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Dutch Championship Women 2025

KnockoutStandard

12 players participated in this 8-round tournament, held from 05 Jul 2025 to 12 Jul 2025 in Venlo, Netherlands. 6 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2107, and top seed was Machteld Van Foreest (🇳🇱 NED, FM, 2285).

Machteld Van Foreest (🇳🇱 NED, FM, 2285) won with 4.0/8, ahead of Robin Duson (4.0) and Anne Haast (2.5). Van Foreest shared the lead from round 6, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Robin Duson (WIM, 2143) beat Anne Haast (WGM, 2272), a +129-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
🇳🇱FMMachteld Van Foreest2285
Avg top 10
2,107
Participants
12
Titled players · 6
FM×2
WGM×1
WIM×2
WFM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇳🇱Netherlands×12
Top 3
  • 🥇
    🇳🇱NED·2285
    4.0pts·2259perf-2.4
  • 🥈
    🇳🇱NED·2143
    4.0pts·2310perf+26.8
  • 🥉
    🇳🇱NED·2272
    2.5pts·2192perf-8.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 8 rounds

Tight race until R8; 2 players tied at 4.0/8, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
3
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2468R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8Duson takes lead
R5 · LEADER CHANGE09 Jul

WIM Robin Duson takes the sole lead (3.0/5).

R8 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.0/8. Van Foreest takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (18.0).

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

FM Machteld Van Foreest 1.0–1.0 against WIM Robin Duson (R7 ½-½, R8 ½-½).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FMMachteld Van Foreest*
½
½
—
1
½
2WIMRobin Duson
½
½
*
1
0
—
3WGMAnne Haast—
0
1
*—
4Colleen Otten
0
½
——*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Van Foreest, MachteldFM2285NEDFF+5N=5B+4B=4N=2N=2B4.018.018.011.502259-2.4
2Duson, RobinWIM2143NEDFF+7B+7N+3B−3N=1B=1N4.016.016.09.502310+26.8
3Haast, AnneWGM2272NEDFF+6B=6N−2N+2BFF2.512.012.07.002192-8.0
4Kazarian, Anna-MajaFM2260NEDFF+8N+8B−1N=1BFF2.511.011.05.002266+0.8
5Otten, Colleen1999NED+12N+12B−1B=1NFFFF2.58.08.02.002197+19.2
6Harmsen, JessicaWIM2050NED+9B=9N−3N=3BFFFF2.06.06.02.002112+5.6
7Den Heijer, Rolinde1999NED+10N=10B−2N−2BFFFF1.59.09.00.751999-0.8
8Van Amerongen, Marleen2056NED=11N+11B−4B−4NFFFF1.56.06.00.752033-4.0
9Westerhof, Fleur1951NED−6N=6BFFFFFF0.54.04.01.001857-8.8
10Taams, Lisanne2028NED−7B=7NFFFFFF0.53.03.00.751806-11.6
11Nagel, YvetteWFM1979NED=8B−8NFFFFFF0.53.03.00.751863-5.6
12Kok, Marijke1918NED−5B−5NFFFFFF0.05.05.00.001199-15.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets
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