47th Ghent Open 2026

Ghent BELJul 18 – 22, 2026Classical

47th Ghent Open 2026 brought together 124 players in Ghent BEL, including 2 grandmasters. Gabriele Lumachi has the best score, 8 out of 9. Open a player to see their openings and games, or to prepare against them.

Players: 124
Games: 180
Average Elo: 2060
Top rating: 2486

Standings

#	Player	Fed	Elo	Pts	W / D / L
1	IMGabriele Lumachi	ITA	2465	8/9	7 / 2 / 0
2	GMA Pijpers	NED	2486	7½/9	6 / 3 / 0
2	FMHugo de Melo Lux	BRA	2334	7½/9	6 / 3 / 0
4	IMTim Grutter	NED	2390	7/9	6 / 2 / 1
4	FMAmir Zouaghi	BEL	2374	7/9	6 / 2 / 1
4	FMJacob Dreelinck	BEL	2312	7/9	6 / 2 / 1
4	FMA Dobrocmyslov	FRA	2255	7/9	7 / 0 / 2
8	IMG Van der Stricht	BEL	2274	6½/9	4 / 5 / 0
8	FMJan Murawski	ENG	2246	6½/9	5 / 3 / 1
10	FMStefan Bekker	NED	2345	6/8	4 / 4 / 0
10	FMSterre Dauw	BEL	2297	6/7	5 / 2 / 0
10	Adriaan Dreelinck	BEL	2244	6/9	5 / 2 / 2
13	FMSaA Manukyan	ARM	2376	5½/7	5 / 1 / 1
13	FMTim Lammens	NED	2244	5½/8	4 / 3 / 1
13	CMArman Sarkisian	BEL	2224	5½/7	4 / 3 / 0
16	GMA Dgebuadze	BEL	2399	5/7	4 / 2 / 1
16	FMAlexander Kitze	GER	2269	5/8	4 / 2 / 2
16	Nils Vantorre	BEL	2236	5/7	3 / 4 / 0
16	FMT Venkataramanan	IND	2219	5/7	5 / 0 / 2
16	FMAdrien Anciaux	BEL	2202	5/7	4 / 2 / 1
21	IML Rojas Keim	CHI	2303	4½/7	4 / 1 / 2
22	FMBoyd Leenen	NED	2195	3½/6	2 / 3 / 1
23	FMG Cools	BEL	2174	3/6	2 / 2 / 2
24	Auke Wilming	NED	2078	2½/5	2 / 1 / 2
24	Luke Anthony Honey	ENG	2040	2½/5	2 / 1 / 2
26	CMNicolas Davoust	FRA	2200	2/4	2 / 0 / 2
26	FMMilo Molitor	BEL	2164	2/5	2 / 0 / 3
26	Lander Van Coppenolle	BEL	2144	2/4	2 / 0 / 2
26	O Iolis	BEL	2138	2/3	1 / 2 / 0
26	Fabio Colonetti	ITA	2128	2/3	1 / 2 / 0
26	Servaas Dhooge	BEL	2038	2/4	2 / 0 / 2
32	M Weller	GER	2233	1½/3	1 / 1 / 1
32	Harshal Patil	IND	2121	1½/4	1 / 1 / 2
32	Robin Butzen	BEL	2112	1½/3	1 / 1 / 1
32	M Wettach	BEL	2048	1½/3	1 / 1 / 1
36	Mateo Plomp	BEL	2156	1/2	0 / 2 / 0
36	J Hania	NED	2155	1/3	1 / 0 / 2
36	David Jongste	NED	2110	1/3	1 / 0 / 2
36	S White	SCO	2091	1/4	0 / 2 / 2
36	M Blok	NED	2086	1/3	1 / 0 / 2
36	R Straat	NED	2068	1/4	1 / 0 / 3
36	Mardoek Thienpondt	BEL	2053	1/4	1 / 0 / 3
36	FMF Vrana	CZE	2044	1/2	0 / 2 / 0
36	Armen Art. Vardanyan	ARM	2038	1/2	1 / 0 / 1
36	Padraig Hughes	IRL	2016	1/2	1 / 0 / 1
36	Onno Zhang	GER	2008	1/1	1 / 0 / 0
36	Altay Erdem Gok	TUR	1922	1/1	1 / 0 / 0
48	W Ghyselen	BEL	2151	½/2	0 / 1 / 1
48	E Oorebeek	NED	2138	½/3	0 / 1 / 2
48	Elias De Reese	BEL	2106	½/3	0 / 1 / 2
48	Maarten Vinke	NED	2095	½/2	0 / 1 / 1
48	Jacob Brienen	NED	2090	½/3	0 / 1 / 2
48	Lendert Van den Ouden	NED	2081	½/2	0 / 1 / 1
48	FMTo Wiley	ENG	2081	½/2	0 / 1 / 1
48	Franz Rechberger	AUT	2064	½/2	0 / 1 / 1
48	Frank Verkooyen	NED	2062	½/2	0 / 1 / 1
48	Pieter-Jan Orban	BEL	2025	½/1	0 / 1 / 0
48	Arno Van den Bosch	BEL	2024	½/2	0 / 1 / 1
48	Wonder Dutre	BEL	2017	½/2	0 / 1 / 1
48	FMC Becx	NED	2015	½/2	0 / 1 / 1
48	J Rogiers	BEL	2014	½/2	0 / 1 / 1
48	Joris Geene	NED	2012	½/1	0 / 1 / 0
48	M Stuer	BEL	2001	½/1	0 / 1 / 0
48	Cato De Zoeten	NED	1993	½/2	0 / 1 / 1
48	Peter Krupenko	SLO	1992	½/1	0 / 1 / 0
48	Noah Paludan	DEN	1982	½/1	0 / 1 / 0
48	D Castelein	BEL	1957	½/1	0 / 1 / 0
48	Ivan Lenders	BEL	1955	½/1	0 / 1 / 0
69	Matthias Godde	BEL	2155	0/3	0 / 0 / 3
69	G Verhaeren	BEL	2143	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
69	WFMDaria Vanduyfhuys	BEL	2135	0/2	0 / 0 / 2
69	Igor Damen	NED	2121	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
69	CMJasper De Jong	NED	2111	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
69	Igor Vanduyfhuys	BEL	2111	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
69	Danail Jurgen Sergooris	BEL	2097	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
69	Rik Vos	NED	2089	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
69	M Driessen	NED	2086	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
69	WFMNele Vanhuyse	BEL	2077	0/2	0 / 0 / 2
69	Eric F Eedle	ENG	2067	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
69	Tibo Maes	BEL	2054	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
69	Noah Sosef	NED	2053	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
69	Alexander Sleeckx	NED	2052	0/3	0 / 0 / 3
69	M Anciaux	BEL	2044	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
69	B Boog	NED	2031	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
69	Hans Van der Linden	NED	2031	0/2	0 / 0 / 2
69	Gertjan Haan	NED	2019	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
69	Samuel Lopes	NED	2019	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
69	M Van Herck	BEL	2011	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
69	Oscar Koppenens	NED	2009	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
69	E Woudt	NED	2009	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
69	Axel Harutyunyan	BEL	2005	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
69	Lukas Blok	NED	2002	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
69	Matthias De Weird	BEL	1996	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
69	FMA Flaata	NOR	1996	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
69	Mat2 Jakob	GER	1986	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
69	K Achtergaele	BEL	1978	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
69	Yuri Eijk	NED	1978	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
69	Jonathan Vijver	NED	1976	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
69	S Verbruggen	BEL	1971	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
69	Diederik Lot	BEL	1968	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
69	Carlos Hemmers	NED	1963	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
69	Sam Van Zeebroeck	BEL	1955	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
69	Gerrit Legemaat	NED	1952	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
69	A Mauquoy	BEL	1933	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
69	Kristian Toroptsev	BEL	1833	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
69	Lucas Dufrasne	BEL	1831	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
69	Koen Uitdehaag	NED	1831	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
69	Jos Dekker	NED	1830	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
69	Bert Ten Wolde	NED	1829	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
69	Ioan-Stefan Junc	ROU	1827	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
69	Kylian Van Veen	NED	1826	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
69	Dago Van Parys	BEL	1825	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
69	Hannes De Fre	BEL	1821	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
69	Suldee Tumenjargal	BEL	1821	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
69	Robin Blommaert	BEL	1819	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
69	F Vreugdenhil	NED	1819	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
69	Lars Vagenende	BEL	1818	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
69	Basiel Verbeke	BEL	1817	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
69	Marc Bair	BEL	1815	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
69	Christof De Baets	BEL	1805	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
69	Maarten Dooreman	BEL	1805	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
69	Karl Kloepper	GER	1803	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
69	Onno Van Teijens	NED	1803	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
69	Aditya Gupta	ENG	1801	0/1	0 / 0 / 1

Scores count the games recorded in the imported databases. Byes, forfeits and unrecorded games are not included, so they can differ from the official final standings.

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