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Robin van Kampen
Number of games in database: 327
Years covered: 2006 to 2015
Last FIDE rating: 2612 (2478 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2641
Overall record: +133 -70 =124 (59.6%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Sicilian (62)      B30 B90 B32 B42 B31  Ruy Lopez (48)      C67 C78 C84 C65 C92  Ruy Lopez, Closed (20)      C84 C92 C93 C91 C96  French Defense (18)      C18 C11 C10 C14 C16  Caro-Kann (13)      B12 B11 B10  Sicilian Najdorf (10)      B90 B94	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (51)      B90 B51 B94 B22 B50  King's Indian (17)      E92 E90 E97 E77 E61  Slav (14)      D12 D11 D17 D19 D10  Sicilian Najdorf (13)      B90 B94 B91 B96  Queen's Pawn Game (10)      A46 A40 E10 A41 E00  Semi-Slav (7)      D45 D43 D44

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   R van Kampen vs R Rapport, 2014 1-0
   R van Kampen vs S Sevian, 2015 1-0
   M A Tabatabaei vs R van Kampen, 2014 0-1
   Robson vs R van Kampen, 2010 0-1
   Morozevich vs R van Kampen, 2013 1/2-1/2
   R van Kampen vs Adams, 2013 1-0
   R van Kampen vs Naiditsch, 2013 1-0
   R van Kampen vs A Mellema, 2012 1-0
   R van Kampen vs Wei Yi, 2015 1/2-1/2
   R van Kampen vs R Swinkels, 2010 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   London Chess Classic Open (2012)
   15th Unive Open (2011)
   Dutch Championship (2013)
   Groningen Open (2012)
   Corus (C Group) (2010)
   Reykjavik Open (2014)
   16th Unive Open (2012)
   Tata Steel (Group B) (2015)
   Politiken Cup (2013)
   World Junior Championship (2014)
   World Junior Championship (2012)
   London Chess Classic (2013)
   Qatar Masters (2014)
   Chess Olympiad (2014)
   Tradewise Gibraltar (2014)

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ROBIN VAN KAMPEN (born Nov-14-1994, 20 years old) Netherlands PRONUNCIATION: [what is this?] FIDE Master (2008); International Master (2009); Grandmaster (2011). Member of the Guildford 1 team that won the 2013-14 4NCL. Wikipedia article: Robin van Kampen

page 1 of 14; games 1-25 of 328  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. R van Kampen vs D Voet   1-0 22 2006 Brasschaat op B06 Robatsch 2. R van Kampen vs N Abasov   0-1 33 2006 Wch U12 B33 Sicilian 3. G Cools vs R van Kampen   ½-½ 27 2006 Brasschaat op B56 Sicilian 4. R van Kampen vs W Maes   0-1 65 2006 Brasschaat op B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 5. A Dardha vs R van Kampen   1-0 52 2006 Brasschaat op B83 Sicilian 6. Haosu Zhang vs R van Kampen   ½-½ 41 2006 Wch U12 B91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation 7. R van Kampen vs Roy Saptarshi   0-1 59 2006 Dieren op B01 Scandinavian 8. R van Kampen vs L Ootes   1-0 30 2007 Dieren op B40 Sicilian 9. Hort vs R van Kampen   1-0 64 2007 11th Essent Open A46 Queen's Pawn Game 10. R van Kampen vs F van Assendelft   0-1 25 2007 Dieren op B54 Sicilian 11. R Pruijssers vs R van Kampen 1-0 45 2007 11th Essent Open B67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7 12. K van der Weide vs R van Kampen   1-0 44 2007 Dieren op B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack 13. R van Kampen vs D Reinderman   ½-½ 50 2007 11th Essent Open B33 Sicilian 14. M Timmermans vs R van Kampen   0-1 28 2007 Dieren op B32 Sicilian 15. R van Kampen vs A Borg   1-0 51 2007 11th Essent Open B10 Caro-Kann 16. R Pruijssers vs R van Kampen   0-1 24 2007 Dieren op B67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7 17. R van Kampen vs R Hendriks   1-0 31 2007 11th Essent Open B40 Sicilian 18. R van Kampen vs T Kampman   1-0 41 2007 Dieren op D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 19. M van Delft vs R van Kampen   1-0 36 2007 11th Essent Open B67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7 20. R van Kampen vs L Hofland   1-0 29 2007 Dieren op B07 Pirc 21. A Fehr vs R van Kampen   ½-½ 67 2007 11th Essent Open A20 English 22. S R Chowdhury vs R van Kampen   1-0 60 2007 Dieren op B50 Sicilian 23. R van Kampen vs J van der Veen   1-0 26 2007 11th Essent Open C64 Ruy Lopez, Classical 24. P Schuurman vs R van Kampen   ½-½ 26 2007 Dieren op A35 English, Symmetrical 25. R van Kampen vs O Sadallah 0-1 30 2007 11th Essent Open B07 Pirc  page 1 of 14; games 1-25 of 328

Dec-28-09    sneaky pete: Also known as Kampen Robin Van. Robin, 15 years old, is at the moment engaged in a match (4 games) against Jan Timman in Groningen. He lost the first game Saturday, won the second one yesterday and drew today's game. I guess the rating of his duplicate is closer to his present strength. Jan-01-10    Alphastar: Yeah, he is the current (under 21!) dutch youth champion and an IM, I do not know whether he's scored any GM norms already. Jan-17-10    jon01: Robin van Kampen has progressed very fast. In January 2007 his rating was only 2064. He has gained almost 400 points in three years! I'll certainly keep an eye on this guy at Corus C 2010. May-18-10    Don Cossacks: Robin Van Kampen performed creditably in Corus C by scalping many strong players like Gupta,Swinkels and Robson.In a few years he would be one of top players of the Netherlands together with Anish Giri. Jan-13-11    BIDMONFA: Robin Van Kampen VAN KAMPEN, Robin http://www.bidmonfa.com/van_kampen_... _ Jul-31-11    Raspje: And Robin van Kampen is now a grandmaster, the youngest ever in the Netherlands (Giri played for Russia when he became a Grandmaster). Aug-05-11    Raspje: Interesting interview (in Dutch): http://www.schaakbond.nl/2011/robin.... When Robin van Kampen has a question regarding the opening, he says he can always ask his vriend Anish Giri :) Aug-11-12    achieve: From the interview (thanks for posting, <raspje>!), a current and topical goal as worded by Van Kampen, which is "to try and become a Youth World Champion one time, starting 2012... I'm allowed to participate a few more years." -- <TB: Het grootmeesterschap was neem ik aan een doel, maar dat doel is nu weg. Kun je jezelf nieuwe doelen stellen? RvK: Jawel. Ten eerste wil ik binnen afzienbare tijd de 2600 halen. Dat lijkt me wel reëel, na Dortmund sta ik ergens in de 2530 dus zover ben ik daar niet vandaan. Verder wil ik proberen om een keer jeugdwereldkampioen te worden, om te beginnen vanaf 2012. Ik mag nog een paar keer meedoen.> Currently, Robin van Kampen is on 5.5/8 - and possibly within striking range of the leaders. Aug-11-12    RookFile: His trainer is Van Batman. Aug-11-12    achieve: Robin turns 18 in november, so he's a "kid" for just a couple more months. Dec-06-12    notyetagm: Solution to Our Quiz: Van Kampen(2570)–Gullaksen (2384) London Classic Open (6), 2012 37.¦xf5! £xf4 38.¤e6+ ¢h6 39.¦xf4 1–0. Oct-20-13    tamar: Big win today versus Michael Adams at Unive. Nov-14-13    Penguincw: Happy 19th birthday to GM Robin Van Kampen! Nov-19-14    jamesmaskell: Robin van Kampen is currently playing a couple of games on the ICCF site against David van der Hoeven. His White game is a slow Slav and while there have been piece exchanges, everything else is behind the pawns. With Black its now in the endgame of a Botvinnik Semi-Slav (the Nxg5 sac), material equal. Interesting stuff.

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