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The 16th Univé Chess Festival is taking place from the 19th to 27th of October 2012, in Hoogeveen, Holland. The main event is a four-player Crown Group double round robin with Hikaru Nakamura, USA, rated 2786, Anish Giri, NL, 2730, Sergey Tiviakov, NL, 2659, and women's world champion Hou Yifan, China, 2605. The average rating is 2695, making this a category 18 tournament. The Unive Open has 78 players and is a nine round event that started on October 19. The prize fund is € 7,500, with a first prize of € 3,000. The sponsor of the Univé Chess Festival is Univé.
Round 4 – Thursday, October
25, 2012, 14:00h |
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Sergey Tiviakov |
1-0 |
Hou Yifan |
Giri, Anish |
½-½ |
Nakamura, Hikaru |
Chinese GM Hou Yifan and her mother (left) arrive at the playing venue
The decided game of the Crown Group is under way
Jan Timman encounters his colleague Erwin L'Ami on his way to the playing
hall –
note the usual Dutch method of transport: a bike!
The Town Hall is the venue of the festival: the Crown Group, Unive Open
and Amateur group
The participants gather in front of the Town Hall with the round about to
start
Smaranda Padurariu (left) and Olgica Djuric, girlfriend of Dutch GM Sipke
Ernst
Dutch chess legend Jan Timman before the start of his game (in the Unive
Open)
Top seed in the Unive Open: Dutch GM Erwin l'Ami
Georgian IM Sopiko Guramishvili, girlfriend of Anish Giri
5148 Elo points together: Sopiko and Anish
Sopiko playing a friendly game with Anish's sister
Reigning women's world champion Hou Yifan from China
It's never too early to start with chess
Holland with its trademark windmills...
... and canals winding through the city, with the beautiful colours of autumn
Round 1 – Sunday, October
21, 2012, 14:00h |
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Hou Yifan |
½-½ |
Sergey Tiviakov |
Nakamura, Hikaru |
1-0 |
Giri, Anish |
Round 2 – Monday, October
22, 2012, 14:00h |
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Hou Yifan |
½-½ |
Giri, Anish |
Sergey Tiviakov |
½-½ |
Nakamura, Hikaru |
Round 3 – Tuesday, October
23, 2012, 14:00h |
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Sergey Tiviakov |
½-½ |
Giri, Anish |
Nakamura, Hikaru |
1-0 |
Hou Yifan |
Round 4 – Thursday, October
25, 2012, 14:00h |
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Sergey Tiviakov |
1-0 |
Hou Yifan |
Giri, Anish |
½-½ |
Nakamura, Hikaru |
Round 5 – Friday, October
26, 2012, 14:00h |
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Giri, Anish |
Hou Yifan | |
Nakamura, Hikaru |
Sergey Tiviakov | |
Round 6 – Saturday, October
27, 2012, 14:00h |
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Hou Yifan |
Nakamura, Hikaru | |
Giri, Anish |
Sergey Tiviakov |
LinksThe games are being broadcast live on the official web site and on the chess server Playchess.com. If you are not a member you can download a free Playchess client there and get immediate access. You can also use ChessBase 11 or any of our Fritz compatible chess programs. |