The chess games of Jannes Van der Wal

Jannes Van der Wal
Number of games in database: 21
Years covered: 1993 to 1996
Overall record: +8 -7 =6 (52.4%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

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JANNES VAN DER WAL (born Nov-12-1956, died Sep-24-1996) Netherlands	[what is this?]
Jannes van der Wal was a Dutch checkers/draughts player and world champion in that game. He also played chess at a nearly competitive level. In 1996 Van der Wal died of leukemia. Wikipedia article: Jannes van der Wal

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Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. J Van der Wal vs P Peelen	½-½	43	1993	Leeuwarden op	D85 Grunfeld
2. J Van der Wal vs H Danielsen	½-½	42	1993	Leeuwarden op	E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
3. J Van der Wal vs Martin Gunnas	1-0	32	1993	Stockholm op	C09 French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line
4. J Van De Mortel vs J Van der Wal	1-0	35	1993	Leeuwarden op	A07 King's Indian Attack
5. J Van der Wal vs Hekmet Zend	1-0	32	1993	Stockholm op	B50 Sicilian
6. W Zagema vs J Van der Wal	0-1	64	1993	Leeuwarden op	A07 King's Indian Attack
7. J Van der Wal vs N Solin	½-½	32	1993	Stockholm op	B30 Sicilian
8. R Ziatdinov vs J Van der Wal	1-0	52	1993	Groningen Chess Festival; GM open	B96 Sicilian, Najdorf
9. M Leuw vs J Van der Wal	0-1	47	1993	Leeuwarden op	D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
10. J Van der Wal vs R Hartoch	0-1	34	1993	Leeuwarden op	A55 Old Indian, Main line
11. A Ornstein vs J Van der Wal	1-0	42	1993	Stockholm op	D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
12. J M Hodgson vs J Van der Wal	1-0	41	1993	Leeuwarden op	D00 Queen's Pawn Game
13. J Van der Wal vs R Dam	½-½	33	1993	Leeuwarden op	E94 King's Indian, Orthodox
14. L Couso vs J Van der Wal	1-0	26	1993	Stockholm op	C12 French, McCutcheon
15. H Van Riemsdijk vs J Van der Wal	0-1	27	1994	Groningen op	B02 Alekhine's Defense
16. B Tondivar vs J Van der Wal	1-0	22	1994	Groningen op	D00 Queen's Pawn Game
17. R Akesson vs J Van der Wal	0-1	44	1994	Groningen op	D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
18. G Van Laatum vs J Van der Wal	0-1	44	1994	Groningen op	D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
19. H Leeflang vs J Van der Wal	½-½	55	1995	NED-chT 9596	B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation
20. T Ellenbroek vs J Van der Wal	0-1	59	1995	Leeuwarden op	B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
21. J Van der Wal vs Chess Genius	½-½	40	1996	The Hague AEGON	D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav


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Apr-14-05		sneaky pete: Jannes de Zwijger! Need I say more?

Jul-19-05		soberknight: Van der Wal forces?

Jul-19-05		jcmoral: Didn't Oasis sing a song about him?

Jul-19-05		TheSlid: Wasn't he a Dutch detective?

Jul-19-05		Marvol: Jannes van der Wal (b. 1956) was a brilliant Dutch checkers/draughts player. (The proper (international) type of checkers, with the 10x10 board that is, not the watered-down version with silly rules on the 8x8 board that is most known :-P). He became WC checkers in 1982. He also played chess and he was one of few players to be good at both games. He had a very lively character that made him exceptionally original. In checkers he would mix brillant moves with capital mistakes. His absentmindedness led to him missing the opening round of a checkers tournament once because he fell asleep on the train and missed the station (this is a famous anecdote about him). He died in 1996 from leukemia, sadly, way too early.

Dec-19-05		OneArmedScissor: "Van der Wal" forces... Doesn't that have something to do with physics?

Dec-19-05		TheAlchemist: Yes, but it's actually "van der Waals forces". They're intermolecular forces http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_de...

Dec-19-05		lopium: Ahahahahzzz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You are just too funny, god's mine.... Same about the page "the city of Moscow", your comments and stories are just too good!!

Nov-15-09		sneaky pete: Jannes gained immortality when in December 1982, after he had become world champion, he was invited to appear in a <talk>show on Dutch television and didn't say a single word, the entire show. The first question the hostess asked: "Jannes, how old are you?", left him flabbergasted. Would no one of that impressively large tv crew have taken the trouble of finding out such simple statistics? Just when he had finished his contemplation and was about to answer, a next question was fired at him, posing a similar problem: could it be that the other person didn't know such a basic fact? Must he the really answer this question? So Jannes just sat there and smiled. He was a great smiler. http://home.planet.nl/~nagel080/Jan...

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D15		Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (3 games)
A07		King's Indian Attack (2 games)
D00		Queen's Pawn Game (2 games)