Koen Leenhouts is a Dutch chess grandmaster.
| Koen Leenhouts | |
|---|---|
 Leenhouts in 2017 | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Born | January 10, 1984 Oostburg, Netherlands |
| Title | Grandmaster (2023)[1] |
| FIDE rating | 2454 (July 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2513 (November 2016) |
Chess career
editIn 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
edit- ^ "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".