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 Bc7 11.Bf4 d6 12.exd6 Bxd6 13.Bxd6 Qxd6 14.Qe3 Qc7 15.0–0 b6 16.Rfd1 Bb7 17.Qg3 Qe7 18.Na4 […]
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 Kxg7 10. Bf3 c6 11. dxe5 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Rd8+ 13. Ke3 Ng4+ 14. Bxg4 Bxg4 […]
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 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nbd7 6.Nf3 h6 7.Nxf6+ Nxf6 8.Be3 Nd5 9.Bd3 Nxe3 […]
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 15.Qb3 Na5 16.Qb4 Be6 17.Bh6 Bg7 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.h4 Re8 20.h5 f6 21.Nf3 b6 22.Bb5 Re7 […]
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 Qd5 16.Qxc4 Qxc4 17.Bxc4 Nc6 18.Bc3 Ne7 19.a5 Bd7 20.Bb4 Rc8 21.Be2 Nc6 22.Bc5 Nxe5 23.Rb1 […]
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), Tiviakov (2634) 68. GM Visser (2477) 5½, etc. Official website: http://www.schaakbond.nl/nk2008/ Chess Daily News from Susan […]
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 Dimitri Reinderman (2526) are half a point behind with 5 points. Here is the official website: […]
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 Polgar