Euwe tournament round 5All square in group 1!In round 5, Fridrik Ólafsson and Paul van der Sterren won their respective games, resulting in a ranking whereby all players in group 1 have scored 2½ out of 5. Monika Soćko beat Stuart Conquest in group …
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Euwe tournament round 5
Published by November 20th, 2011 in Amsterdam, Chess tournament, Euwe, Holland and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsEuwe tournament update
Published by November 20th, 2011 in Amsterdam, Euwe, Holland and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsRound 4: 2 Draws in Group 1, 2 Wins in Group 2In group 1 the frontrunners Cramling and Peng kept each other in balance. In a Queen’s Gambit Accepted Cramling adopted a modest set-up. For a moment it looked as if Peng would gain the advantage. Looking…
White domination in Amsterdam
Published by November 16th, 2011 in Amsterdam, Chess tournament, Euwe, Holland and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsEuwe tournamentWhite domination in AmsterdamOn Wednesday, we finally saw four games in one room! No more sick or missing players in Amsterdam today. Even Robin van Kampen, who said that he often gets lost in the Dutch capital, obviously used his new c…
Euwe Tournament – Three draws on the first day
Published by November 14th, 2011 in Amsterdam, Chess tournament, Euwe, Holland and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsEuwe Tournament – Three draws on the first dayIn the first round of the Euwe tournament we only saw three games instead of the planned four games. Stuart Conquest was supposed to fly in from London early on Monday morning, but due to dense fog on L…
Science Park Amsterdam Chess Tournament
Published by July 9th, 2011 in Amsterdam, Chess tournament and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsScience Park Amsterdam Chess Tournament Friday, 08 July 2011 08:33 The new Amsterdam international summer chess tournament will be held from 9th to 17th July. The playing conditions will be perfect in a high-tech, sportive and inspiring environment…
Science Park Amsterdam Chess Tournament
Published by June 25th, 2011 in Amsterdam, Holland and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsScience Park Amsterdam Chess Tournament9th to 17th July in the brand new sports centre Universum The new Amsterdam international summer chess tournament will be held from 9th to 17th July. The playing conditions will be perfect in a high-tech, sporti…
Hertneck wins 3e Batavia-Grolsch Schaaktoernooi
Published by February 28th, 2011 in Amsterdam, Holland and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsFinal standings# Name Fed. Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Score 1 GM Hertneck, Gerald GER 2542 x½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 6.5 2 IM Van Kampen, Robin NED 2443 ½ x0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 6.0 3 IM Bok, Benjamin NED 2453 0 1 x½ 1 0 1 0 1 …
Hertneck leads 3e Batavia-Grolsch Schaaktoernooi
Published by February 22nd, 2011 in Amsterdam, Holland and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsThe third Batavia Chess Tournament takes place 18-27 February 2011 in Café Batavia 1920, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The cafe is located opposite the Amsterdam Central Station, in the direction of Zeedijk, left to the St. Nicholas church, at Prins…
Nakamura defeats Giri in blitz playoff
Published by August 22nd, 2010 in Amber, Amsterdam, Anish Giri, Hikaru Nakamura, Holland, NH Chess and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsSuper blitz maestro Nakamura soundly defeated young phenom Giri 2-0 in the blitz playoff to earn a berth in the next Amber super tournament.Final standings:ExperienceGelfand Svidler Nielsen van Wely Ljubojevic 7 …
Amber ticket to be decided in Blitz tie-break
Published by August 22nd, 2010 in Amsterdam, Experience, Holland, NH Chess, Rising Stars and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsAmber ticket to be decided in Blitz tie-breakFinal round results: Gelfand – Nakamura ½ – ½ Ljubojevic – Caruana ½ – ½ van Wely – So ½ – ½ Nielsen – Giri 1 – 0 Svidler – Howell 1 – 0As in the final round of the NH Chess Tournament…
Rising Stars vs Experience final round LIVE games
Published by August 22nd, 2010 in Amsterdam, Experience, Holland, NH Chess, Rising Stars and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 Comments
Gelfand scores again, rising stars keep decisive lead
Published by August 21st, 2010 in Amsterdam, Experience, Holland, NH Chess, Rising Stars and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsMatch 9 results: Nakamura – Svidler ½ – ½ Caruana – Gelfand 0 – 1 So – Ljubojevic ½ – ½ Giri – van Wely ½ – ½ Howell – Nielsen 1 – 0Team scores: ExperienceRising stars 20½24½ Experience individual score GelfandSvidlerv…
Rising Stars vs Experience round 9 LIVE games
Published by August 21st, 2010 in Amsterdam, Experience, Holland, NH Chess, Rising Stars and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 Comments
Gelfand leads the Experience but team trails by 4
Published by August 20th, 2010 in Amsterdam, Experience, Holland, NH Chess, Rising Stars and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsStandings after 8 matches:Experience individual scoreGelfand 5½Svidler 4Nielsen 3van Wely 3Ljubojevic 2½Rising Stars individual scoreGiri 5½Nakamura 5Caruana 4½Howell 3½So 3½Team standingsExperience 18Rising stars 22Official website: http://www.n…
The kids win, take commanding lead
Published by August 20th, 2010 in Amsterdam, Experience, Holland, NH Chess, Rising Stars and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsMatch 8 results: Nielsen – Nakamura ½ Svidler – Caruana ½ Gelfand – So ½ Ljubojevic – Giri 0 – 1 van Wely – Howell ½http://www.nhchess.com/index.htmlChess daily news from Susan Polgar
Rising Stars vs Experience round 8 LIVE games
Published by August 20th, 2010 in Amsterdam, Experience, Holland, LIVE games, NH Chess, Rising Stars and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 Comments
The kids win again
Published by August 19th, 2010 in Amsterdam, Experience, Holland, NH Chess, Rising Stars and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 Commentshttp://www.nhchess.com/index.htmlMatch 7 results: Nakamura – van Wely 1 – 0 Caruana – Nielsen 1 – 0 So – Svidler ½ – ½ Giri – Gelfand ½ – ½ Howell – Ljubojevic ½ – ½ Experience individual score GelfandSvidlerLjubojevicNiels…
Rising Stars vs Experience round 7 LIVE games
Published by August 19th, 2010 in Amsterdam, Experience, Holland, LIVE games, NH Chess, Rising Stars and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 Comments
The veterans win, narrow gap to 1
Published by August 18th, 2010 in Amsterdam, Experience, Holland, NH Chess, Rising Stars and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsOfficial website: http://www.nhchess.com/index.htmlMatch 6 results: Ljubojevic – Nakamura 0 – 1 van Wely – Caruana 1 – 0 Nielsen – So ½ – ½ Svidler – Giri ½ – ½ Gelfand – Howell 1 – 0Standings after 6 matches: Experience indiv…
The veterans held – Rising Stars maintains 2 point lead
Published by August 16th, 2010 in Amsterdam, Experience, Holland, NH Chess, Rising Stars and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsMatch 5 results: Nakamura – Gelfand 0 – 1 Caruana – Ljubojevic ½ – ½ So – van Wely ½ – ½ Giri – Nielsen 1 – 0 Howell – Svidler ½ – ½Standings after 5 matches: Teams: ExperienceRising stars 11½13½ Experience individua…
Big comeback by the veterans after disastrous 3rd match
Published by August 15th, 2010 in Amsterdam, Experience, Holland, NH Chess, Rising Stars and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsMatch 4 results Sunday August 15 Round IV 13:30 Svidler – Nakamura 1- 0 Gelfand – Caruana ½ Ljubojevic – So 1 – 0 van Wely – Giri 0 – 1 Nielsen – Howell 1 – 0Official website: http://www.nhchess.comChess daily news from Susan Polgar
Rising stars win thanks to Houdini job by Nakamura
Published by August 13th, 2010 in Amsterdam, Experience, NH Chess, Rising Stars and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsMatch 2 results:van Wely – Nakamura ½ – ½Nielsen – Caruana ½ – ½Svidler – So ½ – ½Gelfand – Giri ½ – ½Ljubojevic – Howell 0 – 1http://www.nhchess.com/index.html[Event "4th NH Chess Tournament"][Site "Amsterdam"][Date "2010.08.13"] [Ro…
Rising Stars vs Experience round 2 LIVE games
Published by August 13th, 2010 in Amsterdam, Experience, Holland, NH Chess, Rising Stars and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 Comments
Rising stars tie Experience in 1st match
Published by August 12th, 2010 in Amsterdam, Experience, NH Chess, Rising Stars and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsHowell, D (2616) – Gelfand, B (2739) [C42]4th NH Chess Tournament Amsterdam NED (1), 12.08.20101.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.0–0 Be7 8.c4 Nb4 9.Be2 0–0 10.Nc3 Bf5 11.a3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Nc6 13.Re1 Re8 14.cxd5 Qxd5 15.Bf4 Ra…
Rising Stars vs Experience LIVE games
Published by August 12th, 2010 in Amsterdam, Experience, Holland, NH Chess, Rising Stars and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 Comments
NH Chess Tournament 2010
Published by August 12th, 2010 in Amsterdam, Experience, NH Chess, Rising Stars and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsNH CHESS TOURNAMENT 2010Rising Stars vs. ExperienceNH Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky Dam 9 Amsterdamhttp://www.nhchess.comThe NH Chess Tournament, organized by NH Hoteles in close cooperation with Association Max Euwe, Monaco, is a ‘Scheveningen’ team to…
Rising Stars vs. Experience
Published by July 16th, 2010 in Amsterdam, Experience, Holland, Rising Stars and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsRising Stars vs. ExperienceNH Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky Dam 9 AmsterdamThe NH Chess Tournament, organized by NH Hoteles in close cooperation with Association Max Euwe, Monaco, is a ‘Scheveningen’ team tournament between an ‘Experience’ team an…
