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14:16 We’ve started! Hoogeveen Chess 2017 has begun! Both the two matches and the Open got the signal from chief arbiter Frans Peeters at 14.03h. 37 brand new DGT smartboards are running to give you all the live games from the Open, and of course the clashes between Vasily Ivanchuk…

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Dit verslag is overgenomen van het Engelstalige liveblog van Peter Boel. 14:16 We’ve started! Hoogeveen Chess 2017 has begun! Both the two matches and the Open got the signal from chief arbiter Frans Peeters at 14.03h. 37 brand new DGT smartboards are running to give you all the live games…

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photos: Lennart Ootes The chairman of the tournament committee, Bert van der Haar, welcomed the match players and other visitors to the 21st Hoogeveen Chess Tournament, yesterday afternoon in the Tamboer theatre in Hoogeveen. He especially welcomed the mayor of Hoogeveen, Karel Loohuis, Thierry Baudet, leader of the Dutch political…

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All the games in the Open group of the Hoogeveen Chess Tournament will also be broadcast live on the website www.hoogeveenchess.nl. The electronic boards are provided by the Dutch company DGT, a leading company in the area of digital chessboards and chess clocks. In Hoogeveen they will be testing a…

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Jorden van Foreest Photo: Lennart Ootes Born: April 30, 1999 in Utrecht. FIDE Rating: 2600 (Augustus 2017) Previous editions: Match 2016 (2.5 – 3.5 lost vs Ivan Sokolov); Match 2015 (2.5 – 3.5) lost vs Jan Timman; Open 2013 (5.5/9); Open 2012 (5/9); Open 2011 (4/9); Open 2010 (4/9);   Jorden is…

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The participants for the Hoogeveen Chess Matches are known. World top player Vasily Ivanchuk will play the highly talented Wei Yi from China, on 21-26 October in the town hall of Hoogeveen. The Dutch top talent Jorden van Foreest is paired against the strong grandmaster Adhiban Baskaran from India.  …

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The Hoogeveen Chess Tournament will be held from Saturday 21st October through Saturday 28th October 2017. 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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At the closing ceremony, tournament director Loek van Wely spoke of a very enjoyable jubilee edition, ‘with two top matches with exciting chess, and a strong Open. And this time we had a beautiful art exhibition by Yvon Drummen, who also made the prizes for the matches. I hope everybody…

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For a moment things seemed to become tense, but until the last moment he had everything under control. The best player in the Open won the tournament again, just like last year: grandmaster Abhijeet Gupta from India. Photo: Lennart Ootes Half a point against Lucas van Foreest was enough for…

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It happens sometimes: if a player wins a match before time, his attention fades. It happened to Short today, and Hou Yifan struck immediately with an elegant attack. She wasn’t really proud of it, as with accurate play Short wouldn’t have got into trouble. Ivan Sokolov won the other match…

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For days we have been desperately asking ourselves who could break the supremacy of the Great Moghuls of Hoogeveen. It took a Van Foreest to do it. Lucas stole a point from Babu Lalith in this penultimate round. The Indian finally lost his self-control and went too far. Abhijeet Gupta…

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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