Erwin L'Ami
Number of games in database: 726
Years covered: 1999 to 2013
Last FIDE rating: 2634
Overall record: +246 -135 =344 (57.7%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      1 exhibition game, odds game, etc. is excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Sicilian (37)      B90 B32 B42 B40 B65  Nimzo Indian (33)      E32 E20 E21 E34 E39  King's Indian (33)      E92 E97 E91 E94 E62  Slav (32)      D15 D19 D11 D12 D17  Queen's Gambit Declined (28)      D38 D31 D30 D37 D39  Queen's Indian (24)      E15 E12 E17 E16 E19	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (46)      B90 B22 B51 B81 B92  Ruy Lopez (43)      C80 C77 C67 C65 C92  Caro-Kann (40)      B12 B18 B10 B19 B11  Grunfeld (35)      D85 D94 D80 D91 D78  Slav (30)      D11 D12 D15 D10 D18  Sicilian Najdorf (24)      B90 B92 B91 B96 B99

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   E L'Ami vs Stellwagen, 2007 1/2-1/2
   Van Wely vs E L'Ami, 2004 0-1
   P Hulshof vs E L'Ami, 2003 0-1
   E L'Ami vs I Sokolov, 2008 1/2-1/2
   Wade vs E L'Ami, 2008 0-1
   Jakovenko vs E L'Ami, 2007 0-1
   Efimenko vs E L'Ami, 2008 0-1
   I Nepomniachtchi vs E L'Ami, 2008 1/2-1/2

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Amsterdam Chess Tournament (2005)
   Amsterdam Chess Tournament (2006)
   Dutch Championship (2007)
   European Individual Championship (2008)
   European Union Championships (2008)
   Dutch Open (2009)
   10th European Individual Championship (2009)
   13th European Individual Championship (2012)
   Politiken Cup (2012)
   16th Unive Open (2012)
   Tata Steel (Group B) (2012)
   Reykjavik Open (2013)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Caro-Kann by freeman8201

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ERWIN L'AMI (born Apr-05-1985) Netherlands [what is this?] Erwin l'Ami was born April 5th, 1985, the same day as fellow Dutch GM Jan Smeets, in Woerden, Netherlands. He has worked as a second to Ivan Cheparinov and Veselin Topalov. Husband of Alina L'Ami. Wikipedia article: Erwin l'Ami

page 1 of 30; games 1-25 of 726  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. E L'Ami vs Barsov   ½-½ 34 1999 Sonnevanck 8th C11 French 2. Barsov vs E L'Ami   1-0 53 1999 Sonnevanck 8th D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical 3. Barsov vs E L'Ami   ½-½ 25 1999 Sonnevanck 8th D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 4. E L'Ami vs Barsov   ½-½ 31 1999 Sonnevanck 8th C17 French, Winawer, Advance 5. E L'Ami vs Barsov   1-0 40 1999 Sonnevanck 8th C12 French, McCutcheon 6. Barsov vs E L'Ami   1-0 63 1999 Sonnevanck 8th D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted 7. E Hoeksema vs E L'Ami   ½-½ 18 2000 open B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack 8. P Burlage vs E L'Ami   ½-½ 43 2000 Corus E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System 9. E L'Ami vs M Azadmanesh   ½-½ 51 2000 open B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 10. D D Van Geet vs E L'Ami   ½-½ 40 2000 Corus A00 Uncommon Opening 11. T Gelashvili vs E L'Ami   1-0 36 2000 open B20 Sicilian 12. E L'Ami vs Ad Feelders   1-0 48 2000 Utrecht open I C56 Two Knights 13. E L'Ami vs I Cheparinov   0-1 44 2000 Corus B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation 14. R Odendahl vs E L'Ami   ½-½ 58 2000 open A15 English 15. E L'Ami vs C P Gouw 1-0 14 2000 Corus C18 French, Winawer 16. E L'Ami vs L Compagnie   1-0 21 2000 open C18 French, Winawer 17. E L'Ami vs L Cako   1-0 35 2000 SO-ON C55 Two Knights Defense 18. A Romero Holmes vs E L'Ami   1-0 41 2000 Corus D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 19. E L'Ami vs G Szuveges   1-0 60 2000 open B42 Sicilian, Kan 20. G J Ludden vs E L'Ami   ½-½ 46 2000 Corus D02 Queen's Pawn Game 21. P Wilschut vs E L'Ami   ½-½ 66 2000 open A07 King's Indian Attack 22. E L'Ami vs M Wortel   1-0 40 2000 SO-ON B42 Sicilian, Kan 23. Y Afek vs E L'Ami   1-0 30 2000 Corus B22 Sicilian, Alapin 24. E L'Ami vs M Smits   ½-½ 41 2000 open C47 Four Knights 25. E L'Ami vs T Barendse 1-0 29 2000 Corus C18 French, Winawer  page 1 of 30; games 1-25 of 726

< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 2 OF 2 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jan-25-06    babakova: <nescio> thx alot. Apr-06-06    BIDMONFA: Erwin L'Ami L'AMI, Erwin http://www.bidmonfa.com/lami_erwin.... _ Apr-06-06    Bobak Zahmat: Goed gedaan Erwin! 3 out of 3 great! Apr-18-07    bystander: No bio of Erwin L'Ami? In April 2007 he passed the ELO 2600 mark for the first time (2617). On January 2000 his Elo was 2301. Jul-26-07    geraldo8187: according to chessvibes.com, this man has been suspected of cheating in the dutch open or something. anyone know details? Jul-26-07    achieve: <geraldo> I just read it and it seems a joke, winking towards the Tour de France scandal headlines -- like accusing L'Ami of spending too much time on opening prep for his second round (?!) and taking him off the staff. All nonsense of course, but a bit funny.. ;-) Jul-26-07    geraldo8187: got it, thanks achieve Jul-29-07    PaulKeres: I don't like the Chessvibes article actually. I think its not obvious its a joke, though its seems it is. And also there are many people who wouldn't read the article all the way through, just see the headline and think L'Ami has cheated. I'm very surprised that L'Ami agreed to the article. I'd like chessvibes to post another article indicating that it was in fact a joke, because i think its too clever by half, and many people don't see it as a joke. Oct-18-07    MarkThornton: This game features one of the most spectacular TNs I have ever seen in my life. It should be in the notable games section for Erwin l'Ami: P Hulshof vs E L'Ami, 2003 Feb-20-08    whiteshark: Married with Alina Motoc <yet another chess couple> http://www.chessdom.com/images/stor... Apr-04-08    nolanryan: L'ami just played a sensational sequence to mutilate brandenburg in the dutch championship Mar-25-10    Birthday Boy: This is great,same birthday with Jan Smeets. Apr-05-10    wordfunph: Amsterdam 2008: Victor Korchnoi generously lavishes praise on GM Erwin L'Ami who had just defeated him in the final round and was seen at the demo board, smilingly explaining to the spectators what he had done wrong. Bravo! birthday happy GM L'Ami.. Apr-05-10    Birthday Boy: Happy Birthday Erwin L'Ami!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Aug-24-10    Tabanus: FIDE: http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?... Placed 5th in Hogeschool Zeeland (Holland) Open 7-14 August 2010: http://www.hztoernooi.nl/SMWSite/rn... Aug-25-10    crazybird: http://schaaksite.nl/page.php?id=703 An interview with Erwin L'Ami about being Topalov's second. Jan-20-11    ketchuplover: Tough loss to Carlsen today. Mar-12-11    Penguincw: < ketchuplover: Tough loss to Carlsen today. > Well,you have to consider that Carlsen was the highest rated player in the tournament (and the world) at the time and L'Ami is the lowest rated.Plus,Carlsen took on the white pieces. Mar-11-12    waustad: Search engines always mess up trying to find this guy. FIDE keeps trying to tell me that he doesn't exist. I was looking because I saw that there is a player named Alina L'Ami who played him in Reykjavik, who plays for the Roumanian federation. I wondered if they were married. Mar-11-12    SimonWebbsTiger: @<wausted> Alina and Erwin are indeed married. Mar-11-12    SimonWebbsTiger: ps Alina often contributes photo reports for Chessbase. Here is a recent example, with a photo of her halfway down http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... Apr-05-12    Penguincw: Happy 27th! Same birthday as Jan Smeets. Nov-07-12    ketchuplover: Good luck at Wijk :) Apr-01-13    FairyPromotion: An interesting tweet by GM L'Ami: http://twitter.com/erwinlami/status... Apr-05-13    waustad: He won today on his 28th birthday in the Bundesliga, playing for SG Solingen against IM Hirneise, Tobias (2448). < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 2 OF 2 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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