Zhaoqin Peng still has a Chinese name (and look), but the simple fact that this is her 13th Dutch title indicates that she has arrived and settled in the Netherlands. As such things also apply to other countries (Israel may be an even better example than the USA), it just indicates that the world has become global, migration is widespread, ancestry and place of birth are rather irrelevant.

While I agree that politics should rather not be discussed on a chess site: the current Dutch government has cut down a lot on cultural subsidies, so I wonder if they actually care about chess ... .

Giri is definitely showing impressive results and his improvement trend is scary but has anybody actually taken a good look at his games? Very dull and positional by my standards, this Boy Wonder must attend the Botvinnik school. :-)

Personally I prefer a sharp on the edge aggressive style, a KO rather than prancing around the ring, though I do get tired of losing lots of games!

He obviously has the talent so I sure hope he shows us more exciting chess in the future, unless you're Anand you'll have to to get into the 2800 club.

And perhaps it is. By the way, cabinet member F. Teeven was director of the Max Eeuwe chess centre and in that position he did much to promote both chess and chess players like Giri and Peng. That doesn't sound xenophobic to me.

Racist? Really?

Is that what it it? I suggest you google the word racist, it fails to apply in this context.

Giri for president!

New World Champ is coming! ps. and is not a capricious starlett like...

congrats! great to see this boy cementing his place among the best

No, no, they are Dutch!
They would only be considered foreigners if they were criminals, but now that they are doing well they are true Dutch.

If I sound a bit cynical, its this damned right-wing Dutch cabinet of ours.

Well, to quote a famous Dutch comedian: "It doesnt matter what color skin you have, we are all white from the inside. "

Amazing performances . Congratulations !

Excellent work of Giri but what t.h. went wrong with L'Ami and Smeets?

Great performance from the little genius. 2717!

And I am ridiculing your opinion. Leave politics out!

Well, next year Anne will be a bit stronger and if Lisa (Schut) will participate, Peng will find it a lot harder to win it,

In the first game 0-0 by white seems kind of weird. I thought pushing g5 was the common move?

The winners are ridiculing Wilders' and the Dutch cabinet's xenophobia. :-)

Good luck in Dortmund, Anish!

A great performance by Giri! Congratulations. His 16 points gain catapulted him to the 2700+ rating. Looking forward to a great future for him.

both players very Dutch ;P

The question is not if Giri will ever be a top player, the question is when it will happen.
Great performance froma nice and friendly guy. Hope to see him do well in the future.
Good luck Giri !

@ S3. Actually Gata Kamsky one that tournament.

Anand once said something like "if you are 15 and not a GM yet, forget about it".

Now we could renew this statement "if you are 18 and not 2700 yet..."

These young geniuses are scary. Go Giri!!

is this chinese championship?

Why does chessvibes still keep the "TCEC, 3rd season" in the CURRENT tournament list on the front page? That project is dead now, unless you are
doing some advertisement.

Anyway, back on subject, congrats to Giri for his beautiful performance, he will rise up to a higher level among the elites very soon, :)

Sick stuff. The other Dutch grandmasters are by no means weakies, but Giri simply trampled over this tournament. He finished closer to 100% than to the second place!

GM Giri has been pretty impressive. I enjoy his playing style.
I would like to see him play more often with the super GMs.
Wins in such affairs will earn him more elo points...but of course the super-GMs are walking crocodiles!