Open The Phantom Menace 2025 Ronde 4
Open SwissStandard
20 players participated in this 1-round tournament, held on 17 Oct 2025 in Brussels, Belgium. 1 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1932, and top seed was Arman Sarkisian (🇧🇪 BEL, CM, 2195).
Amine Mahla (🇧🇪 BEL, 1781) won with 1.0/1, ahead of Lorenzo Smargiasse (1.0) and Benjamin Faybish (1.0).
The biggest upset came in round 1: Elvir Palazoski (1625) beat Guillaume Criquillion (1799), a +174-point gap.
Location
🇧🇪Brussels, Belgium
Dates
17 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 1 rounds
Titled players · 1
CM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇧🇪Belgium×18
🇮🇹Italy×1
Top 3
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Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mahla, Amine | 1781 | BEL | +12N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2527 | +8.4 |
| 2 | Smargiasse, Lorenzo | 1667 | ITA | +15B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2557 | +24.8 |
| 3 | Faybish, Benjamin | 2119 | BEL | +16N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2873 | +8.8 |
| 4 | Pavel, Dany | 0 | BEL | +?N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1540 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Palazoski, Elvir | 1625 | BEL | +17B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2599 | +14.6 |
| 6 | Yoro, Samuel | 2010 | BEL | +14N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2577 | +4.2 |
| 7 | Van Der Plas, Gert | 1797 | BEL | +13B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2416 | +5.2 |
| 8 | De Beco, Pierre-Adrien | 1731 | BEL | +11B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2382 | +12.0 |
| 9 | Sarkisian, ArmanCM | 2195 | BEL | =10B | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 2013 | -4.8 |
| 10 | Ahmetaj, Rasim | 2014 | BEL | =9N | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 2195 | +4.8 |
| 11 | Castiau, Julien | 1582 | BEL | −8N | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 931 | -6.0 |
| 12 | Mechkor, Mohamed | 1727 | BEL | −1B | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 981 | -8.4 |
| 13 | Giffroid, Pascal | 1616 | BEL | −7N | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 997 | -10.4 |
| 14 | Sohet, Cedric | 1777 | BEL | −6B | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1210 | -4.2 |
| 15 | Bertrand, Abel | 1757 | BEL | −2N | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 867 | -12.4 |
| 16 | Micciche, Ruben | 2073 | BEL | −3B | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1319 | -17.6 |
| 17 | Criquillion, Guillaume | 1799 | BEL | −5N | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 825 | -14.6 |
| 18 | Caluwaerts, Matthys | 0 | BEL | −?N | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 881 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Gerbino, Thomas | 0 | BEL | −?N | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 905 | 0.0 |
| 20 | FIDE 548004006 | 0 | — | −?B | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 948 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Smargiasse, LorenzoITA+24.81.0 pts · #2
- 2Palazoski, ElvirBEL+14.61.0 pts · #5
- 3De Beco, Pierre-AdrienBEL+12.01.0 pts · #8
Top rating losers
- 1Micciche, RubenBEL-17.60.0 pts · #18
- 2Criquillion, GuillaumeBEL-14.60.0 pts · #19
- 3Bertrand, AbelBEL-12.40.0 pts · #16
Biggest upsets
- R1+174 Elo gap