31st Dutch Open Chess Solving Championship 2026 (Netherlands, Nunspeet 14.03.2026)

Rank Name Cat.   Country Rating # Title Round  1 - 120' Round  2 - 120' Total - 240 Perf. Rat. +/-
#2 #3 #9 = H#5 S#3 #2 #3 #4 + H#3 S#9 Points
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 60
1 Eddy Van Beers       BEL 2629.43 6 GM 5 5 5 5 5 5 98 5 5 5 1 5 5 120 56 218 2802.90 6.94
2 David Hodge       GBR 2530.05 18 IM 5 4 0 5 2.5 5 120 5 5 5 5 5 5 120 51.5 240 2690.49 6.42
3 Michael Pfannkuche   s   GER 2200.46 100 GM 5 5 - 5 2.5 5 120 5 2 3.75 1 5 - 120 39.25 240 2384.47 7.37
4 Andy Ooms       BEL 2272.55 77 - 5 4 - 5 2.5 5 120 5 4 2.5 1 5 - 120 39 240 2378.22 4.23
5 Joost Michielsen       NED 2344.71 54 - 5 4 - 5 - 4 120 5 3 5 1 5 0 120 37 240 2328.26 -0.66
6 Johan de Boer   s   NED 2176.56 112 FM 5 5 - 1 2.5 4.5 120 5 4 5 0 3.75 - 120 35.75 240 2297.04 4.82
7 Michel Caillaud   s   FRA 2417.87 37 GM 5 3.5 0 2 5 4.5 120 5 0 3.75 1 5 - 120 34.75 240 2272.05 -5.84
8 Dirk Borst   s   NED 2196.83 101 - 5 3.5 0 1 5 5 120 5 4.5 0 1 3.75 - 120 33.75 240 2247.07 2.01
9 Dolf Wissmann   s   NED 2243.68 85 GM 5 0 - 1 5 5 119 5 4.5 3.75 0 3.75 - 120 33 239 2228.34 -0.61
10-11 Dmitrijus Chocenka       LTU 2267.24 78 - 5 4 0 1 2.5 4.5 120 5 0 0 1 5 - 120 28 240 2103.43 -6.56
10-11 Hans Uitenbroek   s   NED 2319.95 63 IM 5 3 - 2 - 0 120 5 4.5 2.5 1 5 - 120 28 240 2103.43 -8.67
12 Wouter van Rijn       NED 2094.19 148 - 5 0 5 5 - 4.5 120 5 0 0 1 1.25 - 118 26.75 238 2072.21 -0.88
13 Jim Wittebol       NED 1807.92 324 - 5 3 - 2 - - 120 5 0 2.5 1 2.5 - 120 21 240 1928.57 4.83
14 Axel Steinbrink   s   GER 2242.84 na - FM 5 0 0 2 - 4 120 5 - 1.25 1 2.5 - 120 20.75 240 1922.32 -12.83
15 Harold van der Heijden   s   NED 1788.24 343 - 5 1.5 0 5 - - 120 5 0 - 1 - - 120 17.5 240 1841.13 2.12
16 Marcel Van Herck   s   BEL 1902.31 255 - 5 0 0 5 - 0 120 5 0 1.25 1 - - 120 17.25 240 1834.89 -2.70
Main Judge: Koen Versmissen          Problems Selected by: Luc Palmans

Date 14.03.2026
Top Ten Average Rating 2346.88
Category 7

Points
Name Country # Points Perf. Rat.
Eddy Van Beers BEL 1 16 2802.90
David Hodge GBR 2 14 2690.49
Michael Pfannkuche GER 3 12 2384.47
Andy Ooms BEL 4 10 2378.22
Joost Michielsen NED 5 8 2328.26
Johan de Boer NED 6 6 2297.04
Michel Caillaud FRA 7 4 2272.05
Dirk Borst NED 8 2 2247.07
Dolf Wissmann NED 9 1 2228.34

Tournaments
# Location Date Name Top 10 Cat. Winners
1 ARM 12.10.2025 2nd Hamlet Amiryan Memorial Tournament 2025 2341.71 7 Danila Pavlov
2 SUI 25.10.2025 40th Open Swiss Solving Championship 2025 2421.78 5 Danila Pavlov
3 BEL 08.11.2025 30th Belgian Solving Championship 2025 2192.92 10 Eddy Van Beers
4 ROU 23.11.2025 Cugir City Championship 1857.09 10 Daniel Dumitrescu
5 POL 11.01.2026 49th International Polish Championship 2026 2568.86 2 Kacper Piorun
6 FIN 14.02.2026 47th Finnish Chess Solving Championship 2026 2119.80 10 Kari Karhunen
7 GBR 21.02.2026 Winton British Solving Championship 2026 2485.99 4 Joost Michielsen
8 NED 14.03.2026 31st Dutch Open Chess Solving Championship 2026 2346.88 7 Eddy Van Beers

Standings
# Name Country Pts. Perf. Rat.
(≤6)
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
# Pts. # Pts. # Pts. # Pts. # Pts. # Pts.
1 Eddy Van Beers BEL 58 2724.89 SUI#2 18 BEL#1 10 GBR#5 14 NED#1 16    
2 David Hodge GBR 46 2602.56 POL#7 14 GBR#3 18 NED#2 14      
3 Joost Michielsen NED 46 2423.70 SUI#6 10 BEL#3 6 GBR#1 22 NED#5 8    
4 Kevinas Kuznecovas LTU 38 2614.51 POL#3 22 GBR#4 16        
5 Danila Pavlov FID 36 2775.91 ARM#1 16 SUI#1 20        
6 Martynas Limontas LTU 34 2509.65 POL#2 24 FIN#3 6 GBR#10 4      
7 Kacper Piorun POL 26 2871.89 POL#1 26          
8 Taras Rudenko UKR 26 2553.11 SUI#3 16 POL#9 10        
9 Piotr Murdzia POL 20 2624.01 POL#4 20          
10 John Nunn GBR 20 2590.36 GBR#2 20          
11 Nikos Sidiropoulos GRE 18 2594.85 POL#5 18          
12 Andy Ooms BEL 18 2426.11 GBR#8 8 NED#4 10        
13 Piotr Górski POL 16 2565.69 POL#6 16          
14 Vidmantas Satkus LTU 16 2425.00 POL#12 4 GBR#6 12        
15 Roland Ott SUI 16 2422.40 SUI#8 6 GBR#7 10        
16 Aleksandr Bulavka FID 14 2709.72 ARM#2 14          
17 Ronald Schäfer GER 14 2552.79 SUI#4 14          
18 Ural Khasanov FID 12 2681.82 ARM#3 12          
19 Jakub Marciniszyn POL 12 2478.20 POL#8 12          
20 Wouter van Rijn NED 12 2422.10 SUI#5 12          
21 Michael Pfannkuche GER 12 2384.47 NED#3 12          
22 Anton Nasyrov FID 10 2619.05 ARM#4 10          
23 Kari Karhunen FIN 10 2579.45 FIN#1 10          
24 Tomáš Peitl SVK 10 2405.30 POL#9 10          
25 Dolf Wissmann NED 10 2340.26 BEL#2 8 GBR#12 1 NED#9 1      
26 Daniel Dumitrescu ROU 10 2182.56 ROU#1 10          
27 Aleksey Popov FID 8 2584.17 ARM#5 8          
28 Jorma Paavilainen FIN 8 2436.02 FIN#2 8          
29 Valery Kopyl UKR 8 2378.53 SUI#7 8          
30 Johan de Boer NED 8 2281.15 BEL#5 2 NED#6 6        
31 Razvan-Andrei Burja-Udrea ROU 8 2114.88 ROU#2 8          
32 Ekaterina Shestakova FID 6 2535.34 ARM#6 6          
33 Jonathan Mestel GBR 6 2435.21 GBR#9 6          
34 Robert Włodarczyk POL 6 2376.13 POL#11 6          
35 Cristian-Daniel Oltean ROU 6 2087.81 ROU#3 6          
36 Thomas Maeder SUI 4 2361.11 SUI#9 4          
37 Darya Efimova FID 4 2319.11 ARM#7 4          
38 Hans Uitenbroek NED 4 2285.80 BEL#4 4          
39 Michel Caillaud FRA 4 2272.05 NED#7 4          
40 Henry Tanner FIN 4 2202.94 FIN#4 4          
41 Matei-Maria Uta ROU 4 2049.46 ROU#4 4          
42 Omer Friedland ISR 2 2406.12 GBR#11 2          
43 Roman Tkhoruk SUI 2 2361.11 SUI#10 2          
44 Stasys Steponavičius LTU 2 2303.23 POL#13 2          
45 Dirk Borst NED 2 2247.07 NED#8 2          
46 Mikalai Sihnevich FID 2 2207.50 ARM#8 2          
47 Terho Marlo FIN 2 2158.12 FIN#5 2          
48 Alexandru Mihalcescu ROU 2 1882.51 ROU#5 2          
49 Arno Zude GER 1 2352.39 SUI#11 1          
50 Marek Kolčák SVK 1 2295.94 POL#14 1          
51 Grigory Filin FID 1 2186.58 ARM#9 1          
52 Jim Wittebol NED 1 2121.43 BEL#6 1          
53 Arvydas Mockus LTU 1 1960.89 FIN#6 1          
53 Janne Syväniemi FIN 1 1960.89 FIN#6 1          
55 Ovidiu Craciun ROU 1 1823.86 ROU#6 1          

ID Tag Difficulty Average 5(Correct Solution) 0 < Pts. < 5 0 (Wrong Solution) - (No Solution)
3 #9 874 0.63 2 0 7 7
12 S#9 874 0.63 2 0 1 13
10 + 774 1.13 1 13 2 0
5 H#5 594 2.03 4 5 0 7
8 #3 544 2.28 2 7 6 1
9 #4 484 2.58 4 8 3 1
2 #3 432 2.84 3 9 4 0
4 = 350 3.25 8 8 0 0
6 S#3 300 3.50 6 6 2 2
11 H#3 282 3.59 8 6 0 2
1 #2 0 5.00 16 0 0 0
7 #2 0 5.00 16 0 0 0


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