Brussels Open Winter 2026 Rounds 1-4

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124 players participated in this 4-round tournament, held from 05 Jan 2026 to 26 Jan 2026 in Brussels, Belgium. 4 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2094, and top seed was Ezra Terryn (🇧🇪 BEL, FM, 2267).

Julian Hennen Rodriguez (🇨🇱 CHI, 1900) won with 4.0/4, ahead of Benoit Drugmand (3.5) and Ivan Ronse (3.5). Hennen Rodriguez clinched sole first place in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Pierre Marchand (1700) beat Arman Sarkisian (CM, 2209), a +509-point gap.

Location

🇧🇪Brussels, Belgium

Dates

05 Jan 2026 → 26 Jan 2026

Time control

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

System

Swiss · 4 rounds

Top seed

🇧🇪FMEzra Terryn2267

Avg top 10

2,094

Participants

124

Titled players · 4

FM×1

CM×3

Federations · 8 represented

🇧🇪Belgium×106

🇵🇱Poland×1

🇳🇵Nepal×1

🇭🇺Hungary×1

🇮🇹Italy×1

🇬🇷Greece×1

🇨🇱Chile×1

🇮🇪Ireland×1

Top 3

🥇
Julian Hennen Rodriguez
🇨🇱CHI·1900
4.0pts·2601perf+30.6
🥈
Benoit Drugmand
🇧🇪BEL·1977
3.5pts·2149perf+25.9
🥉
Ivan Ronse
🇧🇪BEL·2063
3.5pts·2145perf+5.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 4 rounds

Julian Hennen Rodriguez led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Hennen Rodriguez4Drugmand3.5Ronse3.5Toledo3.5Venet3Ahmetaj3

R4–R4 · LEAD HELD

Julian Hennen Rodriguez held the sole lead from R4 through R4 without losing it.

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Julian Hennen Rodriguez 4 wins (R1–R4)Benoit Drugmand 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Julian Hennen Rodriguez	*	—	—	—
2Benoit Drugmand	—	*	—	½
3Ivan Ronse	—	—	*	—
4CMHillel Toledo	—	½	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Hennen Rodriguez, Julian	1900	CHI	+69N	+67B	+29N	+16B	4.0	5.5	6.5	6.50	2601	+30.6
2	Drugmand, Benoit	1977	BEL	+24N	+26B	+5N	=4N	3.5	8.5	10.5	8.75	2149	+25.9
3	Ronse, Ivan	2063	BEL	+76B	=6N	+12B	+27N	3.5	8.0	9.0	7.50	2145	+5.8
4	Toledo, HillelCM	2073	BEL	+61N	+64B	+33N	=2B	3.5	6.5	7.5	5.75	2200	+20.0
5	Pepermans, Jelle	1797	BEL	+60B	+14N	−2B	+38N	3.0	8.5	9.5	6.00	2009	+23.6
6	Tahari, Youcef Nazim	1828	BEL	+62N	=3B	=17N	+28B	3.0	8.0	9.0	6.00	1893	+5.6
7	Lombart, Philippe	1808	BEL	+20B	−10N	+60B	+30N	3.0	7.5	8.5	5.50	1780	+0.6
8	Dessomme, Francois	1944	BEL	+80B	+40N	−9B	+39N	3.0	7.0	8.0	5.00	2005	+7.2
9	Venet, David	2059	BEL	+31N	+41B	+8N	F	3.0	7.0	7.0	7.00	2609	+12.4
10	Leemans, Roland	2040	BEL	+66N	+7B	+25N	F	3.0	6.0	6.0	6.00	2593	+12.6
11	Toledo, Samuel	1655	BEL	−37N	+109B	+43N	+25B	3.0	6.0	6.0	4.00	2040	+28.6
12	Criquillion, Guillaume	1842	BEL	+108N	+104B	−3N	+24B	3.0	5.5	5.5	2.00	1871	+3.2
13	Ahmetaj, Rasim	1983	BEL	+63B	+34N	+27B	F	3.0	5.0	5.0	5.00	2581	+15.2
14	Yoro, Samuel	2007	BEL	+98N	−5B	+78N	+118B	3.0	4.5	4.5	1.50	1852	-9.8
15	Szajnicki, Dawid	1811	POL	F	+62B	+68N	+32B	3.0	4.0	4.0	4.00	2380	+8.4
16	Bastiaens, Lionel	1842	BEL	+97B	=19N	+18B	−1N	2.5	9.0	9.5	4.25	1865	+6.8
17	Cailleau, Alexandre	1710	BEL	+105B	=18N	=6B	=21N	2.5	8.0	8.0	4.00	1864	+24.4
18	Grodent, Gerald	1916	BEL	+55N	=17B	−16N	+54B	2.5	6.5	8.0	4.25	1727	-14.0
19	Focant, Bastien	1723	BEL	+110N	=16B	−23N	+81B	2.5	6.0	6.0	2.25	1882	+25.2
20	Heynsmans, Michel	1507	BEL	−7N	+117B	+82N	=46B	2.5	6.0	6.0	2.00	1625	+4.4
21	Delesenne, Arthur	1852	BEL	F	+83B	+31N	=17B	2.5	5.5	5.5	4.25	1918	+4.4
22	Marchand, Pierre	1700	BEL	=54N	+56B	−44N	+57B	2.5	5.0	6.5	3.75	2027	+48.0
23	Maizel, Jacob	1863	BEL	=102B	+100N	+19B	F	2.5	3.5	3.5	3.25	1836	-1.6
24	ALLAMAAKCHAOUI AYOUB	1641	MAR	−2B	+116N	+35B	−12N	2.0	8.5	8.5	2.00	1754	+7.4
25	Brunet Vrijens, Leo	1911	BEL	+65B	+42N	−10B	−11N	2.0	8.0	9.0	3.00	1762	-14.4
26	Declerck, Olivier	1739	BEL	+30B	−2N	+47B	F	2.0	7.5	7.5	4.00	1177	-4.0
27	Hernandez Morales, Adriel	1891	ESP	+70N	+107B	−13N	−3B	2.0	7.5	7.5	1.00	1795	-15.6
28	Fourour, Melio	0	BEL	−42B	+72N	+34B	−6N	2.0	7.0	8.0	3.00	1750	0.0
29	Partoens, Remi	2056	BEL	+75B	+35N	−1B	F	2.0	7.0	7.0	3.00	1918	-8.6
30	Stoyanofski, Louka	0	BEL	−26N	+101B	+56N	−7B	2.0	6.5	7.0	2.00	1848	0.0
31	Remon, Serge	1667	BEL	−9B	+115N	−21B	+64N	2.0	6.5	6.5	1.00	1793	+11.6
32	El Hilali, Rayan	0	BEL	−74B	+65N	+40B	−15N	2.0	6.0	7.0	3.00	1722	0.0
33	Watelet, Sylvain	1952	BEL	+101N	+36B	−4B	F	2.0	6.0	6.0	2.50	1936	+0.2
34	Bertrand, Abel	1800	BEL	+109N	−13B	−28N	+68B	2.0	6.0	6.0	1.00	1805	+0.2
35	Brion, Philippe	1818	BEL	+71N	−29B	−24N	+75B	2.0	5.0	6.0	2.00	1718	-10.0
36	Mechkor, Mohamed	1722	BEL	+73B	−33N	−45B	+65N	2.0	5.0	6.0	2.00	1721	-1.0
37	Fogel, Pierre	2014	BEL	+11B	+39N	F	F	2.0	5.0	5.0	5.00	2530	+6.6
38	De Reymaeker, Walter	1860	BEL	F	+70B	+74N	−5B	2.0	5.0	5.0	2.00	1815	-2.8
39	Rittelmeyer, Yann-Sven	1805	FRA	+106N	−37B	+107N	−8B	2.0	5.0	5.0	0.00	1757	-3.8
40	Neumark, Leonie	1669	GER	+113N	−8B	−32N	+104B	2.0	5.0	5.0	0.00	1143	-10.0
41	Labruyere, Robert Nirina	1818	BEL	+99B	−9N	+63B	F	2.0	4.5	4.5	1.50	1871	+4.8
42	Silovy, Alain	1735	BEL	+28N	−25B	+104N	F	2.0	4.0	4.0	2.00	1111	-5.4
43	Chung Choong Lon, Marc	1807	BEL	F	+114N	−11B	+63N	2.0	4.0	4.0	1.00	1739	-5.6
44	Ranucci, Marcello	1871	ITA	F	+79N	+22B	F	2.0	3.5	3.5	3.50	2438	+8.4
45	Ganguly, Aayush	1966	BEL	F	+54B	+36N	F	2.0	3.5	3.5	3.50	2523	+8.0
46	Pringot, Ilya	1829	BEL	F	=97N	+99B	=20N	2.0	3.5	3.5	2.00	1652	-11.2
47	Lindved, Gina	0	BEL	F	+85B	−26N	+105N	2.0	3.0	3.0	1.00	1679	0.0
48	Vandeputte, Thomas	1833	BEL	F	F	+71N	+61B	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.00	2404	+8.8
49	Siebert, Xavier	1805	BEL	F	F	+106N	+66B	2.0	1.0	1.0	1.00	2381	+9.0
50	Roy, Laurent	1778	BEL	F	F	+115B	+72N	2.0	1.0	1.0	1.00	2334	+8.4
51	Comhaire, Cedric	1859	BEL	F	+112B	+67N	F	2.0	1.0	1.0	1.00	2504	+5.8
52	Taourchi, Malik	1658	BEL	F	F	+111N	+77B	2.0	1.0	1.0	1.00	2504	+22.8
53	Faybish, Benjamin	2154	BEL	F	F	+112N	+84B	2.0	1.0	1.0	1.00	2710	+4.0
54	Ganea, Alexandru	0	BEL	=22B	−45N	+100B	−18N	1.5	7.0	7.5	1.75	1586	0.0
55	D`hooghe, Oscar	1628	BEL	−18B	=73N	−58B	+60N	1.5	5.0	6.0	1.50	1481	-24.8
56	Sarkisian, ArmanCM	2209	BEL	=100B	−22N	−30B	+98N	1.5	5.0	5.5	0.75	1807	-16.8
57	Daramelas, Nicolas	1734	GRE	F	=99N	+97B	−22N	1.5	3.5	3.5	0.75	1591	-22.4
58	Mercier, Theo	1488	BEL	F	=61B	+55N	F	1.5	2.5	2.5	2.00	1854	+38.4
59	De La Batut, Benoit	0	BEL	F	F	=98B	+97N	1.5	1.0	1.0	0.75	1619	0.0
60	Simon, Fernand	1422	BEL	−5N	+66B	−7N	−55B	1.0	7.5	8.5	1.00	1530	+7.8
61	Tang, Ningmeng	1694	BEL	−4B	=58N	=73B	−48N	1.0	7.0	8.0	1.25	1525	-26.8
62	Travers, Sylvain	1531	BEL	−6B	−15N	−88B	+113N	1.0	7.0	7.0	0.00	1028	-9.0
63	Van De Craen, Piet	1651	BEL	−13N	+111B	−41N	−43B	1.0	7.0	7.0	0.00	1073	-13.6
64	Onrubia-Aviles, Carlos	1831	BEL	+114B	−4N	F	−31B	1.0	6.5	6.5	0.00	1633	-15.4
65	Amadou, Bilal	1619	BEL	−25N	−32B	+110N	−36B	1.0	6.0	6.0	0.00	1017	-10.2
66	Rando, Manuel	1660	BEL	−10B	−60N	+116B	−49N	1.0	6.0	6.0	0.00	955	-24.0
67	Peeters, Simonne	1704	BEL	+117B	−1N	−51B	F	1.0	6.0	6.0	0.00	1080	-10.8
68	Kuczynski, Chris	1627	BEL	F	+105N	−15B	−34N	1.0	5.0	5.0	0.00	1006	-21.2
69	Hinkel, Kira	1601	BEL	−1B	−90N	+113B	F	1.0	5.0	5.0	0.00	1098	-12.0
70	Castiau, Julien	1565	BEL	−27B	−38N	−86B	+116N	1.0	5.0	5.0	0.00	1105	-7.2
71	Dimitrakopoulos, Athanasios	1515	BEL	−35B	−77N	−48B	+124N	1.0	5.0	5.0	0.00	985	-10.4
72	Palazoski, Elvir	1640	BEL	−89N	−28B	+123N	−50B	1.0	5.0	5.0	0.00	1077	-8.6
73	Djordjevic, Jeff	0	BEL	−36N	=55B	=61N	F	1.0	4.5	4.5	1.25	1557	0.0
74	Brunet, David	1708	BEL	+32N	F	−38B	F	1.0	4.0	4.0	2.00	1060	-6.0
75	Stoyanofski, Alexandre	1661	BEL	−29N	F	+120B	−35N	1.0	4.0	4.0	0.00	1137	-14.8
76	Padovano, Quentin	1673	BEL	−3N	F	+122B	F	1.0	3.5	3.5	0.00	1736	+1.8
77	Lejzerowicz, Nathan	1704	BEL	F	+71B	F	−52N	1.0	3.0	3.0	1.00	1586	-12.8
78	Lambert, Michel	1731	BEL	F	+119N	−14B	F	1.0	3.0	3.0	0.00	1767	+1.4
79	Birg, Raphael	1576	BEL	F	−44B	−87N	+111B	1.0	3.0	3.0	0.00	1071	-6.0
80	Douxchamps, Brice	1632	BEL	−8N	+110B	F	F	1.0	3.0	3.0	0.00	1143	-5.6
81	Czuczai, Jeno Dr.CM	1940	HUN	F	F	+108B	−19N	1.0	2.5	2.5	0.00	1632	-14.0
82	Champy, Louis	0	BEL	+111N	F	−20B	F	1.0	2.5	2.5	0.00	707	0.0
83	Van Merris, Francois	1557	BEL	F	−21N	F	+121B	1.0	2.5	2.5	0.00	1053	-3.0
84	Taourchi, Hakem-Sidali	1910	ALG	F	F	+114B	−53N	1.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	1844	-2.2
85	Lejzerowicz, Thierry	1618	BEL	F	−47N	F	+106B	1.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	2301	+13.6
86	Terryn, EzraFM	2267	BEL	F	F	+70N	F	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.00	2667	+1.6
87	FIDE 548008524	0	—	F	F	+79B	F	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.00	1596	0.0
88	Werbrouck, Michael	1846	BEL	F	F	+62N	F	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.00	2331	+2.8
89	Wyngaerden, Florian	1975	BEL	+72B	F	F	F	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.00	2439	+4.8
90	Macai, Ioan	1895	BEL	F	+69B	F	F	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.00	2401	+3.0
91	Pamukcu, Leo	1667	BEL	F	+106B	F	F	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	2301	+11.2
92	Merle, Lila	1803	BEL	+103B	F	F	F	1.0	0.5	0.5	0.50	2257	+4.4
93	Doyle, Robert	1740	IRL	F	F	F	+99N	1.0	0.5	0.5	0.50	2327	+9.2
94	Deschepper, Francois	0	BEL	F	F	+101N	F	1.0	0.5	0.5	0.50	1658	0.0
95	Gautam, Surendra	0	NEP	F	F	F	+?N	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	1550	0.0
96	Boot, Maarten	0	BEL	F	F	F	+108N	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	1554	0.0
97	Defays, Alain	1547	BEL	−16N	=46B	−57N	−59B	0.5	6.0	7.5	1.00	1529	-1.4
98	Ahmed El Gamal, Younes	1652	BEL	−14B	F	=59N	−56B	0.5	6.0	6.0	0.75	1230	-7.6
99	Desadeleer, Geoffrey	1527	BEL	−41N	=57B	−46N	−93B	0.5	5.5	6.5	0.75	1458	-5.4
100	Bartholome, Gabriel	0	BEL	=56N	−23B	−54N	F	0.5	5.5	5.5	0.75	1842	0.0
101	Miya, Simon	1638	BEL	−33B	−30N	−94B	=103N	0.5	5.0	5.5	0.25	1512	-15.2
102	Schurian, Herbert	1562	BEL	=23N	F	F	F	0.5	2.5	2.5	1.25	1863	+7.0
103	Stockelynck, Alexander	1475	BEL	−92N	F	F	=101B	0.5	1.5	1.5	0.25	1527	+5.2
104	FIDE 548008575	0	—	F	−12N	−42B	−40N	0.0	7.0	7.0	0.00	976	0.0
105	FIDE 548008516	0	—	−17N	−68B	−?N	−47B	0.0	5.5	5.5	0.00	827	0.0
106	Di Mariano, Giovanni	1502	BEL	−39B	−91N	−49B	−85N	0.0	5.0	6.0	0.00	924	-36.0
107	Maquoi, Sophie	1569	BEL	F	−27N	−39B	F	0.0	5.0	5.0	0.00	1048	-6.8
108	Engelhardt, Perry	1535	BEL	−12B	F	−81N	−96B	0.0	5.0	5.0	0.00	1088	-4.4
109	Kacar, Lea	0	BEL	−34B	−11N	F	F	0.0	5.0	5.0	0.00	928	0.0
110	FIDE 548007170	0	—	−19B	−80N	−65B	F	0.0	4.5	4.5	0.00	858	0.0
111	Du, Deyi	0	BEL	−82B	−63N	−52B	−79N	0.0	4.0	5.0	0.00	828	0.0
112	Joye, Antonin	0	BEL	−?B	−51N	−53B	F	0.0	4.0	4.0	0.00	1153	0.0
113	Krishnakumar Preetha, Pranav	0	BEL	−40B	F	−69N	−62B	0.0	4.0	4.0	0.00	828	0.0
114	Duvillier, Frederic	1533	BEL	−64N	−43B	−84N	F	0.0	4.0	4.0	0.00	1054	-8.0
115	Venet, Dorian	1429	BEL	F	−31B	−50N	F	0.0	4.0	4.0	0.00	923	-12.4
116	FIDE 548004006	0	—	−?N	−24B	−66N	−70B	0.0	4.0	4.0	0.00	855	0.0
117	FIDE 548008559	0	—	−67N	−20N	F	F	0.0	3.5	3.5	0.00	806	0.0
118	Louisy, Lennard	0	BEL	F	F	F	−14N	0.0	3.0	3.0	0.00	1207	0.0
119	Varlet, Daniel	1527	BEL	F	−78B	F	F	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	930	-4.8
120	Leclef, Maxime	0	BEL	F	F	−75N	F	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	861	0.0
121	Michel, Chloe	0	BEL	F	F	F	−83N	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	757	0.0
122	De Greef, Nathalie	1410	BEL	F	F	−76N	F	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	873	-7.2
123	Hendrickx, Jelle	0	BEL	F	F	−72B	F	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	839	0.0
124	Gerbino, Thomas	0	BEL	F	F	F	−71B	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	714	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Marchand, PierreBEL
+48.0
2.5 pts · #19
2Mercier, TheoBEL
+38.4
1.5 pts · #39
3Hennen Rodriguez, JulianCHI
+30.6
4.0 pts · #1

Top rating losers

1Di Mariano, GiovanniBEL
-36.0
0.0 pts · #119
2Tang, NingmengBEL
-26.8
1.0 pts · #79
3D`hooghe, OscarBEL
-24.8
1.5 pts · #59

Biggest upsets

R2+509 Elo gap
Marchand, Pierre1700 beat CMSarkisian, Arman2209
R4+256 Elo gap
Toledo, Samuel1655 beat Brunet Vrijens, Leo1911
R2+238 Elo gap
Simon, Fernand1422 beat Rando, Manuel1660