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Report Round 4 Open and Round 2 Matches
Vind alle foto’s hier. The Matches have started! With the famous Dutch arbiter Geurt Gijssen as a special visitor, the two match games have just started. Peter Svidler and Sam Shankland opted for a Symmetrical English Opening… whereas Jorden van Foreest and Vladimir Fedoseev played a Najdorf with 6.Be2 and…
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Verslag Ronde 4 Open en Ronde 2 Matches
Vind alle foto’s hier. The Matches have started! With the famous Dutch arbiter Geurt Gijssen as a special visitor, the two match games have just started. Peter Svidler and Sam Shankland opted for a Symmetrical English Opening… whereas Jorden van Foreest and Vladimir Fedoseev played a Najdorf with 6.Be2 and…
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Report Round 3 Open
Early round has started At nine o’clock sharp, chief arbiter Frans Peeters started the early round of today. So round 3 is under way, with most of the boards already taken. Round 4 will start at 15.00 this afternoon, while the 2 match games will begin at the regular time:…
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Verslag Ronde 3 Open
Early round has started At nine o’clock sharp, chief arbiter Frans Peeters started the early round of today. So round 3 is under way, with most of the boards already taken. Round 4 will start at 15.00 this afternoon, while the 2 match games will begin at the regular time:…
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Shankland beats Svidler, no upsets yet in the Open
FInd all photos here. Photos by Harry Gielen: opening and day 2. Summarizing today: it was a very interesting start of both matches. After some original play in both games, White was better in both Shankland-Svidler and Fedoseev-Van Foreest. But how much better was differing with almost every move. In the…
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Shankland beats Svidler, no upsets yet in the Open
Vind alle toernooifoto’s van dag 2 hier. Foto’s van Harry Gielen: opening en dag 2. Summarizing today: it was a very interesting start of both matches. After some original play in both games, White was better in both Shankland-Svidler and Fedoseev-Van Foreest. But how much better was differing with almost…
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Report Round 1
Simul Nick Schilder The very popular Dutch singer Nick Schilder from the duo Nick & Simon gave a simul this morning against around 30 young players at the McDonald’s in Hoogeveen. As expected, a lot of girls turned up to play chess with Nick! Later this afternoon he will open…
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Verslag Ronde 1
Simul Nick Schilder The very popular Dutch singer Nick Schilder from the duo Nick & Simon gave a simul this morning against around 30 young players at the McDonald’s in Hoogeveen. As expected, a lot of girls turned up to play chess with Nick! Later this afternoon he will open…
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Big things in not so big places
The trailer of the movie ‘Queen of Katwe’ starts with a question by the main character, Fiona: ,,Can you do big things from such a small place?” Although Hoogeveen isn’t exactly a ‘small place’, it isn’t a very big place either. And still, big things are happening here, as Bert…
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Players’ portraits Hoogeveen 2018
Jorden van Foreest (30 April 1999) Jorden was the European U-14 Champion in 2013, and conquered the grandmaster title already in 2015. The 2nd great-grandson of the former Dutch champions Dirk and Arnold van Foreest won the Dutch title himself in 2016. After narrow defeats against Jan Timman and Ivan…
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Registration 22nd Hoogeveen Schaaktoernooi 2018 opened
The Hoogeveen Chess Tournament will be held from Saturday 20th October through Saturday 27th October 2018. 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…
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Report final round
11:42 Norms Good morning! As we’re about to start the final round in less than half an hour, it’s appropriate to tell you something about norm chances. There isn’t very much to say though: German youth player Luis Engel can obtain an IM norm if he beats Orest Gritsak today,…
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Verslag Laatste ronde
11:42 Norms Good morning! As we’re about to start the final round in less than half an hour, it’s appropriate to tell you something about norm chances. There isn’t very much to say though: German youth player Luis Engel can obtain an IM norm if he beats Orest Gritsak today,…
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A fantastic week
At the closing ceremony, tournament director Loek van Wely mentioned among others the finals and the Bask event as successful innovations in this year’s events: ‘We hope to do something new every year.’ He thanked the town hall, the province of Drenthe and the ‘Corps 32’ group for their sponsorship:…
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A fantastic week
At the closing ceremony, tournament director Loek van Wely mentioned among others the finals and the Bask event as successful innovations in this year’s events: ‘We hope to do something new every year.’ He thanked the town hall, the province of Drenthe and the ‘Corps 32’ group for their sponsorship:…
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Report round 8 Open Group
14:46 Chat, Basque and Open Good afternoon! We’ve started today with the semi-finals of the Open and the Basque Chess match between Wei Yi and Adhiban Baskaran in the Marriage Room, and the rest of the Open in the big playing hall. The semifinals both started with a Ruy Lopez.…
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Verslag ronde 8 Open Groep
14:46 Chat, Basque and Open Good afternoon! We’ve started today with the semi-finals of the Open and the Basque Chess match between Wei Yi and Adhiban Baskaran in the Marriage Room, and the rest of the Open in the big playing hall. The semifinals both started with a Ruy Lopez.…
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Report finals Matches and Round 7 Open
14:16 Decisive round starts Today it will be decided which four players will qualify for the semifinals that start tomorrow. Thomas Beerdsen en Roeland Pruijssers, who are facing each other on the top board, have the best chances. Arbiter Frans Peeters announced that between players with an equal score the…
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Verslag final Matches en Ronde 7 Open
Dit verslag is overgenomen van het Engelstalige liveblog van Peter Boel. 14:16 Decisive round starts Today it will be decided which four players will qualify for the semifinals that start tomorrow. Thomas Beerdsen en Roeland Pruijssers, who are facing each other on the top board, have the best chances. Arbiter…
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Report Round 5 Matches / Round 6 Open
14:38 Round 5/6 has started! A quick start today – Loek van Wely just rewarded Maurice Schippers for his nice black win against Bardhyl Uksini – the best game of round 5. Then the clocks were started. In the matches we again saw the same openings – with subtle and…
