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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…
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Verslag Ronde 5 Matches / Ronde 6 Open
Dit verslag is overgenomen van het Engelstalige liveblog van Peter Boel. 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…
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Report round 4 Matches & round 5 Open
16:11 Percentages At the start of the 5th round (the 4th round for the matches) Loek van Wely made the percentages public of the moves that were identical with the computer’s first choice in the match games. Match game 2: Ivanchuk 58% Wei Yi 68% Adhiban: 67% Van Foreest…
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Verslag ronde 4 Matches & Ronde 5 Open
Dit verslag is overgenomen van het Engelstalige liveblog van Peter Boel. 16:11 Percentages At the start of the 5th round (the 4th round for the matches) Loek van Wely made the percentages public of the moves that were identical with the computer’s first choice in the match games. Match…
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Report Round 3 Matches & Rounds 3/4 Open
09:22 … and most of us are off! Ten players took a bye for this early third round of the Open (the matches will start as usual at 14.00h this afternoon), which meant the number of players was uneven and Onno Elgersma also has a bye. Unluckily for him, as…
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Verslag Ronde 3 Matches & 3+4 Open
Dit verslag is overgenomen van het Engelstalige liveblog van Peter Boel. 09:22 … and most of us are off! Ten players took a bye for this early third round of the Open (the matches will start as usual at 14.00h this afternoon), which meant the number of players was uneven…
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‘This technology is the basis for the future’
The Hoogeveen Open has 37 live boards, which is unique in the Netherlands. The new software programme livechess 2 that is being used in the Hoogeveen town hall since yesterday was developed by the Belgian software developer Jan Vanhercke, and is connected to the new plastic DGT smartboards. ‘Wood…
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Report Round 2
14:08 Round 2 has started! We’re off again! Today both match games started with 1.e4, which we more or less expected with Wei Yi and Jorden van Foreest playing White. And in spite of Wei Yi’s reputation as a Sicilian slayer, Vasily Ivanchuk did take up the challenge and played…
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Verslag Ronde 2
Dit verslag is overgenomen van het Engelstalige liveblog van Peter Boel. 14:08 Round 2 has started! We’re off again! Today both match games started with 1.e4, which we more or less expected with Wei Yi and Jorden van Foreest playing White. And in spite of Wei Yi’s reputation as a…
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Everyone’s a winner at McDonald’s
The annual McDonald’s chess event in Hoogeveen drew a lot of local youth players yesterday. Sixteen children took part in the bughouse chess tournament in the morning, and twenty participated in the ‘hands and brains’ tournament in the afternoon, where the first player of a duo had to choose a…
