The chess news has exploded this week with three super tournaments taking place at the same time. We’re catching up here and there, and we still owe you a final report about the strong opens in Leiden (won by GM Sergei Tiviakov) and Amsterdam (won by GM Dusan Popovic).Leiden
The 5th ‘LCT’ (Leiden Chess Tournament) took place July 8-17 in Leiden, The Netherlands. It was a 9-round Swiss with 140 participants divided over two groups. The total prize fund was 5,500 Euro and the first prize in the A group is 1,750 Euro. The strongest participants were Predrag Nikolic (2629), David Howell (2625) and Sergey Tiviakov (2623).
We left the tournament after five rounds, when English grandmaster David Howell was sharing the lead with GM Deepan Chakkravarthy of India; both scored 4.5/5. Sergey Tiviakov finished his tournament by scoring 4.5 points in his last five games, defeating tournament leader Nikolic in the final round. The Groningen resident finished sole first with 7.5/9.
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“In this tournament I showed my best chess in a long time,” said a happy Tiviakov afterwards. “This proves again that it’s easier to win a tournament than to defend your title,” said 2010 winner Nikolic.
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