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Chessfestival Groningen 2026 Open A

Top players, the shape of the field, and who climbed β€” from a published Chess-Results list.

Rank after Round 0 Β· updated 01.11.2026 20:50:24 Β· Chess-Results Β· Download player list (CSV)

Players 67 67 rated
Average rating 2258 median 2258
Grandmasters 6 46 titled in total
Leader 0 GM Van Foreest, Lucas

What stands out

  • GM Van Foreest, Lucas won on 0.
  • 67 players, including 6 grandmasters. Rated players average 2258, and the top 10 average 2465.
  • NED has the largest group (27). IND's 13 rated players average 2353, the strongest contingent.

Top seeds

Rtg Player Fed Place
2558 GM Van Foreest, Lucas NED 1st
2518 GM Beerdsen, Thomas NED 2nd
2513 GM Vignesh, N R IND 3rd
2484 IM Muthaiah, Al IND 4th
2445 IM Ruzhansky, Elias BEL 5th
2442 IM Zwirs, Nico NED 6th
2432 GM Shyaam, Nikhil P IND 7th
2431 IM Krallis, Christos GRE 8th
2414 GM Das, Sayantan IND 9th
2409 GM Raahul, V S IND 10th

Standings

Place Player Pts Seed Ξ”
1 GM Van Foreest, Lucas NED 0 1 β€”
2 GM Beerdsen, Thomas NED 0 2 β€”
3 GM Vignesh, N R IND 0 3 β€”
4 IM Muthaiah, Al IND 0 4 β€”
5 IM Ruzhansky, Elias BEL 0 5 β€”
6 IM Zwirs, Nico NED 0 6 β€”
7 GM Shyaam, Nikhil P IND 0 7 β€”
8 IM Krallis, Christos GRE 0 8 β€”
9 GM Das, Sayantan IND 0 9 β€”
10 GM Raahul, V S IND 0 10 β€”

Titles

GM
6
IM
8
FM
24
CM
4
WGM
1
WIM
3

Rating bands

2500–2599
3
2400–2499
7
2200–2399
34
2000–2199
23

Federations

Fed Players Avg Best
NED 27 2257 GM Van Foreest, Lucas 2558
IND 13 2353 GM Vignesh, N R 2513
AUS 4 2169 FM Chakrabarty, Reyaansh 2273
GRE 3 2277 IM Krallis, Christos 2431
ENG 3 2173 FM Hobson, Kenneth 2258
BEL 2 2288 IM Ruzhansky, Elias 2445
TUR 2 2226 FM Yalcinkaya, Efe 2317
USA 2 2177 Ragavan, Samarth Rajesh 2224