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David vs Goliath 2026

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20 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 23 May 2026 to 31 May 2026 in Ganshoren, Belgium. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1818, and top seed was Arman Sarkisian (🇧🇪 BEL, CM, 2163).

Jean-Pierre Haber (🇧🇪 BEL, 1913) won with 6.5/9, ahead of Guillaume Criquillion (4.5) and Abel Bertrand (4.5). Haber won solo starting round 2.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Brice Douxchamps (1574) beat Guillaume Criquillion (1859), a +285-point gap.

Location
🇧🇪Ganshoren, Belgium
Dates
23 May 2026 → 31 May 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes for game with 30 seconds delay from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇧🇪CMArman Sarkisian2163
Avg top 10
1,818
Participants
20
Titled players · 1
CM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇧🇪Belgium×19
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Jean-Pierre Haber led from R2; +2.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
7
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
R2–R9 · LEAD HELD

Jean-Pierre Haber never relinquished the lead after R2; final gap +2.0 over the runner-up.

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Jean-Pierre Haber drew with Guillaume Criquillion (White).

R1–R6 · WIN STREAK

Abel Bertrand won 3 in a row (R1–R6).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Haber, Jean-Pierre1913BEL+6B+10N=2B+5N+17N4B+3N+9BF6.520.020.013.752020+18.6
2Criquillion, Guillaume1859BEL12N+5B=1NFF+17B=6B+18N=3N4.517.017.09.501804-1.8
3Bertrand, Abel1786BEL+19NFF+6BF+16N1B+5N=2B4.516.516.57.751901+15.2
4Sarkisian, ArmanCM2163BEL+18NFF+17BF+1NFF+5B4.09.59.59.502606+8.8
5Mechkor, Mohamed1808BEL11B2N+17B1BF+6N+9N3B4N3.023.523.53.001689-21.8
6Rando, Manuel1650BEL1NF=8B3N9B5B=2N13B+17N2.022.022.03.001541-19.4
7Ion, Marcel-Trestieni1753BELF+19BF+11NFFFFF2.01.01.01.002375+16.8
8De Beco, Pierre-Adrien1645BELFF=6N+16BFFFFF1.52.52.51.501633-0.2
9D`hooghe, Oscar1805BELFFFF+6NF5B1NF1.011.511.52.001650-23.6
10FIDE 5480120920+?N1BFFFFFFF1.06.56.50.0011130.0
11Pavel, Dany1545BEL+5NFF7BFFFFF1.05.05.03.001792+24.4
12Douxchamps, Brice1574BEL+2BFFFFFFFF1.04.54.54.502628+32.4
13Boot, Maarten1577BELFFFFFFF+6NF1.02.02.02.002433+22.8
14Mahla, Amine1743BEL+20BFFFFFFFF1.00.00.00.002287+3.8
15Aryoubi, Yama0BELFFFFFF+17NFF1.00.00.00.0015580.0
16Bouajlifa, Moussa0BELFF=?N8NF3BFFF0.56.06.00.0014000.0
17Castiau, Julien1556BELFF5N4N1B2N15BF6B0.021.021.00.001018-18.0
18Brunet, David1698BEL4BFFFFFF2BF0.08.58.50.001159-7.8
19Maquoi, Sophie1553BEL3B7NFFFFFFF0.06.56.50.00997-10.0
20Ulrichs, Nils1487BEL14NFFFFFFFF0.01.01.00.00943-7.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets