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Koen Leenhouts
Leenhouts in 2017
Country Netherlands
Born (1984-01-10) January 10, 1984 (age 40)
Oostburg, Netherlands
Title Grandmaster (2023) [1]
FIDE  rating 2454 (July 2024)
Peak rating2513 (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

  1. ^ "FIDE Title Application (GM)" (PDF).
  2. ^ Kuijpers, Charles (April 8, 2012). "Koen Leenhouts wint OK Snelschaak Zeeland".
  3. ^ l'Ami, Alina (August 21, 2017). "Sandipan at the Netherlands Open".
  4. ^ Boogert, Rudy (August 3, 2017). "Marathonman Leenhouts overtreft zichzelf".
  5. ^ Vervelde, Daniel (April 16, 2023). "Het is eindelijk raak voor Koen Leenhouts: Zeeuwse schaker is grootmeester".
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Koen Leenhouts
Leenhouts in 2017
Country Netherlands
Born (1984-01-10) January 10, 1984 (age 40)
Oostburg, Netherlands
Title Grandmaster (2023) [1]
FIDE  rating 2454 (July 2024)
Peak rating2513 (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

  1. ^ "FIDE Title Application (GM)" (PDF).
  2. ^ Kuijpers, Charles (April 8, 2012). "Koen Leenhouts wint OK Snelschaak Zeeland".
  3. ^ l'Ami, Alina (August 21, 2017). "Sandipan at the Netherlands Open".
  4. ^ Boogert, Rudy (August 3, 2017). "Marathonman Leenhouts overtreft zichzelf".
  5. ^ Vervelde, Daniel (April 16, 2023). "Het is eindelijk raak voor Koen Leenhouts: Zeeuwse schaker is grootmeester".

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