Between 14 and 23 December the
Dutch Championship 2023 was played in Drachten. The tournament was won by
Jan Groenendijk with 19 points in 13 games, before
Alexander Baliakin also with 19 points. The third and fourth place were for
Jitse Slump and
Martijn van IJzendoorn, both with 16 points. The final standings can be found on
Toernooibase. Groenendijk won the title after a hard fought barrage with Baliakin. The first 5 games ended in a draw, before Baliakin finally collapsed in a very complicated game. Take a look at some fragments from the tournament. Note that the comments are in Dutch(!)
round 1 round 2 round 3 round 4 round 5 round 6 round 7 round 8 round 9 round 10 round 11 round 12 round 13 barrage. Also, don't forget to take a look at the entertaining and high quality comments of former world champion
Harm Wiersma on
YouTube.