This week

Bram Faes secures a second straight promotion

Bram Faes finishes top of Group 4 on 10/12 and climbs to Group 3 — his second promotion in a row, a rare back-to-back rise, and one of the standout overperformances of the cycle relative to rating.

Rens Zuiderwijk is up to Group 1

Leading Group 2 on 9.5/12, Rens Zuiderwijk has secured promotion to the top group with rounds still to play.

Anatoliy Babic surges to 6 out of 7

A clean rook-endgame win takes Anatoliy Babic to 6/7 in Group 5, among the standout overperformers of the cycle.

Toon Stuart waits it out

Finished for the cycle on 7.5/11, Toon Stuart now watches from holiday to see whether it holds for the third promotion spot in Group 5.

Baselmans brothers lead Group 1

Luuk Baselmans tops Group 1 on 10.5/14, just ahead of brother Sam on 9.5/12 — the title race still tight.

2026-06-03 · results

Group 1 Rapid

2157	Bob Jansen	1 – 1	Robin Verhoeven	2071
2052	Simon de Graauw	½ – 1½	Luuk Baselmans	2368

Group 2 Rapid

1936

Alek Dabrowski

0 – 2

César Becx

2005

Group 3 Rapid

1886	Bart Plasmans	2 – 0	Lex Karstens	1892
1889	Ron de Veen	1 – 1	Tijn Verhoeven	1793

Group 4 Rapid

1812	Bastiaan van de Rijt	1 – 1	Maarten Werkhoven	1831
1800	Joost Op 't Hoog	1 – 1	Hans Thönissen	1681
1717	Bram Faes	1 – 1	Kienfong Lie Kwie	1801

Group 5 White vs Black Classical

1718	Jeroen van der Rijt	0 – 1	Jan Verbiest	1586
1718	Emil Voorhorst	1 – 0	Aron Maes	1675
1774	Toon Stuart	1 – 0	Ömer Erkul	1707
1648	Nergiz Nabibaks	0 – 1	Ivar van der Heide	1648
1603	Sam van Dijk	0 – 1	Anatoliy Babic	1685

Group 6 White vs Black Classical

1601	Lino Sanguino	1 – 0	Jeffrey van Huijgevoort	1560
1502	Pim Hulsman	1 – 0	Robert Smulders	1622
1472	Adriaan Aerts	1 – 0	Frans Postmes	1549

Group 7 White vs Black Classical

1359	Bert Wels	0 – 1	Theo van den Hoek	1424
1416	Hans van Driel	½ – ½	Magic van Heeswijk	1502
1457	Wil Wouts	1 – 0	Frans Pistorius	1332
1304	Roy Verheem	½ – ½	Nieklo Laarman	1473

Group 8 White vs Black Classical

1404	Paul Vermee	1 – 0	Jeanette van Kessel	1277
1354	Cas Leeuwenberg	0 – 1	Nick van Noppen	1287
1387	Maddy van der Linden	1 – 0	Toine van den Hurk	1129
1326	Thijs van Asperen	1 – 0	Kees Mills	1164
1081	Daan Brekelmans	0 – 1	Siebe van Meer	1247

The leaders

SJ rating Performers

active this cycle · includes juniors

#	Player	SJ	Δ wk	App	Peak	Best
1	Luuk Baselmans	2368	-3	7	2379	1
2	Bertalan Bokorovics	2260	0	7	2261	2
3	Sam Baselmans	2228	0	7	2243	3
4	Xiheng Zhang	2175	0	7	2175	4
5	Bob Jansen	2157	-3	7	2160	4
6	Robin Verhoeven	2071	+3	7	2081	6
7	Ties Dumont	2068	0	7	2068	6
8	Simon de Graauw	2052	+3	7	2055	8
9	Rens Zuiderwijk	2013	0	7	2013	9
10	César Becx	2005	+9	7	2037	9

recent form · biggest overperformers · juniors excluded · min 7 games

#	Player	Perf	SJ	Gap	N
1	Anatoliy Babic	1911	1685	+226	14
2	Bram Faes	1878	1717	+161	15
3	Gina Rijpma	1394	1279	+115	16
4	Jeanette van Kessel	1385	1277	+108	11
5	Bertalan Bokorovics	2367	2260	+107	10
6	Jip van Maurik	1557	1464	+93	18
7	Pim Hulsman	1581	1502	+79	16
8	Hans van Iersel	2002	1926	+76	14
9	Peggy van Amerongen	2065	1992	+73	13
10	Erwin Meeuwsen	1928	1857	+71	14