Chessfestival Groningen 2025 Open B LIVE

The Chessfestival Groningen 2025 will take place from December 21 to December 30 in Groningen, Netherlands. This tournament has 3 categories – Open A, Open B, and Compact. The Open B section is a 9-round Swiss system tournament with a time control of 90 min/40 moves + 30 min + 30 sec/move. For more events from the Netherlands, check out The European Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.

The top-seeded players are Gertjan Haan (2033), Tom Van T Hoff (2032), Freek Thijssen (2027), Joaquin Aarts (2025), Rens Blom (2016), Ton Ellenbroek (2010), Leon Elferink (2004), Twan Kastelijn (1994), Mathijs Huiskes (1984), Oscar Zecha (1982), Bruno Jelic (1975), Ghilon Etienne (1970), Oscar Koppenens (1963), Edwin Zuiderweg (1959), and Jimmy Geboers (1949). Scroll down for the full participants list.

Categories: Open A / Compact
More events from the Netherlands: Amsterdam Chess Open 2025 / Hoogeveen 2025 – Crown Group / Hoogeveen 2025 – Open

Chessfestival Groningen 2025 Open B Participants

No.		Name	FED	RtgI	RtgN
1		Haan, Gertjan	NED	2033	2078
2		Van T Hoff, Tom	NED	2032	2071
3		Thijssen, Freek	NED	2027	2072
4		Aarts, Joaquin	NED	2025	2056
5		Blom, Rens	NED	2016	2066
6		Ellenbroek, Ton	NED	2010	2054
7		Elferink, Leon	NED	2004	2071
8		Kastelijn, Twan	NED	1994	2009
9		Huiskes, Mathijs	NED	1984	2031
10		Zecha, Oscar	NED	1982	2014
11		Jelic, Bruno	NED	1975	1966
12		Etienne, Ghilon	NED	1970	2014
13		Koppenens, Oscar	NED	1963	1997
14		Zuiderweg, Edwin	NED	1959	2010
15		Geboers, Jimmy	BEL	1949	1987
16		Baarspul, Bram	NED	1943	2060
17		Nies, Levi	NED	1939	2028
18		Ritter, Uwe	GER	1939	0
19		Rookus, Sjoerd	NED	1939	1979
20		De Freytas, Paul	NED	1930	1967
21		Heikamp, Hendrik	NED	1925	2011
22	WFM	Nauanova, Zhaniya	KAZ	1910	0
23		Xu, Alex Z	NED	1904	2004
24		Brand, Niels	NED	1895	1952
25		Kolijn, David	NED	1894	1931
26		Manenschijn, Wouter	NED	1894	1917
27		Visser, Berend	NED	1884	1905
28		Schoffelmeer, Jetse	NED	1881	1894
29		Almefalani, Abdulhay	NED	1879	1950
30		Dijkstra, Edwin	NED	1877	1854
31		Damen, Josephine	NED	1872	1857
32		Kompaan, Rick	NED	1870	1883
33		De Vries, Arjan	NED	1865	1923
34		Balde, Esko	NED	1860	1864
35		Timmer, Michel	NED	1860	1884
36		Schwenke, Stefan	GER	1850	0
37		Meeuwissen, Morris	NED	1844	1862
38		Broekman, Roel	NED	1840	1833
39		Andriessen, Bart Jan	NED	1835	1868
40		Xu, Nicholas M	NED	1833	1875
41		Dekker, Albert	NED	1826	1867
42		Bruening, Martin	GER	1824	0
43		Mastop, Guido	NED	1814	1911
44		Nair, Pranav Prasobh	NED	1809	1828
45		Belien, Roan	NED	1805	1774
46		Adavatkar, Rugved	NED	1803	1833
47		Van Den Burg, Ralf	NED	1803	1866
48		Jorritsma, Eli Alia	NED	1796	1819
49		Groeneveld, Henry	NED	1783	1842
50		Koelmans, Jan Willem	NED	1783	1759
51		Bacaksiz, Bilal	GER	1782	0
52		Bosveld, Mattias	NED	1757	1832
53		Kollen, Luca	NED	1738	1821
54		Elangkumaran, Anumitra	NED	1688	1754
55	AFM	Amith, Boddapati	ZIM	1676	0