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Dutch Youth Championship 2026 U16

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20 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 25 Apr 2026 to 01 May 2026 in Helmond, Netherlands. 3 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2168, and top seed was Tommy Grooten (🇳🇱 NED, 2347).

Ethan Chua (🇳🇱 NED, 2168) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Achyuth Aravindhan (4.5) and Joel Groenewoud (4.5). Chua won solo starting round 3.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Lode De Jong (CM, 1902) beat Tommy Grooten (2347), a +445-point gap.

Location
🇳🇱Helmond, Netherlands
Dates
25 Apr 2026 → 01 May 2026
Time control
Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇳🇱Tommy Grooten2347
Avg top 10
2,168
Participants
20
Titled players · 3
FM×1
CM×2
Federations · 1 represented
🇳🇱Netherlands×20
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Ethan Chua led from R3; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
8
4
1
1
1
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
R3–R7 · LEAD HELD

Ethan Chua never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Ethan Chua beat FM Sascha Kurt (White).

R1–R5 · WIN STREAK

Ethan Chua won 5 in a row (R1–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Chua, Ethan2168NED+15B+9N+4B+3N+6B=2N=5B6.026.028.524.002410+76.8
2Aravindhan, AchyuthCM2277NED+13B+11N=3B=6N=7B=1B=4N4.527.531.019.002224-15.6
3Groenewoud, Joel2114NED+19N+5B=2N1B+12N4B+11N4.526.528.015.252176+26.4
4Kurt, SaschaFM2280NED+14N+10B1N8B+13N+3N=2B4.526.028.516.252228-6.2
5De Jong, LodeCM1902NED+7N3N=9B=14B+19N+8B=1N4.525.026.516.002187+101.6
6Baarspul, Bram2177NED=12N+20B+16N=2B1N=10N+9B4.523.525.013.252180+4.4
7Zecha, Oscar2120NED5B=19N+17B+9N=2N=11B+10N4.522.023.514.252104-2.8
8Grooten, Tommy2347NED9B=15N+19B+4N=10B5N+14B4.021.022.511.502069-40.0
9Winter, Sven2013NED+8N1B=5N7B+16N+12B6N3.527.029.512.252120+37.6
10Teianu, Maxim2024NED+17B4N+13B=11N=8N=6B7B3.524.527.012.002114+29.6
11Frederiks, Jesse2018NED+18N2B=12N=10B+14N=7N3B3.523.025.510.752034+6.0
12Hallibert, Emilien1975NED=6B=16N=11B+20N3B9N+15B3.521.022.59.252051+28.0
13Etienne, Ghilon1976NED2N+18B10N+16B4B=14N+20N3.520.021.57.752057+26.8
14Wierenga, Luuk1977NED4B=17N+15B=5N11B=13B8N2.522.525.07.751948-18.0
15Roebers, Bregje1945NED1N=8B14N=17B=18N+20B12N2.521.022.56.001903-22.8
16Darie, Aden2150NED=20N=12B6B13N9B=18B+19N2.519.020.55.251859-104.0
17Van Haaften, Jelle1882NED10N=14B7N=15N=20B+19B18N2.517.018.54.751849-14.8
18Yantur, Arda1750NED11B13N=20N19B=15B=16N+17B2.516.017.55.751871+36.8
19Okita, Shinsaku1899NED3B=7B8N+18N5B17N16B1.522.525.04.751801-37.6
20Woldhuis, Marnik1939NED=16B6N=18B12B=17N15N13B1.519.021.53.751749-66.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets