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Wouter Spoelman
W Spoelman 
Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons 

Number of games in database: 393
Years covered: 2001 to 2020
Last FIDE rating: 2538 (2534 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2588
Overall record: +121 -103 =112 (52.7%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 57 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (42) 
    B90 B63 B33 B62 B32
 English (31) 
    A13 A15 A10 A11 A16
 Ruy Lopez (21) 
    C67 C91 C78 C96 C84
 French Defense (16) 
    C18 C11 C10 C12 C14
 English, 1 c4 e5 (14) 
    A28 A21 A20 A26 A27
 Nimzo Indian (13) 
    E20 E44 E32 E25 E46
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (81) 
    B90 B47 B48 B51 B40
 Sicilian Najdorf (26) 
    B90 B94 B92 B98 B91
 Slav (20) 
    D12 D11 D10 D16 D17
 Sicilian Taimanov (18) 
    B47 B48 B45
 Queen's Pawn Game (12) 
    A46 A45 E10 E00 D02
 Queen's Indian (11) 
    E12 E15 E17
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   W Spoelman vs A Bensdai, 2001 1-0
   W Spoelman vs R Swinkels, 2011 1-0
   W Spoelman vs M van der Werf, 2003 1-0
   Naiditsch vs W Spoelman, 2010 0-1
   W Spoelman vs E Agrest, 2017 1-0
   Z Peng vs W Spoelman, 2007 0-1
   W Spoelman vs S Ernst, 2013 1-0
   H Jonkman vs W Spoelman, 2007 0-1
   T Willemze vs W Spoelman, 2007 0-1
   W Spoelman vs A Dgebuadze, 2009 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Dutch Championship (2013)
   Dutch Championship (2014)
   Corus Group C (2007)
   Dutch Championship (2011)
   Amsterdam Chess Tournament (2006)
   Corus Group C (2005)
   Groningen Open-A (2008)
   Tata Steel Group B (2011)
   Groningen Chess Festival (2013)
   12th Essent Open (2008)
   Bundesliga 2009/10 (2009)
   European Union Championship (2008)
   Bundesliga 2017/18 (2017)
   Pro Chess League (2018)
   PRO League Group Stage (2019)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Corus Group C 2005 by Tabanus
   2005 Corus (group C) by gauer

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 ch-Schachbundesliga
   K Jakubowski vs W Spoelman (Sep-20-20) 1-0
   Bacrot vs W Spoelman (Feb-23-20) 1/2-1/2
   W Spoelman vs A Donchenko (Feb-22-20) 1/2-1/2
   W Spoelman vs W Moranda (Feb-09-20) 1/2-1/2
   G Gajewski vs W Spoelman (Feb-08-20) 1/2-1/2

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WOUTER SPOELMAN
(born Jun-05-1990, 34 years old) Netherlands
PRONUNCIATION:
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Grandmaster. In 2007 he won the Dutch under-20 Championship with 8.5/9.

Wikipedia article: Wouter Spoelman

Last updated: 2018-06-05 07:20:49

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 page 1 of 17; games 1-25 of 401  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. W Spoelman vs J Lewis  1-0192001Bagneux it U16 Ecole d'EchecsC43 Petrov, Modern Attack
2. W Spoelman vs A Bensdai 1-0142001Bagneux it U16 Ecole d'EchecsC55 Two Knights Defense
3. W Spoelman vs H Gorissen  1-0532001NED-ch U14B32 Sicilian
4. P Potapov vs W Spoelman  ½-½282002EU-ch U12B91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation
5. Carlsen vs W Spoelman 1-0332002EU-ch U12B23 Sicilian, Closed
6. E Can vs W Spoelman  1-0342002EU-ch U12B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
7. G Margvelashvili vs W Spoelman  1-0302002Wch U12D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted
8. W Spoelman vs Carlsen  0-1252003Training match Norway - HollandB63 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack
9. S van Blitterswijk vs W Spoelman  1-0392003Dutch OpenB93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4
10. W Spoelman vs M Naalden  1-0292003Dutch OpenB01 Scandinavian
11. J van Rosmalen vs W Spoelman  0-1562003Dutch OpenB47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation
12. W Spoelman vs O Wilgenhof  1-0242003Dutch OpenC14 French, Classical
13. W Spoelman vs R Berendsen  0-1462003Dutch OpenB07 Pirc
14. C de Saegher vs W Spoelman  0-1332003Dutch OpenE15 Queen's Indian
15. W Spoelman vs T Willemze  ½-½362003Dutch OpenC16 French, Winawer
16. M de Jong vs W Spoelman  ½-½142003Dutch OpenB50 Sicilian
17. W Spoelman vs M van der Werf 1-0582003Essent OpenB47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation
18. L'Ami vs W Spoelman  ½-½592003Essent OpenB01 Scandinavian
19. W Spoelman vs Glek 0-1332003Essent OpenC12 French, McCutcheon
20. A van Beek vs W Spoelman  0-1402003Essent OpenE15 Queen's Indian
21. W Spoelman vs S Williams  1-0512003Essent OpenC18 French, Winawer
22. W Spoelman vs Stellwagen 0-1172003Essent OpenC10 French
23. M Dambacher vs W Spoelman  ½-½612003Essent OpenE41 Nimzo-Indian
24. J Werle vs W Spoelman  1-0352003Essent OpenA17 English
25. W Spoelman vs R Ris  ½-½122003Essent OpenB10 Caro-Kann
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Kibitzer's Corner
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...
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Jul-20-10  Remizatorul: Nice pics gallery here...
http://remizatorul.weebly.com/13/po...
Oct-13-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  GrahamClayton: Video of Spoelman giving a simul in 2008:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwHx...

Jun-05-13  chesssalamander: Happy Birthday GM Spoelman!
Jan-06-14  PhilFeeley: Spoelman - Krasenkow, Hilversum 2009 is not here. Neiman & Afek comment on a missed win by white from the following position:


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They found 32. Re5 to be the winning move.

Sep-01-20  Llera: Didn't he ever play against his distante cousin Jonathan Speelman? So, isnt'it a Spoelman-Speelman game?

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