The Unive Hoogeveen Chess Festival 2014 took place on 11-18th October 2014 in Hoogeveen, in the Netherlands.
The event was split into several groups – two 6-game matches (the highlight of the event), 9-round Open tournament and two Amateur tournaments.
The match Anish Giri vs. Alexei Shirov finished 4,5:1,5 in favor of the World #7 player, while the duel between Baadur Jobava and Jan Timman was won by Jobava with the same 4,5:1,5 score. You can replay the games below with engine analysis.
The Open Section was topped by Israeli GM Victor Mikhalevski with 7 points. He grabbed the first prize of € 3.000, leaving the nearest followers half point behind.
Second place was shared in a four-way tie by Slovenian GM Alexander Beliavsky, Ukrainian GM Andrey Vovk, Israeli GM Michael Roiz and GM Jiri Stocek from the Czech Republic. You can see the full standings below.
Open Section final standings:
1 GM Mikhalevski, Victor 7.0 ISR M 2550
2 GM Beliavsky, Alexander G 6.5 SLO M 2618
3 GM Vovk, Andrey 6.5 UKR M 2637
4 GM Roiz, Michael 6.5 ISR M 2585
5 GM Stocek, Jiri 6.5 CZE M 2551
6 GM Hansen, Eric 6.0 CAN M 2574
7 GM Heberla, Bartlomiej 6.0 POL M 2567
8 GM Romanishin, Oleg M 6.0 UKR M 2490
9 GM Kasparov, Sergey 6.0 BLR M 2484
10 IM Gonzalez De La Torre, Sant 6.0 ESP M 2440
11 Van Osch, Mees 5.5 NED M 2188
12 IM Hambleton, Aman 5.5 CAN M 2456
13 GM Ernst, Sipke 5.5 NED M 2555
14 IM Guramishvili, Sopiko 5.5 GEO F 2381
15 WIM Raghavi, Nagarajan 5.5 IND F 2253
16 IM Ris, Robert 5.5 NED M 2427
17 GM Malaniuk, Vladimir P 5.5 UKR M 2495
18 IM Franco Alonso, Alejandro 5.5 ESP M 2454
19 De Ruiter, Danny 5.0 NED M 2235
20 Pranav Vijay 5.0 IND M 2197
21 WGM Rudolf, Anna 5.0 HUN F 2314
22 Mueer, Sebastian 5.0 GER M 2185
23 FM Bezemer, Arno 5.0 NED M 2275
24 IM Antoli Royo, Joaquin Migue 5.0 ESP M 2450
25 Van Foreest, Lucas 5.0 NED M 2314
26 Groetzbach, Julian 5.0 GER M 2169
27 Van der Lende, Ilias 5.0 NED M 2277
28 FM Tondivar, Babak 5.0 NED M 2288
29 FM Schoorl, Rob 5.0 NED M 2330
30 Kramer, Julian 4.5 GER M 2147
31 Boer, Alef 4.5 NED M 2167
32 Boersma, Jan 4.5 NED M 2067
33 Szostko, Jakub 4.5 POL M 2102
34 IM De Jong, Migchiel 4.5 NED M 2321
35 Colijn, Stefan 4.5 NED M 2259
36 Wunnink, Michael 4.5 NED M 2286
37 FM Vogel, Jaap 4.5 NED M 2239
38 Vereggen, Lars 4.5 NED M 2206
39 FM Vedder, Richard 4.5 NED M 2283
40 Mellema, Andries 4.5 NED M 2136
41 Hoffman, Ron 4.0 NED M 2086
42 FM Clemens, Adrian 4.0 NED M 2195
43 Henseler, Jorgen 4.0 NED M 2085
44 Mijnheer, Peter 4.0 NED M 2169
45 Hovenga, Alje 4.0 NED M 2201
46 Buckels, Valentin 4.0 GER M 2179
47 Majhi, Ankit 4.0 NED M 2172
48 Lesmann, Francis 4.0 NED M 2090
49 Den Hartog, Marijn 4.0 NED M 2127
50 Gieben, Stijn 4.0 NED M 2157
51 Hummel, Paul 3.5 NED M 2084
52 Hendriks, Richard 3.5 NED M 2110
53 Smeets, Pierre 3.5 NED M 2044
54 Schoehuys, Erik 3.5 NED M 2160
55 Poznyak, Nazar 3.5 UKR M 1824
56 WFM Goossens, Hanne 3.5 BEL F 2187
57 Henrich, Thomas 3.0 GER M 2227
58 Oord, Raymon 3.0 NED M 1841
59 Hummel, Joop 3.0 NED M 1975
60 Fluit, Johnny 3.0 NED M 2108
61 Elgersma, Simon 3.0 NED M 1747
62 Sadallah, Osama 3.0 NED M 2108
63 Bakels, Anton 2.5 NED M 2056
64 Groetzbach, Daniel 2.5 GER M 1976
65 FM Lorscheid, Gerhard 2.5 GER M 2242
66 Weidmann, Kevin 1.5 GER M 1883
67 De Boer, Eelke 0.5 NED M 1795
