The Scheldemond International Chess Tournament
Vlissingen 1 - 8 August 2026

The sunniest chess tournament in the Netherlands – also in 2026!

We are fully booked, so automatic registration is no longer available. There are usually a few cancellations in the days leading up to the tournament. If you would like to be placed on the waiting list, please send us a message using the contact form. 

* * * Friday 31 July 20:00: opning simul by GM Erwin L'Ami * * * 
                 register using our contact form

A new name, a new playing hall, but otherwise the same format and virtually the same enthusiastic group of volunteers as in previous years! After 27 editions in the Atrium of HZ University of Applied Sciences, we are moving this year to the sports hall of Scheldemond College, a secondary school that is happy to provide space for top-level sport in all its forms.

Regular participants in Vlissingen already know: most rounds are played in the evening, and Vlissingen is the city with the highest average number of sunshine hours in the Netherlands. A perfect opportunity to combine playing in a chess tournament with a (beach) holiday on the Zeeland coast!

With all players competing in one large group, club players have the chance to face an International Master or Grandmaster, while ambitious players have the opportunity to achieve a title norm.

Early registrants pay a reduced entry fee! And as if inflation doesn’t exist in Zeeland: the entry fees are exactly the same as last year!

The results will be submitted to FIDE and the KNSB for rating processing.

Location

The tournament location is the Scheldemond College, Wielingen building, Weyevlietplein 7-13, 4385 CH Vlissingen.

More information can be found on our page Information

From 1 to 8 August 2026: chess in Vlissingen!