P. Nikolic wins "old masters" tournament

by André Schulz
3/3/2020 – The 80th Noteboom tournament took place in Leiden last weekend. In addition to the Open, a four-way battle was carried out by the "old masters". Nikolic won ahead of Hübner, Karpov and Timman. Casper Schoppen won the Open. | Photos: Harry Gielen
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80th Noteboom tournament in Leiden

Alongside Max Euwe, Daniel Noteboom was considered the greatest talent in Dutch chess in the 1920s and 1930s. He was born in Nordwijk in 1910, but died of pneumonia in London in 1932, at the age of only 21 years. Shortly before, he had participated in the Christmas tournament in Hastings 1931/32. In 1930 and 1931 he represented the Netherlands at the Chess Olympiads in Hamburg and Prague.

Daniel Noteboom 1910-1932

A variation of the semi-Slav in the Queen's Gambit is named after Noteboom.

 
Noteboom Variation
 
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1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bb4 6.e3 b5 7.Bd2 Bb7 8.axb5 Bxc3 9.Bxc3 cxb5 10.b3 a5 11.bxc4 b4 12.Bd2 Nf6 13.Ne5 Nbd7 14.Qa4 0-0 15.Nc6 Bxc6 16.Qxc6 e5 17.Be2 Re8 18.Bf3 Rc8 19.Qa6 exd4 20.Rxa5 Nc5 21.Qb5 Nb3 22.Ra2 Rb8 23.Qf5 dxe3 24.Bxe3 Nd4 25.Qb1 b3 26.Rd2 Qa5 27.Bd5 Nc2+ 28.Ke2 Qc3 29.Rhd1 Nxd5 30.cxd5 Qc4+ 31.Rd3 Rbd8 32.Kd2 Rxd5 33.Rxd5 Qxd5+ 34.Kc1 Qc6 35.Kb2 Qf6+ 36.Kxb3 Nxe3 37.fxe3 Rb8+ 0–1
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Voisin,A-Noteboom,D-0–11930D31Olympiad-036

The polish GM Michal Krasenkow presents a repertoire based on the Noteboom and the Stonewall. Black's set-up may lead to a whole range of different and interesting positions, which help the black player to broaden his strategic and tactical understanding.

The Semi-Slav defense (1.d4 d5 followed by ...e7-e6 and ...c7-c6) is one of the most popular opening set-ups for Black. Black can follow two entirely different concepts.

Daniel Noteboom was a member of the Leiden Chess Club, which holds a memorial tournament every year in memory of him. This year marks the 110th birthday of Daniel Noteboom and the chess friends from Leiden also invited four chess legends for a double-round tournament, namely the 12th world champion Anatoly Karpov, the former world championship candidates Jan Timman, Robert Hübner and Pedrag Nikolic.

Nikolic won three of his six games which led to win the tournament with a point advantage over Karpov. The 3rd and 4th place went to Hübner and Timman respectively.

Nikolic and Timman

Nikolic-Timman

Huebner and Karpov

Hübner-Karpov

During the game against Hübner, Karpov’s demonstrated typical excellence, improving his position gradually and allowing him to grind out a technical win.

 
Karpov-Hübner

White won with 57.♖xa2 ♞xa2 58.♘g8.

"Old Masters" games

 
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 0-0 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 d5! is recently more successful than 6...b6. Played by Ding Liren in November 2019. 7.Bg5 dxc4 E36: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5 5 a3. 8.Qxc4 b6 9.Rd1 9.Nf3 Ba6 10.Qa4 c5 11.Rd1 Qd7 12.Qc2 Qc6 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Qd2 Qe4 15.dxc5 Nc6 16.Qc3 Rfd8 17.Rc1 Kg7 18.Nd2 Qg6 19.h4 Rac8 20.Rh3 Kf8 21.h5 Qh6 1-0 (64) Karpov,A (2626)-Timman,J (2578) Platja d'Aro 2017 9...Ba6 10.Qc2 Nbd7 11.e4 Bxf1 12.Kxf1 Hoping for e5. h6 13.Bh4 Qc8 14.f3 c5 next ...cxd4 is good for Black. Black fights for an advantage. 15.Ne2
15...Qa6N Predecessor: 15...cxd4 16.Nxd4 Qa6+ 17.Qe2 Qa4 18.Kf2 Rfc8 19.Rd2 Qa5 20.Rhd1 Qh5 21.Bg3 Ne5 1-0 (51) Ivanov,S (2536)-Grandelius,N (2525) Stockholm 2011 16.Qd3 Qxd3 17.Rxd3 cxd4 18.Rxd4 Rfc8 19.Nc3 Ne5 20.Ke2 Nh5 21.Bg3 Nc4 22.Nd1 b5 23.Rf1 Rd8 24.Rd3 Rac8 25.Rf2
25...f5! 26.exf5 exf5 27.f4 Nf6 28.Rff3 28.Rxd8+ Rxd8 29.Ke1 28...Re8+ 29.Kf1 Ne4 29...Rcd8 30.Kg1 Ne4 31.Rxd8 Rxd8 30.Be1! Rcd8 31.Rh3 a6 32.Rxd8 Rxd8 33.Ne3 Rd3 33...Nxb2 34.Nxf5 Nc4 34.Nxc4= bxc4 35.Bc3 35.Ke2= remains equal. 35...Rxh3 35...Rd1+ is interesting. 36.Ke2 Rc1 37.Ke3 Nxc3 38.bxc3 Rxc3+ 39.Kd4 Rc2 36.gxh3 Nxc3 36...Kf7 37.bxc3 Endgame KP-KP. The position is equal. g5 38.fxg5! hxg5 39.Kf2
And now Kg3 would win. 39...Kf7 39...Kh7!? 40.Kg3 Kg6= 40.Kg3! aiming for h4. Kg6 40...Ke6!? 41.h4 gxh4+ 42.Kxh4 Ke5= 41.h4! Black must now prevent hxg5. g4! 42.Kf4 Kh5 43.Kxf5 Kxh4= K3P-K3P 44.a4 a5 45.Kf4 Kh3 46.Kf5 Kh4! 47.Ke4 Kh3 48.Kf4 Kh4! 49.Kf5 Kh3 50.Kf4 Kh4 Accuracy: White = 86%, Black = 86%. ½–½
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Karpov,A2617Timman,J2532½–½202080e Noteboomtoernooi Old Masters 20201.1
Hübner,R-Nikolic,P2571½–½202080e Noteboomtoernooi Old Masters 20201.2
Karpov,A2617Huebner,R25761–0202080e Noteboomtoernooi Old Masters 20202.1
Timman,J2532Nikolic,P25710–1202080e Noteboomtoernooi Old Masters 20202.2
Nikolic,P2571Karpov,A26171–0202080e Noteboomtoernooi Old Masters 20203.1
Huebner,R2576Timman,J2532½–½202080e Noteboomtoernooi Old Masters 20203.2
Timman,J2532Karpov,A26170–1202080e Noteboomtoernooi Old Masters 20204.1
Nikolic,P2571Huebner,R2576½–½202080e Noteboomtoernooi Old Masters 20204.2
Karpov,A2617Nikolic,P2571½–½202080e Noteboomtoernooi Old Masters 20205.1
Timman,J2532Huebner,R2576½–½202080e Noteboomtoernooi Old Masters 20205.2
Huebner,R2576Karpov,A2617½–½202080e Noteboomtoernooi Old Masters 20206.1
Nikolic,P2571Timman,J25321–0202080e Noteboomtoernooi Old Masters 20206.2

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Karpov at the prize giving

Anatoly Karpov

Huebner

Dr. Robert Hübner

Timman

Jan Timman

Translation from German: Arne Kähler

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André Schulz started working for ChessBase in 1991 and is an editor of ChessBase News.

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