Dutch Open Youth Championship 2025 (U18)
28 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 31 Jul 2025 to 06 Aug 2025 in Dieren, Netherlands. 1 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1891, and top seed was Boyd Leenen (🇳🇱 NED, CM, 2074).
Jesse Frederiks (🇳🇱 NED, 1763) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Wout Van Harten (7.0) and Leon Elferink (6.5). Frederiks took the lead from round 8.
The biggest upset came in round 6: Mathijs Vogels (1711) beat Boyd Leenen (CM, 2074), a +363-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsJesse Frederiks led from R8; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R8.
Jesse Frederiks takes the sole lead (6.5/8).
Jesse Frederiks drew with Wout Van Harten (Black).
Jesse Frederiks 4 wins (R6–R9)Wout Van Harten 3 wins (R1–R3)Leon Elferink 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jesse Frederiks | * | ½ | 1 | 0 |
| 2Wout Van Harten | ½ | * | ½ | 1 |
| 3Leon Elferink | 0 | ½ | * | ½ |
| 4Oscar Koppenens | 1 | 0 | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frederiks, Jesse | 1763 | NED | +20B | +8N | −4B | +6B | =2N | +9N | +15B | +3N | +5B | 7.5 | 45.0 | 49.0 | 39.50 | 2097 | +80.5 |
| 2 | Van Harten, Wout | 1780 | NED | +17N | +16B | +6N | =3N | =1B | +7B | +4N | −5N | +8B | 7.0 | 46.0 | 50.5 | 38.00 | 2077 | +134.0 |
| 3 | Elferink, Leon | 1923 | NED | +27N | +15B | +10N | =2B | =7N | =4N | +5B | −1B | +11N | 6.5 | 46.0 | 46.5 | 29.75 | 1966 | +20.0 |
| 4 | Koppenens, Oscar | 2000 | NED | =13N | +11B | +1N | =7B | +8N | =3B | −2B | +6N | =12B | 6.0 | 47.0 | 52.0 | 34.00 | 1979 | -2.0 |
| 5 | Vogels, Mathijs | 1711 | NED | +23N | −6B | =19N | +17B | +14N | +8B | −3N | +2B | −1N | 5.5 | 45.0 | 48.5 | 27.00 | 1830 | +53.6 |
| 6 | Seth, Aakrit | 1951 | NED | +24B | +5N | −2B | −1N | +21B | +18N | +9B | −4B | =7N | 5.5 | 44.5 | 48.0 | 24.75 | 1826 | -43.6 |
| 7 | Thijssen, Freek | 2045 | NED | +22B | =9N | +18B | =4N | =3B | −2N | =14B | +10N | =6B | 5.5 | 44.0 | 47.5 | 26.50 | 1872 | -64.0 |
| 8 | Leenen, BoydCM | 2074 | NED | +19N | −1B | +9B | +10N | −4B | −5N | +16B | +15N | −2N | 5.0 | 45.0 | 49.0 | 23.00 | 1803 | -107.2 |
| 9 | Van den Berg, Leon | 1768 | NED | +25N | =7B | −8N | +15B | +12N | −1B | −6N | +17B | =13B | 5.0 | 42.5 | 46.0 | 22.75 | 1799 | +9.6 |
| 10 | Van Haaften, Jelle | 1770 | NED | +14B | +12N | −3B | −8B | =16N | =19N | +18B | −7B | +20N | 5.0 | 39.5 | 43.5 | 22.25 | 1788 | +6.4 |
| 11 | Hagen, Carlijn | 1839 | NED | =18B | −4N | +21B | =13N | +22B | −15N | +19B | +14N | −3B | 5.0 | 39.0 | 42.5 | 21.00 | 1706 | -52.4 |
| 12 | Dijkhuijsen, Thomas | 1688 | NED | +28N | −10B | =17N | +23B | −9B | =16N | =13N | +19B | =4N | 5.0 | 37.5 | 38.0 | 18.00 | 1696 | +1.2 |
| 13 | Van Deelen, Luca | 1624 | NED | =4B | −18N | +24B | =11B | −15N | +20N | =12B | +23B | =9N | 5.0 | 37.0 | 40.5 | 21.50 | 1733 | +47.2 |
| 14 | Elferink, Duncan | 1537 | NED | −10N | +28B | =16N | +19B | −5B | +24N | =7N | −11B | +22N | 5.0 | 36.5 | 37.0 | 16.50 | 1729 | +74.8 |
| 15 | Breider, Jayden | 1688 | NED | +21B | −3N | +22B | −9N | +13B | +11B | −1N | −8B | =16N | 4.5 | 42.5 | 46.0 | 19.75 | 1746 | +17.6 |
| 16 | Deij, Casper | 1682 | NED | +26B | −2N | =14B | =18N | =10B | =12B | −8N | +21N | =15B | 4.5 | 39.5 | 42.5 | 18.75 | 1630 | -25.2 |
| 17 | Van Duuren, Gilead | 1559 | NED | −2B | +26N | =12B | −5N | =24B | =22N | +25B | −9N | +23B | 4.5 | 36.5 | 39.5 | 16.00 | 1570 | +1.6 |
| 18 | Hesse, Lucas | 1589 | GER | =11N | +13B | −7N | =16B | +23N | −6B | −10N | −22B | +28N | 4.0 | 37.5 | 38.0 | 13.75 | 1663 | +20.4 |
| 19 | Hesse, Frederik | 1648 | GER | −8B | +20N | =5B | −14N | +26N | =10B | −11N | −12N | +27B | 4.0 | 37.5 | 38.0 | 12.75 | 1572 | -34.4 |
| 20 | Kempkens, Mathilda | 1517 | GER | −1N | −19B | +28N | −22N | +25B | −13B | +27N | +26B | −10B | 4.0 | 32.0 | 32.5 | 7.50 | 888 | -55.6 |
| 21 | van der Sterren, Joris | 0 | NED | −15N | +27B | −11N | +25B | −6N | −23B | +28N | −16B | +26N | 4.0 | 30.0 | 30.5 | 7.50 | 934 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Janssen, Thijn | 1636 | NED | −7N | +25B | −15N | +20B | −11N | =17B | −23N | +18N | −14B | 3.5 | 36.0 | 39.5 | 13.75 | 1519 | -56.0 |
| 23 | Bos, Yaro | 1511 | NED | −5B | =24N | +27B | −12N | −18B | +21N | +22B | −13N | −17N | 3.5 | 35.0 | 35.5 | 9.75 | 1401 | -35.2 |
| 24 | Verhoog, Willem | 1608 | NED | −6N | =23B | −13N | +28B | =17N | −14B | −26B | +27N | =25B | 3.5 | 30.5 | 31.0 | 6.75 | 1396 | -56.0 |
| 25 | Bollow, Niels Fredrik | 0 | GER | −9B | −22N | +26B | −21N | −20N | +27B | −17N | +28B | =24N | 3.5 | 28.0 | 28.5 | 5.75 | 1252 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Meijer, Ivar | 0 | NED | −16N | −17B | −25N | +27N | −19B | +28B | +24N | −20N | −21B | 3.0 | 28.5 | 29.0 | 4.50 | 1363 | 0.0 |
| 27 | FIDE 40101843 | 0 | — | −3B | −21N | −23N | −26B | =28N | −25N | −20B | −24B | −19N | 0.5 | 32.0 | 32.5 | 0.25 | 842 | 0.0 |
| 28 | FIDE 40122174 | 0 | — | −12B | −14N | −20B | −24N | =27B | −26N | −21B | −25N | −18B | 0.5 | 32.0 | 32.5 | 0.25 | 788 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Van Harten, WoutNED+134.07.0 pts · #2
- 2Frederiks, JesseNED+80.57.5 pts · #1
- 3Elferink, DuncanNED+74.85.0 pts · #11
- 1Leenen, BoydCMNED-107.25.0 pts · #8
- 2Thijssen, FreekNED-64.05.5 pts · #5
- 3Janssen, ThijnNED-56.03.5 pts · #19
- R6+363 Elo gap
- R2+311 Elo gap
- R9+294 Elo gap