Sam van Dijk

Best finish: 7th in Group 5, 2025–2026 · 4 / 9

De Stukkenjagers · now in Group 6

Tilburg Chess Notes

Updated 2026-09-23

2nd

of 11 in Group 6 · classical

2.5 / 4 · 62%

SJ 1616 KNSB 1625 Form W L D W
Win % 59%
Best finish 7th Group 5
Best score 94% Group 7 · 2024–2025
Cycles won 5 Group 6 · Group 7 ×4
Decisive % 90%

In our records · 11 cycles since 2022 · 94 games (55–9–30)

Recent performance

Performance rating 1625 over last 15 games · +9 above SJ

Season projection

10,000 simulations · 39 games remaining

Promotion 30.6% Stay in group 60.8% Relegation 8.5%

Still to play

Best win

Defeated Toon Stuart (SJ 1785) in Group 5 · 2025–2026 Cycle 2

All games · this cycle

1 1 0.5 0
W Ivar van der Heide 1–0
W Jan Verbiest 1–0
D Magic van Heeswijk 0.5–0.5
L Ömer Erkul 0–1

2025–2026 · Cycle 3 · Group 5 2/6 1W 2D 3L
W Aron Maes 1–0
L Guus Vermeulen 0–1
D Ivar van der Heide 0.5–0.5
L Jeroen van der Rijt 0–1
D Toon Stuart 0.5–0.5
L Ömer Erkul 0–1
2025–2026 · Cycle 2 · Group 5 4/9 3W 2D 4L
D Aron Maes 0.5–0.5
L Bram Faes 0–1
W Frans Postmes 1–0
W Guus van Heck 1–0
L Hans Thönissen 0–1
L Maciej Cios 0–1
D Maurick Reuser 0.5–0.5
L Robert Smulders 0–1
W Toon Stuart 1–0
2025–2026 · Cycle 1 · Group 6 7/8 7W 0D 1L
W Jan Verbiest 1–0
L Jeffrey van Huijgevoort 0–1
W Lino Sanguino 1–0
W Maciej Cios 1–0
W Magic van Heeswijk 1–0
W Nieklo Laarman 1–0
W Stefan Rietbergen 1–0
W Wil Wouts 1–0
2024–2025 · Cycle 3 · Group 7 7.5/8 7W 1D 0L
W Bert Wels 1–0
W Jan Bergsma 1–0
W Lam Phuc Nguyen 1–0
W Maddy van der Linden 1–0
W Paul Vermee 1–0
W Theo van den Hoek 1–0
D Wil Wouts 0.5–0.5
W Çakir Kaya 1–0
2024–2025 · Cycle 2 · Group 6 3/9 2W 2D 5L
L Bram Faes 0–1
L Ivar van der Heide 0–1
L Laurens van Ballegooijen 0–1
D Maciej Cios 0.5–0.5
L Matthijs Muis 0–1
W Paul Vermee 1–0
W Stefan Rietbergen 1–0
L Ton van den Heuvel 0–1
D Ömer Erkul 0.5–0.5
2024–2025 · Cycle 1 · Group 7 7/9 7W 0D 2L
W Gerard Tax 1–0
W Jan Bergsma 1–0
L Lam Phuc Nguyen 0–1
L Laurens van Ballegooijen 0–1
W Maddy van der Linden 1–0
W Magic van Heeswijk 1–0
W Paul Vermee 1–0
W Theo van den Hoek 1–0
W Wil Wouts 1–0
2023–2024 · Cycle 3 · Group 6 2.5/8 2W 1D 5L
W Bram Faes 1–0
L Christian Zouridis 0–1
L Frank Adriaanse 0–1
D Jan Verbiest 0.5–0.5
L Laurens van Ballegooijen 0–1
L Maddy van der Linden 0–1
L Nergiz Nabibaks 0–1
W Remco Nijs 1–0
2023–2024 · Cycle 2 · Group 6 6/11 6W 0D 5L
W Aron Maes 1–0
W Christian Zouridis 1–0
L Frank Adriaanse 0–1
L Frans Pistorius 0–1
L Guus van Heck 0–1
W Hans van Driel 1–0
L Jan Verbiest 0–1
W Messi Bruens 1–0
W Theo van den Hoek 1–0
L Ton van den Heuvel 0–1
W Wil Wouts 1–0
2023–2024 · Cycle 1 · Group 7 9/11 9W 0D 2L
L Aron Maes 0–1
W Bert Wels 1–0
W Billy Trang 1–0
W Bram Faes 1–0
W Cas Leeuwenberg 1–0
L Christian Zouridis 0–1
W Gina Rijpma 1–0
W Laurens van Ballegooijen 1–0
W Nergiz Nabibaks 1–0
W Siebe van Meer 1–0
W Toine van den Hurk 1–0
2022–2023 · Cycle 3 · Group 7 9/11 9W 0D 2L
L Aron Maes 0–1
W Bert Wels 1–0
W Billy Trang 1–0
W Bram Faes 1–0
W Cas Leeuwenberg 1–0
L Christian Zouridis 0–1
W Gina Rijpma 1–0
W Laurens van Ballegooijen 1–0
W Nergiz Nabibaks 1–0
W Siebe van Meer 1–0
W Toine van den Hurk 1–0