Dutch Championship: Four players move on to final stage

by Klaus Besenthal
10/24/2021 – The Dutch Championship will be played in two stages this year. On Saturday, the three-round knockout phase was completed in the town hall of Hoogeveen. The field of participants was thus reduced from 16 to 4, who will determine the new champion in a double round-robin in Rotterdam at the end of November. The qualified players are Roeland Pruijssers, Max Warmerdam, Robin Swinkels and Hing Ting Lai. Meanwhile, the Women's Championship, which was played concurrently, was organized as a round robin tournament — the event was won by WGM Anne Haast. | Photos: Frans Peeters

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Dutch Championships

Hoogeveen is located in the east of the Netherlands, not far from the German border. Parallel to the knockout phase of the Dutch Championship and the Dutch Women’s Championship, the 24th Hoogeveen Open (with almost exclusively Dutch participants) was also held.

In the third round of the knockout phase, Casper Schoppen and Hing Ting Lai were the only players who, after the two games of classical chess, had to go into the tiebreak consisting initially of two 25+10 rapid games. After losing the first of these games, Schoppen let victory slip away in the dramatic final phase of the second game — thus clearing the way for his opponent to reach the last four.

 
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1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 Bg4 4.h3 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 e6 6.Be2 g6 7.d4 Bg7 8.Bf4 Ne7 9.0-0-0 Nd7 10.h4 h5 11.Kb1 Qb6 12.Qg3 Rc8 13.Bd6 Qd8 14.Qf4 dxe4 15.Nxe4 Nf5 16.g4 hxg4 17.Bxg4 Nf6 18.Bxf5 gxf5 19.Nxf6+ Bxf6 20.h5 Qa5 21.Be5 Qd8 22.Rhg1 Kd7 23.d5 cxd5 24.Rxd5+ exd5 25.Qxf5+ Kc6 26.Bxf6 Rxh5 27.Qf3 Qd6 28.Qxh5 Qxf6 29.Rd1 Rd8 30.Qe2 Kc7 31.a3 a6 32.Rd3 Rd6 33.Rf3 Qe6 34.Qd2 d4 35.Rd3 Qe5 36.b3 Kb8 37.Kb2 Ka7 38.Qb4 Rf6 39.f3 Qd5 40.Rxd4 Qe5 41.Ka2 Rxf3 42.Rd7 Qb5 43.Qd4+ Qb6 44.Qc4 f5 45.Qc8 Rf2 46.Rf7 Rd2 47.Rxf5 Rd8 48.Qc4 Rd7 49.Rc5 Qd6 50.Rc8 Rd8 51.Rxd8 Qxd8 52.Qc3 Ka8 53.Kb2 Qf8 54.Qe5 Qg8 55.a4 Qf8 56.Qd4 Qe8 57.Qf6 Qg8 58.b4 Qe8 59.Kb3 Qg8+ 60.Ka3 Qe8 61.Qd4 Qg8 62.b5 Qf8+ 63.Kb3 axb5 64.axb5 Qf7+ 65.Kb4 Qe7+ 66.Ka4 Qe8 67.Ka5 Qf8 68.Kb6 Qh6+ 69.Kc7 Qh7+ 70.Kb6 Qh6+ 71.Ka5 Qf8 72.Ka4 Qg8 73.c4 Qe8 74.Ka5 Qf8
In this "tablebase endgame" the best possible result can be exactly predicted with computer help - and in fact this position was won for White. However, if it were Black's move here, he would win easily with Qa3+ (you don't need a computer to see that). 75.Kb6?? White perhaps unconsciously allowed himself to be disturbed by the threat of Qa3+? 75.c5! wins for White. For example: Qb8 76.Kb4 Qa7 77.b6 75...Qd6+‼ Now Black shows this lethal blow - a move that propelled him into the final stage of the championship. 76.Qxd6
½–½
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Schoppen,C2496Lai,H2439½–½2021NED-ch KO-phase 20213.4

Hing Ting Lai

Casper Schoppen

All results

Round 1, Game 1
 
A Lai, Hing Ting Hilwerda, Jonas 1-0
B Hoogendoorn, Joost Zwirs, Nico 0-1
C Ten Hertog, Hugo Timmermans, Mark 1-0
D Van der Lende, Ilias Burg, Twan 1-0
E Swinkels, Robin Maatman, Nick ½-½
F Beerdsen, Thomas Brandenburg, Daan 1-0
G Vrolijk, Liam Nijboer, Friso 1-0
H Pijpers, Arthur Hendriks, Willy ½-½
 
Round 1, Game 2
 
A Hilwerda, Jonas Lai, Hing Ting ½-½
B Zwirs, Nico Hoogendoorn, Joost 1-0
C Timmermans, Mark Ten Hertog, Hugo 0-1
D Burg, Twan Van der Lende, Ilias ½-½
E Maatman, Nick Swinkels, Robin 0-1
F Brandenburg, Daan Beerdsen, Thomas ½-½
G Nijboer, Friso Vrolijk, Liam ½-½
H Hendriks, Willy Pijpers, Arthur 0-1
 
Round 2, Game 1
 
I Lai, Hing Ting Janssen, Ruud 1-0
J Ernst, Sipke Zwirs, Nico ½-½
K Ten Hertog, Hugo Van den Doel, Erik ½-½
L Reinderman, Dimitri Van der Lende, Ilias 0-1
M Swinkels, Robin Sokolov, Ivan ½-½
N Warmerdam, Max Beerdsen, Thomas 1-0
O Vrolijk, Liam Pruijssers, Roeland ½-½
P Schoppen, Casper Pijpers, Arthur ½-½
 
Round 2, Game 2
 
I Janssen, Ruud Lai, Hing Ting 1-0
J Zwirs, Nico Ernst, Sipke ½-½
K Van den Doel, Erik Ten Hertog, Hugo ½-½
L Van der Lende, Ilias Reinderman, Dimitri ½-½
M Sokolov, Ivan Swinkels, Robin 0-1
N Beerdsen, Thomas Warmerdam, Max 0-1
O Pruijssers, Roeland Vrolijk, Liam 1-0
P Pijpers, Arthur Schoppen, Casper 0-1
 
Round 2, Game 3
 
I Lai, Hing Ting Janssen, Ruud ½-½
J Ernst, Sipke Zwirs, Nico ½-½
K Ten Hertog, Hugo Van den Doel, Erik 0-1
 
Round 2, Game 4
 
I Janssen, Ruud Lai, Hing Ting ½-½
J Zwirs, Nico Ernst, Sipke 1-0
K Van den Doel, Erik Ten Hertog, Hugo 0-1
 
Round 2, Game 5
 
I Janssen, Ruud Lai, Hing Ting 0-1
K Ten Hertog, Hugo Van den Doel, Erik ½-½
 
Round 2, Game 6
 
I Lai, Hing Ting Janssen, Ruud 0-1
K Van den Doel, Erik Ten Hertog, Hugo 1-0
 
Round 2, Game 7
 
I Janssen, Ruud Lai, Hing Ting 0-1
 
Round 3, Game 1
 
Lai, Hing Ting Schoppen, Casper 0-1
Pruijssers, Roeland Zwirs, Nico 1-0
Van den Doel, Erik Warmerdam, Max ½-½
Swinkels, Robin Van der Lende, Ilias ½-½
 
Round 3, Game 2
 
Schoppen, Casper Lai, Hing Ting 0-1
Zwirs, Nico Pruijssers, Roeland ½-½
Warmerdam, Max * Van den Doel, Erik 1-0
Van der Lende, Ilias Swinkels, Robin 0-1
 
Round 3, Game 3
 
Lai, Hing Ting Schoppen, Casper 1-0
 
Round 3, Game 4
 
Schoppen, Casper Lai, Hing Ting * ½-½

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Women’s Championship

In the Women’s Championship, none of the eight participants remained without defeat, but each managed at least one victory. Machteld van Foreest, the 14-year-old sister of the two well-known grandmasters Jorden and Lucas, could not quite have a successful run in the national event.

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Klaus Besenthal is computer scientist, has followed and still follows the chess scene avidly since 1972 and since then has also regularly played in tournaments.

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