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