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417-AALST-CK 2025-2026 Deel 4 Rondes 2-5

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37 players participated in this 4-round tournament, held from 04 Mar 2026 to 25 Mar 2026 in Aalst, Belgium. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1948, and top seed was Kobe Vandenhole (🇧🇪 BEL, FM, 2313).

Gert-Jan Cappelle (🇧🇪 BEL, 1866) won with 3.0/4, ahead of Fabio De Block (3.0) and Johan Wauters (3.0). Cappelle won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Sven Schatteman (1578) beat Freddy Vanhee (1892), a +314-point gap.

Location
🇧🇪Aalst, Belgium
Dates
04 Mar 2026 → 25 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 4 rounds
Top seed
🇧🇪FMKobe Vandenhole2313
Avg top 10
1,948
Participants
37
Titled players · 1
FM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇧🇪Belgium×34
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 4 rounds

Tight race until R3; 3 players tied at 3.0/4, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.

Co-leaders
14
2
1
3
1234R1R2R3R4
R3–R4 · LEAD HELD

Fabio De Block held the sole lead from R3 through R4 without losing it.

R4 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 3.0/4. Cappelle takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (6.0).

R1–R3 · WIN STREAK

Fabio De Block won 3 in a row (R1–R3).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Fabio De Block*
2Gert-Jan Cappelle*
½
3Johan Wauters*
4Sven Schatteman
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Cappelle, Gert-Jan1866BEL+20B=4N+19B=5N3.06.07.04.501917+5.6
2De Block, Fabio2114BEL+31B+19N+4BF3.04.04.04.002572+7.4
3Wauters, Johan1703BEL+34B8N+21B+24B3.04.04.02.001837+21.6
4Ponnet, Guy1745BEL+15B=1B2N+23B2.57.58.54.001888+9.8
5Schatteman, Sven1578BEL+8B9N+13N=1B2.57.09.05.501956+38.2
6Veldeman, Sieben1983BEL+32NF=8B+10N2.54.54.53.501933-2.0
7De Greve, Hubert1784BEL+33N=11BF+12B2.54.04.03.001773-0.8
8De Smet, Frans1792BEL5N+3B=6N=9B2.08.010.05.251786-0.4
9Gabriels, Antoon1894BEL=17N+5BF=8N2.06.06.04.251807-11.2
10De Meyer, Nicolas1688BEL26B+27B+18N6B2.05.06.02.501811+10.0
11De Wolf, Bernard1590BEL+21B=7N=15BF2.05.05.03.001784+10.0
12Raes, Milan0BEL16B+?N+25B7N2.05.05.01.0016480.0
13Vanhee, Freddy1892BEL+22N+20B5BF2.04.54.52.001747-9.2
14FIDE 5480103670FF+33N+22B2.01.01.01.0016120.0
15Dekeukelaere, Emerik0BEL4N+32B=11NF1.55.05.01.5014740.0
16Bombeek, Raf1672BEL+12NF=20N17B1.54.54.52.501518-15.6
17Baetens, Christophe1692BEL=9BFF+16N1.53.53.52.501976+29.2
18Kazakevich, Dzianis1612BEL+36B=31N10BF1.52.52.50.251484-13.2
19Van Lil, Robin1858BEL+23B2B1NF1.07.07.01.001763-8.2
20Lefevre, Lucien1730BEL1N13N=16B=32N1.06.57.01.001537-27.6
21De Rijck , Daan0BEL11N+22B3NF1.06.06.01.0014970.0
22Baetens, Antoon1574BEL13B21N+35B14N1.05.05.00.001092-5.2
23Daelman, Dennis1685BEL19N+24BF4N1.04.54.51.001671-2.0
24Bruynooghe, Tom1786BELF23N+31B3N1.04.54.50.501559-18.2
25Van Der Eecken, Wout1552BEL28B+35B12NF1.03.03.00.001152-3.2
26Vandenhole, KobeFM2313BEL+10NFFF1.02.02.02.002713+1.6
27Evens, Joris1560BELF10NF+33B1.02.02.00.001629+3.6
28Van Zeebroeck, Sam1978BEL+25NFFF1.01.01.01.002378+1.6
29Baetens, Ilias1588BELFFF+37B1.00.00.00.002387+20.0
30Ferraro, Fabio1749BELF+33BFF1.00.00.00.002370+10.8
31Claessens, Dirk1665BEL2N=18B24NF0.55.55.50.751548-9.8
32Roca, Medardo0BEL6B15NF=20B0.55.05.00.5016640.0
33Feys, Jeacques1570BEL7B30N14B27N0.05.56.50.00898-40.4
34Buyle, Pascal1558BEL3NFFF0.03.03.00.00903-12.4
35FIDE 5480087960F25N22N?B0.02.02.00.008120.0
36FIDE 548010375018NFF?B0.01.51.50.007990.0
37De Lange, Aaron1587BELFFF29N0.01.01.00.00788-20.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets