The Brasschaat Open 2025 will take place from August 16 to August 24 in Belgium. It is a 9-player round-robin tournament with time control of 90 min / 40 moves + 30 min + 30 sec /move. For more events from Belgium, check out The European Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.
The top-seeded players are GM Alexandre Dgebuadze (2400), IM Stefan Docx (2385), FM Leandro Slagboom (2349), FM Lars Vereggen (2327), FM Joey Grochal (2239), Rafael Goudriaan (2189), Olivier Verheyen (2160), Ben Tuerlinckx (2155), AGM Nicolas Davoust (2124), Robin Butzen (2122), NM Robert Schuermans (2113), Milo Buysse (2061), Luuk Meulmeester (2041), Elisha Sagi (2030), Pieter Steen (2027), Antonio Marques Taltavull (2026), Constantijn Beukema (2025), Marcel Van Herck (2024), Tom Liessens (2018), Dries Hautekiet (2013). Scroll down for the full participants list.
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Brasschaat Open 2025 Participants
No.
Name
FED
Rtg
1
GM
Dgebuadze, Alexandre
BEL
2400
2
IM
Docx, Stefan
BEL
2385
3
FM
Slagboom, Leandro
NED
2349
4
FM
Vereggen, Lars
NED
2327
5
FM
Grochal, Joey
NED
2239
6
Goudriaan, Rafael
NED
2189
7
Verheyen, Olivier
BEL
2160
8
Tuerlinckx, Ben
BEL
2155
9
AGM
Davoust, Nicolas
FRA
2124
10
Butzen, Robin
BEL
2122
11
NM
Schuermans, Robert
BEL
2113
12
Buysse, Milo
BEL
2061
13
Meulmeester, Luuk
NED
2041
14
Sagi, Elisha
FRA
2030
15
Steen, Pieter
BEL
2027
16
Marques Taltavull, Antonio
ESP
2026
17
Beukema, Constantijn
BEL
2025
18
Van Herck, Marcel
BEL
2024
19
Liessens, Tom
BEL
2018
20
Hautekiet, Dries
BEL
2013
21
Lavrenov, Yuli
BEL
2010
22
Lind, Jacco
NED
2007
23
Vande Ginste, Michiel
BEL
1999
24
De Weerd, Jan
BEL
1990
25
Weiler, Marc
BEL
1988
26
Vanhentenrijk, Jesse
BEL
1987
27
Peleman, Tony
BEL
1978
28
Cuyvers, Jens
BEL
1963
29
Pauw, Martijn
NED
1956
30
Dugailliez, Guy
BEL
1936
31
Carpentier, Julian
BEL
1930
32
Engelaer, Maurice
BEL
1920
33
Vande Velde, Erik
BEL
1914
34
Oostvogels, Niek
NED
1913
35
Goris, Ton
NED
1911
36
De Witte, Wiebe
NED
1909
37
Van Opstal, Thijs
NED
1902
38
Kocur, Marc
BEL
1900
39
Demarre, Jan
BEL
1887
40
Stroobant, Arne
BEL
1884
41
Baete, Guy
BEL
1877
42
Surmont, Yves
BEL
1877
43
Vanbrussel, Kiran
BEL
1864
44
Verlinden, Gerrit
BEL
1861
45
Verlinden, Alexander
BEL
1854
46
Vanhove, Robbie
BEL
1837
47
Kantekin, Baha
TUR
1827
48
Moors, Marc
BEL
1824
49
Mechkor, Mohamed
BEL
1820
50
Seyns, Odilon
BEL
1816
51
Verstrepen, Marc
BEL
1816
52
Goverde, Ruud
NED
1803
53
Goris-Schouwstra, Adry
NED
1799
54
Mirakyan, Alex
BEL
1794
55
Bosschaerts, Patrick
BEL
1785
56
Kloosterboer, Nico
NED
1784
57
Alberts, Henk
NED
1782
58
Bruys, Piet
NED
1781
59
Jacobs, Glenn
NED
1780
60
Thiry, Victor
BEL
1775
61
Broekmans, Patrik
BEL
1765
62
Liekens, Ronny
BEL
1752
63
Maes, Lander
BEL
1747
64
Timmermans, Georges
BEL
1746
65
Jacobs, Paul
BEL
1738
66
Van Schalkwijk, Boudewijn
BEL
1734
67
Ponnet, Guy
BEL
1729
68
Sonmez, Ozkal
TUR
1724
69
Lahou, Patsoen
BEL
1720
70
Leng, Xingjian
CHN
1720
71
Van Roy, Arno
BEL
1709
72
Van De Laar, Andre
NED
1707
73
Zhang, Jinchen
NED
1707
74
Geylen, Leo
BEL
1706
75
Aelvoet, Karel
BEL
1700
76
Van Deynse, Koen
BEL
1698
77
Toroptsev, Kristian
BEL
1697
78
Urbanowski, Krzysztof
BEL
1688
79
Zjuravlyov, Maximilian
BEL
1680
80
Sicari, Gilles
BEL
1668
81
Li, Yuanzi
BEL
1655
82
Pauwels, Peter
BEL
1654
83
Vermeersch, Pieter
BEL
1649
84
Vanderveken, Antoon
BEL
1647
85
Lukin, Yesenia
BEL
1646
86
Seresia, Nathan
BEL
1645
87
Verhagen, Rinus
BEL
1643
88
Ooms, Lennert
BEL
1642
89
Bolhov, Ivan
BEL
1631
90
De Cap, Jan
BEL
1625
91
Van Der Avort, Bart
BEL
1625
92
Vinck, Leo
BEL
1621
93
Van Der Linden, Michiel
NED
1619
94
Ouwerkerk, Floris
BEL
1618
95
Nica, Radu-Catalin
BEL
1616
96
Stes, Stella
BEL
1606
97
Boersma, Kees
NED
1602
98
Verhagen, Tristan
BEL
1591
99
De Groof, Mathijs
BEL
1578
100
Parikh, Aditya
BEL
1549
101
Pien, Jonas
BEL
1547
102
Haazen, Patrick
BEL
1544
103
De Keyser, Eric
BEL
1502
104
Suply, Nolan
BEL
1420
105
Caracatsanis, Roos
BEL
1404
106
Bouwer, Levyn
BEL
1400
107
Hauters, Joachim
BEL
0
108
Verlinden, Sonja
BEL
0
109
Xin, Zihan
BEL
0
110
Xin, Ziyang
BEL
0