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Short wins match, Sokolov takes lead again
The match between Hou Yifan and Nigel Short was decided today. After two successive victories, a solid draw was enough for Short to win the match. Tomorrow Hou Yifan can try to conclude the event on a high note by a win with White. Jorden met fotograaf Harry Gielen. Foto:…
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Gupta and Lalith unapproachable
In the Open tournament, the battle-hardenedness and the dexterity of the two leaders Gupta and Lalith are uncanny. Today they vanquished respectively S. Nitin and Sipke Ernst, and remained a point ahead of their fellow countryman who is now unshared third: Chanda Sandipan. S. Nitin Photo: Lennart Ootes Nitin – Gupta…
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Beastly and razor-sharp
Loek van Wely’s prediction of six decided games in the match Van Foreest-Sokolov can still come true. Today the 17-year-old Dutch champion drew even again; in a relatively strategic game this time. ‘Those guys are animals’, said Nigel Short. ‘If either one of them has the initiative, it’s over.’ Hou…
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Hegemony
After this sixth round, six Indians are leading in the Open, with only Sipke Ernst in between. He and Jan Werle, who might have been able to break this spell, took a bye for this second game of the day. Migchiel de Jong and Thomas Beerdsen lost. Bungalowpark Westerbergen, where…
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Frisia in pursuit
After round 5, this morning, three Indians are leading the Open. This round, the two Frisians Sipke Ernst and Migchiel de Jong upheld the Dutch honour, as well as Thomas Beerdsen – they all won their games. Jan Werle didn’t manage to get past Lucas van Foreest. On the top…
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India Express thunders on
It’s starting to look like a TTT in the Open: the Indian titled players keep alternating and are thundering on. Most of the leading work is done by Babu Lalith an Abhijeet Gupta. They are still on 100%, but their fellow countrymen S.Nitin and Sundar Shyam are trailing by only…
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Sokolov throws the third stone, Short breaks away
In the sensational match between Jorden van Foreest and Ivan Sokolov we are constantly reminded of Jan Hein Donner, who once spoke of ‘two giants throwing rocks at each other’ when describing a chess match. Today it was Sokolov who was holding a big stone in his hand. Van Foreest…
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Werle holds on
On the four top boards of the Open, it was a real India-Netherlands match today. India won 2½-1½, but we might argue that the Netherlands hadn’t brought the strongest line-up – which, by the way, also goes for India. Only Jan Werle and Liam Vrolijk held their own against our…
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Jorden booms back
So far the match between Van Foreest and Sokolov offers us everything we had hoped for: unexpected turns, excitement, drama. Jorden (not to be confused with his younger brother Lucas, who is now almost leading the Open) was hardly taken aback by yesterday’s defeat. He came to the board with…
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Grandmasters have a tough job already
The audience was lucky on this sunny Sunday afternoon. Not only did they get two match games that were rich in content, but at the top board of the Open there were fireworks as well. Demre Kerigan, a Turkish chess player who has been playing in the Netherlands for years,…
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Sokolov booming
In a six-game match, the first blow is worth a few euros. Ivan Sokolov thoroughly realized this today when he went for the kill with white, striving for a ‘V for Victory’ pawn formation (d5-e4-f3-g4-h5). He didn’t quite complete the V, but he did the victory. And the Bosnian Dutchman…
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Ambitious plans
The chairman of the tournament board, Bert van der Haar, welcomed everybody to this 20th edition of the Hoogeveen Chess Tournament. He recalled that the event had led a ‘reluctant life’ after Univé had stopped as the main sponsor, and CEO Alle Peereboom of McDonald’s Hoogeveen had filled a large…
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India-Rest of the World 10-3
The big India-Netherlands match started today in the Open group in the town hall, while the four match players were still busy merrily drawing lots. Thirteen Indians we counted in this group – we may have missed one or two. Today we will present four. Three of them defeated their…
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Sixteen grandmasters in Hoogeveen Open
The Open group of the Hoogeveen Chess Tournament will be strong again. For the 20th edition of this event, from Saturday 15 to Saturday 22 October in the town hall of Hoogeveen, sixteen grandmasters have applied. Among them last year’s winner, Abhijeet Gupta from India, and four Dutchmen. Various side…
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Hoogeveen matches: Hou Yifan-Short and Van Foreest-Sokolov
Tournament director Loek van Wely has succeeded in organizing two top-level matches for the Hoogeveen Chess Tournament, from Sunday 16 up to and including Saturday 22 October in the town hall of Hoogeveen. Women’s World Champion Hou Yifan will face former vice World Champion Nigel Short, and the Dutch top…
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Players’ Portraits Hoogeveen 2016
Jorden van Foreest (30 April 1999) Things are going fast, as they should, with this young descendant of a famous Dutch chess family. Right before last year’s match with Jan Timman, Jorden van Foreest had earned the grandmaster title. In 2013 he was already U14 European Champion. The 2nd great-grandson…
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Registration Hoogeveen Chess Tournament 2016 opened
The registration for the 20th Hoogeveen Chess Tournament is open. Find the registration form here.
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Now for the twentieth
At the closing ceremony of the 19th Hoogeveen Chess Tournament, tournament director Loek spoke of a wonderful, sporting event. ‘We are soon going to work on next year’s edition, to make a wonderful jubilee edition of it. And we, the tournament board, are always open for tips and ideas to…
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Concluding draw in style
Jan Timman and Jorden van Foreest concluded their match in style today. With a lively game, with various tactical jokes, most of which remained under the surface however. Timman – Van Foreest 1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.b3 Bg7 5.Bb2 a5!? Original, and probably not bad. 6.Bg2 a4…
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Ready for the shoot-out
Four men can decide tomorrow who will win the Hoogeveen Open. If they don’t – if they draw each other – then there are nine more players lurching half a point behind. Of the hard-fought draw by Abhijeet Gupta against Erwin l’Ami, Benjamin Bok, Das Neelotpal and Jan Werle…
