The 13th edition of the International Chess Festival Chefchaouen, Morocco took place on 1-5th September 2014 in Chefchaouen, a city in northwest Morocco, famous for its buildings in shades of blue. The festival consisted of a 9-round Swiss Open and a 13-round Marathon blitz, both won by GM Erwin L’Ami from the Netherlands. L’Ami emerged […]
L’Ami tops 8th BPB Limbrug Open
The 8th BPB Limburg Open 2014 took part from 6th to 9th June, 2014 at the Sporthal De Geusselt in the city of Maastricht, in the Netherlands. The top seeded player GM Erwin L’Ami (NED) emerged a clear winner of the Master Section with 6/7 points, leaving the nearest contenders half a point behind. Second […]
3 share Reykjavik lead after 6 rounds
Full standings here: http://chess-results.com/tnr111685.aspx Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
2 Dutch tie for the lead at after 5 at Reykjavik Open
Full standings: http://chess-results.com/tnr111685.aspx Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Erwin L’Ami wins Dutch Open after edging Deep Sangupta on tiebreaks
The Dutch Open 2013 was held from 23rd July to 1st August, 2013, at the Grandcafé-schouwburg-zalencentrum Theothorne, Callunaplein 77, 6951 CN Dieren, Netherlands. Erwin L’Ami and Deep Sengupta finished the tournament with 7.5 points after both winning their last round games. The Dutch player finally took home the winner’s trophy thanks to his tiebreak score. […]
Erwin L’Ami wins weekend tournament at Delft
Many chess players visited Delft during the Easter weekend this year to play some interesting chess games. On 29, 30 and 31 March 2013, the sixth OGD Prinsenstad Tournament was organised by OGD and the Delftse SchaakClub (DSC).The playing venue for this tournament was the auditorium of the Grotius College at Juniusstraat 8 in Delft. […]
L’Ami tops Unive Open
Final top 10 standings Rk Name Score Fed. M/F Rating TPR W-We 1 GM L’Ami, Erwin 7.0 NED M 2631 2634 +0.12 2 GM Nijboer, Friso 7.0 NED M 2525 2550 +0.45 3 GM Ernst, Sipke 6.5 NED M 2554 2572 +0.38 4 GM Timman, Jan 6.5 NED M 2578 2480 -0.67 5 GM Van […]
National Champion, IM, and Runway Model
Interview with Tania Sachdev Whoever says beauty and brains are unlikely to be found in one place, has to take one look at this 24-year old chess prodigy. Holding titles like Woman Grandmaster and International Master, Tania’s talent is obvious when she is playing this brain sport, which doesn’t make her boring at all! Known […]
McShane wins Remco Heite
The 3rd Remco Heite tournament took place in Wolvega, the Netherlands from November 26-28.Luke McShane wint Remco Heite Schaaktoernooi De Engelse grootmeester Luke McShane heeft het Remco Heite Schaaktoernooi op zijn naam geschreven. In een rechtstreeks duel won hij de vijfde en laatste partij van Loek van Wely. Met 3,5 uit 5 bleef hij de […]
L’Ami, Ikonnikov lead Hogeschool Zeeland
Leaders after 5 rounds: Rk Name Score M/F Rating TPR W-We 1 2 3 4 5 1 GM L’Ami, Erwin 5.0 M 2620 3087 +0.93 1 1 1 1 1 2 GM Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav 5.0 M 2578 3073 +1.13 1 1 1 1 1 3 GM Sasikiran, Krishnan 4.5 M 2679 2698 +0.06 1 1 […]