TWIC is 30. First issue 17th September 1994.
15th HZ Open 2011 (4)
Favourite drops his first half point in HZ Open
Mark Crowther - Tuesday 2nd August 2011
Arkadij Naiditsch dropped his first half point and it could have been worse against Hagen Poetsch. Jan Smeets, Konstantin Landa, Evgeny Postny, Milos Pavlovic, Deepan Chakkravarthy, Twan Burg and Edwin Van Haastert lead on 4/4. Arkadij Naiditsch and Yasser Seirawan are a half point behind. Below is a rough translation of the Dutch press release.
The strong favourite GM Arkadij Naiditsch split the points against his compatriot IM Hagen Poetsch. The latter will be satisfied with this given the assessment of the final position, but halfway through the game, surely not. Hagen Poetsch took a stranglehold, but failed to push through at the crucial moment (see diagram, and variations).
Arkadij Naiditsch
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Hagen Poetsch
Position after 29...Qb6
Poetsch played here 30. e6?, but had the better 30. Qxc4 instead, for example 30. ... Bxg2 + 31. Kxg2 Rd2+ 32. Kh1 Bxe7 33. Qxf7 and the threats are legion. Naiditsch managed to wriggle loose and when the smoke had cleared Naiditsch had a bishop against four pawns against him. The four pawns were rapidly removed from the board, but there was still no more than a draw for Naiditsch.
GM Jan Smeets and GM Konstantin Landa had a much easier night. They were never in trouble and so recorded their fourth wins in a row. GMs Evgeny Postny, Milos Pavlovic and Deepan Chakkravarthy and IMs Twan Burg and Edwin van Haastert joined the group with 4 points. Yesterday's losers had excellent 4th rounds. GM Vyacheslav Ikonnikov still had the greatest difficulty in beating Sven Strange but eventually his opponent cracked. GM Erwin L'Ami also gave Benjamin Go no hope and chance of a surprise. GM Yasser Seirawan built a nice position very smoothly and easily put away the Romanian Romulus-Cristian Stefan. Chess was not always so easy!
| 15th HZ Open Vlissingen NED Sat 30th Jul 2011 - Sat 6th Aug 2011
Leading Round 4 (of 9) Standings: |
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| Rk | Name | Ti | Rtg | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Pts | TPR |
| 1 | Smeets, Jan | GM | 2628 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 3025 |
| 2 | Landa, Konstantin | GM | 2628 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 3023 |
| 3 | Postny, Evgeny | GM | 2618 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 3002 |
| 4 | Pavlovic, Milos | GM | 2541 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 2964 |
| 5 | Deepan Chakkravarthy J. | GM | 2470 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 2917 |
| 6 | Burg, Twan | IM | 2450 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 2903 |
| 7 | Van Haastert, Edwin | IM | 2421 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 2863 |
| 8 | Naiditsch, Arkadij | GM | 2706 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 3.5 | 2670 |
| 9 | Seirawan, Yasser | GM | 2635 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 3.5 | 2594 |
| 10 | L'Ami, Erwin | GM | 2611 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 3.5 | 2567 |
| 11 | Sveshnikov, Evgeny | GM | 2514 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 3.5 | 2539 |
| 12 | Hoffmann, Michael | GM | 2493 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 3.5 | 2533 |
| 13 | Haimovich, Tal | IM | 2419 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3.5 | 2332 |
| 14 | Poetsch, Hagen | IM | 2403 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 3.5 | 2582 |
| 15 | Tan, Matthew | FM | 2400 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 3.5 | 2429 |
| 16 | Van Eijk, Sander | FM | 2380 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 3.5 | 2417 |
| 17 | De Jong, Migchiel | IM | 2376 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 3.5 | 2490 |
| 18 | Kuipers, Stefan | FM | 2365 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 3.5 | 2437 |
| 19 | Lacrosse, Marc | FM | 2185 | 1 | = | 1 | 1 | 3.5 | 2720 |
| 20 | Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav | GM | 2553 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.0 | 2364 |
| 21 | Henrichs, Thomas | IM | 2475 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3.0 | 2210 |
| 22 | Zaragatski, Ilja | IM | 2469 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3.0 | 2272 |
| 23 | Sveshnikov, Vladimir | IM | 2407 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 2412 |
| 24 | Bosboom, Manuel | IM | 2399 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 2414 |
| 25 | Leenhouts, Koen | IM | 2397 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 2382 |
| 26 | Eisenbeiser, Amadeus | IM | 2386 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 2379 |
| 27 | Bezemer, Arno | FM | 2348 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 2302 |
| 28 | Vishnu Prasanna. V | IM | 2340 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 2280 |
| 29 | Fernandez, Daniel Howard | IM | 2328 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 3.0 | 2391 |
| 30 | Van Dooren, Dirk | FM | 2290 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 3.0 | 2371 |
| 31 | Tiggelman, Rene | 2233 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3.0 | 2146 | |
| 32 | Heltzel, Joost | CM | 2225 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.0 | 2273 |
| 33 | In't Veld, Daan | 2224 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 2388 | |
| 34 | Haast, Anne | WIM | 2223 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.0 | 2257 |
| 35 | Kuling, Lody | 2223 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 3.0 | 2175 | |
| 36 | Hamelink, Desiree | WIM | 2220 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.0 | 2250 |
| 37 | Nabuurs, Joep | 2218 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 3.0 | 2208 | |
| 38 | Meurs, Tom | 2217 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.0 | 2231 | |
| 39 | Colijn, Stefan | 2207 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.0 | 2272 | |
| 40 | Van Den Berg, Bram | 2206 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.0 | 2234 | |
| 238 players | |||||||||
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