Giri and Peng win Dutch National Chess Championships
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Hello everyone,
Anish Giri and Peng Zhaoqin have won the Dutch National Chess Championship in the men's and women's section. Giri scored 7.5/9 with a 2850 perfomance while Peng scored 9/10 for her 13th title! Both were defending champions at the event.
The Dutch Championships took place June 25 – July 5 in Boxtel, The Netherlands. Venue was the SintLucas College in Boxtel for both the Open and Women’s sections. The Open was a 10-player, single round robin with a first prize of 7,500 Euro; the Women’s section was a 6-player, double round robin with a first prize of 1,800 Euro. For both groups the rate of play was 90 minutes for the first 40 moves followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game with the addition of 30 seconds per move from move 1.
You can access the official website here and also find a nice report with games in English at www.chessvibes.com.
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Giri, Zhaoqin lead Dutch national chess championships 2011
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011
Hi everyone,
The Netherlands Chess Championships are taking place from June 26 to July 5. The Men's Championship is a 10-player round robin while six women are competing in a double-round robin event. GM Jan Smeets is defending the title, while the 2009 champion GM Anish Giri is top seeded player. Six-times champion Loek Van Wely is not participating. GM Zhaoqin Peng (2375) is defending the women's title, which she has been winning for a record 11 straight years.
Here are the standings after six rounds:
1. Giri, Anish g 2687 4.5
2-4. Swinkels, Robin g 2483 4.0
2-4. Ernst, Sipke g 2596 4.0
2-4. Spoelman, Wouter g 2564 4.0
5. Sokolov, Ivan g 2645 3.5
6. Smeets, Jan g 2647 3.0
7. Nijboer, Friso g 2538 2.5
8-9. Brandenburg, Daan m 2535 2.0
8-9. L'Ami, Erwin g 2611 2.0
10. Janssen, Ruud m 2512 0.5
In the women´s section, the standings after six rounds are:
1. Peng, Zaoqin gm 2375 6.0 2. Haast, Anne wim, 2221 5.0 3. Middelveld, Martine 2120 3.5 4. Hortensius, Lisa 2111 3.0 5. Volkers, Annemarie 2046 2.0 6. Van Weersel, Arlette wim 2246 1.5
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Dutch national chess championships 2011 begin
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011
Hi everyone,
According to a news report by www.chessdom.com The Netherlands Chess Championships have begun and would run from June 26 to July 5 with Jan Smeets and Zhaoqin Peng defending their titles
The Netherlands Chess Championships Open section is a 10-player round robin while six women will compete in a double-round robin event.
GM Jan Smeets is defending the title, while the 2009 champion GM Anish Giri is top seeded player. Six-times champion Loek Van Wely is not participating.
GM Zhaoqin Peng (2375) is defending the women's title, which she has been winning for a record 11 straight years. Her opposition will include WIM Arlette van Weersel 2246, WIM Anne Haast 2221, Martine Middelveld 2120, Lisa Hortensius 2111 and Annemarie Volkers 2046. Photo: Zhaoqin Peng
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