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Happy – final report Hoogeveen Chess Tournament 2019
At the end of this successful 23rd Hoogeveen tournament, tournament director Loek van Wely thanked all the sponsors, and especially the Province of Drenthe and the municipality of Hoogeveen, who made this great event possible. Alderman Erwin Slomp said he was satisfied with the tournament, mentioning the 237 participants from…
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Firouzja amd Timman win matches, Ernst wins Hoogeveen Open
IM norm Doshi Already yesterday evening it became clear that Moksh Amit Doshi (16) has achieved his 7th IM norm here in Hoogeveen, with an overscore of 1 point with still one round to go. Congratulations, Doshi! You can even go for the tournament win today! New openings…
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Firouzja en Timman winnen de matches, Ernst wint Hoogeveen Open
Dit zijn de namen van de winnaars van de diverse Hoogeveen schaaktoernooien. Alireza Firouzja versloeg Jorge Cori Tello in alweer een knotsgekke partij, waarmee hij de match won met 4½-1½. Jan Timman had vandaag problemen nadat hij tegen Zhansaya Abdumalik’s Koningsindiër een fout had gemaakt, maar hij hield remise en…
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Viktoriia Kirchei: not afraid to lose
Her play was a real sensation in this tournament. So much so that some of the players thought quite seriously that Viktoriia Kirchei (14) was cheating. That’s why all the four players who qualified for the semi-finals in the open were scanned and searched before yesterday’s game. Viktoriia and her…
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Viktoriia Kirchei: not afraid to lose
Her play was a real sensation in this tournament. So much so that some of the players thought quite seriously that Viktoriia Kirchei (14) was cheating. That’s why all the four players who qualified for the semi-finals in the open were scanned and searched before yesterday’s game. Viktoriia and her…
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Aleksandr Georgiev: ‘Maybe I’m not so bad at chess’
Draughts World Champion Aleksandr Georgiev has finished on 5½ out of 7 in the Amateur II group. ‘It was very interesting,’ said the amiable Russian (44), ‘and I have seen here that maybe I’m not so bad at chess.’ Yesterday a few friends from the draughts scene came to visit…
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Aleksandr Georgiev: ‘Maybe I’m not so bad at chess’
Draughts World Champion Aleksandr Georgiev has finished on 5½ out of 7 in the Amateur II group. ‘It was very interesting,’ said the amiable Russian (44), ‘and I have seen here that maybe I’m not so bad at chess.’ Yesterday a few friends from the draughts scene came to visit…
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Timman maintains the tension, Firouzja wins match, Sindarov and Ernst to final
In het Hoogeveen Schaaktoernooi nam Jan Timman vandaag genoegen met een remise in iets betere stelling tegen Zhansaya Abdumalik: ‘We hebben al een paar lange partijen gehad,’ zei de Arnhemse grootmeester. Ook Alireza Firouzja en Jorge Cori Tello kwamen na een interessant gevecht tot remise, waarmee Firouzja de match gewonnen…
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Timman houdt de spanning erin, Firouzja wint match, Sindarov en Ernst naar finale Open
In het Hoogeveen Schaaktoernooi nam Jan Timman vandaag genoegen met een remise in iets betere stelling tegen Zhansaya Abdumalik: ‘We hebben al een paar lange partijen gehad,’ zei de Arnhemse grootmeester. Ook Alireza Firouzja en Jorge Cori Tello kwamen na een interessant gevecht tot remise, waarmee Firouzja de match gewonnen…
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Timman and Cori win; Sindarov, Werle, Ernst and Kirchei to semi-finals
Prizes The 6th round has started. Loek van Wely handed out prizes for games from the 5th as well as the 6th round. A prize went to Machteld van Foreest for her nice endgame win over Dylan Achuthan. The other was awarded to Dev Shah for an interesting game with…
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Timman en Cori winnen; Sindarov, Werle, Ernst en Kirchei naar de halve finale
Weer een spectaculaire ronde in de matches vandaag. Alireza Firouzja, die met 3-0 leidde tegen Jorge Cori Tello, speelde te optimistisch met zijn stukken. Ditmaal deed Cori het heel rustig en hij incasseerde een pion, maar pas na een volgende blunder van Firouzja was het echt afgelopen. Zhansaya Abdumalik ging…
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Chess stars take a look deep into space
The four match players of Hoogeveen Chess – Alireza Firouzja, Jorge Cori Tello, Zhansaya Abdumalik and Jan Timman, plus Geertje Timman and Ivette Ale Garcia Morales, Jorge Cori’s girlfriend, had a highly interesting afternoon on their free day. They paid a visit to the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy ASTRON.…
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10 players in contention for the playoffs
Live blog by Peter Boel Blog will start late in the afternoon This afternoon we are visiting the National Astronomic Institute and the Dwingeloo Telescope with the four match players, who are having a free day. This means there will be no live-blogging until late in the afternoon, when we…
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10 spelers in de race voor de playoffs
Na zes ronden in het Hoogeveen Schaaktoernooi zijn er nog tien deelnemers in de running voor de kruisfinales, die donderdag na de 7e ronde beginnen. Javokhir Sindarov en Sipke Ernst speelden een fascinerende partij, die eindigde in remise ondanks het feit dat Ernst een toren tegen twee pionnen voor stond.…
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Timman strikes back
Two Sicilians again! The two matches started with two Sicilians again. This time Jorge Cori Tello deviated with 2…e6 instead of 2…Nc6 from Game 1. Jan Timman again played the Najdorf, which probably surprised Zhansaya Abdumalik a little. She reacted with 6.h3 and, after 6…e6, pondered for a little while…
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Timman slaat terug
Jan Timman is helemaal terug in de match met Zhansaya Abdumalik. Hij won vandaag in de derde ronde, nota bene met dezelfde opening als in de eerste partij. Ditmaal ging de Kazachstaanse vroeg in de fout en al snel kreeg Timman een geweldige stelling. Ondanks taai verweer trok hij de…
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Youngsters Firouzja and Sindarov shine
The bell tolled… … at nine o’clock exactly, so the early 3rd round of the open has just started. Some of the participants are still under way, or trying to wake up. Simon Elgersma is already in the playing room, and he may already have had breakfast with a birthday…
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Youngsters Firouzja and Sindarov shine
The bell tolled… … at nine o’clock exactly, so the early 3rd round of the open has just started. Some of the participants are still under way, or trying to wake up. Simon Elgersma is already in the playing room, and he may already have had breakfast with a birthday…
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Report round 2 Open and round 1 Matches
Yesterday evening we received the message that the 8-year-old girl who made a draw with Lucas van Foreest at the McDonald’s simul is called Imara Hardeman. Congratulations, Imara The two matches have started! Firouzja and Abdumalik both opened 1.e4, and on both boards a Sicilian has come on the…
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Verslag ronde 2 Open en ronde 1 Matches
Yesterday evening we received the message that the 8-year-old girl who made a draw with Lucas van Foreest at the McDonald’s simul is called Imara Hardeman. Congratulations, Imara The two matches have started! Firouzja and Abdumalik both opened 1.e4, and on both boards a Sicilian has come on the…
