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Dutch Championship 2025

KnockoutStandard

16 players participated in this 8-round tournament, held from 05 Jul 2025 to 12 Jul 2025 in Venlo, Netherlands. 16 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2589, and top seed was Jorden Van Foreest (🇳🇱 NED, GM, 2698).

Jorden Van Foreest (🇳🇱 NED, GM, 2698) won with 6.0/8, ahead of Loek Van Wely (5.0) and Arthur De Winter (3.0). Van Foreest shared the lead from round 6 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Arthur De Winter (IM, 2448) beat Erwin L'Ami (GM, 2618), a +170-point gap.

Location
🇳🇱Venlo, Netherlands
Dates
05 Jul 2025 → 12 Jul 2025
Time control
Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1
System
Knockout · 8 rounds
Top seed
🇳🇱GMJorden Van Foreest2698
Avg top 10
2,589
Participants
16
Titled players · 16
GM×14
IM×2
Federations · 1 represented
🇳🇱Netherlands×16
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 8 rounds

GM Jorden Van Foreest led from R8; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
3
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
2468R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8Van Foreest takes lead
R8 · LEADER CHANGE12 Jul

GM Jorden Van Foreest takes the sole lead (6.0/8).

HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND · 2 games

GM Jorden Van Foreest 1.5–0.5 against GM Loek Van Wely (R7 ½-½, R8 1-0) — decisive in 1/2.

R1–R3 · WIN STREAK

GM Loek Van Wely won 3 in a row (R1–R3).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1GMJorden Van Foreest*
½
1
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2GMLoek Van Wely
½
0
*
½
½
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3IMArthur De Winter—
½
½
*—
4GMBenjamin Bok———*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Van Foreest, JordenGM2698NED+13B=13N=6N=6B+5B+5N=2N+2B6.018.519.014.252743+4.4
2Van Wely, LoekGM2629NED+16N+16B+7B=7N=3B=3N=1B−1N5.022.022.09.002656+2.8
3De Winter, ArthurIM2448NED=9N=9B−8N+8B=2N=2BFF3.016.016.08.002604+12.4
4Bok, BenjaminGM2593NED=14N+14B=5B=5NFFFF2.55.05.02.752593-0.2
5Vrolijk, LiamGM2521NED=12N=12B=4N=4B−1N−1BFF2.019.019.03.502511-0.8
6Beerdsen, ThomasGM2512NED=11N=11B=1B=1NFFFF2.014.014.07.002566+2.6
7Sokolov, IvanGM2592NED=15B+15N−2N=2BFFFF2.011.011.03.252555-2.0
8L'Ami, ErwinGM2618NED−10N+10B+3B−3NFFFF2.08.08.04.002483-7.2
9Van den Doel, ErikGM2565NED=3B=3NFFFFFF1.06.06.03.002448-3.2
10Ernst, SipkeGM2518NED+8B−8NFFFFFF1.04.04.02.002618+2.8
11De Boer, EelkeIM2434NED=6B=6NFFFFFF1.04.04.02.002512+2.2
12Warmerdam, MaxGM2618NED=5B=5NFFFFFF1.04.04.02.002521-2.6
13Tiviakov, SergeiGM2537NED−1N=1BFFFFFF0.512.012.03.002505-0.8
14Dambacher, MartijnGM2474NED=4B−4NFFFFFF0.55.05.01.252400-1.8
15Swinkels, RobinGM2481NED=7N−7BFFFFFF0.54.04.01.002399-2.0
16Burg, TwanGM2505NED−2B−2NFFFFFF0.010.010.00.001829-6.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets
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