Round 6 results Burg, Twan – Bok, Benjamin 0-1 Sokolov, Ivan – L’Ami, Erwin ½-½ Van Wely, Loek – Van Foreest, Jorden 1-0 Van den Doel, Erik – Ernst, Sipke ½-½ Standings after 6 rounds Nr Naam Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Score 1 Van Wely, Loek 2675 – 1 ½ […]
Ultimate Shameful Unsportsmanlike Conduct in Chess (Just Added More Facts in Part II)
After losing game 6 against Women’s World Champion Hou Yifan, Nigel Short created a public scandal and insisted that the game should not be rated to save a few rating points. Ultimate Shameful Unsportsmanlike Conduct In Chess (part II) More facts from the past: On April 25, 2016, Nigel Short tweeted about his 6-game match against […]
Van Wely wins 20th Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament
The 20th Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament was organized by Stichting Schaak Walcheren from 6-13th August at the HZ University of Applied Sciences in Vlissingen, Netherlands. The 9-round Swiss tournament attracted 262 players from 15 countries, including 14 Grandmasters and 21 International Masters. Local star Loek Van Wely emerged clear winner with an excellent score of 8,0/9 […]
Van Wely dominates Hogeschool Zeeland
Final Ranking after 9 Rounds (top 50) http://chess-results.com/tnr215362.aspx Rk. SNo Name FED Rtg Club/City Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 Rp n w we w-we K rtg+/- 1 2 GM Van Wely Loek NED 2657 Tilburg 8,0 0,0 42,5 38,00 2757 9 8 7,10 0,90 10 9,0 2 6 GM David Alberto ITA 2561 Italië 7,5 0,0 […]
Van Wely wins 20th Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament with a round to spare
Rank after Round 8 (top 50) http://chess-results.com/tnr215362.aspx Rk. SNo Name FED Rtg Club/City Pts. TB2 TB3 Rp n w we w-we K rtg+/- 1 2 GM Van Wely Loek NED 2657 Tilburg 7,5 31,50 35,0 2824 8 7,5 6,53 0,97 10 9,7 2 5 GM Landa Konstantin RUS 2597 Rusland 6,5 25,50 32,5 2661 8 […]
Van Wely leads Bangkok Open after 5
Van Wely Takes Sole Lead in Bangkok Chess 7-time Dutch Champion Loek van Wely has become the sole leader of the Bangkok Chess Club Open, the strongest tournament ever held in Thailand. On Wednesday – the first day of Thailand’s famous Songkran Festival – the 43-year-old father-to-be secured his fifth win in five games by outplaying India’s prodigious […]
GM Loek Van Wely and WIM Anne Haast are Dutch Chess Champions
The 2014 Dutch Individual Chess Championships for men and women took place on 6-13th July 2014 at the Manor Hotel in Amsterdam, the capital and most populous city in the Netherlands. Both events were played in 8-player round-robin format. The Women Section was won by WIM Anne Haast, who collected 5,5/7 points, leaving the runner-up […]
5th Blitz Marathon in Rabat with Anand – King Loek strikes again
The 5th Marathon International Rapid Chess Tournamentwas held on 7th-8th June, 2014 at Mega Mall Rabat in Rabat, the capital and the fifth largest city of Morocco, situated on the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the river Bou Regrer. The Morocco Chess Festival was opened by the former World Champion GM Viswanathan Anand and […]
17th Unive Chess Tournament in Hoogeveen
The 17th Unive Chess Tournament will be held from 18 to 26 October in the town hall of Hoogeveen, Netherlands. The main Crown Group will see two talented juniors competing against two experienced players in a double round robin event. The first round is on 20th October. The players are Michael Adams (England 2753), Wesley […]