CONTENTS
Introduction .................................................................................................. 3
Welcome ........................................................................................................ 4
Official program Chess Festival 2014 ........................................................ 5
Commentary sessions .................................................................................. 6
Organization/contact .................................................................................. 6
Locations ........................................................................................................ 7
After chess café Atlantis .............................................................................. 8
Simultaneous exhibitions ............................................................................ 9
NOSBO Grand Prix youth tournament..................................................... 9
Open Raindropchess festival .................................................................... 10
City map ...................................................................................................... 11
Chess & Culture.......................................................................................... 12
The Gift to the University ...................................................................... 12
Erik Satie ................................................................................................... 14
Winter Welfare......................................................................................... 13
Chess psychology .................................................................................... 15
University of Groningen Chess Challenges ........................................... 18
Reinderman – Van Foreest ..................................................................... 18
Paehtz – Haast.......................................................................................... 21
The Open A ‘Grandmaster & Youth’ group ........................................... 25
Fifty two years of international Christmas Chess in Groningen......... 26
Afek’s Brainteasers ..................................................................................... 29
Tournament regulations 2014 ................................................................... 30
Schaakstad Groningen Foundation ......................................................... 33
Partners & Sponsors ................................................................................... 35
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INDEX OF ADVERTISERS
Absint (Satie).................................... 14
Hampshire Hotels ........................... 20
Antea Group .................................... 24
Hotelschip / Watervast .................. 25
Holland Casino ................................ 28
Nationaal Bus Museum .................. 32
Raindroptime BV ............................. 34
SportsBar ..................................... 16,17
COLOFON
Coördinated and supervised by:
Jan Colly
Composed, edited and designed by: Fons van Hamond
Printing: Zalsman BV, Groningen (500 copies)
© Stichting Schaakstad Groningen 2014
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INTRODUCTION
WELCOME
The road to 2014 and the celebration of the 400 year jubilee of the Groningen State University.
In 2009 the University of Groningen (RUG) celebrated its 395 year existence. I remember very well that already then we spoke about the grand jubilee five years later.
Would it not be challenging if ……?
In the years thereafter the Groningen Chess Festival flourished and highlights
founded the reputation of an interesting tournament for young, talented and
(inter)national chess players. This festival with a long tradition was living up to the
slogan: “Groningen, City of Talent.”
It will not be easy to surpass the tournament of 2013 which was very special, also
because of the exiting match between Jan Timman and Anatoly Karpov in the
Groninger Museum on the occasion of the Netherlands-Russia Year.
But we are not in competition with ourselves. For 2014 we have chosen to involve
students as representatives of related universities. ‘Celebrating by giving’ is the motto
by which the RUG makes it possible to present a broad international participation. We
thank the RUG for this gesture. As a result of this student ‘expansion’ more youth
than ever is taken part in the festival, which makes it a remarkable edition.
The City of Chess Groningen Foundation’s ambition is the continuation of the
Tradition to organize a Tournament in the Christmas period for Top players, a
Terrace for Talent and Time to come. Something to be (T)proud of. Or as Hans
Böhm, ambassador of the Foundation, says; “TinTinnabulaTing TournamenT”. We
are convinced that our mission will be accomplished.
With trust we will hand over the organization to our successors in the coming year.
Groningen has enough experts to uphold this long tradition of a highly qualitative
tournament.
The City of Chess Groningen Foundation will focus on the promotion of this sport
aiming at the youth and on the development of talent within dedicated chess schools.
It will also enhance connections with art and cultural activities. This approach already
will be visible during the 2014 festival. For instance as part of the Winter Welfare
manifestation and by means of various cultural festivities during the after chess
program. A highlight of this new approach takes place
during the official opening on December 18th, when a
bronze statue will be presented to Prof. Dr. S.
Poppema, president of the Groningen State University,
a longtime promoter of the tournament and
ambassador of chess. This statue enriches not only the
State University but also the City of Groningen with
an original piece of art, winking at chess.
The road to the 2014 edition comes to an end. Let’s
celebrate together.
Dear chess friends,
Welcome to the Chess Festival Groningen in our wonderful town, the capital of
the North. I hope that you are ready for our traditional chess tournament.
As you may know, 2014 is a very special year for The University of Groningen,
as we are celebrating our 400th anniversary. Because of our anniversary, and
because of the long-lasting and close collaboration between our university and
the Chess Festival organization, we have added a special dimension to this 2014
Chess edition, for we have invited 60 highly-qualified students from our international partner universities as special participants.
Sports events are important for social cohesion and human wellbeing. Our
Sports Centre offers a perfect environment for a chess tournament. At the
Sports Centre, students can not only work out physically by doing a variety of
sports, but they can also train their so called ‘soft skills’ in communication and
team building, skills that are indispensable for their future careers and personal
lives.
I am proud to say that the University of Groningen has excellent facilities in
place for top athletes. This, among other things, has contributed to the
outstanding results of our Olympic Medal winner and World Champion Epke
Zonderland (horizontal bars) and Roel Boomstra, the European Draughts
Champion.
I hope you will enjoy the tournament and the social
and cultural activities that have been organized for
you to the full. Make new friends, discover the
University and the City of Groningen.
Prof. dr. Sibrand Poppema, president,
University of Groningen
Jan Colly,
chairman of the City of Chess Groningen Foundation
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Official program 52nd Chess Festival Groningen, 19th–30th December 2014
27th 20:30 Hampshire Plaza Lecture/workshop Chess psychology
by Karel van Delft
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DATE TIME LOCATION
EVENT
18th 16:30 Province House
Official Opening Chess Festival 2014
(until 18:45 hrs; invitation only)
28th
28th
28th
28th
13:00
13:00
13:00
21:00
Sports centre
Sports centre
Sports centre
Café Atlantis
Open A, B and C round 7; Compact round 3
Reinderman – Van Foreest, round 6 (final)
Paehtz – Haast, round 5
Chess-&popquiz by Dimitri Reinderman
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19th 10–17h. Hoge der Aa
GSV School`
19th 09:30
29th 13:00
29th 13:00
29th 11:00
Nautical event Winter Welfare (also 20 and 21 dec)
Youth Chess Challenge (i.c.w. KNSB and Slim.nl)
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21st 11:00-12:00 Sports centre Registration Open A, Open B, Open C
21st 13:00
Sports centre Open A, Open B and Open C round 1
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22nd 13:00
22nd 13:00
22nd 13:00
22nd 19:00
22nd 20:15
Open A, Open B and Open C round 2
University of Groningen Chess Challenge:
Reinderman – Van Foreest, round 1
Sports centre NOSBO Grand Prix youth tournament
Academy Building Reception of student-participants (invit. only)
Remonstrantse kerk Absint, a performance about life and work
of Eric Satie – Dutch version
Sports centre
Sports centre
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23rd
23rd
23rd
23rd
13:00
13:00
13:00
13:00
23rd 20:15
Open Groningen Raindropchess Festival
Open A, Open B and Open C round 3
Reinderman – Van Foreest, round 2
University of Groningen Chess Challenge Ladies:
Elisabeth Paehtz – Anne Haast, round 1
Remonstrantse kerk Absint, a performance about life and work
of Eric Satie – English version
Sports centre
Sports centre
Sports centre
Sports centre
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24th 13:00
24th 13:00
24th 13:00
Sports centre
Sports centre
Sports centre
Open A, Open B and Open C round 4
Reinderman – Van Foreest, round 3
Paehtz – Haast, round 2
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25th
Christmas day (no official activities)
Sports centre
Sports centre
Sports centre
Open A, B and C round 8; Compact round 4
Paehtz – Haast, round 6 (final)
Simul by Dimitri Reinderman
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30th 11:00
Sports centre Simul by Elisabeth Paehtz and Anne Haast
30th 11:00
Sports centre Open A, B and C round 9; Compact round 5
30th 17:00
Sports centre Official Closing Ceremony Chess Festival 2014
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Commentary sessions
28th 14:00 IM Hans Böhm
29th 14:00 IM Gert Ligterink
30th 12:00 IM Gert Ligterink
24th 14:00 IM Gert Ligterink
26th 14:00 IM Gert Ligterink
27th 14:00 IM Hans Böhm
All sessions take place in the Sports centre (next to the SportsBar).
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Organization & crew: who is who?
Organization Committee
Jan Colly (tournament director)
Jan van Os (general affairs & second
tournament director)
Roland Kroezen (tournament secretary)
Bart Beijer (PR)
Aart Strik
Alexander van Pelt
Zhaoqin Peng
Technician
Jeroen Bakker
Chauffeur
Maarten Bakker
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26th
26th
26th
26th
26th
11:00-12:00 Sports centre Registration Compact tournament
13:00
Sports centre Open A, B and C round 5; Compact round 1
13:00
Sports centre Reinderman – Van Foreest, round 4
13:00
Sports centre Paehtz – Haast, round 3
20:15
Hampshire Plaza Yochanan Afek presents his new book:
The almighty queen
Website
Fons van Hamond
Arbiters
Aart Strik (chief arbiter)
Wim van Beersum
Roland Kroezen
Jan Schut
Salim Shaikh (IND)
Crew on behalf of the
University of Groningen:
Hendrike Schut
Jodien Houwers
Evert Jan Nienhuis
Julia van Leeuwen
Albert Koster
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27th 13:00
27th 13:00
27th 13:00
Sports centre
Sports centre
Sports centre
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Open A, B and C round 6; Compact round 2
Reinderman – Van Foreest, round 5
Paehtz – Haast, round 4
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Press officers
Ben Hummel
Fons van Hamond
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Contact
The organization committee can be
reached at +31(0)654251546 (Jan Colly),
e-mail : jancolly@gmail.com
The arbiters (for urgent messages in
case of illness etc.) can be contacted at
+31(0)630489857 (Aart Strik).
The press officers can be contacted at
+31(0)616499637 (Ben Hummel), e-mail:
SchaakfestivalGroningen@live.nl
From the city centre get on the bus at
the Westersingel/A-straat stop.
There are three busses per hour.
From the Hampshire Hotel at the
Radesingel you walk to the Oosterstraat (5 minutes). There you take
Citybus 11. Get out at the stop
Crematoriumlaan and walk in 5
minutes to the Sports centre.
From the University Guesthouse at
the Kleine Kromme Elleboog you
walk to the A-Kerkhof (3 minutes).
There you take Citybus 11. Leave the
bus at the stop Crematoriumlaan and
walk in 5 minutes to the Sports
centre.
From the Hampshire Plaza you
don’t have to worry at all: the organization offers you free transport in
our nine-seat bus. The first shift
leaves at the hotel approximately at
11.45 hrs, the last at 12.30 hrs (for the
exact schedule check our website or
the signs in the hotel). Vice versa this
schedule will start from approximately 16.30 hrs. The orther
possibility – new this year – is to
board onto the historical bus,
sponsored by the National
Busmuseum in Hoogezand
By car: on the Groningen circular
(N370) take the Paddepoel / Zernike
exit and follow the signs Zernike
(Campus). Then turn first left
(Blauwborgje). The Sports centre is at
the end of the road. Parking is
possible across the road [P2] and
without costs.
Bye
In Open B and Open C a bye (half a
point) is possible during one of the
rounds 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 (so including
Boxing day). A bye must be requested
before the start of the tournament (for
further information check our website).
Rate of play
For all groups: 90 minutes for 40 moves,
followed by an extra 30 minutes to
finish the game, with an increment of 30
seconds per move per player from the
start of the game.
Playing venue
Sports centre University of Groningen.
Adress: Blauwborgje 16, 9747 AC
Groningen.
All groups will play in the Struikhal
(turn left after the entrance). You’ll find
room to analyse in the nearby
restaurant.
How to get there
Public transport: from NS-station
Groningen take Citybus 11. Leave the
bus at the Zernikelaan/Nijenborgh stop
(this is 400 meters from the Sports
centre).
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Results/rankings/pairings
After every round, results, rankings,
pairings, round reports, games and
photo’s will be available on the
tournament’s website:
www.schaakstadgroningen.nl.
We intend to cover the first 8 games
of the Open A and the two matches
live on the internet. Games will also
be projected on screens and monitors
in the SportsBar.
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Bar / restaurant
Refreshments are available in the Sports
centre’s restaurant, called the SportsBar.
A nice and friendly prized buffet is
served here every evening.
The consumption of alcoholic beverages
is strictly prohibited in the players area,
while smoking of course is not allowed
in any part of the building.
AFTER CHESS IN CAFÉ ATLANTIS
Chess Café Hooghoudt Atlantis
(‘playground for the mind’)
traditionally organizes a daily after
chess program.
All activities will start at 21.00 hrs –
except for 26th and 27th December,
then we begin at 22.00 hrs.
Chess Café Atlantis has moved to a
new (and larger) location: Gedempte
Zuiderdiep 61, 9711 HC Groningen
(tel. 050 3645484).
Open: every day from 15:00 hrs
(except December 25th).
Also check www.cafeatlantis.nl.
21 dec. (Atlantis’s 9th birthday):
Aquarius bullet-chess tournament
22 dec.: Pass-on chess (duo chess)
23 dec.: Hands & Brains (visit:
www.kennemercombinatie.nl/programm)
24 dec.: Endgame study simul by IM
Yochanan Afek (www.afekchess.com)
25 dec.: Christmas day, Atlantis closed
26 dec.: Click Chess
27 dec.: Chess with Hans Böhm
28 dec.: Pop and Chess quiz
by GM Dimitri Reinderman
29 dec.: SISSA Christmas Blitz
(www.jsvsissa.nl)
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Grand Prix youth tournament
On Monday 22nd December the Chess
Festival traditionally will host a big
youth event, which is a part of the
Grand Prix circuit of our partner the
regional Nothern Chess Association
[NOSBO]. It is open to children from 6
years upwards, and has a wide range of
rating levels. In each group of eight
three prizes can be won, which will be
handed out by a famous Dutch chess
player.
The simultaneous exhibitions
On December 29th and 30th, during
the last rounds of the main tournaments two simuls will take place,
both starting at 11.00 hrs.
GM Dimitri Reinderman, by then
having finished his match will play
simultaneously against a limited
number of prominent amateur chess
players from all over the province,
including many of the sponsors who
facilitated this edition of the Festival.
One day later IM Elisabeth Paehtz
will do the same. Both simuls will
take place at the main venue of the
Chess Festival: the University’s
Sports centre.
Requests to take part in the simuls
can be made by mail to Jan Colly.
Grand Prix
Schaakstad
Groningen
22 december
Anatoly Karpov playing simul in 2013, shaking hands with youth talent
Jonas Hilwerda (photo S. Warmolts)
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THE GIFT TO THE UNIVERSITY
The City of Chess Groningen Foundation is proud and very grateful for the
support troughout the years given by the Municipality Board and the State
University Groningen that helped us to keep the traditional Chess Festival
alive. The tournament has a strong reputation, both nationally and internationally for the participation of talented young players.
The 400 year Jubilee of the Groningen University gives us an excellent
opportunity to show our gratitude for the longstanding
support.
This special year a crowd funding activity resulted in the
making of a piece of art that represents the connectivity of the
University and the City, with a clear wink to chess. It is a
present to the University celebrating its year of birth: a bronze
statue.
The pictures below show the artist at work and the final result.
This initiative has been made possible by a number of anonymous gifts and the
persons and institutions named below. We express our deepest thanks to all for
contributing to the original piece of art that enriches Groningen.
List of Contributors
[1] Sport centre (tournament location)
[2] Café Hooghoudt Atlantis
[3] Hampshire Hotel
[4] Hampshire Plaza
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The Remonstrant Church, where the
Satie performances will take place, is
located in the inner city center (right
in the ‘o’ of Groningen).
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Anoniem
Bart Beijer
Bastiaan Last
Ben Warner
Bert Feiken
Bert van der Haar
Bram Abrahamse
Cor van Wijgerden
Daniel Bies
Dick Dalmolen
Douglas Mensink
Eddy Maas
Eddy Roossien
Fietie Euwe
Fons van Hamond
Geert ten Brink
Hanneke van Wel
Hans Böhm
Harke van der Wal
Hein Gert Triemstra
Henk Bosveld
Henk Eising
Henk Seijen
Henk Smit
Henk van Dijk
Ignace Hendriks
Jaap van der Graaf
Jan Baljé
Jan Boersema
Jan Colly
Jan van Os
Jan Schut
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Jan Timman
Jan Werle
Jan Zwier
Jeroen Groot
Johan Mostertman
Jonas Hilverda
Jozias Hillenkamp
Marcel Pruijt
Marco de Jong
Piet Mulder
Theo Mooijman
William Moorlag
Wim Fokkens
Wim Gorter
Wout Knol
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Aaabee Accountants
Café Atlantis
Argo
Chessity
Denksportcentrum
Groningen
FC Groningen
Holland Casino
KNSB
Noorderpoort
Schaakstad
Groningen
Sportsbar
Zalsman
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WINTER WELFARE
From 19 up and including 21 december the Chess Festival Groningen will play
a role in the so called Winterwelvaart. This is a traditional Dutch event taking
place in and around the many canals in the center of Groningen. A lot of
historical fishing and sailing ships will host a variety of cultural and art-related
activities. Some of the ships will be open to the public.
The main location is the Hoge der Aa. Chess ship 'De Mars, this year again
hosting a group of some 20 Dutch talented youth players will offer the possibility to play blitz chess on its deck. For more information visit our website or the
site of Marketing Groningen.
Hotelschip De Mars
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ERIK SATIE
Tijdens het Schaakfestival Groningen 2014 is er naast het schaken als sport
ook aandacht voor de verbinding van schaken met kunst en cultuur. In dit
kader worden twee voorstellingen gegeven in de Remonstrantse kerk te
Groningen. Gea Passies en Johanan Havinga verzorgen een muzikaal
programma rondom de Franse componist Erik Satie. Met pianomuziek,
verhaal en zang, in combinatie met film en dans. De film in de voorstelling
speelt zich af in een café waar een schaakspel centraal staat.
Gea Passies en Johanan Havinga verzorgen als duo muzikale programma’s
rondom de componisten Kurt Weill, Erik Satie en Claude Debussy. In
ontwikkeling is een programma over Modeste Moussorgsky.
Data: maandag 22 en dinsdag 23 december, aanvang 20.15 uur, entree € 15.
Kaarten dienen vooraf besteld te worden via jancolly@gmail.com.
Tijdens de voorstelling van maandag is het verhalende gedeelte in het
Nederlands, dinsdag is dat in het Engels.
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CHESS PSYCHOLOGY
Chess has a lot to do with psychology.
The science of the brain has many
practical implications for chess. How
do we process information, how is
our self-management and how do we
learn and train?
In the lecture ‘Chess talent’ Karel
van Delft presents a lot of practical
aspects and examples. The lecture will
be in English. Topics are perception,
self-management, talent development,
learning, coaching, creativity, communication, organisation, physical aspects, role of parents, didactics, school
chess, highly gifted, clothing and social chess (for people with handicaps).
The lecture takes two parts of 45
minutes with a break. After this there
is more than one hour to ask questions and discuss matters. Questions
can also asked beforehand via mail to
karel@kvdc.nl.
Karel van Delft is chess teacher for
youth, coach, psychologist and journalist. He wrote several books and
articles about chess and psychology.
In English he published with his son
IM Merijn van Delft the book Developing Chess Talent, with a foreword by
GM Artur Yusupov. The book is
about training, coaching, communication and organisation. It contains e.g.
an analysis questionnaire and interviews with GM David Bronstein and
GM Jan Timman.
On the site www.chesstalent.com
one can find a video in which IM
Merijn van Delft presents the book.
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On this site also are some items, e.g.
about didactics, nutrition, the article
The seventeenth chess piece and 32
videos of trainings of IM Mark Dvoretsky and GM Artur Yusupov in
Apeldoorn.
Participants of the lecture get a free
ebook copy of the book in English,
and can also get a free hard copy of
the Dutch original book.
Information in English about chess
and autism is available via
www.schaken-en-autisme.nl/englishspanish.
In Dutch Karel van
Delft published the
books Schaaktalent
ontwikkelen, Het
zeventiende schaakstuk,
Schaakideeën and Ik leer
schaken. Recently he
published Schoolschaken. This book on school chess is
about didactics, organisation, research
about benefits of chess as education
tool as well as about chess for children with handicaps.
Karel van Delft writes articles on
the site of the Max Euwe Centrum.
Besides he coordinates the Facebook
group Schaakpsychologie.
His Dutch site is www.schaaktalent.nl.
In the weblog of this site Karel van
Delft writes about his chess experiences. But there is much more. E.g.
under the button ‘Joesoepov Schaak
Genootschap’ a video of a lecture of
GM Sipke Ernst about studying chess
openings.
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THE UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN CHESS CHALLENGES
GM Dimitri Reinderman
Dimitri Reinderman (42) was born on
August 12th 1972. He started playing
chess at an early age and showed
some pretty good results in the
nineties. In this decade he be became
an international grandmaster, and in
1992 he shared the 2nd place in the
European Youth Championship
under 20 and the 3rd place in the
World Youth Championship in the
same age category. Together with his
9½ out of 11 in the 1998 Hoogovens B
these achievements are perceived by
Dimitri as his best results. His golden
medal at the fifth board at the 1999
European Team championship clearly
holds lesser value to him.
In 2007 Reinderman decided to
become a chess professional. After
participating many times in the Dutch
championship his first place in the
2013 edition was well earned. His Elo
reached a nice 2619 in 2014 and apart
from playing chess Dimitri recently
became very active in quite a different
branch: the development and presentation of pop quizzes. One of these
quizzes will be a side event of the
Chess Festval 2014. Furthermore he is
One of the highlights of the Chess
Festival Groningen 2014 will be the
two Invitation matches, both between
rising Dutch youth talents and
established (grand)masters. These
University of Groningen Chess
Challenges will take place from 22th
up to and including 29th
December (see our Program on page 5
for the exact schedules).
After the beautiful struggle Jan
Timman vs Robin van Kampen in
2009, the two matches in 2011 (Hans
Ree - Jorden van Foreest and Martine
Middelveld - Anna Maja Kazarian),
the match John van der Wiel - Jorden
van Foreest in 2012 and the Frisian
clash between Jan Werle and dutch
youth champion Nick Maatman, this
year even two matches have been
staged.
Thus the Schaakstad Groningen
foundation once again meets one of
its objectives: to stimulate and
facilitate the development of young
talented chess players.
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Jorden van Foreest
Jorden van Foreest (14), chess
prodigy, is the oldest son in a family
of six, all fully dedicated to chess. He
plays in the Dutch Meesterklasse
League with the his new club SISSA,
usually on the first board.
In the Chess Festival Groningen he
already played two 4-game matches
against John van der Wiel and Hans
Ree. Both matches ended in clear
defeats for the youngster but also
taught him valuable lessons. Together
with his increasing chess strength this
might result in very interesting 6game match against Dutch GM and
former Dutch champion Dimitri
Reinderman.
Jorden expects long games, because
Reinderman is known for his calm
opening play and avoidance of piece
exchanges. This means concentration
until the very end of every game.
As compared to his last matches
Jorden’s victory chances increased. He
gained more than 200 Elo points in
2014 nearing the 2500 mark, won a
tournament in Mallorca and also
scored his 3rd IM-norm, now striving
for GM-norms in 2015.
His preparation for the match was
psychological as well as chess technical. His expectations of the match
can be summed up three quotes:
“fighting chess”, “a nice match”, and
“I’ll give every inch…”.
Dimitri Reinderman better comes well
prepared.
an ardent Magic the Gathering player
and ‘likes to stroke his cats’. On the
outcome of the match he does not
have a clear view. He knows Van
Foreest already drew against a few
grandmasters, so Jorden is not to be
underestimated.
”Ik weet eigenlijk nog niet wat ik van
de tweekamp moet verwachten. Maar ik
ben in ieder geval van plan om aan
mensen met (meer) ervaring met
tweekampen tips te vragen over hoe je
je moet voorbereiden.
Jorden heeft goede resultaten tegen
sterke grootmeesters. Twee keer remise
tegen Erwin l'Ami, laatst remise tegen
Nigel Short... hij kan zich dus goed
optrekken aan sterke spelers. Het
worden vast leuke partijen!
Hoeveel tijd ik momenteel aan
schaken besteed? Nou,. minimaal 1225
uur per jaar, want anders zou ik een
belastingfraudeur zijn;-)
Jorden heeft ondertussen rond de
2450,ikzelf zit in de 2600-range. Wat
het verschil is? De vraag impliceert dat
er uit resultaten in het verleden (waar
rating op gebaseerd is) van alles af te
leiden is. Het lijkt me puur een
indicatie van speelsterkte (en voorspeller voor resultaten in de toekomst,
met enige onzekerheid.)
Als foto wil ik erg graag eentje
zonder ‘bad hairday’ :)”
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Man en de Srefidensi Chess Celebration
in Suriname gespeeld. Op het WK
hoopte ik voor de titel mee te kunnen
strijden, maar helaas na een slechte
remise in de eerste ronde zat dat er niet
meer in en moest ik tevreden zijn met
een uiteindelijk 7e plaats. In Isle of Man
en Suriname ging het wel weer goed; zo
wist ik bijvoorbeeld in Isle of Man
remise tegen voormalig wereldkampioen uitdager Nigel Short te
spelen.
Dit jaar heb ik nog een aantal andere
successen behaald. Zo heb ik een toernooi in Mallorca gewonnen met 8 uit 9
en mijn 2e IM norm binnengehaald. In
juli van dit jaar heb ik mijn derde IM
norm gehaald in het toernooi in
Vaujany, Frankrijk. Omdat mijn
rating op dat moment al boven de 2400
was, kon ik ook meteen de IM titel
aanvragen.
Mijn doel voor komend is het behalen
van een aantal GM normen. De
komende match zal zeker bijdragen aan
dat doel.”
Jorden in 2010
”Dimitri is een erg sterke schaker, hij
werd Nederlands kampioen in 2013 en
speelt jaren op hoog niveau. Omdat hij
meestal wat rustigere openingen speelt
waarbij weinig stukken worden geruild,
krijgt hij lange partijen waarbij het
belangrijk is om tot het laatst scherp te
blijven. Ik ga er daarom vanuit--en
hoop het ook--dat deze match zal
bestaan uit lange partijen met veel
vechtschaak. Nu de match over zes
partijen zal gaan in plaats van vier,
zoals mijn vorige tweekampen bij het
schaakfestival, zal het vast een leuke
match worden.
Op de match zelf bereid ik me goed
voor. Niet alleen op schaaktechnisch
vlak , maar ook op psychologisch gebied
ben ik aan het werk voor de match.
Over het algemeen denk ik dat ik goede
kansen heb als ik hard mijn best doe,
maar het zal zeker niet gemakkelijk
worden. Ik zal in ieder geval alles uit de
kast halen.
Ik heb de laatste tijd in ieder geval
veel geschaakt. Zo heb ik bijvoorbeeld
het WK-Jeugd in Zuid-Afrika het
Pokerstars Chess tournament in Isle of
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www.jorden.vanforeest.com
WWW.HAMPSHIRE-PLAZAGRONINGEN.NL
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THE UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN LADIES CHALLENGES
Elisabeth Paehtz
Germany’s no. 1 female player didn’t
have to look far for early coaching.
Her father, Thomas Paehtz, was a
grandmaster who on three occasions
tied for first at the German (or East
German) Championship. Elisabeth
herself won the German U11 Championship aged 9, became the youngest
ever "adult" German Champion in
1999 and went on to crown her junior
achievements by winning the World
U18 and U20 titles.
Paehtz earned the Women’s Grandmaster title in 2001 and the overall
International Master title in 2004. She
had a baptism of fire when she played
for Germany as a 13-year-old at the
1998 Olympiad (1 win, 5 losses) and
has gone on to play in every event
since, leading the team on first board
since 2006. Her best performance was
in 2010, when she scored 4 wins, 5
draws and 0 losses. She spent some
time as a coach of the Turkish Chess
Federation’s junior teams and has
been critical of a lack of support from
the German Chess Federation.
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Elisabeth Paehtz (Germany, 29 years
young) with an Elo in the 2400 range
is what one calls a chess prodigy, a
female one. She learned chess at an
early stage, and especially the tactical
side of it as her father is a ruthless
player. She is already 13 years a
Woman IGM and since a few years
also an IM. IGM would be nice: It is a
kind of goal “but it will not change
my life in case I wont reach it”.
She met her match opponent only
once over the board in a Tata Steel
tournament. It was a draw, but Anne
struck her as an ambitious and fearless player. Maybe her experience
counts as an advantage in the upcoming match. Groningen will be new
to her as she only visited the
Netherlands once in 2012 and our city
was not in her schedule then. She
liked the nature and fell in love with
Amsterdam.
Some extensive sports should bring
her back in shape for the match. As
she will also play the World Mind
Games in China in December. And, of
course she wants to win the match.
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actual strength is. A rating is just an
indication. I only see my advantage
mainly in experience. It is hard to
predict what kind of games we will play
as I do not have myself a real preference
between tactical or strategical fights. I
guess it will be a matter of daily mood,
at least in my case.
Lately I mainly study openings and
do tactical exercises. Between 20102012 I finished a higher education as a
foreign language correspondent but
eventually I decided not to work in that
field, as I cannot imagine to find myself
in an office 8 h each day:).
I worked with my dad mainly in
childhood until the age of 16. I mainly
got the tactical skills from him as he
was himself a quite attacking and
ruthless player.I think I’m on my best
concerning flexibility in style and
choice of openings plus a general good
understanding of structures...
Become a GM is a kind of goal but it
will not change my life in case I won’t
reach it.
I used to work with many children in
2011 in Turkey and now only once a
year in our home training camp. For
me it is important to understand their
psychology, fears and wishes. Once you
‘learned’ that it is easy to motivate or
stabilize them. There is no general
receipt of motivation, it differs from
child by child.
I have never been to Groningen. I
visited Holland basically only in 2012
and I liked the country. Nice nature,
good for bysicling and I have to confess,
I fell in love with Amsterdam:).”
Elisabeth in Tata 2012 (photo Ab Scheel)
“I am expecting an interesting fight
and a rather close result. Of course I
would like to win the match as I am the
higher rated and more experienced
player from both of us.
Since I will have a pretty rough
schedule in December, playing the
World Mind Games in China and
returning in a rather tired state back
home I will surly do some extensive
sports and try to regain my energy
before start of the match. Technically
preparation will be most likely tactics
and some study of openings based on
her games.
I know Anne of course, saw her in
many events like Olympiads etc. However we only faced each other once in
2012 during the C-tournament in Wijk
an Zee. I remember she caught me in
some theoretical line and I had to suffer
quite a while before I could finally
manage to escape into a draw. Anna
seems to me a very ambitious and
fearless player, however I haven't
studied her games too deeply yet to be
sure what kind of style she has. In her
young age it is hard to say what her
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Anne Haast
Anne Haast (21) isn’t new to the
Groningen Chess Festival. A few
years ago she scared every opponent
with her aggressive and willful play.
Ever since she played many international tournaments. A second place
as a 16-year old in the 2009 EC-youth
championship is one of her best
achievements. Her play matured.
Membership of the Dutch female
squad in the last two Olympiads
resulted in a golden medal for best
board performance in the first one.
Everybody knew: this is a star still
rising. In her last Olympiad performance in Tromso she once again did
not disappoint. She scored a WGMnorm. Earlier this year she became
Woman Champion of the Netherlands
and in September she fell only 6 Elopoints short of the Top-100 on the
FIDE-list.
Anne posing in garden, September 2014
(photo Frans Peeters)
Mijn herinnering aan Groningen is
erg goed! Ik vind het een leuk toernooi
en vooral de fijne sfeer rond de kerst is
een goede reden om weer eens naar
Groningen te gaan.”
Note: all four of the participants in the
Challenges send us an annoted game.
Since there is not enough space in this
booklet you can view or download
them in PGN from our website.
”Mijn verwachting is dat deze
tweekamp een mooie uitdaging voor mij
is en ook een goede voorbereiding vormt
voor Tata in januari. Ik denk dat het
spannende partijen zullen worden en
een leuke strijd!
Qua voorbereiding vind ik het
belangrijk om in ieder geval de
speelstijl van Elisabeth te doorgronden,
zodat ik weet in welke stellingen ze zich
fijn voelt en juist niet. Verder moet ik
natuurlijk zorgen dat mijn eigen
repertoire in orde is en dat ik fit aan de
match begin.
Wat ik nu weet is dat mijn tegenstandster al heel wat ervaring heeft en
het Duitse damesteam goed weet te
versterken. Natuurlijk is ze sterk,
maar ze zal dat in ieder geval moeten
laten zien om me over te krijgen!
She tries to promote female chess.
Together with Bianca Muhren and
Tea Lanchava she forms the loosely
knit Chess Queens. In the world
renowned Tata Steel Chess Tournament she will play in the Tata Steel
Challengers group as the lowest rated
player…but still.
And her future… ?! Have we seen a
Anne Haast at her peak? Her match
with the higher rated Elisabeth Paehtz
will be a good test.
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Elisabeth en ik hebben één keer
eerder tegen elkaar gespeeld, namelijk
in 2012 in de C-groep van Tata. Na een
verrassing in de opening van mijn kant
ontstond een ongeveer gelijke stelling
die later ook in remise eindigde.
Ik verwacht spannende partijen
waarin we er allebei vol voor gaan!
Afgelopen zomer heb ik een
topzomer gehad en daardoor komen
allerlei uitnodigingen binnen. Dat geeft
mij de mogelijkheid om mezelf verder te
ontwikkelen en daar ben ik natuurlijk
erg blij mee.
Naast het schaken ben ik bezig met
mijn laatste jaar aan de PABO.
Momenteel probeer ik de recente
toernooien te volgen en mijn tactiek op
pijl te houden. De komende tijd ga ik
intensiever aan de slag.
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A SHORT PREVIEW OF THE OPEN A
FIFTY-TWO YEARS OF INTERNATIONAAL CHRISTMAS CHESS IN GRONINGEN
At this moment, two weeks to go towards the Chess Festival Groningen
2014, the participants list of the Open A
group promises to break all records. The
number of players in posession of a FIDE
title approaches the fifties, among which
up to 20 grandmasters (IGM) and 25
IM’s. In the archives one has to turn
back to the 1990’s to find higher amounts
of title holders. And they could have
been even more, if it wasn’t for the the
mere fact that due the ongoing economical crisis the Groningen festival too
has to cope with decreasing sponsor
budgets. Still, the Chess Festival
Groningen has improved its position on
the ranking list of international Dutch
tournaments to a second place. Tata Steel
has to watch out...
In the 2014 more than ever the
composition of the Open A has a major
feature: we traditionally focus on
inviting and facilitating talented Dutch
youth players. Again a group of some 20
ambitious youngsters is staying on
boatel the Mars, where they are coached
by a set of professional trainers, in
cooperation with the Dutch Chess
Federation.
€ 650 and substantial rating prizes, or in
the Open C (rating up to 1800), with a
first prize of € 350.
On Boxing day (26th of december) the
Festival will traditionally double its size,
as another 150 chess lovers of all playing
strengths will make it to Groningen to
enter the five round Groningen Compact
tournament. First prize here is € 200 in
each group.
Daniele Vocaturo (Italy, 2590 GM), one
of the strongest ‘students’ in the Open A
Let’s conclude with a variant of a
proven Groningen City Marketing
statement:
Other groups
All other club (and home) chess players
are welcome in the Open B (rating
between 2100, 1700), with a first prize of
A Chess Festival in the City of Talent
– Nothing exceeds Groningen!
Groningen, the capital of the North Netherlands which hosted the first strongest post-WWII
tournament in 1946. This Groningen tournament in 1946 named the Staunton Memorial
was supposed to determinate a possible challenger to play the World Chess Champion
Alexander Alekhine.
The tournament of Groningen showed the start of the Soviet supremacy in international
chess. Mikhail Botvinnik won the event in 1946 with 14½ ahead of Max Euwe 14, Vasily
Smyslov 12½, László Szabó and Miguel Najdorf 12.
From 1963 until 1987 Groningen hosted the annually the European U20 Championship,
in 1993 the PCA World Championship Qualification Open, then in 1997 the FIDE World
Championship Challenger knock-out (128 participants); and a regular annually chess festival!
The winners of top event were:
Niemeyer Tournament (inofficial European U20-Junior Cup): (1962)/1963 Coen Zuidema,
1964 Rob Hartoch, Jørn Sloth, 1965 Hans Ree, Robert Hübner, 1966 Andrew Whiteley, Hans
Ree, 1967 Mikhail Steinberg (who sadly died of Leukemia at very young age, he won two full
points ahead of Andrew Whiteley and Jan Timman as joint third), 1968 Anatoly Karpov, 1969
Karl-Heinz Maeder, Zoltán Ribli, Rafael Vagnian, 1970 Andras Adorjan, 1971 Zoltán Ribli
European Junior Championship: 1972 Gyula Sax, 1973 Oleg Romanishin, 1974 Sergey
Makarichiev, 1975 John Nunn, 1976 Alexander Kochiev, 1977 *Mark Diesen, USA (winner),
Ľubomír Ftáčnik (as runner-up and European Junior Champion), 1978 Shaun Taulbut, 1979
John Van der Wiel, 1980 Alexander Chernin, 1981 Ralf Akesson, 1982 Curt Hansen, 1983 Jan
Ehlvest, 1984 Valery Salov, 1985 Ferdinand Hellers, 1986 Alexander Khalifman, 1987 Vassily
Ivanchuk
GM Invitation Tournaments (round robin): 1988 Ian Rogers (ahead of Ftacnik, Nunn,
Khalifman, Douven, Piket, Lautier, a.o.), 1989 Ian Rogers (ahead of Anand, Azmaiparashvili,
Smyslov, Piket, Brenninkmeijer, Hellers, a.o.), 1990 Michael Adams, Alexander Khalifman,
Jereon Piket, Ian Rogers (ahead of Shirov, Wahls, Gulko, Arnason, a.o.), 1991 Jereon Piket,
Curt Hansen (ahead of Christiansen, I. Sokolov, Dreev, Akopian, Ftacnik, a.o.), 1992 Jeroen
Piket (ahead of Beliavsky, Nijboer, Jussupow, C. Hansen, Miles, a.o.), 1993 Michael Adams
on tie-break joint with Vishy Anand (PCA WC Qualification Open), 1994 Zoltan Almasi
(ahead of Jussupow, Beliavsky, Tiviakov, I. Sokolov, Van Wely, Georgiev, Gulko, Miles,
a.o.), 1995 Anatoly Karpov (Koop Tjuchem, ahead of Kamsky, I. Sokolov, Svidler, Adams,
Leko, Van Wely, a.o.), 1996 Nigel Short (Koop Tjuchem, ahead of Gelfand, Timman, Van
Wely, Leko, Shirov, Svidler, Korchnoi, I. Sokolov, Akopian, a.o.) // Summer 1996 Vasily
Smyslov (Staunton Jubilee, Veterans), 1997 Vishy Anand beating Adams in the Final (FIDE
WC Challenger knock-out for FIDE WCC Lausanne 1998) // Alisa Galliamova (Women
Candidate’s) // Alexander Nenashev (later named Alexander Graf) (Open, clear first), 1998
Tiviakov, Milov (ahead of Almasi, Piket, Yermolinsky, and Asrian, six players, DRR)
In these years, always an additional Open was also played, eg. winner in 1991 (Groningen Open):
1.-4. Janis Klovans (winner on tie-break, making his first GM norm at age of 57), Edvins Kengis,
Aleksandr Schneider, Stanislav Savchenko (ahead of Kramnik, Tiviakov, Finegold, amongst others)
Open: 1999 Sergei Tiviakov (Open 100 players, including 15 GMs, winner as clear first) //
Albert Bokros ahead of David Navara (Youth Masters) // Antoaneta Stefanova (Woman GM
tournament), 2000 (SO-ON, Open A) Erwin L’Ami // Jan Smeets ?? (SO-ON Mini Open)
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Round Robin: 2001 (SO-ON) Sipke Ernst,
2002 (Harmonie) Friso Nijboer,
2003 (Harmonie) Friso Nijboer,
2004 (Harmonie) Yuriy Kuzubov (four of ten players with 6/9 joint winners, Kuzubov
declared winner on tie-break, above Njiboer, Van der Wiel, IM Yge Visser (GM norm)
2005 (Harmonie) Sipke Ernst,
2006 (Harmonie) Sipke Ernst
Open: 2007 Dimitri Mastrovasilis (Harmonie Open A on tie-break, above Stelios
Halkias, Sipke Ernst, Ahmed Adly, IM Davit Lobzhanidze),
2008 Merab Gagunashvili (on tie-break above Robin Swinkels, Arkadij Rotstein),
2009 Illya Nyzhnyk (clear first),
2010 Dejan Bojkov (on tie-break, above Illya Nyzhnyk, Mark Bluvshtein, Daan
Brandenburg, Sipke Ernst, Robin Van Kampen),
2011 Alexander Kovchan (on tie-break above Robert Hess),
2012 (50th edition) Zaven Andriasian (on tie-break above Alexander Kovchan, Sipke
Sipke),
2013 Zaven Andriasian (on tie-break above Erwin L’Ami, Banjamin Bok, Sipke Ernst),
2014 N.N.
* In 1976 / 1977 the tournament was combined with the World Junior Chess Championship.
The American Mark Diesen won the event, but Ľubomír Ftáčnik finished second and first European.
Groningen, Netherlands, 1946 (Staunton Memorial, the first strong post-WWII tournament),
1988 – 1998 Grandmaster Invitation Tournaments, including
1993 PCA World Championship Qualification, Open. International Tournaments in the 1990s.
1997 FIDE knock-out world championship (de-facto qualification to determine a challenger)
Schaakstad Groningen Groningen Schaakfestival, 52th edition in 2014
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Junior_Chess_Championship
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?tid=79918 (Groningen 1946)
http://www.brasilbase.pro.br/rot1997w.htm (Groningen 1997 / Lausanne 1998)
http://www.chess-international.de/Archive/22097 (in german language)
Record winners at Groningen (main tournaments incl. 1946, without exhibition
matches): International Invitation GM Tournament: Ian Rogers (3x 1988-90), Jereon Piket (3x
1990-92); Open / GM / IM Tournament: Sipke Ernst (7x winner or co-winner, including 3x
round robin)
Other winners (selection): Botvinnik, Smyslov, Karpov, Anand, Short, Nunn, Adams, Diesen,
Hübner, Ivanchuk, Khalifman, Vaganian, Ehlvest, Salov, Hellers, Almasi, Adorjan, Sax, Ribli,
Ree, Hartoch, Tiviakov, Van der Wiel, Nijboer, L’Ami, Van Kampen, Bok, Zuidema.
Further prominent players at Groningen: Euwe, Korchnoi, Tartakower, Vidmar, Flohr, Szabó,
Denker, Najdorf, Guimard, Boleslavsky, Kotov, O'Kelly de Galway Beliavsky, Jussupopw,
Shirov, Svidler, Gelfand, Dreev, Gulko, Kamsky, Akopian, Georgiev, Leko, Lautier, Miles, I.
Sokolov, Van Wely, and Jan Timman
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Tournament regulations Chess Festival Groningen 2014
AFEK’S BRAINTEASERS
IM Yochanan Afek, traditionally one of our guests in Groningen and participant
in the Open A, provided us with a set of ten chess problems, in various degrees
of difficulty, of both Dutch and Russian origin. In all positions white can give
mate on his second move.
During the tournament you can mail us your solution via the website.
Note: nr.10 will be published on the website only.
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5. PAIRINGS
a) After a round has ended, the same
The tournament consists of :
Open Group A (>2000) 21-30 December; evening at 20:30 hours the new pairings
Open Group B (>1700 & <2100) 21–30/12; will have been determined and published.
Open Group C (<1800) 21–30 December; b) Once the pairings have been published,
Compact groups (~ 40 players per group) they cannot be changed anymore.
c) All pairings will be according to the
26–30 December.
The organization can decide to add group rules. Under no condition will there be
fixed pairings to make IM or GM norms
C to group B, or to give some players a
possible.
wildcard.
d) When a player checks out from a round
In the Open Groups A, B and C nine (9)
because of special circumstances, he must
rounds will be played, in the Compact
inform the organization before 19:00 hours
Groups five (5) rounds will be played.
at the evening before the round.
The pairing in the Open A -group is
e) When a player checks out later than
according to ‘Swiss on rating’.
19:00 hours at the evening before the
In the Open groups B and C and the
round - for instance because of illness –
Compact groups the 1st and 2nd round will the organization may consult a physician.
be paired according to 'Swiss on rating’,
the following rounds according to ‘Swiss 6. THE RECORDING OF THE MOVES
on Buchholz’.
Each player is required to record his own
2. TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
moves and those of his opponent, move
after move on the score sheet prescribed
The players in the Open B and C can take for the competition.
a bye in one of the first five rounds.
At the conclusion of the game both
The players in the Compact groups can players shall sign both score sheets or the
take a bye on December 26 (1st round).
result form, indicating the result of the
All byes (with round number) must be
game.
reported preferably on the entry form, or
The (originals of the) score sheet or the
during registration, or by separate e-mail result form must be handed over to the
or by telephone, but always before the end arbiters simultaneously.
of the registration.
A bye will be rewarded with ½ point.
3. BYE
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4. RATE OF PLAY
The tournament is played according to the The rate of play in all groups is:
90 minutes for the first 40 moves; followed
FIDE LAWS of CHESS, version July 2014.
by 30 minutes for the rest of the game;
A copy is available at the playing venue.
The default time as mentioned in Article 6.7a with an increment of 30 seconds per move
from the start.
will be 30 minutes.
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Prizes will be rounded up to a multiple
of
€ 5,-.
In case of a wrong game result, the pairing
for the next round will not be changed if it
11. RATING PROCESSING
has been published already.
The results in the Open groups as well in
8. PROTESTS ; COMMISSION OF APPEAL
the Compact group A and B will be
processed for FIDE rating and Dutch
A protest against a decision of an arbiter
should be submitted in writing within an national rating.
The results in the other groups will be
hour after the conclusion of the round to
processed for Dutch national rating only.
the tournament direction. The direction
convenes the commission of appeal, which
12. SANCTION
consists of three representatives of the
players and two substitutes. The decision When a participant leaves the tournament
of this commission is binding and will be early or doesn't appear for one or more
rounds of play without informing the
published before the start of the next
tournament organization beforehand, the
round.
organization committee can double the
9. FINAL RANKING & TIE-BREAK SYSTEMS entry fee for this participant for the next
In case of joint finishing the final ranking tournament. This extra paid fee will be
will be agreed upon as follows:
refunded if the participant concerned has
a. (only to determine the tournament winner:) finished this next tournament completely.
the results between the players involved
in the tie;
13. FINAL PROVISIONS
b. Buchholz (sum of opponents’ scores);
It is not allowed to drink alcoholic
c. Sonneborn-Berger score;
beverages in the playing hall, neither to
d. progressive score;
use electronic devices.
e. number of won games;
Players are not allowed to use, nor to
f. drawing of lots;
carry with them in the playing venue,
7. WRONG RESULT
electronic devices - switched on - such as
In case of an equal number of points prize mobile phones, tablets, laptops or any
money will be shared, with the exception other equipment which makes it possible
to communicate (or to analyse chess
of the youth prize, the ladies’ prize and
games).
the seniors’ prize.
In case of a shared prize the amount of Equipment – switched off - may only be
stored in a bag or a coat/jacket at one spot
money will never be less than one third
during the game. If it becomes clear that
(1/3) of the smallest prize in the group.
the equipment is switched on, the player’s
If a final individual prize is less than one
third of the lowest prize in the group, one game is considered to be lost.
or more players will lose their prize
In cases not foreseen in these regulations the
money according to the rules mentioned
tournament committee decides after consulting
in article 9, until the minimum prize has
the arbiters.
been reached.
10. PRIZES IN CASE OF JOINT FINISHING
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Tegenwoordig is het Museum gevestigd aan de Productieweg 13 in Hoogezand, in een pand
waar alle autobussen onderdak kan worden verleend. Het Museum bezit een unieke collectie
historische bussen en toebehoren. Met een deel van deze oldtimers kan nog steeds worden
gerden. Ze worden regelmatig ingezet voor excursies en kunnen worden gehuurd.
Het Museum is geopend op de woensdag van 13.00 – tot 17.00 uur en op zaterdag van 10.00
tot 16.30 uur.
Groepen ook op afspraak.
Voor meer informatie:
www.nationaalbusmuseum.nl | info@nationaalbusmuseum.nl | 0598–383004
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THE SCHAAKSTAD GRONINGEN FOUNDATION
Stichting Schaakstad Groningen (the official Dutch name, which also can be
translated as City of Chess Groningen foundation) was founded in 2007. Its
main objective was to ensure the annual tradition of a major international chess
event in Groningen during the Christmas holidays. Historically, the tournament
was known as Niemeijer, Gasunie, Koop Tjuchem and Harmonie tournament,
but the new foundation chose the name Chess Festival Groningen, in order to
fit in with the themes the city of Groningen chooses to profile itself internationally. The title of the series of tournament books released since 2009 Grandmasters in Groningen - a chess festival with tradition and future in the
City of Talent, underlines our intentions.
Together with our partners listed on the next page, for the 7th consecutive year
we managed to connect top-level chess with (inter)national and regional talent.
The Chess Festival intends also to provide an opportunity for less talented
chess players to have a perfect Christmas vacation.
We also focus on encouraging and supporting initiatives that lead to the
provision of chess lessons in primary schools in the province of Groningen,
preferably within the curriculum during school hours. These courses are based
on the chess variant Raindropchess* and the internationally well known
Stappenmethode.
In the coming years we face the challenge of connecting the promotion of
Groningen as City of Talent, to the new themes Groningen incorporates to
promote itself: Energy and Healthy Aging.
Secretarial office: Duurswoldlaan 4, 9727 DJ Groningen
Financial contributions are welcome on bank account 660771128.
The Chess Festival Groningen also has a Twitter page:
#GroningenChess
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/chessfestivalgroningen
WWW.SCHAAKSTADGRONINGEN.NL
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