Friso Nijboer (born May 26, 1965) is a Dutch chess player.

He achieved the title of Grandmaster in 1996.

Nijboer won the Vlissingen Chess Tournament in 2002 and 2005, and won the 3rd Nancy Chess Festival in 2005.

[1] He participated in six Chess Olympiads (1996–2006) with an overall performance of +18−14=21.

[2] Nijboer has written four main different chess publications on opening theory:[3]