Groningen Chess Festival 2011 (Games and Results)
Groningen Chess Festival 2011
Mark Crowther - Friday 30th December 2011
The Groningen Chess Festival took place 21st-30th December 2011. Alexander Kovchan edged out Robert Hess on tie-break after both scored 7/9. They were half a point clear of Sergei Tiviakov and Yaroslav Zherebukh.
Robert Hess from the USA is playing in Groningen. Photo © | www.saintlouischessclub.org
48th Groningen Chess Festival (Groningen NED)
Wed 21st Dec 2011 - Fri 30th Dec 2011 -
Official Site - Live
48th Groningen OpA (9 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games
Groningen Match (2 players 4 Rds Match Indiv )
48th Groningen OpA (9 Rds Swiss Indiv TC: 90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games
| 48th Groningen Open A Groningen NED Wed 21st Dec 2011 - Fri 30th Dec 2011
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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| Rk | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Pts | TPR |
| 1 | Kovchan, Alexander | GM | UKR | 2573 | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 7.0 | 2760 |
| 2 | Hess, Robert L | GM | USA | 2625 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 7.0 | 2702 |
| 3 | Tiviakov, Sergei | GM | NED | 2650 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6.5 | 2675 |
| 4 | Zherebukh, Yaroslav | GM | UKR | 2594 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 6.5 | 2653 |
| 5 | Rapport, Richard | GM | HUN | 2534 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 6.0 | 2603 |
| 6 | Ruck, Robert | GM | HUN | 2579 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 6.0 | 2574 |
| 7 | Romanov, Evgeny | GM | RUS | 2627 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 6.0 | 2553 |
| 8 | Durarbeyli, Vasif | GM | AZE | 2539 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 6.0 | 2471 |
| 9 | Ernst, Sipke | GM | NED | 2593 | 1 | = | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 5.5 | 2530 |
| 10 | Poetsch, Hagen | IM | GER | 2408 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 5.5 | 2505 |
| 11 | Michalik, Peter | GM | SVK | 2509 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5.5 | 2453 |
| 12 | Michiels, Bart | IM | BEL | 2492 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 5.5 | 2503 |
| 13 | Klein, David | FM | NED | 2378 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 5.5 | 2443 |
| 14 | Naroditsky, Daniel | IM | USA | 2472 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 5.5 | 2468 |
| 15 | Plat, Vojtech | IM | CZE | 2425 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 5.5 | 2464 |
| 16 | Bok, Benjamin | IM | NED | 2513 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.5 | 2437 |
| 17 | Hoffmann, Michael | GM | GER | 2499 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 5.5 | 2428 |
| 18 | Brandenburg, Daan | GM | NED | 2519 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 5.5 | 2363 |
| 19 | Pijpers, Arthur | NED | 2332 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 2377 | |
| 20 | Thesing, Matthias | IM | GER | 2409 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5.0 | 2342 |
| 21 | Georgiadis, Nico | FM | SUI | 2316 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 5.0 | 2323 |
| 22 | Assendelft van, Floris | FM | NED | 2357 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5.0 | 2347 |
| 23 | Ypma, Peter | NED | 2105 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 4.5 | 2398 | |
| 24 | Kuipers, Stefan | FM | NED | 2396 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.5 | 2400 |
| 25 | Overdam van, Julian | NED | 2244 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 4.5 | 2332 | |
| 26 | Jong de, Migchiel | IM | NED | 2367 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 4.5 | 2307 |
| 27 | Galoyan, Levon | FM | ARM | 2231 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 4.5 | 2302 |
| 28 | Thakur, Akash | IND | 2324 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.5 | 2304 | |
| 29 | Firat, Burak | IM | TUR | 2393 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 4.5 | 2284 |
| 30 | Nuri, Kambez | FM | SUI | 2256 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.5 | 2306 |
| 31 | Meurs, Tom | NED | 2247 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 4.5 | 2288 | |
| 32 | Pel, Bonno | FM | NED | 2292 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 4.5 | 2252 |
| 33 | Tarasova, Viktoriya | WIM | RUS | 2294 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 2290 |
| 34 | Clemens, Adrian | FM | NED | 2226 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 4.0 | 2274 |
| 35 | Heemskerk, Wim | FM | NED | 2264 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 4.0 | 2210 |
| 36 | Duijker, Rick | FM | NED | 2204 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 2252 |
| 37 | Cako, Laszlo | NED | 2111 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.0 | 2220 | |
| 38 | Meng, Roger | NED | 2283 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 4.0 | 2194 | |
| 39 | Afek, Yochanan | IM | ISR | 2301 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | + | 1 | 4.0 | 2137 |
| 40 | Rietveld, Renze | NED | 2264 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.0 | 2178 | |
| 41 | Vogel, Jaap | FM | NED | 2169 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 4.0 | 2184 |
| 42 | Maatman, Nick | NED | 2029 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | 2296 | |
| 43 | Anurag, Mhamal | IND | 2222 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.5 | 2277 | |
| 44 | Lyell, Mark | FM | ENG | 2189 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 3.5 | 2241 |
| 45 | Bijlsma, Nick | NED | 2150 | 0 | = | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.5 | 2191 | |
| 46 | Kerigan, Demre | TUR | 2192 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 3.5 | 2235 | |
| 47 | Maris, Ivo | NED | 2022 | 0 | 0 | + | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.5 | 2064 | |
| 48 | Sparenberg, Erik | NED | 2169 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 3.5 | 2130 | |
| 49 | Theulings, Paul-Peter | CM | NED | 2128 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | + | 3.0 | 2100 |
| 50 | Overdam van, Jan | NED | 2069 | 0 | + | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 2044 | |
| 51 | Andraschko, Felix | GER | 2103 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | + | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 1942 | |
| 52 | Kappus, Stephan | GER | 2093 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 2.5 | 2038 | |
| 53 | Dehn, Marcus | GER | 2134 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | + | 0 | ½ | 0 | 2.5 | 1939 | |
| 54 | Knol, Geon | NED | 2152 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | 1.5 | 1996 | |
| 55 | Hummel, Joop | NED | 2030 | 0 | 0 | 0 | + | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 1.0 | 1444 | |
| 55 players | |||||||||||||||
Groningen Match (2 players 4 Rds Match Indiv )
