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17th BPB Limburg Open 2025 Group B

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170 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 06 Jun 2025 to 09 Jun 2025 in Maastricht, Netherlands. 1 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2054, and top seed was Maximilien Dallemagne (🇧🇪 BEL, 2095).

Arturs-Aleksis Zalitis (🇱🇻 LAT, 1963) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Yaroslav Turbin (6.5) and Manfred Faldum (5.5). Zalitis shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Jay-Giani Sapulette (1785) beat Wessel Van Wyk (2030), a +245-point gap.

Location
🇳🇱Maastricht, Netherlands
Dates
06 Jun 2025 → 09 Jun 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇧🇪Maximilien Dallemagne2095
Avg top 10
2,054
Participants
170
Titled players · 1
FM×1
Federations · 8 represented
🇳🇱Netherlands×103
🇧🇪Belgium×31
🇩🇪Germany×22
FIDE (no federation)×3
🇬🇷Greece×2
🇺🇦Ukraine×1
🇸🇮Slovenia×1
🇷🇸Serbia×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R7; 2 players tied at 6.5/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
41
10
4
3
2
2
2
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 6.5/7. Zalitis takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (30.5).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Arturs-Aleksis Zalitis drew with Yaroslav Turbin (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Arturs-Aleksis Zalitis 4 wins (R4–R7)Yaroslav Turbin 4 wins (R4–R7)Erik Sprungala 4 wins (R4–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Arturs-Aleksis Zalitis*
½
—
1
2Yaroslav Turbin
½
*——
3Erik Sprungala——*—
4Manfred Faldum
0
——*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Zalitis, Arturs-Aleksis1963LAT+3B+63B=2N+29B+14N+5N+6B6.530.534.030.752391+61.2
2Turbin, Yaroslav2074FID+55B+5N=1B+28N+31B+52N+7B6.528.031.528.252395+40.6
3Faldum, Manfred2013GER−1N+23B+120N+70B=16B+66N+20N5.527.029.520.752147+21.6
4Sprungala, Erik2002GER=112N=27B=19N+149B+117N+29B+26N5.523.025.019.002128+20.4
5Jelic, Bruno1976NED+84N−2B+124N+95B+94N−1B+28N5.026.529.016.002082+20.2
6Brandl, Michael1872AUT+89B+34N+107B−14N+53B+88N−1N5.025.528.517.502122+47.4
7Kastelijn, Twan2004NED+86B−28N+121B+147N+22B+16N−2N5.025.527.517.002115+21.2
8Kandic, MilanFM1971SRB=10B=69N+99B+78N=17B=19N+61B5.024.527.518.752126+29.6
9Van der Leij, Arjan2034NED+126B=30NF+15B=21N+32B+14N5.024.024.019.752235+28.0
10Gortemaker, Lucas2037NED=8N+138B−106N+60B+62N=21B+47N5.023.525.517.752107+13.2
11Groen, Jari2029NED−15N+22B+56NF+83B+106N+31B5.023.023.018.502208+24.6
12Smith, Tobias2038GER−30B+170N=38B+79N+108B=18N+36B5.023.023.014.752105+25.2
13Ngangbam, Chingthang1914NED=94N=117B+127N−64B+59N+104B+40N5.019.522.015.752087+65.6
14Partoens, Remi1985BEL=100N+112B+60N+6B−1B+17N−9B4.527.530.517.502043+11.8
15Markus, John Raymond1968NED+11B+114N−28B−9N+125B=25N+75B4.525.027.516.252029+10.6
16Zhang, Xiheng1896NEDF+80B+74N+68B=3N−7B+30N4.525.025.017.252156+82.0
17Claessens, Thomas1864BEL+62N=67B=35N+138B=8N−14B+58N4.524.026.015.252066+77.6
18Geboers, Jimmy1951BELF=54B+63N+40B=29N=12B+37N4.524.024.017.752169+34.4
19Blijlevens, Pim1898NED=134B+82N=4BF+54N=8B+35N4.524.024.017.502127+36.0
20Margaritis, Ioannis1876GRE=121B+92N−68B+143N+39B+24N−3B4.523.525.515.252080+39.4
21Verweij, Kees1948NED=54N+122B+37NF=9B=10N+52B4.523.523.516.752197+39.2
22Neus, Frans1936NED+169N−11N+97B+44B−7N=33B+116N4.523.523.511.502046+43.2
23Demiddele, Kevin1936BEL+105B−3N+155B−33N+99B=41N+57B4.523.024.513.002053+22.8
24Van Zon, Paul2018NED=93N=58B=110N+84B+56N−20B+46B4.522.525.516.002021+1.2
25Lazrak, Sami1897BEL+116B−55N=96N+63B=58N=15B+53B4.521.524.015.002064+64.8
26Bolderman, Joppe1855NED=168B+152N+113B=104N+30B=61N−4B4.521.021.512.502083+43.6
27Kools, Jasper1957NED=164B=4N=57B−81N+156B+97N+65B4.520.521.012.752013+11.6
28Van de Groep, William1951NED+64N+7B+15N−2B−52N+95B−5B4.028.031.016.002018+13.4
29Quintus, Max1838NED+144B+126N+36B−1N=18B−4N=38B4.027.029.012.752007+32.6
30Van Hamond, Fons1972NED+12N=9B=32N+59B−26N+133B−16B4.026.529.015.502001+6.2
31Zilverberg, Jasper1958NED+44N+59B+39BF−2N+116B−11N4.025.525.514.002118+26.0
32Van Zeebroeck, Sam1928BEL+128B+41N=30B−53N+57B−9N=50B4.024.026.514.002041+21.8
33Van Rekom, Robert2016NED=36B=113NF+23B=48N=22N+66B4.023.523.515.752059+6.4
34Ibrahim, Ashraf1973NED−61N−6B=42N+77B+132N+102B=51N4.023.025.513.001943-5.4
35Neurohr, Juergen1975GER=57B=78N=17B=75N+146B+72N−19B4.023.025.013.001952-4.0
36Landman, Renzo1963NED=33N+96B−29N+102B=95N+71B−12N4.022.525.513.001966+2.4
37Roebers, Bregje1999NED+43B=60N−21B+118N=72B+131N−18B4.022.525.012.501985-4.8
38Fober, Jan1954NED=96N=52B=12N=116B=80N+117B=29N4.021.524.013.251962+2.2
39Bex, Lennert2011BEL+67N+73B−31N=98B−20N=103B+133N4.021.524.012.501982-5.0
40Oostvogels, Niek1976NED=79B=139N+136B−18N+105B+101N−13B4.021.523.511.251966-1.2
41Bauer, Jelle1992NED−73N−32B+159N+120B+110N=23B=45N4.021.522.510.751968-4.6
42Ioannidis, Konstantinos I1874GRE=45N−131B=34B+164N=67B+107N=43B4.021.021.511.252008+52.8
43Mostert, Joost1956NED−37N=95B+77N=117B+136N=82B=42N4.020.523.012.501920-6.4
44Jakob, Matthias2005GER−31B=118N+85B−22N+119B=108N+101B4.020.523.011.751958-8.6
45De Rycke, Timothy1921BEL=42B+129N−114B=119N+145B=76N=41B4.019.521.511.501932+3.2
46Wlogalski, Olivier1860BEL=56N=149B−100N+140B+68N+98B−24N4.019.521.511.251997+26.4
47Lenting, Roan1958NED−59N+142B+154N−52B+124N+111B−10B4.019.521.09.001960+2.8
48Verhoeven, Lars1901NED=97B=155N+164B=107N=33B=53N=76B4.018.519.09.751999+38.4
49Willockx, Ritsaart1982BEL=106N−98B−102N+150B+127N=62B+128N4.017.519.510.251942-7.0
50Ten Kate, Gustav1986NED−88N+101B−153N=124B+160N+118B=32N4.017.518.59.751953-11.6
51Petrik, Matus1890BEL−142N=160B+90N−96B+138N+122B=34B4.017.018.010.501940+10.6
52Smit, Maarten1985NEDF=38N+72B+47N+28B−2B−21N3.526.526.513.502021+6.4
53Helmond, Frans1980NED+70N=88B=103N+32B−6N=48B−25N3.524.527.512.751920-11.8
54Schoonackers, Jeroen1984NED=21B=18N=66B+101N−19B=87N=83B3.524.027.012.751916-13.2
55Nijssen, Peter1975BEL−2N+25B=94N+110B−116N=56B=77N3.524.026.512.501905-13.2
56Lambregts, Frank1913NED=46B+125N−11B+65N−24B=55N=59N3.524.026.511.501885-5.0
57Dallemagne, Maximilien2095BEL=35N=103B=27N+100B−32N+81B−23N3.523.526.512.251929-30.2
58Wuijts, Johan1970NED=69B=24N+123B=114N=25B=75N−17B3.523.526.012.001934-6.6
59Sol, Luc2012NED+47B−31N+139B−30N−13B+109N=56B3.523.525.510.751934-30.4
60Kaufmann, Thomas1947NED+74N=37B−14B−10N−65B+155N+123B3.523.024.59.501915-5.8
61De Boer, Rein2053NED+34B+68NF−106B+103N=26B−8N3.523.023.012.751998-8.0
62Pincket, Thomas1915BEL−17B+105N=119B+123N−10B=49N=69B3.522.525.010.501916+0.2
63Kagan, Dennis2021GER+147B−1N−18B−25N+161B=137N+120B3.522.523.56.751920-19.4
64Kantor, Nikita1985GER−28B+115N=118B+13N−66B=83N=108B3.522.024.512.501913-13.8
65Okita, Shinsaku1757NED=75N−140B+91N−56B+60N+73B−27N3.522.024.012.251923+62.0
66Vieira, Daniel1901USA=111N+165B=54N=122B+64N−3B−33N3.522.022.58.501952+9.6
67Pauw, Martijn1958NED−39B=17N+109BF=42N=80B+94N3.522.022.012.001945-1.8
68Lamers, Ludwig1975GER+170B−61B+20N−16N−46B+146N=87B3.522.022.08.251862-38.4
69Boons, Patrick2031BEL=58N=8B+131N−93B=149N=70B=62N3.521.523.511.251942-17.0
70Bhawsar, Ashwath1945NED−53B+119N+151B−3N=97B=69N=71B3.521.523.59.501943-0.8
71Andriessen, Bart Jan1850NED=83B−72N+170B+86N=76B−36N=70N3.521.521.58.751941+17.2
72Sleurs, Juliette1901BEL=156N+71B−52N+129B=37N−35B=74N3.521.022.510.501918+3.4
73Kleibeuker, Mika1955NED+41B−39N−78B=99N+123B−65N+119B3.520.523.010.501896-21.6
74Krupenko, Peter1981SLO−60B+109N−16B=125N=85B+159N=72B3.520.521.58.751900-13.4
75Wieringa, Helmer1881NED=65B=145N+167N=35B=98N=58B−15N3.520.521.08.501895+3.0
76Heiligtag, Matthias1983GERF+100B=98N=103B=71N=45B=48N3.520.520.511.751975-2.0
77Walker, Julia1856GER−101B+87N−43B−34N+139B+157N=55B3.520.021.58.751941+16.2
78Koenig, Christian2070GER=138N=35B+73N−8B=118N+100BF3.520.020.010.752014-8.4
79Ponomarev, Ivan1942FID=40N−104B+156N−12B=129N+136B=135N3.519.521.08.501904-14.4
80Schumacher, Markus1834GER=166B−16N+141B=121N=38B=67N=98N3.519.520.08.751926+15.2
81Daemen, Jules1820NEDF=102B+140N+27B−88N−57N+103B3.519.519.511.002017+31.8
82Ma, Tim1834NEDF−19B=144N+89N+121B=43N=106B3.519.519.510.501978+48.8
83Ruhmann, Gabriel1903GER=71N=156B=142N+154B−11N=64B=54N3.519.020.58.501900-1.2
84Schoffelmeer, Jetse1945NED−5B=123N+146B−24N=158B=119N+145B3.518.520.07.251780-26.6
85Atar, Efecan1901GER=125B=97N−44N=160B=74N+129B=104N3.518.519.59.001905+1.2
86Gergin, Isafara1956NED−7N=154BF−71B+150N+124B+111N3.517.517.58.251932-5.6
87Luimes, Arent1894NED−127N−77B+169N+148B=122N=54B=68N3.517.517.56.751899+1.0
88Van den Brink, Johan1953NED+50B=53N+162NF+81B−6BF3.517.017.010.252057+14.0
89Peter, Laurenz1921GER−6N+169B−116N−82B+165N=148B+132N3.516.016.04.001837-16.2
90Margaryan, Aren1679NED−109B=141N−51B=157N+166N=120B+118N3.515.516.06.001843+47.2
91Pincket, Michael1890BEL−123B=128N−65B=158N=151B+154N+143B3.514.015.56.501857-6.2
92Hartkoren, Maarten1929NED=159N−20BF−105N+141B+165N+95B3.514.014.06.001913-4.0
93Bakels, Anton1964NED=24B+164NF+69NF+94BF3.511.511.59.252315+31.8
94Corvers, John1862NED=13B+108N=55B+151N−5B−93N−67B3.023.525.59.251916+9.6
95Sapulette, Jay-Giani1785NED+141B=43N+130B−5N=36B−28N−92N3.023.025.08.501905+42.0
96Van Peer, Cedric1990BEL=38B−36N=25B+51N−101B=105N=102B3.022.525.511.251863-24.8
97Lambrecht, Milan1847BEL=48N=85B−22N+144B=70N−27B=126N3.022.524.58.751880+6.0
98Hovens, Geert1943NEDF+49N=76B=39N=75B−46N=80B3.022.522.511.251925-3.0
99Cartanya Caro, Pau1822ESP=102N+133B−8N=73B−23N=113B=100N3.022.024.58.751888+12.2
100Koornstra, Robbert-Jan1950BEL=14B−76N+46B−57N+154B−78N=99B3.022.023.59.251894-11.0
101Okita, Nao1910NED+77N−50N+158B−54B+96N−40B−44N3.022.023.58.001882-12.4
102Karstens, Lex1894NED=99B=81N+49B−36N=107B−34N=96N3.021.524.510.251881-2.8
103Katumwa, Iko1941BEL+143B=57N=53B=76N−61B=39N−81N3.021.523.59.251938-1.2
104Klein, Jorik1980NED=139B+79NF=26B=111N−13N=85B3.021.521.510.001901-13.0
105Pijlman, Rene1878NED−23N−62B+161N+92B−40N=96B=122N3.021.022.07.251894+2.6
106Behr, Gregor1947GER=49BF+10B+61NF−11B=82N3.021.021.012.252059+34.8
107Feng, Elysia1970NEDF+130B−6N=48B=102N−42B+148N3.020.520.58.001896-24.0
108Van Campenhout, Andreas1912BELF−94B+134N+142B−12N=44B=64N3.020.020.08.251923+3.6
109Bettman, Jan1880NED+90N−74B−67N−126B+140N−59B+138N3.018.520.57.501878-0.4
110Hartgers, Leendert1907NED+146B=143N=24B−55N−41B=145N=151B3.018.020.07.251826-12.4
111Doenitz, Julian1844GER=66B+166N−147B+139N=104B−47N−86B3.018.018.55.751826-5.6
112Messaoudi, Nino1956NED=4B−14N−117N+165B=142N−128B+159B3.018.018.55.251844-21.8
113De Kraker, Johnny1968NED=130N=33B−26NF=159B=99N+125B3.017.517.57.751848-16.2
114Bachaus, Sander2041NED+167N−15B+45N=58B=131BFF3.015.015.07.502022-2.4
115De Witte, Wiebe1894NED+160N−64B−122N+135BF+130NF3.012.012.06.002001+14.6
116Cornelissen, Jort1827NED−25NF+89B=38N+55B−31N−22B2.524.024.09.001883+8.6
117Uckerman, John1873NEDF=13N+112B=43N−4B−38N=130B2.524.024.08.751912+5.4
118Zwamborn, Thom1918NED+150N=44B=64N−37B=78B−50N−90B2.522.524.57.501840-30.4
119De Koning, Aaron1815NED+135N−70B=62N=45B−44N=84B−73N2.522.024.58.001828+3.6
120Smeets, Wouter1899NED=155B+134N−3B−41N=130B=90N−63N2.521.523.06.251814-16.2
121Ten Hertog, Albertus1923NED=20N+159B−7N=80B−82N−135B=134N2.521.522.56.251767-30.4
122De Vries, Emma1982NEDF−21N+115B=66N=87B−51N=105B2.521.521.58.001844-23.4
123Werkhoven, Maarten1807NED+91N=84B−58N−62B−73N+152B−60N2.521.023.07.251831+4.0
124Gijbels, Rudi1890BEL=132B+148N−5B=50N−47B−86N=150B2.521.023.06.251806-16.6
125Halmans, Paul0NED=85N−56B+157N=74B−15N=126B−113N2.520.522.06.2518450.0
126ter Horst, Carsten1970GER−9N−29BF+109N=137B=125N=97B2.520.020.07.001825-20.0
127Lalkota, Sai Pranav Tejas1818NED+87B−147N−13B=137N−49B−143N+155B2.519.020.56.251821-0.8
128Spinhoven, John1877NED−32N=91BF−130N+167B+112N−49B2.517.517.55.251903+3.4
129Van Happen, Niels1789NED+161N−45BF−72N=79B−85N+144B2.517.517.54.751851+9.2
130Van Wyk, Wessel2030RSA=113B−107N−95N+128B=120N−115B=117N2.517.019.56.501793-89.6
131Krams, Amatus1921GERF+42N−69B+132B=114N−37BF2.517.017.08.001951+4.0
132Kroon, Timo1810NED=124N−153B+166B−131N−34B+139N−89B2.516.517.03.751731-23.2
133Leentjens, Gilbert1892NEDF−99N=148B+155N+147B−30N−39B2.516.516.54.501846-8.4
134Sosef, Noah1837NED=19N−120B−108B=141N−157B+161N=121B2.516.017.05.501802-14.4
135Shah, Shrey1824NED−119B−137NF−115N+144B+121N=79B2.516.016.06.251836+2.8
136Tamminga, Meile1870NED+140N=167B−40NF−43B−79N+157B2.515.515.53.751893+3.0
137Vaneechoutte, Ruben1884BEL−154N+135B−138N=127B=126N=63BF2.514.514.56.751843-7.4
138Kumar, Prayan Sai1974NED=78B−10N+137B−17N−51B=156N−109B2.022.524.05.001767-78.8
139Dekker, Jasper1945NED=104N=40B−59N−111B−77N−132B+161N2.019.520.54.501751-37.0
140Van de Poel, Jona1921NED−136B+65N−81B−46N−109B−141N+165B2.018.519.04.001686-90.0
141Schubert, Karl1881NED−95N=90B−80N=134B−92N+140BF2.018.019.55.001706-27.8
142Braun, Steven1808NED+51B−47N=83B−108N=112BFF2.017.517.57.251852+5.6
143Verheij, Dana1976NED−103N=110BF−20B=162N+127B−91N2.017.517.54.501760-70.0
144Willen, Ronny1899BEL−29N=150B=82B−97N−135N+169B−129N2.017.517.52.751682-41.2
145Bloemberg, Jesper1679NEDF=75B−149N+162B−45N=110B−84N2.017.017.04.251782+28.8
146Van Osnabrugge, Mienuk0NED−110N+161B−84N+152B−35N−68BF2.017.017.03.0018070.0
147Alekseev, Mikhail1966FID−63N+127B+111N−7B−133NFF2.016.516.55.501844-16.6
148Mateo, Antoine1803FRAF−124B=133N−87N+164B=89N−107B2.015.515.53.501804+0.4
149Surkol, Hector1908BELF=46N+145B−4N=69BFF2.015.015.05.751893-2.4
150Verkissen, Eddy1868BEL−118B=144NF−49N−86B+166B=124N2.015.015.02.751689-21.6
151Jessurun, Ramon2063NEDFF−70N−94B=91N+160B=110N2.014.014.04.251814-33.2
152Dietz, Jonas1906GERF−26B=165N−146N=155B−123N+154B2.012.512.52.501755-21.0
153Chang, David1891NEDF+132N+50BFFFF2.06.56.56.502698+20.4
154Van Haaften, Jelle1794NED+137B=86N−47B−83N−100N−91B−152N1.520.022.04.251691-32.4
155Wolff, Michael1842GER=120N=48B−23N−133B=152N−60B−127N1.519.521.54.251670-28.8
156Ten Napel, Johan1850NED=72B=83N−79BF−27N=138BF1.517.017.04.501786-16.4
157Timar, Yannick1931NEDF−163N−125B=90B+134N−77B−136N1.515.515.54.251666-35.0
158Boere, Lars1727NEDF=162B−101N=91B=84NFF1.513.013.04.001821+18.0
159Paesschesoone, Stefan1877BEL=92B−121N−41BF=113N−74B−112N1.019.519.53.251685-26.8
160Verheesen, Rene1826NED−115B=51NF=85N−50B−151NF1.016.516.53.751707-28.4
161Timmermans, Daniel1883BEL−129B−146N−105B+169N−63N−134B−139B1.015.515.50.001619-38.6
162Stroobant, Arne1881BELF=158N−88B−145N=143BFF1.09.09.01.751641-49.6
163Bokern, Paul1834NEDF+157BFFFFF1.01.51.51.502731+12.6
164Havermans, Jorrit2004NED=27N−93B−48N−42B−148NFF0.518.018.02.251534-54.2
165Vasylchenko, Maksym1837UKRF−66N=152B−112N−89B−92B−140N0.517.517.51.001521-35.6
166De Jong, Tiemen0NED=80N−111B−132NF−90B−150NF0.514.514.51.7514410.0
167Gunther, Marcella1972NED−114B=136N−75BF−128NFF0.511.511.51.251595-35.8
168Braeken, Barry1984NED=26NFFFFFF0.54.54.52.251855-3.4
169Burms, Jeroen1879BEL−22B−89N−87B−161BF−144NF0.014.514.50.001106-46.0
170Rothberg, Olaf1937GER−68N−12B−71NFFFF0.013.013.00.001154-28.6

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