Van Foreest was introduced to chess by his father at a young age, which isn’t surprising given the family’s chess dynasty. His great, great grandfather Arnold van Foreest was a three-time Dutch Chess Champion (1889, 1893, and 1902), and Arnold’s older brother also won three championships (1885 to 1887). Additionally, Jorden has several chess-playing siblings.
He first gained attention in chess by winning the under-14 European Youth Chess Championship in 2013 with an undefeated score. A year later, in 2014, he became an international master. Then, the next year, van Foreest made history by earning his GM title in 2016 at the age of 16. He became the youngest-ever Dutch GM. (Note that GM Anish Giri was not a Dutch player when he became the youngest GM in the world in 2009, at the age of 14.)
Dutch Champion (2016 To 2020)
In 2016, the 17-year-old prodigy won the Dutch Chess Champion with 5.5/7 points, denying seven-time champion Loek van Wely his eighth national title. Van Foreest earned an impressive 2819 tournament performance rating in the event.
He had several top finishes to round out this period in his young career. They include placing fifth in the 2017 World Junior Chess Championship, fifth in the 2018 Tata Steel Challengers, shared first (second on tiebreak to his younger brother, Lucas van Foreest) in the 2019 Dutch Chess Championship, and fourth in the 2020 Tata Steel Masters.
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