Solodovnichenko wins 69th Daniël Noteboom Tournament
23.02.2009
– Daniël Noteboom was a very promising Dutch player who had an Semi-Slav Variation named after him. Unfortunately he died of pneumonia in 1932 (before the age of medicine) at the age of just 21. This year the 69th memorial tournament was held, a 48-hour six-round Swiss, won by Ukrainian GM Yuri Solodovnichenko. Illustrated report by Frits Agterdenbos.
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Daniël Noteboom Tournament 2009 |
Ukrainian GM Yuri Solodovnichenko won the 69th Daniël Noteboom Tournament,
which took place from 20-22 February 2009 in Leiden (Netherlands). Yuri Solodovnichenko
and Friso Nijboer scored both 5.5/6 points, but Solodovnichenko won the cup
having a better Buchholz score.
Yuri Solodovnichenko, tournament winner
In the final round Yuri Solodovnichenko defeated Erik Van Den Doel and Friso
Nijboer defeated Martin Roobol. Predrag Nikolic, Roi Miedema, Roger Meng and
Bob Beeke tied for third place with 5.0 points. The tournament attracted 317
participants: 146 participants (including four GMs and one IM) in the main group
(Group A, Elo > 1800), plus 88 participants in the second group (Group B,
1600 < Elo < 1900), and 83 participants in the third group (Group C, Elo
< 1700).
Second on tiebreak points: Dutch GM Friso Nijboer
Third: GM Predrag Nikolic, winner in 2007 and 2008
Fifth: Twelve-year-old Roger Meng, with 5.0/6 points
Group B was won by Jaap Van Der Heijden and group C was won by Donna Kok.
Final standings (4.0/6 points and higher)
| # |
Player |
Rtng |
Points |
Bhlz |
SB |
Perf |
| 1 |
GM Solodovnichenko, Y. |
2591 |
5.5 |
23.0 |
20.50 |
2824 |
| 2 |
GM Nijboer, F.Z. |
2547 |
5.5 |
19.5 |
17.25 |
2692 |
| 3 |
GM Nikolic, P. |
2628 |
5.0 |
24.0 |
19.25 |
2619 |
| 4 |
Miedema, Roi |
2339 |
5.0 |
21.0 |
17.25 |
2451 |
| 5 |
Meng, R. |
1994 |
5.0 |
21.0 |
16.75 |
2484 |
| 6 |
Beeke, B. |
2171 |
5.0 |
19.5 |
15.00 |
2449 |
| 7 |
GM Doel, E. van den |
2571 |
4.5 |
26.5 |
18.25 |
2520 |
| 8 |
Roobol, Martin |
2338 |
4.5 |
22.5 |
14.75 |
2520 |
| 9 |
Ketel, R. van |
2258 |
4.5 |
22.0 |
14.75 |
2466 |
| 10 |
Griendt, J.W. van de |
2357 |
4.5 |
21.5 |
15.00 |
2325 |
| 11 |
Straver, R. |
2179 |
4.5 |
21.0 |
15.00 |
2313 |
| 12 |
Kleijn, C. |
2336 |
4.5 |
20.5 |
12.75 |
2412 |
| 13 |
Meijer, Dolf |
2202 |
4.5 |
19.0 |
12.75 |
2459 |
| 14 |
Wantola, Ivo |
2346 |
4.0 |
25.0 |
15.00 |
2384 |
| 15 |
Soors, S. |
2201 |
4.0 |
22.5 |
14.00 |
2336 |
| 16 |
Leeuwenburgh, E. |
2058 |
4.0 |
22.5 |
14.00 |
2147 |
| 17 |
Graaf, Dick de |
2172 |
4.0 |
22.5 |
13.50 |
2202 |
| 18 |
IM Slingerland, Fred |
2392 |
4.0 |
21.5 |
13.00 |
2254 |
| 19 |
Vrancken, G. |
2057 |
4.0 |
21.5 |
12.50 |
2263 |
| 20 |
Timmermans, M.A. |
2115 |
4.0 |
21.0 |
13.25 |
2336 |
| 21 |
Burg, T.A. |
2364 |
4.0 |
20.5 |
13.00 |
2334 |
| 22 |
Dek, Lennart |
2156 |
4.0 |
20.5 |
12.00 |
2239 |
| 23 |
Bemmel, K. van |
2066 |
4.0 |
20.0 |
12.50 |
2287 |
| 24 |
Konings, L. |
2258 |
4.0 |
20.0 |
11.50 |
2206 |
| 25 |
Oosterom, E. |
2129 |
4.0 |
19.5 |
10.75 |
2144 |
| 26 |
Leent, D. van |
2157 |
4.0 |
19.0 |
12.00 |
2179 |
| 27 |
Ootes, Lars |
2262 |
4.0 |
18.5 |
11.00 |
2160 |
| 28 |
Miltenburg, A.G. |
1988 |
4.0 |
18.0 |
11.75 |
2161 |
| 29 |
Hortensius, Lisa |
1978 |
4.0 |
17.5 |
11.50 |
2084 |
| 30 |
Barthel, Ansgar |
2184 |
4.0 |
17.5 |
10.75 |
2185 |
The Daniël Noteboom Tournament is a weekend tournament, 48 hours from
Friday night till Sunday afternoon, six rounds Swiss 40 moves/105 minutes +
15 minutes to finish the game. The tournament was organized by chess club LSG.
The 70th Daniël Noteboom Tournament will be held 12-14 February 2010.
Solodovnichenko and Noteboom
Daniël Noteboom was a Dutch chess player, born in Noordwijk. He became
known at the 1930 Chess Olympiad at Hamburg, scoring 11.5/15. After playing
at Hastings 1931/2 he died of pneumonia in London at the age of 21, ending a
brief but promising chess career. A chess opening variation of the Semi-Slav
Defence to the Queen's Gambit is often called the Noteboom Variation: 1.d4 d5
2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bb4 6.e3 b5 7.Bd2 a5 8.axb5 Bxc3 9.Bxc3 cxb5
10.b3 Bb7.
A Group C action shot
The relax zone
Chess in the relax zone
All pictures © Frits Agterdenbos of Chess
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