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West-Vlaams Lentetoernooi 25-26 Open

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21 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 30 May 2026 to 05 Jun 2026 in Bruges, Belgium. Top 10 Elo average was 1942, and top seed was Yari Coucke (🇧🇪 BEL, 2095).

Jan Vandendriessche (🇧🇪 BEL, 2089) won with 5.0/7, ahead of Harald Larsen (5.0) and Yari Coucke (5.0). Vandendriessche took the lead from round 6, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Suldee Tumenjargal (1780) beat Franky Goossens (2032), a +252-point gap.

Location
🇧🇪Bruges, Belgium
Dates
30 May 2026 → 05 Jun 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇧🇪Yari Coucke2095
Avg top 10
1,942
Participants
21
Federations · 1 represented
🇧🇪Belgium×20
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R7; 3 players tied at 5.0/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.

Co-leaders
9
3
2
2
1
1
3
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7Vandendriessche takes lead
Coucke5Larsen5Vandendriessche5Tabsho4.5Goossens4De Smedt4
R6 · LEADER CHANGE04 Jun

Jan Vandendriessche takes the sole lead (4.5/6).

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 5.0/7. Vandendriessche takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (24.0).

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Yari Coucke beat Harald Larsen (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Yari Coucke*
1
1
—
2Harald Larsen
0
*
½
—
3Jan Vandendriessche
0
½
*
½
4Hassan Tabsho——
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Vandendriessche, Jan2089BEL+20B+12N=2B+15N−3B+6B=4N5.024.025.015.252049-2.6
2Larsen, Harald1953BEL+7B+16N=1N+9B=11N−3N+5B5.023.525.516.502073+23.4
3Coucke, Yari2095BELF+10N+14BF+1N+2B+9N5.019.019.019.002658+23.0
4Tabsho, Hassan1665BEL−12B+20N−5B+17N+8B+15N=1B4.519.020.010.501942+50.0
5De Smedt, Gino1835BEL+17N−15B+4N−11B+16N+7B−2N4.020.521.511.001865+11.6
6Goossens, Franky2032BEL−9N+17B+10N+16B=15B−1N=11B4.018.519.58.751889-42.0
7Defour, Eline1757BEL−2N+19B=8N+10BF−5N+13B3.519.519.58.751804+16.8
8Barzeele, Raf1847BEL−10B+13N=7BF−4N+16N+18B3.517.017.07.751685-20.6
9Tumenjargal, Suldee1780BEL+6BF+12N−2N+14BF−3B3.023.023.010.002020+61.2
10Schalembier, Kylian1677BEL+8N−3B−6B−7N+21N+19B−14N3.020.020.04.501723+3.2
11De Block, Yordi2093BELF+18BF+5N=2BF=6N3.017.017.09.502065-1.8
12Gellinck, Simon1883BEL+4N−1B−9B+13N+19BFF3.016.516.58.501812-14.4
13Budaev, Sorkhogtani Behki1569BEL−15N−8B+17N−12B+18N+21B−7N3.014.514.52.001553-5.6
14De Spiegelaere, Chris1775BEL+21BF−3N+18B−9NF+10B3.012.012.04.001726-5.0
15De Block, Jasper1812BEL+13B+5NF−1B=6N−4BF2.520.520.59.001838+2.8
16Rogiers, Jonny1758BEL+19N−2B+21N−6N−5B−8BF2.017.517.51.001613-18.0
17Devos, Johan1666BEL−5B−6N−13B−4BFF+21N1.015.515.50.00975-30.2
18FIDE 2897520—F−11N+20B−14N−13BF−8N1.013.513.51.0015710.0
19Oyunchimeg, Baagi1599BEL−16B−7NF+21B−12N−10N−20B1.012.512.50.00969-56.0
20Bultijnck, Kristoff1770BEL−1N−4B−18NFFF+19N1.011.511.51.001659-10.0
21Verbanck, Mario0BEL−14NF−16B−19N−10B−13N−17B0.013.013.00.008740.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets