CEWB - Open Automne 2025 Rondes 6-9
34 players participated in this 4-round tournament, held from 06 Nov 2025 to 27 Nov 2025 in Bruxelles, Belgium. 3 titled players from 6 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2016, and top seed was Arman Sarkisian (🇧🇪 BEL, CM, 2198).
Michiel Bleys (🇧🇪 BEL, 2165) won with 3.5/4, ahead of Mourad De Villers (3.5) and Arman Sarkisian (3.0). Bleys shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Brice Douxchamps (1605) beat Gabriele Moro (1757), a +152-point gap.
- 🥇
- 🥈
- 🥉
How it unfolded
Top 6 · 4 roundsTight race until R4; 2 players tied at 3.5/4, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
2 players finish on 3.5/4. Bleys takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (7.0).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michiel Bleys | * | — | ½ | — |
| 2Mourad De Villers | — | * | — | — |
| 3CMArman Sarkisian | ½ | — | * | — |
| 4Philippe Jassem | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bleys, Michiel | 2165 | BEL | +21N | +11N | =3B | +8N | 3.5 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 6.50 | 2303 | +11.6 |
| 2 | De Villers, Mourad | 2101 | BEL | +8B | =9N | +21B | +10N | 3.5 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 6.00 | 2307 | +16.6 |
| 3 | Sarkisian, ArmanCM | 2198 | BEL | +15B | +10N | =1N | =9B | 3.0 | 7.5 | 9.5 | 6.75 | 2200 | +2.0 |
| 4 | Jassem, Philippe | 1761 | BEL | F | +23N | +17B | +22N | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.00 | 2335 | +12.8 |
| 5 | Ahmetaj, Rasim | 2018 | BEL | =18B | +6N | −9B | +13N | 2.5 | 6.5 | 8.0 | 5.25 | 1900 | -9.0 |
| 6 | Le Van, Ky | 1719 | BEL | +28N | −5B | +22B | =16N | 2.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 2.00 | 1778 | +6.0 |
| 7 | Czuczai, Jeno Dr.CM | 1903 | HUN | +30N | −12B | =19B | +18N | 2.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2.25 | 1889 | -1.4 |
| 8 | Wyngaerden, Florian | 2000 | BEL | −2N | +14B | +11N | −1B | 2.0 | 9.0 | 11.0 | 4.00 | 1950 | -6.8 |
| 9 | Toledo, HillelCM | 2135 | BEL | F | =2B | +5N | =3N | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 5.75 | 2230 | +15.2 |
| 10 | Borghini, Antoine | 1865 | GER | +32N | −3B | +13N | −2B | 2.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 2.00 | 1863 | -3.2 |
| 11 | Criquillion, Guillaume | 1787 | BEL | +12N | −1B | −8B | +21N | 2.0 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 3.00 | 1984 | +19.0 |
| 12 | Corluy, Gregoire | 1887 | BEL | −11B | +7N | F | +14B | 2.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 4.50 | 1937 | +3.8 |
| 13 | Drakidis, Basile | 1665 | BEL | +25B | +22N | −10B | −5B | 2.0 | 5.5 | 6.5 | 2.00 | 1683 | -0.8 |
| 14 | Bertrand, Abel | 1746 | BEL | +31B | −8N | +18B | −12N | 2.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.50 | 1820 | +7.2 |
| 15 | Vijay Chakravarthy, Pranav | 1861 | ISR | −3N | +30B | F | +19N | 2.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.50 | 2054 | +14.0 |
| 16 | Silovy, Alain | 1718 | BEL | +29B | F | =20N | =6B | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2.00 | 1683 | -2.0 |
| 17 | Heynsmans, Michel | 1499 | BEL | −22B | +28B | −4N | +29N | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 1461 | -3.6 |
| 18 | Remon, Serge | 1699 | BEL | =5N | +31B | −14N | −7B | 1.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.25 | 1753 | +3.8 |
| 19 | Mechkor, Mohamed | 1736 | BEL | +24B | −21B | =7N | −15B | 1.5 | 5.5 | 6.5 | 2.25 | 1734 | -0.8 |
| 20 | Toledo, Samuel | 1646 | BEL | F | +29B | =16B | −24N | 1.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 1485 | -8.2 |
| 21 | Macai, Ioan | 1883 | BEL | −1B | +19N | −2N | −11B | 1.0 | 9.0 | 10.5 | 1.50 | 1754 | -14.2 |
| 22 | Travers, Sylvain | 1543 | BEL | +17N | −13B | −6N | −4B | 1.0 | 7.5 | 9.5 | 2.00 | 1468 | -7.6 |
| 23 | Aron, Frederic | 1564 | BEL | −26N | −4B | +28N | F | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 1524 | -6.8 |
| 24 | Eshuis, Sebastiaan | 1638 | BEL | −19N | F | F | +20B | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.50 | 1691 | +2.8 |
| 25 | Vandervelpen, Nathan | 0 | BEL | −13N | F | F | +28B | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1560 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Herpigny, Yves | 1732 | BEL | +23B | F | F | F | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2363 | +5.6 |
| 27 | Douxchamps, Brice | 1605 | BEL | F | +33B | F | F | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2556 | +28.0 |
| 28 | Simon, Fernand | 1461 | BEL | −6B | −17N | −23B | −25N | 0.0 | 5.5 | 6.5 | 0.00 | 794 | -19.4 |
| 29 | Meurice, Vivien | 0 | BEL | −16N | −20N | F | −17B | 0.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.00 | 821 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Pollaris, Arnaud | 1852 | BEL | −7B | −15N | F | F | 0.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 1082 | -36.8 |
| 31 | ALLAMAAKCHAOUI AYOUB | 1695 | MAR | −14N | −18N | F | F | 0.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 923 | -18.4 |
| 32 | Dabbour, Kamal | 0 | BEL | −10B | F | F | F | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1065 | 0.0 |
| 33 | Moro, Gabriele | 1757 | ITA | F | −27N | F | F | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 804 | -28.0 |
| 34 | Fiszbin, Xavier | 0 | BEL | −?B | F | −?B | −?N | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 832 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Douxchamps, BriceBEL+28.01.0 pts · #19
- 2Criquillion, GuillaumeBEL+19.02.0 pts · #11
- 3De Villers, MouradBEL+16.63.5 pts · #2
- 1Pollaris, ArnaudBEL-36.80.0 pts · #30
- 2Moro, GabrieleITA-28.00.0 pts · #28
- 3Simon, FernandBEL-19.40.0 pts · #33
- R2+152 Elo gap