The Scheldemond International Chess Tournament
Vlissingen 1 - 8 August 2026
The sunniest chess tournament in the Netherlands – also in 2026!

1st place for Raunak Sadhwani
Useful links:
games on chess.com
games on Lichess
PGN-files

picture: Tina Rouwendal
Winners of the Thinkers Publishing book prizes:
Prize winners of Round 1:
Youth Prize: Jules van Rossem
David versus Goliath Prize: Jakob Rahn (defeated an opponent with 368 more ELO rating points)
Prize winners of Round 2:
Youth Prize: Ee Kai Low
David versus Goliath prize: Ben Kaufmann (defeated an opponent with 332 more ELO rating points)
Prize winners of Round 3:
Youth prize: Thodge Aarav
David versus Goliath prize: Gerard Snijders (defeated an opponent with 351 more ELO rating points)
Prize winners of Round 4:
Youth prize: Jinchen Zhang
David versus Goliath prize: Lara de Boer (defeated an opponent with 345 more ELO rating points)
Prize winners of Round 5:
Youth prize: Kilian Rose
David versus Goliath prize: Jitze Orije (defeated an opponent with 218 more ELO rating points)
Prize winners of Round 6:
Youth prize: Willem de Boer
David versus Goliath prize: Jayden Breider (defeated an opponent with 255 more ELO rating points)
Prize winners of Round 7:
Youth prize: Fabian Roth
David versus Goliath prize: Niels Brand (defeated an opponent with 241 more ELO rating points)
Prize winners of Round 8:
Youth prize: Zixuan Zhang
David versus Goliath prize: Danilo Bolleman (defeated an opponent with 316 more ELO rating points)
Prize winners of Round 9:
Youth prize: Frederick Noah Hausrath
David versus Goliath prize: Abel Drenthen (defeated an opponent with 217 more ELO rating points)
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