Dutch Champions: Loek Van Wely and Anne Haast

by André Schulz
7/15/2014 – The Dutch Championships 2014 finished dramatically. In the Men's tournament Loek Van Wely and Sergei Tiviakov battled it out in a tie-break, which Van Wely won 2-0. In the Women's tournament Peng Zhaoquin was close to her 14th title, but in the last round spoiled a winning position against 21-year old Anne Haast who then became Dutch Champion 2014.
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The new Dutch Champions: ChessBase author Loek Van Wely and Anne Haast

Before Van Wely could hold the winner's trophy in his hand, he had some moments of anxiety. Because it was Wouter Spoelman who had led the field with 4.0/6 before the last round of the Dutch Championship, which this year was played as an eight-player round-robin tournament in the Manor Hotel in Amsterdam.

Manor Hotel, Amsterdam

But in the last round Spoelman lost against Benjamin Bok, while Van Wely and Sergei Tiviakov, who were trailing Spoelman by half a point, won against Dimitry Reinderman and Erwin L'Ami respectively to share first place with 4.5/7 each.

The quiet before the storm: Benjamin Bok and Wouter Spoelman before the last round

Loek Van Wely kept his cool and won the crucial last round game with black 

Sergei Tiviakov also had black - and also won.

Thus, a tie-break had to decide about the title. Van Wely won 2-0 and became Dutch Champion for the seventh time.

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1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bf4 c6 7.Qc2 Nh5 8.Bd2 Nhf6 9.e3 Bd6 10.Bd3 0-0 11.g4 Nxg4 12.Bxh7+ Kh8 13.Rg1 f5 14.Bg6 Qf6 15.h3 Nh6 16.0-0-0 Rg8 17.Ne2 Nf8 18.Ne5 Bxe5 19.dxe5 Qxe5 20.Bc3 Qe4 21.Qd2 Bd7 22.Nf4 Be8 23.f3 Qxf3 24.e4 d4 25.Bxd4 Rd8 26.Ne6 1–0
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Van Wely,L2657Van Kampen,R26361–02014D35ch-NED 20141.1
Tiviakov,S2656Reinderman,D2604½–½2014B23ch-NED 20141.2
Spoelman,W2571L'Ami,E26501–02014E32ch-NED 20141.3
Ernst,S2554Bok,B25861–02014A31ch-NED 20141.4
Reinderman,D2604Spoelman,W25710–12014A28ch-NED 20142.1
Van Kampen,R2636Bok,B2586½–½2014D70ch-NED 20142.2
Van Wely,L2657Tiviakov,S2656½–½2014E32ch-NED 20142.3
L'Ami,E2650Ernst,S2554½–½2014D16ch-NED 20142.4
Bok,B2586L'Ami,E2650½–½2014C67ch-NED 20143.1
Tiviakov,S2656Van Kampen,R2636½–½2014B23ch-NED 20143.2
Ernst,S2554Reinderman,D2604½–½2014A40ch-NED 20143.2
Spoelman,W2571Van Wely,L2657½–½2014A10ch-NED 20143.4
Van Kampen,R2636L'Ami,E2650½–½2014A27ch-NED 20144.1
Van Wely,L2657Ernst,S2554½–½2014A07ch-NED 20144.2
Reinderman,D2604Bok,B2586½–½2014D30ch-NED 20144.3
Tiviakov,S2656Spoelman,W25711–02014B30ch-NED 20144.4
Ernst,S2554Tiviakov,S26561–02014E32ch-NED 20145.1
L'Ami,E2650Reinderman,D2604½–½2014A96ch-NED 20145.2
Spoelman,W2571Van Kampen,R2636½–½2014B49ch-NED 20145.3
Bok,B2586Van Wely,L26571–02014B90ch-NED 20145.4
Van Wely,L2657L'Ami,E26501–02014A04ch-NED 20146.1
Tiviakov,S2656Bok,B25861–02014C65ch-NED 20146.2
Spoelman,W2571Ernst,S25541–02014D10ch-NED 20146.3
Van Kampen,R2636Reinderman,D26041–02014C10ch-NED 20146.4
Bok,B2586Spoelman,W25711–02014B47ch-NED 20147.1
Ernst,S2554Van Kampen,R2636½–½2014E97ch-NED 20147.2
Reinderman,D2604Van Wely,L26570–12014D11ch-NED 20147.3
L'Ami,E2650Tiviakov,S26560–12014E17ch-NED 20147.4

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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 0-0 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.e3 d6 9.Ne2 Nbd7 10.Qc2 c5 11.Rd1 Rc8 12.Nc3 Qe7 13.d5 exd5 14.cxd5 h6 15.Bh4 Rfe8 16.Be2 Nf8 17.Qf5 N8h7 18.0-0 a6 19.a4 Rc7 20.Rfe1 Bc8 21.Qc2 Ng5 22.Bd3 c4 23.Bf1 Rc5 24.e4 Nh5 25.Kh1 Qe5 26.f3 Bd7 27.Bf2 Rc7 28.Bxb6 Rb7 29.a5 Rc8 30.Qf2 Nf4 31.Qg3 Ng6 32.Qf2 Rcb8 33.Rd4 f5 34.Rxc4 fxe4 35.Nxe4 Nxe4 36.Rcxe4 Qf6 37.Bxa6 Ne5 38.Bxb7 Rxb7 39.a6 Rb8 40.a7 Ra8 41.Bd4 Qf7 42.Bxe5 dxe5 43.Rxe5 Bf5 44.Re7 Qxd5 45.Qg3 Qd4 46.Qb8+ 1–0
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Van Wely,L2657Tiviakov,S26561–02014E32ch-NED TB 20141
Tiviakov,S2656Van Wely,L26570–12014B43ch-NED TB 20142

Women's Championship

In the Women's Championship Anne Haast won the title for the first time. With 5.5/7 the 21-year old finished half a point ahead of Bianca Muhren. Peng Zhaoqin, who had dominated Dutch women's chess for more than a decade, became third.

The decisive game was played in the last round when Haast won against Peng. However, in a well-known line of the Queens Gambit Accepted Haast was lost at a certain moment when Peng missed a chance to reach a winning position through a temporary queen sacrifice - an idea which had already occurred in the stem game of this line, Taimanov-Polugayevsky, Leningrad 1960. Later on, Peng spoiled an albeit worse but still tenable endgame.

Again, Black proved to be the lucky color

 
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1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.Qa4+ More common is 4.e3 4...Nbd7 Other options are 4...c6 5.Qxc4 Bf5 6.g3 e6 7.Bg2 Nbd7 8.0-0 Be7 9.Nbd2 0-0 10.Qb3 Nb6 or 4...Nc6 5.Qxc4 5.Nc3 5...e6 6.g3 Bd6 7.Bg2 0-0 8.0-0 e5!? or 4...Bd7 5.Qxc4 e6 6.g3 Bc6 7.Bg2 Bd6 8.0-0 Nbd7 5.Nc3 e6 6.e4 6.Qxc4 a6 7.g3 c5 8.Bg2 b5 9.Qd3 Bb7 didn't bring White much success. 6...c5 A good alternative is 6...a6 7.Bxc4 Rb8 7.d5 exd5 8.e5 d4 9.exf6 dxc3 10.Bxc4 Qxf6 11.Bg5 Qc6 11...Qg6? 12.0-0 f6 13.Rad1 13.Rfe1++- 13...c2 14.Rd2 fxg5 15.Ne5 Qf5 16.Nxd7 Bxd7 17.Rxd7 Qxd7 18.Bb5 Rd8 19.Re1+ Be7 20.Qe4 Kf7 21.Bxd7 Rxd7 22.Qf5+ Ke8 23.Qxc5+- 1-0 (118) Kramnik,V (2710)-Polgar,Z (2550) Monte Carlo 1994 12.Qxc6? Misses the win. In the stem game followed 12.0-0-0!+- which is much better: cxb2+ 12...Qxa4 13.Rhe1+ Be7 14.Rxe7+ Kf8 14...Kd8 15.Rexd7+ Ke8 16.Rd8# 15.Rxf7+ Kg8 16.Rfxd7+ Qxc4 17.Rd8+ Kf7 18.Ne5++- 13.Kxb2 Be7 14.Rhe1 f6 15.Bb5 Qb6 16.Kc1 fxg5 17.Bxd7+ Kf8 18.Rxe7 Kxe7 19.Qe4+ Kd8 20.Bf5+ Kc7 21.Qe5+ Kc6 22.Rd6+ Kb5 23.Qb2+ 1-0 (23) Taimanov, M-Polugaevsky,L Leningrad 1960 12...bxc6= After the queens went off the board Black's lack of development is no longer important. 13.0-0-0 f6 14.Rhe1+ Be7 15.Bf4 Nb6? 15...cxb2+ 16.Kb1 Kf8= 16.Bb3? 16.Bd6 Nxc4 17.Rxe7+ Kf8 18.Rxa7++- 16...c4= 17.Bd6 0-0 Possible because the Bb3 is cut off. 18.Bxe7 cxb3 19.axb3 19.Bxf8 bxa2 20.Kc2 Bf5+ 21.Kxc3 Kxf8= 19...cxb2+ 20.Kxb2 Re8 Black emerged a pawn up from the complications. However, White can still hope for a draw but this would not have been enough for the title. 21.Nd4 Bd7 22.Bc5 Rxe1 23.Rxe1 Nd5 24.g3 a6 25.Rc1 Kf7 26.Bd6 Rc8 27.Ra1?! 27.b4 27...c5 28.Ne2 Ke6 29.Bf4 Bb5 30.Re1 Nxf4 31.Nxf4+ Kf7 32.Kc3 Rd8 33.h4 Rd6 34.Re3 Rd1 35.Ne6 c4 36.Nd4 cxb3 37.Nxb5 axb5 38.Kxb3 Liquidating into a rook endgame should give White some drawing chances even if the white king is cut off. Rd2 39.f3? 39.Rf3!? 39...f5 40.Kb4 40.f4 to prevent f4, does not help either. Kg6 41.Kc3 Rg2 42.Kd4 Kh5 43.Kc5 g6 44.Re7 44.Kxb5 Kg4-+ 44...Rxg3 45.Rxh7+ Kg4 46.Kxb5 Kxf4-+ 40.Kc3 Rg2 41.Re5 b4+ 42.Kxb4 Kf6 43.f4 Rxg3-+ 40.Rc3 Rg2 41.h5 Rxg3-+ 40...f4 41.gxf4 Rd4+ 42.Kxb5 Rxf4 43.Kc5 Rxh4 44.Kd5 Rf4 45.Ke5 g5 46.Ra3 Kg6 47.Rb3 Kh5 0–1
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Peng,Z2402Haast,A22960–12014D23ch-NED w 20147.2

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Padurariu,I2205Haast,A22960–12014B48ch-NED w 20141.1
Muhren,B2296Paulet,I2227½–½2014B52ch-NED w 20141.2
Kazarian,A2025Hortensius,L2162½–½2014B44ch-NED w 20141.3
Peng,Z2402Lanchava,T22860–12014A81ch-NED w 20141.4
Paulet,I2227Kazarian,A20251–02014D03ch-NED w 20142.1
Haast,A2296Lanchava,T22861–02014B06ch-NED w 20142.2
Padurariu,I2205Muhren,B22961–02014B48ch-NED w 20142.3
Hortensius,L2162Peng,Z24020–12014C15ch-NED w 20142.4
Lanchava,T2286Hortensius,L21620–12014D37ch-NED w 20143.1
Muhren,B2296Haast,A22961–02014B47ch-NED w 20143.2
Peng,Z2402Paulet,I22271–02014A30ch-NED w 20143.3
Kazarian,A2025Padurariu,I22050–12014B84ch-NED w 20143.4
Haast,A2296Hortensius,L21621–02014B47ch-NED w 20144.1
Padurariu,I2205Peng,Z24020–12014C18ch-NED w 20144.2
Paulet,I2227Lanchava,T22860–12014B06ch-NED w 20144.3
Muhren,B2296Kazarian,A2025½–½2014C09ch-NED w 20144.4
Peng,Z2402Muhren,B22960–12014D25ch-NED w 20145.1
Hortensius,L2162Paulet,I22270–12014B90ch-NED w 20145.2
Kazarian,A2025Haast,A2296½–½2014B44ch-NED w 20145.3
Lanchava,T2286Padurariu,I22051–02014A46ch-NED w 20145.4
Padurariu,I2205Hortensius,L21620–12014B48ch-NED w 20146.1
Muhren,B2296Lanchava,T22861–02014B06ch-NED w 20146.2
Kazarian,A2025Peng,Z24020–12014C01ch-NED w 20146.3
Haast,A2296Paulet,I22271–02014B90ch-NED w 20146.4
Lanchava,T2286Kazarian,A2025½–½2014D10ch-NED w 20147.1
Peng,Z2402Haast,A22960–12014D23ch-NED w 20147.2
Paulet,I2227Padurariu,I2205½–½2014B47ch-NED w 20147.3
Hortensius,L2162Muhren,B22960–12014B90ch-NED w 20147.4

Biance Muhren (right) became third

Interview with Loek van Wely (Dutch)

Interview with Anne Haast (Dutch)

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