Photo by Fred Lucas for the official Corus website Smeets, J (2657) – Caruana, F (2675) [B41]Corus A (9), 26.01.2010 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Qd3 0–0 8.e5 Ne8 9.a3 Ba5 10.Be2...
Kramnik scores first win in Corus
[Event “Corus A”][Date “2010.01.21”][Round “5”][White “Smeets, J.”][Black “Kramnik, V.”][Result “0-1”][ECO “B07”][WhiteElo “2657”][BlackElo “2788”] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 a6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. Qd2 b5 7. Bh6 O-O 8. e5 dxe5 9. Bxg7...
Caruana on a tear in Novi Sad
Fabiano Caruana has won his first two games at the European Team Championship. In the first game, he defeated GM Cheparinov. Today, he defeated GM Smeets. Smeets, J (2642) – Caruana, F (2662) [C11]Novi Sad SRB, 23.10.2009 1.e4 e6...
Carlsen wins to share top spot
GM Carlsen (2776) – GM Smeets (2601) [A11]Corus A (12), 31.01.2009 1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.cxd5 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nxd5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bb5 e6 8.0–0 Be7 9.d4 0–0 10.Re1 Bd7 11.Bd3 Rc8 12.Nxd5 exd5 13.Ne5 Bf6 14.Bf4 g6...
The BIG upset of the day: Ivanchuk 0-1 Smeets
GM Ivanchuk (2779) – GM Smeets (2601) [D44]Corus A, 17.01.2009 1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.a4 Bb4 7.e4 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Qa5 9.e5 Ne4 10.Bd2 Qd5 11.Qc2 c5 12.Be3 cxd4 13.cxd4 Qa5+ 14.Nd2 Nxd2 15.Bxd2...
Smeets wins Dutch Championship
GM Smeets defeated tournament leader GM Stellwagen in the final round to capture the 2008 Dutch Championship. Final Standings: 1. GM Smeets (2578) 7½2-3. GMs Stellwagen (2621), Reinderman (2526) 74-5. GMs Ernst (2559), L’Ami (2600) 6½6-7. GMs Nijboer (2558),...
Young stars lead Dutch Championship
With 3 rounds to go, GMs Daniël Stellwagen (2621) and Jan Smeets (2578) are tied for first at the 2008 Dutch Championship with the score of 5.5 points in 8 games. GMs Erwin L’Ami (2600), Spike Ernst (2559) and...
Perfection by GM Smeets at Dos Hermanas qualifier
Dutch GM Jan Smeets won today’s qualifier with an incredible 12-0 perfect score! He played and won all twelve games! An amazing feat! Here is the crosstable: http://tomato.chessclub.com/reg/mp756_grid.html Report by Duncan Oxley! Thanks Duncan! Chess Daily News from Susan...