[2] He graduated from the Topsport Talent School [nl] in 2018 and since then he has been a professional chess player.

[7] This makes him the Netherlands' youngest ever grandmaster (Anish Giri was awarded the title at a younger age but was not a Dutch player at the time).

[11] As of 2017,[update] Van Foreest is coached by three-time Dutch Chess Champion Sergei Tiviakov.

[13] From 28 October to 6 November, he competed for the Netherlands on board 4 at the 2017 European Team Chess Championship.

[3] Van Foreest competed in the 83rd Tata Steel Masters in January, and after 13 rounds was tied for first with Anish Giri on a score of 8.5/13 (+4–0=9).

After drawing both blitz tiebreakers, Van Foreest won the armageddon game, thus winning the tournament.

[20] In the process, Van Foreest increased his Elo rating to 2700+ for the first time in his career,[21] and became the first Dutchman since Jan Timman in 1985 to win Wijk aan Zee.

[2] He was born to father Nicky van Foreest who is a professor and faculty of the department of Economics at the University of Groningen and to mother Sheila Timp who is a medical doctor and a programmer.

Van Foreest used to play at his local chess clubs after taking an interest in the game at age 9.