Standings: click here Games: click here Photos Bas Beekhuizen: Batavia 2018 Round 9 – by Bas Beekhuizen / Google Photos … Continue reading
Lennart Ootes
15:43 The third round started rather slow today. Tournament director and daily ‘live blogger’ Merijn van Delft preferred to play the Belgium Club Competition (2nd division! – a bit under his level I would say), while the other members of … Continue reading
The Brazilian Grandmaster Alexandr Fier prolonged his Blitz title in Batavia. A massive start of 7 out of 7 was enough to claim the title for the second time in a row – despite his 0 out of 2 finish. … Continue reading
Endgame composition GM Yochanan Afek, who is based in Amsterdam, has selected ten endgame studies to solve, for the fans of the Batavia tournament. On Monday 26 February 2018 around 18.00, Yochanan will visit Café Batavia and present the ten … Continue reading
Tweevoudig Nederlands kampioen schaken Ivan Sokolov is de hoogst geplaatste speler in het tiende dMP Batavia Amsterdam Schaaktoernooi, dat van 22 februari tot en met 4 maart plaats vindt in Café Batavia 1920 in Amsterdam. Het is de eerste keer … Continue reading
The 10th dMP Batavia Chess Tournament takes place from Thursday, February 22nd to Sunday, March 4th, 2018 in Café Batavia 1920, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The games will start each day at 14:00 hrs. The final round starts at 12.00 hrs. … Continue reading
Het tiende Batavia Amsterdam Schaaktoernooi heeft in de vorm van een hoofdsponsor een prachtig cadeau gekregen. Met ingang van 2018 gaat het toernooi verder als dMP Batavia Chess Tournament. Hoofdsponsor is het adviesbureau De Melker & Partners, gevestigd in Amsterdam. … Continue reading
M. Liburkin, 1940: 1.h6 Bc3 [1…Bd2 2.h7 Bc3 3.Bb4] 2.Bf8! b4 [2…Bd2 3.h7 Bc3 4.Bb4!] 3.Bg7 Kf1! 4.Kh2 Kf2 5.Kh3! Kf3 6.Kh4! Kf4 7.Bxc3! bxc3 8.h7 c2 9.h8Q c1Q 10.Qh6+ 1–0 ▣▣▣ … Continue reading
Australian International Master Bobby Cheng wins the 9th Batavia Chess Tournament with 6.5/9 together with Lucas van Foreest. Cheng claimed the tournament victory in the tiebreak thanks to his first round win over Van Foreest. Both Cheng and Van Foreest … Continue reading
The 6th round of the Batavia Chess Tournament will start on Thursday at 2pm. Wednesday, March 1 is a rest day.