Anish Giri is the 2023 Dutch champion. He won the final against Jorden van Foreest, but only after a dramatic tiebreak. Bianca Muhren-De Jong, president of the Dutch federation, congratulates. | Photos: Harry Gielen
The Dutch Championships and the Dutch Women's Championships are played in parallel, but in different modes. The Open is a knockout tournament with mini matches and has reached the semi-finals. In the women's tournament, Eline Roebers (pictured right) was the clear winner and became the new Dutch Women's Champion. Last Wednesday's hurricane also wreaked havoc on the women's championship. | Photos: Harry Gielen
In his Game of the Week show #575 Merijn van Delft takes a look at the Dutch Championships, in which Anish Giri once again impressed with fine play and superb preparation. | Merijn’s show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can <a href="https://account.chessbase.com/en/create-account" target=" blank">register a Premium account here</a>.
The second edition of the Menorca Chess Open is taking place on April 11-16 at the Princesa Playa Hotel on the Balearic island of Menorca. Defending champion Dommaraju Gukesh returned to the paradisaic Spanish town, where he is joined by a number of formidable players i.e. Hans Niemann (pictured), Jorden van Foreest and Vladimir Fedoseev, among others. | Photo: Amruta Mokal
In his “Game of the Week” show #555, Merijn van Delft takes a look at a complex and fascinating game that Max Warmerdam and Jorden van Foreest played in the Dutch League. | Merijn’s show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can <a href="https://account.chessbase.com/en/create-account" target=" blank">register a Premium account here</a>.