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 |
