page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 39  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. K Van der Weide vs D Reinderman   ½-½ 42 2009 Dutch Championship B70 Sicilian, Dragon Variation 2. A Giri vs S Ernst   ½-½ 78 2009 Dutch Championship A50 Queen's Pawn Game 3. R D Miedema vs Nijboer   0-1 41 2009 Dutch Championship E81 King's Indian, Samisch 4. F A Cuijpers vs R Swinkels   ½-½ 126 2009 Dutch Championship B67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7 5. Tiviakov vs A Bitalzadeh   ½-½ 61 2009 Dutch Championship C05 French, Tarrasch 6. R Swinkels vs Tiviakov   1-0 43 2009 Dutch Championship E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 7. Nijboer vs D Reinderman   1-0 52 2009 Dutch Championship C10 French 8. A Bitalzadeh vs A Giri   ½-½ 31 2009 Dutch Championship A30 English, Symmetrical 9. R D Miedema vs F A Cuijpers   0-1 47 2009 Dutch Championship D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 10. S Ernst vs K Van der Weide   1-0 68 2009 Dutch Championship E91 King's Indian 11. A Giri vs R Swinkels   ½-½ 23 2009 Dutch Championship B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer 12. Tiviakov vs R D Miedema   1-0 43 2009 Dutch Championship C05 French, Tarrasch 13. D Reinderman vs S Ernst   1-0 40 2009 Dutch Championship A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 14. K Van der Weide vs A Bitalzadeh   1-0 55 2009 Dutch Championship B12 Caro-Kann Defense 15. F A Cuijpers vs Nijboer   ½-½ 69 2009 Dutch Championship B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 16. R D Miedema vs A Giri 0-1 24 2009 Dutch Championship D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 17. R Swinkels vs K Van der Weide   1-0 41 2009 Dutch Championship B65 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...Be7 Defense, 9...Nxd4 18. Nijboer vs S Ernst   ½-½ 32 2009 Dutch Championship C80 Ruy Lopez, Open 19. A Bitalzadeh vs D Reinderman   ½-½ 32 2009 Dutch Championship A90 Dutch 20. K Van der Weide vs R D Miedema   0-1 34 2009 Dutch Championship C18 French, Winawer 21. A Giri vs F A Cuijpers 1-0 40 2009 Dutch Championship D17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 22. D Reinderman vs R Swinkels   1-0 51 2009 Dutch Championship C11 French 23. S Ernst vs A Bitalzadeh   1-0 62 2009 Dutch Championship A04 Reti Opening 24. R D Miedema vs D Reinderman   ½-½ 69 2009 Dutch Championship A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) 25. Nijboer vs A Bitalzadeh   ½-½ 27 2009 Dutch Championship B12 Caro-Kann Defense  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 39    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

Sep-22-09    dumbgai: Anyone know what was the "controversy" involving Tiviakov? Sep-22-09    nescio: <dumbgai> http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/t... Sep-22-09    dumbgai: So Tiviakov and Ernst openly declared the arranged draw? Isn't that a form of cheating? Sep-23-09    virginmind: jan smeets and jan werle are playing in the romanian superliga (19-27 sept), starting just one day before the end of dutch championship - so apparently the same situation as tiviakov... Sep-23-09    Gryz: I think pre-arranged draws are done more often. And they are "frowned upon". But not necessarily illegal. Especially when it's the last round, and somebody has to be somewhere else on that last day. Apparently the organizers had told Tiviakov that the playing days would be a little earlier. So he thought he could have played all rounds, but miss the closing ceremony. It turned out the last round was a day later than he was told. So Tiviakov wasn't happy. I think the organizers started to make trouble not only about the last round, but also about missing the closing ceremony. That's when Tiviakov decided to just drop out of the tournament. Small detail: that happened after round 3. At the start of the tournament, Tiviakov was the expected winner. But after 3 rounds, he had 1-1-1, and his tournament win was suddenly a lot less certain. I'm sure that had an influence on the decision making of Tiviakov. Anyway, my personal opinion is this: If players are unhappy with the amount of prize-money or start-money offered at a tournament, they have every right to refuse to play. If the tournament is the Dutch Open. Or any foreign tournament. Or even Wijk Aan Zee. But if it's the Dutch Championship, I think they have some moral obligation to show up. Just for the honour. Just for their fans. Just to keep our national championship at a certain level. Even if you're a professional, that doesn't mean you do things only for money. It all started with Timman. He refused to come to the Dutch Championships for years. And now he wonders why he's not popular with the Dutch chessfans.q

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