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With a resounding victory in the final round, Luis Engel won the third edition of the Amsterdam Chess Open. The 23-year-old grandmaster from Hamburg took home the €2,000 first prize. Winner Luis Engel (second right) between the winners of 2023 (Rick Lahaye) and 2024 (Tim Grutter) and Paul Hummel, one of the players who finished shared fourth, on the left. Engel, the 2019 European Under-18 Champion, was the only player with 4/4. He remained the sole leader after round five, wh

The second day of the tournament began at ten o'clock in the morning with rain and wind again outside, making it perfect chess weather indoors. A full fourteen players were still at one hundred percent, and by the end of the day, only one remained. GM Luis Engel is on 4/4 and will have to prove himself tomorrow against his first opponent of the same strength: GM Alexander Bagrationi , who has 3.5 points. Due to the Swiss format, we saw few games between title holders and few

We're underway! With nearly 650 participants, the third edition of the Amsterdam Chess Open kicked off on Friday morning. The day proved to be longer than anyone expected, as one game in Group A lasted a whopping 116 moves and nearly five and a half hours. At 8:35 PM, the last arbiters were finally able to start preparing the pairings for the next round. Unfortunately, only two of the four registered grandmasters showed up (Luis Engel and Alexander Bagrationi), although we st

The Amsterdam Chess Open (ACO), taking place from October 24th to 26th at the Corry Tendeloohuis in Amsterdam Zuidoost, has become the largest weekend tournament in the Netherlands. With over 650 entries and a prize pool of over €11,000, the chess tournament is second only to the Tata Steel Chess Tournament. ACO's success is partly due to the enormous popularity of chess among young people. It's only the third edition, but the Amsterdam Chess Open has already surpassed many e

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More than a month before the start of the Amsterdam Chess Open (ACO), the field of participants has already surpassed five hundred. With...

Tim Grutter won the second edition of the Amsterdam Chess Open in 2024. The 21-year-old chess player from Amersfoort recently completed...

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It is now possible to register for the third edition of the Amsterdam Chess Open! The dates are October 24-26, 2025, and the event will...

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No fewer than six players finished in a shared first place in the Amsterdam Chess Open's A group. Tournament leaders FMs Tim Grutter ...

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 Christopher Brookes . Round 3 Because of his draw in the second round, top seed Van den Doel didn't play on the first board anymore. There, we saw the attractive game between Ra

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 Murad Abdulla . Top favourite GM Erik van den Doel already dropped half a point. Foto: Bas Beekhuizen The A-group at the Amsterdam Chess Open saw several surprises right from the

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The second edition of the Amsterdam Chess Open, November 1-3 at the Corry Tendeloohuis in Amsterdam Southeast, will feature two...

The format of the City District Tournament, on October 31 in the Corry Tendeloohuis, has been adjusted to allow for broader...

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Good news, we have managed to increase the capacity of the tournament to 250 participants! The first 50 people on the waiting list will...