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IM Jorden Van Foreest wins Groningen Masters 2015 |
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Monday, 04 January 2016 13:57 |
The 53rd Groningen Chess Festival was organized from December 21st to December 30th, 2015, at Sportcentrum Rijksuniversiteit & Hanzehogeschool, in Groningen, Netherlands.
The event was highlighted by a 9-round Swiss Master Section, open to all players rated above 2000 Elo.
The 16-year-old Dutch prodigy IM Jorden Van Foreest clinched the title on a superior tie-break score after sharing first place with GM Sundar Shyam from India at 7.5/9 points. The winners left the nearest followers a full point behind.
Five participants tied for the third place with 6.5 points each: Israeli GM Avital Boruchovsky, Russian IM Saveliy Golubov and Dutch players Barry Brink, FM Ivo Maris and IM Stefan Kuipers.
The best female player was WIM Tatiana Kasparova who scored 4.5 points to finished 36th in the final ranking.
A parallel match between experienced player GM Sipke Ernst and talented 14-year old Lucas Van Foreest was organized in 6 rounds and Ernst emerged a convincing winner with 4 victories and 2 draws.
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University Challenge final standings:
Lucas Van Foreest – GM Sipke Ernst 1:5
Open A final ranking:
1 IM Van Foreest, Jorden 7.5 NED M 2547
2 GM Shyam, Sundar M. 7.5 IND M 2485
3 GM Boruchovsky, Avital 6.5 ISR M 2540
4 IM Golubov, Saveliy 6.5 RUS M 2452
5 Brink, Barry 6.5 NED M 2360
6 FM Maris, Ivo 6.5 NED M 2352
7 IM Kuipers, Stefan 6.5 NED M 2398
8 IM Petrov, Nikita 6.0 RUS M 2456
9 GM Kasparov, Sergey 6.0 BLR M 2485
10 FM Baskin, Robert 6.0 GER M 2351
11 GM Werle, Jan 5.5 NED M 2542
12 IM Lobzhanidze, Davit 5.5 GEO M 2425
13 IM De Jong, Migchiel 5.5 NED M 2336
14 Maatman, Nick 5.5 NED M 2258
15 FM Chen, Pengyu 5.5 AUS M 2289
16 FM Warmerdam, Max 5.5 NED M 2335
17 IM Soors, Stef 5.0 BEL M 2398
18 Amesz, Jaap 1st r.pr. 5.0 NED M 2166
19 FM Von Meijenfeldt, Bart 5.0 NED M 2283
20 FM Beerdsen, Thomas 5.0 NED M 2323
21 FM Gedajlovic, Max 5.0 CAN M 2302
22 Van Osch, Mees 5.0 NED M 2289
23 Ypma, Peter 5.0 NED M 2228
24 FM Liu, Yi 5.0 AUS M 2306
25 IM Berkovich, Mark A 5.0 ISR M 2353
26 FM Kevlishvili, Robby 5.0 NED M 2351
27 GM Pruijssers, Roeland 5.0 NED M 2489
28 IM Kerigan, Demre 5.0 TUR M 2374
29 Schoppen, Casper 5.0 NED M 2305
30 Kalaiyalahan, Akshaya 2nd r.pr. 5.0 ENG F 2157
31 Bollen, Guus 5.0 NED M 2135
32 IM Afek, Yochanan 5.0 ISR M 2267
33 Gerlagh, Joris 4.5 NED M 2159
34 Sparenberg, Erik 4.5 NED M 2110
35 Kokje, Joris W 4.5 NED M 1975
36 WIM Kasparova, Tatiana 4.5 BLR F 2158
37 IM Saravanan, V. 4.5 IND M 2283
38 FM Bezemer, Arno 4.5 NED M 2287
39 FM Heemskerk, Wim 4.5 NED M 2181
40 Bianco, Valerio 4.5 ITA M 2035
41 Dehn, Marcus 4.5 GER M 2152
42 Hommes, Elmar 4.5 NED M 2078
43 Van Meegen, Ruud 4.5 NED M 2111
44 Vrolijk, Liam 4.0 NED M 2094
45 Boer, Alef 4.0 NED M 2125
46 Bhattacharjee, Sourav 4.0 NED M 2067
47 CM Theulings, Paul-Peter 4.0 NED M 2182
48 Keetman, Maaike 4.0 NED F 2087
49 Taal, Rieks 4.0 NED M 2071
50 Ratsma, Midas 3.5 NED M 2131
51 FM Wacker, Peter 3.5 GER M 2335
52 Drozdowski, Konrad W 3.5 POL M 1987
53 Den Hartog, Marijn 3.5 NED M 2197
54 Elgersma, Simon 3.5 NED M 2017
55 Andersen, Alf R. 3.5 NOR M 2163
56 Ernst, Michael 3.5 AUT M 2177
57 Schweitzer, Werner 3.5 AUT M 2067
58 Willemsma, Abe 3.5 NED M 2067
59 CM Al-Hajiri, Bader 3.5 KUW M 2183
60 WIM Hagesather, Ellen 3.5 NOR F 2172
61 Chaurette, Laurent 3.0 CAN M 1987
62 Pajeken, Jakob Leon 3.0 GER M 2101
63 Ratsma, Rosa 3.0 NED F 2059
64 Veltman, Anne 3.0 NED M 2032
65 IM Esserman, Marc 2.5 USA M 2411
66 Henseler, Jorgen 2.5 NED M 2044
67 Halfhide, Sebastian 2.5 NED M 2119
68 Hilwerda, Jonas 2.5 NED M 2012
69 Boersma, Jan 2.5 NED M 2083
70 FM Yaaqoub, Rashid 2.0 SUD M 2175
71 FM Pajeken, Wolfgang 2.0 GER M 2304
72 FM Vogel, Jaap 2.0 NED M 2121
73 Van Baar, Esper 2.0 NED M 2002
74 Sand, Rolf, Dr. 1.0 GER M 2033
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