In view of the current and foreseeable COVID situation in the Netherlands, we have decided to cancel the 2021 Chessfestival Groningen.
All participants will be refunded soon.
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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.
Vrolijk wins 57th edition of the Chess Festival
Liam Vrolijk clinched his first Chess Festival victory today after barely missing out last year. Poetsch and Vrolijk drew their game today, and even though the Armenian Sargsyan won, the tiebreakers were all in Vrolijk’s favour. Sargsyan finished second with Poetsch claiming the third place, all splitting their prize money.
The 17-year old Vrolijk from Rotterdam clinched his second GM-norm last round and he had a nearly flawless tournament. He won a total of five games, drawing four and losing none. He’s got one norm to score and then he can call himself a Grandmaster too.
In shared fourth came reigning Dutch champion Lucas van Foreest, the Russian Mikhail Ulybin and the Armenian Artur Davtyan.
