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 A 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 GM Valery Kazakouski (2585), GM Thomas Beerdsen (2526), GM Vitaliy Bernadskiy (2522), GM N R Vignesh (2488), GM Vuppala Prraneeth (2469), IM Vugar Manafov (2438), IM Eelke De Boer (2436), FM Elias Ruzhansky (2432), IM Shiroghlan Talibov (2431), IM Bala Chandra Prasad Dhulipalla (2430), FM Mykola Korchynskyi (2418), IM Nick Maatman (2408), GM Nikhil P Shyaam (2400), Rick Lahaye (2390), IM Yueheng Jin (2387). Scroll down for the full participants list.
Categories: Open B / Compact
More events from the Netherlands: Amsterdam Chess Open 2025 / Hoogeveen 2025 – Crown Group / Hoogeveen 2025 – Open
Chessfestival Groningen 2025 Open A Participants
No.
Name
FED
Rtg
1
GM
Kazakouski, Valery
LTU
2585
2
GM
Beerdsen, Thomas
NED
2526
3
GM
Bernadskiy, Vitaliy
UKR
2522
4
GM
Vignesh, N R
IND
2488
5
GM
Prraneeth, Vuppala
IND
2469
6
IM
Martins, David Pires Tavares
POR
2443
7
IM
Manafov, Vugar
AZE
2438
8
IM
De Boer, Eelke
NED
2436
9
FM
Ruzhansky, Elias
BEL
2432
10
IM
Talibov, Shiroghlan
AZE
2431
11
IM
Dhulipalla, Bala Chandra Prasad
IND
2430
12
FM
Korchynskyi, Mykola
GER
2418
13
IM
Elmi, Saad Abobaker
NOR
2409
14
IM
Maatman, Nick
NED
2408
15
GM
Shyaam, Nikhil P
IND
2400
16
Lahaye, Rick
NED
2390
17
IM
Jin, Yueheng
CHN
2387
18
FM
Rosh, Jain
IND
2383
19
FM
Maris, Ivo
NED
2370
20
FM
Elgersma, Onno
NED
2366
21
FM
Sydykov, Bayastan
KGZ
2366
22
IM
Panda, Sambit
IND
2364
23
IM
Atakishiyev, Elmar
AZE
2362
24
FM
Albers, Sasa
NED
2345
25
FM
Suleymanli, Suleyman
AZE
2344
26
FM
Aayush, Bhattacherjee
IND
2333
27
WGM
Van Foreest, Machteld
NED
2328
28
IM
Van Assendelft, Floris
NED
2319
29
IM
Utsab, Chatterjee
IND
2312
30
FM
Meissner, Felix
GER
2312
31
FM
Prishita, Gupta
IND
2309
32
FM
Koster, Ramon
NED
2307
33
FM
Smeets, Kobe
NED
2301
34
FM
Van Roon, Sjoerd
NED
2284
35
Zheng, Harry Z
ENG
2270
36
Dordevic, Tom
GER
2268
37
FM
Krishnan, Ritvik
IND
2265
38
IM
De Jong, Migchiel
NED
2263
39
FM
Schuricht, Emil Frederick
GER
2262
40
FM
Jake, Shanty
IND
2252
41
Grooten, Tommy
NED
2217
42
CM
Filindash, Nikita
CZE
2210
43
Feldmann, Johannes
GER
2204
44
Keuning, Selwin
NED
2196
45
FM
Advaitt, Srikant Koduri
IND
2192
46
IM
Grooten, Herman
NED
2176
47
FM
Rebers, Eugene
NED
2174
48
FM
Labruyere, Roger
NED
2173
49
Edwardss, Dylan
NED
2165
50
CM
De Jong, Lode
NED
2160
51
Kamphuis, Jasper
NED
2158
52
Krylov, Philippe
NED
2151
53
Gurubaran, Raghuraman
IND
2149
54
FM
Duijker, Rick
NED
2148
55
Sanjay, Narayanan P S
IND
2142
56
Bakija, Alan
NED
2139
57
CM
Aravindhan, Achyuth
NED
2122
58
Athvik, M
IND
2117
59
Boeren, Jurriaan
NED
2117
60
CM
Yekeler, Kerem Sarp
TUR
2116
61
Kleibeuker, Mika
NED
2116
62
De Wit, Evan
NED
2114
63
CM
Khandhadia, Nivaan Rathin
IND
2112
64
Tanish, Ragavan S
IND
2108
65
Chua, Ethan
NED
2089
66
Lopes, Samuel
NED
2077
67
Bruggink, Tycho
NED
2072
68
IM
Marusenko, Petr
UKR
2057
69
Den Heijer, Rolinde
NED
2052
70
WFM
Shivika, Rohilla
IND
2048
71
Blok, Xaveer
NED
1973