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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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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