TWIC is 31. First issue 17th September 1994.
Netherland Chess Championship 2026 (Final)
Sergei Tiviakov wins his fourth Netherlands Chess Championship
Mark Crowther - Saturday 11th July 2026
Liam Vrolijk against Sergei Tiviakov in the final. Photo © Frits Agterdenbos. | https://theweekinchess.com
Sergei Tiviakov was the surprise winner of the 2026 Netherlands Chess Championships held at the Renaissance Amsterdam Schiphol Airport Hotel. Whilst the event was missing the strongest two players, Anish Giri and Jordan van Foreest, it was a pretty respectable field and Tiviakov was the eighth seed.
Tiviakov beat IM Eelke De Boer in the first round. In the second he lost the first game to Erwin L'Ami but recovered in a must win game two before winning the blitz (5m+2spm) tie-breaks 1.5-0.5. He beat Eric Van den Doel 1.5-0.5 in the semi-finals. His opponent in the final was another surprise, 9th seed 24-year-old Liam Vrolijk. The two classical games were drawn before Tiviakov won the two blitz games to take the title.
53-year-old Sergei Tiviakov is not as active as before and his rating has fallen in recent years. This is Tiviakov's fourth title (2006, 2007, 2018, 2026). He has written three books in the "Rock Solid" series with Julia Gokbulut.
The women's event was a little less of a surprise, the top four seeds reached the semi-finals but there the ratings underdogs both won, Anna-Maja Kazarian beating Eline Roebers and Machteld Van Foreest beating Zhaoqin Peng after a blitz tie-break. Van Foreest won the final 2-0.
| ch-NED KO 2026 Amsterdam NED Sat 4th Jul 2026 - Sat 11th Jul 2026
Leading Final Round 4 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Pts |
| Final | ||
| 1 | Tiviakov, Sergei | 3.0 |
| 2 | Vrolijk, Liam | 1.0 |
| Semi-final | ||
| 1 | Tiviakov, Sergei | 1.5 |
| 2 | Van den Doel, Erik | 0.5 |
| 1 | Vrolijk, Liam | 4.0 |
| 2 | Warmerdam, Max | 2.0 |
| Quarter-final | ||
| 1 | Van den Doel, Erik | 1.5 |
| 2 | Sokolov, Ivan | 0.5 |
| 1 | Tiviakov, Sergei | 2.5 |
| 2 | L'Ami, Erwin | 1.5 |
| 1 | Warmerdam, Max | 3.0 |
| 2 | Van Wely, Loek | 1.0 |
| 1 | Vrolijk, Liam | 4.0 |
| 2 | Ernst, Sipke | 2.0 |
| Round 1 | ||
| 1 | Sokolov, Ivan | 2.5 |
| 2 | Burg, Twan | 1.5 |
| 1 | Van den Doel, Erik | 2.0 |
| 2 | Swinkels, Robin | 0.0 |
| 1 | L'Ami, Erwin | 2.0 |
| 2 | Ten Hertog, Hugo | 0.0 |
| 1 | Tiviakov, Sergei | 1.5 |
| 2 | De Boer, Eelke | 0.5 |
| 1 | Warmerdam, Max | 2.0 |
| 2 | Slagboom, Leandro | 0.0 |
| 1 | Van Wely, Loek | 2.0 |
| 2 | Beerdsen, Thomas | 0.0 |
| 1 | Ernst, Sipke | 1.5 |
| 2 | De Winter, Arthur | 0.5 |
| 1 | Vrolijk, Liam | 1.5 |
| 2 | Schoppen, Casper | 0.5 |
| 16 players | ||
| ch-NED w 2026 Amsterdam NED Sat 4th Jul 2026 - Sat 11th Jul 2026
Leading Final Round 4 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Pts |
| Final | ||
| 1 | Van Foreest, Machteld | 2.0 |
| 2 | Kazarian, Anna-Maja | 0.0 |
| Semi-final | ||
| 1 | Van Foreest, Machteld | 4.0 |
| 2 | Peng, Zhaoqin | 2.0 |
| 1 | Kazarian, Anna-Maja | 1.5 |
| 2 | Roebers, Eline | 0.5 |
| Quarter-final | ||
| 1 | Van Foreest, Machteld | 2.0 |
| 2 | Duson, Robin | 0.0 |
| 1 | Peng, Zhaoqin | 2.0 |
| 2 | De Mie, Mariska | 0.0 |
| 1 | Roebers, Eline | 1.5 |
| 2 | Den Heijer, Rolinde | 0.5 |
| 1 | Kazarian, Anna-Maja | 1.5 |
| 2 | Keetman, Maaike | 0.5 |
| Round 1 | ||
| 1 | Duson, Robin | 1.5 |
| 2 | Otten, Colleen | 0.5 |
| 1 | De Mie, Mariska | 3.0 |
| 2 | Feng, Elysia | 1.0 |
| 1 | Den Heijer, Rolinde | 1.5 |
| 2 | Waardenburg, Marlinde | 0.5 |
| 1 | Keetman, Maaike | 2.0 |
| 2 | Shendrik, Zhanna | 0.0 |
| 12 players | ||
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