11th Essent Open (2007)

PARTICIPANTS (sorted by highest achieved rating; click on name to see player's games) Evgeny Postny, Jan Smeets, Tiger Hillarp Persson, Eltaj Safarli, Friso Nijboer, Erwin L'Ami, Dimitri Reinderman, Jan Werle, Vlastimil Hort, Robin Van Kampen, Zvulon Gofshtein, Roeland Pruijssers, Luc Winants, Thal Abergel, Allan Stig Rasmussen, Benjamin Bok, David Smerdon, Thorsten Michael Haub, Yge Visser, Amon Simutowe, David Klein, Zhaoqin Peng, Daniel Fernandez, Sander Van Eijk, Robert Ris, Stefan Kuipers, Roi David Miedema, Thomas Willemze, Merijn Van Delft, Migchiel De Jong, Herman Grooten, Luuk Van Kooten, Menno Okkes, Zeinab Mamedjarova, Henk Vedder, Frank Erwich, Yochanan Afek, Alexandre Vuilleumier, Babak Tondivar, Ak Hirawan Pg Mohd Omar, Fred Hedke, Marijn Otte, Arthur Pijpers, Dennis Ruijgrok, Petra Schuurman, Richard Vedder, Bonno Pel, Jonathan Humphrey, Turkan Mamedjarova, Stefan Christensen, Grigori Kodentsov, Adrianus M J Van den Berg, Stephen Giddins, Alain Fayard, John Raymond Markus, Andrew Borg, Enrico Vroombout, Tom Meurs, Arlette Van Weersel, Desiree Hamelink, Peter Hulshof, Ben Ahlers, Bert Van der Leest, Jan Van der Veen, Janton van Apeldoorn, Kai Rooda, Dr. Axel Fehr, Hans Galje, Boris Friesen, B Van Opheusden, Martine Middelveld, Osama Sadallah, Rudolf Potze, Richard V Hendriks, Ron Hoffman, Donna Schut, Viktor Akotchik

page 1 of 14; games 1-25 of 337  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. R D Miedema vs A Pijpers ½-½ 36 2007 11th Essent Open A59 Benko Gambit 2. M Otte vs R Pruijssers ½-½ 45 2007 11th Essent Open C39 King's Gambit Accepted 3. M Okkes vs B Friesen   1-0 42 2007 11th Essent Open C00 French Defense 4. A Fehr vs R Ris   0-1 39 2007 11th Essent Open A18 English, Mikenas-Carls 5. H Vedder vs B Van Opheusden   ½-½ 56 2007 11th Essent Open B50 Sicilian 6. K Rooda vs A Fayard   1-0 79 2007 11th Essent Open E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 7. B Tondivar vs J Van der Veen   ½-½ 30 2007 11th Essent Open E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 8. H Galje vs H Grooten   0-1 21 2007 11th Essent Open E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 9. Y Afek vs R Potze   ½-½ 57 2007 11th Essent Open B22 Sicilian, Alapin 10. R Hendriks vs F Erwich 0-1 29 2007 11th Essent Open C47 Four Knights 11. Z Mamedjarova vs A Borg   1-0 57 2007 11th Essent Open D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 12. B Bok vs M De Jong   0-1 36 2007 11th Essent Open C07 French, Tarrasch 13. D Ruijgrok vs O Sadallah   1-0 59 2007 11th Essent Open B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening 14. D Fernandez vs F Hedke   0-1 62 2007 11th Essent Open C41 Philidor Defense 15. A Mohd Omar vs D Klein   1-0 28 2007 11th Essent Open B86 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack 16. T Meurs vs A Vuilleumier   1-0 40 2007 11th Essent Open C88 Ruy Lopez 17. G Kodentsov vs V Akotchik   ½-½ 63 2007 11th Essent Open B01 Scandinavian 18. M Middelveld vs S Christensen   ½-½ 57 2007 11th Essent Open E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 19. T Willemze vs R Hoffman   1-0 55 2007 11th Essent Open B06 Robatsch 20. P Hulshof vs M Van Delft   ½-½ 57 2007 11th Essent Open B25 Sicilian, Closed 21. T Abergel vs J R Markus 1-0 33 2007 11th Essent Open C55 Two Knights Defense 22. S Van Eijk vs Z Gofshtein   0-1 48 2007 11th Essent Open B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 23. J Smeets vs B Pel   ½-½ 62 2007 11th Essent Open B06 Robatsch 24. P Schuurman vs Nijboer 0-1 18 2007 11th Essent Open A80 Dutch 25. T Hillarp Persson vs S Kuipers 0-1 39 2007 11th Essent Open D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav  page 1 of 14; games 1-25 of 337    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

Oct-14-07    Chessgames Bookie: Official site: http://www.essentchess.nl/info_eng.... <ChessBookie Players> Late-betting is now open for this event - Essent Chess Open: Winner Oct-16-07    ahmadov: A bit surprising that people do not post their comments on this page... Oct-16-07    Karpova: Great performance by Turkan Mamedyarova so far (she played against higher rated players only but scored +3 =0 -1) Oct-16-07    Harvestman: Have a look at the finish to the game between Tiger Hillarp Persson and IM Herman Grooten when it appears in the game list - a spectacular sacrificial finish. White resigns when ahead in material by 2 rooks and a bishop to 3 pawns, but it is mate in 3. I haven't analysed it to see if white could have done better. Oct-16-07    joebuck: Yes, fantastic finish by Grooten! Also check out the win by Postny vs Werle. What a fine game! Oct-16-07    Harvestman: Thanks for that <Joebuck>. Pretty finish. I didn't see it coming at all. Oct-19-07    Chnebelgrind: 15 years old Eltaj Safarli joins up the lead! Oct-19-07    notyetagm: <Chnebelgrind: 15 years old Eltaj Safarli joins up the lead!> Excellent news. I am a fan of Safarli. Everyone here knows that I am both an honorary Azeri and Chinese. :-) Oct-20-07    ahmadov: <Everyone here knows that I am both an honorary Azeri and Chinese. :-)> Actually, I knew that you were an Azeri... You being a Chinese is surprising news for me :-) Oct-20-07    ahmadov: I hope Safarli will win the tournament... To achieve this he has overcome the biggest challenge - to win L'Ami with Black... Oct-20-07    ahmadov: Another leaders Gofstein and Postny agreed a draw... Oct-20-07    notyetagm: <ahmadov: <Everyone here knows that I am both an honorary Azeri and Chinese. :-)> Actually, I knew that you were an Azeri... You being a Chinese is surprising news for me :-)> Come on, how many times have I posted: Go China! :-) Oct-20-07    Alphastar: Safarli beat l'Ami in the last round and wins the tournament! This game won the beauty prize: T Mamedjarova vs F Erwich, 2007 Oct-21-07    notyetagm: <Alphastar: Safarli beat l'Ami in the last round and wins the tournament! This game won the beauty prize: T Mamedjarova vs F Erwich, 2007> Wow, congratulations to Azerbaijan: Mamedyarov wins the Essent Crown group and Safarli wins the Essent Open.

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