The Hoogeveen Chess Tournament will be held from Saturday 17h through Saturday 24th October 2015. The tournament consists of the Hoogeveen Matches, the Hoogeveen Open and two amateur tournaments. All tournaments will take place in the attractive town hall of Hoogeveen. In the chess café, well-known commentators will analyse the games with the audience. The games can also be followed live on this website. 

Hoogeveen Matches

Jorden van Foreest will take on Jan Timman and Sopiko Guramishvili will play Anna-Maja Kazarian.

Hoogeveen Open

In the Hoogeveen Open, 9 rounds will be played. There is space for approximately 84 players with a minimal rating of 2000. The Hoogeveen Open is an international tournament, and consequently (grand-) master norms can be achieved. There is a total prize fund of € 7,500 with a 1st prize of € 3,000.

Amateur toernaments

Group I (= afternoon group): for players with a rating up to 2100. Group II (= morning group): also for players with a rating up to 2100. Each group can contain a maximum of 84 players. They play 7 rounds. 1st prize for both groups is € 250 each.

Rate of play

The rate of play for the Hoogeveen Open and Amateur Group I is 40 moves in 90 minutes, 30 minutes extra time + an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move 1. Amateur Group II: 36 moves in 105 minutes, followed by 10 minutes extra time + 5 seconds extra time per move starting from the first time control.

Basque tournament

A new feature this year is a Basque tournament on the rest day, Wednesday 21th October: a form of chess that originated in the Basque city of San Sebastian: with each duel the opponents play each other on two boards simultaneously, once with white and once with black. This is a new branch on the evergreen tree of chess.

Tournament Schedule

Date Van Foreest vs
Timman		 Kazarian vs
Guramishvili		 Hoogeveen 
Open		 Amateur
Groups
Saturday 17th October 2015 Opening ceremony Opening ceremony 1st round 1st round
Sunday 18th October 2015 1st round 1st round 2nd round 2nd round
Monday 19th October 2015 2nd round 2nd round 3rd round +
4th round		 3rd round
Tuesday 20th October 2015 3rd round 3rd round 5th round 4th round
Wednesday 21th October 2015 Rest day 4th round 6th round Basque
Chess
Thursday 22th October 2015 4th round 5th round 7th round 5th round
Friday 23th October 2015 5th round 6th round +
colsing ceremony		 8th round 6th round
Saturday 24th October 2015 6th round +
closing ceremony		   9th round 7th round


Start of Rounds

Matches: all rounds start at 14.00h
Hoogeveen Open: rounds 1-2 and 5-8 at 14.00h, round 3 at 09.00h, round 4 at 16.00h, round 9 at 12.00h. 
Amateur Group 1: 1st round at 14.30h; other rounds at 14.00h
Amateur Group 2: 1st round at 10.00h; other rounds at 09.30h

Registration before first round

All players are required to check in at the tournament desk before the first round.
Open tournament: Saturday 17th October between 12.00-13.00h
Amateur 1: Saturday 17th October between 12.30-13.30h
Amateur 2: Saturday 17th October between 08.30-09.00h
If you do not check in on time, another participant may be paired in your place.

 

Game Analyses

Saturday 17th October 2015 Joris Brenninkmeijer Starting 14.45 hrs
Sunday 18th October
 2015		 Gert Ligterink Starting 14.45 hrs
Monday 19th October
 2015		 Gert Ligterink Starting 14.45 hrs
Tuesday 20th October
 2015		 Dimitri Reinderman Starting 14.45 hrs
Wednesday 21st October Cor van Wijgerden Starting 14.45 hrs
Thrusday 22nd October
 2015		 Hans Böhm Starting 14.45 hrs
Friday 23th October
 2015		 Robert Ris Starting 14.45 hrs
Saturday 24th October
 2015		 Gert Ligterink Starting 14.45 hrs

To register for the event you can use the entry form, at the same time transferring the entry fee on bank account number
NL67ABNA0610325876, in the name of Stichting Schaaktoernooi Hoogeveen, mentioning ‘deelnemersbijdrage’.

The entry fee for the Open Tournament is € 75; entrance is free for IGMs and IMs; FMs pay € 45; youth players, born in or after 1997, also pay € 45.
Entrance fee for either of the amateur tournaments is € 45 for all participants.

Only if you have registered as well as paid on time you will be certain of participation.
If your name is not on the participants’ list a week after your registration, please contact us.

 

Sponsors

Gemeente Hoogeveen
Provincie Drenthe
Univé
McDonald’s

Sub sponsors

!Pet
Van Regteren
Wemmenhove Zuidwolde
Fokker Aerostructures


Accommodation

Tournament Secretary

Hoogeveen Chess Tournament Hoogeveen
in the name of Jeroen Bottema
E-mail: secretariaat@hoogeveenchess.nl
Internet: http://www.hoogeveenchess.nl
Bank relation: ABN AMRO bank, NL67ABNA0610325876