The official Dutch Open Lightning Chess Championship takes place in the Willem II soccer stadium in Tilburg, on the 15th of June 2019. 

At the Open Dutch Lightning Chess Championship, a maximum of 160 participants play 43 games of 2 minutes per game.

The tournament has two stages. The first stage consists of four preliminary rounds, in which players are assigned to groups consisting of eight players. Hence, each round a player faces seven opponents.

After this, players are assigned to final groups that contain 16 players. The winner of the highest final group will be the official Open Dutch Lightning Chess Champion of 2019.

Register today by filling in the application form on this site! The entrance fee is € 15 including lunch. Grandmasters are able to enter the tournament without fee and receive a free lunch. 

#Last NameFirst NameRatingTitleClub
1GiriAnish2770GMDSC Delft
2LaiHing Ting2572IMHet Zwarte Schaap
3BeerdsenThomas2534IMMuConsult Apeldoorn
4KuipersStefan2500IMMuConsult Apeldoorn
5VrolijkLiam2474IMKennemer Combinatie
6TimmermansMark2460IMSC Dordrecht
7SkrobicDragan2450SV de Wijker Toren
8BosboomManuel2435IMEn Passant
9VereggenLars2402FMDe Stukkenjagers
10ten HertogHugo2394IMPaul Keres
11van KerkhofDavid2385FMDSC Delft
12OndersteijnNiels2368IMPaul Keres
13DebrayChristopher2365IM
14HaastAnne2320WGMDe Stukkenjagers
15BressacStephane2308FM
16BoutensLukas2304
17MollemaThomas2294HMC Den Bosch
18BurgBrent2284SG KiNG
19TamassyZoltan2283Szigetszentmiklós
20LammensTim2280FMSchaakstad Apeldoorn
21van TellingenFrank2277De Waagtoren
22BosmanMichiel2274FMLSG
23VermeulenWesley2272Paul Keres
24HoeksemaErik2264IMGroninger Combinatie
25LegemaatGert2247DSC Delft
26van ZutphenJimmy2233SV de Wijker Toren
27MesmanEdwyn2224Kennemer Combinatie
28van RijnAnton2220CMUVS
29HaastKoen2214SG KiNG
30de HerdtYasseen2211Caballos Zottegem
31ClijsenMark2204De Stukkenjagers
32WalterAndreas2203SV Mülheim Nord
33OzerovIlja2180SV Mülheim Nord
34SchilstraLaurens2172Zukertort Amstelveen
35RademakersEvert2169CMPaul Keres
36BoerAlef2166Groninger Combinatie
37KoningsFrans2161FMDe Stukkenjagers
38van der VeldenBram2155CMDSC Delft
39BlijlevensPim2145HSC Helmond
40van den BergBram2141SG KiNG
41PoppelaarsJan2122Paul Keres
42IJzermansCees2118SG KiNG
43KokCas2113SV de Wijker Toren
44BoursierJulien2112
45DijkRogier2081PSV/DoDo
46BaselmansSam2076De Stukkenjagers
47SchelvisRichard2060SV de Wijker Toren
48MatersArthur2043ASA
49KuipersDustin2043SV Mülheim Nord
50SnoeckRene2038DJZ
51van AmerongenArjen2030Zeist
52van PuttenMark2024Oostflakkee
53HarutyunyanAxel2024Brussel
54van AmerongenPeggy2019Zeist
55CoenenEduard2015t Pionneke
56BosboomArdin2014ENPS
57DusonRobin2008Caïssa-Eenhoorn
58LotDiederik2004SK Dworp
59RijkenJasper1998Barneveld
60FeinierReinier1990LSG
61DaamenRoland1979De Stukkenjagers
62BhattacharjeeSourav1977De Stukkenjagers
63BottemaTimo1976DSC Delft
64GerritseYouri1973SG KiNG
65BaselmansLuuk1969De Stukkenjagers
66GrodotzkiKenneth1945SV Mülheim Nord
67GrutterTim1943SG Amersfoort
68van PuttenBart1936
69van RoonSjoerd1932De Stukkenjagers
70van WinkoopJeroen1899BDSV
71HessStefan1896SG KiNG
72SchmidtKevin1886SV Mülheim Nord
73HaastRob1886SG KiNG
74LambregtsFrank1883De Pion
75VerhoevenRobin1883EGS
76PerrussetBarbara1869
77KroonMike1862Kentering
78DijkhuizenRobbert1843“Caïssa-Eenhoorn“
79KuijpersDomien1834Eisden
80van PuttenJaap1832
81AppeloHarry1820Paul Keres
82AchuthanDylan1794Promotie
83JongeneelWim1789Schaakclub Dordrecht
84van de LaarJohn1783Dordrecht
85van DijkRon1776UVS
86van den BergBart1773SG KiNG
87HooghwerffRuben1760
88DaifSarah1755
89van de VeldeFilip1753SK Dworp
90van WaardenbergJohn1720De Willige Dame
91van de KrolSernin1719Caïssa-Eenhoorn
92UittenbogaardHans1702Capelse S.V.
93StadaJim1692Sissa Oirschot
94HillenkampMelchior1688Ratinglid KNSB
95PreuterCarlos1686
96van AmerongenJudith1678Paul Keres
97van der HeidenFrans1664Onesimus
98BretonMark1632DSC Delft
99BoerBert-Jan1580UVS
100van de VrandeBram1555SG KiNG
101RijkenFabian1508Barneveld

Time

Actvity

10:00 – 10:30

Registration

10:45 – 11:00

Opening

11:00 – 12:00

First preliminary round

12:00 – 13:00

Second preliminary round

13:00 – 13:30

Lunch break

13:30 – 14:30

Third preliminary round

14:30 – 15:30

Fourth preliminary round

15:30 – 15:45

Break

15:45 – 17:30

Finals

17:45

Awards ceremony

Main groupGroup 2Group 3Group 4Group 5
1st€ 500€ 200€ 100€ 60€ 50
2nd€ 300€ 150€ 50€ 40€ 30
3rd€ 200€ 100€ 25€ 25€ 20
4th€ 125    
5th€ 75    
Group 6Group 7Group 8Group 9Group 10
1st€ 40€ 40€ 30€ 30€ 30
2nd€ 25€ 25€ 20€ 20€ 20
3rd€ 15€ 15€ 10€ 10€ 10
2015GM Loek van Wely
2016IM Hing Ting Lai
2017IM Hing Ting Lai
2018GM Jorden van Foreest

Entry form

Fide Blitz rating is preferred. If you do not have this, please use your FIDE or national rating.
If you do not have a club, please put in home chess player.
Please also state your country code.
The privacy policy can be found at https://sgking.nl/avg.

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