
The Hoogeveen Chess Tournament starts on Saturday, October 15 (opening ceremony) and ends on Saturday, October 22 2016. The tournament consists of the Hoogeveen Matches, the Hoogeveen Open and two amateur tournaments. All tournaments will take place in the attractive town hall of the Dutch city of Hoogeveen. In the chess café, well-known commentators will analyse the games with the audience. The games can also be followed live on Playchess and on the official website.
Hoogeveen Matches: Hou Yifan vs Nigel Short, Jorden van Foreest vs Ivan Sokolov.
Hoogeveen Open: Nine rounds will be played, with space for approximately 84 players who must have a minimal rating of 2000. The Hoogeveen Open is an international tournament, and consequently (grand-) master norms can be achieved. There is a total prize fund of €7,500 with a 1st prize of €3,000.
Amateur toernaments: Group I (= afternoon group): for players with a rating up to 2100. Group II (= morning group): also for players with a rating up to 2100. Each group can contain a maximum of 84 players. They play eight rounds. 1st prize for both groups is €250 each.
Rate of play: 40 moves in 90 minutes, 30 minutes extra time + an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move one.

Venue: Town Hall Hoogeveen, Raadhuisplein 1, 7901 BP Hoogeveen.
Hoogeveen Chess Tournament
All photos by Lennart Ootes
Opening

Nigel Short is introduced by Loek van Wely, the tournament director

Informal and always with good humor, the first match is announced

Although the gloves will be off for the match, Hou Yifan and Nigel Short are friends off the board

Jorden van Foreest has certainly been the Dutch talent on the rise
Matches

Finally the games are underway in the elegant playing hall

The first game saw a good opening for Nigel Short, but that he was unable to convert
Nigel Short - Hou Yifan (game one)
1.e4 | 1,185,008 | 54% | 2421 | --- |
1.d4 | 959,510 | 55% | 2434 | --- |
1.Nf3 | 286,503 | 56% | 2441 | --- |
1.c4 | 184,834 | 56% | 2442 | --- |
1.g3 | 19,892 | 56% | 2427 | --- |
1.b3 | 14,600 | 54% | 2428 | --- |
1.f4 | 5,954 | 48% | 2377 | --- |
1.Nc3 | 3,911 | 50% | 2384 | --- |
1.b4 | 1,791 | 48% | 2379 | --- |
1.a3 | 1,250 | 54% | 2406 | --- |
1.e3 | 1,081 | 49% | 2409 | --- |
1.d3 | 969 | 50% | 2378 | --- |
1.g4 | 670 | 46% | 2361 | --- |
1.h4 | 466 | 54% | 2382 | --- |
1.c3 | 439 | 51% | 2425 | --- |
1.h3 | 289 | 56% | 2420 | --- |
1.a4 | 118 | 60% | 2461 | --- |
1.f3 | 100 | 47% | 2427 | --- |
1.Nh3 | 93 | 66% | 2506 | --- |
1.Na3 | 47 | 62% | 2476 | --- |
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1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 b5 4.0-0 Bb7 5.d3 e6 6.c4 a6 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.a4 8.Bg5 Be7 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Nbd2 Nd7 11.Nb3 Rc8 12.a4 c6 13.Qd2 0-0 14.Rfc1 h6 15.d4 Rfd8 16.Qc2 Nb4 17.Qe4 Nb6 18.Nc5 Nxa4 19.Nxa4 c5 20.Qh4 Qxh4 21.Nxh4 Bxg2 22.Kxg2 bxa4 23.dxc5 Rd2 24.Rxa4 Rxb2 25.Nf3 a5 26.Kf1 Nc6 27.Nd4 Nxd4 28.Rxd4 Rc6 29.Rd6 Rxd6 30.cxd6 Rd2 31.Rc8+ Kh7 32.Ra8 Rd1+ 33.Kg2 Rxd6 34.Rxa5 g6 35.e3 Kg7 36.h4 h5 37.Kg1 Rd1+ 38.Kg2 Rd6 39.Kg1 Rd1+ 40.Kg2 8...Be7 9.Nc3 0-0 10.axb5 Nxc3 11.bxc3 axb5 12.Rxa8 Bxa8 13.Qb3 Bc6 13...Qd5 14.Qxd5 Bxd5 15.Bd2 c6 15...c5 16.Rb1 Bc6 17.Ne5 Be8 18.d4 cxd4 19.cxd4 f6 20.Nd3 Bd7 21.d5! 16.Ra1 14.Be3 Nd7 15.Ra1 Qc8 16.Ra7 Qb8 17.Qa2 b4 18.cxb4 Bxb4 19.Nd4 Bxg2 20.Kxg2 Bc5 21.Nc6 Qb6 22.Ne7+ Kh8 23.Bxc5 Qxc5 24.Qa3 Qb6 25.Qa5 Qxa5 26.Rxa5 g6 27.Ra7 Re8 28.Nc6 Rc8 29.f4 Kg7 30.Kf3 Kf8 31.g4 Ke8 32.g5 Nb6 33.e4 Kd7 34.Ne5+ Ke7 35.Ke3 f6 36.gxf6+ Kxf6 37.h4 Ke7 38.Ra2 Nd7 39.Nc6+ Kd6 40.Rc2 Nc5 41.Ne5 Nd7 42.Rc6+ Ke7 43.Kd4 Nf6 44.Rc5 Ne8 45.Ra5 Nf6 46.Ra7 Nh5 47.Ke3 Nf6 48.Nc6+ Kd7 49.Ra6 Rf8 50.Ne5+ Ke7 51.Rc6 Rc8 52.Nc4 Kd7 53.Ra6 Rf8 54.Ne5+ Ke7 55.Ra7 Rc8 56.Nc4 Ne8 57.Ne5 Nf6 ½–½
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Short,N | 2666 | Hou,Y | 2658 | ½–½ | 2016 | A05 | 20th Hoogeveen Matches 2016 | 1 |
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The game between Jorden van Foreest, playing black in the first bout, and Ivan Sokolov, was a dynamic affair that swung both ways as is befitting of a King's Indian. In the end, Sokolov had the last word.
Ivan Sokolov - Jorden van Foreest (game one)

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1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.Be2 0-0 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 a5 8.g4 Na6 9.g5 Ne8 10.h4 10...Nc5? 10...f5! 11.h5 Bd7 12.Nf3 c6 13.Nd2 a4 14.b4 axb3 15.axb3 Rxa1 16.Qxa1 Na6! 17.Kf1 Nb4 18.Qb1 Nc7 19.Na2 cxd5 20.cxd5 - Start an analysis engine:
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Sokolov,I | 2628 | Van Foreest,J | 2615 | 1–0 | 2016 | E73 | 20th Hoogeveen Matches 2016 | 1 |
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Falling back to more traditional options, the display is a manual one
The Open

Among the Indian players is GM Kidambi Sundararajan

GM Jan Werle is also playing
Mees Van Osch - Jan Werle

White seems to have covered all of the danger squares: the rook controls c1, the bishop has the a8-h1 diagonal, and the queen has secured e1. There is just one problem.... Black to play and win.
Click for the solution35...Bc6+!! 36. Rxc6 (if 36.Bxc6 Qc1+ leads to mate) Qf3+ 37. Kg1 Qd1+ 38. Kf2 Re2# 0-1

GM Ernst Sipke is from Holland

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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 0-0 5.Nf3 b6 6.e4 Bb7 7.Bd3 h6 8.e5 Ne8 9.0-0 Bxf3 10.gxf3 Nc6 11.Be3 f6 12.f4 fxe5 13.fxe5 Bxc3 14.bxc3 Ne7 15.Be4 c6 16.Rae1 d5 17.exd6 Nxd6 18.Bd3 Rf6 19.Bc1 Qd7 20.Ba3 Raf8 21.c5 bxc5 22.Bxc5 Nd5 23.Bxd6 Qxd6 24.Be4 Qf4 25.Kh1 Qh4 26.f3 Kh8 27.Rg1 Qf4 28.Rg4 - Start an analysis engine:
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De Boer,B | 2149 | Debashis,D | 2478 | 0–1 | 2016 | E32 | 20th Hoogeveen Open 2016 | 1.7 |
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Tournament Schedule
Date |
Matches |
Hoogeveen Open |
Amateur |
Analysis |
Sat. 15 Oct. |
opening |
Round 1 (14.00) |
R1 (10.00/14.30) |
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Sun. 16 Oct. |
Round 1 (14.00) |
Round 2 (14.00) |
R2(9.30/14.00) |
Jop Delemarre |
Mon. 17 Oct. |
Round 2 (14.00) |
Rround 3 (14.00) |
R3 (9.30/14.00) |
Gert Ligterink |
Tues. 18 Oct. |
Round 3 (14.00) |
Round 4 (14.00) |
R4 (9.30/14.00) |
Hans Bohm |
Wed. 19 Oct. |
Rest day |
R5 (9.00) + R6 (15.00) |
R5 (9.30/14.00) |
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Thurs. 20 Oct. |
Round 4 (14.00) |
Round 7(14.00) |
R6 (9.30/14.00) |
Cor van Wijgerden |
Fri. 21 Oct. |
Round 5 (14.00) |
Round 8 (14.00) |
R7 (9.30/14.00) |
Robert Ris |
Sat. 22 Oct. |
R6 (12.00), closing |
Round 9 (12.00) |
R8 (9.30/14.00) |
Joris Brenninkmeijer |
Links
The games will be broadcast live on the official web site and on the server Playchess.com. If you are not a member you can download a free Playchess client there and get immediate access. You can also use ChessBase or any of our Fritz compatible chess programs. |
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