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Belgian Youth Championships 2026 U10

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46 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 16 Feb 2026 to 22 Feb 2026 in Blankenberge, Belgium. Top 10 Elo average was 1539, and top seed was Miro Ok (πŸ‡§πŸ‡ͺ BEL, 1880).

Miro Ok (πŸ‡§πŸ‡ͺ BEL, 1880) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Minh Pham Hoang (7.5) and Shivaansh Patel (7.0). Ok won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Edgar Nastoll (1604) beat Miro Ok (1880), a +276-point gap.

Location
πŸ‡§πŸ‡ͺBlankenberge, Belgium
Dates
16 Feb 2026 β†’ 22 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss Β· 9 rounds
Top seed
πŸ‡§πŸ‡ͺMiro Ok1880
Avg top 10
1,539
Participants
46
Federations Β· 1 represented
πŸ‡§πŸ‡ͺBelgiumΓ—25
Top 3
  • πŸ₯‡
    πŸ‡§πŸ‡ͺBELΒ·1880
    7.5ptsΒ·1660perf-39.6
  • πŸ₯ˆ
    πŸ‡§πŸ‡ͺBELΒ·1481
    7.5ptsΒ·1755perf+82.0
  • πŸ₯‰
    πŸ‡§πŸ‡ͺBELΒ·1428
    7.0ptsΒ·1638perf+48.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 Β· 9 rounds

Tight race until R7; 2 players tied at 7.5/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
27
13
6
2
3
2
1
1
2
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
R7–R9 Β· LEAD HELD

Minh Pham Hoang held the sole lead from R7 through R9 without losing it.

R9 Β· TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.5/9. Ok takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (46.5).

R9 Β· HEAD-TO-HEAD Β· WINNER VS 2ND

Minh Pham Hoang lost to Miro Ok (White).

Key matchups Β· top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Minh Pham Hoang*
0
β€”
1
2Miro Ok
1
*β€”
Β½
3Theodore Vanlanckerβ€”β€”*β€”
4Shivaansh Patel
0
Β½
β€”*

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#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΞ”
1Ok, Miro1880BEL+41B=3N+33Bβˆ’5N+11N+37B+7N+6B+2N7.546.549.539.501660-39.6
2Pham Hoang, Minh1481BEL+43N+29B+37N+8B=6B+5N+9N+3Bβˆ’1B7.546.548.538.001755+82.0
3Patel, Shivaansh1428BEL+46N=1B+12N=14B+26N+13B+6Bβˆ’2N+10N7.048.548.534.501638+48.0
4Vanlancker, Theodore1469BEL+42N+18B+19N=7Bβˆ’13N+36B=5B+20N+11B7.042.544.532.751557+24.8
5Nastoll, Edgar1604BEL=12N+23B+10N+1B+7Nβˆ’2B=4N=9B+13N6.551.556.539.501667+18.0
6Sodbayar, Irmuun1512BEL+35N+11B+9N+13B=2N+8Bβˆ’3Nβˆ’1N=7B6.051.555.033.751578+22.8
7Paeleman, Niel1480BEL+21B+17N+15B=4Nβˆ’5B+20Nβˆ’1B+16N=6N6.048.053.032.501554+18.8
8Kanakagiri, Sathvik1471BEL+28B+31N+26Bβˆ’2N+16Bβˆ’6N+17Bβˆ’11N+25B6.044.048.028.50695-37.6
9Cornil, Claire1467BEL+27B+36Nβˆ’6B+29N+18B+17Nβˆ’2B=5N=15B6.044.047.528.001314-30.8
10Dousik, Vatsa0BEL+?B+20Nβˆ’5Bβˆ’17N+34B+24N+14B+15Nβˆ’3B6.043.543.525.0015060.0
11Ng, Ethan0BEL+?Bβˆ’6N+27B+?Nβˆ’1B+18N+19N+8Bβˆ’4N6.041.041.020.5014810.0
12Van Dooren, Robbe0BEL=5B+?Nβˆ’3Bβˆ’28N=?B+?N+39B+30N+17B6.030.030.015.2513320.0
13Huynh, Rosie Dieu Lam1475BEL+44N+45B+30Nβˆ’6N+4Bβˆ’3N=16B+27Nβˆ’5B5.542.543.521.251314-33.2
14Toledo, Jim1518BEL+34Bβˆ’26N+21B=3Nβˆ’20B+28Nβˆ’10N+37B+27B5.540.544.025.001245-28.8
15Ramraj, Rudrakshi1428BEL+22B+39Nβˆ’7NF+40B+29B+25Nβˆ’10B=9N5.540.043.023.001279-15.6
16Ozkan, Lara0BEL+38Nβˆ’19B+42N+30Bβˆ’8N+21B=13Nβˆ’7B+28N5.539.041.021.2511440.0
17Du, Deyi0BEL+?Nβˆ’7B+32N+10B+19Nβˆ’9Bβˆ’8N+22Bβˆ’12N5.044.044.020.0012700.0
18Verstraete, Roan0BEL+23Bβˆ’4N+31BFβˆ’9Nβˆ’11B+29N+24B+19N5.043.547.523.0013320.0
19DHeere Dehens, Lewis1504BEL+25B+16Nβˆ’4B+24Nβˆ’17B+31Nβˆ’11B+32Nβˆ’18B5.042.546.523.50669-18.4
20Versteyhe, Milan1430BEL+32Nβˆ’10B=35N+38B+14Nβˆ’7B+36Nβˆ’4B=21N5.040.543.520.251364-10.4
21FIDE 2905130β€”βˆ’7N+?Bβˆ’14N+?B+33Bβˆ’16N=26B+36N=20B5.034.034.012.2512030.0
22FIDE 5480056300β€”βˆ’15Nβˆ’35B+43Nβˆ’31B+44N+?B+23Bβˆ’17N+29N5.031.031.013.006330.0
23Heuvelmans, Rosalie0BELβˆ’18Nβˆ’5N+?B+42B=27N=32Bβˆ’22N+38B+?N5.030.030.09.258040.0
24Piette Jacques, Raphael0BELβˆ’39B+?N+40Bβˆ’19B+38Nβˆ’10B+?Nβˆ’18N+30B5.029.029.010.006370.0
25FIDE 2858700β€”βˆ’19Nβˆ’38B+46N+?B+?B+26Nβˆ’15B+?Bβˆ’8N5.024.024.04.506470.0
26Jo Shaijo, Savio0BEL+40B+14Bβˆ’8N+39Nβˆ’3Bβˆ’25B=21Nβˆ’28N+36B4.539.542.517.5013530.0
27FIDE 5480096600β€”βˆ’9N+?Bβˆ’11N+?N=23B+35B+37Nβˆ’13Bβˆ’14N4.535.035.09.506860.0
28Mestdagh, Nelson0BELβˆ’8N=?B+?N+12Bβˆ’37Nβˆ’14B+35N+26Bβˆ’16B4.534.534.514.006940.0
29FIDE 2990220β€”+?Bβˆ’2N+?Bβˆ’9B+30Nβˆ’15Nβˆ’18B+40Nβˆ’22B4.036.036.07.006590.0
30FIDE 5480002300β€”+?B+33Nβˆ’13Bβˆ’16Nβˆ’29B+?N+31Bβˆ’12Bβˆ’24N4.034.034.08.006760.0
31FIDE 2990810β€”Fβˆ’8Bβˆ’18N+22N+39Bβˆ’19Bβˆ’30N+?N+32B4.032.032.012.006540.0
32FIDE 5480002800β€”βˆ’20B+41Nβˆ’17B=?N+?B=23N+33Bβˆ’19Bβˆ’31N4.031.031.09.506340.0
33FIDE 2905720β€”+?Nβˆ’30Bβˆ’1N+44Bβˆ’21N+40Bβˆ’32Nβˆ’?B+35N4.029.029.08.5010790.0
34FIDE 2907690β€”βˆ’14N+46Bβˆ’?N+?Bβˆ’10N+38Bβˆ’?Nβˆ’?B+40B4.017.517.56.007170.0
35FIDE 2989800β€”βˆ’6B+22N=20B+?Nβˆ’36Bβˆ’27Nβˆ’28B+39Nβˆ’33B3.535.535.510.5012770.0
36FIDE 2906960β€”+?Nβˆ’9B+?N=37B+35Nβˆ’4Nβˆ’20Bβˆ’21Bβˆ’26N3.534.534.55.256540.0
37Cuyvers, Mathis0BEL+?B+?Nβˆ’2B=36N+28Bβˆ’1Nβˆ’27Bβˆ’14Nβˆ’?B3.533.033.06.258260.0
38FIDE 5480096520β€”βˆ’16B+25N+?Bβˆ’20Nβˆ’24Bβˆ’34N+41Bβˆ’23Nβˆ’?B3.032.532.58.006300.0
39FIDE 5480075440β€”+24Nβˆ’15B+45Nβˆ’26Bβˆ’31N+42Bβˆ’12Nβˆ’35Bβˆ’?N3.031.531.58.006330.0
40FIDE 5480097090β€”βˆ’26N+43Bβˆ’24N+45Bβˆ’15Nβˆ’33N+?Bβˆ’29Bβˆ’34N3.030.030.03.006330.0
41FIDE 2990490β€”βˆ’1Nβˆ’32Bβˆ’?N+?Bβˆ’?N+46Bβˆ’38N+?Bβˆ’?N3.014.514.50.0010790.0
42FIDE 2829600β€”βˆ’4B+?Nβˆ’16Bβˆ’23N+46Bβˆ’39Nβˆ’?Bβˆ’?NF2.020.520.50.006690.0
43FIDE 2834440β€”βˆ’2Bβˆ’40Nβˆ’22Bβˆ’?N+?Nβˆ’?B+45Nβˆ’?Bβˆ’44N2.018.518.51.006810.0
44FIDE 2989560β€”βˆ’13Bβˆ’?N+?Bβˆ’33Nβˆ’22Bβˆ’?NFβˆ’?N+43B2.016.516.52.006760.0
45FIDE 2723880β€”+?Bβˆ’13Nβˆ’39Bβˆ’40Nβˆ’?Bβˆ’?Nβˆ’43BFβˆ’?N1.013.513.50.006760.0
46FIDE 5480096950β€”βˆ’3Bβˆ’34Nβˆ’25BFβˆ’42Nβˆ’41Nβˆ’?Bβˆ’?Bβˆ’?N0.021.021.00.006450.0

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