Four GMs to Compete in Double Round-Robin in Hoogeveen

The main competition of the Univé Schaaktoernooi 2012 festival has started several minutes ago in Hoogeveen, Netherlands. Four GMs will determine the strongest in the double round-robin. The rating favourite is Nakamura, while the outsider is the World Women Champion Hou Yifan of China. Two other players are Dutch - Anish Giri and Sergei Tiviakov. You can follow the games live. 

The Dutch Hoogeveen will host a traditional festival from October 11-18 this year. Instead of a competition which was usually held among four participants, the organizers decided to host two matches: Giri - Shirov and Timman - Jobava. The Open will still be held.

The traditional festival is underway in Hoogeveen, the Netherlands. The main competition gathered four GMs: Michael Adams, Wesley So, Loek van Wely and Robin van Kampen. 

In Round 1 more experienced van Wely and Adams lost against So and van Kampen respectively. The second round games finished peacefully.  

The 49th Capablanca Memorial takes place 7th-18th May in Havana, Cuba reports Chessdom. The festival consists of several tournaments. The elite group will gather six GMs who will compete in double round-robin. This is the strongest ever field in the history of the festival:

Organisers of the Capablanca Memorial have confirmed the final composition of this elite tournament to be held from 3 to 14 May this year. The following players will compete during the double round robin: Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine, 2764), Leinier Dominguez (Cuba 2730), Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia, 2718), Victor Laznicka (Czech Republic, 2702), Vladimir Potkin (Russia, 2669) and Yuniesky Quesada (Cuba, 2625).

The 18th Unive Chess Festival has started in Hoogeveen, the Netherlands. This year, its highlight is two separate GM matches (instead of a double-round robin of four players, as previously). Two Dutch Grandmasters will face two invited ones: Anish Giri (2768) plays Alexei Shirov (Latvia, 2691), while the veteran Jan Timman (2601) faces Baadur Jobava (Georgia, 2717). Both matches consist of 6 games and are starting today, on October 12th.

The Dutch Chess championships will be held from July 6-13 in Amsterdam. Both events are featuring eight participants who will compete in a round-robin. 

The round-robin tournament with 10 participants was held in the Dutch Wijk-aan-Zee. The winner of the competition as well as the representative of the host country with the best performance got qualified for the C tournament of the traditional festival held in January. Maxim Turov, who qualified for the C tournament in the same kind of competition last year, later won the tournament. This time GM Eduardas Rozentalis of Lithuania scored 7.5 out of 9 and took clear first.