Open King Attacks 2026 Ronde 5
Open SwissStandard
14 players participated in this 1-round tournament, held on 20 Feb 2026 in Brussels, Belgium. 1 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1835, and top seed was Arman Sarkisian (🇧🇪 BEL, CM, 2150).
Cedric Sohet (🇧🇪 BEL, 1746) won with 1.0/1, ahead of Amine Mahla (1.0) and Louis Champy (1.0). Sohet won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Mohamed Mechkor (1779) beat Thomas Samray (2017), a +238-point gap.
Location
🇧🇪Brussels, Belgium
Dates
20 Feb 2026
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×13
🇲🇦Morocco×1
Top 3
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Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sohet, Cedric | 1746 | BEL | +11B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2594 | +11.4 |
| 2 | Mahla, Amine | 1744 | BEL | +12B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2363 | +5.2 |
| 3 | Champy, Louis | 0 | BEL | +?N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1519 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Mechkor, Mohamed | 1779 | BEL | +14N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2817 | +16.0 |
| 5 | Labruyere, Robert Nirina | 1831 | BEL | +13B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2435 | +5.0 |
| 6 | Boot, Maarten | 0 | BEL | +?B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1697 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Samray, Boris | 1561 | BEL | =9B | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1648 | +4.8 |
| 8 | Sarkisian, ArmanCM | 2150 | BEL | =10N | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 2008 | -3.8 |
| 9 | Palazoski, Elvir | 1649 | BEL | =7N | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1561 | -2.4 |
| 10 | Ahmetaj, Rasim | 2008 | BEL | =8B | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 2150 | +3.8 |
| 11 | Bertrand, Abel | 1794 | BEL | −1N | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 946 | -11.4 |
| 12 | Castiau, Julien | 1564 | BEL | −2N | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 944 | -5.2 |
| 13 | ALLAMAAKCHAOUI AYOUB | 1634 | MAR | −5N | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1031 | -5.0 |
| 14 | Samray, Thomas | 2017 | BEL | −4B | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 979 | -16.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Mechkor, MohamedBEL+16.01.0 pts · #4
- 2Sohet, CedricBEL+11.41.0 pts · #1
- 3Mahla, AmineBEL+5.21.0 pts · #2
Top rating losers
- 1Samray, ThomasBEL-16.00.0 pts · #14
- 2Bertrand, AbelBEL-11.40.0 pts · #11
- 3Castiau, JulienBEL-5.20.0 pts · #12
Biggest upsets
- R1+238 Elo gap