HCC FIDE 25-26 Rondes 3-5
Open SwissStandard
10 players participated in this 3-round tournament, held from 14 Nov 2025 to 28 Nov 2025 in Jurbise, Belgium. Top 10 Elo average was 859, and top seed was Hugo Fattorutto (🇧🇪 BEL, 1890).
John Thomas (🇧🇪 BEL, 1618) won with 2.0/3, ahead of Cedric Dupuis (2.0) and Francis Knudde (2.0).
Location
🇧🇪Jurbise, Belgium
Dates
14 Nov 2025 → 28 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes for game with 30 seconds delay from move 1
System
Swiss · 3 rounds
Avg top 10
859
Participants
10
Federations · 1 represented
🇧🇪Belgium×9
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 3 roundsTight race until R3; 5 players tied at 2.0/3, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
7
2
6
R3 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
5 players finish on 2.0/3. Thomas takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (4.0).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Nicolas Fourrez | * | — | — | 1 |
| 2Cedric Dupuis | — | * | 1 | — |
| 3John Thomas | — | 0 | * | — |
| 4Remy Hazgour | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thomas, John | 1618 | BEL | −2B | +7B | +3N | 2.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 3.00 | 1770 | +7.8 |
| 2 | Dupuis, Cedric | 1873 | BEL | +1N | F | +6B | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.00 | 2418 | +3.6 |
| 3 | Knudde, Francis | 1662 | BEL | +6B | +8N | −1B | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 1627 | -2.2 |
| 4 | Fourrez, Nicolas | 1822 | BEL | +8B | +5N | F | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.00 | 2435 | +5.2 |
| 5 | Hazgour, Remy | 0 | BEL | +?N | −4B | +?N | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1722 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Goncalves, Andre | 0 | BEL | −3N | +?B | −2N | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 970 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Bellin, Nicolas | 0 | BEL | −?B | −1N | +?B | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 822 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Rybarski, Matheo | 1613 | BEL | −4N | −3B | F | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 940 | -28.8 |
| 9 | Manea, Mihai | 0 | BEL | −?B | F | F | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1089 | 0.0 |
| 10 | FIDE 548005142 | 0 | — | F | F | −?N | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1089 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Thomas, JohnBEL+7.82.0 pts · #3
- 2Fourrez, NicolasBEL+5.22.0 pts · #1
- 3Dupuis, CedricBEL+3.62.0 pts · #2
Top rating losers
- 1Rybarski, MatheoBEL-28.80.0 pts · #6
- 2Knudde, FrancisBEL-2.22.0 pts · #5
- 3Bellin, NicolasBEL0.01.0 pts · #7