The Open Netherlands Championship took place in Dieren from July 21st-30th
2009. The first prize was 3000 Euros, up by €750 from the previous year.
The second prize was €2000, the third €1,200. GM Erwin L'Ami finished
in first place with 7.5/9. Fifteen-year-old GM Anish Giri, who had been leading
with a perfect
score after five rounds, played two draws and then suffered a stunning defeat
in round eight with the white pieces against FM Roi Miedema. However, Anish
went on to win a heroic 117-move game in the final round – his play in
the queen and pawn ending that led to victory is very interesting to follow.
Giri took second place on tie-break, ahead of Jan Timman and Roi Miedema, half
a point behind L'Ami.
Final top standings (5.5 points or higher)
Rank Name Score M/F Rating TPR W-We BH SB
# |
Player |
Pts |
Rtng |
Perf |
W-We |
BH |
SB |
1 |
GM L'Ami, Erwin |
7.5 |
2593 |
2732 |
+1.48 |
51.0 |
40.5 |
2 |
GM Giri, Anish |
7.0 |
2518 |
2689 |
+1.97 |
56.5 |
42.75 |
3 |
GM Timman, Jan H |
7.0 |
2569 |
2624 |
+0.72 |
54.5 |
41.5 |
4 |
FM Miedema, Roi |
7.0 |
2432 |
2673 |
+2.83 |
50.5 |
38.5 |
5 |
IM Brandenburg, Daan |
6.5 |
2463 |
2566 |
+1.30 |
51.5 |
34.75 |
6 |
GM Ernst, Sipke |
6.5 |
2598 |
2547 |
-0.37 |
49.5 |
34.75 |
7 |
Ootes, Lars |
6.5 |
2261 |
2596 |
+3.88 |
49.5 |
33.75 |
8 |
IM Lalith, Babu M.R. |
6.0 |
2472 |
2496 |
+0.35 |
51.5 |
30.0 |
9 |
GM Visser, Yge |
6.0 |
2464 |
2531 |
+0.86 |
50.0 |
30.75 |
10 |
GM Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav |
6.0 |
2556 |
2497 |
-0.56 |
48.5 |
29.5 |
11 |
GM Vovk, Andrey |
6.0 |
2506 |
2456 |
-0.46 |
46.5 |
27.75 |
12 |
IM Bitalzadeh, Ali |
6.0 |
2434 |
2484 |
+0.66 |
46.0 |
28.75 |
13 |
FM Burg, Twan |
6.0 |
2422 |
2530 |
+1.35 |
45.0 |
28.25 |
14 |
FM Bezemer, Arno |
6.0 |
2332 |
2456 |
+1.52 |
42.5 |
24.25 |
15 |
GM Nijboer, Friso |
5.5 |
2552 |
2447 |
-1.08 |
51.0 |
29.0 |
16 |
IM Adhiban, B. |
5.5 |
2481 |
2446 |
-0.27 |
50.0 |
28.0 |
17 |
GM Reinderman, Dimitri |
5.5 |
2565 |
2427 |
-1.39 |
49.5 |
27.75 |
18 |
GM Swinkels, Robin |
5.5 |
2516 |
2433 |
-0.88 |
49.0 |
28.25 |
19 |
IM Wohl, Aleksandar H. |
5.5 |
2387 |
2506 |
+1.47 |
46.5 |
26.0 |
20 |
IM Pruijssers, Roeland |
5.5 |
2401 |
2372 |
-0.24 |
46.5 |
24.75 |
21 |
IM Van Delft, Merijn |
5.5 |
2360 |
2483 |
+1.53 |
44.0 |
24.75 |
22 |
IM Hoeksema, Erik |
5.5 |
2309 |
2397 |
+1.15 |
43.5 |
24.0 |
23 |
FM Tondivar, Babak |
5.5 |
2372 |
2333 |
-0.35 |
43.0 |
24.5 |
24 |
IM Karthikeyan, P. |
5.5 |
2478 |
2354 |
-1.27 |
41.0 |
23.75 |
25 |
WGM Motoc, Alina |
5.5 |
2315 |
2297 |
-0.08 |
41.0 |
23.0 |
26 |
Haast, Anne |
5.5 |
2158 |
2393 |
+2.67 |
41.0 |
22.0 |
27 |
Harini, S. |
5.5 |
1986 |
2287 |
+3.48 |
35.5 |
21.5 |
Pictorial impressions by Fred Lucas

The winner GM Erwin L'Ami, 2593, 7.5/9, performance 2732

Second: GM Anish Giri, 2518, 7.0/9, performance 2689

Start of the game Giri vs Timman in round seven (drawn in 35 moves)

Third: GM Jan H. Timman, 2569, 7.0/9, performance 2624

Fourth: FM Roi Miedema, 2432, 7.0/9, performance 2673

Fifth: IM Daan Brandenburg, 2463, 6.5/9, performance 2566

Sixth: GM Sipke Ernst, 2598, 6.5/9, performance 2547

Eighth: IM M.R. Lalith Babu of India, 2472, 6.0/9, performance 2496

15th: GM Friso Nijboer, 2552, 5.5/9, performance 2447

16th: IM Baskaran Adhiban of India, 2481, 5.5/9, performance 2446

24th: IM Pandian Karthikeyan, India, 2478, 5.5/9, performance 2354

The main group in Dieren

An overview of the playing hall

Center of interest: Timman-Giri after 25...Rd8

Post mortem after round eight: Anish Giri, 15, and Jan Timman, 58

GM blitz outside the playing site: Friso Nijboer vs Yge Visser

Winner Erwin L'Ami with girlfriend Alina Motoc

L'Ami hamming for in the Fred Lucas studio

Anish Giri in action

... and posing with a model for Fred Lucas

Phenomenon Hans de Lange – an uncompromising and furious attacker

Colorful: a participant in the main group

Gritty and determined: an elderly player

Angelic: a female participant

A young chess player and fan in Dieren

"My relation with chess is simple," says Fred Lucas. "I'm a photographer who
is very fond of the game, loves the atmosphere at tournaments – it's if you
can really feel all the ideas coming up on all those boards – and I love to
make pictures, especially with available light. What I like most when photographing
chess players is to get their emotions that are otherwise hard to see, because
life immediately proceeds to the next moment. Before the start of a game most
players are busy with themselves, concentrating and some give you the impression
that they really don't want to pay attention to anything else than the game
to come."
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