Championnat Caissa Woluwe 2026

Open Round-RobinStandard

28 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 14 Jan 2026 to 11 Feb 2026 in Bruxelles, Belgium. Top 10 Elo average was 1733, and top seed was Patrick De Mol (🇧🇪 BEL, 1800).

Alexandru Ganea (🇧🇪 BEL, 0) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Stephane Mahaux (5.0). Ganea shared the lead from round 2, winning on tie-break.

Location

🇧🇪Bruxelles, Belgium

Dates

14 Jan 2026 → 11 Feb 2026

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Round-robin · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇧🇪Patrick De Mol1800

Avg top 10

1,733

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇧🇪Belgium×22

Top 3

🥇
Alexandru Ganea
🇧🇪BEL
5.0pts·1579perf0.0
🥈
Stephane Mahaux
🇧🇪BEL
5.0pts·1845perf0.0
🥉
FIDE 548009229
—
5.0pts·1438perf0.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 3 players tied at 5.0/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Mahaux5Ganea55Normantas4.5Simek3.5Nolf3.5

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 5.0/5. Ganea takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (9.5).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Stephane Mahaux 5 wins (R1–R5)Alexandru Ganea 5 wins (R1–R5)FIDE 548009229 5 wins (R1–R5)

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Ganea, Alexandru	0	BEL	+17B	+9B	+27N	+16B	+12N	5.0	9.5	10.0	10.00	1579	0.0
2	Mahaux, Stephane	0	BEL	+24B	+20B	+15N	+23B	+10N	5.0	9.0	10.0	10.00	1845	0.0
3	FIDE 548009229	0	—	+21B	+?N	+28B	+?N	+11B	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.00	1438	0.0
4	Normantas, Vilius	0	BEL	+18B	+5N	+22B	+26N	=8B	4.5	10.0	10.5	9.00	1749	0.0
5	Simek, Antonia	1671	BEL	+26N	−4B	+18N	+8N	=22B	3.5	11.0	11.5	6.25	1960	+19.2
6	Nolf, Pierre	1754	BEL	+25N	−13B	+7N	+19B	=14N	3.5	10.5	11.5	7.75	2610	+23.2
7	FIDE 548009253	0	—	=19B	+25N	−6B	+14B	+13N	3.5	10.5	11.5	7.00	1782	0.0
8	Mariame, Philippe	1750	BEL	+22N	+18B	=26N	−5B	=4N	3.0	11.5	12.0	6.00	1794	+3.2
9	Cortoos, Kobe	0	BEL	=12B	−1N	+17B	+27B	=16N	3.0	11.5	12.0	4.75	1539	0.0
10	Roosen, Stefan	1769	BEL	+20N	−15B	+23N	+24N	−2B	3.0	11.0	12.0	4.50	1888	+9.6
11	Velez, Germain	0	BEL	+28N	+21B	−?N	+?B	−3N	3.0	7.0	7.0	2.00	1438	0.0
12	Varlet, Daniel	1515	BEL	=9N	+27B	−16N	+17N	−1B	2.5	12.0	12.5	4.00	1515	-0.6
13	FIDE 246069	0	—	−14N	+6N	+19B	=25N	−7B	2.5	11.5	12.5	6.00	1802	0.0
14	Geubel, Quentin	0	BEL	+13B	=19N	=25B	−7N	=6B	2.5	11.5	12.5	5.75	1782	0.0
15	Gerresch, Paul	1747	BEL	−23B	+10N	−2B	=20N	+24B	2.5	11.5	12.5	5.00	1771	+2.0
16	Simonet, Jacques	1572	BEL	=27N	−17N	+12B	−1N	=9B	2.0	12.5	13.0	4.25	1683	+10.4
17	Counet, Louis	0	BEL	−1N	+16B	−9N	−12B	+27N	2.0	12.5	13.0	2.50	1539	0.0
18	Amadou, Bilal	1623	BEL	−4N	−8N	−5B	+22N	+26B	2.0	12.5	13.0	2.00	1587	-2.2
19	FIDE 548009288	0	—	=7N	=14B	−13N	−6N	+25B	2.0	12.0	13.0	4.00	1782	0.0
20	Brunetti, Gianluca	1768	BEL	−10B	−2N	=24B	=15B	+23N	2.0	12.0	13.0	3.25	1764	-0.4
21	FIDE 548009245	0	—	−3N	−11N	+?B	+28N	−?B	2.0	8.0	8.0	0.00	1438	0.0
22	Mourrier, Laurent	1673	BEL	−8B	+26B	−4N	−18B	=5N	1.5	13.0	13.5	2.25	1415	-40.4
23	Previnaire, Marc	1777	BEL	+15N	=24N	−10B	−2N	−20B	1.5	12.5	13.5	3.00	1636	-22.8
24	Akhmedov, Shavkat	0	BEL	−2N	=23B	=20N	−10B	−15N	1.0	12.5	14.0	1.75	1572	0.0
25	De Mol, Patrick	1800	BEL	−6B	−7B	=14N	=13B	−19N	1.0	12.0	14.0	2.50	953	-11.6
26	Cortoos, Steven	0	BEL	−5B	−22N	=8B	−4B	−18N	0.5	13.0	14.5	1.50	1367	0.0
27	Taormina, Patrizio	1454	BEL	=16B	−12N	−1B	−9N	−17B	0.5	12.5	14.5	1.00	1360	-4.6
28	FIDE 284203	0	—	−11B	−?B	−3N	−21B	−?N	0.0	10.0	10.0	0.00	618	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Nolf, PierreBEL
+23.2
3.5 pts · #15
2Simek, AntoniaBEL
+19.2
3.5 pts · #4
3Simonet, JacquesBEL
+10.4
2.0 pts · #10

Top rating losers

1Mourrier, LaurentBEL
-40.4
1.5 pts · #25
2Previnaire, MarcBEL
-22.8
1.5 pts · #21
3De Mol, PatrickBEL
-11.6
1.0 pts · #28