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After four rounds Anish Giri and Loek van Wely, the two favorites to win the title, were equal first. Both had won two games and had drawn two. But in the next two rounds Giri continued to win - against Sipke Ernst and Erwin l'Ami - whereas van Wely won against Benjamin Bok in round six but had to content himself with a draw in round five against Sergei Tiviakov, and thus before the seventh and final round van Wely was half a point behind Giri.
In the final round Giri had the black pieces against Robin van Kampen and had nothing against a quick draw. Now Loek van Wely "only" needed to win his game against Sipke Ernst to share first place with Giri.
Van Wely played with Black and had chances to win. In a double rook endgame with opposite colored bishops he had a small plus which led White to sacrifice an exchange. However, in time trouble both sides missed good chances. While White advanced his pawns on the kingside Black put his trust on his passed b-pawn which was supported by a rook. With hardly any time left on the clock White then missed a study-like draw, but Black returned the compliment by missing a win. After another mistake Black even squandered the draw and suffered a bitter loss in a crucial game.
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1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.0-0 0-0 9.Qe2 Bg6 10.Ne5 Nbd7 11.Rd1 Nxe5 12.dxe5 Nd7 13.f4 Qe7 14.Na2 Nb6 15.Nxb4 Qxb4 16.b3 Nxc4 17.Qxc4 c5 18.Ba3 Qxc4 19.bxc4 Rfc8 20.Rd6 h5 21.Ra2 Be4 22.Kf2 Bc6 23.Bxc5 Be8 24.Bd4 Rxc4 25.a5 Bc6 26.Kg3 Bd5 27.Rb2 Ra4 28.Rxd5 exd5 29.Rxb7 Rxa5 30.e6 f6 31.Kh4 Ra2 32.Bb2 Ra6 33.Kxh5 Rb6 34.Rxb6 axb6 35.Kg6 b5 36.g4 b4 37.h4 b3 38.g5? 38.f5= 38...fxg5? 38...Kf8 39.gxf6 gxf6 40.Bxf6 40.h5 Ra2 41.h6 Rxb2 42.h7 Rh2-+ 40...Ra2 41.h5 Rg2+ 41...b2? 42.Bxb2 Rxb2 43.h6 Ke7 44.h7 Rg2+ 45.Kh6 Rh2+ 46.Kg7= 42.Kf5 b2 43.Bxb2 Rxb2 44.Ke5 Re2 45.f5 Rxe3+ 46.Kxd5 Ke7 47.h6 Rh3-+ 39.hxg5 Ra6? 39...Ra2 40.f5 40.e7? Ra6+ 41.Kf5 g6+ 42.Ke5 Kf7-+ 40...Kf8 40...Rxb2? 41.e7+- 41.Bxg7+ Ke7 42.Bf6+ Ke8 43.Bc3 b2 44.Bxb2 Rxb2 45.f6 Kf8 46.e7+ Ke8 47.Kg7 Rf2 48.g6 Rf1 49.f7+ Kxe7 50.Kh8 Rh1+ 51.Kg7 Rf1= 40.f5 Rb6 40...Kf8 41.Bxg7+ Ke7 42.Bf6+ Ke8 43.Bd4 Ke7 44.Kg7+- 41.Bxg7 Ra6 42.Bd4 Kf8 43.Kh7 Ke7 44.g6 Ra4 45.g7 Rxd4 46.exd4 1–0 - Start an analysis engine:
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| Ernst,S | - | Van Wely,L | - | 1–0 | 2015 | D19 | NK 2015 | 7 |
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With this loss of his closest rival Anish Giri won tournament and title.
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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Bg4 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 g6 8.0-0 Nd7 9.Be3 Bg7 10.Nd2 a5 11.Rab1 0-0 12.Qe2 e5 13.a4 Qe7 14.Nc4 b5 15.Nd2 f5 16.exf5 gxf5 17.f3 Nb6 18.Qf2 Nxa4 19.b3 Nc3 20.Bxc5 Qd7 21.Bxf8 Rxf8 22.Rbe1 e4 23.Kh1 exd3 24.cxd3 Qxd3 25.Re7 Bf6 26.Rb7 Kh8 27.Re1 Qd6 28.Qe3 Nd5 29.Qh6 Be7 30.Re6 1–0
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| Bok,B | - | Ernst,S | - | 1–0 | 2015 | B30 | NK 2015 | 1 |
| Van Wely,L | - | L'Ami,E | - | ½–½ | 2015 | E17 | NK 2015 | 1 |
| Pruijssers,R | - | Van Kampen,R | - | 0–1 | 2015 | B48 | NK 2015 | 1 |
| Giri,A | - | Tiviakov,S | - | ½–½ | 2015 | C11 | NK 2015 | 1 |
| Van Kampen,R | - | Van Wely,L | - | 0–1 | 2015 | B42 | NK 2015 | 2.1 |
| Tiviakov,S | - | Ernst,S | - | ½–½ | 2015 | C77 | NK 2015 | 2 |
| Giri,A | - | Pruijssers,R | - | 1–0 | 2015 | C80 | NK 2015 | 2 |
| L'Ami,E | - | Bok,B | - | ½–½ | 2015 | D85 | NK 2015 | 2 |
| Van Wely,L | - | Giri,A | - | ½–½ | 2015 | A06 | NK 2015 | 3 |
| Bok,B | - | Van Kampen,R | - | ½–½ | 2015 | C15 | NK 2015 | 3 |
| Pruijssers,R | - | Tiviakov,S | - | 1–0 | 2015 | C02 | NK 2015 | 3 |
| Ernst,S | - | L'Ami,E | - | 1–0 | 2015 | E11 | NK 2015 | 3 |
| Van Kampen,R | - | Ernst,S | - | ½–½ | 2015 | C93 | NK 2015 | 4 |
| Tiviakov,S | - | L'Ami,E | - | ½–½ | 2015 | C65 | NK 2015 | 4 |
| Giri,A | - | Bok,B | - | 1–0 | 2015 | E15 | NK 2015 | 4 |
| Pruijssers,R | - | Van Wely,L | - | 0–1 | 2015 | B45 | NK 2015 | 4 |
| Bok,B | - | Pruijssers,R | - | 1–0 | 2015 | C80 | NK 2015 | 5 |
| L'Ami,E | - | Van Kampen,R | - | ½–½ | 2015 | D37 | NK 2015 | 5 |
| Van Wely,L | - | Tiviakov,S | - | ½–½ | 2015 | E18 | NK 2015 | 5 |
| Ernst,S | - | Giri,A | - | 0–1 | 2015 | D45 | NK 2015 | 5 |
| Giri,A | - | L'Ami,E | - | 1–0 | 2015 | A35 | NK 2015 | 6 |
| Van Wely,L | - | Bok,B | - | 1–0 | 2015 | A05 | NK 2015 | 6 |
| Pruijssers,R | - | Ernst,S | - | ½–½ | 2015 | C50 | NK 2015 | 6 |
| Tiviakov,S | - | Van Kampen,R | - | 0–1 | 2015 | C07 | NK 2015 | 6 |
| Van Kampen,R | - | Giri,A | - | ½–½ | 2015 | C47 | NK 2015 | 7 |
| Bok,B | - | Tiviakov,S | - | 1–0 | 2015 | C11 | NK 2015 | 7 |
| L'Ami,E | - | Pruijssers,R | - | ½–½ | 2015 | A80 | NK 2015 | 7 |
| Ernst,S | - | Van Wely,L | - | 1–0 | 2015 | D19 | NK 2015 | 7 |
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Women's Championship
The participants of the Dutch Women's Championship played as if they did not know that drawing games is not against the law. In total 28 games were played, but only five ended with a draw. Four of these five draws were played by Bianca De Jong-Muhren, who drew against Anna Haast, Tea Lanchava, Lisa Hortensius and Iozefina Paulet. Lisa Hortensius and Anna-Maja Kazarian took care of the fifth draw - but only after fighting for 96 moves.
The Women's Championship started as a race between 13 times Dutch Women's champion Zhaoqin Peng, Tea Lanchava, and Anne Haast. Before the fifth round these three shared the lead. But in the fifth round Haast won against Peng to take the sole lead because Tea Lanchava conceded half a point in round five - against Bianca De Jong-Muhren.
Anne Haast
In the final round Haast could afford to draw against De Jong-Muhren to finish first half a point ahead of Peng.
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1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nge2 dxe4 5.a3 Be7 6.Nxe4 Nf6 7.Qd3 0-0 8.Bf4 Nd5 9.h4 f5 10.Nd2 c5 11.0-0-0 cxd4 12.Bxb8 Rxb8 13.Nf3 b5 14.Nexd4 b4 15.a4 Qc7 16.g3 Bd7 17.Qb3 Qa5 18.Ne5 Bxa4 19.Nec6 Bxc6 20.Nxc6 Qb6 21.Nxb8 Rxb8 22.Bc4 Bf6 23.Bxd5 exd5 24.Rxd5 Kh8 25.Rxf5 a5 26.Re1 a4 27.Qxa4 Qd8 28.Qb3 h6 29.Rd1 Qb6 30.Rd7 Qa6 31.g4 Qa1+ 32.Kd2 Re8 33.Qf3 Qe1+ 34.Kd3 Qf1+ 35.Kd2 Qe1+ 36.Kd3 Qf1+ 37.Kd2 Qe1+ 38.Kd3 Qf1+ 39.Kd2 Qe1+ ½–½
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| De Jong-Muhren,B | - | Paulet,I | - | ½–½ | 2015 | C15 | NKV 2015 | 1 |
| Kazarian,A | - | Haast,A | - | 0–1 | 2015 | B47 | NKV 2015 | 1 |
| Peng,Z | - | Lanchava,T | - | 1–0 | 2015 | B06 | NKV 2015 | 1 |
| Hortensius,L | - | Ratsma,R | - | 1–0 | 2015 | B94 | NKV 2015 | 1 |
| Paulet,I | - | Kazarian,A | - | 0–1 | 2015 | A03 | NKV 2015 | 2 |
| Peng,Z | - | Hortensius,L | - | 1–0 | 2015 | D56 | NKV 2015 | 2 |
| Lanchava,T | - | Haast,A | - | 1–0 | 2015 | D04 | NKV 2015 | 2 |
| Ratsma,R | - | De Jong-Muhren,B | - | 1–0 | 2015 | B40 | NKV 2015 | 2 |
| Hortensius,L | - | Lanchava,T | - | 0–1 | 2015 | B06 | NKV 2015 | 3 |
| Kazarian,A | - | Ratsma,R | - | 1–0 | 2015 | B90 | NKV 2015 | 3 |
| Haast,A | - | Paulet,I | - | 1–0 | 2015 | B90 | NKV 2015 | 3 |
| De Jong-Muhren,B | - | Peng,Z | - | 1–0 | 2015 | B38 | NKV 2015 | 3 |
| Peng,Z | - | Kazarian,A | - | 1–0 | 2015 | D45 | NKV 2015 | 4 |
| Lanchava,T | - | Paulet,I | - | 1–0 | 2015 | D05 | NKV 2015 | 4 |
| Hortensius,L | - | De Jong-Muhren,B | - | ½–½ | 2015 | B45 | NKV 2015 | 4 |
| Ratsma,R | - | Haast,A | - | 0–1 | 2015 | C77 | NKV 2015 | 4 |
| Paulet,I | - | Ratsma,R | - | ½–½ | 2015 | B23 | NKV 2015 | 5 |
| Haast,A | - | Peng,Z | - | 1–0 | 2015 | C00 | NKV 2015 | 5 |
| De Jong-Muhren,B | - | Lanchava,T | - | ½–½ | 2015 | B06 | NKV 2015 | 5 |
| Kazarian,A | - | Hortensius,L | - | ½–½ | 2015 | B41 | NKV 2015 | 5 |
| Hortensius,L | - | Haast,A | - | 0–1 | 2015 | C44 | NKV 2015 | 6 |
| Lanchava,T | - | Ratsma,R | - | 1–0 | 2015 | A48 | NKV 2015 | 6 |
| Peng,Z | - | Paulet,I | - | 1–0 | 2015 | A43 | NKV 2015 | 6 |
| De Jong-Muhren,B | - | Kazarian,A | - | 0–1 | 2015 | C11 | NKV 2015 | 6 |
| Haast,A | - | De Jong-Muhren,B | - | ½–½ | 2015 | B40 | NKV 2015 | 7 |
| Ratsma,R | - | Peng,Z | - | 0–1 | 2015 | C03 | NKV 2015 | 7 |
| Paulet,I | - | Hortensius,L | - | 1–0 | 2015 | B43 | NKV 2015 | 7 |
| Kazarian,A | - | Lanchava,T | - | 1–0 | 2015 | B06 | NKV 2015 | 7 |
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Robin van Kampen, Loek van Wely, Erwin l'Ami and Merijn van Delft relax with a couple of blitz games
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