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Chessfestival Groningen 2026 Open A

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

Rank after Round 0 · updated 09.11.2026 23:50:02 · Chess-Results · Download player list (CSV)

Players 89 89 rated
Average rating 2255 median 2247
Grandmasters 8 60 titled in total
Leader 0 GM Van Foreest, Lucas

What stands out

  • GM Van Foreest, Lucas won on 0.
  • 89 players, including 8 grandmasters. Rated players average 2255, and the top 10 average 2487.
  • NED has the largest group (37). IND's 16 rated players average 2358, the strongest contingent.

Top seeds

Rtg Player Fed Place
2558 GM Van Foreest, Lucas NED 1st
2556 GM Sethuraman, S.P. IND 2nd
2518 GM Beerdsen, Thomas NED 3rd
2513 GM Vignesh, N R IND 4th
2487 GM Grover, Sahaj IND 5th
2484 IM Muthaiah, Al IND 6th
2445 IM Ruzhansky, Elias BEL 7th
2442 IM Zwirs, Nico NED 8th
2432 GM Shyaam, Nikhil P IND 9th
2431 IM Korchynskyi, Mykola GER 10th

Standings

Place Player Pts Seed Δ
1 GM Van Foreest, Lucas NED 0 1 —
2 GM Sethuraman, S.P. IND 0 2 —
3 GM Beerdsen, Thomas NED 0 3 —
4 GM Vignesh, N R IND 0 4 —
5 GM Grover, Sahaj IND 0 5 —
6 IM Muthaiah, Al IND 0 6 —
7 IM Ruzhansky, Elias BEL 0 7 —
8 IM Zwirs, Nico NED 0 8 —
9 GM Shyaam, Nikhil P IND 0 9 —
10 IM Korchynskyi, Mykola GER 0 10 —

Titles

GM
8
IM
11
FM
26
CM
7
WGM
2
WIM
3
WFM
2
AIM
1

Rating bands

2500–2599
4
2400–2499
9
2200–2399
41
2000–2199
35

Federations

Fed Players Avg Best
NED 37 2250 GM Van Foreest, Lucas 2558
IND 16 2358 GM Sethuraman, S.P. 2556
ENG 5 2160 FM Hobson, Kenneth 2258
GER 4 2327 IM Korchynskyi, Mykola 2431
GRE 4 2243 IM Krallis, Christos 2431
AUS 4 2169 FM Chakrabarty, Reyaansh 2273
KAZ 3 2272 IM Isanzhulov, Arystan 2384
USA 3 2183 Ragavan, Samarth Rajesh 2224