GM Narayanan S L convincing at the Groningen Chess Open 2024

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The Groningen Chess Open 2024 was played from 21st to 30th December in Groningen, a city in the northern Netherlands. The event was played in 9 rounds, swiss system, with the prize pool exceeding 8.000 eur.

In a competition of 65 players coming from 13 countries, the top seeded GM Narayanan S L (India, 2647) emerged as the sole Winner of the event with the score of 7/9 points and claimed the top prize of 2.500 euros. Narayanan went unbeaten in the tournament, and had a half a point edge over four players who tied for second place: GM Thomas Beerdsen (Netherlands, 2502), IM Nick Maatman (Netherlands, 2375), IM Anto Cristiano Manish (India, 2296) and IM Theo Stijve (Switzerland, 2396).

WIM Machteld Van Foreest (Netherlands, 2309) was the best-ranked women in the field with the score of 6 points. 17-year-old Dutch rising star had a great event which finished with a brilliant victory over GM Valery Kazakouski (Lithuania, 2567). With a fantastic TPR of 2493, Machteld earned her first IM norm. WGM Kateryna Dolzhykova (Germany, 2322) was the second-ranked women in the tournament with the score of 4.5 points.

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Photos by Harry Gielen

Final standings – Groningen Chess Open 2024:

Rk.		Name	sex	FED	Rtg	Pts.
1	GM	Narayanan, S L		IND	2647	7
2	GM	Beerdsen, Thomas		NED	2502	6.5
3	IM	Maatman, Nick		NED	2375	6.5
4	IM	Manish, Anto Cristiano F		IND	2296	6.5
5	IM	Stijve, Theo		SUI	2396	6.5
6	IM	De Winter, Arthur		NED	2446	6
7	WIM	Van Foreest, Machteld	w	NED	2309	6
8	IM	Mitusov, Semen		NOR	2465	6
9	IM	Pham, Khoi		NED	2285	5.5
10	GM	Poetsch, Hagen		GER	2491	5.5
11	FM	Elgersma, Onno		NED	2322	5.5
12	GM	Schoppen, Casper		NED	2539	5.5
13	FM	Kollen, Zyon		NED	2344	5.5
14	FM	Koster, Ramon		NED	2330	5.5
15		Labruyere, Roger		NED	2344	5.5
16	FM	Smeets, Kobe		NED	2349	5.5
17	IM	De Jong, Migchiel		NED	2275	5.5
18	FM	Albers, Sasa		NED	2268	5
19		Vijayakumar, Rishi		SCO	2204	5
20		Cernov, Henrik		GER	2187	5
21	GM	Kazakouski, Valery		LTU	2567	5
22	FM	Weber, Samuel		GER	2263	5
23		Madularea, David		NED	2245	5
24	FM	Ritzerveld, Noah		NED	2182	5
25	FM	Slagboom, Leandro		NED	2370	5
26	FM	Schoorl, Rob		NED	2295	5
27	FM	Van Der Hagen, Loek		NED	2315	5
28	GM	Laxman, R.R.		IND	2310	4.5
29	FM	Palchuk, Andrii		UKR	2372	4.5
30		Kazarjan, Gachatur		NED	2067	4.5
31	WGM	Dolzhykova, Kateryna	w	GER	2322	4.5
32	IM	De Boer, Eelke		NED	2426	4.5
33		Mareau, Timothe		FRA	2168	4.5
34	IM	Sharma, Dinesh K.		IND	2200	4.5
35	CM	De Boer, Bas		NED	2157	4.5
36		Bakija, Alan		NED	2233	4.5
37		Okuno, Rion		JPN	2027	4
		Ten Dam, Bram		NED	2002	4
39		Khoo-Thwe, Louis		NOR	2124	4
40		Kanis, Sierk		NED	2116	4
41	FM	Duijker, Rick		NED	2146	4
42		Van Rootselaar, Rik		NED	2265	4
43	FM	Van Roon, Sjoerd		NED	2285	4
44		Boeren, Jurriaan		NED	2147	4
45		Grooten, Tommy		NED	2153	3.5
46		Noordenbos, Daan		NED	2130	3.5
47		Keuning, Selwin		NED	2180	3.5
48		Zecha, Oscar		NED	2134	3.5
49		Ivanov, Dmytro		BEL	2288	3.5
50	IM	Grooten, Herman		NED	2183	3.5
51		Avetisyan, Ani	w	ARM	2059	3.5
52		Duson, Robin	w	NED	2159	3.5
53		Spit, Vincent		NED	2113	3.5
54		Schilstra, Laurens		NED	2150	3.5
55		Mohammed, Dilshad		IND	2078	3
56	FM	Ratsma, Midas		NED	2326	3
57		Van Helvoort, Rob		NED	2135	3
58	FM	Wempe, Joost		NED	2233	2.5
59		Nicolai, Amir		NED	2156	2.5
60		Ponnio, Toni		FIN	2111	2.5
61		Groenewoud, Joel		NED	2058	2.5
62		Wouters, Casper		NED	2110	2.5
63	FM	Mostertman, Milan		NED	2244	2
64		Hummel, Paul		NED	2160	2
65		Jakhari, Ansh		NED	2126	0.5