12:33 Welcome everyone to the last round of the 2017 Batavia tournament. It’s already a memorable event with a GM norm for Lucas van Foreest (after 8 rounds!) and an IM norm for Barry Brink (after 7 rounds!). Bobby Cheng … Continue reading
Merijn van Delft
14:30 Dear chess friends, welcome to the eighth round of the Batavia tournament. It’s Saturday afternoon, the weather is good here in Amsterdam, feel free to visit us at Café Batavia. Let’s start with a look at the current standings: … Continue reading
14:25 Welcome everyone to the seventh round of the Batavia tournament. It’s Friday afternoon and we’re ready for a very exciting last weekend. Alexandr Fier and Lucas van Foreest are now sharing the lead with 4.5 out of 6. Lucas … Continue reading
14:18 Welcome to round 6 of the Batavia tournament! Everyone seems to have enjoyed the rest day and seems to be well rested for the second half of the tournament. 14:35 Let’s have a look at the standings: Bobby Cheng … Continue reading
15:04 Welcome everyone to the fifth round of the Batavia tournament. I’ve heard of many people that they are planning to visit the playing venue today, and indeed we warmly welcome all chess fans to visit us here at Café … Continue reading
14:55 Welcome to the fourth round of the Batavia tournament. Bobby Cheng has his third white and his third Catalan. Will he manage to keep his perfect score, against nestor Eric Lobron? And will Barry Brink maintain his fantastic score … Continue reading
15:09 While Feyenoord is playing PSV (Dutch soccer league), the third round of the Batavia chess tournament has begun. Just like in the first round, tournament leader Bobby Cheng is playing the Catalan, now against Hing Ting Lai, who is … Continue reading
14:37 The second round has started and the wifi seems to be much better today, hopefully it stays that way so we can follow the games more closely than yesterday. Let me start with a quick first impression of the games. … Continue reading
15:35 The 9th edition of the Batavia tournament has started! Yesterday we had a lovely evening with the official opening of the tournament and a spectacular blitz event. As it turned out, this year’s tournament line-up contains several blitz experts. Many … Continue reading
Lars Schandorff won the 8th edition of the Batavia tournament. Friso Nijboer also scored 6.5 points, but the Danish grandmaster had the better SB points. Stef Soors scored 6 points, and came very close to a GM norm, but unfortunately … Continue reading