5/13/2010 – The Max Euwe Centrum is located in the Max Euweplein 30-a in Amsterdam. It is a chess promotion center which periodically holds high-category events, like the one that is currently running and pits five talented young Dutch players against experienced grandmasters. Top pairing: Nigel Short vs Anish Giri. Find out why Anish was barred from the opening ceremony.
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Max Euwe Matches in Amsterdam
From Thursday, May 13, to Sunday, May 16, the Max Euwe Center in Amsterdam
is staging five matches for talented young Dutch players. The games start at
13.30h each day, and there are four rounds. The opponents are:
Experienced GM
Talented youngsters
Nigel Short
Anish Giri
Lubomir Ftacnik
Robin van Kampen
Yasser Seirawan
Benjamin Bok
Sebastian Siebrecht
Lisa Schut
Dennis de Vreugt
Anne Haast
The opening ceremony took place in the Holland Casino Amsterdam, next door
to the Max Euwe Centre. Anish Giri and the other young talents did not attend
– perhaps you can guess why this was the case?!
Drawing of lots on the roulette table, with Nigel Short and MC Hans Böhm
German GM Sebastian Siebrecht and Master of Ceremonies IM Hans Böhm
Fred Teeven, the President of the Max Euwe Foundation (MEC) and in 'real' life
a
Member of Parliament and former organised crime fighter
Prominent guest Jan Timman and his wife Geertje
Dutch artist Rupert van der Linden who has an exposition
of
his drawings during the Max-Euwe Matches
Sanjay Giri with the trophy for Chess Player of the Year 2009,
belonging to son Anish, whom he represented at the opening ceremony
Answer to our question above: Anish and the other junior players could not
attend the opening ceremony, which took place in Holland Casino Amsterdam, because
under Dutch law nobody under the age of 18 can enter a casino!
Photos provided by René Olthof
Results of round one
Nigel Short
½-½
Anish Giri
Lubomir Ftacnik
½-½
Robin van Kampen
Yasser Seirawan
½-½
Benjamin Bok
Sebastian Siebrecht
1-0
Lisa Schut
Dennis de Vreugt
1-0
Anne Haast
Hans Böhm executes the first move for Nigel Short, arbiter Aart Strik
starts the clock
The games are being broadcast live on the official web site and on the
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