Jkvr. Machteld van Foreest (born 22 August 2007) is a Dutch
chess player. She has won several Dutch Youth Championships, including the open under-12 division in 2017 and 2018, the open under-14 division in 2018, and the girls' under-10 division in 2014 at age six.
She finished in joint third place at the 2019
Dutch Women's Chess Championship The Dutch Chess Championship was officially established in 1909, although unofficial champions stretch back to the 1870s.
Early years
:
Official championships
The official championship was established in 1909 as a biennial, twelve-player, round-ro ...
at age 12. She finished in joint third place and fifth overall in the girls' under-12 division at the 2019
World Cadets Chess Championship. Van Foreest has a peak
FIDE rating of 2330.
Van Foreest grew up in a chess family in which her father taught her and all five of her brothers to play chess. Her two oldest brothers
Jorden and
Lucas
Lucas or LUCAS may refer to:
People
* Lucas (surname)
* Lucas (given name)
Arts and entertainment
* Luca Family Singers, also known as "lucas ligner en torsk"
* ''Lucas'' (album) (2007), an album by Skeletons and the Kings of All Cities
* ''L ...
both hold the title of
Grandmaster (GM), and her twin brother Nanne also plays competitively. Van Foreest's great-great-grandfather
Arnold
Arnold may refer to:
People
* Arnold (given name), a masculine given name
* Arnold (surname), a German and English surname
Places Australia
* Arnold, Victoria, a small town in the Australian state of Victoria
Canada
* Arnold, Nova Scotia
Uni ...
was a three-time Dutch chess champion, as was Arnold's brother
Dirk. Van Foreest began playing chess at age four. She was the highest-rated girl age 12 or under in 2018.
In 2022, she became the youngest ever Dutch Women's Champion after beating
Anne Haast for the title.
References
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2007 births
Living people
Dutch chess players
Sportspeople from Groningen (city)
Van Foreest family