Erwin L'Ami
Number of games in database: 422
Years covered: 1999 to 2009
Current FIDE rating: 2598
Highest rating achieved in database: 2617
Overall record: +141 -83 =197 (56.9%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      1 exhibition game, odds game, etc. is excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Sicilian (34)      B90 B32 B42 B65 B97  Nimzo Indian (24)      E32 E20 E21 E39 E34  King's Indian (19)      E97 E92 E91 E81 E94  French Defense (17)      C18 C11 C10 C16 C17  Slav (16)      D15 D11 D19 D12 D10  Ruy Lopez (14)      C78 C68 C69 C80 C88	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (33)      B90 B51 B22 B81 B20  Ruy Lopez (27)      C80 C92 C67 C86 C65  Grunfeld (23)      D85 D94 D80 D78 D73  Slav (22)      D12 D11 D10 D18 D14  Semi-Slav (21)      D45 D43 D47 D44  Caro-Kann (17)      B12 B19 B10 B18 B14

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   E L'Ami vs Stellwagen, 2007 1/2-1/2
   Van Wely vs E L'Ami, 2004 0-1
   Wade vs E L'Ami, 2008 0-1
   P Hulshof vs E L'Ami, 2003 0-1

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page 1 of 17; games 1-25 of 422  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. E L'Ami vs Barsov   1-0 40 1999 Sonnevanck 8th C12 French, McCutcheon 2. Barsov vs E L'Ami   1-0 63 1999 Sonnevanck 8th D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted 3. E L'Ami vs Barsov   ½-½ 34 1999 Sonnevanck 8th C11 French 4. Barsov vs E L'Ami   1-0 53 1999 Sonnevanck 8th D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical 5. Barsov vs E L'Ami   ½-½ 25 1999 Sonnevanck 8th D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 6. E L'Ami vs Barsov   ½-½ 31 1999 Sonnevanck 8th C17 French, Winawer, Advance 7. Y Afek vs E L'Ami   1-0 30 2000 Corus B22 Sicilian, Alapin 8. E L'Ami vs M Smits   ½-½ 41 2000 open C47 Four Knights 9. E L'Ami vs T Barendse 1-0 29 2000 Corus C18 French, Winawer 10. J Veerman vs E L'Ami   ½-½ 73 2000 open D97 Grunfeld, Russian 11. E L'Ami vs Ljubisa Andonovski   ½-½ 43 2000 Corus B32 Sicilian 12. E Hoeksema vs E L'Ami   ½-½ 18 2000 open B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack 13. Peter Burlage vs E L'Ami   ½-½ 43 2000 Corus E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System 14. E L'Ami vs M Azadmanesh   ½-½ 51 2000 open B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 15. D D Van Geet vs E L'Ami   ½-½ 40 2000 Corus A00 Uncommon Opening 16. T Gelashvili vs E L'Ami   1-0 36 2000 open B20 Sicilian 17. E L'Ami vs Ad Feelders   1-0 48 2000 Utrecht open I C56 Two Knights 18. E L'Ami vs I Cheparinov   0-1 44 2000 Corus B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation 19. R Odendahl vs E L'Ami   ½-½ 58 2000 open A15 English 20. E L'Ami vs C P Gouw   1-0 14 2000 Corus C18 French, Winawer 21. E L'Ami vs L Compagnie   1-0 21 2000 open C18 French, Winawer 22. E L'Ami vs Laszlo Cako   1-0 35 2000 SO-ON C55 Two Knights Defense 23. A Romero Holmes vs E L'Ami   1-0 41 2000 Corus D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 24. E L'Ami vs G Szuveges   1-0 60 2000 open B42 Sicilian, Kan 25. G J Ludden vs E L'Ami   ½-½ 46 2000 Corus D02 Queen's Pawn Game  page 1 of 17; games 1-25 of 422

Sep-26-04    percyblakeney: L'Ami is having a very good year, beating both van Wely and van der Wiel in the Dutch Championships (as black). At the moment he's the sole leader in Gausdal, where he's rated to finish in the bottom half of the field: http://home.online.no/~eirikgu/gaus... Sep-26-04    acirce: Estimated rating gain on the next list is 29.5, and Gausdal is of course not yet counted then. He has also been gaining rating all the time for a year, so it seems obvious that he is underrated (2486 right now). Sep-29-04    percyblakeney: Still leading with two rounds to go after +4 -0 =3. Sep-30-04    simsan: After less than 30 minutes of play L'Ami secured his GM Norm with a draw in the 8th round at Gausdal. Oct-01-04    percyblakeney: ...and he secured the tournament win with a 9 move draw in the last round against Palo. Jan-17-06    hidude: no picture??? <Cries> =) Jan-25-06    babakova: He has a strange surname, does anyone know how it is pronounced? Jan-25-06    nescio: <babakova: He has a strange surname, does anyone know how it is pronounced?> I do. It is French for "the friend". Pronounced like "lahmy" with emphasis on the last letter. Jan-25-06    babakova: <nescio> thx alot. Apr-06-06    BIDMONFA: Erwin L'Ami L'AMI, Erwin http://www.bidmonfa.com/lami_erwin.... _ Apr-06-06    Bobak Zahmat: Goed gedaan Erwin! 3 out of 3 great! Apr-18-07    bystander: No bio of Erwin L'Ami? In April 2007 he passed the ELO 2600 mark for the first time (2617). On January 2000 his Elo was 2301. Jul-26-07    geraldo8187: according to chessvibes.com, this man has been suspected of cheating in the dutch open or something. anyone know details? Jul-26-07    achieve: <geraldo> I just read it and it seems a joke, winking towards the Tour de France scandal headlines -- like accusing L'Ami of spending too much time on opening prep for his second round (?!) and taking him off the staff. All nonsense of course, but a bit funny.. ;-) Jul-26-07    geraldo8187: got it, thanks achieve Jul-29-07    PaulKeres: I don't like the Chessvibes article actually. I think its not obvious its a joke, though its seems it is. And also there are many people who wouldn't read the article all the way through, just see the headline and think L'Ami has cheated. I'm very surprised that L'Ami agreed to the article. I'd like chessvibes to post another article indicating that it was in fact a joke, because i think its too clever by half, and many people don't see it as a joke. Oct-18-07    MarkThornton: This game features one of the most spectacular TNs I have ever seen in my life. It should be in the notable games section for Erwin l'Ami: P Hulshof vs E L'Ami, 2003 Feb-20-08    whiteshark: Married with Alina Motoc <yet another chess couple> http://www.chessdom.com/images/stor... Apr-04-08    nolanryan: L'ami just played a sensational sequence to mutilate brandenburg in the dutch championship

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