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12th Batavia Amsterdam Chess Tournament

February 20 – March 1, 2020 – Café Batavia 1920, Amsterdam

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Round 5: Hebden beats Ernst

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Peter Doggers

View at Picasa   Mark Hebden is the sole leader again at the 4th Batavia tournament, with 4 rounds to go. In the 5th round the English grandmaster beat Sipke Ernst in what our chess program calls a “Semi-Benoni”. Hugo … Continue reading →

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Round 4: Ernst and Hebden under pressure

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Peter Doggers

View at Picasa   Sipke Ernst and Mark Hebden continue to lead the Batavia tournament. In the 4th round the two grandmasters drew their games to reach 3/4, but both were looking at lost positions at some point. FM Hugo … Continue reading →

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Round 3: Ernst catches Hebden

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Peter Doggers

25-Feb-2011 23:53, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D90, 5.6, 135.0mm, 0.017 sec, ISO 3200 View at Picasa   Sipke Ernst caught Mark Hebden in first place in the third round of the Batavia Chess Tournament. Ernst won with Black against David Klein, … Continue reading →

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Round 2: Another GM escapes

Posted on February 26, 2012 by Peter Doggers

View at Picasa   After to a smooth victory over Manuel Bosboom, the leader of the tournament after two rounds is 54-year-old GM Mark Hebden of England. Top seed GM Sipke Ernst is half a point behind – he won … Continue reading →

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Round 1: Another spectacular start

Posted on February 25, 2012 by Peter Doggers

View at Picasa   Last year we used the words ‘spectacular start’ in our report on the first round, and we couldn’t describe it differently this time. The 4th edition of the tournament started with 5 great fights, and very … Continue reading →

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4th Batavia tournament officially opened

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Peter Doggers

View at Picasa   The 4th edition of the Batavia Chess Tournament was officially opened on Friday by tournament director and owner of Cafe Batavia, Peter Tames. Many friends, acquaintances and chess fans, and of course the players, had gathered … Continue reading →

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Participants 4th Batavia tournament announced

Posted on February 5, 2012 by Peter Doggers

The last three names of the 4th Batavia Tournament have been disclosed. Seven players had already accepted their participation. Among the last three names, we find the strongest player in the field: GM Sipke Ernst. The other two names are … Continue reading →

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Round 9: Hertneck wins 3rd Batavia, Van Kampen finishes second

Posted on February 28, 2011 by Peter Doggers

28-Feb-2011 02:08, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D90, 5.0, 75.0mm, 0.4 sec, ISO 3200 View at Picasa   A day before the 3rd Batavia Chess Tournament in Amsterdam, Gerald Hertneck didn’t know he was going to play chess. But during the tournament, … Continue reading →

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Round 8: Hard fights and shattered dreams

Posted on February 27, 2011 by Peter Doggers

27-Feb-2011 02:09, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D90, 4.0, 29.0mm, 0.167 sec, ISO 3200 View at Picasa   In a hard-fought eighth round, the last hopes of IMs Benjamin Bok, Robin van Kampen and Bart Michiels to score a GM norm were … Continue reading →

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Round 7: Three quick draws, and three players still hoping

Posted on February 26, 2011 by Peter Doggers

26-Feb-2011 00:02, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D90, 5.3, 112.0mm, 0.05 sec, ISO 3200 View at Picasa   Maybe it was the blitz tournament the night before, maybe it had to do with a general decline of motivation among some players, who … Continue reading →

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