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The town of Hoogeveen (pronounced Hoch-A-Vain) is famous all over the world for, believe it or not, its chess tournament. How many towns can have a claim to fame due to the chess festival they organize? Wijk comes to mind, and even that is in the same country. The Dutchmen love their chess!
The Hoogeveen Chess Tournament consists of the Hoogeveen Matches, the Hoogeveen Open and two amateur tournaments. All tournaments 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.
In the fifth round, both the leaders played each other. The game was a notorious draw and was over in 30 minutes. Each and every move of this Slav-Botvinnik has been seen before in a game between Boris Grachev and Ivan Popov from Delhi 2016!
[Event "Hoogeveen Open 2016"] [Site "?"] [Date "2016.10.19"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Lalith Babu M R"] [Black "Gupta, Abhijeet"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D44"] [WhiteElo "2586"] [BlackElo "2626"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] [SourceDate "2003.06.08"] [WhiteClock "1:28:18"] [BlackClock "1:34:21"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 {66} dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Bb7 12. Bg2 Qb6 13. exf6 O-O-O 14. O-O c5 15. d5 {126} b4 {73 99} 16. Rb1 {159} Qa6 {153} 17. dxe6 {133 104} Bxg2 { 37 48 Believe it or not this position has already been reached 200 times!} 18. Re1 $5 {15 250 This was played by Krylov against Ivan Popov in 2012 and Popov had won. Popov also had this position against Boris Grachev in Delhi!} (18. e7 {has been played in 190 of those 200 games.}) 18... fxe6 {489} 19. Kxg2 {172} bxc3 20. bxc3 {67} (20. f7 {was played by Krylov.}) 20... Qc6+ $1 {179} 21. Kg1 Bh6 $1 22. Qg4 {139 173} Bxg5 {132} 23. Rxe6 $1 {11 28 There is no time to win back lost material.} Qd5 {40 67 Black is now two pieces up for a few pawns but White has some nasty tricks!} 24. Qf5 $5 {173} Qa8 {322} (24... Qxf5 25. Rc6# { is something that you wish for but never really happens in a game!}) 25. Rb5 { 119 173} Rxh2 $1 {118 92 The quickest way to draw the game. The threat of mate on h1 forces White to give a perpetual.} 26. Rxc5+ (26. Kxh2 $2 Rh8+ $19) 26... Nxc5 27. Qxc5+ Kb8 28. Qe5+ Kc8 29. Qc5+ Kb8 {2 This was an exact copy of a game played between Grachev and Popov in Delhi 2016!} 1/2-1/2
[Event "Hoogeveen Open 2016"] [Site "?"] [Date "2016.10.18"] [Round "4.2"] [White "Lalith Babu M R"] [Black "Rathnakaran, K."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A05"] [WhiteElo "2586"] [BlackElo "2469"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] [WhiteClock "0:21:50"] [BlackClock "0:00:51"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. h3 Na6 7. Bg5 c6 8. Be2 e5 9. d5 h6 10. Be3 cxd5 11. cxd5 Nh5 12. Qd2 Kh7 13. O-O f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15. Ne1 Nf6 16. f4 Bd7 17. Nd3 Qe8 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Rae1 Rg8 {[%tqu "Lalith found an elegant way to win a pawn here. Can you see how?","","",Nxe5,"407 winning a pawn",10]} 20. Nxe5 $1 {407 winning a pawn} Ne4 {719} ({The elegant point is that} 20... Qxe5 21. Bxa6 bxa6 $4 22. Bf4 {And the queen is trapped!}) 21. Nxe4 Bxe5 22. Nc3 {702} Qg6 {282} 23. Bd3 {101} Rae8 {373} 24. Kh1 {384} Qg3 {1399} 25. Bg1 Bf4 {506} 26. Qf2 Rxe1 27. Rxe1 Qg5 28. h4 {135} Qg7 29. Re2 Bg3 {85} 30. Qd4 {92} Qf7 {78} 31. d6 Re8 {126} 32. Nd5 Rxe2 33. Bxe2 Qe6 {73} 34. Nf6+ Kg6 35. Bh5+ 1-0
That was what IM S. Nitin was left doing after he misplayed a decent position against Abhijeet Gupta in round 7
# | Name | Pts | Fed. | Rtng | TPR | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
1 | GM Gupta, Abhijeet | 6.5 | IND | 2626 | 2832 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 |
2 | GM Lalith Babu M R | 6.5 | IND | 2586 | 2857 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 |
3 | GM Sandipan, Chanda | 5.5 | IND | 2593 | 2545 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 |
4 | IM Karavade, Eesha | 5.0 | IND | 2421 | 2415 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ |
5 | Van Foreest, Lucas | 5.0 | NED | 2350 | 2459 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 |
6 | FM Rakesh Kumar Jena | 5.0 | IND | 2247 | 2543 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 |
7 | GM Werle, Jan | 4.5 | NED | 2555 | 2492 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | = | ½ |
8 | GM Shyam, Sundar M. | 4.5 | IND | 2552 | 2465 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
9 | GM Ernst, Sipke | 4.5 | NED | 2540 | 2470 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | = | 0 |
10 | GM Debashis, Das | 4.5 | IND | 2478 | 2348 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ |
See full standings and pairings here
All tournaments are taking place in the attractive town hall of Hoogeveen
Related:
Date | Matches | Hoogeveen Open | Amateur | Analysis |
Sat. 15 Oct. | opening | Round 1 (14.00) | R1 (10.00/14.30) | |
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) | |
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 |
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