Open The Phantom Menace 2025 Ronde 7
Open SwissStandard
13 players participated in this 1-round tournament, held on 21 Nov 2025 in Brussels, Belgium. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1758, and top seed was Arman Sarkisian (🇧🇪 BEL, CM, 2198).
Arman Sarkisian (🇧🇪 BEL, CM, 2198) won with 1.0/1, ahead of Abel Bertrand (1.0) and Gert Van Der Plas (1.0). Sarkisian won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Elvir Palazoski (1647) beat Amine Mahla (1791), a +144-point gap.
Location
🇧🇪Brussels, Belgium
Dates
21 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 1 rounds
Titled players · 1
CM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇧🇪Belgium×12
Top 3
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Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sarkisian, ArmanCM | 2198 | BEL | +7N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2598 | +1.6 |
| 2 | Bertrand, Abel | 1746 | BEL | +6B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2536 | +9.8 |
| 3 | Van Der Plas, Gert | 1800 | BEL | +10B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2343 | +3.6 |
| 4 | Palazoski, Elvir | 1647 | BEL | +8N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2592 | +13.8 |
| 5 | Douxchamps, Brice | 1605 | BEL | +9B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2525 | +26.4 |
| 6 | Mechkor, Mohamed | 1736 | BEL | −2N | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 946 | -9.8 |
| 7 | Criquillion, Guillaume | 1787 | BEL | −1B | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1387 | -1.6 |
| 8 | Mahla, Amine | 1791 | BEL | −4B | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 847 | -13.8 |
| 9 | De Beco, Pierre-Adrien | 1725 | BEL | −5N | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 804 | -26.4 |
| 10 | Castiau, Julien | 1543 | BEL | −3N | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1000 | -3.6 |
| 11 | Caluwaerts, Matthys | 0 | BEL | −?B | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 811 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Pavel, Dany | 0 | BEL | −?B | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 895 | 0.0 |
| 13 | FIDE 296600 | 0 | — | −?N | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 916 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Douxchamps, BriceBEL+26.41.0 pts · #5
- 2Palazoski, ElvirBEL+13.81.0 pts · #4
- 3Bertrand, AbelBEL+9.81.0 pts · #2
Top rating losers
- 1De Beco, Pierre-AdrienBEL-26.40.0 pts · #11
- 2Mahla, AmineBEL-13.80.0 pts · #10
- 3Mechkor, MohamedBEL-9.80.0 pts · #7
Biggest upsets
- R1+144 Elo gap
- R1+120 Elo gap