Tapijtgigant Open ASK 2026 - Group B

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54 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 04 Apr 2026 to 06 Apr 2026 in Alkmaar, Netherlands. 2 titled players from 6 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1971, and top seed was Himar Ambrona Navarro (🇪🇸 ESP, 1996).

Thai Ngoc Tuong Minh (🇻🇳 VIE, WFM, 1873) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Emilien Hallibert (5.5) and Mink Muskens (4.5). Minh shared the lead from round 5, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Michael Fluegel (1758) beat Tom Vennix (1933), a +175-point gap.

Location

🇳🇱Alkmaar, Netherlands

Dates

04 Apr 2026 → 06 Apr 2026

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇪🇸Himar Ambrona Navarro1996

Avg top 10

1,971

Participants

Titled players · 2

WFM×1

WCM×1

Federations · 6 represented

🇳🇱Netherlands×49

🇪🇸Spain×1

🇮🇹Italy×1

🇬🇪Georgia×1

🇻🇳Vietnam×1

🇩🇪Germany×1

Top 3

🥇
WFMThai Ngoc Tuong Minh
🇻🇳VIE·1873
5.5pts·2329perf+59.0
🥈
Emilien Hallibert
🇳🇱NED·1974
5.5pts·2295perf+74.0
🥉
Mink Muskens
🇳🇱NED·1826
4.5pts·2136perf+49.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Tight race until R6; 2 players tied at 5.5/6, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 5 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Hallibert5.5Minh5.5Muskens4.5Van Haaften4.5Ellenbroek4.5Greve4.5

R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.5/6. Minh takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (18.0).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Emilien Hallibert 3 wins (R1–R3)WFM Thai Ngoc Tuong Minh 5 wins (R2–R6)Mink Muskens 3 wins (R2–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Emilien Hallibert	*	—	1	—
2WFMThai Ngoc Tuong Minh	—	*	—	—
3Mink Muskens	0	—	*	—
4Jelle Van Haaften	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Thai Ngoc Tuong MinhWFM	1873	VIE	=4B	+53N	+22B	+31N	+7N	+8B	5.5	18.0	18.0	15.75	2329	+59.0
2	Hallibert, Emilien	1974	NED	+37B	+49N	+23B	=7B	+3N	+13B	5.5	17.0	18.0	16.00	2295	+74.0
3	Muskens, Mink	1826	NED	=11B	+34N	+24B	+14N	−2B	+22N	4.5	19.0	21.5	14.00	2136	+49.0
4	Greve, Wouter	1951	NED	=1N	+48B	+28N	+19B	−8N	+17B	4.5	19.0	20.5	13.75	2096	+21.8
5	Van Haaften, Jelle	1882	NED	+25B	=9N	−19B	+39N	+31B	+14N	4.5	16.0	18.0	13.00	2093	+66.4
6	Ellenbroek, Ton	1983	NED	+42B	=19N	=9B	=21N	+20B	+27N	4.5	16.0	18.0	13.00	2093	+16.4
7	Lenting, Roan	1986	NED	+29B	+30N	+20B	=2N	−1B	=18N	4.0	20.5	23.5	13.50	2032	+14.0
8	Ambrona Navarro, Himar	1996	ESP	+26N	+21B	+10N	F	+4B	−1N	4.0	20.0	20.0	14.50	2155	+38.0
9	Roebers, Bregje	1945	NED	+41N	=5B	=6N	+26B	=18B	=16N	4.0	19.0	21.0	13.00	2028	+26.0
10	Molenaar, Toine	1936	NED	+44B	+47N	−8B	−20N	+29B	+24N	4.0	15.0	16.5	9.50	2033	+15.4
11	Feng, Elysia	1912	NED	=3N	=16B	−32N	+36B	+38N	+43B	4.0	14.5	16.5	10.00	1995	+26.4
12	Ngangbam, Chingthang	1937	NED	−19B	+37N	−41B	+30N	+26B	+20N	4.0	14.0	16.0	11.00	2008	+22.0
13	Wuijts, Johan	1984	NED	−20N	=32B	+46B	+28N	+15B	−2N	3.5	17.5	19.0	9.25	1938	-6.6
14	Galje, Hans	1936	NED	+52N	+36B	=31N	−3B	+19N	−5B	3.5	16.5	16.5	6.25	1898	-5.4
15	Belien, Roan	1846	NED	−21B	+29N	+40N	=17B	−13N	+33B	3.5	15.5	17.5	9.25	1977	+22.2
16	Zhou, Yanyang	1860	NED	F	=11N	=39B	+35N	+21B	=9B	3.5	15.5	15.5	10.50	2075	+58.4
17	Shah, Shrey	1919	NED	−49B	+51N	+44B	=15N	+23B	−4N	3.5	14.0	14.5	7.25	1926	+2.8
18	Bollaart, Jeroen	1923	NED	=45B	F	+36N	+32B	=9N	=7B	3.5	14.0	14.0	9.25	2033	+14.8
19	Albrecht, Alex	1867	NED	+12N	=6B	+5N	−4N	−14B	=25N	3.0	21.0	24.0	12.25	1941	+12.6
20	Pasti, Fabio	1898	ITA	+13B	+24N	−7N	+10B	−6N	−12B	3.0	20.0	23.0	10.50	1967	+11.4
21	Van der Meulen, Kasper	1917	NED	+15N	−8N	+49B	=6B	−16N	=23N	3.0	18.5	19.5	8.25	1894	-4.0
22	Verhoeven, Lars	1950	NED	F	+27B	−1N	+33B	+41N	−3B	3.0	17.5	17.5	7.50	1939	-2.8
23	El Khaddari, Lina	1833	NED	+40N	+43B	−2N	=38B	−17N	=21B	3.0	16.0	18.0	6.50	1938	+17.2
24	Nikoladze, Gela	1977	GEO	+33N	−20B	−3N	+51B	+40N	−10B	3.0	16.0	16.5	5.00	1890	-14.4
25	Pauw, Martijn	1959	NED	−5N	=33B	+42N	−27B	+32N	=19B	3.0	15.5	17.5	7.25	1866	-15.4
26	Van der Hauw, Henk	1899	NED	−8B	+50N	+47B	−9N	−12N	+37B	3.0	15.5	16.5	4.50	1907	+2.4
27	Schirmbeck, LilianWCM	1878	GER	F	−22N	+34B	+25N	+43B	−6B	3.0	15.0	15.0	7.50	2022	+39.6
28	Cubuk, Armin	1881	NED	F	+45N	−4B	−13B	+34N	+31N	3.0	14.5	14.5	6.50	1963	+22.4
29	Hooijmans, Max	1898	NED	−7N	−15B	+52B	+49N	−10N	+38B	3.0	14.5	14.5	3.00	1904	+1.0
30	Avis, Fred	1873	NED	+38N	−7B	−43N	−12B	+36N	+40B	3.0	14.0	16.0	6.00	1932	+9.6
31	Fluegel, Michael	1758	NED	+46N	+39N	=14B	−1B	−5N	−28B	2.5	18.5	20.0	5.25	1844	+26.0
32	Mastop, Guido	1781	NED	=34B	=13N	+11B	−18N	−25B	=42N	2.5	16.5	18.5	8.00	1873	+13.8
33	Dijkstra, Edwin	1890	NED	−24B	=25N	+50B	−22N	+39B	−15N	2.5	14.5	15.5	4.50	1863	-10.0
34	Bookelman, Chaim	1905	NED	=32N	−3B	−27N	+47N	−28B	+50B	2.5	14.5	15.5	3.75	1783	-20.8
35	Krul, Piet	1922	NED	−36N	−41B	+37N	−16B	=44N	+51B	2.5	11.5	12.0	3.50	1811	-19.0
36	Copier, Richard	1854	NED	+35B	−14N	−18B	−11N	−30B	+49N	2.0	16.5	17.5	3.50	1777	-12.0
37	Bajnath, Dhanesh	1889	NED	−2N	−12B	−35B	+45N	+50B	−26N	2.0	16.5	17.5	2.50	1782	-34.0
38	Perez Garcia, Hebert	1948	NED	−30B	=42N	+45B	=23N	−11B	−29N	2.0	15.0	16.5	4.00	1753	-31.6
39	Vennix, Tom	1933	NED	+50N	−31B	=16N	−5B	−33N	=46B	2.0	14.5	15.5	3.50	1733	-64.4
40	Beemsterboer, Andre	1913	NED	−23B	+52N	−15B	+44N	−24B	−30N	2.0	14.5	14.5	2.00	1750	-26.4
41	Markx, Stefan	1870	NED	−9B	+35N	+12N	F	−22B	F	2.0	13.5	13.5	6.50	1939	+7.4
42	Kloppers, Eric	1896	NED	−6N	=38B	−25B	F	+46N	=32B	2.0	13.5	13.5	3.75	1843	-14.8
43	Fasel, Ton	1953	NED	+51B	−23N	+30B	F	−27N	−11N	2.0	13.5	13.5	3.50	1803	-20.6
44	Garrett, Stephen	1857	NED	−10N	+54B	−17N	−40B	=35B	=48N	2.0	13.5	13.5	2.00	1788	-10.6
45	Luong, Thao	1855	NED	=18N	−28B	−38N	−37B	+49B	F	1.5	11.5	11.5	2.75	1749	-28.0
46	Veenendaal, Loek	1902	NED	−31B	F	−13N	+48N	−42B	=39N	1.5	11.5	11.5	2.50	1741	-21.6
47	Cornelissen, Jort	1822	NED	+54N	−10B	−26N	−34B	=51N	F	1.5	10.0	10.0	0.25	1756	-8.2
48	Van Beckhoven, Boudewijn	1880	NED	F	−4N	F	−46B	+52N	=44B	1.5	8.0	8.0	1.00	1806	-8.6
49	Van Dorsten, Glory	1847	NED	+17N	−2B	−21N	−29B	−45N	−36B	1.0	17.0	18.5	3.50	1630	-61.6
50	Berendsen, David	1855	NED	−39B	−26B	−33N	+52B	−37N	−34N	1.0	12.0	12.0	0.00	1623	-33.0
51	Leeuwerik, Hans	1878	NED	−43N	−17B	F	−24N	=47B	−35N	0.5	12.5	12.5	0.75	1552	-34.4
52	Niewenhuis, Ruud	1861	NED	−14B	−40B	−29N	−50N	−48B	F	0.0	11.0	11.0	0.00	1096	-45.2
53	Van den Bosse, Bart	1924	NED	F	−1B	F	F	F	F	0.0	5.5	5.5	0.00	1073	-11.4
54	Schenkel, Edward	1907	NED	−47B	−44N	F	F	F	F	0.0	4.0	4.0	0.00	1039	-47.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Hallibert, EmilienNED
+74.0
5.5 pts · #1
2Van Haaften, JelleNED
+66.4
4.5 pts · #4
3Thai Ngoc Tuong MinhWFMVIE
+59.0
5.5 pts · #2

Top rating losers

1Vennix, TomNED
-64.4
2.0 pts · #44
2Van Dorsten, GloryNED
-61.6
1.0 pts · #50
3Schenkel, EdwardNED
-47.6
0.0 pts · #54

Biggest upsets

R2+175 Elo gap
Fluegel, Michael1758 beat Vennix, Tom1933
R3+151 Elo gap
Muskens, Mink1826 beat Nikoladze, Gela1977
R1+144 Elo gap
Fluegel, Michael1758 beat Veenendaal, Loek1902