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Paul Van der Sterren
Number of games in database: 557
Years covered: 1972 to 2010
Last FIDE rating: 2488
Highest rating achieved in database: 2605
Overall record: +151 -194 =207 (46.1%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      5 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  King's Indian (38)      E97 E92 E94 E87 E81  Queen's Indian (33)      E15 E12 E17 E16  Sicilian (21)      B92 B39 B33 B42 B69  Queen's Gambit Declined (18)      D38 D37 D30 D31 D06  English (14)      A15 A13 A11 A10  Modern Benoni (13)      A58 A57 A56 A77 A64	With the Black pieces:  Queen's Gambit Declined (37)      D37 D35 D36 D31 D30  Ruy Lopez (35)      C95 C69 C92 C77 C94  Ruy Lopez, Closed (27)      C95 C92 C94 C86 C93  Sicilian (19)      B31 B22 B45 B32 B83  Orthodox Defense (18)      D55 D58 D54 D64 D59  English (12)      A13 A16 A15

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Leko vs Van der Sterren, 1992 0-1
   Kamsky vs Van der Sterren, 1994 0-1
   Van der Sterren vs S Kindermann, 1988 1/2-1/2
   Van der Sterren vs Korchnoi, 1978 1-0
   Van der Sterren vs P Gelpke, 1985 1-0
   Van der Sterren vs K Berg, 1991 1-0
   Van der Sterren vs Hort, 1993 1-0

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens 1987 by suenteus po 147
   Wijk aan Zee 1977 B by EmperorAtahualpa
   Wijk aan Zee 1983 B by EmperorAtahualpa

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PAUL VAN DER STERREN (born Mar-17-1956) Netherlands [what is this?] Paul van der Sterren was born in Venlo, the Netherlands. Awarded the IM title in 1979 he was Dutch champion in 1985. In 1989 he got his GM title. He qualified for the FIDE Candidates Tournament of 1994-6 by coming =2nd in the Biel Interzonal, but was defeated in the first round match by Gata Kamsky by 4.5-2.5. Wikipedia article: Paul van der Sterren

page 1 of 23; games 1-25 of 557  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. J De Lange vs Van der Sterren   1-0 44 1972 NED-ch U20 E73 King's Indian 2. J Van Gijzen vs Van der Sterren   0-1 21 1972 NED-ch U20 A16 English 3. Van der Sterren vs C Baljon   0-1 46 1972 NED-ch U20 E81 King's Indian, Samisch 4. C Koopmans vs Van der Sterren   1-0 27 1972 NED-ch U20 E92 King's Indian 5. Van der Sterren vs J Bij de Vaate   1-0 32 1972 NED-ch U20 A10 English 6. Henk Bernink vs Van der Sterren   0-1 27 1972 NED-ch U20 E73 King's Indian 7. Van der Sterren vs L Schneider   1-0 43 1974 EU-ch U20 fin-A B69 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 11.Bxf6 8. P Meinsohn vs Van der Sterren   0-1 28 1974 EU-ch U20 fin-A B22 Sicilian, Alapin 9. E Gigerl vs Van der Sterren   0-1 41 1974 EU-ch U20 qual D24 Queen's Gambit Accepted 10. Van der Sterren vs W Bichsel   1-0 44 1974 EU-ch U20 qual B64 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack 11. Van der Sterren vs F Borkowski   0-1 50 1974 EU-ch U20 fin-A B33 Sicilian 12. A Ivanov vs Van der Sterren   0-1 31 1974 EU-ch U20 qual B22 Sicilian, Alapin 13. P Scheeren vs Van der Sterren   1-0 37 1974 NED-ch U20 B06 Robatsch 14. Van der Sterren vs Y Gruenfeld   1-0 34 1974 EU-ch U20 fin-A B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 15. Nunn vs Van der Sterren   1-0 40 1974 EU-ch U20 fin-A B32 Sicilian 16. A Van Dieren vs Van der Sterren   0-1 37 1974 NED-ch U20 B32 Sicilian 17. R Dieks vs Van der Sterren   0-1 52 1974 EU-ch U20 fin-A B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 18. Van der Sterren vs Podzielny   0-1 29 1974 EU-ch U20 fin-A B42 Sicilian, Kan 19. Van der Sterren vs V Kozlov   1-0 31 1974 Training Game B60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer 20. Van der Sterren vs J Herman   1-0 26 1974 NED-ch sf B72 Sicilian, Dragon 21. W Bichsel vs Van der Sterren   0-1 34 1974 EU-ch U20 fin-A B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 22. Van der Sterren vs J Vogel   ½-½ 22 1975 30. NED-ch C16 French, Winawer 23. Van der Sterren vs R Dieks   1-0 68 1975 30. NED-ch B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 24. Van der Sterren vs N Schouten   0-1 61 1975 30. NED-ch C77 Ruy Lopez 25. A Kuligowski vs Van der Sterren   0-1 52 1975 Wch U20 A04 Reti Opening  page 1 of 23; games 1-25 of 557    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Van der Sterren wins | Van der Sterren loses

Apr-13-05    WTHarvey: Here are some diagrams of the critical positions in Paul's games. http://www.wtharvey.com/vdst.html Mar-17-06    BIDMONFA: Paul Van der Sterren VAN DER STERREN, Paul http://www.bidmonfa.com/van_der_ste... _ Mar-31-06    blingice: You would think 411 games and a GM title would get you SOME kibitzing. It absolutely doesn't, apparently. Your career must be filled with conflict, politics, and drama. Mar-31-06    AlexanderMorphy: i love his game against Leko(GOTD today!) Mar-31-06    EmperorAtahualpa: "van der Sterren" means "of the Stars" in Dutch! :) Mar-31-06    Open Defence: oh, i thought Sterren was probably a place or town Mar-31-06    dakgootje: < oh, i thought Sterren was probably a place or town> Well...yes in some way you can consider the stars as being a place...;-) May-14-06    Gypsy: Qualified for FIDE candidates in 1993. (Lost match to Kamsky.) Mar-17-08    brankat: A strong GM, not active in last few years. Happy Birthday GM Sterren! Aug-26-09    GrahamClayton: Van Der Sterren was the centre of a controversy during the 2000 Dutch Championships when he refused to play the chess computer "Fritz", which had been given a wildcard entry into the tournament by the Dutch Chess Federation. He forfeited the game. Nov-19-11    waustad: He beat Cramling today in the Euwe memorial. http://euwetoernooi.nl/vierkampen/l... They split in the double RR. White won both games. Dec-17-11    wordfunph: author of the book Fundamental Chess Openings published by Gambit.. http://www.amazon.com/FCO-Fundament... Mar-26-12    Sneaky: More up to date photo - http://www.chessvibes.com/sites/def... Apr-27-12    technical draw: <Mar-31-06 dakgootje: < oh, i thought Sterren was probably a place or town> Well...yes in some way you can consider the stars as being a place...;-)> Hmmm, <dakgootje> was a witty man 6 years ago.

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