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A fine ending to a memorable tournament
Tournament director Jeroen Bottema thanked all players for their contribution to this 29th Hoogeveen Chess Tournament and first presented the prizes in the Amateur Afternoon Group. The prize for best youth player (under 18) went to Theo Kudernac, the best woman was Leonie Spaans from Hoogeveen, and Dylan Roersma won…
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AL Muthaiah wins by forfeit, Ritzerveld falls to Ten Dam
The final round of the Hoogeveen Chess Tournament was unfortunately marred by an illness affecting a player on board one, Tommy Grooten. As a result, one of the leaders, Indian master AL Muthaiah, was awarded a full point. Noah Ritzerveld, who had dominated the tournament throughout, suffered a defeat in…
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Muthaiah catches Ritzerveld
Indian player AL Muthaiah has joined Noah Ritzerveld at the top of the standings in the penultimate round of the Hoogeveen Chess Tournament. Muthaiah defeated Dutch master Eelke de Boer with an opportunistic piece sacrifice, while Ritzerveld earned a creditable draw against grandmaster Thomas Beerdsen, who sacrificed the exchange for…
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Noah Ritzerveld retakes the lead
Noah Ritzerveld has retaken the lead in the seventh round of the Hoogeveen Chess Tournament after a hard-fought win over Kobe Smeets. Deep in the endgame, Smeets seemed to be heading for a draw, but he eventually went wrong. Ritzerveld took his chance very skilfully and now stands alone on…
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AL Muthaiah catches Noah Ritzerveld
Noah Ritzerveld’s dream run has come to a temporary halt. With an impressive technical game, Indian International Master AL Muthaiah defeated the fourteen-year-old leader in the sixth round of the Hoogeveen Chess Tournament and caught him at the top of the standings. Thomas Beerdsen joined them after defeating the solid…
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Noah Ritzerveld takes a full-point lead
There is still no stopping Noah Ritzerveld at the Hoogeveen Chess Tournament. The fourteen-year-old top talent from Wassenaar has won all five of his games, each one more spectacular than the last. In the morning’s fifth round, Ivo Maris took him on with sharp attacking play, but when he missed…
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Noah Ritzerveld leads with a perfect score
Fourteen-year-old top talent Noah Ritzerveld is having a very strong chess year, and he is showing it at the Hoogeveen Chess Tournament as well. In the fourth round, he got the better of Eelke de Boer, who, like Tommy Grooten yesterday, went down in the complex Najdorf variation of the…
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Eelke de Boer and Noah Ritzerveld surge into the lead
Eelke de Boer and Noah Ritzerveld took the lead with great conviction in the third round of the Hoogeveen Chess Tournament. Both had a Najdorf Sicilian with White: De Boer against the sixteen-year-old South African Raphael Felix, and Ritzerveld against his teammate at Apeldoorn Chess Club, Tommy Grooten. Both White…
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Young talents take the lead
Because grandmaster Thomas Beerdsen took perhaps a little too much risk today and then rather quickly accepted a tactically timed draw offer from the young Indian G Aakash, it was the younger generation’s turn today. Noah Ritzerveld put Sven Winter under serious pressure early in the game and eventually won,…
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Favourites immediately face stiff resistance
In the Hoogeveen Chess Tournament, the Open tournament is truly open: with many unfamiliar and young rising talents in the field, it is difficult to predict who will make life difficult for the favourite, grandmaster Thomas Beerdsen. Today Jasper Kamphuis did just that. He withstood the waves of attack Beerdsen…
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Registration 2026 is open
Registration for the 29th edition of the Hoogeveen Chess Tournament is now open via the registration form. This year, the tournament will take place from Saturday, October 10 through October 17. The format will be the same as last year, featuring a four-player competition between four top chess players. The…
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Registration Hoogeveen Open 2025 opened
The Hoogeveen Chess Tournament will be held from Saturday, October 18 to Saturday, October 25. It consists of three tournaments: a morning tournament for enthusiasts, an afternoon tournament for amateurs, and the Hoogeveen Open. This year’s Crown Group consists of Eline Roebers, Erwin l’Ami, Alexei Shirov and Arkadij Naiditsch. Location:…
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Registration Hoogeveen Chess Tournament 2024 opened
Registration for the 27th edition of the Hoogeveen Chess Tournament is now open. This year, the tournament will be held from Saturday 26 October to 2 November. The format is the same as last year. However, there will be matches again in October. The organisation is currently working on securing…
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Registration Hoogeveen Chess Tournament open
The Hoogeveen Chess Tournament will be held this year from 21 to 28 October in the town hall of Hoogeveen. It will be the 27th year of the tournament. In 1997, chess was played for the first time in the town hall. In that almost 30-year history, almost every world…
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Hovhannisyan wins Final Four in Hoogeveen
The Armenian grandmaster Robert Hovhannisyan has won the Final Four cross-finals of the Hoogeveen Open Chess Tournament after a tough battle. He had to fight for his life for hours against Nico Zwirs, who let him slip away with a draw at the last minute. That meant a tiebreak, which…
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Nico Zwirs in de finale
De Apeldoornse meester Nico Zwirs schopte het vandaag tot de finale van het Open Hoogeveen Schaaktoernooi. Hij drukte in de halve finale het 15-jarige Indiase talent Bharath Subramaniyam volledig van het bord in een puike partij. De andere finaleplaats werd bepaald in een versnelde tiebreak omdat de Armeense grootmeester Robert…
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Nico Zwirs in the finals
Semi-final Four The crossfinals of the ‘Final Four’ in the Open have juist started in the room where the two matches finished yesterday. Today we have the semifinals: if any of the games is drawn, there will be a blitz play-off like in the matches yesterday. Some risk Bharath…
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Dardha and Van Foreest win the matches
A crucial day Today is a crucial day in the tournament. The matches conclude with the sixth and final games both, and in both matches everything is still possible. In the seventh round of the Open, the first four players qualify for the ‘Final Four’, after which they will play…
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Dardha en Van Foreest winnen matches
De twee matches van het Hoogeveen Schaaktoernooi zijn vandaag beslist. Via een nieuwe zege versloeg Lucas van Foreest de gelauwerde Engelsman Luke McShane met maar liefst 4-2. ‘Lucas speelde gewoon zeer goed,’ gaf McShane sportief toe. De andere match eindigde in 3-3 en werd beslist met een tiebreak van twee…
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Daniel Dardha trekt match gelijk
Via een welhaast ongelooflijke eindspelzege tegen Max Warmerdam heeft Daniel Dardha de match in de vijfde ronde gelijkgetrokken. Warmerdam behandelde het eindspel te optimistisch en had te laat in de gaten dat niet hij maar zijn tegenstander op winst kon spelen. Op zet 85 werd dat de Nederlander uiteindelijk fataal.…
