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Groenendijk wins Tobago Open World Cup 2026

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GMI Jan Groenendijk of the Netherlands won the Tobago Open World Cup 2026, a 9-star tournament on the FMJD World Cup circuit hosted by TTDCA in Tobago. Sixty players from 16 federations played nine rounds between 10 and 17 September.

Groenendijk and GMI Alexander Shvartsman of Israel both finished on 13 points, with Groenendijk taking first place on tie-break. GMI Martijn van IJzendoorn (Netherlands) was third with 12 points.

Seventeen Trinidad and Tobago players took part. MF Dickson Maughn was the highest-placed, finishing 20th with 10 points.

In the Tobago Open Blitz on 14 September, GMI Jitse Slump (Netherlands) won with 16 points from 44 players.

Read the full event archive, or see the official FMJD final standings.