L'Ami wins Dieren – impressions by Fred Lucas
8/7/2009 – The Netherlands Championship, which took place from July 21st-30th, was finally won by GM Erwin L'Ami. 15-year-old Anish Giri, who had led with 5.0/5 points and a 3164 performance, ended in second place, together with Jan Timman and FM Roi Miedema. "There are now one billion photographers on the planet," sighs Dutch professional Fred Lucas. Here are his extraordinary visual impressions.
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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)
| # | 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."
Links
- Bilbao Masters 2008: photographic impressions by Fred Lucas
- Mainz 2008: photographic impressions by Fred Lucas
- Fred Lucas' 2008 Wijk aan Zee gallery
- From Momentoo: Faces of Corus
- Wijk aan Zee official photo gallery
- ChessBase Wijk aan Zee illustrated reports
- Momentoo – chess in available light
- Tea Lanchava: My life is a mix of beautiful dreams!
- From Momentoo: Faces of Calvià
- Studio Fred Lucas
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