Elias Ruzhansky clear first at Groningen Chess Festival Open 2025, Vignesh N R shares second place
IM Elias Ruzhansky (BEL) scored an unbeaten 7/9 to win Chess Festival Groningen Open A (>2100) 2025. He finished a half point ahead of the rest. GM Valery Kazakouski (LTU), GM Vignesh N R and FM Mykola Korchynskyi (GER) scored 6.5/9 each. They shared second place. The total prize fund in Open A was €8000. The top three prizes were €2500 + 'The Silver Zwanepol', €1500 and €900 each. The ten-day nine-round Swiss league rating tournament was organized by Stichting Schaakfestival Groningen Sportcentrum RUG & Hanze in Groningen, Netherlands from 21st to 30th December 2026. Rest day was on 25th December. GM Prraneeth Vuppala and GM P Shyaam Nikhil are the only two other Indians to make a top ten finish. They scored 6/9 each and shared fifth place four other players. Photo: Groningen Chess Festival
Emmanuel Rajkumar clinches Compact C with a 100% score
Emmanuel Rajkumar scored a perfect 5/5 to win Compact C Rating tournament. He finished a full point ahead of the rest. The prize fund in each Compact group was €550 with the first prize being €250.
A total of 63 players including six GMs, twelve IMs and a WGM participated from 13 countries across the world. The ten-day nine-round Swiss league Rating tournament was organized by Stichting Schaakfestival Groningen at Sportcentrum RUG & Hanze in Groningen, Netherlands from 21st to 30th December 2025. Rest day was on 25th December. The time control for the event was 40 moves in 90 minutes + 30 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.
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Final standings in Open A
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | IM | Ruzhansky, Elias | BEL | 2432 | 7 | 0 | 51 | 38,5 |
| 2 | 1 | GM | Kazakouski, Valery | LTU | 2585 | 6,5 | 1 | 51 | 35,5 |
| 3 | 5 | GM | Vignesh, N R | IND | 2488 | 6,5 | 2 | 52 | 36 |
| 4 | 12 | FM | Korchynskyi, Mykola | GER | 2418 | 6,5 | 3 | 50 | 34,5 |
| 5 | 3 | GM | Bernadskiy, Vitaliy | UKR | 2522 | 6 | 0 | 53 | 33,75 |
| 6 | 6 | GM | Prraneeth, Vuppala | IND | 2469 | 6 | 0 | 50,5 | 31,5 |
| 7 | 8 | IM | Manafov, Vugar | AZE | 2438 | 6 | 0 | 48 | 30,75 |
| 8 | 4 | IM | Babazada, Khazar | AZE | 2507 | 6 | 0 | 47 | 29 |
| 9 | 15 | GM | Shyaam, Nikhil P | IND | 2400 | 6 | 0 | 46 | 29 |
| 10 | 7 | IM | Martins, David Pires Tavares | POR | 2443 | 6 | 0 | 45 | 27,25 |
A total of 32 players participated from five countries across the world. The five-day five-round Swiss league Rating tournament was organized by Stichting Schaakfestival Groningen at Sportcentrum RUG & Hanze in Groningen, Netherlands from 26th to 30th December 2025. The time control for the event was 40 moves in 90 minutes + 30 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.
Final standings in Compact C
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | RtgI | RtgN | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 24 | Rajkumar, Emmanuel | IND | 1551 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 15,5 | 15,5 | |
| 2 | 1 | Van Den Heuvel, Annelies | NED | 1781 | 1755 | 4 | 0 | 15,5 | 10,5 | |
| 3 | 5 | Gay, Aurore | NED | 1658 | 1712 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 11 | |
| 4 | 22 | Badgujar, Rudra | NED | 0 | 1603 | 3,5 | 0 | 16 | 10,75 |
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