The line-up for this years University Challenge Match is soon to be announced.
2020 Chessfestival cancelled
With regret we communicate our decision to cancel our Chessfestival for this year.
Participants will be refunded as soon as possible.
We do hope to see all of you next year, in better times, for a wonderfull Chessfestival 2021.
Deadline tournament set for mid-november
The second wave is giving us quite a bit of trouble here in the Netherlands at the moment. As it stands, we can no longer organise our tournament. We are praying for the numbers to drop significantly in the coming weeks. Should all taken measures fail to prove effective, we see no alternative but to cancel our regular tournament.
The organisation sets a deadline for mid-november, to decide on wether or not to hold the tournament. If and when the situation hasn’t improved significantly by then, we will cancel the tournament for this year.
So, fingers crossed!
Chessfestival 2020 open for registration
Chessfestival Groningen is scheduled to be held on the 21st through the 30th of december 2020.
Of course, and this goes without saying, developments concerning the Corona virus could force us to reconsider. More information about how the tournament will deal with relevant health and safety regulations will be available in september. This website will keep you posted on the latest developments.
Registrations for the 2020 edition of the Chessfestival Groningen are accepted through our entry form. Should the tournament have to be cancelled, all entry fees will be fully returned. However, prospects are brightening, and we are hoping for a regular, and at the same time quite remarkable new edition of our beautiful chess tournament.
Grand Prix Youth Tournament great fun!
Yesterday was the busiest day of the Chessfestival, with the Grand Prix Youth Tournament being played in an ajourning hall. Over 50 kids had a great day, both behind and off the boards! Please browse the Photographs to relive their fun, tension, excitement and ambition at the chessboard.
Lucas van Foreest among participants, and the fight for the Ladies Prize.
With the addition of current Dutch Champion Lucas van Foreest there will now be no fewer than 11 Grand Masters fighting for first place in Groningen. Lucas will surely find stiff competition in the young Armenian Grand Master Shant Sargsyan and the experienced Sergey Tiviakov and Michal Krasenkow.
With Woman Grand Master Mary Ann Gomes, four other titled woman and the local Heroine Machteld van Foreest among the participants, the Chess Festival can also be asured of a good fight for the €400 Ladies Prize.
Of course the nicest tournament of the Netherlands has an extensive side program, with for example; SISSA Christmas Blitz, Student Christmas Chess, a Youth Tournament and the Open Fischer Random Championship of the Northern Netherlands.