Robin Swinkels (born April 6, 1989) is a Dutch chess grandmaster.

In July 2008, he played an underwater chess match against Hans Böhm as part of the Curaçao Chess Festival.

[2] In January 2010, he participated in the Tata Steel Chess Tournament, where he defeated Benjamin Bok, Nils Grandelius, Mariya Muzychuk, Sjoerd Plukkel, and Soumya Swaminathan.

[3] In 2017, he played for DJK Aachen in the Chess Bundesliga, where he defeated Alexander Belezky in the first round.

[4] He was one of the four players who qualified for the finals in the 2021 Dutch Chess Championship, though was defeated by eventual winner Max Warmerdam.