Belgian Youth Championships 2026 U14

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76 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 16 Feb 2026 to 22 Feb 2026 in Blankenberge, Belgium. 1 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1951, and top seed was Hillel Toledo (🇧🇪 BEL, CM, 2153).

Hillel Toledo (🇧🇪 BEL, CM, 2153) won with 8.5/9, ahead of Hector Surkol (7.0) and Arne Stroobant (7.0). Toledo won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Axl Verbruggen (1427) beat Anthony Deside (1762), a +335-point gap.

Location

🇧🇪Blankenberge, Belgium

Dates

16 Feb 2026 → 22 Feb 2026

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇧🇪CMHillel Toledo2153

Avg top 10

1,951

Participants

Titled players · 1

CM×1

Federations · 2 represented

🇧🇪Belgium×71

🇭🇺Hungary×1

Top 3

🥇
CMHillel Toledo
🇧🇪BEL·2153
8.5pts·2330perf+52.0
🥈
Hector Surkol
🇧🇪BEL·2068
7.0pts·2083perf+19.2
🥉
Arne Stroobant
🇧🇪BEL·1862
7.0pts·2026perf+74.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

CM Hillel Toledo led from R5; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Toledo8.5Surkol7Stroobant7Geenen6.5Mirakyan6.5Nguyen6

R5–R9 · LEAD HELD

CM Hillel Toledo never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

R8 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

CM Hillel Toledo drew with Hector Surkol (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

CM Hillel Toledo 7 wins (R1–R7)Hector Surkol 3 wins (R3–R5)Arne Stroobant 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1CMHillel Toledo	*	½	1	—
2Hector Surkol	½	*	½	—
3Arne Stroobant	0	½	*	—
4Kobe Geenen	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Toledo, HillelCM	2153	BEL	+47N	+22B	+15N	+3B	+14N	+6B	+21N	=2B	+4B	8.5	47.5	51.5	48.00	2330	+52.0
2	Surkol, Hector	2068	BEL	+39N	=12B	+18N	+16B	+4N	=14B	=3N	=1N	+6B	7.0	50.5	55.0	41.50	2083	+19.2
3	Stroobant, Arne	1862	BEL	+51B	+21N	+24B	−1N	+25B	=8N	=2B	+22N	+19B	7.0	47.0	51.0	36.00	2026	+74.8
4	Mirakyan, Alex	1877	BEL	=45B	+20N	+44B	+9N	−2B	+36N	+15B	+14B	−1N	6.5	46.5	50.5	33.00	1979	+53.2
5	Geenen, Kobe	1868	BEL	+13N	=10B	−23N	+47B	=17N	=22B	+38N	+15B	+14N	6.5	43.0	47.0	33.75	1823	-8.0
6	Nguyen, Khoi	2075	BEL	+32B	+17N	=9B	+28B	+7N	−1N	=8B	+21B	−2N	6.0	49.0	54.0	32.50	1938	-42.8
7	Zjuravlyov, Maximilian	1777	BEL	+34N	=23B	+12N	+10B	−6B	−15N	+20B	+18N	=8B	6.0	45.5	50.5	33.50	1814	+18.0
8	Maes, Fender	1809	BEL	+38N	−18B	+39N	+23B	+28N	=3B	=6N	=11B	=7N	6.0	45.0	49.5	31.50	1831	+14.4
9	Li, Hansi	1787	BEL	+30N	+57B	=6N	−4B	=23N	+35B	=10N	=17B	+21N	6.0	44.0	47.5	29.75	1787	+5.2
10	D`hooghe, Oscar	1580	BEL	+73B	=5N	+36B	−7N	=29B	+25N	=9B	=16N	+22B	6.0	43.5	45.5	28.00	1851	+113.2
11	Lopez Antonio, Pablo	1817	BEL	+68B	+27N	+46B	−14B	=22N	=24N	+30B	=8N	=16B	6.0	41.0	43.5	27.25	1796	-2.8
12	Arnou, Aram	1680	BEL	+69B	=2N	−7B	=55N	+40B	=48N	=37B	+45N	+26B	6.0	38.5	41.0	25.50	1782	+35.6
13	Alleman, Finn	1519	BEL	−5B	+61N	+56B	−21N	−44B	+50N	+46B	+37N	+29B	6.0	36.5	39.5	24.00	1678	+46.8
14	Drugmand, Benoit	2065	BEL	+55B	+56N	+25B	+11N	−1B	=2N	+16B	−4N	−5B	5.5	48.5	52.0	27.00	1924	-51.6
15	Seyns, Odilon	1772	BEL	+75B	+33N	−1B	+46N	=19B	+7B	−4N	−5N	+27B	5.5	47.0	48.5	24.25	1836	+32.8
16	Tumenjargal, Suldee	1720	BEL	+49B	=44N	+45B	−2N	+20B	+37N	−14N	=10B	=11N	5.5	42.5	46.5	26.00	1769	+18.4
17	Pribylla, Amelia	1701	BEL	+60N	−6B	=34N	+38B	=5B	=44N	+32B	=9N	=18B	5.5	42.5	46.0	26.50	1731	+10.8
18	Cherentsov, Andrey	1596	BEL	+62B	+8N	−2B	−25N	+68B	+29N	+24B	−7B	=17N	5.5	42.5	45.0	24.25	1792	+80.0
19	Bolhov, Ivan	1920	BEL	+48N	−28B	+42N	+27B	=15N	−21B	+44N	+23B	−3N	5.5	41.0	45.0	25.25	1707	-76.0
20	Kinaupenne, Sebe	1614	BEL	=31N	−4B	+54N	+42B	−16N	+43B	−7N	+38B	+36B	5.5	41.0	45.0	24.50	1668	+16.4
21	Morard, Basile	1660	BEL	+64N	−3B	+41N	+13B	+26B	+19N	−1B	−6N	−9B	5.0	48.5	51.5	24.00	1809	+53.6
22	Lukin, Yesenia	1683	BEL	+58B	−1N	+51B	+49N	=11B	=5N	+27B	−3B	−10N	5.0	47.0	50.5	22.75	1737	+17.6
23	Backiel, Robert	1552	BEL	+50B	=7N	+5B	−8N	=9B	=26N	+36B	−19N	=32B	5.0	44.5	48.5	26.00	1772	+84.8
24	Gilson, Pacome	1684	BEL	+63B	+70N	−3N	=32B	+33N	=11B	−18N	=31B	=34N	5.0	41.5	44.0	21.00	1599	-29.6
25	Toroptsev, Kristian	1756	BEL	+71B	+37N	−14N	+18B	−3N	−10B	+48B	−27N	+51B	5.0	41.5	44.0	20.50	1656	-39.6
26	Merle, Lila	1794	BEL	+41N	+59B	−28N	+35B	−21N	=23B	=31N	+30B	−12N	5.0	40.5	44.0	23.00	1626	-63.2
27	Cloots, Josse	1655	BEL	+76N	−11B	+30N	−19N	+51B	+41B	−22N	+25B	−15N	5.0	40.5	40.5	18.50	1675	+8.0
28	Frenzel, Qorianka	1646	BEL	+61B	+19N	+26B	−6N	−8B	−30N	=55B	=40N	+45B	5.0	39.5	42.5	21.50	1702	+17.5
29	Deside, Anthony	1762	BEL	−57N	+72B	+48N	=33B	=10N	−18B	+39N	+41B	−13N	5.0	39.0	41.5	21.00	1564	-85.6
30	Wieers, Ben	1452	BEL	−9B	+62N	−27B	+73N	+55B	+28B	−11N	−26N	+46B	5.0	37.5	39.5	17.50	1621	+52.4
31	Lansival, Clement	0	BEL	=20B	−45N	+50B	=44N	=47B	+40N	=26B	=24N	=33B	5.0	37.0	41.0	22.75	1618	0.0
32	Budaev, Sorkhogtani Behki	1521	BEL	−6N	+66B	+65N	=24N	−36B	+52B	−17N	+44B	=23N	5.0	37.0	40.0	19.00	1639	+38.8
33	Sinnaeve, Juul	1611	BEL	+53N	−15B	+57N	=29N	−24B	−38B	+70N	+48B	=31N	5.0	36.5	39.0	19.00	1555	-20.0
34	Demptinne, Raphael	1526	BEL	−7B	+69N	=17B	−36N	=50B	=49N	+58B	+56N	=24B	5.0	36.0	38.5	18.75	1616	+25.6
35	Valenson, Lou	1642	BEL	−37B	+43N	+68B	−26N	+49B	−9N	−45B	+55N	+50B	5.0	35.5	38.0	18.50	1633	0.0
36	Xin, Ziyang	1702	BEL	+72N	=42B	−10N	+34B	+32N	−4B	−23N	+59B	−20N	4.5	41.0	43.5	18.25	1581	-50.4
37	Beyens, Lander	0	BEL	+35N	−25B	=40N	+59B	+52N	−16B	=12N	−13B	=44N	4.5	40.0	43.5	19.75	1631	0.0
38	Reybroeck, Arjen	1494	BEL	−8B	=50N	+75B	−17N	+58B	+33N	−5B	−20N	+56B	4.5	39.5	41.0	15.50	1628	+42.0
39	Lot, Nathan	1539	BEL	−2B	+63N	−8B	+71N	=43B	=45N	−29B	=49N	+58B	4.5	37.0	39.5	15.25	1527	-13.2
40	Di Marcantonio, Tigo	1541	BEL	−42N	+60N	=37B	+70B	−12N	−31B	+68N	=28B	=41N	4.5	35.5	38.0	15.50	1576	+7.6
41	Jijin, Thanmay	1473	BEL	−26B	+73N	−21B	+61N	+46B	−27N	+47B	−29N	=40B	4.5	35.5	37.5	15.25	1530	+15.2
42	Apinyan, Daniel	0	BEL	+40B	=36N	−19B	−20N	−45B	−57N	+76B	+71N	+55B	4.5	33.5	33.5	12.75	1542	0.0
43	Van Der Velpen, Yaron	1441	BEL	−52N	−35B	+69N	+65B	=39N	−20N	−56B	+61N	+59B	4.5	32.0	34.5	14.25	1417	-7.6
44	Hoffmann, Sam	1639	BEL	+74N	=16B	−4N	=31B	+13N	=17B	−19B	−32N	=37B	4.0	43.5	45.5	18.25	1584	-19.2
45	Geraerts, Jules	1521	BEL	=4N	+31B	−16N	−52B	+42N	=39B	+35N	−12B	−28N	4.0	42.0	46.0	20.00	1517	-5.6
46	Shchetinin, Mykyta	1471	BEL	+54N	+52B	−11N	−15B	−41N	+69B	−13N	+66B	−30N	4.0	38.0	40.5	13.50	1337	-40.4
47	Hajnoczy-Bundik, Botond	1545	HUN	−1B	+71N	=70B	−5N	=31N	+62B	−41N	+53B	F	4.0	38.0	40.5	13.25	1485	-18.8
48	Meert, Senne	1531	BEL	−19B	+58N	−29B	+63N	+56B	=12B	−25N	−33N	=49B	4.0	37.5	40.5	15.00	1542	-2.4
49	Coolen, Victor	1477	BEL	−16N	+53B	+59N	−22B	−35N	=34B	=52N	=39B	=48N	4.0	37.0	40.5	16.25	1517	+2.8
50	Kokten, Alparslan	0	BEL	−23N	=38B	−31N	+53B	=34N	−13B	+69N	+68B	−35N	4.0	37.0	39.5	13.75	1415	0.0
51	Richelet, Benoit	1528	BEL	−3N	+76B	−22N	+62B	−27N	=70B	=53N	+54B	−25N	4.0	35.5	35.5	10.25	938	-38.4
52	Koslovsky, Lucas	1628	BEL	+43B	−46N	=55B	+45N	−37B	−32N	=49B	+64N	F	4.0	33.5	36.5	15.25	1498	-42.0
53	Verstraete, Sverre	0	BEL	−33B	−49N	=58B	−50N	+75B	+61N	=51B	−47N	+63B	4.0	30.5	32.0	11.25	1383	0.0
54	Quarta, Adam	0	BEL	−46B	+75N	−20B	−68N	+60B	−55N	+63B	−51N	+64B	4.0	29.0	30.5	11.00	1247	0.0
55	Coutton, Galian	1532	BEL	−14N	+64B	=52N	=12B	−30N	+54B	=28N	−35B	−42N	3.5	39.0	42.0	14.50	1470	-22.8
56	Massez, Vadim	1673	BEL	+66N	−14B	−13N	+57B	−48N	=68B	+43N	−34B	−38N	3.5	36.0	38.5	12.25	1423	-108.4
57	Verbruggen, Axl	1427	BEL	+29B	−9N	−33B	−56N	=70N	+42B	−59N	−62B	+68N	3.5	33.0	35.5	13.25	1526	+25.2
58	Simonon, Tim	0	BEL	−22N	−48B	=53N	+74B	−38N	+60B	−34N	+70B	−39N	3.5	33.0	35.0	10.00	755	0.0
59	Cardella, Andrea	1568	BEL	+65B	−26N	−49B	−37N	+76B	=71N	+57B	−36N	−43N	3.5	31.5	31.5	7.75	1356	-66.8
60	Van Kempen, Alexander	0	BEL	−17B	−40B	−74N	+64B	−54N	−58N	+73B	+72N	=62N	3.5	28.0	30.0	9.00	1425	0.0
61	Qin, Elin	0	BEL	−28N	−13B	+72N	−41B	+65N	−53B	=62N	−43B	=69N	3.0	32.5	35.0	8.25	1257	0.0
62	Leroy, Wout	0	BEL	−18N	−30B	F	−51N	+63B	−47N	=61B	+57N	=60B	3.0	31.5	31.5	9.75	1270	0.0
63	FIDE 299120	0	—	−24N	−39B	+76N	−48B	−62N	+74B	−54N	+69B	−53N	3.0	29.0	29.0	4.50	785	0.0
64	Riviere, Marlon	0	BEL	−21B	−55N	−71B	−60N	+67B	+73N	+65N	−52B	−54N	3.0	28.5	30.5	8.00	762	0.0
65	Verschuere, Wannes	0	BEL	−59N	F	−32B	−43N	−61B	+75N	−64B	+67N	+66B	3.0	26.5	26.5	7.50	1307	0.0
66	Verdeyen, Jef	0	BEL	−56B	−32N	−73B	=75N	=72B	+76N	+71B	−46N	−65N	3.0	24.0	24.0	4.50	1370	0.0
67	FIDE 299146	0	—	F	F	F	F	−64N	+72N	+74B	−65B	+73N	3.0	12.5	12.5	6.50	1428	0.0
68	Dhaene, Louis	1506	BEL	−11N	+74B	−35N	+54B	−18N	=56N	−40B	−50N	−57B	2.5	36.0	38.0	7.75	1215	-67.2
69	Bracke, Victor	0	BEL	−12N	−34B	−43B	+72N	+73B	−46N	−50B	−63N	=61B	2.5	32.0	34.0	6.00	1265	0.0
70	Sargsyan, Arshak	0	BEL	F	−24B	=47N	−40N	=57B	=51N	−33B	−58N	+71B	2.5	32.0	32.0	8.25	1436	0.0
71	Van Loock, Louis	1426	BEL	−25N	−47B	+64N	−39B	+74N	=59B	−66N	−42B	−70N	2.5	30.0	32.0	6.75	1279	-25.2
72	George, Lucas	1408	BEL	−36B	−29N	−61B	−69B	=66N	−67B	+75N	−60B	+74N	2.5	26.5	28.0	5.00	1520	+13.2
73	De Wit, Elias	0	BEL	−10N	−41B	+66N	−30B	−69N	−64B	−60N	+75B	−67B	2.0	30.5	32.0	4.50	1301	0.0
74	FIDE 297933	0	—	−44B	−68N	+60B	−58N	−71B	−63N	−67N	+76B	−72B	2.0	24.5	24.5	3.50	694	0.0
75	Batsaikhan, Esu	1470	BEL	−15N	−54B	−38N	=66B	−53N	−65B	−72B	−73N	+76N	1.5	28.5	28.5	1.50	758	-48.4
76	FIDE 548009490	0	—	−27B	−51N	−63B	F	−59N	−66B	−42N	−74N	−75B	0.0	26.5	26.5	0.00	755	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1D`hooghe, OscarBEL
+113.2
6.0 pts · #14
2Backiel, RobertBEL
+84.8
5.0 pts · #22
3Cherentsov, AndreyBEL
+80.0
5.5 pts · #16

Top rating losers

1Massez, VadimBEL
-108.4
3.5 pts · #44
2Deside, AnthonyBEL
-85.6
5.0 pts · #13
3Bolhov, IvanBEL
-76.0
5.5 pts · #18

Biggest upsets

R1+335 Elo gap
Verbruggen, Axl1427 beat Deside, Anthony1762
R3+316 Elo gap
Backiel, Robert1552 beat Geenen, Kobe1868
R2+274 Elo gap
Frenzel, Qorianka1646 beat Bolhov, Ivan1920