Hoogeveen: Timman strikes first

by Johannes Fischer
10/21/2015 – After two draws Jan Timman showed his strategic skills to win the third game of his match against Jorden van Foreest in fine style. In the second match in Hoogeveen between Sopiko Guramishvili and Anna Maja Kazarian Guramishvili continues to dominate and won her third game in a row. After five rounds Sengupta Deep emerged as sole leader in the open tournament.
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Youth vs. experience: Jorden van Foreest against Jan Timman

In the second game of the match Timman managed to get an advantage out of the opening which he later gave away when he allowed van Foreest too much counterplay. In game three of the match Timman, though playing with black, again had nothing to complain about after the opening. However, this time he quenched all counterplay his opponent might come up with and won a fine strategic game.

 
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1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Nd7 6.0-0 Ne7 7.Nbd2 h6 8.c3 Qc7 9.Re1 c5 10.Nf1 Nc6 11.Ng3 Bg6 12.Be3 Be7 13.a3 c4 Black managed to get a very good French structure in which his white-squared bishop is not hemmed in by his own pawns. 14.Nd2 0-0-0 15.f4 f5 16.Rb1 Nb6 17.Ngf1 Kb8 18.Bf2?! White does not seem to have a constructive plan and allows Black to gradually seize the initiative. Perhaps White should have tried to open the queenside with 18.b3 cxb3 19.Nxb3 White's pawns are weak and his structure is damaged but he can hope for counterplay, e.g. Bxa3 20.Nc5 Bxc5 21.dxc5 Nc4 22.Bxc4 dxc4 23.Nd2 with a double-edged position. 18...Be8! Preparing the advance of his kingside pawns and helping to prevent counterplay on the queenside. 19.Ne3 g5 20.g3 Na5 21.Bf3 Ba4 22.Qe2 Rdg8 23.fxg5 hxg5 24.g4 f4 25.Nef1 Be8 26.Qd1 White is remarkably helpless and can basically only hope that Black fails to convert his advantage properly. Bg6 27.Ra1 Bd8 28.Qc1 Rh6 With the idea to attack h2 with the major pieces and to mate the white king. 29.Kh1 Rgh8 30.Bg1 Qh7 31.Re2 Rh3 32.Bg2 Rh4 33.Bf3 Rh3 34.Bg2 Bd3 Infiltrating the white position to exchange the pieces that defend h2. 35.Rf2 Nb3 36.Nxb3 cxb3 37.Qd1 Nc4 38.Qxb3 Ne3 39.Qb4 Nxf1 A convincing strategic win by Timman. 0–1
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Van Foreest,J2548Timman,J25620–12015B12van Foreest-Timman m 20153

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1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Ne7 6.0-0 h6 7.Nbd2 Nd7 8.c3 Ng6 9.g3 f6 10.Ne1 h5 11.f4 fxe5 12.fxe5 Qb6 13.Bxh5 Ndxe5 14.Kh1 0-0-0 15.dxe5 Nxe5 16.Nb3 Be4+ 17.Ng2 Nd3 18.Qe2 Bd6 19.Be3 Qc7 20.Qg4 Ne5 21.Qxe6+ Kb8 22.Nc5 Bxg2+ 23.Kxg2 Rxh5 24.Rae1 Bxc5 25.Bxc5 Nd3 26.Be7 Nxe1+ 27.Rxe1 Rhh8 28.Bxd8 Rxd8 29.Rf1 a5 30.b3 d4 31.cxd4 Rxd4 32.Rf7 Rd2+ 33.Rf2 Rd4 34.Rf7 Rd2+ 35.Rf2 Rd4 36.Rf7 ½–½
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Van Foreest,J2548Timman,J2562½–½2015B12van Foreest-Timman m 20151
Timman,J2562Van Foreest,J2548½–½2015A05van Foreest-Timman m 20152
Van Foreest,J2548Timman,J25620–12015B12van Foreest-Timman m 20153

Sopiko Guramishvili

In the match between Sopiko Guramishvili and Anna Maja Kazarian things are more one-sided. Sopiko Guramishvili has won all games, leads 3-0, and only needs a draw from the three remaining games to win the match. After falling victim to Guramishvili's remarkable tactical abilities in game two, Kazarian tried a more positional approach in game three. However, the wish to steer away from complications brought her a passive position in which Guramishvili had a clear advantage - which she finally converted by tactical means.

 
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1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.b3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 b6 7.0-0 Bb7 8.Bb2 Be7 9.Nc3 0-0 10.Qc2 h6 11.Rfd1 Rc8 12.Rac1 Qc7 13.Qe2 Rfd8 14.cxd5 exd5 15.Bf5 g6 16.Bh3 Bb4 17.Ne5 Bxc3 18.Rxc3 Qd6 19.f3 Rc7 20.Nxd7 Nxd7 21.e4 Re8 22.Re3 Nf8 23.e5 Qe7 24.f4 f5 25.g4 Bc8 26.gxf5 Bxf5 27.Bxf5 gxf5 28.Qh5 Qe6 29.Rg3+ Rg7 30.Kf2 Rxg3 31.hxg3 Qg6 32.Qf3 Ne6 33.Rc1 Nc7 34.Qc3 Re6 35.Qd3 h5 36.Rh1 Qf7 37.a4 Rh6 38.Qc2 Qg6 39.Ba3 Ne8 40.Be7 Rh7 41.Bg5 Rc7 42.g4 Ng7 43.gxh5 Nxh5 44.Rg1 Rg7 45.Qd1 Kf7 46.Ke3 Ke6 47.Qc1 Qe8 48.Qa3 c5 49.dxc5 d4+ 50.Kf2 Qc6 51.b4 bxc5 52.bxc5 Rb7 53.Rc1 Rd7 54.Qb3+ Qd5 55.Qb8 Qa2+ 56.Kg1 Qd2 57.Qg8+ Rf7 58.Qe8+ Kd5 59.Qa8+ Rb7 60.Qxb7+ Ke6 61.Qb3+ Kd7 62.c6+ 1–0
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Guramishvili,S2365Kazarian,A22481–02015D11Guramishvili-Kazarian m3

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1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.g4 h6 8.h3 dxc4 9.e4 e5 10.Bxc4 b5 11.Be2 Bb7 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Be3 Nxf3+ 14.Bxf3 Qe7 15.0-0-0 b4 16.Na4 c5 17.Rhe1 0-0 18.Rxd6 Qxd6 19.e5 Qxe5 20.Bxb7 Rad8 21.Kb1 Nd5 22.Qxc5 Rfe8 23.Bxd5 Rxd5 24.Qxb4 Rb5 25.Qc3 Qe4+ 26.Qc2 Qb7 27.Rc1 Rb8 28.b3 a5 29.Bd4 Rb4 30.Bb2 Re8 31.Nc5 Qg2 32.Qc3 f6 33.Qd3 Qxf2 34.Qd5+ Kh7 35.Nd3 1–0
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Guramishvili,S2365Kazarian,A22481–02015D45Guramishvili-Kazarian m1
Kazarian,A2248Guramishvili,S23650–12015B44Guramishvili-Kazarian m2
Guramishvili,S2365Kazarian,A22481–02015D11Guramishvili-Kazarian m3

Open Tournament

After five rounds the Indian GM Deep Sengupta emerged as sole leader in the open tournament. Before the fifth round four players were leading with 3.5/4 each. Erwin l'Ami and Vishnu Prasanna drew their game, but Sengupta could win against his countryman GM Das Debashis and now leads with 4.5/5. Half a point behind follow five players with 4.0/5 each, and one point behind are 13 players with 3.5/5 each.

Standings after round 5

Rank Name Score Rating TPR
1 GM Sengupta, Deep 4.5 2580 2796
2 GM Gupta, Abhijeet 4.0 2629 2595
3 GM l'Ami, Erwin 4.0 2619 2678
4 GM Bok, Benjamin 4.0 2591 2676
5 GM Werle, Jan 4.0 2524 2540
6 GM Vishnu Prasanna. V 4.0 2503 2644
7 GM Stocek, Jiri 3.5 2566 2505
8 GM Bogner, Sebastian 3.5 2557 2539
9 GM Gopal G.N. 3.5 2536 2491
10 GM Ehlvest, Jaan 3.5 2535 2438
11 GM Halkias, Stelios 3.5 2534 2465
12 GM Ernst, Sipke 3.5 2527 2480
13 GM Pavlidis, Antonios 3.5 2522 2504
14 GM Debashis, Das 3.5 2501 2548
15 GM Ankit, R. Rajpara 3.5 2467 2625
16 GM Neelotpal, Das 3.5 2465 2489
17 FM Kevlishvili, Robby 3.5 2361 2482
18 FM Baskin, Robert 3.5 2338 2391
19 Den Hartog, Marijn 3.5 2158 2414
20 GM Shabalov, Alexander 3.0 2522 2441
21 IM Schroeder, Jan-Christian 3.0 2519 2296
22 GM Pruijssers, Roeland 3.0 2501 2448
23 IM Das, Arghyadip 3.0 2467 2246
24 IM De Jong, Migchiel 3.0 2328 2305
25 Van Foreest, Lucas 3.0 2296 2333
26 Van Osch, Mees 3.0 2285 2375
27 Majhi, Ankit 3.0 2233 2227
28 Schoppen, Casper 3.0 2220 2314
29 Jeitz, Christian 3.0 2198 2243
30 WGM Paulet, Iozefina 3.0 2184 2327
31 Gieben, Stijn 3.0 1955 2367
32 IM Valdes Romero, Leonardo 2.5 2362 2223
33 FM Dijkhuis, Tycho 2.5 2355 2160
34 FM Van Kooten, Luuk 2.5 2350 2234
35 IM Rudolf, Anna 2.5 2329 2308
36 FM Maris, Ivo 2.5 2319 2278
37 Lecomte, Robin 2.5 2317 2346
38 FM Beerdsen, Thomas 2.5 2313 2266
39 Van der Marel, Lambertus 2.5 2212 2161
40 FM Heemskerk, Wim 2.5 2181 2342
41 FM Clemens, Adrian 2.5 2175 2312
42 Hulshof, Peter 2.5 2175 2256
43 Hortensius, Lisa 2.5 2154 2208
44 Klapwijk, Bram 2.5 2151 2130
45 WFM Bluhm, Sonja Maria 2.5 2128 2249
46 Hendriks, Richard 2.5 2107 2222
47 Sparenberg, Erik 2.5 2088 2196
48 Sadallah, Osama 2.5 2067 2203
49 Poghosyan, Tigran 2.0 2182 2134
50 Van Dorp, Folke 2.0 2168 2161

...78 participants

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1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 0-0 5.0-0 c6 6.d4 d5 7.Qb3 a5 8.cxd5 a4 9.Qa3 Nxd5 10.Nc3 Nb6 11.Bf4 Be6 12.Ne4 N8d7 13.Rac1 h6 14.Rfd1 g5 15.Bd2 f5 16.Nc5 Nxc5 17.Qxc5 Nc8 18.h4 gxh4 19.Nxh4 Qxd4 20.Qxd4 Bxd4 21.Bxh6 Bxb2 22.Rb1 a3 23.Rd2 Re8 24.Rbxb2 axb2 25.Rxb2 Nd6 26.Bf4 Rxa2 0–1
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Heemskerk,W2181Gupta,A26290–12015D7819th Hoogeveen Open 20151.1
L'Ami,E2619Clemens,A21751–02015A6719th Hoogeveen Open 20151.2
Vogel,J2175Bok,B25910–12015A4919th Hoogeveen Open 20151.3
Sengupta,D2580Hulshof,P21751–02015B0619th Hoogeveen Open 20151.4
Van Dorp,F2168Stocek,J25660–12015B2019th Hoogeveen Open 20151.5
Bogner,S2557Mellema,A21621–02015E1619th Hoogeveen Open 20151.6
Den Hartog,M2158Gopal,G25360–12015B5019th Hoogeveen Open 20151.7
Ehlvest,J2535Hortensius,L21541–02015A3519th Hoogeveen Open 20151.8
Gupta,A2629Ankit,R24670–12015D4319th Hoogeveen Open 20152.1
Valdes Romero,L2362L'Ami,E26190–12015A8819th Hoogeveen Open 20152.2
Bok,B2591Neelotpal,D24651–02015C8419th Hoogeveen Open 20152.3
De Jong,M2328Sengupta,D25800–12015D2319th Hoogeveen Open 20152.4
Stocek,J2566Kevlishvili,R2361½–½2015A2819th Hoogeveen Open 20152.5
Lecomte,R2317Bogner,S25570–12015B8419th Hoogeveen Open 20152.6
L'Ami,E2619Werle,J25241–02015E1519th Hoogeveen Open 20153.1
Pavlidis,A2522Bok,B2591½–½2015C9219th Hoogeveen Open 20153.2
Sengupta,D2580Shabalov,A25221–02015B6719th Hoogeveen Open 20153.3
Bogner,S2557Vishnu Prasanna,V2503½–½2015D7819th Hoogeveen Open 20153.4
Debashis,D2501Halkias,S25341–02015A8019th Hoogeveen Open 20153.5
Ernst,S2527Pruijssers,R2501½–½2015B0219th Hoogeveen Open 20153.6
Sengupta,D2580L'Ami,E2619½–½2015C8419th Hoogeveen Open 20154.1
Bok,B2591Debashis,D2501½–½2015B9019th Hoogeveen Open 20154.2
Pruijssers,R2501Bogner,S2557½–½2015B2819th Hoogeveen Open 20154.3
Vishnu Prasanna,V2503Ehlvest,J25351–02015B0319th Hoogeveen Open 20154.4
Ankit,R2467Ernst,S2527½–½2015C5019th Hoogeveen Open 20154.5
Gopal,G2536Pavlidis,A25221–02015C8419th Hoogeveen Open 20154.6
L'Ami,E2619Vishnu Prasanna,V2503½–½2015D3819th Hoogeveen Open 20155.1
Debashis,D2501Sengupta,D25800–12015D2719th Hoogeveen Open 20155.2
Gupta,A2629Shabalov,A25221–02015E9019th Hoogeveen Open 20155.3
Pruijssers,R2501Bok,B25910–12015B9019th Hoogeveen Open 20155.4
Neelotpal,D2465Stocek,J2566½–½2015C6019th Hoogeveen Open 20155.5
Bogner,S2557Ankit,R2467½–½2015D4519th Hoogeveen Open 20155.6

GM Sipke Ernst. With a rating of 2527 he is number 15 in the Netherlands.
Jorden van Foreest (2548)  is number 14.

Jaan Ehlvest was born in Estonia but in 2006 he emigrated to the US
and since then he has also been playing for the US. In 1983 Ehlvest
became European Junior Champion and in 1991 he was number five in the world.

Sonja-Maria Bluhm from Germany

 

Photos: Frans Peeters

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Johannes Fischer was born in 1963 in Hamburg and studied English and German literature in Frankfurt. He now lives as a writer and translator in Nürnberg. He is a FIDE-Master and regularly writes for KARL, a German chess magazine focusing on the links between culture and chess. On his own blog he regularly publishes notes on "Film, Literature and Chess".

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