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Rotterdam FIDE Weekend 2025 - A

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28 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 17 Oct 2025 to 19 Oct 2025 in Rotterdam, Netherlands. 3 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2141, and top seed was Murad Abdulla (🇬🇧 SCO, FM, 2310).

Wouter Terlouw (🇳🇱 NED, FM, 2173) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Murad Abdulla (4.0) and William Gijsen (4.0). Terlouw won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Lina El Khaddari (1756) beat Elysia Feng (1942), a +186-point gap.

Location
🇳🇱Rotterdam, Netherlands
Dates
17 Oct 2025 → 19 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇬🇧FMMurad Abdulla2310
Avg top 10
2,141
Participants
28
Titled players · 3
FM×3
Federations · 4 represented
🇳🇱Netherlands×25
🇬🇧Scotland×1
🇬🇷Greece×1
🇫🇷France×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 3 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
8
3
1
1
3
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5Leorato takes lead
Gijsen4Abdulla4Terlouw4Van der Plas3.5Leorato3.5Lopes3.5
R4 · LEADER CHANGE19 Oct

Imanol Leorato takes the sole lead (3.5/4).

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 4.0/5. Terlouw takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (13.0).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

FM Murad Abdulla 4 wins (R2–R5)FM Wouter Terlouw 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1William Gijsen*—
0
—
2FMMurad Abdulla—*——
3FMWouter Terlouw
1
—*—
4Rob Van der Plas———*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Terlouw, WouterFM2173NED+12B+9N+3B−4N+14B4.013.015.011.502312+34.0
2Abdulla, MuradFM2310SCOF+17N+11B+5B+4B4.011.011.011.002781+10.6
3Gijsen, William2142NED+16N+22B−1N+19B+9N4.010.511.57.502175+6.4
4Leorato, Imanol2065FRA+23B=13N+8B+1B−2N3.513.514.59.252252+49.6
5Lopes, Samuel2040NED+27B+8N=18B−2N+13B3.511.011.56.752231+50.8
6Van der Plas, Rob2121NED=11B+24N+13B−14N+12B3.59.510.57.2521110.0
7Wierenga, Luuk0NED=25N−20B+26N+21B+19N3.55.56.04.0019030.0
8Den Hartog, Marijn2216NED+10N−5B−4N+15B+18N3.012.013.56.502058-17.4
9Garay, Enzo2056NED+15N−1B+22N+18B−3B3.011.512.54.502067+7.2
10Ngangbam, Chingthang1915NED−8B+23N−14B+11N+22B3.08.59.54.502047+32.4
11Timar, Yannick1879NED=6N+26B−2N−10B+17N2.512.012.53.751931+2.0
12Koppenens, Oscar1905NED−1N+15B=16N+17B−6N2.511.513.04.501955+11.6
13Westerhof, Fleur1979NED+28N=4B−6N+24B−5N2.511.511.52.751976-0.4
14Van Dijk, HaroldFM2194NEDFF+10N+6B−1N2.010.510.56.502195+0.6
15Vuka, Alboreno1821GRE−9B−12N+27B−8N+25N2.09.510.01.501899+7.6
16Rensen, Martin1904NED−3B=27N=12B−22N+26B2.08.08.52.001711-20.4
17El Khaddari, Lina1756NED+20N−2B=21N−12N−11B1.510.512.02.251814+10.4
18Darie, Aden2090NEDF+25B=5N−9N−8B1.510.510.52.751957-29.6
19Luong, Thao1793NEDF=21B+20N−3N−7B1.510.510.52.252006+31.2
20Feng, Elysia1942NED−17B+7N−19B=23NF1.57.58.54.001522-63.6
21De Freytas, Paul1934NEDF=19N=17B−7N=23B1.57.57.52.001795-11.2
22Van der Velden, Rens1751NEDF−3N−9B+16B−10N1.012.012.02.001811+3.8
23Van Houten, Arno1835NED−4N−10BF=20B=21N1.09.59.51.501771-6.2
24Roersma, Dylan1851NEDF−6B+25N−13NF1.08.58.51.001862+0.8
25Kazi, Zidan1862NED=7B−18N−24B=26N−15B1.08.08.52.001121-51.6
26Jiao, Jonathan0NEDF−11N−7B=25B−16N0.59.09.00.5016090.0
27Zhou, Yanyang1817NED−5N=16B−15NFF0.57.57.51.001649-23.6
28Koes, Richard1805NED−13BFFFF0.02.52.50.001179-5.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets