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Kick Langeweg
Number of games in database: 476
Years covered: 1959 to 2002
Current FIDE rating: 2309
Highest rating achieved in database: 2455
Overall record: +78 -189 =208 (38.3%)*
   * 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:  English (26)      A15 A10 A12 A17 A14  Queen's Indian (24)      E12 E14 E15 E17 E16  King's Indian (20)      E97 E92 E75 E94 E91  Reti System (12)      A04  Grunfeld (11)      D83 D90 D98 D91 D85  Queen's Pawn Game (10)      A46 A41 D02 E10 A40	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (87)      B44 B46 B47 B48 B89  Sicilian Taimanov (32)      B46 B47 B48 B45  English (26)      A17 A13 A15 A19 A18  Nimzo Indian (20)      E54 E41 E47 E21 E46  Queen's Indian (17)      E12 E15 E13 E18 E14  English, 1 c4 c5 (15)      A33 A34 A36 A30 A35

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   K Langeweg vs Krabb, 1967 1-0
   L Zinn vs K Langeweg, 1962 0-1
   K Langeweg vs Najdorf, 1971 1-0

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KICK LANGEWEG (born Mar-07-1937) Netherlands [what is this?] Christiaan (Kick) Langeweg born 1937 is a Dutch IM. He has had good results in some of the I.B.M. international tournaments at Amsterdam; 1st in 1961, 3rd= with Dragoljub M Ciric in 1967 and 8th= with Istvan Csom in 1974. He was also 1st at Plovdiv in 1974 and 4th at the First International Swiss Championship at Zurich 1976. He played for the Netherlands in six Olympiads; 1960, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1968 and 1970.

page 1 of 20; games 1-25 of 476  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Eliskases vs K Langeweg   1-0 33 1959 Beverwijk A14 English 2. C B Van den Berg vs K Langeweg   ½-½ 27 1959 Hoogovens B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 3. K Langeweg vs Larsen ½-½ 46 1959 Hoogovens A16 English 4. J T Barendregt vs K Langeweg   1-0 30 1959 Beverwijk A30 English, Symmetrical 5. Minev vs K Langeweg   1-0 25 1960 Leipzig ol (Men) fin-A E43 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation 6. J Marsalek vs K Langeweg   1-0 42 1960 WchT U26 07th D01 Richter-Veresov Attack 7. K Langeweg vs A Prameshuber   1-0 60 1961 Clare Benedict Cup 08th D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 8. K Langeweg vs C B Van den Berg   1-0 31 1961 NED-ch20 A22 English 9. K Langeweg vs F Kuijpers   1-0 41 1961 IBM D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 10. K Langeweg vs Bisguier   0-1 10 1961 Utrecht D51 Queen's Gambit Declined 11. K Langeweg vs Bobotsov   ½-½ 48 1961 Zevenaar E70 King's Indian 12. C B Van den Berg vs K Langeweg   0-1 35 1961 IBM B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 13. K Langeweg vs Parma   ½-½ 20 1962 Olympiad E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 14. Geller vs K Langeweg   1-0 25 1962 Varna ol A61 Benoni 15. Hort vs K Langeweg   1-0 28 1962 Varna A34 English, Symmetrical 16. Bisguier vs K Langeweg   1-0 29 1962 Beverwijk A48 King's Indian 17. E Paoli vs K Langeweg   0-1 47 1962 Reggio Emilia 6263 B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 18. K Langeweg vs C B Van den Berg   0-1 34 1962 IBM E13 Queen's Indian, 4.Nc3, Main line 19. L Zinn vs K Langeweg 0-1 40 1962 Varna ol (Men) fin-A B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 20. M Czerniak vs K Langeweg   ½-½ 20 1962 IBM A07 King's Indian Attack 21. Minev vs K Langeweg   ½-½ 30 1962 Varna ol (Men) fin-A B25 Sicilian, Closed 22. Schmid vs K Langeweg   1-0 31 1962 Clare Benedict Cup 09th B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 23. A Matanovic vs K Langeweg   ½-½ 31 1962 Varna ol (Men) fin-A B42 Sicilian, Kan 24. K Langeweg vs Robatsch   0-1 31 1962 Beverwijk A21 English 25. K Langeweg vs Filip   ½-½ 22 1962 Reggio Emilia 6263 A22 English  page 1 of 20; games 1-25 of 476    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Langeweg wins | Langeweg loses

Oct-11-06    aktajha: One of the Dinosaurs of Dutch chess; and still going strong with VAS Mar-07-07    BIDMONFA: Kick Langeweg LANGEWEG, Kick http://www.bidmonfa.com/langeweg_ki... _ Mar-07-07    Benzol: I get a Kick out of you. Mar-07-07    hitman84: <Benzol>Yes because he speaks Kick Langeweg. Mar-07-07    sandmanbrig: Possibly one of the coolest names ever. Mar-07-07    ALEXIN: Sorry, but very defensive player ! Oct-11-07    Erdkunde: He must be a good football player...<Lange weg> would seem to me to mean "long way" in German; hence "kick long way". Mar-07-08    brankat: Yes, 'ole Kick is still kicking. Happy Birthday! Mar-07-08    hitman84: He looks like Robert Redford. Mar-07-08    achieve: <hitman84: He looks like Robert Redford.> Very well spotted! I only saw it AFTER you made that observation. Mar-07-08    hitman84: <achieve>There is also a guy who looks like Bruce Campbell. Mar-07-08    achieve: <hitman> Really? A chessplayer? Which one? (I couldn't come up with one after some "thought") Mar-07-08    hitman84: <achieve>Try the search function. I forgot his name. His name is very Dutch and scary :) Mar-07-08    achieve: LOL Found him! Manuel Bosboom is the perpetrator! VERY oh so scary pic btw ;-) Oct-05-08    sneaky pete: Lucebert: Langeweg dit is een oude benauwde wereld tot in mijn keel genageld zit ik onwrikbaar in de machine de machine die mij meemaakt als katten in muizen schrikken springend mijn ogen maar de ruimte houdt mij in haar hol ik ben als een boom in een berg ... alleen een stippellijn stippellijn stippellijn is kind Apr-11-09    schroedingers cat: very interresting name that he has :)

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