Evgeny Alekseev wins Amsterdam Science Park

by André Schulz
7/19/2016 – More than 300 players took part in the "Amsterdam Science Park Chess Tournament" that was played from 9th to 17th July and offered a prize-fund of about 7,500 Euros. 77 players started in group A, among them several grandmasters and title-holders. Clear rating-favorite was the Russian GM Evgeny Alekseev and he did not disappont and won the tournament with 8.0/9.

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The symbolic first move

Tournament hall

The "Amsterdam Science Park Chess Tournament" was played in four rating-groups and all in all 320 players took part. To start in group A you needed a rating of at least 2000 Elo. Most of the 77 players who fulfilled this condition were from the Netherlands but with Vitaly Kunin, Stanislav Novikov and Evgeny Alekseev some strong grandmasters the tournament also had its share of strong foreign grandmasters.

With a rating of 2626 Alekseev was clear favorite and with a result of 8.0/9 he lived up to this role and won the first prize of 1,750 Euros. GM Erik van den Doel finished second and was best Dutch player. Lucas van Foreest, the younger brother of the better known Dutch talent Jorden van Foreest finished fifth with 6.0/9 - a remarkable result.

Grandmaster duel: Erik van den Doel vs Evgeny Alekseev 

Tournament winner Evgeny Alekksev

Lucas van Foreest

 

Final standings

No Name Score Federation Rating TPR
1 GM Alekseev, Evgeny 8.0 RUS 2626 2774
2 GM Van den Doel, Erik 7.0 NED 2568 2622
3 GM Kunin, Vitaly 7.0 GER 2592 2617
4 GM Kim, Alexey 6.5 KOR 2458 2487
5 Van Foreest, Lucas 6.0 NED 2367 2468
6 GM Novikov, Stanislav 6.0 RUS 2528 2427
7 Vos, Tjark 6.0 AHO 2156 2451
8 FM Lai, Hing Ting 6.0 NED 2416 2410
9 IM Bosboom, Manuel 6.0 NED 2397 2412
10 FM Bezemer, Arno 6.0 NED 2278 2434
11 GM Jonkman, Harmen 6.0 NED 2421 2369
12 IM Riemersma, Li 6.0 NED 2449 2434
13 German, Nikita 6.0 RUS 2077 2399
14 FM Vereggen, Lars 6.0 NED 2368 2317
15 Bodicker, Rob 5.5 NED 2019 2363
16 Beeke, Bob 5.5 NED 2278 2325
17 FM Hachijan, Armen 5.5 NED 2330 2295
18 Kokje, Joris 5.5 NED 2220 2284
19 IM Blees, Albert 5.5 NED 2391 2286
20 FM Brink, Barry 5.5 NED 2309 2236
21 Woudsma, Martijn 5.5 NED 2187 2202

... 77 participants

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Photos: Lennart Ootes

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

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