
Jan Timman vs Jorden Van Foreest
It was hardly perfection between the two battling GMs, with 50 years separating the two, but the games were exciting and fun to watch, with tactics and action aplenty. Consider the game in round four:
Timman - Van Foreest

Black just played ...e5, a mistake that Timman pounced on. White
to play and win.

It was a match of youth versus experience, where experience took the day
Timman - Van Foreest
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1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Bg2 Bf5 5.Qb3 Qb6 6.d3 e6 7.Nh4 Bg6 8.0-0 Nbd7 9.Qc2 Bc5 10.Nc3 Qa6 11.b3 b5 12.Nxg6 hxg6 13.Bb2 0-0 14.e3 Be7 15.Ne2 Rfc8 16.Rfc1 Qb7 17.Nd4 a5 18.Qe2 a4 19.Rab1 axb3 20.axb3 b4 21.Rc2 Nc5 22.f4 Nfd7 23.g4 e5 24.Nxc6! Qxc6 25.Bxd5 Qa6 26.Bxa8 26.fxe5 Rf8 26...Rab8 27.d4 Ne6 27...Nxb3 28.Rf1 Rf8 29.Qf3 28.Rf1 27.Rf1 Rad8 28.d4 Ne6 26...Qxa8 27.fxe5? 27...Qa2? 27...Nxb3! 28.Rf1 Nb6 29.Qg2 Bg5 28.Qd1 Nxb3 29.e6! fxe6 30.Bf6 Qa7 31.Bxe7 Qxe3+ 32.Rf2 Nd4 33.Kg2 Ne5 34.Qd2 Qxd3 35.Qxd3 Nxd3 36.Rd2 Nf4+ 37.Kg3 Nfe2+ 38.Kf2 Nc3 39.Rxd4 Nxb1 40.Bxb4 e5 41.Rd1 Rxc4 42.Rxb1 Rxg4 43.Bd6 Rf4+ 44.Ke3 Rf5 45.Ke4 1–0 - Start an analysis engine:
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Timman,J | 2562 | Van Foreest,J | 2548 | 1–0 | 2015 | A07 | van Foreest-Timman m 2015 | 4 |
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Jorden Van Foreest, 16, will undoubtedly learn a lot from this opportunity

Jan Timman was in good form

Sopiko Guramishvili vs Anna-Maja Kazarian

15-year-old Anna-Maja Kazarian smiling for the cameras, could not be smiling about the games

Sopiko Guramishvili conceded only one draw in six games

Open group

The Open was won by top-seed Abhijeet Gupta who took sole first with 7.0/9

Deep Sengupta (right) came in second with 6.5/9, edging out Jan Werle (left) who came in
fourth with the same score. In third was Benjamin Bok.

Alexander Shabalov was a true fighter, with 6.0/9 and no draws!

Erwin L'Ami came in fifth

A strong reaction to a bad opening

Players and spectators following the top games

By all standards, Hoogeveen was a great success

Loek Van Wely, the tounrament director, greets the players

Loek van Wely and Hans Böhm play a game of bicycle chess
Final standings of Open
Rk
|
Name
|
Rtg
|
Fed
|
Pts
|
Perf
|
1
|
GM Gupta, Abhijeet |
2629
|
IND
|
7.0
|
2652
|
2
|
GM Sengupta, Deep |
2580
|
IND
|
6.5
|
2636
|
3
|
GM Bok, Benjamin |
2591
|
NED
|
6.5
|
2646
|
4
|
GM Werle, Jan |
2524
|
NED
|
6.5
|
2588
|
5
|
GM l'Ami, Erwin |
2619
|
NED
|
6.0
|
2617
|
6
|
GM Vishnu Prasanna. V |
2503
|
IND
|
6.0
|
2600
|
7
|
GM Pavlidis, Antonios |
2522
|
GRE
|
6.0
|
2577
|
8
|
GM Neelotpal, Das |
2465
|
IND
|
6.0
|
2560
|
9
|
GM Pruijssers, Roeland |
2501
|
NED
|
6.0
|
2486
|
10
|
GM Ernst, Sipke |
2527
|
NED
|
6.0
|
2529
|
11
|
GM Shabalov, Alexander |
2522
|
USA
|
6.0
|
2464
|
12
|
IM Schroeder, Jan-Christian |
2519
|
GER
|
6.0
|
2392
|
13
|
FM Beerdsen, Thomas |
2313
|
NED
|
6.0
|
2436
|
14
|
GM Debashis, Das |
2501
|
IND
|
5.5
|
2519
|
15
|
GM Halkias, Stelios |
2534
|
GRE
|
5.5
|
2459
|
16
|
GM Ehlvest, Jaan |
2535
|
USA
|
5.5
|
2420
|
17
|
GM Stocek, Jiri |
2566
|
CZE
|
5.5
|
2446
|
18
|
IM Rudolf, Anna |
2329
|
HUN
|
5.5
|
2372
|
19
|
GM Gopal G.N. |
2536
|
IND
|
5.5
|
2426
|
20
|
FM Maris, Ivo |
2319
|
NED
|
5.5
|
2358
|
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