Hoogeveen here we come!
Today the yearly spectacle in Hoogeveen begins. The crown group of the Essent Tournament is the strongest ever, with the world's number 1 (the ex-world champion Topalov), the number 12 (the 21 year old Mamedyarov), the number 16 (Judit Polgar) and the number 39 (our own Ivan Sokolov). Besides, there's an amateur tournament and a very strong open tournament, with e.g. the number 56, Mikhail Gurevich, and the number 83, Ivan Cheparinov (Topalov's second) and two crew members of this site: doggy and forest. A third reporter (we will also publish lots of great articles here of course) joins us: oak. Furthermore, again we will publish videos and live photos, directly from the tournament hall, onto this site in the most right column! So I would say: stay tuned, don't go away! (Leave that for your television.)
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.”
Peter's first book The Chess Revolution is out now!
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