Brussels Spring Competition 2026 Rounds 1-2

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105 players participated in this 2-round tournament, held from 20 Apr 2026 to 27 Apr 2026 in Brussels, Belgium. 4 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2119, and top seed was Hillel Toledo (🇧🇪 BEL, CM, 2245).

Pascal Giffroid (🇧🇪 BEL, 1680) won with 2.0/2, ahead of Alain Defays (2.0) and Philippe Lombart (2.0).

The biggest upset came in round 1: Sabri Moumni (1456) beat Thierry Lejzerowicz (1628), a +172-point gap.

Location

🇧🇪Brussels, Belgium

Dates

20 Apr 2026 → 27 Apr 2026

Time control

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

System

Swiss · 2 rounds

Top seed

🇧🇪CMHillel Toledo2245

Avg top 10

2,119

Participants

105

Titled players · 4

CM×3

WCM×1

Federations · 8 represented

🇧🇪Belgium×89

🇫🇷France×3

🇩🇪Germany×2

🇮🇹Italy×1

🇵🇱Poland×1

🇬🇷Greece×1

🇩🇿Algeria×1

FIDE (no federation)×1

Top 3

🥇
Pascal Giffroid
🇧🇪BEL·1680
2.0pts·2500perf+42.0
🥈
Alain Defays
🇧🇪BEL·1529
2.0pts·2413perf+12.4
🥉
Philippe Lombart
🇧🇪BEL·1846
2.0pts·2538perf+14.2

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Giffroid, Pascal	1680	BEL	+61B	+17B	2.0	1.0	1.5	1.50	2500	+42.0
2	Defays, Alain	1529	BEL	+62N	+22B	2.0	1.0	1.5	1.50	2413	+12.4
3	Lombart, Philippe	1846	BEL	+83B	+21B	2.0	1.0	1.0	1.00	2538	+14.2
4	Haulotte, Francois	1810	BEL	+79B	+16N	2.0	1.0	1.0	1.00	2466	+12.2
5	Dessomme, Francois	1938	BEL	+82B	+19B	2.0	1.0	1.0	1.00	2793	+23.0
6	Szajnicki, Dawid	1825	POL	+81B	+20N	2.0	1.0	1.0	1.00	2508	+13.8
7	Ben Kiran, Youssouf	1646	FID	+80N	+23B	2.0	1.0	1.0	1.00	2314	+12.8
8	Harutyunyan, Axel	1938	BEL	+84N	+18B	2.0	1.0	1.0	1.00	2749	+20.6
9	Moumni, Sabri	1456	BEL	+88N	=10B	1.5	1.5	1.5	0.75	1775	+16.8
10	Birg, Raphael	1535	BEL	+89B	=9N	1.5	1.5	1.5	0.75	1456	-4.4
11	Remon, Serge	1632	BEL	+24N	=65B	1.5	1.0	1.5	1.25	2275	+5.8
12	Sarkisian, ArmanCM	2177	BEL	+86B	=67B	1.5	0.5	0.5	0.25	2304	+6.4
13	Bertrand, Abel	1777	BEL	+87B	=63N	1.5	0.5	0.5	0.25	1998	+11.4
14	Siebert, Xavier	1807	BEL	=66N	+85N	1.5	0.5	0.5	0.25	1966	+8.0
15	Pepermans, Jelle	1849	BEL	+85B	=64B	1.5	0.5	0.5	0.25	1993	+7.2
16	Marchand, Pierre	1656	BEL	+40N	−4B	1.0	2.0	3.0	1.00	1777	+6.6
17	Taourchi, Malik	1761	BEL	+27B	−1N	1.0	2.0	3.0	1.00	1710	-5.6
18	Wyngaerden, Florian	2013	BEL	+38B	−8N	1.0	2.0	3.0	1.00	1904	-11.6
19	Taourchi, Hakem-Sidali	1901	ALG	+73B	−5N	1.0	2.0	2.5	0.50	1899	-0.2
20	Mechkor, Mohamed	1734	BEL	+91N	−6B	1.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	1739	+0.2
21	Sohet, Cedric	1773	BEL	+98B	−3N	1.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	1816	+2.4
22	Tombroff, Cesar	1613	BEL	+90B	−2N	1.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	1475	-14.8
23	Castiau, Julien	1523	BEL	+99B	−7N	1.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	846	-6.6
24	Travers, Sylvain	1475	BEL	−11B	+97N	1.0	1.5	1.5	0.00	832	-5.8
25	Rittelmeyer, Yann-Sven	1791	FRA	+41N	−34B	1.0	1.0	2.0	1.00	1806	+0.6
26	Desadeleer, Geoffrey	1511	BEL	+32N	−27N	1.0	1.0	2.0	1.00	1694	+9.4
27	Gessis, Stavros	1739	BEL	−17N	+26B	1.0	1.0	2.0	1.00	1636	-5.2
28	Ronse, Ivan	2110	BEL	−36N	+29B	1.0	1.0	2.0	1.00	2089	-1.2
29	Kersemans, Aeneas	1962	BEL	+30B	−28N	1.0	1.0	2.0	1.00	2013	+5.6
30	Grodent, Gerald	1916	BEL	−29N	+31B	1.0	1.0	2.0	1.00	1837	-4.0
31	Neumark, Leonie	1711	GER	+72B	−30N	1.0	1.0	1.5	0.50	1817	+10.8
32	De Beco, Pierre-Adrien	1648	BEL	−26B	+69N	1.0	1.0	1.5	0.50	1499	-15.6
33	De Saedeleer, Sam	1920	BEL	F	+39B	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.00	2505	+4.6
34	Nicolas, Pierre	1942	FRA	F	+25N	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.00	2591	+6.0
35	Kacar, Lea	0	BEL	+43N	F	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.00	1586	0.0
36	Verheyen, Olivier	2215	BEL	+28B	F	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.00	2910	+7.2
37	Ahmetaj, Rasim	2008	BEL	F	+42N	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.00	2604	+4.8
38	Delesenne, Arthur	1869	BEL	−18N	+94N	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	1954	+4.6
39	Defossez, Jean	1705	BEL	+95B	−33N	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	1786	+8.0
40	Ganea, Alexandru	1743	BEL	−16B	+95N	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	1654	-9.6
41	Van De Craen, Piet	1669	BEL	−25B	+92N	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	1801	+7.2
42	Gauthier, Cyprien	1804	FRA	+96N	−37B	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	1842	+3.6
43	Van Merris, Francois	1566	BEL	−35B	+90N	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	2221	+6.2
44	Declerck, Olivier	1754	BEL	F	+68B	1.0	0.5	1.0	0.50	2391	+5.6
45	Cailleau, Alexandre	1741	BEL	=68N	=61N	1.0	0.5	1.0	0.50	1615	-6.8
46	Toledo, HillelCM	2245	BEL	+63B	F	1.0	0.5	0.5	0.50	2748	+6.0
47	Vandenberghe, Marc	1630	BEL	F	+71B	1.0	0.5	0.5	0.50	2436	+10.2
48	Ranucci, Marcello	1896	ITA	F	+74B	1.0	0.5	0.5	0.50	2600	+7.4
49	Schurian, Herbert	1555	BEL	+70B	F	1.0	0.5	0.5	0.50	2489	+13.6
50	Dedeycker, Hippolyte	1833	BEL	F	+79N	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	2476	+5.8
51	Zamparo, Sergio	2024	BEL	F	+86N	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	2883	+11.6
52	De Reymaeker, Walter	1849	BEL	F	+81N	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	2482	+5.6
53	Partoens, Remi	2104	BEL	+101N	F	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	2504	+1.6
54	Neumark, Jan-Luca	1795	GER	F	+87N	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	2462	+12.8
55	Hendrickx, Jelle	0	BEL	F	+80B	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	1524	0.0
56	Vrancx, Laurent	1760	BEL	+93N	F	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	2458	+7.2
57	Champy, Louis	1682	BEL	+92B	F	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	2611	+26.8
58	Focant, Bastien	1711	BEL	F	+91B	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	2453	+16.8
59	Roy, Laurent	1779	BEL	F	+93B	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	2458	+6.8
60	Lejzerowicz, Nathan	1687	BEL	+100B	F	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	2629	+27.6
61	Rando, Manuel	1639	BEL	−1N	=45B	0.5	2.0	3.0	0.50	1518	-6.0
62	Gaona Celis, Carlos	0	BEL	−2B	=?N	0.5	2.0	2.0	0.00	1306	0.0
63	Czuczai, Jeno Dr.CM	1948	HUN	−46N	=13B	0.5	1.5	2.5	0.75	1818	-7.6
64	Criquillion, Guillaume	1819	BEL	F	=15N	0.5	1.5	2.5	0.75	1849	+0.8
65	Werbrouck, Orion	0	BEL	F	=11N	0.5	1.5	1.5	0.75	1632	0.0
66	Dehaibe, Xavier	1765	BEL	=14B	F	0.5	1.5	1.5	0.75	1807	+1.2
67	Faybish, Nimrod	2138	BEL	F	=12N	0.5	1.5	1.5	0.75	2177	+1.0
68	Krishnakumar Preetha, Pranav	1591	BEL	=45B	−44N	0.5	1.0	2.0	0.50	1555	-3.2
69	Dimitrakopoulos, Athanasios	1486	BEL	=71N	−32B	0.5	1.0	1.5	0.25	1449	-1.8
70	Tang, Ningmeng	1689	BEL	−49N	=77B	0.5	1.0	1.5	0.25	1514	-18.4
71	Cador, Michel	1636	BEL	=69B	−47N	0.5	1.0	1.5	0.25	1365	-28.4
72	Daramelas, Nicolas	1718	GRE	−31N	=73B	0.5	1.0	1.5	0.25	1593	-12.8
73	Onrubia-Aviles, Carlos	1860	BEL	−19N	=72N	0.5	1.0	1.5	0.25	1617	-12.6
74	Stoyanofski, Louka	1800	BEL	=75B	−48N	0.5	1.0	1.5	0.25	1592	-21.6
75	Ahmed El Gamal, Younes	1674	BEL	=74N	F	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.25	1800	+6.8
76	Tahari, Youcef Nazim	1828	BEL	F	=78B	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.25	1670	-4.2
77	Werbrouck, Michael	1858	BEL	F	=70N	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.25	1689	-4.4
78	Brunet, David	1670	BEL	F	=76N	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.25	1828	+4.2
79	Peeters, Simonne	1676	BEL	−4N	−50B	0.0	2.0	3.0	0.00	1022	-12.2
80	Heynsmans, Michel	1504	BEL	−7B	−55N	0.0	2.0	3.0	0.00	846	-6.2
81	Acham, MeritzaWCM	1682	MRI	−6N	−52B	0.0	2.0	3.0	0.00	1037	-11.8
82	Demoulin, Joachim	2085	BEL	−5N	F	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	1138	-14.0
83	Jones, Yannick	1702	BEL	−3N	F	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	1046	-12.4
84	Bastiaens, Lionel	1885	BEL	−8B	F	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	1138	-17.2
85	Chung Choong Lon, Marc	1780	BEL	−15N	−14B	0.0	1.5	3.0	0.00	1028	-17.2
86	Venet, David	2083	BEL	−12N	−51B	0.0	1.5	2.5	0.00	1301	-19.0
87	Fares, Jamal	1662	BEL	−13N	−54B	0.0	1.5	2.5	0.00	986	-26.4
88	Lejzerowicz, Thierry	1628	BEL	−9B	F	0.0	1.5	1.5	0.00	656	-29.2
89	FIDE 548009105	0	—	−10N	F	0.0	1.5	1.5	0.00	735	0.0
90	Simon, Fernand	1421	BEL	−22N	−43B	0.0	1.0	2.0	0.00	790	-11.2
91	Rozenberg, Daniel	1653	BEL	−20B	−58N	0.0	1.0	2.0	0.00	923	-32.4
92	Brion, Philippe	1811	BEL	−57N	−41B	0.0	1.0	2.0	0.00	876	-27.2
93	Palazoski, Elvir	1658	BEL	−56B	−59N	0.0	1.0	2.0	0.00	970	-14.0
94	Brunet Vrijens, Leo	1895	BEL	F	−38B	0.0	1.0	2.0	0.00	1069	-10.8
95	Stoyanofski, Alexandre	1652	BEL	−39N	−40B	0.0	1.0	2.0	0.00	924	-32.4
96	Toledo, Samuel	1675	BEL	−42B	F	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	1004	-6.6
97	FIDE 548009431	0	—	F	−24B	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	675	0.0
98	Pringot, Ilya	1785	BEL	−21N	F	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	973	-10.4
99	Louisy, Lennard	0	BEL	−23N	F	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	723	0.0
100	Hofstede, Rokus	1829	BEL	−60N	F	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	887	-27.6
101	Padovano, Quentin	1701	BEL	−53B	F	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	1301	-1.6
102	FIDE 548004006	0	—	−?B	F	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	726	0.0
103	Du, Deyi	0	BEL	−?B	−?N	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	773	0.0
104	Michaux, Eric	0	BEL	−?B	F	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	817	0.0
105	FIDE 548011150	0	—	F	−?N	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	817	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Giffroid, PascalBEL
+42.0
2.0 pts · #5
2Lejzerowicz, NathanBEL
+27.6
1.0 pts · #54
3Champy, LouisBEL
+26.8
1.0 pts · #41

Top rating losers

1Stoyanofski, AlexandreBEL
-32.4
0.0 pts · #104
2Rozenberg, DanielBEL
-32.4
0.0 pts · #84
3Lejzerowicz, ThierryBEL
-29.2
0.0 pts · #98

Biggest upsets

R1+172 Elo gap
Moumni, Sabri1456 beat Lejzerowicz, Thierry1628
R1+147 Elo gap
Dessomme, Francois1938 beat Demoulin, Joachim2085
R2+142 Elo gap
Van De Craen, Piet1669 beat Brion, Philippe1811