YNM 2026 is over, thank you to everyone!
Photos by Nick Horemans of the main event at the KMSKA.
Photography: Nick Horemans
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Photos by Jelle Jansegers, including the simul against Nigel Short.
Photography: Jelle Jansegers
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Photos by Nick Horemans of the chess day on 11 October 2026.
Photography: Nick Horemans
View the galleryOut of 400 players at the preselections at DPG Media, these six young chess players earned a seat opposite Garry Kasparov at the KMSKA.
Nand De Smet
Eeklo · 2014
Tristan Verhagen
Antwerpen · 2014
Ludwig Brand
Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · 2012
Ilias Majees
Beringen · 2015
Ivan Bolhov
Brussel · 2013
Odilon Seyns
Turnhout · 2013
Photos: Rahim Aharar
Well-known entrepreneurs and media figures took on grandmaster Garry Kasparov at the KMSKA.
Viktor Verhulst
Mediapersoonlijkheid & Ondernemer
Geert Noels
Econoom, Auteur & Ondernemer
Dietert Gielen
Finance Manager
Els Aerts
Audiovisueel Storyteller
David Ziegler
Co-Founder & CCO
Rob Van herck
Journalist
Piet Spiessens
Ondernemer
Peter De Roover
Kamervoorzitter
Idan Gotlib
Student
Arturo Reyes
CFO
Jan Vertonghen
Ex-profvoetballer
Seppe Lambert
13 en bijzonder gepassioneerd. En nu ook heel moedig!
Berten Bastiaens
Toernooiwinnaar
Didier Depuydt
Zaakvoerder
The players who faced Grandmaster Nigel Short.
Burgemeester van Antwerpen
Sales & Events · KMSKA
Burgemeester van Evergem
Kabinetssecretaris · Stad Antwerpen
Schepen voor Sociale Zaken en Seniorenzorg
Mateo Plomp
Lennert Ooms & Emiel René Van Loock
Jonathan van Heinsbergen
Aleksandrs Poulain
Kanakagiri Sathvik
Lucas Moreno
Jasper Orban
Elias Ruzhansky
Oscar D'hooghe
Lino Hiel
Kevin Verbeeck
Koenraad Moeyersons
Sacha Rosenbaum
Dries Van Malder
François Deckers
Winner of the diamond tournament
Recordings of the selection day at DPG Media on 11 October 2026.
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