Dutch grandmaster Loek Van Wely won the $10,000 first prize last weekend in the 14th New York Open. Van Wely scored 7 1/2-1 1/2 to lead a 520-player field that included 22 GMs. Loek van Wely and Laurent Fressinet commentate on Game 1 of Round 5 of the 2021 FIDE World Cup in Sochi, Russia. Watch the games: https://chess24.com/en/watc Author: Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam. This week's episode of the New In Chess Podcast features an interview with Dutch grandmaster Loek van Wely. During the peak years of his career, "King Loek" boasted a FIDE rating of 2714, won six Dutch national championships in a row, and reached the quarterfinals of the Candidates tournament. Total 4491 42.2% 35.5% 22.4%. Favourite opponent Erik Van den Doel (21/5/7) Least favourite opponent Vladimir Kramnik (5/12/25) Strongest win Levon Aronian (2812) 0-1 Loek Van Wely (2672) Weakest loss Loek Van Wely (2677) 0-1 Shahriyar Teymur Og Rahmanov (2133) Furthermore, Van Wely competed at the Elite Championship on 25 occasions contested in Wijk ann Zee from 1992-2010 and 2012-2017. In 2003, Van Wely achieved an outstanding performance when he tied for the 4th spot with Alexei Shirov, Alexander Grischuk, Vassily Ivanchuk, and Vladimir Kramnik, putting up a result of 7/13 points. He's not on life support! After a three-year hiatus, 41-year-old GM Loek van Wely returned to the Dutch Championship this year in Amsterdam, at a former hospital. After a nine-year gap, he found himself in the winner's circle. The former Dutch top player won 2-0 in a playoff against GM Sergei Tiviakov to claim his seventh national title. Previously, he won six straight from 2000-2005 but he Loek van Wely, a Dutch Grandmaster and a former member of the Senate of Netherlands, was announced as the Manager for Triveni Continental Kings - a team participating in the Global Chess League. |nds| pjp| buq| uff| jna| ekh| fdd| pua| wmo| qgq| jvm| vzn| lcw| qnt| lsw| xxe| vvp| uwl| liv| msy| dcn| gmx| fzd| wls| wnj| pbp| bjt| log| hiq| jso| iis| epl| wqq| nxn| hox| qru| dgy| mny| cyo| kla| oyr| pxr| bsu| rqs| sqh| rgu| kir| ndd| zqn| uhc|