Wouter Spoelman
Number of games in database: 217
Years covered: 2001 to 2013
Last FIDE rating: 2557
Highest rating achieved in database: 2566
Overall record: +78 -73 =66 (51.2%)*
   * 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 (31)      B90 B32 B78 B63 B62  Ruy Lopez (16)      C78 C91 C88 C67 C96  Nimzo Indian (12)      E20 E44 E46 E56 E25  French Defense (11)      C18 C11 C12 C13 C10  Sicilian Najdorf (10)      B90 B91 B96  Ruy Lopez, Closed (8)      C91 C88 C96 C93	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (34)      B90 B51 B22 B50 B94  Sicilian Najdorf (13)      B90 B94 B92 B99 B95  Queen's Pawn Game (11)      A46 A45 E10 E00  Slav (11)      D12 D16 D11 D17  Queen's Indian (8)      E12 E15 E17  English (7)      A11 A18 A17 A19 A10

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   W Spoelman vs R Swinkels, 2011 1-0
   Z Peng vs W Spoelman, 2007 0-1

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Amsterdam Chess Tournament (2006)
   Corus Group C (2007)
   2008-2009 Bundesliga (2008)
   European Union Championships (2008)
   Corus (Group B) (2008)
   2009-2010 Bundesliga (2009)
   World Junior Championship (2010)
   Dutch Championship (2010)
   Bundesliga (2010)
   Dutch Championship (2011)
   Tata Steel (Group B) (2011)
   Bundesliga (2012)

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WOUTER SPOELMAN (born Jun-05-1990) Netherlands PRONUNCIATION: [what is this?] Grandmaster. In 2007 he won the Dutch under-20 Championship with 8.5/9.

page 1 of 9; games 1-25 of 217  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. W Spoelman vs J Lewis   1-0 19 2001 Bagneux it U16 Ecole d'Echecs C43 Petrov, Modern Attack 2. W Spoelman vs A Bensdai 1-0 14 2001 Bagneux it U16 Ecole d'Echecs C55 Two Knights Defense 3. W Spoelman vs H Gorissen   1-0 53 2001 NED-ch U14 B32 Sicilian 4. Carlsen vs W Spoelman 1-0 33 2002 EU-ch U12 B23 Sicilian, Closed 5. W Spoelman vs Glek 0-1 33 2003 Essent Open C12 French, McCutcheon 6. E L'Ami vs W Spoelman   ½-½ 59 2003 Essent Open B01 Scandinavian 7. W Spoelman vs M Van der Werf 1-0 58 2003 Essent Open B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 8. F Van Harreveld vs W Spoelman   0-1 38 2004 Dutch Team Championships A46 Queen's Pawn Game 9. W Spoelman vs J Werle   0-1 50 2004 Dutch Team Championships B56 Sicilian 10. W Spoelman vs E Kengis   1-0 31 2004 Paris-ch B42 Sicilian, Kan 11. M Brodsky vs W Spoelman   0-1 37 2004 Hoogeveen Essent op A11 English, Caro-Kann Defensive System 12. W Spoelman vs A Pridorozhni   ½-½ 58 2004 20th Cappelle la Grande C41 Philidor Defense 13. S Feller vs W Spoelman   0-1 27 2004 WYb14 A45 Queen's Pawn Game 14. W Spoelman vs S Tologontegin   ½-½ 38 2005 BELFORT YWCC Boys Under 16 B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 15. W Spoelman vs E Alekseev   0-1 47 2005 Corus Tournament: Group C B82 Sicilian, Scheveningen 16. Lenderman vs W Spoelman   1-0 21 2005 BELFORT YWCC Boys Under 16 B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 17. W Spoelman vs L Pliester   ½-½ 65 2005 Corus Tournament: Group C B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 18. W Spoelman vs M Bosboom   1-0 31 2005 Corus Tournament: Group C B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 19. W Spoelman vs A Bonafede   1-0 32 2005 BELFORT YWCC Boys Under 16 B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 20. V Georgiev vs W Spoelman 1-0 38 2005 Corus Tournament: Group C A45 Queen's Pawn Game 21. R Jukemura vs W Spoelman   0-1 36 2005 BELFORT YWCC Boys Under 16 E12 Queen's Indian 22. Negi vs W Spoelman   ½-½ 56 2005 Corus Tournament: Group C B86 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack 23. W Spoelman vs T L'Huillier   ½-½ 61 2005 BELFORT YWCC Boys Under 16 B19 Caro-Kann, Classical 24. W Spoelman vs N Zhukova   ½-½ 59 2005 Corus Tournament: Group C C67 Ruy Lopez 25. A Korotylev vs W Spoelman 1-0 35 2005 Corus Tournament: Group C E12 Queen's Indian  page 1 of 9; games 1-25 of 217

May-05-07    Rubenus: He's the Dutch champion under 20 years old. May-06-07    bystander: Wouter Spoelman was born on 5 June 1990. He became IM in 2006. He won the Dutch 2007 U-20 with 8,5/9! Dec-08-07    bystander: Wouter Spoelman will play in Corus 2008 B-group. The only IM with 12 GM and one WGM. Very interesting group with amonst others Bracot and Short. Good luck Wouter. http://www.coruschess.com/participa... Jan-17-08    BIDMONFA: Wouter Spoelman SPOELMAN, Wouter http://www.bidmonfa.com/spoelman_wo... _ Jul-20-10    Remizatorul: Nice pics gallery here... http://remizatorul.weebly.com/13/po... Oct-13-10    GrahamClayton: Video of Spoelman giving a simul in 2008: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwHx... Jun-05-13    chesssalamander: Happy Birthday GM Spoelman!

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