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Ter Apel (1996) "The Ter-Apel chess club in the Netherlands, which has only 15 players, organized a 6-player, category 15 chess tournament in March 1996. The suddenly ill Peruvian Julio Granda Zuniga was replaced at the last minute by the Bosnian living in the Netherlands, Predrag Nikolic. Before the tournament began, the composition of the field was criticized, fearing that there would be too many uninteresting draws. Fortunately, the players refuted this and showed great fighting spirit. The 44-year-old Swede Ulf Andersson, who has competed relatively rarely lately, showed his usual super-safe play. He did not strive for a big advantage, but ruthlessly exploited the slightest mistake of his opponents. Unfortunately, Hungarian player Péter Lékó experienced this firsthand, being only slightly worse than Andersson after a seemingly harmless opening, he had to bow to the Swede's iron-consistent endgame technique in the 91st move. Péter Lékó won a nice victory over Estonian Lembit Oll, but unfortunately lost to Nikolic, who was in good form, and finished only in fifth place." (Sakkélet, transl.) Ter Apel, the Netherlands, 18-23 March 1996 Age Elo* 1 2 3 4 5 6 ———————————————————————————————————————— 1 GM Andersson 44 2630 ● ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 3½ 2 GM Nikolic 35 2645 ½ ● 0 1 1 ½ 3 =3 GM Nijboer 30 2475 0 1 ● ½ ½ ½ 2½ =3 GM Svidler 19 2630 ½ 0 ½ ● ½ 1 2½ 5 GM Leko 16 2625 0 0 ½ ½ ● 1 2 6 GM Oll 29 2640 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ● 1½ ———————————————————————————————————————— The 9th "Klooster tournament" was held in Hotel Boschhuis, in the vicinity of Klooster Ter Apel. The last round was played in the Klooster itself. Five rounds in six days, starting on Monday 18 March. Rest day 22 March (15 games). Andersson won with 3.5/5. Sources TWIC 76 (https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi...) Dutchbase (https://maxeuwe.nl/files-dutchbase/...) Wikipedia article: Ter Apel Monastery (Klooster Ter Apel) *FIDE rating list January 1996 (https://web.archive.org/web/2022112...) Ter Apel 1966, 1987, 1990-1997 by Jan van Reek (https://web.archive.org/web/2024070...) Sakkélet, 4-5/1996, p. 133 (https://adt.arcanum.com/en/view/Sak...) Dutch newspapers (available at https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten) Previous: Ter Apel (1995). Next (and last): Ter Apel (1997)  page 1 of 1; 15 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Andersson vs Nijboer 1-0 38 1996 Ter Apel A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 2. Svidler vs Leko   ½-½ 22 1996 Ter Apel B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 3. P Nikolic vs Oll   ½-½ 39 1996 Ter Apel D52 Queen's Gambit Declined 4. Svidler vs Andersson   ½-½ 20 1996 Ter Apel C09 French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line 5. Leko vs Oll   1-0 34 1996 Ter Apel B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 6. Nijboer vs P Nikolic   1-0 41 1996 Ter Apel C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 7. Andersson vs Leko 1-0 91 1996 Ter Apel A15 English 8. P Nikolic vs Svidler   1-0 41 1996 Ter Apel D78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6 9. Oll vs Nijboer   ½-½ 48 1996 Ter Apel B42 Sicilian, Kan 10. Andersson vs P Nikolic   ½-½ 20 1996 Ter Apel D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted 11. Leko vs Nijboer   ½-½ 62 1996 Ter Apel B33 Sicilian 12. Svidler vs Oll   1-0 24 1996 Ter Apel B01 Scandinavian 13. Oll vs Andersson   ½-½ 19 1996 Ter Apel C11 French 14. Nijboer vs Svidler   ½-½ 14 1996 Ter Apel B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack 15. P Nikolic vs Leko   1-0 47 1996 Ter Apel E12 Queen's Indian   REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)     There is no kibitzing for this page, yet.   NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. 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