N | 2.5 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 2.25 | 1697 | -26.8 |
| 21 | Tahari, Youcef Nazim | 1808 | BEL | −1B | +55B | −16N | +18B | 2.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 3.50 | 1957 | +14.6 |
| 22 | Szajnicki, Dawid | 1802 | POL | +53B | −18N | =19B | =17N | 2.0 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 3.50 | 1883 | +7.8 |
| 23 | Drugmand, Benoit | 1907 | BEL | F | +7B | −6N | +38N | 2.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 4.50 | 1989 | +13.6 |
| 24 | Rittelmeyer, Yann-Sven | 1828 | FRA | −51B | +27N | +47B | −10N | 2.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 3.00 | 1682 | -15.6 |
| 25 | Heynsmans, Michel | 1499 | BEL | −30N | +54B | −11N | +48B | 2.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 2.00 | 1747 | +24.2 |
| 26 | Cuyvers, Jens | 1932 | BEL | +27B | +51N | −18B | F | 2.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 3.00 | 1918 | +0.4 |
| 27 | ALLAMAAKCHAOUI AYOUB | 1695 | MAR | −26N | −24B | +60N | +52B | 2.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 2.00 | 1716 | +2.0 |
| 28 | Tang, Ningmeng | 1641 | BEL | −9B | +58N | +64B | −62N | 2.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 2.00 | 1716 | +16.0 |
| 29 | Merali, Kaim | 0 | BEL | +86N | −44N | +63B | −39B | 2.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.00 | 1536 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Haulotte, Francois | 1823 | BEL | +25B | F | +52N | F | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.00 | 2321 | +5.8 |
| 31 | Brunet, David | 1680 | BEL | +58B | F | F | +65N | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.00 | 2346 | +12.8 |
| 32 | Kacar, Lea | 1406 | BEL | F | +67B | +86N | F | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2252 | +22.4 |
| 33 | Cailleau, Alexandre | 1706 | BEL | +93B | +76N | F | F | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.50 | 2247 | +7.2 |
| 34 | Bartholome, Gabriel | 0 | BEL | F | +?N | +?B | F | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1799 | 0.0 |
| 35 | Brion, Philippe | 1847 | BEL | =78N | −6B | +39N | −13N | 1.5 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 1.75 | 1697 | -15.4 |
| 36 | Maquoi, Sophie | 1544 | BEL | −14N | +81B | =40N | −9B | 1.5 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 1.25 | 1620 | +5.8 |
| 37 | Siebert, Xavier | 1836 | BEL | =39B | −8N | −12N | +80B | 1.5 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 1.25 | 1719 | -13.2 |
| 38 | Focant, Bastien | 1716 | BEL | +84N | −16B | =20N | −23B | 1.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.25 | 1714 | -2.0 |
| 39 | Desadeleer, Geoffrey | 1533 | BEL | =37N | −5B | −35B | +29N | 1.5 | 6.5 | 8.0 | 2.75 | 1599 | +2.8 |
| 40 | Chung Choong Lon, Marc | 1857 | BEL | −6N | −49N | =36B | +59B | 1.5 | 5.5 | 6.5 | 1.75 | 1727 | -9.0 |
| 41 | Joye, Antonin | 0 | BEL | −2B | F | =?N | +85B | 1.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 1516 | 0.0 |
| 42 | Daramelas, Nicolas | 0 | GRE | −?N | F | +76B | =81N | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.75 | 1613 | 0.0 |
| 43 | Ranucci, Marcello | 1887 | ITA | F | +92B | =80N | F | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1808 | -3.0 |
| 44 | Marchand, Pierre | 1613 | BEL | −70N | +29B | −13B | −3N | 1.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 2.00 | 1140 | -16.0 |
| 45 | Palazoski, Elvir | 1647 | BEL | −13N | −12B | −9N | +71B | 1.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 1.00 | 1111 | -11.8 |
| 46 | Remon, Serge | 1699 | BEL | −17N | +84B | −7N | −14N | 1.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.00 | 1547 | -16.8 |
| 47 | Pamukcu, Leo | 1667 | BEL | +20N | −17B | −24N | −12B | 1.0 | 8.0 | 10.0 | 2.50 | 1758 | +12.0 |
| 48 | Rando, Manuel | 1678 | BEL | −7N | −11B | +84N | −25N | 1.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.00 | 1453 | -23.2 |
| 49 | Neumark, Leonie | 1678 | GER | −5N | +40B | −15N | F | 1.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.50 | 1871 | 0.0 |
| 50 | Dimitrakopoulos, Athanasios | 1534 | BEL | −19B | −59N | −2B | +87N | 1.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.00 | 1490 | -9.6 |
| 51 | Pham Cong Hieu | 1629 | VIE | +24N | −26B | −10N | −56B | 1.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 2.00 | 1681 | +6.8 |
| 52 | Travers, Sylvain | 1543 | BEL | −10B | +97N | −30B | −27N | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 1554 | +0.8 |
| 53 | Tombroff, Cesar | 1610 | BEL | −22N | −57B | +59N | −8N | 1.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 1.00 | 1653 | +5.2 |
| 54 | Stoyanofski, Alexandre | 1742 | BEL | F | −25N | −14B | +60B | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.00 | 1422 | -50.0 |
| 55 | Smargiasse, Lorenzo | 1706 | ITA | +98B | −21N | −4B | F | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 1759 | +6.0 |
| 56 | Wyngaerden, Florian | 2000 | BEL | −4B | F | F | +51N | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.00 | 1840 | -10.2 |
| 57 | Garcia-Almuzara Hernandez, Jaime | 0 | BEL | F | +53N | F | −20B | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.00 | 1739 | 0.0 |
| 58 | Engelhardt, Perry | 1530 | BEL | −31N | −28B | F | +86B | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 1466 | -5.2 |
| 59 | Toledo, Samuel | 1646 | BEL | F | +50B | −53B | −40N | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.00 | 1542 | -8.6 |
| 60 | Defays, Alain | 1561 | BEL | F | +96B | −27B | −54N | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 1558 | -0.2 |
| 61 | Ben Kiran, Youssouf | 1644 | FID | +99B | −19N | F | F | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 1679 | +1.8 |
| 62 | Lombart, Philippe | 1785 | BEL | F | F | F | +28B | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.00 | 2441 | +6.2 |
| 63 | Van Merris, Francois | 1546 | BEL | F | +86B | −29N | F | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 2252 | +7.4 |
| 64 | San Lorenzo, Nordine | 1766 | BEL | +88B | F | −28N | F | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1581 | -9.4 |
| 65 | Aron, Frederic | 1564 | BEL | F | F | +91N | −31B | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1581 | +2.0 |
| 66 | Birg, Raphael | 1564 | BEL | −68N | +91B | F | −69B | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1640 | +5.6 |
| 67 | Louisy, Lennard | 0 | BEL | +?B | −32N | F | F | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 606 | 0.0 |
| 68 | Ganguly, Aayush | 1990 | BEL | +66B | F | F | F | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2391 | +2.9 |
| 69 | Delesenne, Arthur | 1849 | BEL | F | F | F | +66N | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2364 | +3.2 |
| 70 | Menolascina, FrancescoCM | 2079 | BEL | +44B | F | F | F | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2479 | +3.2 |
| 71 | Champy, Louis | 0 | BEL | F | +94N | F | −45N | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 847 | 0.0 |
| 72 | Castiau, Julien | 1543 | BEL | F | F | +92N | F | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2361 | +10.6 |
| 73 | Alvarez Barrera, Raul | 1513 | BEL | F | +95N | F | F | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2374 | +11.8 |
| 74 | Koninckx, Eric | 1565 | BEL | +91N | F | F | F | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2280 | +7.6 |
| 75 | Stoyanofski, Louka | 0 | BEL | F | F | −?B | +?N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 873 | 0.0 |
| 76 | Stockelynck, Alexander | 1447 | BEL | −3N | −33B | −42N | =82B | 0.5 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 0.25 | 977 | -10.4 |
| 77 | Ahmetaj, Rasim | 2018 | BEL | F | F | F | =11B | 0.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.50 | 1746 | -6.6 |
| 78 | Godfroid, Maxime | 1708 | BEL | =35B | −20B | F | F | 0.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.75 | 1664 | -4.0 |
| 79 | De Reymaeker, Walter | 1897 | BEL | =11N | F | F | F | 0.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.50 | 1746 | -4.0 |
| 80 | Van De Craen, Piet | 1669 | BEL | F | F | =43B | −37N | 0.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.75 | 1669 | 0.0 |
| 81 | Douxchamps, Brice | 1605 | BEL | F | −36N | F | =42B | 0.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.75 | 743 | -23.2 |
| 82 | Hendrickx, Jelle | 0 | BEL | F | F | F | =76N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1447 | 0.0 |
| 83 | Djordjevic, Jeff | 0 | BEL | F | F | F | =?B | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1544 | 0.0 |
| 84 | Simon, Fernand | 1461 | BEL | −38B | −46N | −48B | −2N | 0.0 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 0.00 | 902 | -15.6 |
| 85 | FIDE 548004006 | 0 | — | F | −2N | −?B | −41N | 0.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.00 | 958 | 0.0 |
| 86 | Du, Deyi | 1452 | BEL | −29B | −63N | −32B | −58N | 0.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 694 | -52.8 |
| 87 | Duvillier, Frederic | 1547 | BEL | F | F | −3N | −50B | 0.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 918 | -12.6 |
| 88 | Varlet, Daniel | 1521 | BEL | −64N | −3B | F | F | 0.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 1035 | -5.8 |
| 89 | Peeters, Simonne | 1696 | BEL | −8B | F | F | F | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 1085 | -5.2 |
| 90 | Dufrasne, Lucas | 1752 | BEL | −15B | F | F | F | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 1352 | -1.6 |
| 91 | Venet, Dorian | 1480 | BEL | −74B | −66N | −65B | F | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 764 | -46.0 |
| 92 | Gatta, Bruno | 1555 | BEL | F | −43N | −72B | F | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 915 | -13.2 |
| 93 | Mat, Matthiew | 0 | BEL | −33N | −?B | F | F | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 931 | 0.0 |
| 94 | De La Batut, Benoit | 0 | BEL | −?N | −71B | F | −?N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 932 | 0.0 |
| 95 | Schurian, Herbert | 1574 | BEL | F | −73B | F | F | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 712 | -11.8 |
| 96 | Aydin, Gabriel | 1612 | FRA | F | −60N | F | F | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 760 | -22.8 |
| 97 | Declerck, Olivier | 1735 | BEL | F | −52B | F | F | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 743 | -15.0 |
| 98 | Mahla, Amine | 1791 | BEL | −55N | F | F | F | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 906 | -12.4 |
| 99 | Dierickx, Ulysse | 1532 | BEL | −61N | F | F | F | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 844 | -14.0 |
| 100 | Krishnakumar Preetha, Pranav | 0 | BEL | F | −?B | −?N | F | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 818 | 0.0 |
| 101 | Leclef, Maxime | 0 | BEL | F | F | F | −?B | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1046 | 0.0 |
| 102 | Michel, Chloe | 0 | BEL | F | F | −?N | F | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 687 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Ahmed El Gamal, YounesBEL+72.83.0 pts · #12
- 2An Dinh MinhCMVIE+55.64.0 pts · #2
- 3Mechkor, MohamedBEL+24.63.0 pts · #5
Top rating losers
- 1Du, DeyiBEL-52.80.0 pts · #79
- 2Stoyanofski, AlexandreBEL-50.01.0 pts · #43
- 3Venet, DorianBEL-46.00.0 pts · #86
Biggest upsets
- R4+246 Elo gap
- R2+243 Elo gap
- R1+200 Elo gap