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The 53rd Groningen Chess Festival took place 21st to 30th December 2015. Jorden Van Foreest edged out Sundar M. Shyam on tie-break after both scored 7.5/9. Sipke Ernst beat Lucas Van Foreest in the University Challenge match 5-1 winning the last four games.

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53rd Groningen Open 2015 Groningen NED Mon 21st Dec 2015 - Wed 30th Dec 2015 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts	TB1	TB2	TPR
1	Van Foreest, Jorden	IM	NED	2547	1	1	1	1	½	1	1	0	1	7.5	51.5	42.25	2690
2	Shyam, Sundar M.	GM	IND	2485	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	½	1	7.5	53.5	43.0	2682
3	Boruchovsky, Avital	GM	ISR	2540	1	1	1	0	1	½	1	1	0	6.5	53.0	37.0	2564
4	Golubov, Saveliy	IM	RUS	2452	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	½	6.5	49.0	34.75	2506
5	Brink, Barry		NED	2360	1	1	0	½	1	1	0	1	1	6.5	46.0	29.5	2448
6	Maris, Ivo	FM	NED	2352	1	½	½	1	0	½	1	1	1	6.5	45.5	31.0	2404
7	Kuipers, Stefan	IM	NED	2398	½	1	½	0	1	1	1	1	½	6.5	42.0	29.5	2434
8	Petrov, Nikita	IM	RUS	2456	1	1	0	1	1	½	½	½	½	6.0	53.0	32.5	2513
9	Kasparov, Sergey	GM	BLR	2485	1	1	½	1	1	0	½	1	0	6.0	47.5	28.5	2473
10	Baskin, Robert	FM	GER	2351	1	1	½	½	0	½	1	1	½	6.0	44.0	26.5	2442
11	Werle, Jan	GM	NED	2542	1	1	1	1	½	1	0	0	0	5.5	56.0	31.75	2499
12	Lobzhanidze, Davit	IM	GEO	2425	1	½	1	½	1	0	1	0	½	5.5	48.0	26.25	2398
13	De Jong, Migchiel	IM	NED	2336	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	½	5.5	45.0	24.0	2392
14	Maatman, Nick		NED	2258	1	0	1	0	½	1	1	1	0	5.5	43.5	21.75	2369
15	Chen, Pengyu	FM	AUS	2289	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	½	5.5	43.0	22.25	2344
16	Warmerdam, Max	FM	NED	2335	½	0	½	½	1	½	1	½	1	5.5	38.5	24.0	2227
17	Soors, Stef	IM	BEL	2398	1	½	1	½	1	0	½	0	½	5.0	48.0	24.75	2322
18	Amesz, Jaap		NED	2166	0	1	0	1	1	½	½	½	½	5.0	47.0	23.75	2348
19	Von Meijenfeldt, Bart	FM	NED	2283	1	0	1	½	½	1	0	½	½	5.0	46.0	22.75	2346
20	Beerdsen, Thomas	FM	NED	2323	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	½	½	5.0	45.5	21.25	2326
21	Gedajlovic, Max	FM	CAN	2302	1	½	½	0	½	1	0	1	½	5.0	45.0	22.0	2317
22	Van Osch, Mees		NED	2289	0	1	1	1	0	1	½	0	½	5.0	44.5	23.0	2321
23	Ypma, Peter		NED	2228	1	½	1	½	0	½	1	0	½	5.0	44.5	22.5	2363
24	Liu, Yi	FM	AUS	2306	1	0	1	½	½	1	0	½	½	5.0	44.0	20.5	2322
25	Berkovich, Mark A	IM	ISR	2353	1	½	1	0	1	0	0	½	1	5.0	43.0	21.5	2256
26	Kevlishvili, Robby	FM	NED	2351	½	1	1	1	0	0	½	0	1	5.0	43.0	20.5	2260
27	Pruijssers, Roeland	GM	NED	2489	0	1	1	½	1	0	0	1	½	5.0	42.0	23.5	2274
28	Kerigan, Demre	IM	TUR	2374	1	1	0	½	½	0	1	½	½	5.0	42.0	21.5	2301
29	Schoppen, Casper		NED	2305	1	0	½	½	1	½	1	0	½	5.0	41.5	20.0	2266
30	Kalaiyalahan, Akshaya		ENG	2157	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	½	½	5.0	41.0	19.5	2265
31	Bollen, Guus		NED	2135	½	0	½	0	½	1	1	1	½	5.0	37.0	19.75	2242
32	Afek, Yochanan	IM	ISR	2267	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	5.0	37.0	18.0	2170
33	Gerlagh, Joris		NED	2159	1	½	½	0	1	½	0	0	1	4.5	43.5	20.25	2299
34	Sparenberg, Erik		NED	2110	0	½	½	0	+	1	½	1	0	4.5	41.0	17.75	2222
35	Kokje, Joris		NED	1975	1	½	0	0	½	1	½	0	1	4.5	40.5	18.5	2229
36	Kasparova, Tatiana	WIM	BLR	2158	0	1	½	1	0	0	1	0	1	4.5	40.5	16.0	2207
37	Saravanan, V.	IM	IND	2283	½	1	0	1	0	½	½	1	0	4.5	40.0	18.75	2198
38	Bezemer, Arno	FM	NED	2287	½	½	1	½	½	0	½	½	½	4.5	39.5	18.5	2161
39	Heemskerk, Wim	FM	NED	2181	0	1	½	1	0	½	½	½	½	4.5	39.5	17.5	2193
40	Bianco, Valerio		ITA	2035	1	0	½	0	0	½	1	1	½	4.5	38.5	17.5	2192
41	Dehn, Marcus		GER	2152	0	1	0	½	1	0	0	1	+	4.5	37.5	15.75	2116
42	Hommes, Elmar		NED	2078	½	0	½	0	1	0	½	1	1	4.5	35.0	15.75	2175
43	Van Meegen, Ruud		NED	2111	0	0	½	1	1	0	1	½	½	4.5	34.5	13.0	2173
44	Vrolijk, Liam		NED	2094	½	1	1	0	½	½	0	½	0	4.0	45.0	18.25	2295
45	Boer, Alef		NED	2125	0	1	1	½	½	0	½	0	½	4.0	40.0	16.25	2215
46	Bhattacharjee, Sourav		NED	2067	0	1	0	½	½	1	0	1	0	4.0	38.5	14.25	2198
47	Theulings, Paul-Peter	CM	NED	2182	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	4.0	37.5	15.0	2064
48	Keetman, Maaike		NED	2087	0	½	½	0	1	½	0	½	1	4.0	35.0	13.75	2108
49	Taal, Rieks		NED	2071	0	0	½	1	½	½	0	½	1	4.0	35.0	13.0	2089
50	Ratsma, Midas		NED	2131	½	1	0	1	½	0	0	0	½	3.5	44.5	17.0	2193
74 players

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van Foreest vs Ernst m Groningen NED Mon 21st Dec 2015 - Wed 30th Dec 2015 Leading Final Round 6 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	1	2	3	4	5	6	Pts
1	Ernst, Sipke	GM	NED	2531	=	=	1	1	1	1	5
2	Van Foreest, Lucas		NED	2320	=	=	0	0	0	0	1
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