1 April 2007 12:59 PM CET | Last modified: 19:28 | By Peter Doggers | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: In memoriam, Opening theory
This week Leo Kerkhoff, a chess player from Rotterdam, passed away. In the late sixties and early seventies he was a very talented player, beating amongst others Hans Ree and Jan Timman. Since he was mainly known in The Netherlands, this article is only available in Dutch.
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| Rank | Name | Rating | Change | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Topalov | 2796,0 | +5 | 8 |
| 02 | Anand | 2790,8 | +7,8 | 11 |
| 03 | Ivanchuk | 2778,6 | -7,4 | 19 |
| 04 | Carlsen | 2775,7 | -10,3 | 17 |
| 05 | Morozevich | 2771,5 | -15,5 | 20 |
| 06 | Kramnik | 2759,5 | -12,5 | 20 |
| 07 | Leko | 2757,8 | +10,8 | 10 |
| 08 | Radjabov | 2753,1 | +1,1 | 14 |
| 09 | Wang Yue | 2750,6 | +14,6 | 23 |
| 10 | Aronian | 2750,4 | -6,6 | 16 |
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, I confused them. And don’t tell me you were just joking, I’m not that stupid…) OK, lets say that you would live in a country where all...
Nogmaals hartelijk dank Peter!
Groet,
Wim Westerveld