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 (🇧🇪 BEL, 1880).

Miro Ok (🇧🇪 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

🇧🇪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

🇧🇪Miro Ok1880

Avg top 10

1,539

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇧🇪Belgium×25

Top 3

🥇
Miro Ok
🇧🇪BEL·1880
7.5pts·1660perf-39.6
🥈
Minh Pham Hoang
🇧🇪BEL·1481
7.5pts·1755perf+82.0
🥉
Shivaansh Patel
🇧🇪BEL·1428
7.0pts·1638perf+48.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 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

Pham Hoang7.5Ok7.5Vanlancker7Patel7Nastoll6.5Sodbayar6

R7–R9 · LEAD HELD

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

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

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

R9 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Minh Pham Hoang lost to Miro Ok (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Minh Pham Hoang	*	0	—	1
2Miro Ok	1	*	—	½
3Theodore Vanlancker	—	—	*	—
4Shivaansh Patel	0	½	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Ok, Miro	1880	BEL	+41B	=3N	+33B	−5N	+11N	+37B	+7N	+6B	+2N	7.5	46.5	49.5	39.50	1660	-39.6
2	Pham Hoang, Minh	1481	BEL	+43N	+29B	+37N	+8B	=6B	+5N	+9N	+3B	−1B	7.5	46.5	48.5	38.00	1755	+82.0
3	Patel, Shivaansh	1428	BEL	+46N	=1B	+12N	=14B	+26N	+13B	+6B	−2N	+10N	7.0	48.5	48.5	34.50	1638	+48.0
4	Vanlancker, Theodore	1469	BEL	+42N	+18B	+19N	=7B	−13N	+36B	=5B	+20N	+11B	7.0	42.5	44.5	32.75	1557	+24.8
5	Nastoll, Edgar	1604	BEL	=12N	+23B	+10N	+1B	+7N	−2B	=4N	=9B	+13N	6.5	51.5	56.5	39.50	1667	+18.0
6	Sodbayar, Irmuun	1512	BEL	+35N	+11B	+9N	+13B	=2N	+8B	−3N	−1N	=7B	6.0	51.5	55.0	33.75	1578	+22.8
7	Paeleman, Niel	1480	BEL	+21B	+17N	+15B	=4N	−5B	+20N	−1B	+16N	=6N	6.0	48.0	53.0	32.50	1554	+18.8
8	Kanakagiri, Sathvik	1471	BEL	+28B	+31N	+26B	−2N	+16B	−6N	+17B	−11N	+25B	6.0	44.0	48.0	28.50	695	-37.6
9	Cornil, Claire	1467	BEL	+27B	+36N	−6B	+29N	+18B	+17N	−2B	=5N	=15B	6.0	44.0	47.5	28.00	1314	-30.8
10	Dousik, Vatsa	0	BEL	+?B	+20N	−5B	−17N	+34B	+24N	+14B	+15N	−3B	6.0	43.5	43.5	25.00	1506	0.0
11	Ng, Ethan	0	BEL	+?B	−6N	+27B	+?N	−1B	+18N	+19N	+8B	−4N	6.0	41.0	41.0	20.50	1481	0.0
12	Van Dooren, Robbe	0	BEL	=5B	+?N	−3B	−28N	=?B	+?N	+39B	+30N	+17B	6.0	30.0	30.0	15.25	1332	0.0
13	Huynh, Rosie Dieu Lam	1475	BEL	+44N	+45B	+30N	−6N	+4B	−3N	=16B	+27N	−5B	5.5	42.5	43.5	21.25	1314	-33.2
14	Toledo, Jim	1518	BEL	+34B	−26N	+21B	=3N	−20B	+28N	−10N	+37B	+27B	5.5	40.5	44.0	25.00	1245	-28.8
15	Ramraj, Rudrakshi	1428	BEL	+22B	+39N	−7N	F	+40B	+29B	+25N	−10B	=9N	5.5	40.0	43.0	23.00	1279	-15.6
16	Ozkan, Lara	0	BEL	+38N	−19B	+42N	+30B	−8N	+21B	=13N	−7B	+28N	5.5	39.0	41.0	21.25	1144	0.0
17	Du, Deyi	0	BEL	+?N	−7B	+32N	+10B	+19N	−9B	−8N	+22B	−12N	5.0	44.0	44.0	20.00	1270	0.0
18	Verstraete, Roan	0	BEL	+23B	−4N	+31B	F	−9N	−11B	+29N	+24B	+19N	5.0	43.5	47.5	23.00	1332	0.0
19	DHeere Dehens, Lewis	1504	BEL	+25B	+16N	−4B	+24N	−17B	+31N	−11B	+32N	−18B	5.0	42.5	46.5	23.50	669	-18.4
20	Versteyhe, Milan	1430	BEL	+32N	−10B	=35N	+38B	+14N	−7B	+36N	−4B	=21N	5.0	40.5	43.5	20.25	1364	-10.4
21	FIDE 290513	0	—	−7N	+?B	−14N	+?B	+33B	−16N	=26B	+36N	=20B	5.0	34.0	34.0	12.25	1203	0.0
22	FIDE 548005630	0	—	−15N	−35B	+43N	−31B	+44N	+?B	+23B	−17N	+29N	5.0	31.0	31.0	13.00	633	0.0
23	Heuvelmans, Rosalie	0	BEL	−18N	−5N	+?B	+42B	=27N	=32B	−22N	+38B	+?N	5.0	30.0	30.0	9.25	804	0.0
24	Piette Jacques, Raphael	0	BEL	−39B	+?N	+40B	−19B	+38N	−10B	+?N	−18N	+30B	5.0	29.0	29.0	10.00	637	0.0
25	FIDE 285870	0	—	−19N	−38B	+46N	+?B	+?B	+26N	−15B	+?B	−8N	5.0	24.0	24.0	4.50	647	0.0
26	Jo Shaijo, Savio	0	BEL	+40B	+14B	−8N	+39N	−3B	−25B	=21N	−28N	+36B	4.5	39.5	42.5	17.50	1353	0.0
27	FIDE 548009660	0	—	−9N	+?B	−11N	+?N	=23B	+35B	+37N	−13B	−14N	4.5	35.0	35.0	9.50	686	0.0
28	Mestdagh, Nelson	0	BEL	−8N	=?B	+?N	+12B	−37N	−14B	+35N	+26B	−16B	4.5	34.5	34.5	14.00	694	0.0
29	FIDE 299022	0	—	+?B	−2N	+?B	−9B	+30N	−15N	−18B	+40N	−22B	4.0	36.0	36.0	7.00	659	0.0
30	FIDE 548000230	0	—	+?B	+33N	−13B	−16N	−29B	+?N	+31B	−12B	−24N	4.0	34.0	34.0	8.00	676	0.0
31	FIDE 299081	0	—	F	−8B	−18N	+22N	+39B	−19B	−30N	+?N	+32B	4.0	32.0	32.0	12.00	654	0.0
32	FIDE 548000280	0	—	−20B	+41N	−17B	=?N	+?B	=23N	+33B	−19B	−31N	4.0	31.0	31.0	9.50	634	0.0
33	FIDE 290572	0	—	+?N	−30B	−1N	+44B	−21N	+40B	−32N	−?B	+35N	4.0	29.0	29.0	8.50	1079	0.0
34	FIDE 290769	0	—	−14N	+46B	−?N	+?B	−10N	+38B	−?N	−?B	+40B	4.0	17.5	17.5	6.00	717	0.0
35	FIDE 298980	0	—	−6B	+22N	=20B	+?N	−36B	−27N	−28B	+39N	−33B	3.5	35.5	35.5	10.50	1277	0.0
36	FIDE 290696	0	—	+?N	−9B	+?N	=37B	+35N	−4N	−20B	−21B	−26N	3.5	34.5	34.5	5.25	654	0.0
37	Cuyvers, Mathis	0	BEL	+?B	+?N	−2B	=36N	+28B	−1N	−27B	−14N	−?B	3.5	33.0	33.0	6.25	826	0.0
38	FIDE 548009652	0	—	−16B	+25N	+?B	−20N	−24B	−34N	+41B	−23N	−?B	3.0	32.5	32.5	8.00	630	0.0
39	FIDE 548007544	0	—	+24N	−15B	+45N	−26B	−31N	+42B	−12N	−35B	−?N	3.0	31.5	31.5	8.00	633	0.0
40	FIDE 548009709	0	—	−26N	+43B	−24N	+45B	−15N	−33N	+?B	−29B	−34N	3.0	30.0	30.0	3.00	633	0.0
41	FIDE 299049	0	—	−1N	−32B	−?N	+?B	−?N	+46B	−38N	+?B	−?N	3.0	14.5	14.5	0.00	1079	0.0
42	FIDE 282960	0	—	−4B	+?N	−16B	−23N	+46B	−39N	−?B	−?N	F	2.0	20.5	20.5	0.00	669	0.0
43	FIDE 283444	0	—	−2B	−40N	−22B	−?N	+?N	−?B	+45N	−?B	−44N	2.0	18.5	18.5	1.00	681	0.0
44	FIDE 298956	0	—	−13B	−?N	+?B	−33N	−22B	−?N	F	−?N	+43B	2.0	16.5	16.5	2.00	676	0.0
45	FIDE 272388	0	—	+?B	−13N	−39B	−40N	−?B	−?N	−43B	F	−?N	1.0	13.5	13.5	0.00	676	0.0
46	FIDE 548009695	0	—	−3B	−34N	−25B	F	−42N	−41N	−?B	−?B	−?N	0.0	21.0	21.0	0.00	645	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Pham Hoang, MinhBEL
+82.0
7.5 pts · #1
2Patel, ShivaanshBEL
+48.0
7.0 pts · #7
3Vanlancker, TheodoreBEL
+24.8
7.0 pts · #5

Top rating losers

1Ok, MiroBEL
-39.6
7.5 pts · #4
2Kanakagiri, SathvikBEL
-37.6
6.0 pts · #42
3Huynh, Rosie Dieu LamBEL
-33.2
5.5 pts · #12

Biggest upsets

R4+276 Elo gap
Nastoll, Edgar1604 beat Ok, Miro1880
R6+123 Elo gap
Pham Hoang, Minh1481 beat Nastoll, Edgar1604