Hoogeveen Schaaktoernooi 2025 - Open

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69 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 18 Oct 2025 to 25 Oct 2025 in Hoogeveen, Netherlands. 34 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2475, and top seed was Harikrishnan.A.Ra (🇮🇳 IND, GM, 2534).

Abdimalik Abdisalimov (🇺🇿 UZB, GM, 2501) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Sandipan Chanda (7.0) and Harikrishnan.A.Ra (6.5). Abdisalimov broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Evan De Wit (2069) beat Ortik Nigmatov (GM, 2485), a +416-point gap.

Location

🇳🇱Hoogeveen, Netherlands

Dates

18 Oct 2025 → 25 Oct 2025

Time control

Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇮🇳GMHarikrishnan.A.Ra2534

Avg top 10

2,475

Participants

Titled players · 34

GM×7

IM×7

FM×11

CM×6

WFM×3

Federations · 8 represented

🇳🇱Netherlands×39

🇮🇳India×9

🇩🇪Germany×8

🇦🇺Australia×2

🇺🇿Uzbekistan×2

🇧🇪Belgium×1

🇹🇷Turkiye×1

🇵🇱Poland×1

Top 3

🥇
GMAbdimalik Abdisalimov
🇺🇿UZB·2501
7.5pts·2662perf+18.5
🥈
GMSandipan Chanda
🇮🇳IND·2467
7.0pts·2594perf+16.3
🥉
GMHarikrishnan.A.Ra
🇮🇳IND·2534
6.5pts·2528perf+2.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

GM Abdimalik Abdisalimov led from R9; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 6 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R9.

Co-leaders

Abdisalimov7.5Chanda7Zwirs6.5Harikrishnan.A.Ra6.5Nigmatov6.5Harshavardhan G6

R9–R9 · LEAD HELD

GM Abdimalik Abdisalimov held the sole lead from R9 through R9 without losing it.

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Abdimalik Abdisalimov drew with GM Sandipan Chanda (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

GM Abdimalik Abdisalimov 3 wins (R1–R3)GM Sandipan Chanda 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1GMAbdimalik Abdisalimov	*	½	1	½
2GMSandipan Chanda	½	*	—	1
3IMNico Zwirs	0	—	*	—
4GMHarikrishnan.A.Ra	½	0	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Abdisalimov, AbdimalikGM	2501	UZB	+39N	+53B	+10N	=6B	+7N	=2B	=3N	+4B	+8B	7.5	48.0	51.0	41.25	2662	+18.5
2	Chanda, SandipanGM	2467	IND	+41N	+36B	+45N	=8B	+3B	=1N	=6N	+7B	=5B	7.0	46.5	50.0	37.00	2594	+16.3
3	Harikrishnan.A.RaGM	2534	IND	+55N	+47B	+22N	=7B	−2N	+43B	=1B	+20N	=6N	6.5	43.5	46.0	29.25	2528	+2.2
4	Zwirs, NicoIM	2441	NED	=44N	+31B	=17N	+47B	+9N	=6B	+13N	−1N	+20B	6.5	43.0	46.0	31.25	2433	+2.4
5	Nigmatov, OrtikGM	2485	UZB	−28B	+30N	−38B	+54N	+65B	+39N	+18B	+6B	=2N	6.5	37.5	39.5	27.50	2369	-7.4
6	Beerdsen, ThomasGM	2528	NED	+48B	+33N	+20B	=1N	+18B	=4N	=2B	−5N	=3B	6.0	48.5	51.5	31.25	2501	-1.3
7	Harshavardhan G BIM	2476	IND	+30B	+28N	+11B	=3N	−1B	+15N	=20B	−2N	+18B	6.0	47.0	51.5	31.25	2436	-2.4
8	Raja HarshitGM	2476	IND	+42N	+14B	=9N	=2N	=43B	=18N	+37B	+21B	−1N	6.0	44.0	48.0	29.50	2384	-7.5
9	Soumya, SwaminathanIM	2238	IND	+54B	+46N	=8B	=13N	−4B	+27N	−21N	+19B	+22N	6.0	41.0	43.5	26.25	2388	+17.9
10	Schuricht, Emil FrederickFM	2294	GER	+38B	+58N	−1B	−43N	+29B	=19N	+28B	=13N	+23B	6.0	40.0	42.5	25.75	2276	-1.8
11	Dordevic, Tom	2224	GER	+37N	+32B	−7N	=36B	=44N	=17B	=19N	+27B	+21N	6.0	38.0	41.5	26.75	2247	+13.6
12	Bosboom, ManuelIM	2355	NED	=27N	=49B	−65N	+67B	=36N	+48B	+45N	=16B	+17N	6.0	30.5	32.0	21.50	2220	-12.8
13	Korchynskyi, MykolaFM	2382	GER	=31N	+27B	+44N	=9B	+24N	=20N	−4B	=10B	=16N	5.5	43.0	46.5	26.50	2309	-14.2
14	Grooten, Tommy	2160	NED	+64B	−8N	+40B	=21B	=16N	=23N	+15B	−18N	+46B	5.5	39.5	41.5	22.75	2251	+43.2
15	Mostertman, MilanFM	2236	NED	−36N	+41B	=49N	+32B	+17N	−7B	−14N	+44B	+25B	5.5	37.5	40.5	23.50	2192	-8.2
16	Van Batenburg, Mees	2231	NED	=29B	=56N	+51B	=19N	=14B	=49N	+38B	=12N	=13B	5.5	36.5	39.0	23.00	2213	-5.2
17	Makhynia, Kostiantyn	1935	POL	+63N	=24B	=4B	+33N	−15B	=11N	=25B	+28N	−12B	5.0	43.0	45.5	22.75	2263	+70.0
18	De Jong, MigchielIM	2258	NED	=67N	+23B	+50N	+22B	−6N	=8B	−5N	+14B	−7N	5.0	43.0	44.5	22.25	2329	+8.7
19	Van Veelen, Thomas	2081	NED	+21N	−22B	+64N	=16B	=45N	=10B	=11B	−9N	+37B	5.0	41.0	43.0	21.50	2267	+41.2
20	Miezis, NormundsGM	2374	LAT	+65B	+51N	−6N	+55B	+37N	=13B	=7N	−3B	−4N	5.0	40.0	42.0	17.25	2333	-2.7
21	Maris, IvoFM	2389	NED	−19B	+60N	+35B	=14N	=49B	+44N	+9B	−8N	−11B	5.0	39.5	42.0	20.75	2205	-19.3
22	De Boer, EelkeIM	2456	NED	+60B	+19N	−3B	−18N	=28B	+57N	+49B	=23N	−9B	5.0	37.5	40.0	17.75	2209	-23.8
23	Li, Hewei	2022	GER	=52B	−18N	=27N	+34B	+53N	=14B	+47N	=22B	−10N	5.0	36.5	39.5	19.50	2260	+107.6
24	Kukushkin, IvanFM	2211	BUL	+35B	=17N	=52B	+65N	−13B	=38N	=36B	+37N	F	5.0	32.0	32.0	18.50	2192	-6.8
25	Labruyere, RogerFM	2205	NED	−51N	−65B	=30N	+63B	+50N	+40B	=17N	+36B	−15N	5.0	31.5	33.5	18.25	2095	-25.0
26	Grooten, HermanIM	2183	NED	−46N	−54B	−41N	+31B	+69N	+56B	−42B	+58N	+29B	5.0	28.0	28.0	14.00	2084	-12.0
27	Riechenberg, Sebastian	2073	GER	=12B	−13N	=23B	+66N	+33B	−9B	+55N	−11N	=30B	4.5	40.0	42.0	16.75	2179	+30.0
28	Kamphuis, Jasper	2104	NED	+5N	−7B	−37N	+64B	=22N	+55B	−10N	−17B	+44N	4.5	38.5	40.5	17.00	2203	+18.2
29	Lind, Jacco	2045	NED	=16N	−44B	+31N	=53B	−10N	=33N	+34B	+45B	−26N	4.5	37.0	40.0	19.00	2176	+31.2
30	Albin Sajan	2101	IND	−7N	−5B	=25B	=62N	=46N	+64B	=32N	+39B	=27N	4.5	36.5	38.5	16.00	2143	+12.8
31	Gerrits, Augustin	2074	BEL	=13B	−4N	−29B	−26N	=64N	+69B	+66N	=32B	+48N	4.5	33.0	33.0	11.00	2113	+12.8
32	Fikh, AnthonyCM	1942	AUS	+34B	−11N	=68B	−15N	−57B	+62N	=30B	=31N	+58B	4.5	32.5	34.0	14.75	2099	+35.6
33	Kazarjan, GachaturFM	2192	NED	+59N	−6B	+54N	−17B	−27N	=29B	F	+56N	+57B	4.5	31.5	34.0	12.25	2115	-30.8
34	Aravindhan, AchyuthCM	2144	NED	−32N	−37B	+59N	−23N	+54B	=61B	−29N	+50B	+36N	4.5	30.0	32.5	13.25	2028	-55.6
35	Xue, Luka	2031	GER	−24N	+63B	−21N	+61B	−47N	+67B	+39B	=42N	−40B	4.5	30.0	31.5	12.50	2155	+56.4
36	Odenthal, AidanFM	2045	AUS	+15B	−2N	+48B	=11N	=12B	=45B	=24N	−25N	−34B	4.0	42.5	45.5	18.75	2194	+32.6
37	Westerlaan, Sander	2034	NED	−11B	+34N	+28B	+52N	−20B	+47B	−8N	−24B	−19N	4.0	39.0	42.0	15.00	2175	+30.4
38	De Wit, Evan	2069	NED	−10N	+61B	+5N	=45B	F	=24B	−16N	F	+42B	4.0	36.0	36.0	17.25	2295	+80.0
39	Yekeler, Kerem SarpCM	2112	TUR	−1B	−40N	+69B	+58N	+56B	−5B	−35N	−30N	+64B	4.0	34.0	34.0	7.00	2076	-25.6
40	Stefan, Iulia-CristianaWFM	1997	ROU	−47N	+39B	−14N	+41B	F	−25N	F	+48B	+35N	4.0	33.5	33.5	15.50	2179	+69.6
41	Van de Pavoordt, Max	2098	NED	−2B	−15N	+26B	−40N	+66B	F	+61N	−46N	+45B	4.0	33.0	33.0	13.00	2157	+11.0
42	Mijnheer, Peter	2104	NED	−8B	+69N	=57B	=56N	=52B	F	+26N	=35B	−38N	4.0	27.5	27.5	11.25	2107	-1.2
43	Edwardss, Dylan	2137	NED	=50N	+66B	F	+10B	=8N	−3N	F	F	+59B	4.0	26.0	26.0	15.00	2326	+26.8
44	Bakija, Alan	2082	NED	=4B	+29N	−13B	+57N	=11B	−21B	=52N	−15N	−28B	3.5	40.5	43.0	14.75	2133	+16.4
45	Weidenhoefer, MaxCM	2205	GER	+62B	+57N	−2B	=38N	=19B	=36N	−12B	−29N	−41N	3.5	37.0	39.5	11.50	2040	-39.8
46	De Jong, LodeCM	1986	NED	+26B	−9B	−55N	−48N	=30B	+68N	F	+41B	−14N	3.5	33.5	35.0	12.75	2105	+48.0
47	Ten Dam, BramFM	2185	NED	+40B	−3N	+58B	−4N	+35B	−37N	−23B	F	F	3.0	33.0	33.0	11.00	2104	-35.6
48	Boeren, Jurriaan	2112	NED	−6N	+59B	−36N	+46B	F	−12N	+57B	−40N	−31B	3.0	33.0	33.0	8.50	2021	-23.6
49	Aamuktha GuntakaWFM	2069	IND	F	=12N	=15B	+50B	=21N	=16B	−22N	F	F	3.0	30.0	30.0	14.00	2264	+40.5
50	Safin SafarullakhanFM	1915	UAE	=43B	+68N	−18B	−49N	−25B	−63N	+54B	−34N	=60N	3.0	29.0	30.5	7.25	2016	+40.4
51	Hoffman, Ron	2027	NED	+25B	−20B	−16N	=68N	F	−53B	F	=64N	+62B	3.0	28.0	28.0	9.25	2112	+13.4
52	Humburg, PhilippFM	2204	GER	=23N	+67B	=24N	−37B	=42N	F	=44B	F	F	3.0	27.0	27.0	10.25	2085	-19.2
53	Moskalets, SofiiaWFM	2176	UKR	+69B	−1N	=56B	=29N	−23B	+51N	F	F	F	3.0	22.5	22.5	6.50	2099	-26.8
54	Abel Sajan	2046	IND	−9N	+26N	−33B	−5B	−34N	=60B	−50N	+68N	F	2.5	33.5	33.5	7.75	2033	-10.4
55	Winter, Sven	2119	NED	−3B	+62N	+46B	−20N	F	−28N	−27B	−59N	=56B	2.5	31.5	31.5	7.25	2002	-56.4
56	Timmermans, Raymond	2013	NED	F	=16B	=53N	=42B	−39N	−26N	=59B	−33B	=55N	2.5	31.0	31.0	8.75	1999	-3.2
57	Baarspul, Bram	1894	NED	F	−45B	=42N	−44B	+32N	−22B	−48N	+60B	−33N	2.5	30.5	30.5	9.00	1987	+30.4
58	Valiente, Paulo	2017	NED	+61N	−10B	−47N	−39B	F	=59N	+63B	−26B	−32N	2.5	30.0	30.0	6.25	1992	-6.2
59	Van der Lubben, Arno	2005	NED	−33B	−48N	−34B	=60N	F	=58B	=56N	+55B	−43N	2.5	26.0	26.0	6.25	1963	-8.6
60	Van Helvoort, Rob	2095	NED	−22N	−21B	−61N	=59B	F	=54N	+62B	−57N	=50B	2.5	25.5	25.5	6.50	1975	-27.6
61	Moghe Parth	2199	IND	−58B	−38N	+60B	−35N	+68B	=34N	−41B	F	F	2.5	25.0	25.0	6.25	1988	-80.8
62	Xu, Alex Z	2027	NED	−45N	−55B	=63N	=30B	=67N	−32B	−60N	+69B	−51N	2.5	24.5	24.5	4.25	1908	-57.2
63	Mellema, Andries	2142	NED	−17B	−35N	=62B	−25N	F	+50B	−58N	−66B	+69N	2.5	24.5	24.5	4.25	1871	-57.4
64	Struik, Marcel	1945	NED	−14N	F	−19B	−28N	=31B	−30N	+68B	=51B	−39N	2.0	32.5	32.5	5.25	1911	-6.8
65	Vistisen, LarsCM	2073	DEN	−20N	+25N	+12B	−24B	−5N	F	F	F	F	2.0	27.5	27.5	11.00	2251	+19.4
66	Bakels, Anton	1981	NED	=68B	−43N	=67N	−27B	−41N	F	−31B	+63N	F	2.0	22.5	22.5	4.00	1955	-5.2
67	Duchene, Rene	2055	NED	=18B	−52N	=66B	−12N	=62B	−35N	F	F	F	1.5	25.5	25.5	4.75	1950	-17.2
68	Groenewoud, Joel	2175	NED	=66N	−50B	=32N	=51B	−61N	−46B	−64N	−54B	F	1.5	23.0	23.0	4.75	1754	-169.6
69	Gergin, Isafara	1984	NED	−53N	−42B	−39N	F	−26B	−31N	F	−62N	−63B	0.0	27.0	27.0	0.00	1317	-90.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Li, HeweiGER
+107.6
5.0 pts · #23
2De Wit, EvanNED
+80.0
4.0 pts · #37
3Makhynia, KostiantynPOL
+70.0
5.0 pts · #25

Top rating losers

1Groenewoud, JoelNED
-169.6
1.5 pts · #67
2Gergin, IsafaraNED
-90.8
0.0 pts · #69
3Moghe ParthIND
-80.8
2.5 pts · #54

Biggest upsets

R3+416 Elo gap
De Wit, Evan2069 beat GMNigmatov, Ortik2485
R1+381 Elo gap
Kamphuis, Jasper2104 beat GMNigmatov, Ortik2485
R1+308 Elo gap
Van Veelen, Thomas2081 beat FMMaris, Ivo2389