Brussels Open Winter 2026 Round 11

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59 players participated in this 1-round tournament, held on 30 Mar 2026 in Brussels, Belgium. 4 titled players from 6 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2059, and top seed was Hillel Toledo (🇧🇪 BEL, CM, 2245).

Gerald Grodent (🇧🇪 BEL, 1919) won with 1.0/1, ahead of Maarten Boot (1.0) and Philippe Lombart (1.0).

The biggest upset came in round 1: Carlos Onrubia-Aviles (1861) beat David Venet (2083), a +222-point gap.

Location

🇧🇪Brussels, Belgium

Dates

30 Mar 2026

Time control

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

System

Swiss · 1 rounds

Top seed

🇧🇪CMHillel Toledo2245

Avg top 10

2,059

Participants

Titled players · 4

CM×4

Federations · 6 represented

🇧🇪Belgium×54

🇵🇱Poland×1

🇭🇺Hungary×1

🇨🇱Chile×1

🇫🇷France×1

🇩🇪Germany×1

Top 3

🥇
Gerald Grodent
🇧🇪BEL·1919
1.0pts·2626perf+8.0
🥈
Maarten Boot
🇧🇪BEL·1615
1.0pts·2348perf+12.8
🥉
Philippe Lombart
🇧🇪BEL·1846
1.0pts·2445perf+5.8

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	Pts	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Grodent, Gerald	1919	BEL	+46B	1.0	0.0	0.00	2626	+8.0
2	Boot, Maarten	1615	BEL	+57N	1.0	0.0	0.00	2348	+12.8
3	Lombart, Philippe	1846	BEL	+45B	1.0	0.0	0.00	2445	+5.8
4	Castiau, Julien	1524	BEL	+44B	1.0	0.0	0.00	2439	+12.8
5	Sarkisian, ArmanCM	2177	BEL	+52B	1.0	0.0	0.00	2623	+2.2
6	Chung Choong Lon, Marc	1770	BEL	+58N	1.0	0.0	0.00	2523	+8.2
7	Fourour, Melio	1765	BEL	+51B	1.0	0.0	0.00	2565	+20.0
8	Heynsmans, Michel	1505	BEL	+36N	1.0	0.0	0.00	2547	+16.0
9	Dessomme, Francois	1937	BEL	+50N	1.0	0.0	0.00	2876	+14.4
10	Brunet, David	1676	BEL	+41N	1.0	0.0	0.00	2434	+9.2
11	Onrubia-Aviles, Carlos	1861	BEL	+55N	1.0	0.0	0.00	2885	+16.2
12	Bartholome, Gabriel	1828	BEL	+35N	1.0	0.0	0.00	2300	+5.2
13	Tang, Ningmeng	1689	BEL	+54N	1.0	0.0	0.00	2585	+24.4
14	Ahmetaj, Rasim	2009	BEL	+40B	1.0	0.0	0.00	2718	+7.6
15	Peeters, Simonne	1677	BEL	+53B	1.0	0.0	0.00	2299	+5.0
16	Czuczai, Jeno Dr.CM	1948	HUN	+49N	1.0	0.0	0.00	2460	+3.2
17	Maquoi, Sophie	1586	BEL	+48N	1.0	0.0	0.00	2487	+13.6
18	Delesenne, Arthur	1869	BEL	+37B	1.0	0.0	0.00	2834	+14.6
19	Duvillier, Frederic	1532	BEL	+39N	1.0	0.0	0.00	2375	+11.4
20	Vanden Bussche, StevenCM	2073	BEL	+47N	1.0	0.0	0.00	2473	+1.6
21	Remon, Serge	1632	BEL	+56N	1.0	0.0	0.00	2395	+8.0
22	Pepermans, Jelle	1850	BEL	+34B	1.0	0.0	0.00	2587	+8.6
23	Mechkor, Mohamed	1732	BEL	+43N	1.0	0.0	0.00	2609	+9.6
24	Toledo, HillelCM	2245	BEL	+42B	1.0	0.0	0.00	2645	+3.2
25	Werbrouck, Michael	1858	BEL	+38B	1.0	0.0	0.00	2391	+3.6
26	Stoyanofski, Louka	1801	BEL	=29B	0.5	0.5	0.25	1641	-7.2
27	Van Merris, Francois	1566	BEL	=28N	0.5	0.5	0.25	1637	+2.0
28	Miya, Simon	1641	BEL	=27B	0.5	0.5	0.25	1567	-4.0
29	Palazoski, Elvir	1659	BEL	=26N	0.5	0.5	0.25	1777	+3.6
30	Siebert, Xavier	1816	BEL	=31B	0.5	0.5	0.25	1732	-2.4
31	Declerck, Olivier	1753	BEL	=30N	0.5	0.5	0.25	1816	+2.4
32	Diptyo, Arkan	0	BEL	=?B	0.5	0.0	0.00	1657	0.0
33	Paul, Maylo	0	BEL	=?B	0.5	0.0	0.00	1414	0.0
34	Rittelmeyer, Yann-Sven	1791	FRA	−22N	0.0	1.0	0.00	1038	-8.6
35	Toledo, Jim	1551	BEL	−12B	0.0	1.0	0.00	1027	-5.2
36	Neumark, Leonie	1651	GER	−8B	0.0	1.0	0.00	702	-32.0
37	Drugmand, Benoit	2068	BEL	−18N	0.0	1.0	0.00	1058	-29.2
38	Tombroff, Cesar	1612	BEL	−25N	0.0	1.0	0.00	1053	-7.2
39	Alvarez Barrera, Raul	1582	BEL	−19B	0.0	1.0	0.00	726	-11.4
40	Hennen Rodriguez, Julian	1943	CHI	−14N	0.0	1.0	0.00	1209	-7.6
41	Van De Craen, Piet	1668	BEL	−10B	0.0	1.0	0.00	863	-9.2
42	Bastiaens, Lionel	1885	BEL	−24N	0.0	1.0	0.00	1441	-3.2
43	Brion, Philippe	1811	BEL	−23B	0.0	1.0	0.00	1020	-9.6
44	Stoyanofski, Alexandre	1652	BEL	−4N	0.0	1.0	0.00	735	-25.6
45	Marchand, Pierre	1656	BEL	−3N	0.0	1.0	0.00	1007	-5.8
46	Criquillion, Guillaume	1820	BEL	−1N	0.0	1.0	0.00	1102	-8.0
47	Stockelynck, Alexander	1478	BEL	−20B	0.0	1.0	0.00	1064	-3.2
48	Champy, Louis	1682	BEL	−17B	0.0	1.0	0.00	750	-27.2
49	Toledo, Samuel	1676	BEL	−16B	0.0	1.0	0.00	1141	-3.2
50	Ronse, Ivan	2110	BEL	−9B	0.0	1.0	0.00	1109	-14.4
51	Ganea, Alexandru	1744	BEL	−7N	0.0	1.0	0.00	968	-20.0
52	Szajnicki, Dawid	1825	POL	−5N	0.0	1.0	0.00	1369	-2.2
53	Desadeleer, Geoffrey	1511	BEL	−15N	0.0	1.0	0.00	891	-5.0
54	Bertrand, Abel	1777	BEL	−13B	0.0	1.0	0.00	903	-12.2
55	Venet, David	2083	BEL	−11B	0.0	1.0	0.00	1037	-16.2
56	Kuczynski, Chris	1595	BEL	−21B	0.0	1.0	0.00	867	-16.0
57	Defays, Alain	1529	BEL	−2B	0.0	1.0	0.00	885	-6.4
58	Lindved, Gina	1693	BEL	−6B	0.0	1.0	0.00	987	-16.4
59	Michaux, Eric	1452	BEL	−?N	0.0	0.0	0.00	769	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Tang, NingmengBEL
+24.4
1.0 pts · #13
2Fourour, MelioBEL
+20.0
1.0 pts · #7
3Onrubia-Aviles, CarlosBEL
+16.2
1.0 pts · #11

Top rating losers

1Neumark, LeonieGER
-32.0
0.0 pts · #36
2Drugmand, BenoitBEL
-29.2
0.0 pts · #37
3Champy, LouisBEL
-27.2
0.0 pts · #48

Biggest upsets

R1+222 Elo gap
Onrubia-Aviles, Carlos1861 beat Venet, David2083
R1+199 Elo gap
Delesenne, Arthur1869 beat Drugmand, Benoit2068
R1+173 Elo gap
Dessomme, Francois1937 beat Ronse, Ivan2110