Two Indian players were clearly superior than the opposition at the A Group of the Leiden Chess Tournament. S.P. Sethuraman edged his compatriot Deep Sengupta on tiebreaks to get the title in Holland. Despite losing in the third round...
Leiden Chess Tournament
Grandmaster David Howell will open the 7th edition of the Leiden Chess Tournament on Thursday July 11th with a clock simultaneous against 10 (co) sponsors. He will have to try and win these 10 matches within one short hour...
Howell wins Leiden Chess Tournament
Final standings (top finishers) Rk Name Ti FED Rtg Pts 1 Howell, David GM ENG 2620 7.5 2 Negi, Parimarjan GM IND 2661 7.0 3 Socko, Bartosz GM POL 2629 6.5 4 Nikolic, Predrag GM BIH 2636 6.5 5...
Negi bounces back in Leiden chess tourney
Parimarjan Negi bounces back in Leiden chess tourneyPTI | Jul 9, 2012, 04.44PM IST HOLLAND: Grandmaster and Asian champion Parimarjan Negi came back into the reckoning with a crushing victory over Thijs Roorda of Holland in the third round...
6th Leiden Chess Tournament
After a succesfull start (2007) the 6th Leiden Chess Tournament is being organized. The organization is in hands of the Stichting Denksportpromotie Nederland, a foundation for mindsports. The tournament is sponsored by donations to the foundation (about 10 sponsors)....
Tiviakov wins Leiden
Final round top board results Table White Score Fed. Rating Black Score Fed. Rating Result 1 GM Tiviakov, Sergei 6.5 NED 2623 GM Nikolic, Predrag 7.0 BIH 2629 1-0 2 GM Howell, David W L 6.0 ENG 2625 GM...
4 players tie for the lead at Leiden
Leaders after 3 rounds 1 GM Howell, David W L 3.0 ENG M 2625 3034 +0.41 2 GM Van Den Doel, Erik 3.0 NED M 2574 3005 +0.46 3 IM Spirin, Oleg 3.0 RUS M 2491 2939 +0.52 4...
3-way tie for 1st at Leiden
Final top 15 standings: Rank Name Score M/F Rating TPR W-We 1 GM Nikolic, Predrag 7.0 M 2592 2618 +0.49 Winner of tiebreaks 2 GM Tiviakov, Sergei 7.0 M 2623 2608 +0.08 3 IM Wiersma, Eelke 7.0 M 2405...
3-way tie for the lead at Leiden
Leaders after 8 (of 9) rounds: Rank Name Score M/F Rating TPR W-We 1 GM Tiviakov, Sergei 6.5 M 2623 2654 +0.45 2 GM Nikolic, Predrag 6.5 M 2592 2653 +0.72 3 GM Van Den Doel, Erik 6.5 M...
Van Den Doel leads Leiden
Leaders after 6 rounds: Rank Name Score M/F Rating TPR W-We 1 GM Van Den Doel, Erik 5.5 M 2591 2742 +0.76 2 GM Tiviakov, Sergei 5.0 M 2623 2613 +0.03 3 GM Nikolic, Predrag 5.0 M 2592 2618...