Eric Hansen leads in Wijk aan Zee

by André Schulz
11/20/2015 – In January 2016 the world's best players will meet in Wijk aan Zee to play one of the strongest grandmaster tournaments of the year. The winner of the Challengers in Wijk qualifies for next year's edition of this tournament. The winner of the Cultural Village tournament that currently takes place in Wijk qualifies for the Challengers in January.
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Wijk aan Zee: Cultural Village Chess Tournament

If chess fans hear the name "Wijk aan Zee" they usually think of the great international tournaments which have been played for decades in the small village, supported by the steel companies Hoogoven, Corus, and now Tata Steel. In January 2016 World Champion Magnus Carlsen and the world's best players will again meet in Wijk.

However, the great international tournament is not the only tournament with a remarkable tradition in the small Dutch village. The "Cultural Village" tournaments also have a long history which began in 1987 with a tournament in the "Hotel Sonnevanck". In recent years the tournament has been played every year but it moved to the "Café de Zon".

This year four Dutch players, one Canadian, two players from Georgia (one man, one woman), one player from Turkey, one from Azerbaijan, and a woman player from Iran take part. The winner of the tournament will be invited to the Challenger Tournament of the Tata Steel Festival 2016. After four rounds Eric Hansen from Canada leads with 3.5/4.

 

 

Café de Zon

The spacious tournament venue

The participants

Roeland Pruijssers - Eric Hansen

 
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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.0-0 Nd7 7.Nbd2 0-0 8.b3 Re8 9.Bb2 f6 10.Nc4 Nf8 11.Nh4 Ne6 12.Qd2 Nf4 13.g3? Weakening the white squares on the kingside. Ng6 14.Nxg6 14.Nf5 Bxf5 15.exf5 Ne7 16.Ne3 Qd7 14.Ng2 Bh3 14...hxg6 15.Kg2 White wants to play f4 and moves his king out of the pin. However, on g2 the king invites the black queen to come for a visit. Qd7 16.Kh1 Qh3 17.f4 Proceeding with his plans. More careful was 17.f3 17...exf4 18.Qxf4 Bg4
Black has surprisingly active bishops and now threatens Be2. If the attacked rook on f1 moves away Black follows up with ...g5 and wins - if the white queen runs for cover Black mates with ...Bf3#. 19.Rae1 g5 20.Qd2 Rad8 21.b4?
Oblivious to the dangers threatening him. White had to get away from the d-file with 21.Qc1 21...Rxe4 22.dxe4 22.bxc5 Re2-+ 22...Rxd2 23.Nxd2 Bxb4-+ White has two rooks for the queen - this often is enough but here White also has a very bad position: he has a lot of weaknesses and his king is exposed. 24.c3 Bc5 25.e5? Weakening the white squares. Be6 26.c4 f5 27.Rf3 g4 28.Rd3 b5 29.Ba3 Bb6 30.Rd8+ Kh7 31.Re8 Qh6 32.Bc1 Qg6 33.Re7 bxc4 34.h4 gxh3 35.Nf1 Qg4 36.Kh2 Qf3 37.Kxh3 Qh5+ 38.Kg2 Bd5+ 39.Re4 White plays to the bitter end. Bxe4# 0–1
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Pruijssers,R-Hansen,E-0–12015C65CVST1.3

Eric Hansen

Robby Kevlishvili - Hing Ting Lai

Dorsa Derakhshani - Nino Khomeriki

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1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c6 4.0-0 Bg4 5.d4 Nbd7 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.Qd2 Nxf4 8.Qxf4 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 Qb8 10.Qd2 e6 11.c4 dxc4 12.Rc1 Nb6 13.a4 a5 14.Na3 Bb4 15.Qg5 0-0 16.Nxc4 Nxc4 17.Rxc4 Qd8 18.Qg4 Qd6 19.Rd1 e5 20.Qf5 Rad8 21.Rd3 exd4 22.e3 g6 23.Qg4 f5 24.Qh3 Qe7 25.exd4 Rfe8 26.Kg2 Qf7 27.Rc1 Qf6 28.Rcd1 Re1 29.Rxe1 Bxe1 30.Qh6 Rxd4 31.Re3 Bb4 32.Re8+ Bf8 33.Qe3 Rd8 34.Qb3+ Kh8 35.Rxd8 Qxd8 36.Qxb7 Bc5 37.Qxc6 Qd4 38.Kh3 Kg7 39.Qc7+ Kh6 40.Qf4+ Qxf4 41.gxf4 ½–½
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Ris,R-Duijker,R-½–½2015A07CVST1.1
Derakhshani,D-Khomeriki,N-½–½2015C96CVST1.2
Pruijssers,R-Hansen,E-0–12015C65CVST1.3
Abasov,N-Kerigan,D-1–02015B06CVST1.4
Kevlishvili,R-Lai,H-½–½2015B06CVST1.5
Khomeriki,N-Pruijssers,R-0–12015A80CVST2.1
Hansen,E-Abasov,N-½–½2015B31CVST2.2
Ris,R-Derakhshani,D-1–02015A05CVST2.3
Duijker,R-Lai,H-0–12015C11CVST2.4
Kerigan,D-Kevlishvili,R-1–02015B92CVST2.5
Derakhshani,D-Duijker,R-½–½2015C18CVST3.1
Pruijssers,R-Ris,R-0–12015B01CVST3.2
Kevlishvili,R-Hansen,E-0–12015C96CVST3.3
Abasov,N-Khomeriki,N-½–½2015A43CVST3.4
Lai,H-Kerigan,D-1–02015A40CVST3.5
Khomeriki,N-Kevlishvili,R-½–½2015A07CVST4.1
Duijker,R-Kerigan,D-½–½2015A10CVST4.2
Ris,R-Abasov,N-½–½2015D38CVST4.3
Hansen,E-Lai,H-1–02015B12CVST4.4
Derakhshani,D-Pruijssers,R-0–12015B03CVST4.5

 

Photos: Tournament site

Previous winners of the Hotel Sonnevanck tournaments (1987-2000) and the Cultural Village tournaments (2003-2014)

Year Name Country Score Norm
2014 Robby Kevlishvili (tweekamp) Netherlands 3½  
  Hing Ting Lai (vierkamp) Netherlands 3  
2013 David Klein Netherlands 7  
2012 Eduardas Rozentalis Latvia 7½  
  Miguoel Admiraal Netherlands 5½ IM-norm
2011 Baskaran Adhiban India 6½ GM-norm
2010 Dariusz  Swiercz Poland 7 GM-norm
2009 Twan Burg Netherlands 7 IM-norm
  Rick Lahaye Netherlands 6 IM-norm
2008 Oleg Romanisichin Ukraine 6  
2007 Dimitri Reinderman Netherlands 7 GM-norm
2006 Thomas Willemze Netherlands 7  
  Jan Willem de Jong Netherlands 5½ IM-norm
2003 Ferenc Langheinrich Germany 6½ IM-norm
  Merijn van Delft Netherlands 6 IM-norm
2000 1/2 Maarten Solleveld Netherlands 5½ IM-norm
  1/2 Alexander Dgebuadze Belgium    
1999 Rustam Kazimdzhanov Match 5-1 Harmen Jonkman
  Manuel Bosboom Match 5½ Tom Middelburg
  Alexei Barsov match 3½ Erwin l'Ami
1997 Sinisa Drasic Serbia 7  
  Nico Vink Netherlands 5½ IM-norm
  Edwin van Haastert Netherlands 5½ IM-norm
1996 Stefan Löffler Germany    
  Emanuel Bricard France    
1995 Friso Nijboer Netherlands 7½  
  Joris Brenninkmeijer Netherlands 7 GM-norm
  Harmen Jonkman Netherlands   IM-norm
1995 Friso Nijboer Netherlands 7  
  Jop Delemarre Netherlands 5½ IM-norm
1993 Ian Rogers Australia     
1992 Krotronias Greece    
1987 Julius Armas Romania    

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André Schulz started working for ChessBase in 1991 and is an editor of ChessBase News.

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