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Svidler en Fedoseev winnen de matches. Amin wint de Open
Find all photos here. Today, in an all-decisive final round, Peter Svidler consolidated his match win over Sam Shankland with a fairly quiet draw: 3½-2½. After another long draw between Vladimir Fedoseev and Jorden van Foreest (3-3), the Russian and the Dutchman had to play a tiebreak, which was won 2-1…
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Amin and Kryakvin proceed to finals
A nice ‘leftover’ from yesterday Here is a delayed message from yesterday’s round, about the game between Dutchman Maurice Schippers and 14-year-old Norwegian talent Jens Ingebretsen, who by the way is doing excellently so far with 4/7. Schippers – Ingebretsen Black played 51…Qg5+ here and the game ended in a draw. As…
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Amin en Kryakvin bereiken Finale
A nice ‘leftover’ from yesterday Here is a delayed message from yesterday’s round, about the game between Dutchman Maurice Schippers and 14-year-old Norwegian talent Jens Ingebretsen, who by the way is doing excellently so far with 4/7. Schippers – Ingebretsen Black played 51…Qg5+ here and the game ended in a draw. As…
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Report round 7 Open and round 4 Matches
Day 6 has started! Round 7 of the Open and round 4 of the matches have just started. This time Peter Svidler opted for 1.Nf3 as the first move, and continued after 1…d5 with the currently quite popular and ‘poisonous’ 2.e3. In the other match, again the Najdorf came on…
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Verslag Ronde 7 Open en Ronde 4 Matches
Day 6 has started! Round 7 of the Open and round 4 of the matches have just started. This time Peter Svidler opted for 1.Nf3 as the first move, and continued after 1…d5 with the currently quite popular and ‘poisonous’ 2.e3. In the other match, again the Najdorf came on…
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Four leaders in Open after round 6
Day off for match players There will be no regular messages on this blog during the afternoon. We are off to the Drents Museum in Assen for a meet&greet with the four match players Jorden van Foreest, Vladimir Fedoseev, Sam Shankland and Peter Svidler, as well as a meet&greet with…
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Vier leiders in Open na ronde 6
Day off for match players There will be no regular messages on this blog during the afternoon. We are off to the Drents Museum in Assen for a meet&greet with the four match players Jorden van Foreest, Vladimir Fedoseev, Sam Shankland and Peter Svidler, as well as a meet&greet with actress…
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Hoogeveen Chess Tournament visits Assen
After a warm welcome by general director Harry Tupan of the Drents Museum in Assen, three of the four match players, Peter Svidler, Sam Shankland, Jorden van Foreest, as well as tournament director Loek van Wely, took turns to play each other in blitz games while pedalling on home trainers.…
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Hoogeveen Schaaktoernooi bezoekt Assen
After a warm welcome by general director Harry Tupan of the Drents Museum in Assen, three of the four match players, Peter Svidler, Sam Shankland, Jorden van Foreest, as well as tournament director Loek van Wely, took turns to play each other in blitz games while pedalling on home trainers.…
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Report Round 5 Open & Round 3 Matches
We have started the 5th round of the Open and the 3rd round of the matches. Both match games started with the same first two moves as in the first games, but in both White deviated on move 3. Sam Shankland played 3.Nf3 followed by the king’s bishop’s fianchetto against…
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Verslag Ronde 5 Open & Ronde 3 Matches
We have started the 5th round of the Open and the 3rd round of the matches. Both match games started with the same first two moves as in the first games, but in both White deviated on move 3. Sam Shankland played 3.Nf3 followed by the king’s bishop’s fianchetto against…
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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…
