Amsterdam Chess Open

04/11/2024

Recap of our final day. We can't wait until next year, when the tournament will be held 24-26 October!

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03/11/2024

Our second edition saw no fewer than six players finish in a tie for first! Here’s our recap of Sunday’s action:

No fewer than six players finished in a shared first place in the Amsterdam Chess Open's A group. Tournament leaders FMs Tim Grutter and Midas Ratsma drew quickly and were caught by GM Erik van den Doel, IMs Sharan Rao, Dagur Ragnarsson and FM Maurice Schippers. Grutter claimed the first-place troph...

02/11/2024

Not a GM, not an IM, but FM Tim Grutter is the leader of the Amsterdam Chess Open's A group after Round 4. Our report on what happened on Saturday:

Not a GM, not an IM, but FM Tim Grutter is the leader of the Amsterdam Chess Open's A group after Round 4. The member of Kennemer Combinatie chess club is the only player still on a 100 percent score. Four players are half a point behind Grutter: IM Rao Sharan, FM Midas Ratsma, IM Khoi Pham and CM C...

02/11/2024

The A group at the Amsterdam Chess Open saw several surprises right from the first two rounds. Here’s our report on what happened on Friday:

The A-group at the Amsterdam Chess Open saw several surprises right from the first two rounds. IM Dagur Radnarsson and CM Rogier van Arkel suffered unexpected defeats on Friday morning, followed by losses in the afternoon round for GM Alexander Bagrationi, FMs Vitali Braun, Albert Castillo, and Mura...

02/11/2024

A report on last Thursday's wonderful City Districts tournament that we organized for the first time:

District South emerged as the winner of the first-ever City Districts, held on 31 October at the Business Campus of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences. In a close competition against District West, South claimed victory by a margin of just three board points.The District South team, led by...

01/11/2024

01/11/2024

Our main tournament has kicked off! Amazing to see 500 players together in the HvA Business Campus in Amsterdam. You can follow the games on Chess.com and Lichess.

31/10/2024

And the winners are… Amsterdam Zuid! In a tense battle with Oost, Zuid prevailed in the end and are now the first ever City District Champions. Thanks to all participants today, it was a lot of fun and we hope to see you again in the future!

31/10/2024

Today we start off the Amsterdam Chess Open weekend with the City District Tournament! With the city celebrating its 750th year of existence, we have joined the Amsterdam 750 celebrations by organising a tournament between the city districts of Amsterdam. Today, all the districts will square off against each other in a 6-round 15+5 Swiss format to determine the strongest chess district. An exciting day of chess and celebrating the city is ahead!

18/10/2024

The second edition of the Amsterdam Chess Open will be bigger and better in many ways compared to 2023, and this is largely thanks to the collaboration between the tournament and the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS). A conversation with Jeroen Visser, Director of Operations of the Faculty of Business and Economics (FBE) at the AUAS, reveals that this partnership is actually a very natural one.

The second edition of the Amsterdam Chess Open will be bigger and better in many ways compared to 2023, and this is largely thanks to the collaboration between the tournament and the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS). A conversation with Jeroen Visser, Director of Operations of the Fac...