Machteld van Foreest

{{Short description|Dutch chess player (born 2007)}}

{{family name hatnote|Van Foreest|Foreest|lang=Dutch}}

{{Infobox chess player

|name = Machteld van Foreest

|image = MachteldvanForeest2021.jpg

|caption = Machteld van Foreest at the 2021 Dutch Women's National Championship

|country = Netherlands

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2007|08|22|df=yes}}

|birth_place = Groningen, Netherlands

|death_date =

|death_place =

|title =FIDE Master (2022)
Woman International Master (2022)

|rating = [https://ratings.fide.com/profile/1051563/chart 2367] (February 2025)

|peakrating = 2367 (February 2025)

|FideID = 1051563

}}

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.{{cite web |title=Machteld van Foreest |url=https://vanforeest.com/machteld/ |website=Family Van Foreest |access-date=28 April 2022}} She finished in joint third place at the 2019 Dutch Women's Chess Championship at age 12.{{cite web |last1=Schulz |first1=André |title=Lucas van Foreest surprises as new Dutch Champ |url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/dutch-champion-2019-lucas-van-foreest-tiebreak |website=ChessBase |access-date=28 April 2022 | date = 7 November 2019}} She finished in joint third place and fifth overall in the girls' under-12 division at the 2019 World Cadets Chess Championship.{{cite web |title=WK-kadetten gedeelde derde plaats voor Machteld | trans-title = World Cup cadets shared third place for Machteld |url=https://www.schaakbond.nl/nieuws/wkkadetten-gedeelde-derde-plaats-voor-machteld |website=Schaakbond | lang = nl |access-date=28 April 2022}} Van Foreest has a peak FIDE rating of 2367.{{cite web |title=Machteld van Foreest Rating Progress Chart|url=https://ratings.fide.com/profile/1051563/chart |website=FIDE |access-date=9 May 2022}}

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 both hold the title of Grandmaster (GM), and her twin brother Nanne also plays competitively. Van Foreest's great-great-grandfather Arnold 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.{{cite web |last1=de Jonge |first1=Inki |title=Netflix-serie The Queen's Gambit maakt schaken immens populair. Machteld van Foreest (13) uit Groningen had de hoofdpersoon kunnen zijn | trans-title = Netflix series The Queen's Gambit makes chess immensely popular. Machteld van Foreest (13) from Groningen could have been the main character |url=https://dvhn.nl/groningen/Netflix-serie-The-Queens-Gambit-maakt-schaken-immens-populair.-Machteld-van-Foreest-13-uit-Groningen-had-de-hoofdrolspeelster-kunnen-zijn-26249018.html |website=Dvhn |access-date=28 April 2022 | date = 2 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415053802/https://dvhn.nl/groningen/Netflix-serie-The-Queens-Gambit-maakt-schaken-immens-populair.-Machteld-van-Foreest-13-uit-Groningen-had-de-hoofdrolspeelster-kunnen-zijn-26249018.html |archive-date=15 April 2021}}{{cite web |last1=Spaaij |first1=Zoë |title=Vrouwelijke schaakspelers zien de Netflixserie 'Queen's Gambit' als een welkome zet | trans-title= Female chess players see the Netflix series 'Queen's Gambit' as a welcome move | lang = nl |url=https://www.volkskrant.nl/mensen/vrouwelijke-schaakspelers-zien-de-netflixserie-queen-s-gambit-als-een-welkome-zet~bdf4f5e4/ |website=de Volkskrant |access-date=23 April 2021 | date = 10 December 2020}} In 2022, she became the youngest ever Dutch Women's Champion after beating Anne Haast for the title.{{Cite web |title=Results & Standings - Dutch Women's Chess Championship 2022 |url=https://www.chess.com/events/2022-dutch-womens-chess-championship/results |access-date=2023-02-16 |website=Chess.com |language=en-US}}