7/19/2010 – For the fourth consecutive year, the Leiden Chess Tournament was held at the Mind Sports Center in Leiden, Netherlands. Erik Van den Doel seemed poised to run away with the event, before lightning struck in the last two rounds, allowing Pedrag Nikolic an unexpected opportunity to take the laurels. We bring you the report complete with videos and test positions.
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From July 9 to July 18, the 4th Leiden Chess Tournament was held in the Mind
Sports Center in Leiden, Netherlands. The event was comprised of two tournaments,
the A event, for players rated over 1850 Elo, and the B event, for players under
1900 Elo. Both tournaments were nine rounds played at 40 moves in 90 minutes,
plus 30 minutes knockout, with a 30 second increment per move as of the first
move.
The A event had 97 players, including five grandmasters, five international
masters, and seven FIDE masters vying for the 1750 Euro first prize. GM Erik
Van den Doel looked as if he were going to run away with the tournament, with
an impressive 6.5/7 start, but two consecutive losses in the final rounds left
him with a bittersweet fourth place. First through third were GM Pedrag Nikolic,
GM Sergei Tiviakov, and IM Eelke Wiersma, all with 7.0/9.
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Player
Pts
Rtng
Perf.
WWe
BH
SB
1
GM Nikolic, Predrag
7.0
2592
2618
+0.49
53.5
40.25
2
GM Tiviakov, Sergei
7.0
2623
2608
+0.08
52.5
39.5
3
IM Wiersma, Eelke
7.0
2405
2536
+1.39
50.5
39.5
4
GM Van Den Doel, Erik
6.5
2591
2533
-0.32
55.0
37.5
5
IM Slingerland, Fred
6.5
2397
2518
+1.61
54.0
37.5
6
IM Wohl, Aleksandar H.
6.5
2375
2391
+0.36
50.5
34.75
7
GM Gofshtein, Leonid
6.5
2521
2462
-0.30
50.5
33.5
8
GM Van Der Wiel, John
6.5
2467
2410
-0.32
48.5
33.75
9
FM Bezemer, Arno
6.5
2322
2347
+0.46
48.0
33.0
10
Michielsen, Joost
6.5
2397
2308
-0.75
42.0
30.0
11
IM Lalith, Babu M.R.
6.0
2502
2377
-1.12
52.5
34.0
12
IM Kaufman, Raymond
6.0
2333
2411
+1.06
49.5
30.0
13
FM Erwich, Frank
6.0
2333
2267
-0.61
46.0
28.5
14
Vistisen, Lars
6.0
2143
2286
+1.69
43.5
25.75
15
FM Wantola, Ivo
6.0
2309
2243
-0.53
43.0
28.25
16
Ducarmon, Quinten
6.0
2225
2301
+0.88
43.0
26.0
Anne Haast about to face Erik Van den Doel.
The B event had 49 players, and was won by Stef Van der Zon (1691) who took
home 500 Euros for his effort.
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Player
Pts
Rtng
Perf.
WWe
BH
SB
1
Van Der Zon, Stef
7.5
1691
1962
+3.10
43.5
34.5
2
Sanders, Catheleijne
7.0
1751
1926
+1.95
49.0
37.75
3
Noordijk, Ed
6.5
1675
1849
+2.18
48.0
34.5
4
Van der Lende, Nathalie
6.5
1719
1835
+1.39
46.0
31.5
5
Kirana, Nancy
6.0
1845
1802
-0.46
49.0
31.25
6
Polak, Alexander
6.0
1737
1803
+0.77
47.5
28.75
7
Van den Bosse, Bart
6.0
1737
1785
+0.50
42.0
28.0
8
Bekker, Michael
5.5
1651
1820
+2.08
52.5
28.5
9
Leentvaar, Coen
5.5
1686
1728
+0.71
48.0
27.5
10
Van den Berg, Jaap
5.5
1719
1742
+0.22
45.5
23.75
11
Braggaar, Wessel
5.5
1749
1733
-0.15
43.0
23.25
12
Gravemaker, Robin Anne
5.5
1335
1674
+3.57
37.5
19.75
13
Matai, Rudi
5.5
1798
1641
-1.39
34.0
20.75
14
Kerkvliet, Sebastiaan
5.0
1749
1743
-0.09
48.5
24.0
15
Spierings, Ben
5.0
1660
1797
+1.32
46.0
23.5
16
Van der Tol, Henk
5.0
1608
1659
+0.62
41.5
20.75
17
Baak, Karl
5.0
1770
1671
-1.18
41.5
20.0
18
Egberts, Kees
5.0
1603
1752
+1.65
41.0
20.25
19
Rekelhof, Martin
5.0
1749
1664
-1.05
40.5
21.75
20
Van Herpen, Max
5.0
1557
1619
+0.86
36.5
16.5
A couple of videos introducing the top players as well as the rest of the field
were posted.
Overview of the top players at the 4th Leiden Chess Tournament.
Overview of other players at Leiden.
We chose a few tricky positions from the tournament to test your tactical vision.
The answers are at the bottom.
1) White to play and win.
2) White is already better. How does he
cement his advantage?
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