2011 Max Euwe Tournament

Standings after R5:

Max Euwe Mem Gp1 Amsterdam (NED), 14-20 xi 2011											cat. IX (2454)
					1		2		3		4
1.	Van Der Sterren, Paul	g	NED	2514	*	*	0	1	½	½	½	.	2½	2445
2.	Cramling, Pia	g	SWE	2495	1	0	*	*	½	.	½	½	2½	2442
3.	Olafsson, Fridrik	g	ISL	2428	½	½	½	.	*	*	0	1	2½	2456
4.	Peng, Zhaoqin	g	NED	2379	½	.	½	½	1	0	*	*	2½	2472

Max Euwe Mem Gp2 Amsterdam (NED), 14-20 xi 2011											cat. X (2500)
					1		2		3		4
1.	Van Kampen, Robin	g	NED	2558	*	*	½	1	½	.	1	½	3½	2622
2.	Socko, Monika	g	POL	2479	½	0	*	*	1	1	1	.	3½	2669
3.	Conquest, Stuart C	g	ENG	2521	½	.	0	0	*	*	½	1	2	2408
4.	Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan	g	SCO	2443	0	½	0	.	½	0	*	*	1	2287

Standings after R6:

Group 1

Nr	Name	Rating	1	2	3	4	Score	Ranking
1	GM Peng, Zhaoqin	2379	x	1 0	½ 1	½ ½	3.5	1
2	GM Olafsson, Fridrik	2428	0 1	x	½ ½	½ ½	3.0	2/3
3	GM Van Der Sterren, Paul	2514	½ 0	½ ½	x	0 1	3.0	2/3
4	GM Cramling, Pia	2495	½ ½	½ ½	1 0	x	2.5	4

Group 2

Nr	Name	Rating	1	2	3	4	Score	Ranking
1	GM Socko, Monika	2479	x	1 1	1 ½	½ 0	4.0	2
2	GM Conquest, Stuart C	2521	0 0	x	½ 1	½ 0	2.0	3
3	GM Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan	2443	0 ½	½ 0	x	0 ½	1.5	4
4	GM Van Kampen, Robin	2558	½ 1	½ 1	1 ½	x	4.5	1

2011 Max Euwe Tournament

There's a report with some photographs and games at The Week in Chess.  The ladies are kicking some chess butt :)

WGM Jennifer Shahade giving a lesson/simul to children
at the 2011 Max Euwe Tournament.

16 November 2011:  14:00-16:00 – simultaneous display by Jennifer Shahade Jennifer Shahade will play against all junior chess players (from 8 years and above) that want to play in this exciting chess simul. Jennifer Shahade is an American chess player, artist and writer of a book on chess for girls: Play like a Girl. She learned to play from her father when she was 6 years old and now she is a professonal chess player with the nick name Super Jen. She is a women’s grandmaster and was ladies champion of the USA twice. Jennifer will also give a demonstration of hulahoop chess and you can try it out yourself too. On her website you can find a fun video clip!

Ranking

Group 1

Nr	Name	Rating	1	2	3	4	Score
4	GM Peng, Zhaoqin	2379	x	1	½	½	2.0
2	GM Olafsson, Fridrik	2428	0	x	½		0.5
3	GM Van Der Sterren, Paul	2514	½	½	x	0	1.0
4	GM Cramling, Pia	2495	½		1	x	1.5

Details group 1

Group 2

Nr	Name	Rating	1	2	3	4	Score
1	GM Socko, Monika	2479	x	1	1	½	2.5
2	GM Conquest, Stuart C	2521	0	x		½	0.5
3	GM Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan	2443	0		x	0	0.0
4	GM Van Kampen, Robin	2558	½	½	1	x	2.0

Details group 2

View the pairings

2011 Max Euwe Tournament

It's the women v. the chess dudes!  I have so enjoyed these matches over the years.

Women:
GM Keti Arakahamia (SCO)
GM Pia Cramling (SWE) - She, Susan Polgar and Judit Polgar all earned their GM titles within months of each other
GM Zhaoqin Peng (NED)
GM Monica Socko (POL)

Men (generally older players who established their street cred years ago):
GM Friðrik Ólafsson (Iceland - forgetting the abbr. at the moment)
GM Paul van der Sterren (NED)
GM Stuart Conquest (ENG)
GM Robin van Kampen (born 1994 - a teenager!) (NED)

Note:  Ratings for the individual players weren't given, only their dates of birth!  But make no mistake, the chess is very serious.  Looking forward to seeing some male chess butt kicked.  Yeah!

PACKERS LEADING VIKINGS BY 3000 POINTS.  ONLY KIDDING.  PACKERS LEAD BY FOUR TOUCHDOWNS.  That makes my poor aching head feel so much better - that, and several glasses of wine :)