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VSF-Kampioenschap 2026 - Gesloten Reeks

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18 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 14 May 2026 to 17 May 2026 in Ghent, Belgium. 5 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2212, and top seed was Warre De Waele (🇧🇪 BEL, FM, 2378).

Warre De Waele (🇧🇪 BEL, FM, 2378) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Sterre Dauw (5.0) and Natan Pirard (5.0). De Waele shared the lead from round 4 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Bert Van Hecke (2013) beat Thierry Penson (2143), a +130-point gap.

Location
🇧🇪Ghent, Belgium
Dates
14 May 2026 → 17 May 2026
Time control
Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇧🇪FMWarre De Waele2378
Avg top 10
2,212
Participants
18
Titled players · 5
FM×3
CM×1
WIM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇧🇪Belgium×17
🇦🇫Afghanistan×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

FM Warre De Waele led from R7; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 5 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R7.

Co-leaders
7
1
2
5
2
2
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7De Waele takes lead
De Waele5.5Pirard5Dauw5Goossens4.5Ghyselen4Verheyen4
R7 · LEADER CHANGE17 May

FM Warre De Waele takes the sole lead (5.5/7).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Warre De Waele beat FM Natan Pirard (Black).

R3–R5 · WIN STREAK

FM Warre De Waele won 3 in a row (R3–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FMWarre De Waele*
1
½
—
2FMNatan Pirard
0
*
½
½
3FMSterre Dauw
½
½
*
½
4WIMHanne Goossens—
½
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1De Waele, WarreFM2378BEL+17N−5B+6N+13B+3N=2B+11N5.523.525.018.502416+6.6
2Dauw, SterreFM2277BEL+8N=6B+5N=3B+10N=1N=4B5.027.030.020.502381+20.0
3Pirard, NatanFM2338BEL+15B=4N+7B=2N−1B+6N+5B5.027.029.018.752365+7.0
4Goossens, HanneWIM2233BEL+13N=3B=10N−5B+7N+11B=2N4.524.026.516.002292+11.8
5Verheyen, Olivier2249BEL+12B+1N−2B+4N−6B+10N−3N4.027.029.515.502276+5.6
6Ghyselen, Wouter2132BEL+16B=2N−1B+18N+5N−3B=9N4.025.026.511.752235+19.2
7Carpentier, Jannes2108BEL=9N+14B−3N=8B−4B+12N+10B4.022.525.011.752176+12.8
8Smekens, Ruben2074BEL−2B+16N=18B=7NF+14B+12N4.017.517.59.752212+21.8
9Van Herck, Marcel1998BEL=7B=18N−13N=14B=12B+15N=6B3.517.519.09.252071+14.0
10Butzen, Robin2155BEL=18B+11N=4B+12N−2B−5B−7N3.023.024.58.502110-9.0
11Penson, Thierry2143BEL−14N−10B+15N+17B+13N−4N−1B3.020.021.56.002095-10.2
12Maes, Tibo2068BEL−5N+17B+14N−10B=9N−7B−8B2.521.022.55.751998-14.0
13Ganguly, Aayush2058BEL−4B+15N+9B−1N−11B−16N=17B2.520.522.06.252033-13.6
14Van Hecke, Bert2013BEL+11B−7N−12B=9N=16B−8N=15B2.519.021.06.751966-9.2
15Peeters, Tim2075BEL−3N−13B−11B=16N+17N−9B=14N2.018.520.03.751937-27.2
16Roelandt, Jesse2011BEL−6N−8B−17N=15B=14N+13BF2.016.516.54.751951-18.4
17Partoens, Remi2106BEL−1B−12N+16B−11N−15BF=13N1.517.517.53.251929-28.2
18Ashrafi, Sulaiman AhmadCM2043AFG=10N=9B=8N−6BFFF1.514.514.55.252003-5.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets