Dutch Youth Championship 2026 U14

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36 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 25 Apr 2026 to 01 May 2026 in Helmond, Netherlands. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2088, and top seed was Boyd Leenen (🇳🇱 NED, CM, 2205).

Matthieu Guillaumond (🇳🇱 NED, 2104) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Sabin Teianu (7.5) and Simon Botter (6.5). Guillaumond won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Kostia Tkacenko (1552) beat Victor Brorens (1911), a +359-point gap.

Location

🇳🇱Helmond, Netherlands

Dates

25 Apr 2026 → 01 May 2026

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇳🇱CMBoyd Leenen2205

Avg top 10

2,088

Participants

Titled players · 1

CM×1

Federations · 1 represented

🇳🇱Netherlands×36

Top 3

🥇
Matthieu Guillaumond
🇳🇱NED·2104
7.5pts·2237perf+56.0
🥈
Sabin Teianu
🇳🇱NED·2131
7.5pts·2302perf+73.6
🥉
Simon Botter
🇳🇱NED·1988
6.5pts·2172perf+89.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R4; 2 players tied at 7.5/9, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Guillaumond7.5Teianu7.5Botter6.5Pathak6Thijssen6Zhou6

R8 · LEADER CHANGE30 Apr

Sabin Teianu takes the sole lead (7.0/8).

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.5/9. Guillaumond takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (45.0).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Matthieu Guillaumond drew with Sabin Teianu (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Matthieu Guillaumond	*	½	½	1
2Sabin Teianu	½	*	—	1
3Simon Botter	½	—	*	1
4Raghav Pathak	0	0	0	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Guillaumond, Matthieu	2104	NED	+30N	+13B	+17N	+4B	=2N	+16B	=3N	=5B	+11N	7.5	45.0	48.5	38.50	2237	+56.0
2	Teianu, Sabin	2131	NED	+10B	+16N	=18B	+8N	=1B	+17N	+4B	+7B	=5N	7.5	44.5	49.0	40.00	2302	+73.6
3	Botter, Simon	1988	NED	+33B	=7N	=8B	−10N	+27B	+18N	=1B	+9B	+4N	6.5	43.0	45.5	31.25	2172	+89.6
4	Pathak, Raghav	2091	NED	+27B	+20N	+19B	−1N	+10B	+7N	−2N	+16B	−3B	6.0	45.5	49.0	27.50	2132	+21.2
5	Zhou, Yanyang	1860	NED	=8B	=11N	+34B	−7N	+23B	+12N	+19B	=1N	=2B	6.0	44.5	47.0	28.75	2122	+104.8
6	Thijssen, Freek	2159	NED	+14B	=12N	+7B	=18N	−17B	=19N	+10B	=8N	+15B	6.0	40.0	44.5	30.25	2124	-9.9
7	Leenen, BoydCM	2205	NED	+29N	=3B	−6N	+5B	+13N	−4B	+14B	−2N	+19B	5.5	46.5	50.0	27.25	2074	-52.0
8	Zhang, Xiheng	2135	NED	=5N	+9B	=3N	−2B	+25N	+13B	=16N	=6B	=12N	5.5	46.0	50.0	28.50	2070	-26.0
9	Gupta, Akul	2017	NED	=11B	−8N	+21B	+20N	=12B	=10N	+17B	−3N	+16B	5.5	40.5	45.0	25.50	2020	+4.4
10	Huang, Vincent	1855	NED	−2N	+28B	+31N	+3B	−4N	=9B	−6N	=21B	+25N	5.0	43.5	46.5	22.00	1960	+47.2
11	Lalkota, Sai Pranav Tejas	1830	NED	=9N	=5B	−13N	+31B	=15B	=24N	+23B	+17N	−1B	5.0	41.5	44.5	21.75	1932	+47.6
12	Omnes, Tiago	1990	NED	+23N	=6B	−16N	+22B	=9N	−5B	+26N	=19N	=8B	5.0	40.5	44.0	22.75	1992	+0.8
13	Uitermark, Imre	1957	NED	+21B	−1N	+11B	=19N	−7B	−8N	+32B	+28N	=17B	5.0	40.5	43.5	20.50	2005	+22.8
14	Ozbek, Ahmet Naim	1869	NED	−6N	=23B	−26N	+32N	+20B	+29B	−7N	=25B	+24N	5.0	35.0	38.0	19.00	1958	+37.2
15	Nadrshin, Oleg	1894	NED	−31N	+25B	+33N	−17B	=11N	=26B	+24N	+18B	−6N	5.0	34.5	37.0	19.25	1897	+2.4
16	Lenting, Roan	1986	NED	+28N	−2B	+12B	+24N	+18B	−1N	=8B	−4N	−9N	4.5	45.5	49.0	19.75	2007	+11.2
17	Blok, Lukas	1991	NED	+24B	+34N	−1B	+15N	+6N	−2B	−9N	−11B	=13N	4.5	45.5	48.0	20.00	1945	-20.8
18	Koppenens, Oscar	2036	NED	+22N	+35B	=2N	=6B	−16N	−3B	=25N	−15N	+28B	4.5	41.5	44.0	19.25	1942	-42.4
19	Sosef, Noah	2012	NED	+25N	+31B	−4N	=13B	+26N	=6B	−5N	=12B	−7N	4.5	41.0	44.0	18.50	1935	-30.8
20	Ngangbam, Chingthang	1937	NED	+26N	−4B	=22N	−9B	−14N	+31B	−21N	+29B	+27N	4.5	36.0	39.0	15.75	1841	-42.0
21	Nair, Pranav Prasobh	1747	NED	−13N	=30B	−9N	=29B	=33N	+35B	+20B	=10N	=22N	4.5	34.0	36.5	16.50	1890	+68.0
22	Shaikh, Rushaan	1842	NED	−18B	+36N	=20B	−12N	=24B	−23N	+34B	+26N	=21B	4.5	32.5	34.0	14.00	1763	-31.6
23	Fu, Ziqing	1810	NED	−12B	=14N	=32B	+30B	−5N	+22B	−11N	−24B	+31N	4.0	36.0	39.0	15.00	1789	-8.0
24	Okita, Ryoga	1812	NED	−17N	+32B	+35N	−16B	=22N	=11B	−15B	+23N	−14B	4.0	35.5	38.0	14.25	1848	+18.8
25	Suthan, Aadvik	1822	NED	−19B	−15N	+36B	+34N	−8B	+27N	=18B	=14N	−10B	4.0	35.5	37.0	12.25	1791	-14.8
26	Huang, Ziyang	1721	NED	−20B	=27N	+14B	+35N	−19B	=15N	−12B	−22B	=32N	3.5	35.0	37.5	13.25	1830	+47.6
27	Nguyen, Paul	1845	NED	−4N	=26B	=30N	+33B	−3N	−25B	=29N	+32N	−20B	3.5	34.5	37.0	10.75	1802	-22.8
28	De Wit, Jim	1749	NED	−16B	−10N	=29N	=36B	=30N	+33B	+31N	−13B	−18N	3.5	31.5	33.0	9.75	1773	+5.6
29	Cubuk, Armin	1881	NED	−7B	−33N	=28B	=21N	+34B	−14N	=27B	−20N	+36N	3.5	31.5	33.0	9.75	1644	-85.6
30	Roersma, Dylan	1846	NED	−1B	=21N	=27B	−23N	=28B	−32N	−35N	+36B	+33B	3.5	31.0	32.5	9.75	1712	-58.4
31	Tkacenko, Kostia	1552	NED	+15B	−19N	−10B	−11N	+35B	−20N	−28B	+34N	−23B	3.0	34.0	36.5	10.00	1674	+34.8
32	Bajnath, Dhanesh	1889	NED	−34B	−24N	=23N	−14B	+36N	+30B	−13N	−27B	=26B	3.0	31.0	32.5	8.75	1679	-80.0
33	Mendelsohn, Saffran	1767	NED	−3N	+29B	−15B	−27N	=21B	−28N	−36N	+35B	−30N	2.5	32.5	34.0	8.25	1717	-21.6
34	Kharita, Mohammad	0	NED	+32N	−17B	−5N	−25B	−29N	+36B	−22N	−31B	=35N	2.5	31.0	32.5	5.75	1593	0.0
35	Brorens, Victor	1911	NED	+36B	−18N	−24B	−26B	−31N	−21N	+30B	−33N	=34B	2.5	28.0	29.5	6.25	1474	-144.8
36	Bergaglia, Roman	0	NED	−35N	−22B	−25N	=28N	−32B	−34N	+33B	−30N	−29B	1.5	27.0	29.5	4.25	1587	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Zhou, YanyangNED
+104.8
6.0 pts · #14
2Botter, SimonNED
+89.6
6.5 pts · #3
3Teianu, SabinNED
+73.6
7.5 pts · #2

Top rating losers

1Brorens, VictorNED
-144.8
2.5 pts · #36
2Cubuk, ArminNED
-85.6
3.5 pts · #33
3Bajnath, DhaneshNED
-80.0
3.0 pts · #32

Biggest upsets

R5+359 Elo gap
Tkacenko, Kostia1552 beat Brorens, Victor1911
R1+342 Elo gap
Tkacenko, Kostia1552 beat Nadrshin, Oleg1894
R4+190 Elo gap
Huang, Ziyang1721 beat Brorens, Victor1911