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← Standings 2025–2026 · Cycle 3 · Updated 2026-06-03

Internal Competition · 2025–2026 · Cycle 3 · Group 3

Paul Castermans

5th

of 8 in Group 3 · rapid

5 / 10 · 50%

Performing 53 points below SJ rating over the last 5 games.

SJ 1917 KNSB 1979 FIDE 1908 Form D

Recent performance

Performance rating 1864 over last 5 games · -53 below SJ (provisional)

Season projection

10,000 simulations · 5 games remaining

Promotion 20.6% Stay in group 77.3% Relegation 2.1%

Still to play

Best win

Defeated Ties Dumont (SJ 2068) in Group 2 · 2024–2025 Cycle 1

All games · this cycle

1 1.5 1 1 0.5
D Bart Plasmans 1–1
W Bas Rosheuvel 1.5–0.5
D Christian Zouridis 1–1
D Lex Karstens 1–1
L Ron de Veen 0.5–1.5

2025–2026 · Cycle 1 · Group 3 3/7 1W 4D 2L
D Bas Rosheuvel 0.5–0.5
L Guus Vermeulen 0–1
D Kienfong Lie Kwie 0.5–0.5
D Lex Karstens 0.5–0.5
W Paul Kramer 1–0
D Pieter Priems 0.5–0.5
L Ron de Veen 0–1
2024–2025 · Cycle 2 · Group 3 3/9 1W 4D 4L
D Arend-Jan Meerwijk 0.5–0.5
L Bart Plasmans 0–1
D Guus Vermeulen 0.5–0.5
L Jasper Kools 0–1
L Jur Gaj 0–1
W Kienfong Lie Kwie 1–0
D Lex Karstens 0.5–0.5
D Michel Timmermans 0.5–0.5
L Pieter Priems 0–1
2024–2025 · Cycle 1 · Group 2 4/9 2W 4D 3L
L Arjen van Amerongen 0–1
D Bart Landolt 0.5–0.5
W Jasper Kools 1–0
D Michel Timmermans 0.5–0.5
L Peggy van Amerongen 0–1
D Ruud Feelders 0.5–0.5
D Sjef van Gestel 0.5–0.5
W Ties Dumont 1–0
L Xiheng Zhang 0–1
2023–2024 · Cycle 3 · Group 2 5.5/14 1W 2D 4L
L Arjen van Amerongen 0.5–1.5
D Bart Plasmans 1–1
L César Becx 0–2
D Lex Karstens 1–1
W Nies Rijnders 2–0
L Reinier Jaquet 0.5–1.5
L Ruud Feelders 0.5–1.5
2023–2024 · Cycle 2 · Group 2 4.5/9 2W 5D 2L
W Bart Plasmans 1–0
L César Becx 0–1
D Hans van Iersel 0.5–0.5
L Jan Otten 0–1
W Kienfong Lie Kwie 1–0
D Pascal Graafmans 0.5–0.5
D Peggy van Amerongen 0.5–0.5
D Pieter Priems 0.5–0.5
D Ties Dumont 0.5–0.5
2023–2024 · Cycle 1 · Group 2 5/10 2W 6D 2L
L Arjen van Amerongen 0–1
L Hans van Iersel 0–1
D Jasper Kools 0.5–0.5
D John Greunsven 0.5–0.5
D Lex Karstens 0.5–0.5
D Nies Rijnders 0.5–0.5
W Patricia de Wit 1–0
D Ruud Feelders 0.5–0.5
W Thomas Kaufmann 1–0
D Ties Dumont 0.5–0.5
2022–2023 · Cycle 3 · Group 2 9/18 4W 1D 4L
L Bart Plasmans 0–2
D Bas Rosheuvel 1–1
W Guus Vermeulen 1.5–0.5
W Hans van Iersel 2–0
W Nies Rijnders 1.5–0.5
L Pascal Graafmans 0.5–1.5
L Peggy van Amerongen 0.5–1.5
L Peter de Wit 0.5–1.5
W Thomas Kaufmann 1.5–0.5
2022–2023 · Cycle 2 · Group 2 4.5/9 2W 5D 2L
L Jasper Kools 0–1
D Jens Korzilius 0.5–0.5
W Michel Timmermans 1–0
W Pascal Graafmans 1–0
L Patricia de Wit 0–1
D Peter de Wit 0.5–0.5
D Reinier Jaquet 0.5–0.5
D Rudolf Kat 0.5–0.5
D Ties Dumont 0.5–0.5
2022–2023 · Cycle 1 · Group 2 4.5/10 3W 3D 4L
W Bas Rosheuvel 1–0
W Bastiaan van de Rijt 1–0
L César Becx 0–1
D Erwin Meeuwsen 0.5–0.5
L Guus Vermeulen 0–1
D Hans van Iersel 0.5–0.5
L Jasper Kools 0–1
D John Greunsven 0.5–0.5
W Joost Op 't Hoog 1–0
L Robin Verhoeven 0–1