Koen Leenhouts
Dutch chess grandmaster (born 1984)
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Country | Netherlands |
Born | (1984-01-10) January 10, 1984 (age 40) Oostburg, Netherlands |
Title | Grandmaster (2023)[1] |
FIDE rating | 2450 (September 2024) |
Peak rating | 2513 (November 2016) |
Koen Leenhouts is a Dutch chess grandmaster.
Chess career
In April 2012, he won the Zeeland Rapid Open tournament, finishing with a score of 3 points over second place.[2]
In August 2017, he tied for first place with Sandipan Chanda at the Netherlands Open, but was ranked in second place due to tiebreaks.[3] This secured him his first GM norm.[4]
In April 2023, he achieved his final GM norm at the Belgian Interclubs; the same tournament in which he achieved his second GM norm.[5]
References
- ^ "FIDE Title Application (GM)" (PDF).
- ^ Kuijpers, Charles (April 8, 2012). "Koen Leenhouts wint OK Snelschaak Zeeland".
- ^ l'Ami, Alina (August 21, 2017). "Sandipan at the Netherlands Open".
- ^ Boogert, Rudy (August 3, 2017). "Marathonman Leenhouts overtreft zichzelf".
- ^ Vervelde, Daniel (April 16, 2023). "Het is eindelijk raak voor Koen Leenhouts: Zeeuwse schaker is grootmeester".
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Dutch Grandmasters
Chess players for the Netherlands with the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM)
- Thomas Beerdsen
- Benjamin Bok
- Daan Brandenburg
- Twan Burg
- Martijn Dambacher
- Erik van den Doel
- Jan Hein Donner
- Sipke Ernst
- Max Euwe
- Jorden van Foreest
- Lucas van Foreest
- Anish Giri
- Hugo ten Hertog
- Ruud Janssen
- Harmen Jonkman
- Robin van Kampen
- Robby Kevlishvili
- David Klein
- Erwin l'Ami
- Koen Leenhouts
- Friso Nijboer
- Peng Zhaoqin
- Jeroen Piket
- Lodewijk Prins
- Roeland Pruijssers
- Hans Ree
- Dimitri Reinderman
- Casper Schoppen
- Jan Smeets
- Ivan Sokolov
- Maarten Solleveld
- Gennadi Sosonko
- Wouter Spoelman
- Daniël Stellwagen
- Paul van der Sterren
- Robin Swinkels
- Jan Timman
- Sergei Tiviakov
- Yge Visser
- Dennis de Vreugt
- Liam Vrolijk
- Max Warmerdam
- Karel van der Weide
- Loek van Wely
- Jan Werle
- John van der Wiel
- See also: List of chess grandmasters
- Category:Dutch chess players