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
Federations · 1 represented
🇧🇪Belgium×25
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsTight 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
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13
6
2
3
2
1
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2
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+82.07.5 pts · #1
- 2Patel, ShivaanshBEL+48.07.0 pts · #7
- 3Vanlancker, TheodoreBEL+24.87.0 pts · #5
Top rating losers
- 1Ok, MiroBEL-39.67.5 pts · #4
- 2Kanakagiri, SathvikBEL-37.66.0 pts · #42
- 3Huynh, Rosie Dieu LamBEL-33.25.5 pts · #12
Biggest upsets
- R4+276 Elo gap
- R6+123 Elo gap