The 5th Leiden Chess Tournament 2011 is a nine-round open taking place from
July 7th to 17th, 2011. The top seeds – GMs over 2600 – are Predrag
Nikolic (2629, BIH), David Howell (2625, ENG) and Sergey Tiviakov (2623). At
the start of the event there was a two-game rapid chess match between Jan Timman
and Anish Giri.
Giri,Anish (2701) - Timman,Jan H (2575) [D10]
5th LCT Rapid Match Leiden NED (1), 07.07.2011
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Be2 0-0 7.0-0 Bg4 8.h3
Bxf3 9.Bxf3 dxc4 10.Qe2 Nbd7 11.Rd1 Nb6 12.e4 Qc7 13.e5 Nfd5 14.Ne4 Rad8 15.a4
a5 16.Bd2 Nb4?
17.Bxb4 axb4 18.a5 Nd5 19.Qxc4, and the game went steadly
downhill for Timman. 19...Ra8 20.Nc5 e6 21.Bxd5 cxd5 22.Qxb4 Rfb8 23.Qb6
Qc6 24.b4 Bf8 25.b5 Qc8 26.Rdc1 Bh6 27.Rc3 Bd2 28.Rc2 Bg5 29.Raa2 Bd8 30.Qd6
Bc7 31.Qe7 Rxa5 32.Na4 Qd8 33.Qxc7 Qxc7 34.Rxc7 Rba8 35.Rxb7 Rxa4 36.Rxa4 Rxa4
37.b6 Rxd4 38.Rd7 Rb4 39.b7 Kg7 40.f4 h5 41.g4 hxg4 42.hxg4 Rb2 43.f5 1-0.
The second game was a convoluted struggle in which Jan Timman reached a queen
ending on move 61 with two pawns against one. It took the legendary Dutch GM
19 moves to outmaneuver his young opponent and finish the match on equal terms:
1-1.
5th Leiden Chess Tournament 2011
The playing hall in Leiden (with IM Oleg Spirin in the foreground)
Round one under way
Top standings after four rounds
| # |
Player |
Points |
Country |
Rating |
Perf. |
| 1 |
GM Howell, David W L |
4.0 |
ENG |
2625 |
3082 |
| 2 |
GM Nikolic, Predrag |
3.5 |
BIH |
2629 |
2675 |
| 3 |
GM Van Den Doel, Erik |
3.5 |
NED |
2574 |
2656 |
| 4 |
GM Polak, Tomas |
3.5 |
CZE |
2540 |
2591 |
| 5 |
GM Deepan Chakkravarthy |
3.5 |
IND |
2470 |
2619 |
| 6 |
IM Llaneza Vega, Marcos |
3.5 |
ESP |
2465 |
2532 |
| 7 |
GM Tiviakov, Sergei |
3.0 |
NED |
2623 |
2513 |
| 8 |
GM Hasangatin, Ramil |
3.0 |
RUS |
2515 |
2445 |
| 9 |
IM Spirin, Oleg |
3.0 |
RUS |
2491 |
2503 |
| 10 |
GM Van Der Wiel, John |
3.0 |
NED |
2451 |
2556 |
| 11 |
IM Pena Gomez, Manuel |
3.0 |
ESP |
2420 |
2308 |
| 12 |
IM Slingerland, Fred |
3.0 |
NED |
2390 |
2425 |
| 13 |
IM Vishnu Prasanna. V |
3.0 |
IND |
2340 |
2446 |
| 14 |
FM Wantola, Ivo |
3.0 |
NED |
2333 |
2329 |
| 15 |
FM Van Ketel, Raoul |
3.0 |
NED |
2311 |
2239 |
| 16 |
Pijpers, Arthur |
3.0 |
NED |
2296 |
2386 |
| 17 |
Van Overdam, Julian |
3.0 |
NED |
2215 |
2296 |
| 18 |
Spaan, Nathanael |
3.0 |
NED |
2209 |
2327 |
| 19 |
WIM Padurariu, Ioana |
3.0 |
ROU |
2164 |
2465 |
| 20 |
Farrand, Julian T |
3.0 |
ENG |
2124 |
2293 |
Leading: GM David Howell of England at a perfect 4.0/4 points
GM Predrag Nikolic of Bosnia and Herzegovina with 3.5/4
GM Erik van den Doel, Holland, 3.5/4
GM Deepan Chakkravarthy, India, 3.5/4
IM Oleg Spirin, Russia, won his first three games, then lost one
Top female player: WIM Ioana Padurariu of Romania with 3.0/4
IM Iulia Mashinskaya of Russia, with 2.5/4
Nancy Kirana of the Netherlands, rated 1855
Leiden
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The Dutch city of Leiden (ca. 120,000 inhabitants) is located between Amsterdam
and The Hague, at the confluence of the Old and New Rhine rivers. The city flourished
in the 16th and 17th century, producing broadcloth and other woven products
(cloth, baize and camlet), while also developing an important printing and publishing
industry. Leiden has possessed a university city since 1575, and today houses
the headquarters of the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS).
View towards the Leiden city center
The town is intersected by numerous canals or "grachten", with streets
on both sides...
... and many houses rising directly out of the water
Leiden's West Gate or "Morspoort"
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