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Wachtebeke Winter Round Robin 2026 Group Swiss

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11 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 14 Feb 2026 to 19 Feb 2026 in Wachtebeke, Belgium. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1087, and top seed was Ava Vandekerckhove (🇧🇪 BEL, 1636).

Ava Vandekerckhove (🇧🇪 BEL, 1636) won with 8.5/9, ahead of Sander Tant (8.0) and Jasper Maes (6.0). Vandekerckhove took the lead from round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Anja Tillieu (1449) beat Sven Schatteman (1606), a +157-point gap.

Location
🇧🇪Wachtebeke, Belgium
Dates
14 Feb 2026 → 19 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes for first 40 moves and 15 min. for the rest of the game with 30 sec. increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇧🇪Ava Vandekerckhove1636
Avg top 10
1,087
Participants
11
Federations · 2 represented
🇧🇪Belgium×9
🇳🇱Netherlands×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Ava Vandekerckhove led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
5
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Vandekerckhove takes lead
Vandekerckhove8.5Tant8Maes6Verbanck4Cornelis4Creve3
R4 · LEADER CHANGE16 Feb

Ava Vandekerckhove takes the sole lead (3.5/4).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Ava Vandekerckhove beat Sander Tant (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Ava Vandekerckhove 7 wins (R3–R9)Sander Tant 3+5 wins (R1–R3, R5–R9)Jasper Maes 3 wins (R2–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Ava Vandekerckhove*
1
1
1
2Sander Tant
0
*
1
1
3Jasper Maes
0
0
*
1
4Mario Verbanck
0
0
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Vandekerckhove, Ava1636BEL+8B=5N+9B+2B+3N+6N+7B+4B+10N8.534.036.034.001944+39.2
2Tant, Sander1597BEL+4B+7N+5B−1N+9B+8N+3B+6N+11N8.034.535.026.501836+36.6
3Maes, Jasper1548BEL−7B+4N+8B+5N−1B+10N−2N+11B+6B6.035.536.016.501673+20.0
4Verbanck, Mario0BEL−2N−3B+10N−8NF+9B+6B−1N+7B4.036.536.511.001423+2.0
5Cornelis, Werner1584BEL+11N=1B−2N−3B−6BF+10N+8B=9N4.034.034.011.251423-25.8
6Schatteman, Sven1606BEL−9N+10B−7N+11B+5N−1B−4N−2B−3N3.038.539.06.501266-50.8
7Creve, Roeland0NED+3N−2B+6B−9N−8B+11N−1N−10B−4N3.037.538.09.5013710.0
8Kindts, Christelle1450BEL−1N+11B−3N+4B+7N−2BF−5NF3.034.034.07.501316-31.6
9Tillieu, Anja1449BEL+6BF−1N+7B−2N−4N=11BF=5B3.031.031.08.251419-8.8
10Radev, Ivan0BELF−6N−4BF+11N−3B−5B+7N−1B2.029.029.03.507580.0
11FIDE 5480067690—−5B−8NF−6N−10B−7B=9N−3N−2B0.532.032.01.5011390.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets