21st Hoogeveen Chess 2017 21 -28 October 2017 2 Matches/Open/Simuls/Draughts {Image Lennart Ootes} 6 game MATCH TC:90m:30m+30 Vassily Ivanchuk vs Wei Yi 3-3 .. Rd3 Ivanchuk (2732) – Wei (2740) 1-0 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. cxd5… Continue reading
Jan Groenendijk WINS 33rd edition of Nijmegen Open World Champion and title Defender Roel Boomstra participated in his favorite summer tournament as well and finished 4th place.. The tournament was held July 23-29 in Jan Massink Hall.. Wouter Sipma and Jan Groenendijk rd 10 drawn game 1-1 Live… Continue reading
World Title Dams/Final GMI Roel Boomstra is the New World Champion ! Playing White Roel was solid had maybe a slight edge with his two checkers on the Right side and Black was centralized probably heading for a draw,when on 37 th move Groenendijk pushed 22-28 ?? ..Instantly Jan knew as he was hitting… Continue reading
World Title Dams/Rd 8&9 World Title Dams/Rd 8 Boomstra 11-5 Groenendijk GMI Roel Boomstra will no doubt become the next world champion,but not with out a fight. GMI Groenendijk came to play and pressed very hard going deep into White’s territory [square 36] waiting for an opportunity to strike for a… Continue reading
World Title Dams/Rd 7 Boomstra 9-5 Groenendijk Round 7 plays to a draw .. The last part of the match will be in new location..The Hague! 12 december Wedstrijddag 8 Eerste Kamer Den Haag 13 december Wedstrijddag 9 Het Plein Den Haag 14 december Rustdag 15 december Wedstrijddag… Continue reading
World Title Dams/Rd 5 Boomstra 7-3 Groenendijk Former world champion Ton Sijbrands called Bommstra’s victory a “Top Performance”… After 12 regular games (80 mins+1) the player who has the highest score wins the World Title…[only if he won 3 games at least] Black to play 51. .. 49×04 [Event “wc2016”]… Continue reading
World Title Dams/Rd 3 & 4 Were drawn …today was a rest day Round 4.. Event “wc2016”] [Site “http://wereldtiteldammen.nl”] [Round “ronde4”] [White “Roel Boomstra”] [Black “Jan Groenendijk”] [BoardId “1002”] [GeneratedBy “EBS2.05”] [Result “1-1”] 1.32-28 17-21 2.37-32 21-26 3.41-37 11-17 4.34-29 19-23 [ Even adventurous player like Groenendijk… Continue reading
World Title Dams/Rd2 Boomstra,R.P. (Roel) – Groenendijk,J. (Jan) Boomstra 3 – 1 Groenendijk White to Move 51. 3×26… [Event “World Title Match 2016”] [Site “?”] [Date “2016.12.04”] [Round “?”] [White “Boomstra,R.P. (Roel)”] [Black “Groenendijk,J. (Jan)”] [Result “1/2-1/2”] [GameType “20”] [PlyCount “115”] 1. 32-28 17-2 2. 34-29 21-2 3. 40-34… Continue reading
World Title Dams/Rd1 Dec 3 2016 Groningen: Roel Boomstra takes the first Win playing Black.. [Event “wk2016”] [Site “http://wereldtiteldammen.nl”] [Round “ronde1”] [White “Jan Groenendijk”] [Black “Roel Boomstra”] [BoardId “1002”] [GeneratedBy “EBS2.05”] [Result “0-2”] 1. 32-28 17-2 2. 28×17 11×2 3. 37-32 06-1 4. 41-37 12-1 5. 46-41 07-1 6.… Continue reading
World Title Match Dams/Press Conference Scheduled: The World Cup match between Jan Groenendijk and Roel Bakos (start 3 december) rapidly approaching. For the first time since 1994 (Wiersma – Chizhov) is a Dutch rider involved in a match for the world title, and as a bonus equal but two, resulting in a… Continue reading
