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| Oct-07-11 | | Rook e2: He missed the first game though. |
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| Oct-07-11 | | Xeroxx: Hello my name is Loek Van Wely and I am the player of the day. |
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| Oct-07-11 | | rapidcitychess: Loek, but don't touch.
Happy Birthday van Wely! |
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| Oct-07-11 | | theodor: Happy Birthday, VW! |
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| Oct-07-11 | | Billy Vaughan: Happy birthday Loek! |
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| Oct-07-11 | | wordfunph: happy birthday GM LVW! |
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Oct-25-11
 | | Stonehenge: He will play in the A group of Tata in January. The other Dutchman to compete in the A group is Giri (of course). |
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| Jan-04-12 | | dakgootje: <Regarding the use of Van and van> <For Belgian names [or people therefrom]>
the rule is that the appropriate way of writing the name is the manner in which the name is written in the resident/civil registration office. Most standard here is to have a capital for the preposition. So had Loek been born in Belgium, odds are his name would have been Loek Van Wely. The name will therefore also be filed under the letter V. If you'd reference his name in this case in a scientific journal of some sorts his name in the reference would be Van Wely, L. <For the Dutch names> It depends a bit whether the preposition is the first part of the name. If we talk about Loek using his full name, then we'd say "Loek van Wely" - after all, we had already started his name with Loek. If it was some official gathering, and we'd call him sir - then it'd be Mister Van Wely. Mister is not part of his name - the first part of his name mentioned is 'van', so it gets a capital. Say instead we'd meet former Dutch goalkeeper 'Edwin van der Sar'. Edwin is his real name, so it gets a capital. Both propositions [van de] do not, as there is no need: the name had already started. Sar gets a capital as it is the distinct component of his surname. We could call him mister Van der Sar. Or we could write down his name, and shorten his firstname to E. van der Sar -- still, 'van' is not the start of his name in this case - so it does not get a capital. Also, we could shorten the prepositions to Edwin v/d Sar - they will never get capitals. Not even in the shortest form possible: Mister v/d Sar. -- <in short>
It depends on whether 'van' is the first part of the name mentioned. If it is [and the preposition is fully written-out], then it gets a capital. So:
I saw Loek van Wely
I saw L. van Wely
I saw mister Van Wely
I saw v. Wely
I saw GM Van Wely
Note a title as grandmaster is not part of ones name - so the name starts at 'van'. |
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Jan-14-12
 | | Penguincw: Van Wely off to a good start by holding Kamsky to a draw. Next opponent: Topalov (with black). |
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Jan-15-12
| | Stonehenge: <Penguin> He got another draw, so a good start indeed. |
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Jan-15-12
| | Penguincw: < Stonehedge >
Yep. Maybe he can make it through the tournament. Tomorrow he has white against Gashimov (who is at -1). I'm already starting to reconsider Van Wely vs. Carlsen in Round 13. |
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| Jan-21-12 | | JoergWalter: <Iron> van Wely. invincible up to now. |
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Jan-21-12
| | Penguincw: Remaining opponents for Van Wely:
Round 8
Navara-Van Wely
Round 9
Van Wely-Gelfand
Round 10
Radjabov-Van Wely
Round 11
Van Wely-Karjakin
Round 12
Nakamura-Van Wely
Round 13
Van Wely-Carlsen
IMO, Round 12 looks the most dangerous (right when the penultimate round starts). |
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| Jan-24-12 | | Billy Vaughan: Drawn Wely's one of just three undefeated players left. He managed it pretty quickly today. |
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| Jan-24-12 | | Billy Vaughan: One more draw and he slips in above 2700. :) |
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| Jan-25-12 | | Billy Vaughan: Welcome back to 2700 Loek :) |
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Jan-26-12
| | Penguincw: But can he hold it? With three rounds to go, anything can happen. Round 11
Van Wely-Karjakin
Round 12
Nakamura-Van Wely
Round 13
Van Wely-Carlsen
If he wins all 3 games (!) he will gain about 19 rating points. More real would be to draw all 3 games, and gain an additional 4 rating points. Lastly, if he were to lose all 3 games, it would lose 11, to profit -3. |
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| Jan-27-12 | | technical draw: After todays loss Van Wely has to go, uh, back to the drawing board! hahahahaha¡¡ |
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| Jan-29-12 | | Diarrhea: Van Wely was the only player not to win a game all two weeks; it must be depressing as a professional to not be able to win a single game in a 2 week tournament. Is there any point inviting players like Van Wely who you know have as much chance of winning the tournament as the Queen Mother would have at winning the London Marathon? They already have a serious Dutch player - Giri - who actually wins games and has the potential to do really well, but Van Wely has just been there for cannon fodder every time. In general what is the point of hosting a tournament containing players who you know have no chance of winning? Surely everyone participating should have the potential to win. |
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| Jan-29-12 | | Diarrhea: <technical draw: After todays loss Van Wely has to go, uh, back to the drawing board! hahahahaha¡¡> Good one. < Billy Vaughan: One more draw and he slips in above 2700. :)> What is the meaning of a rating when a player doesn't win a single game? The expected 'draw death' in chess (due to computers) has been proven wrong in recent years by the elite players, but it's still possible if someone is playing to not lose at all costs. |
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| Jan-30-12 | | Billy Vaughan: <td> :)
Normally Van Wely's uncompromising style brings him a win or two (as well as more losses than he suffered this year). Didn't happen this time, but if Wijk aan Zee has to have its Dutch players Van Wely can be no worse a pick than Tiviakov or Sokolov or Smeets or the others. |
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| Feb-13-12 | | King Sacrificer: Nothing to do with chess but i have to say that Loek Van Wely looks like legendary Dutch winger Marc Overmars. |
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| Feb-24-12 | | Diarrhea: <Billy Vaughan: <td> :) Normally Van Wely's uncompromising style brings him a win or two (as well as more losses than he suffered this year). Didn't happen this time, but if Wijk aan Zee has to have its Dutch players Van Wely can be no worse a pick than Tiviakov or Sokolov or Smeets or the others.> As I said in my post, Giri is a talented Dutch player who wins games so why do they need to invite Van Wely. Giri is so young and already beating top players that I can imagine him have serious chances of winning the tournament in the future, however Van Wely will definitely never win the tournament, even if it were played every month for the next 20 years. |
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| Feb-24-12 | | Diarrhea: And in addition to that, I disagree and think Tiviakov is a much better player than Van Wely and more likely to do well in the tournament. |
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| Mar-18-12 | | Billy Vaughan: Tiviakov and Van Wely have competed in some of the same Wijk aan Zee tournaments (2010 and 2007 at least) and they score about evenly as far as I recall. |
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