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Bart Michiels

Number of games in database: 296
Years covered: 1998 to 2020
Last FIDE rating: 2547 (2550 rapid, 2565 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2567
Overall record: +87 -72 =121 (52.7%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 16 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (42) 
    B90 B41 B92 B58 B32
 Nimzo Indian (21) 
    E32 E36 E39 E33 E37
 French Defense (19) 
    C18 C12 C11 C17 C02
 Sicilian Najdorf (14) 
    B90 B92
 French Winawer (11) 
    C18 C17
 French (7) 
    C12 C11
With the Black pieces:
 French Defense (36) 
    C11 C05 C12 C02 C00
 Sicilian (25) 
    B31 B48 B47 B44 B22
 French (19) 
    C11 C12 C00
 Queen's Gambit Accepted (15) 
    D27 D20 D29 D24
 French Tarrasch (12) 
    C05
 Semi-Slav (12) 
    D43 D45 D46
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   R Duijker vs B Michiels, 2011 0-1
   F Decoster vs B Michiels, 2007 1/2-1/2
   F Pancevski vs B Michiels, 2013 0-1
   B Michiels vs I Ivanisevic, 2013 1/2-1/2

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Lausanne Masters-Hopefuls 7th (2006)
   European Team Championship (2013)
   Belgian Championship (2012)
   Tata Steel Challengers (2015)
   Bethune Open-A (2002)
   Groningen Open-A (2011)
   Amsterdam Chess Tournament (2006)
   Amsterdam Lost Boys Open (1998)
   Czech Open-A (2012)
   Czech Open A (2009)
   European Championship (2013)
   Tromso Olympiad (2014)
   French Team Championship (2015)
   Khanty-Mansiysk Olympiad (2010)
   FIDE Online Olympiad (2020)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 FIDE Online Olympiad
   V Kovalev vs B Michiels (Aug-16-20) 1/2-1/2, rapid
   B Michiels vs A Maznitsin (Aug-16-20) 1-0, rapid
   B Michiels vs R Svane (Aug-16-20) 0-1, rapid
   B Michiels vs R Barcenilla (Aug-15-20) 1-0, rapid
   S Megaranto vs B Michiels (Aug-15-20) 1/2-1/2, rapid

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BART MICHIELS
(born Oct-30-1986, 38 years old) Belgium
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Grandmaster. He was Belgian champion in 2004 and 2011. =1st at the 38th Eastman Open 2015 in Belgium.

Wikipedia article: Bart Michiels

Last updated: 2023-11-14 14:27:45

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 page 1 of 12; games 1-25 of 296  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. B Michiels vs I Cheparinov  ½-½301998Wch U12B72 Sicilian, Dragon
2. Kasparov vs B Michiels  1-0232000Kasparov Chess simA40 Queen's Pawn Game
3. J Helstone vs B Michiels  0-1372000HZ OpenA07 King's Indian Attack
4. F Kuijpers vs B Michiels  1-0522000HZ OpenB48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
5. B Michiels vs T Gelashvili  0-1352000HZ OpenB39 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation
6. M van Delft vs B Michiels  ½-½482000Amsterdam Lost Boys OpenB47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation
7. B Michiels vs R Bellin  ½-½252000Amsterdam Lost Boys OpenB58 Sicilian
8. F van Harreveld vs B Michiels  0-1362000Amsterdam Lost Boys OpenA34 English, Symmetrical
9. B Michiels vs K van der Weide  0-1272000Amsterdam Lost Boys OpenB58 Sicilian
10. T S Ravi vs B Michiels  1-0502000Amsterdam Lost Boys OpenB22 Sicilian, Alapin
11. B Michiels vs B Leer-Salvesen  1-0532000Amsterdam Lost Boys OpenC18 French, Winawer
12. T Hillarp Persson vs B Michiels  1-0632000Amsterdam Lost Boys OpenA43 Old Benoni
13. B Michiels vs N Straub  0-1332000Amsterdam Lost Boys OpenC02 French, Advance
14. Fressinet vs B Michiels  1-0292000Abihome OpenB48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
15. B Michiels vs S Megaranto  0-1522000Wch U14B18 Caro-Kann, Classical
16. B Michiels vs T Croonenborghs  0-1292001Belgian Team Championship 2000/01C12 French, McCutcheon
17. L Villaflores vs B Michiels  0-1602001Belgian Team Championship 2000/01B44 Sicilian
18. B Michiels vs H Wennekes  1-0252001HZ OpenB18 Caro-Kann, Classical
19. B Michiels vs E van Driel  1-0392001HZ OpenC18 French, Winawer
20. J Piket vs B Michiels  1-0282001HZ OpenD27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical
21. K C Lui vs B Michiels  1-0372001HZ OpenD00 Queen's Pawn Game
22. B Michiels vs H Porte  1-0292001HZ OpenB02 Alekhine's Defense
23. H van Doorn vs B Michiels  0-1332001HZ OpenD27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical
24. B Michiels vs J van Zandwijk  0-1402001HZ OpenB29 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein
25. W Bliek vs B Michiels  ½-½352001HZ OpenD20 Queen's Gambit Accepted
 page 1 of 12; games 1-25 of 296  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
May-12-04  STendefamMuitB: I think this is a very strong player who will become a GM very soon.
May-12-04  Okonedomoussa: Bart is a great Belgian player, but somethimes he plays too arrogant like his game against Van Mechelen and Piket After all he is a great player wat his game against Berkes demostrates.
May-12-04  STendefamMuitB: I think if he keeps improving at this speed he may become a strong 2600 gm. But only time can tell how good he will become. But it's a pitty though that he never was champion of belgium youth. A player of his class should definetely earn this title.
May-12-04  Okonedomoussa: I do not agree with StendefamMuitB because Bart was all too good when he was 6 years old or something. In Belgium there is none player who can tipp on him.
May-12-04  STendefamMuitB: I do not agree with you on this, because thibaut maenhout is already champion of belgium while he's only 14. En Bart didn't win the championchip at the age of 14 and 15 when he was the top seed. So i think he should proof he is the best by participating one last time and to win it.
Aug-29-04  nikolaas: There should be more games by him. I think I'll post some (and hope that they come through).
Sep-18-09  BIDMONFA: Bart Michiels

MICHIELS, Bart
http://www.bidmonfa.com/michiels_ba...
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Dec-23-13  PivotalAnorak: He's just become a GM.
Dec-23-13  Captain Hindsight: <May-12-04 TendefamMuitB: I think this is a very strong player who will become a GM very soon.>

In this regard 'very soon' is kinda relative.

Jan-17-17  zanzibar: Here's a game, missing from the DB, where he schools Sokolov in the opening:

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[Event "InventiChess GM"]
[Site "Antwerp BEL"]
[Date "2010.09.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Michiels, Bart"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "C46h"]
[EventDate "2010.09.03"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nd5 Ba5 5.Bc4 Nf6 6.O-O d6 7.c3 Nxd5 8. exd5 Ne7 9.d4 exd4 10.Qa4+ c6 11.dxc6 bxc6 12.Nxd4 Bd7 13.Re1 d5 14. Ba6 Qc7 15.Bf4 Qxf4 16.Rxe7+ Kxe7 17.Nxc6+ Bxc6 18.Qxf4 1-0

>

3...Bb4!? and 7...Nxd5?! are the start of Black's woes.

Jan-17-17  zanzibar: InventiChess (2010) time controls

<Tempo: 90 minutes for the first 40 moves followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an addition of 30 seconds per move starting from move one.>

Here's a picture of Michiels from the tournament (against Mehr Hovanishian, then current Belgian champion).

http://www.inventichess.com/inventi...

In the previous comment's game here is the position after Sokolov's 14...Qd8-c7:

(White to move)


click for larger view

r3k2r /p1qbnppp/B1p5/b2p4/Q2N4/2P5/PP3PPP/R1B1R1K1 w - - 0 15

Sokolov's last move is losing, and even 15.g3 is winning. But Michiels finds a nice, and precise, attraction sacrifice to end the game with style.

(The material is even, but the eval sure isn't)

Jan-17-17  zanzibar: Here's a little more about InventiChess, from the 2009 version:

<The InventiChess event takes place on 18-26th September in the Inventi training center, a hundred meters away from the City Hall in the center of the historical downtown of Antwerp in Belgium. This beautiful renovated historical building was the former house of Peter Benoit, former Belgian composer. Nowadays this house is an inspiring environment where sales reps and managers are trained and sales strategies are developed. All the games will be played in the large meeting room on the ground floor.>

http://previews.chessdom.com/invent...

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