TWIC is 30. First issue 17th September 1994.
15th HZ Open 2011 (6)
Jan Smeets joins leaders in HZ Open after 6
Mark Crowther - Thursday 4th August 2011
There is a three way tie after 6 rounds of the 15th HZ Open in Vlissingen. The leaders Konstantin Landa and Evgeny Postny drew with each other. Jan Smeets beat Evgeny Sveshnikov. Rd 7 pairs: Landa-Smeets and Seirawan-Postny. Below is an extremely rough translation of the Dutch press release.
The two players still with a 100% score - GM Konstantin Landa and Evgeny Postny met - and they both couldn't keep their record. In a sluggish game, pieces were exchanged, and a draw was agreed. The chasing group didn't as a whole take advantage with only Jan Smeets winning in a game where Evgeny Sveshnikov emerged from the opening with a weak c-pawn and never recovered.
The other pursuers had to be satisfied with draws. GM Erwin L'Ami and GM Arkadij Naiditsch drew a fluctuating struggle, L'Ami better from the opening, then Naiditsch had the advantage (27...Bxb2 instead of 27...Bb7 28.Ra7 Qf8 29.Rxb7!) before L'Ami eventually got an ending a pawn up that unfortunately wasn't winning for him.
IM Edwin van Haastert held GM Yasser Seirawan to a draw. Seirawan had the advantage but couldn't break through.
And GM Michael Hoffmann was not opposed to a short draw against close friend and housemate IM Thomas Henrichs.
Henrik Porte
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Migchiel De Jong
Position after 46.Rb6
Migchiel De Jong has just played 46.Rb6?? unfortunately for him now his king no longer has any escape.
46... Rxg3+ 47. Kxg3 Rg2+ 48. Kh3 Kh5 0-1
| 15th HZ Open Vlissingen NED Sat 30th Jul 2011 - Sat 6th Aug 2011
Leading Round 6 (of 9) Standings: |
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| Rk | Name | Ti | Rtg | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Pts | TPR |
| 1 | Landa, Konstantin | GM | 2628 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 5.5 | 2786 |
| 2 | Smeets, Jan | GM | 2628 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 5.5 | 2750 |
| 3 | Postny, Evgeny | GM | 2618 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 5.5 | 2762 |
| 4 | Naiditsch, Arkadij | GM | 2706 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 5.0 | 2673 |
| 5 | Seirawan, Yasser | GM | 2635 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 5.0 | 2583 |
| 6 | L'Ami, Erwin | GM | 2611 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 5.0 | 2611 |
| 7 | Hoffmann, Michael | GM | 2493 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 5.0 | 2547 |
| 8 | Burg, Twan | IM | 2450 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5.0 | 2551 |
| 9 | Van Haastert, Edwin | IM | 2421 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 5.0 | 2569 |
| 10 | Haimovich, Tal | IM | 2419 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 5.0 | 2389 |
| 11 | Eisenbeiser, Amadeus | IM | 2386 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 2524 |
| 12 | Kuipers, Stefan | FM | 2365 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 5.0 | 2530 |
| 13 | Vishnu Prasanna. V | IM | 2340 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 2426 |
| 14 | Brookes, Christopher | 2056 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 2495 | |
| 15 | Sveshnikov, Evgeny | GM | 2514 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 4.5 | 2464 |
| 16 | Henrichs, Thomas | IM | 2475 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 4.5 | 2342 |
| 17 | Deepan Chakkravarthy J. | GM | 2470 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 4.5 | 2472 |
| 18 | Zaragatski, Ilja | IM | 2469 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 4.5 | 2341 |
| 19 | Bosboom, Manuel | IM | 2399 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 4.5 | 2414 |
| 20 | Bezemer, Arno | FM | 2348 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 4.5 | 2373 |
| 21 | Dahm, Jochen | FM | 2345 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 4.5 | 2230 |
| 22 | Fernandez, Daniel Howard | IM | 2328 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 4.5 | 2428 |
| 23 | Ortmann, David | FM | 2322 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 4.5 | 2325 |
| 24 | Timmermans, Ivo | 2232 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.5 | 2185 | |
| 25 | In't Veld, Daan | 2224 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 4.5 | 2353 | |
| 26 | Haast, Anne | WIM | 2223 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 4.5 | 2311 |
| 27 | Kuling, Lody | 2223 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 4.5 | 2173 | |
| 28 | Ten Hagen, Yorick | 2189 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.5 | 2105 | |
| 29 | Lacrosse, Marc | FM | 2185 | 1 | = | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.5 | 2326 |
| 30 | Smits, Sebastiaan | 2180 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 4.5 | 2159 | |
| 31 | Stefan, Romulus-Cristian | 2172 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.5 | 2433 | |
| 32 | Go, Benjamin | 2124 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.5 | 2300 | |
| 33 | Porte, Henrik | 2119 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 4.5 | 2304 | |
| 34 | Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav | GM | 2553 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 2366 |
| 35 | Pavlovic, Milos | GM | 2541 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 2443 |
| 36 | Sveshnikov, Vladimir | IM | 2407 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 2362 |
| 37 | Tan, Matthew | FM | 2400 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 4.0 | 2313 |
| 38 | Leenhouts, Koen | IM | 2397 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 2294 |
| 39 | Afek, Yochanan | IM | 2298 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 2219 |
| 40 | Van Dooren, Dirk | FM | 2290 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 2340 |
| 238 players | |||||||||||
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