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The Open Netherlands Championship is taking place in Dieren from July 21st-30th 2009. The first prize is 3000 Euros, up by€750 from the previous year. The second prize is €2000, the third €1,200.
After winning his first four games Giri faced a strong GM in round five, and had the black pieces. The lad went on the attack and played a gem of a game.
Nijboer,F (2552) - Giri,A (2518) [B48]
Dutch Open Dieren NED (5), 25.07.2009
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2 Nf6
8.0-0-0 Be7 9.f3 h5 10.Qf2 d6 11.h3 b5 12.Nxc6 Qxc6 13.Bd3 h4 14.Kb1 b4 15.Ne2
e5 16.Bg5 Nd7 17.Bxe7 Kxe7 18.Qe3 Qc5 19.Qd2 Nf6 20.Rhf1 Be6 21.f4 a5 22.fxe5
dxe5 23.Qg5.
Black is ready to start an attack on the queenside. Nijboer is trying to create confusion: 23...Rh5! 24.Qd2. He cannot touch the pawn: 24.Qxg7 Ne8 25.Qg8 the only square left for the queen. 25...f5 26.Qg6 Bf7 and the lady is lost! 24...Rd8 25.Qc1 a4 26.Rf3 Rd6. A plausible alternative was 26...Nxe4 27.Bxe4 Qc4 (threatening ...Qxa2#) 28.b3 Qxe4 29.Rxd8 Kxd8 30.Rd3+. Anish Giri said that he did not trust this variation entirely: "I thought it was dangerous and could ruin my attack. Frisor was already in time trouble and could not do much, so I decided to keep the pressure on." 27.Re1 Kf8 28.b3 Nd7 29.Ref1 f6 30.Qe1 Kf7 31.Rg1 Rh8 32.g3 Rc8 33.gxh4
Has White managed to create counterplay on the g-file? "No, I am much faster," said Giri. 33...axb3 34.Qg3 Rxd3 0-1. After 35.Qxg7+ Ke8 36.Qh8+ Nf8 37.Qh5+ Bf7 and Black will mate his opponent. [Click to replay]
5.0/5, a full point ahead of the field: GM Anish Giri with a 3164 performance
[Foto by Fred Lucas]
Jan Timman is playing in the Dutch Open for the first time in several decades – he was Open Champion as far back as 1970, when still a junior! Although now 58, and not the powerhouse he once was, Timman retains enormous class, especially in technical positions. His round three game against Eric Hoeksema was a textbook example of exploiting the bishop pair in the ending.
Hoeksema,E (2309) - Timman,J (2569) [D85]
Dutch Open Dieren NED (3), 23.07.2009
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Be3 Qa5
9.Qd2 0-0 10.Rc1 Rd8 11.d5 e6 12.Bg5 f6 13.c4 Qxd2+ 14.Bxd2 Re8 15.Be2 Nd7 16.Be3
exd5 17.exd5 f5 18.Rc2 b6 19.0-0 Nf6 20.Bd3 Bd7 21.h3 Ne4 22.Nd2 Ba4 23.Bxe4
Rxe4 24.Rcc1 Ree8 25.Nf3 h6 26.h4 Re4 27.g3 Rae8 28.Nd2 R4e7 29.Nf3 Kh7 30.Rfe1
Bb2 31.Rb1 Bc3 32.Rec1 Bf6 33.Kg2 Rg7 34.Bd2 Re2 35.Re1 Re4 36.Rxe4 fxe4 37.Ne1
Bd4 38.Be3 Rf7 39.Rc1 g5 40.hxg5 hxg5 41.Nc2 Bb2 42.Rb1 Be5 43.Na1 Kg6 44.Nb3
Bd7 45.Nd2 Bg4 46.Rb3 Bd1 47.Rb1 Be2 48.Rb3 g4 49.a4 Bd1 50.Ra3 Bb2 51.Ra2 Bc3
52.Nf1 Rh7 53.Nh2 Kf5 0-1.
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