‘He showed world class technique in the endgame!’
"The tournament is really nice and the atmosphere is perfect. I had a really tough game today as Black against Jan Timman. I was only prepared for 1.e4 today. So when he went 1.Nf3 I had just no idea about what he would play. I?Ǭ†went into a Queen's Indian Defense later on and he decided to play a very solid line.However in the middle of the game he gave me the opportunity to complicate matters. I took the chance and sacrificed a piece for two pawns and very nice compensation in form of my active pieces. As he was unable to castle he had a difficult position, allthough it's possible that objectively he was still slightly better. At one point he decided to force the game into something that looked like unavoidable perpetual checks. However I found a way to continue and play on for the win.
26.Dh4+ Kf8 27.Dh8+ Ke7 28.Dh4+ f6!?
This was maybe the crucial mistake, but as I was unable to find any good defense for him I saw no other option than to go for it. However he found excellent defensive resources and the game was forced into an endgame where I had Rook and four pawns against Rook, Knight and two pawns. Most probably the position should be a?Ǭ†draw, but I made some slight mistake in the last moves of my time trouble and then it was already difficult to defend. I must say that he showed world class technique in the endgame!"Dit jaar doet ook Dani?ɬ´l Stellwagen mee en hij startte in de eerste ronde prima met een zwaarbevochten remise met zwart tegen Suat Atalik.>> speel de partijen uit de eerste ronde na
Peter Doggers joined a chess club a month before turning 15 and still plays for it. He used to be an active tournament player and holds two IM norms. Peter has a Master of Arts degree in Dutch Language & Literature. He briefly worked at New in Chess, then as a Dutch teacher and then in a project for improving safety and security in Amsterdam schools. Between 2007 and 2013 Peter was running ChessVibes, a major source for chess news and videos acquired by Chess.com in October 2013. As our Director News & Events, Peter writes many of our news reports. In the summer of 2022, The Guardian’s Leonard Barden described him as “widely regarded as the world’s best chess journalist.”
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