Rokade Westerlo Challengers 2026
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13 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 17 Jun 2026 to 26 Jun 2026 in Westerlo, Belgium. Top 10 Elo average was 1622, and top seed was Rune Nackaerts (🇧🇪 BEL, 1762).
Sylvin De Vet (🇧🇪 BEL, 1662) won with 5.0/9, ahead of Josse Cloots (5.0) and Bram Vissers (4.5). De Vet won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Jan-Dries Reypens (1572) beat Rune Nackaerts (1762), a +190-point gap.
Location
🇧🇪Westerlo, Belgium
Dates
17 Jun 2026 → 26 Jun 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇧🇪Belgium×11
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsTight race until R3; 2 players tied at 5.0/9, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
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R6 · LEADER CHANGE22 May
Bram Vissers takes the sole lead (3.5/6).
R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 5.0/9. De Vet takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (14.5).
R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Sylvin De Vet beat Josse Cloots (Black).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sylvin De Vet | * | 1 | ½ | — |
| 2Josse Cloots | 0 | * | 1 | — |
| 3Bram Vissers | ½ | 0 | * | 0 |
| 4Jan-Dries Reypens | — | — | 1 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | De Vet, Sylvin | 1662 | BEL | +8N | =5B | +2N | =3B | F | F | +11N | F | +6B | 5.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 11.00 | 1976 | +28.0 |
| 2 | Cloots, Josse | 1705 | BEL | F | +12N | −1B | F | +3N | F | +5B | +13N | +11B | 5.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 7.00 | 1785 | +12.4 |
| 3 | Vissers, Bram | 0 | BEL | F | +8B | +5N | =1N | −2B | +6N | −4B | +9N | F | 4.5 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 8.50 | 1653 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Reypens, Jan-Dries | 1572 | BEL | F | F | +6B | F | F | +9N | +3N | F | F | 3.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.00 | 2431 | +46.0 |
| 5 | Huybrechts, Martijn | 1632 | BEL | +12B | =1N | −3B | +7N | F | F | −2N | F | F | 2.5 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 4.00 | 1641 | +0.8 |
| 6 | Nackaerts, Rune | 1762 | BEL | =7B | F | −4N | +8N | F | −3B | F | F | −1N | 1.5 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 1.75 | 1476 | -60.0 |
| 7 | Bicakci, Yigit | 1557 | BEL | =6N | F | +11B | −5B | F | F | F | F | F | 1.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.75 | 1504 | -5.6 |
| 8 | Verbist, Michael | 1461 | BEL | −1B | −3N | F | −6B | −10N | +11B | F | F | F | 1.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 0.00 | 901 | -24.4 |
| 9 | Van Calster, Stan | 1500 | BEL | F | F | F | +11N | F | −4B | F | −3B | F | 1.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.00 | 772 | -16.0 |
| 10 | Sijben, Len | 1679 | BEL | F | F | F | F | +8B | F | F | F | F | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2261 | +4.4 |
| 11 | FIDE 548007471 | 0 | — | F | F | −7N | −9B | F | −8N | −1B | F | −2N | 0.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 0.00 | 777 | 0.0 |
| 12 | FIDE 548000728 | 0 | — | −5N | −2B | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.00 | 869 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Tobback, Maarten | 1686 | BEL | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −2B | F | 0.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 905 | -18.8 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Reypens, Jan-DriesBEL+46.03.0 pts · #4
- 2De Vet, SylvinBEL+28.05.0 pts · #2
- 3Cloots, JosseBEL+12.45.0 pts · #3
Top rating losers
- 1Nackaerts, RuneBEL-60.01.5 pts · #6
- 2Verbist, MichaelBEL-24.41.0 pts · #13
- 3Tobback, MaartenBEL-18.80.0 pts · #12
Biggest upsets
- R3+190 Elo gap