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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).
One round before the end of the tournament Predrag Nikolic was in the lead with 7.0/8 points, followed by Sergey Tiviakov at 6.5 and four GMs at 6.0: David Howell, John van der Wiel, Tomas Polak (no he isn't, he's from the Czech Republic!) and Erik van den Doel. As fate would have it Nikolic had to face Tiviakov with black in the final round. He only needed to draw to remain alone in first place. But our trusty GM photographer had a different ambitious agenda in his viewfinder.
David Howell ground out a nice 67-move win against Erik van den Doel to join Predrag Nikolic in second place. Van der Wiel played Polak and drew, so that both players, joined by two others, Chytilek and Wessel, who both won their final games.
| Rank | Name | Score |
Fed. |
M/F |
Rating |
Perf. |
W-We |
BH |
SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GM Tiviakov, Sergei | 7.5 |
NED |
M |
2623 |
2690 |
+0.84 |
54.5 |
45.0 |
| 2 | GM Nikolic, Predrag | 7.0 |
BIH |
M |
2629 |
2683 |
+0.69 |
56.5 |
42.25 |
| 3 | GM Howell, David W L | 7.0 |
ENG |
M |
2625 |
2689 |
+0.84 |
55.0 |
41.0 |
| 4 | GM Van Der Wiel, John | 6.5 |
NED |
M |
2451 |
2497 |
+0.76 |
52.5 |
36.25 |
| 5 | GM Polak, Tomas | 6.5 |
CZE |
M |
2540 |
2504 |
-0.04 |
52.0 |
36.0 |
| 6 | IM Chytilek, Roman | 6.5 |
CZE |
M |
2381 |
2469 |
+1.15 |
48.0 |
31.5 |
| 7 | FM Van Wessel, Rudy | 6.5 |
NED |
M |
2371 |
2383 |
+0.28 |
47.5 |
32.75 |
| 8 | GM Deepan Chakkravarthy | 6.0 |
IND |
M |
2470 |
2542 |
+1.04 |
53.5 |
33.25 |
| 9 | GM Van Den Doel, Erik | 6.0 |
NED |
M |
2574 |
2544 |
-0.14 |
52.0 |
31.75 |
| 10 | WIM Padurariu, Ioana | 6.0 |
ROU |
F |
2164 |
2466 |
+3.45 |
48.5 |
30.5 |
| 11 | IM Mashinskaya, Iulia | 6.0 |
RUS |
F |
2333 |
2366 |
+0.62 |
48.0 |
30.5 |
| 12 | GM Hasangatin, Ramil | 6.0 |
RUS |
M |
2515 |
2432 |
-0.73 |
48.0 |
29.75 |
| 13 | IM Slingerland, Fred | 6.0 |
NED |
M |
2390 |
2330 |
-0.56 |
46.0 |
27.75 |
| 14 | Pijpers, Arthur | 6.0 |
NED |
M |
2296 |
2394 |
+1.19 |
45.0 |
26.25 |
| 15 | Meng, Roger | 6.0 |
NED |
M |
2282 |
2314 |
+0.48 |
43.5 |
25.75 |
| 16 | Van Overdam, Julian | 5.5 |
NED |
M |
2215 |
2348 |
+1.42 |
48.5 |
28.25 |
| 17 | IM Llaneza Vega, Marcos | 5.5 |
ESP |
M |
2465 |
2315 |
-1.42 |
48.0 |
27.5 |
| 18 | IM Spirin, Oleg | 5.5 |
RUS |
M |
2491 |
2362 |
-1.22 |
47.5 |
26.75 |
| 19 | Kirana, Marco | 5.5 |
NED |
M |
2150 |
2344 |
+2.29 |
47.0 |
26.5 |
| 20 | IM Pena Gomez, Manuel | 5.5 |
ESP |
M |
2420 |
2287 |
-1.28 |
47.0 |
26.0 |
| 21 | FM Ducarmon, Quinten | 5.5 |
NED |
M |
2352 |
2287 |
-0.54 |
46.5 |
27.25 |
| 22 | Farrand, Tom | 5.5 |
JCI |
M |
2256 |
2276 |
+0.41 |
46.5 |
25.5 |
| 23 | IM Vishnu Prasanna | 5.5 |
IND |
M |
2340 |
2323 |
+0.00 |
46.0 |
25.5 |
| 24 | FM Erwich, Frank | 5.5 |
NED |
M |
2360 |
2385 |
+0.40 |
45.5 |
27.5 |
| 25 | Vistisen, Lars | 5.5 |
DEN |
M |
2201 |
2344 |
+1.36 |
45.5 |
26.25 |
| 26 | Wilschut, Peter | 5.5 |
NED |
M |
2206 |
2353 |
+1.65 |
45.0 |
23.25 |
| 27 | FM Wantola, Ivo | 5.5 |
NED |
M |
2333 |
2281 |
-0.45 |
44.5 |
22.75 |
| 28 | FM Van Ketel, Raoul | 5.5 |
NED |
M |
2311 |
2203 |
-1.04 |
43.5 |
24.75 |
| 29 | Senlle Caride, Miguel | 5.5 |
ESP |
M |
2271 |
2184 |
-0.75 |
37.0 |
21.75 |
Here's another game by the tournament winner that was awarded a brilliancy prize:
The winner of Leiden 2011, with 7.5/9 points: Sergey Tiviakov
Beaten by Tiviakov at finish line: BIH GM Predrag Nikolic
Equal second (with Nikolic): British GM David Howell
The "critical" final round game van der Wiel vs Polak was drawn
in eleven moves
Sixth: IM Roman Chytilek, CZE, 2381, 6.5/9 points
Scheveningen (this, we are afraid, is how you pronounce it) is a districts of The Hague, a modern modern seaside resort with a long sandy beach, an esplanade, a pier, a lighthouse, and a nudist section in the north. Chess players flock there (to Scheveningen!) because of 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6, which was invented in this town.
Russian IM Oleg Spirin posing in front of the International Justice Court...
... in front of the Spa house in Scheveningen...
...and the canal houses of of the town, built right down to the water...
... and the city center, where there is a bronze statue of the inventor of the
opening...
... and rthe wind-swept beach of the important chess resort
And finally a message for future generations of chess players who visit
Scheveningen
Holland pioneered wind energy long before it became fashionable everywhere
Our reporter Sergey Tiviakov with a Dutch friend who came visiting during
the entire event
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