by Fedja Zulfic The 12th Batavia Tournament will be decided on the final day after the leaders won their penultimate games. The results leave Dimitri Reinderman in the lead on 6.5 with Tomasz Warakomski half a point back on … Continue reading
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By Dries Wedda In the seventh round, tournament leader Dimitri Reinderman has lost his first game of the tournament to Friso Nijboer. Tomasz Warakomski, who was a point behind Dimitri Reinderman since he lost to him in round 2, did … Continue reading
by Fedja Zulfic The sixth round saw the players return to the Batavia Cafe (the fifth round was played at the Stadsarchief Amsterdam (Amsterdam City Archives) and this was followed a rest day). There was also a return to winning … Continue reading
By Kedem Gutkind Today was another bloody day at the office as only a single game was drawn. After 4 rounds Reinderman was still on 100% and today he had the white pieces against Feuerstack; who has been having a … Continue reading
By Kedem Gutkind Going into the third round of the Batavia Chess Tournament 80% of the games had been decisive so far. In order to maintain this percentage 4 games today would have to be decisive. The tournament features only … Continue reading
by Fedja Zulfic Round two of the 12th Batavia tournament saw more fighting chess. Friso Nijboer and Nico Zwirs were looking to bounce back from their abrupt first-round losses and fought out a crazy game where White sacrificed a piece … Continue reading
By Kedem Gutkind The first round of the 12th edition of the Batavia Chess Tournament illustrated the fighting spirit that all participants brought to the tournament from the very beginning. This round was filled with excitement as we saw tactical … Continue reading
The 12th Batavia Chess Tournament takes place from Thursday, February 20th to Sunday, March 1st, 2020 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. Wednesday, … Continue reading
The 11th dMP Batavia Chess Tournament takes place from Thursday, February 28nd to Sunday, March 10th, 2019 in Café Batavia 1920, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The 10-player all-play-all tournament features a new playing format (more info below: updated February 26th!). The … Continue reading
Het verdrietige nieuws heeft ons bereikt dat Bas de Melker afgelopen vrijdag (16 november) is overleden. Hij was al geruime tijd ziek, maar hij bleef actief en zijn overlijden kwam als een schok. Bas was een groot schaakliefhebber en heeft … Continue reading