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Giri and Jobava imperial at Unive

10/21/2014 – The 18th Unive Chess Tournament was held from October 11-18 with two matches featured as the main attractions. In the first match, top Dutch player Anish Giri faced off against Alexei Shirov over six games played at standard time controls, while in the second, Dutch legend Jan Timman played against Baadur Jobava. Both duels saw plenty of exciting chess.

Unive Festival comes to an end

10/27/2013 – There was little mystery in the conclusion of the top group of Unive as So had already clinched his tournament victory with a round to spare. The two draws did not change any standings. Rodshtein was able to keep his lead in the open group and won half a point ahead of Moskalenko and L'Ami. We bring you impressions of the top, open and even the amateur groups.

Unive 05: Adams wins game, So wins event

10/26/2013 – The only decisive game in today's round was Adam's very clean victory over Van Wely. However this, combined with the draw between So and Van Kampen, clinches the tournament victory for the Filipino as neither Van Kampen or Adams, who are tied with second, can reach him and his 1.5 point advantage. The open section is lead by Rodshtein, but anything can happen there tomorrow. GM Analysis of today.

Unive 04: So dominant

10/25/2013 – With today's win Wesley So has basically won the tournament in Hoogevens. He has a commanding 1.5 point lead over Van Kampen. With two rounds left this seems like an impossible task to overcome, although anything could theoretically still happen. Adams and Van Wely have been unable to find good form and are shedding 20 rating points between them both. GM Analysis of So's victory.

Unive 03: So at the top

10/23/2013 – So solo leads after his opponen'ts so-so handling of the opening, he currently has 2.5/3 which is a full point more than Van Kampen who is still in second place despite his loss today. Van Wely and Adams are still both at -1 as they drew each other in an uneventful game that was mainly simply theory leading to an equal endgame. GM Analysis and report

Unive 02: Youth still leads

10/22/2013 – So and Van Kampen keep their positions at the top of the tournament. So drew Adams with a Berlin Wall using the black pieces and Van Kampen had no chances to breach Van Wely's Sicilian. Tomorrow is the last game of the first half of the tournament. In the open section a big tie with 3.5/4 has occured and the tournament is up for grabs. Round 2 information.

Unive Hoogeveen Starts

10/21/2013 – Robin Van Kampen was able to shock the tournament by winning his first round game against Michael Adams. The young dutch player overcame a difference of 150 rating points and was able to win with white. So did the same against Van Wely, so both games in the Super Round Robin were decisive! Opening ceremony and impressions from the Netherlands.
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