The chess games of Robin van Kampen

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Robin van Kampen
Number of games in database: 372
Years covered: 2006 to 2016
Last FIDE rating: 2640 (2478 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2643
Overall record: +150 -74 =148 (60.2%)*
   * 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 (71)
    B90 B30 B42 B32 B33
Ruy Lopez (51)
    C67 C78 C84 C65 C92
Ruy Lopez, Closed (23)
    C84 C92 C93 C91 C96
French Defense (18)
    C18 C11 C10 C14 C16
Caro-Kann (15)
    B12 B11 B10
Sicilian Najdorf (12)
    B90 B94

With the Black pieces:

Sicilian (58)
    B90 B51 B94 B48 B22
King's Indian (23)
    E97 E92 E90 E77 E99
Sicilian Najdorf (15)
    B90 B94 B91 B96
Slav (14)
    D12 D11 D17 D19 D10
Queen's Pawn Game (11)
    A46 A40 E10 A41 A50
Queen's Gambit Declined (8)
    D38 D37 D39 D35

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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   J Krassowizkij vs R van Kampen, 2016 0-1
   M A Tabatabaei vs R van Kampen, 2014 0-1
   R van Kampen vs R Rapport, 2014 1-0
   Morozevich vs R van Kampen, 2013 1/2-1/2
   R van Kampen vs S Sevian, 2015 1-0
   A Haast vs R van Kampen, 2015 0-1
   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
   Robson vs R van Kampen, 2010 0-1

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

RECENT GAMES:
   Sedlak vs R van Kampen (Sep-13-16) 1/2-1/2
   R van Kampen vs B Gledura (Sep-12-16) 1/2-1/2
   V Plat vs R van Kampen (Sep-11-16) 1/2-1/2
   R van Kampen vs Y Quesada Perez (Sep-10-16) 1-0
   A Neiksans vs R van Kampen (Sep-09-16) 1/2-1/2

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FIDE player card for Robin van Kampen

ROBIN VAN KAMPEN (born Nov-14-1994, 21 years old) Netherlands	PRONUNCIATION:		[what is this?]
FIDE Master (2008); International Master (2009); Grandmaster (2011). Preamble Formerly one of the top Juniors in the Netherlands, van Kampen is now one of the top players in that country. He was born in Bussum and started playing chess when he was 7. Master norms Van Kampen's three IM norms came at the Batavia Amsterdam Tournament in February 2009 where she scored 6/9, the norm requisite; the Cappelle la Grande (2009), scoring 5.5/9, half a point above the norm requisite; and at the Atlantis Masters Tournament 2009 where he scored 7.5/9, 1.5 points above the norm requisite. His IM title was conferred a few weeks before his 15th birthday. (1) His three GM norms came at the BDO Premier Tournament 2010 that was staged in Haarlem in the Netherlands, where he scored 6/9, the norm requisite; at the Groningen Open 2010, where he scored the norm requisite of 6.5/9; and at the Helmut Kohl Tournament of 2011, where he scored the norm requisite of 6.5/9. He gained his GM title at the age of 16 years, 8 months and 17 days. (2) Championships <Youth> Dutch U12 Champion in 2006; Dutch U14 Champion in 2007 and Dutch U16 Champion in 2008. (3) Runner-up at the 2009 European U16 Championship. (3a) <Junior> Dutch Junior (U20)Champion in 2009 at the age of 14, the youngest since Jan Timman. (3) <National> =3rd alongside Benjamin Bok at the category 15 RR Dutch Championship 2015 behind Anish Giri and Loek van Wely Tournaments 1st the the Batavia Amsterdam Tournament of 2009 and at the Atlantis Tournament of 2009. 3rd at the BDO Premier Tournament 2010, =1st at the Groningen Open in 2010. Outright 1st at the Helmut Kohl Tournament of 2011. In 2012, he took first place win at the London Chess Classic Open Division. In 2013 he was first at both the Basel Open and the Riga Open. He was 4th at the Tata Steel Group B (2015), Netherlands behind GM Wei Yi, David Navara and Samuel Shankland. Team events (4) <National Team representative> Van Kampen played reserve for the Netherlands at the European Team Championship (2013), helping his team to 11th place He represented the Netherlands as a reserve at the Chess Olympiad (2014), scoring 5th for his board from his individual +3 =4 -1 result and helping his team to 14th place. <Continental and National Leagues> He played board 2 for Iceland's Sk�kf�lag Huginn team at the European Club Cup (2014). He was a member of the Guildford 1 team that won the 2013-14 4NCL, his personal contribution to that win being +7 =2 for an 88.9% result. Ratings Van Kampen's rating progress has been steady. It crossed 2500 in July 2011 and 2600 in August 2013, in neither case crossing back below these thresholds. His highest rating to date was 2641 in October 2014, not far below the top 100 in the world. (5) Sources and references General source is Van Kampen's FIDE player card. (1) http://ratings.fide.com/title_appli...; (2) http://ratings.fide.com/title_appli...; (3) Wikipedia article: Robin van Kampen; (3a) http://www.bidmonfa.com/van_kampen_...; (4); (5) http://ratings.fide.com/id.phtml?ev...; (6) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5U... (he, Eric Hansen, Aman Hambleton, Lefong Hua etc are all part of the https://www.facebook.com/chessbrah team).

Last updated: 2016-08-05 19:39:19

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


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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 re�el, 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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