This article is a summary, please visit William’s site for the full article on Humpy Koneru vs. Jan Smeets at Corus Wijk Aan Zee at Corus 2006. It includes more information as well as an interactive board. Koneru opens with d4 and Smeets responds with the Slav Defense. After 6. Bd3, Smeets takes the opening […]
14 players in contention for 13th Sants Open title
Leaders with 1 round to go: Rk. Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 GM Iturrizaga Eduardo VEN 2603 7.5 43.0 54.0 41.0 2 GM Smeets Jan NED 2628 7.5 42.5 54.5 36.5 3 GM Sadler Matthew D ENG 2625 7.5 39.5 52.0 41.0 4 GM Narciso Dublan Marc ESP 2544 7.5 38.5 49.0 […]
Ponomariov scores to get back to even score
Smeets, Jan – Ponomariov, Ruslan [C18]2011 Tata Steel, Wijk aan Zee NED (3), 17.01.2011 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qc7 7.Qg4 f5 8.Qg3 Nc6 9.Nf3 cxd4 10.cxd4 Nge7 11.Bd2 0–0 12.Bd3 Bd7 13.0–0 Be8 14.c4 dxc4 15.Bxc4 Nxd4 16.Nxd4 Qxc4 17.Bb4 Rf7 18.Qc3 Qxc3 19.Bxc3 Nd5 20.Bd2 Bd7 21.Rfc1 […]
Smeets wins Dutch Championship
Final standings: 1. Smeets, Jan g 2659 * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 6½ 2. Giri, Anish g 2642 ½ * ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 6 3. Ernst, Sipke g 2572 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 5½ 4. Van Wely, Loek g […]
Smeets leads Dutch Championship by a full point
Round 8 results: Van Wely, Loek – Giri, Anish 1-0 Smeets, Jan – L’Ami, Erwin 1-0 Nijboer, Friso – Ernst, Sipke ½-½ Bok, Benjamin – Van Kampen, Robin 1-0 Reinderman, Dimitri – Spoelman, Wouter ½-½ Standings after 8 rounds: 1. Smeets, Jan g NED 2659 6 2-3. Giri, Anish g NED 2642 5 2-3. Ernst, […]
Giri, Smeets maintain Dutch Championship lead
Photo by Fred Lucas Round 7 results: Ernst, Sipke – Smeets, Jan ½-½ Giri, Anish – Nijboer, Friso ½-½ L’Ami, Erwin – Bok, Benjamin 1-0 Van Wely, Loek – Reinderman, Dimitri 1-0 Van Kampen, Robin – Spoelman, Wouter 0-1 Standings after 7 results: 1-2. Giri, Anish g NED 2642 5 1-2. Smeets, Jan g NED […]
Smeets, Giri lead Dutch Championship
Standings after 5 rounds: 1. Giri, Anish g NED 2642 4 2. Smeets, Jan g NED 2659 4 3. Ernst, Sipke g NED 2572 3 4. L’Ami, Erwin g NED 2620 3 5. Nijboer, Friso g NED 2567 3 6. Spoelman, Wouter g NED 2580 2½ 7. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2653 2 8. […]
Smeets leads Dutch Championship
Standings after 4 rounds: 1. Smeets, Jan g NED 2659 3½ 2. Giri, Anish g NED 2642 3 3. Nijboer, Friso g NED 2567 2½ 4. Ernst, Sipke g NED 2572 2½ 5. Spoelman, Wouter g NED 2580 2 6. L’Ami, Erwin g NED 2620 2 7. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2653 1½ 8. […]
Dutch Championship 2010
Standings after 2 rounds: 1. Smeets, Jan g NED 2659 1½ 2. Nijboer, Friso g NED 2567 1½ 3. Ernst, Sipke g NED 2572 1½ 4. Spoelman, Wouter g NED 2580 1 5. Giri, Anish g NED 2642 1 6. L’Ami, Erwin g NED 2620 1 7. Bok, Benjamin f NED 2430 1 8. Van […]
Shared birthdays
GMs Borki Predojevic, Zhao Xue, and Florin Gheorghiu share a birthday today while GMs Jan Smeets, Erwin L’Ami, and Alexey Kim share a birthday yesterday. Happy Birthday to all! Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar