Results blitz

Steven 09.07.2025

26 chess players, mostly non-BK players – it has to be said – had a great time in Westerlo Tuesday night. Under the expert guidance of Luc Cornet.

Sim takes the top prize, followed by Lennert and Kobe sharing plaast 2.

Category awards are for:

-2000: Mohamed Mechkor, Jeroen Cillen, Akul Gupta and Marc Van Dyck
-1800: Radoslawa Lascar
-1600: Inias Vissenaekens

In the photo section you will find some atmospheric images.

Final ranking

#	Title	Name	EloUsed	Cat	Club name	PtnTot.	Perf	Buch	B Cut1	SB	Vsch.	OR
1	IM	Maerevoet, Sim	2420	+2000	Borgerhout	8.5	2646	50.50	46.00	47.00	43.0	–
2	FM	Lenaerts, Lennert	2395	+2000	Genk	7.0	2373	51.50	47.00	38.50	35.5	1.0
3		Vandenhole, Kobe	2348	+2000	Aalst	7.0	2361	50.00	46.00	34.50	35.0	0.0
4	FM	Akhayan, Ruben	2181	+2000	CREB Bruxelles	6.0	2292	50.00	47.00	29.50	33.0	–
5	IM	Peek, Maurice	2343	+2000	Westerlo	5.5	2241	51.00	48.00	26.00	29.5	1.0
6	FM	The Guardian, Matthias	2167	+2000	TSMechelen	5.5	2145	47.50	43.50	25.00	28.0	0.0
7		Stinis, Steven	2086	+2000	ChessLooks Lyra	5.0	2188	50.50	48.00	22.50	29.0	–
8		Mechkor, Mohamed	1888	-2000	2 Fous Diogène	5.0	1925	43.50	40.50	19.50	25.0	–
9		Cillen, Jeroen	1867	-2000	Houthalen-East	5.0	1937	42.00	39.00	19.00	23.0	–
10		Bellens, Steven	2010	+2000	Westerlo	5.0	1994	41.50	38.50	19.50	24.0	–
11		Gupta, Akul	1930	-2000	KSK Rochade	5.0	1985	41.00	40.00	19.25	24.5	–
12		Van Dyck, Marc	1874	-2000	Westerlo	5.0	1983	40.00	37.00	18.00	23.0	–
13		Mangelschots, Peter	2000	+2000	TSMechelen	4.5	2056	49.00	46.00	18.00	26.0	1.0
14		Lascar, Radoslawa	1769	-1800	Borgerhout	4.5	1955	40.00	39.00	15.50	25.0	0.0
15		Sterckx, Pieter	1949	-2000	Zichem Chess Club	4.0	1820	41.50	38.50	14.00	22.0	–
16		Helsen, Steff	2076	+2000	Dolle Toren Leuven	4.0	1865	40.50	38.00	16.50	22.0	–
17		Van Der Fraenen, Joep	1965	-2000	TSMechelen	4.0	1837	37.50	34.50	13.00	20.0	–
18		Vervloet, Staff	1726	-1800	Noorderwijk	4.0	1745	32.50	31.50	10.50	17.0	–
19		Vissenaekens, Inias	0	-1600	Westerlo	4.0	1623	32.50	31.50	9.50	17.0	–
20		Ulburghs, Pete	1798	-1800	Heusden	3.0	1646	34.00	33.00	7.00	14.0	–
21		Ouwerkerk, Floris	1683	-1800	Leuven Central	3.0	1646	33.50	32.50	7.50	13.5	–
22		Van Der Avort, Bart	1661	-1800	Turnhout	3.0	1702	32.00	29.50	9.00	14.0	–
23		De Meyere, Dirk	1586	-1600	KBSK Bruges	3.0	1627	29.50	28.50	9.50	14.0	–
24		Michiels, Lode	1863	-2000	TSMechelen	3.0	1613	29.50	28.50	6.75	15.0	–
25		The Vet, Sylvin	1728	-1800	Westerlo	2.5	1538	30.00	29.00	5.50	11.0	–
26		Sterckx, Willem	0	-1600	Westerlo	1.0	1214	32.00	29.50	3.00	2.0	–

Results

Round 1

#	Name	Res.	Name
1	Mechkor, Mohamed	0-1	Maerevoet, Sim
2	Lenaerts, Lennert	1-0	Van Dyck, Marc
3	Cillen, Jeroen	0-1	Vandenhole, Kobe
4	Peek, Maurice	1-0	Michiels, Lode
5	Ulburghs, Pete	0-1	Akhayan, Ruben
6	The Guardian, Matthias	1-0	Lascar, Radoslawa
7	The Vet, Sylvin	0-1	Stinis, Steven
8	Helsen, Steff	0-1	Vervloet, Staff
9	Ouwerkerk, Floris	0-1	Bellens, Steven
10	Mangelschots, Peter	1-0	Van Der Avort, Bart
11	De Meyere, Dirk	0-1	Van Der Fraenen, Joep
12	Sterckx, Pieter	1-0	Vissenaekens, Inias
13	Sterckx, Willem	0-1	Gupta, Akul

Round 2

#	Name	Res.	Name
1	Maerevoet, Sim	1-0	Stinis, Steven
2	Bellens, Steven	0-1	Lenaerts, Lennert
3	Vandenhole, Kobe	1-0	Mangelschots, Peter
4	Van Der Fraenen, Joep	0-1	Peek, Maurice
5	Akhayan, Ruben	1-0	Sterckx, Pieter
6	Gupta, Akul	½-½	The Guardian, Matthias
7	Vervloet, Staff	0-1	Mechkor, Mohamed
8	The Vet, Sylvin	0-1	Helsen, Steff
9	Van Dyck, Marc	1-0	Ouwerkerk, Floris
10	Van Der Avort, Bart	0-1	Cillen, Jeroen
11	Michiels, Lode	1-0	De Meyere, Dirk
12	Vissenaekens, Inias	1-0	Ulburghs, Pete
13	Lascar, Radoslawa	1-0	Sterckx, Willem

Round 3

#	Name	Res.	Name
1	Peek, Maurice	0-1	Maerevoet, Sim
2	Lenaerts, Lennert	1-0	Vandenhole, Kobe
3	The Guardian, Matthias	0-1	Akhayan, Ruben
4	Stinis, Steven	1-0	Gupta, Akul
5	Helsen, Steff	0-1	Van Dyck, Marc
6	Cillen, Jeroen	0-1	Bellens, Steven
7	Mangelschots, Peter	1-0	Michiels, Lode
8	Lascar, Radoslawa	1-0	Van Der Fraenen, Joep
9	Sterckx, Pieter	1-0	Vervloet, Staff
10	Mechkor, Mohamed	1-0	Vissenaekens, Inias
11	Ulburghs, Pete	0-1	Van Der Avort, Bart
12	De Meyere, Dirk	1-0	The Vet, Sylvin
13	Ouwerkerk, Floris	1-0	Sterckx, Willem

Round 4

#	Name	Res.	Name
1	Akhayan, Ruben	1-0	Lenaerts, Lennert
2	Maerevoet, Sim	1-0	Mangelschots, Peter
3	Vandenhole, Kobe	1-0	Sterckx, Pieter
4	Van Dyck, Marc	0-1	Peek, Maurice
5	Stinis, Steven	1-0	Mechkor, Mohamed
6	Bellens, Steven	½-½	Lascar, Radoslawa
7	Van Der Fraenen, Joep	0-1	The Guardian, Matthias
8	Gupta, Akul	0-1	Helsen, Steff
9	Vissenaekens, Inias	0-1	Cillen, Jeroen
10	Michiels, Lode	½-½	Ouwerkerk, Floris
11	Vervloet, Staff	0-1	De Meyere, Dirk
12	Van Der Avort, Bart	0-1	The Vet, Sylvin
13	Sterckx, Willem	0-1	Ulburghs, Pete

Round 5

#	Name	Res.	Name
1	Akhayan, Ruben	0-1	Maerevoet, Sim
2	Lenaerts, Lennert	1-0	Stinis, Steven
3	Peek, Maurice	0-1	Vandenhole, Kobe
4	The Guardian, Matthias	1-0	Bellens, Steven
5	Sterckx, Pieter	0-1	Lascar, Radoslawa
6	Helsen, Steff	1-0	Cillen, Jeroen
7	Mangelschots, Peter	1-0	Van Dyck, Marc
8	Mechkor, Mohamed	1-0	De Meyere, Dirk
9	Ouwerkerk, Floris	½-½	Gupta, Akul
10	Ulburghs, Pete	1-0	Michiels, Lode
11	Van Der Avort, Bart	0-1	Van Der Fraenen, Joep
12	The Vet, Sylvin	0-1	Vervloet, Staff
13	Sterckx, Willem	0-1	Vissenaekens, Inias

Round 6

#	Name	Res.	Name
1	Maerevoet, Sim	½-½	Lenaerts, Lennert
2	Vandenhole, Kobe	1-0	Akhayan, Ruben
3	Peek, Maurice	1-0	The Guardian, Matthias
4	Lascar, Radoslawa	0-1	Mechkor, Mohamed
5	Stinis, Steven	1-0	Helsen, Steff
6	Bellens, Steven	½-½	Mangelschots, Peter
7	Van Der Fraenen, Joep	1-0	Ulburghs, Pete
8	De Meyere, Dirk	0-1	Sterckx, Pieter
9	Gupta, Akul	1-0	Vervloet, Staff
10	Van Dyck, Marc	1-0	Vissenaekens, Inias
11	Cillen, Jeroen	1-0	Ouwerkerk, Floris
12	Michiels, Lode	0-1	Van Der Avort, Bart
13	The Vet, Sylvin	1-0	Sterckx, Willem

Round 7

#	Name	Res.	Name
1	Vandenhole, Kobe	0-1	Maerevoet, Sim
2	Lenaerts, Lennert	½-½	Peek, Maurice
3	Akhayan, Ruben	0-1	Stinis, Steven
4	Mechkor, Mohamed	0-1	The Guardian, Matthias
5	Mangelschots, Peter	1-0	Lascar, Radoslawa
6	Helsen, Steff	1-0	Van Der Fraenen, Joep
7	Gupta, Akul	1-0	Bellens, Steven
8	Sterckx, Pieter	0-1	Van Dyck, Marc
9	Vervloet, Staff	0-1	Cillen, Jeroen
10	Ulburghs, Pete	1-0	De Meyere, Dirk
11	Vissenaekens, Inias	1-0	The Vet, Sylvin
12	Ouwerkerk, Floris	0-1	Van Der Avort, Bart
13	Sterckx, Willem	0-1	Michiels, Lode

Round 8

#	Name	Res.	Name
1	The Guardian, Matthias	0-1	Maerevoet, Sim
2	Stinis, Steven	0-1	Vandenhole, Kobe
3	Mangelschots, Peter	0-1	Lenaerts, Lennert
4	Peek, Maurice	0-1	Akhayan, Ruben
5	Van Dyck, Marc	0-1	Gupta, Akul
6	Cillen, Jeroen	1-0	Mechkor, Mohamed
7	Lascar, Radoslawa	1-0	Helsen, Steff
8	Bellens, Steven	1-0	Ulburghs, Pete
9	Van Der Fraenen, Joep	1-0	Vissenaekens, Inias
10	Van Der Avort, Bart	0-1	Sterckx, Pieter
11	Michiels, Lode	½-½	The Vet, Sylvin
12	Vervloet, Staff	1-0	Ouwerkerk, Floris
13	De Meyere, Dirk	0-1	Sterckx, Willem

Round 9

#	Name	Res.	Name
1	Maerevoet, Sim	1-0	Gupta, Akul
2	Lenaerts, Lennert	1-0	Cillen, Jeroen
3	Vandenhole, Kobe	1-0	Lascar, Radoslawa
4	Akhayan, Ruben	1-0	Mangelschots, Peter
5	Stinis, Steven	0-1	Peek, Maurice
6	Helsen, Steff	0-1	The Guardian, Matthias
7	Sterckx, Pieter	0-1	Bellens, Steven
8	Mechkor, Mohamed	1-0	Van Der Fraenen, Joep
9	Ulburghs, Pete	0-1	Van Dyck, Marc
10	Vissenaekens, Inias	1-0	Michiels, Lode
11	Van Der Avort, Bart	0-1	De Meyere, Dirk
12	Sterckx, Willem	0-1	Vervloet, Staff
13	The Vet, Sylvin	0-1	Ouwerkerk, Floris