[Event “Essent Toernooi – Kroongroep”][Site “Hoogeveen, Netherlands”][Date “2008.10.25”][Round “6”][White “Sebag, Marie”][WhiteElo “2533”][Black “Smeets, Jan”][BlackElo “2604”][Result “0-1”] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 d5 8. d4dxe4...
Sebag scores 1st win, Sokolov dominates
Essent round 5 results:Smeets, Jan (1½) – Sokolov, Ivan (3½) 0-1Adly, Ahmed (2) – Sebag, Marie (1) 0-1 Standings with 1 round to go: 1. Sokolov 4.5 points / 5 games2-3. Adly, Sebag 2 / 54. Smeets 1.5 /...
Sokolov leads Essent
Standings after 4 rounds: 1. Sokolov 3.52. Adly 2.03. Smeets 1.54. Sebag 1.0 Round 5 pairings: Smeets, Jan (1½) – Sokolov, Ivan (3½)Adly, Ahmed (2) – Sebag, Marie (1) Official website: http://www.essentchess.nl/ Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Ivan Sokolov still perfect at Essent
At the half way mark of the Essent Crown Group, GM Ivan Sokolov is still perfect with a 3-0 score. Round 3 results: Sebag, Marie (0) – Adly, Ahmed ( ½) 1/2Sokolov, Ivan (2) – Smeets, Jan (1½) 1-0...
Essent tournament continues
Round 2 games: [Event “Essent Toernooi – Kroongroep”][Site “Hoogeveen, Netherlands”][Date “2008.10.20”][Round “2”][White “Adly, Ahmed”][WhiteElo “2586”][Black “Sokolov, Ivan”][BlackElo “2650”][Result “0-1”] 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Be6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Ng5 Bg4 6. f3 Bd7 7. Bxc4...
Sokolov perfect at Essent
Essent round 2 results: Adly, Ahmed (½) – Sokolov, Ivan (1) 0-1Smeets, Jan (½) – Sebag, Marie (0) 1-0 Standings after 2 rounds: 1. Sokolov 2.02. Smeets 1.53. Adly 0.54. Sebag 0.0 Official website: http://www.essentchess.nl/ Chess Daily News from...
Sokolov takes early Essent lead
[Event “Hoogeveen”][Site “Hoogeveen”][Date “2008.10.19”][Round “1”][White “Sokolov, Ivan”][Black “Sebag, Marie”][Result “1-0”][WhiteElo “2650”][BlackElo “2533”] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. g3 Nbd7 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. O-O Bb4 8. a3Be7 9. e4 O-O 10....
2008 Essent
The Essent Crown Group is a four player double robin tournament which begins today in Hoogeveen, Holland. Here are the four players: GM Ivan Sokolov (NED, 2650)GM Jan Smeets (NED, 2604)GM Ahmed Adly (EGY, 2586)GM-elect Marie Sebag (FRA, 2533)...
Mamedyarov captures Essent
Mamedyarov has just captured the Essent crown again. Young Andriasian got some good experience against the elite. He went 0-6 against 3 super GMs. 1 Mamedyarov, Shakhryar AZE 2752 4½2 Van Wely, Loek NED 2680 43 Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR...
Mamedyarov & Ponomariov lead Essent
Photo by Fred Lucas. http://www.fredlucas.eu/ After 4 rounds, Mamedyarov and Ponomariov are tied for 1st at the Essent Crown Group. 1-2 Mamedyarov, Ponomariov 33 Van Wely 24 Andriasian 0 Here is the official website: http://www.essentchess.nl/ Chess Daily News from...