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Jan Smeets Dutch Champion

13 April 2008 9:00 AM | Last modified: 23:57

Jan Smeets is the new Dutch Champion. Today we had live blogging (in Dutch only) from Hilversum, The Netherlands.

On Monday, a summary and final report on the Dutch Championship will follow, including video interviews with the winners.



Dutch Championship 2008 Final Standings

        1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2    
1 Smeets,Jan 2578 +8.7 * ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 7.5/11  
2 Reinderman,Dimitri 2526 +10.8 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 7.0/11 34.50
3 Stellwagen,Daniel 2621 +4.0 0 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 7.0/11 33.75
4 Ernst,Sipke 2559 +3.9 ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 6.5/11 34.75
5 LAmi,Erwin 2600 -5.0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 0 6.5/11 34.25
6 Nijboer,Friso 2558 +8.0 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ * 0 1 1 0 1 ½ 6.0/11 32.00
7 Tiviakov,Sergei 2634 -7.4 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 * ½ 0 1 ½ 1 6.0/11 30.50
8 Visser,Yge 2477 +6.4 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ * ½ 1 1 1 5.5/11  
9 De Jong,Jan-Willem 2474 -2.9 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 4.0/11 20.50
10 Janssen,Ruud 2504 -6.1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 ½ * ½ 1 4.0/11 18.75
11 Brandenburg,Daan 2435 -2.1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ 3.5/11  
12 Bosboom,Manuel 2471 -14.1 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ * 2.5/11  

Dutch Women Championship 2008 Final Standings

        1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0    
1 Peng,Zhaoqin 2455 +7.9 * 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 8.0/9  
2 Schuurman,Petra 2295 +6.1 0 * ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 6.5/9  
3 Lanchava,Tea 2365 -10.3 ½ ½ * 1 1 ½ 0 0 1 1 5.5/9  
4 Bensdorp,Marlies 2268 -3.5 0 1 0 * 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 5.0/9 19.75
5 Muhren,Bianca 2297 -6.7 0 0 0 0 * 1 1 1 1 1 5.0/9 15.00
6 Van Nies,Pauline 2184 +1.9 0 0 ½ ½ 0 * 1 1 1 ½ 4.5/9  
7 Haast,Anne 2020 +12.2 0 0 1 1 0 0 * 0 ½ 1 3.5/9 13.00
8 Middelveld,Martine 2040 +10.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 * 1 ½ 3.5/9 11.75
9 Munnik,Talitha 2002 +3.0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 * 1 2.0/9  
10 Bensdorp,Laura 2085 -15.0 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 * 1.5/9  

Comments

5 Responses to “Jan Smeets Dutch Champion”

  1. Manuel on 12 April 2008 13:43 PM

    eerlijk is eerlijk, dit is tof!

  2. Euwe on 13 April 2008 14:34 PM

    Wederom een nieuwe dimensie toegevoegd aan Chessvibes!

  3. henk on 13 April 2008 17:08 PM

    we feliciteren jan smeets! Keurig kerel, jammer dat het ten koste van daniel moest, maar desalwelteplus is het geweldig!

  4. Luc Compagnie on 14 April 2008 9:03 AM

    Gefeliciteerd, Jan. Nu heb ik in de KNSB tenminste van de Nederlandse kampioen verloren….

  5. Steve Giddins on 14 April 2008 9:52 AM

    Congratulations to Jan. And to Daniel, Erwin, and everybody else who made this tournament such a fine championship, with the title being fought out to the very end. Dutch chess has a whole generation of talented and likeable young GMs, of whom it can be justifiably proud.


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