Enjoy and good Luck!

I was visiting today, not playing. Could not arrange things with managing club night on Friday (for the weekend tournament) or my work (for the weekday tournament). Good Luck with your games.

It worked out okay, also because the matches tended not to last very long and to end before hectic time scrambles 😉

Well done! So you played on the other side of the aisle (tables <28) 😉

Ik red het niet qua werkrooster, maar ik rij zeker een keer naar Wijk aan Zee.

Goed Nieuwjaar!

Thanks, I will read them.

Faithless live is always, always an ELO gainer.

Hi Martin, I tend to do these master games as additional activities. For fun and inspiration, because as you state correctly: most of the ideas later in the game are out of my reach 😉 I also like to look at the middlegame plans for openings I play, because that is where I can improve a lot.

I have a lot of them printed and added to different books. Every now and then I go through them with a board & pieces.

Play against the board and the pieces. Decide during the game.

Yes, I really enjoy his articles about chess history.

Yes, it was a fun day regardless of the poor results. I knew what to expect, altough some losses in time scrambles still kicked in. I also coached one of our youth club members, who performed much better, which is always great to see.

Yeah, I like it as well.