| Ter Apel (1994) |
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"Hungarian grandmaster Lajos Portisch, one of the six participants in the seventh Monastery Chess Tournament, will sing a few songs during the closing ceremony in the Boschhuis on Saturday evening. He will be accompanied on the piano by Hans Bouwmeester. This stunt should have remained a secret, but the organizers are less good at that than they are at coming up with fun activities. Floating monks during the opening and a singing chess player on the closing day: typical Ter Apel. Don't believe that nothing special happens. If we are to believe the eyewitnesses, there will be a party every night this week in the hotel's taproom. The grandmasters, who quietly play their games during the day, seem to be having a jolly time around the regulars' table. When it is almost light outside again, the chess boards are put on the table and two-minute games are played. Outside in the forest, the animals are startled awake by the horses and rooks flying around. The invitation policy takes into account the 'sociability' of the chess players. The grandmasters in Ter Apel must not only be good at chess, but above all be nice people. World champion Garry Kasparov will therefore never receive an invitation to the Monastery Tournament: he is not nice. And the eighteen-member local chess club has its pick of grandmasters. After seven years, it has reached the world top: there at the monastery of Ter Apel you can play wonderful chess. On the second day of play, it was even busy in the tournament hall yesterday. There were six spectators. Henk Woortmeijer, chairman of the chess club Ter Apel, chairman of the tournament committee, tournament director and also tournament leader, is proud of the friendly atmosphere. He has already come up with quite a few stunts. For example, the Swedish Pia Cramling played a game of chess with the Polish champion Aleksander Wojtkiewicz at the top of the monastery tower, the participants once dressed up in monk's clothing, Bagirov and Uhlmann once literally played chess on the border between the Netherlands and Germany, the chess matadors played football with the local football club and two years ago Monsignor R. Ph. Bar, the former bishop of Rotterdam, came to the Boschhuis to perform the opening. "I still think it was a sickening act that they removed that man from office", says Woortmeijer, who has already had the pleasure of shaking hands with many dignitaries. The playful actions and stunts have brought his tournament national publicity every year. The municipality of Vlagtwedde and the Boschhuis hotel get their PR share. The municipality therefore makes a lot of money available every year (Woortmeijer: "I dare not say how much, because then the other sports clubs will be jealous") and the Boschhuis is also a significant sponsor. The Porrenga couple, who manage the venue, make all the halls and another eight rooms available free of charge for the benefit of the tournament and its participants." (Nieuwsblad van het Noorden 16-03-1994, transl.) Ter Apel, the Netherlands, 14-19 March 1994 Age Elo* 1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 GM Dautov 28 2625 ● 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 3
=2 GM Nikolic 33 2625 0 ● ½ ½ ½ 1 2½
=2 GM Khalifman 28 2660 ½ ½ ● ½ ½ ½ 2½
=2 GM V d Sterren 38 2605 ½ ½ ½ ● ½ ½ 2½
=2 GM Andersson 42 2620 ½ ½ ½ ½ ● ½ 2½
6 GM Portisch 56 2605 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ● 2
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The 7th "Klooster tournament" was held in Hotel Boschhuis, in the vicinity of Klooster Ter Apel. Five rounds in six days, starting on Monday 14 March. Rest day 18 March (15 games). Dautov won with 3/5.Sources
Dutchbase (https://maxeuwe.nl/files-dutchbase/...)
Wikipedia article: Ter Apel Monastery (Klooster Ter Apel)
*FIDE rating list January 1994 (https://web.archive.org/web/2022112...)
Ter Apel 1966, 1987, 1990-1997 by Jan van Reek (https://web.archive.org/web/2024070...)
Nieuwsblad van het Noorden, 16-03-1994, p. 25 (https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/v...)
Other Dutch newspapers (available at https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten)
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