Author: Frederic Friedel
Date: 10:42:14 05/06/00
Piket faces Computer Fritz SSS* in round 1 of Dutch Chess Championship. The drawing of lots of the Dutch Championship shows for the first round the top match between GM Jeroen Piket against Fritz SSS*. The computer Fritz is one of the twelve participants of the Dutch Championship and has been tipped by several insiders as one of the favorites. The Dutch Championship which is being sponsored for the fourth time by Broekhuis Group which will take place in Rotterdam May 7-19 at 1.30 PM local time. The opening ceremony took place at the playing venue "Bibliotheektheater" (Library Theatre) of Rotterdam on Saturday afternoon May 6th. GM Paul van der Sterren, the only participant who refuses to play against Fritz in this event and thus will receive a zero by default, was absent during the brief opening ceremony. Van der Sterren is scheduled to play the computer in the tenth round. Fritz' participation has raised a big controversy among chess players and generated lots of publicity in the Dutch media whether a computer should be allowed to play in a national championship. Fritz SSS* can become the official Dutch Champion. Fritz can not win any prize money. Due to Fritz' participation and the abolishment of starting fees, the prize fund has a record amount of 166.250 guilders of which the first prize is the all time high of 40.000 guilders. In case Fritz finishes shared first, the title and the money will go to the person of flesh and blood. In case Fritz finishes first with more than one human being, a tiebreak will be played in which Fritz will not participate because of the advantage the computer has when playing with reduced time control. Fritz will not have access to its endgame modules and is being operated by its creator Frans Morsch. The drawing of lots which took place after speeches by Professor of Computer Science Jaap van den Herik, Siem Broekhuis (sponsor), Herman Hamers (Dutch Chess Federation) and Hans den Oudendammer (Topsport Rotterdam) had the following result: 1. GM Jeroen Piket (2643) - Dutch Champion in 1990, 91, 92, 94 2. GM Erik van den Doel (2522) - youngest Dutch GM 3. GM Friso Nijboer (2540) - second place in Dutch Champion in 1992 4. GM Loek van Wely (2646) - Open Dutch Champion. Has never won the National Championship yet. 5. IM Dennis de Vreugt (2498) - European youth champion. Youngest participant 6. GM John van der Wiel (2558) - Dutch champion in 1984, 86. 7. IM Manuel Bosboom (2461) - Defeated Garry Kasparov in the blitz event of Hoogovens 1999 8. GM Dimitri Reinderman (2561) - Third place in Dutch Championship 1999 9. IM Herman Grooten (2393) - Played his first Dutch Championship 19 years ago 10. GM Sergei Tiviakov (2567) - First time participation as a Dutch player 11. GM Paul van der Sterren (2526) - Dutch Champion in 1985 and 1993. 12. Fritz SSS* (estimated rating 2640) Fritz had been given number 12 in advance. This allows for the human chess players to have 5 times black and 5 times white against each other. All games can be followed live at http://www.nkschaken.nl with the exceptions of the free days May 11 and May 16. Press Information can be obtained from Yvette Nagel Seirawan: tel +31 - 10 - 433 3375; fax +31 - 10 - 281 6257; email: yvette@insidechess.com. Journalists who publish about this event are kindly requested to send their articles (fax or e-mail) or internet links to Yvette. In case articles will be send by "snail-mail", please address it to the Royal Dutch Chess Federation, Frans Halsplein 5, 2021 DL Haarlem, The Netherlands. The Broekhuis Dutch Chess Championship 2000 has been made possible with the support of: The Dutch Championship has been made possible with the support of: Broekhuis Group, Rotterdam Topsport, ChessBase, Lost Boys, SGI, SARA, Storage Tek, Infonomics and Bolesian SCHEDULE BROEKHUIS DUTCH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP Round 1: 7 May Round 2: 8 May Piket - Fritz SSS* Fritz SSS* - Bosboom Van den Doel - Van der Sterren Reinderman - Van der Wiel Nijboer - Tiviakov Grooten - De Vreugt Van Wely - Grooten Tiviakov - Van Wely De Vreugt - Reinderman Van der Sterren - Nijboer Van der Wiel - Bosboom Piket - Van den Doel Round 3: 9 May Round 4: 10 May Van den Doel - Fritz SSS* Fritz SSS* - Reinderman Nijboer - Piket Grooten - Bosboom Van Wely - Van der Sterren Tiviakov - Van der Wiel De Vreugt - Tiviakov Van der Sterren - De Vreugt Van der Wiel - Grooten Piket - Van Wely Bosboom - Reinderman Van den Doel - Nijboer Round 5: 12 May Round 6: 13 May Nijboer - Fritz SSS* Fritz SSS* - Grooten Van Wely - Van den Doel Tiviakov - Reinderman De Vreugt - Piket Van der Sterren - Bosboom Van der Wiel - Van der Sterren Piket - Van der Wiel Bosboom - Tiviakov Van den Doel - De Vreugt Reinderman - Grooten Nijboer - Van Wely Round 7: 14 May Round 8: 15 May Van Wely - Fritz SSS* Fritz SSS* - Tiviakov De Vreugt - Nijboer Van der Sterren - Grooten Van der Wiel - Van den Doel Piket - Reinderman Bosboom - Piket Van den Doel - Bosboom Reinderman - Van der Sterren Nijboer - Van der Wiel Grooten - Tiviakov Van Wely - De Vreugt Round 9: 17 May Round 10: 18 May De Vreugt - Fritz SSS* Fritz SSS* - Van der Sterren Van der Wiel - Van Wely Piket - Tiviakov Bosboom - Nijboer Van den Doel - Grooten Reinderman - Van den Doel Nijboer - Reinderman Grooten - Piket Van Wely - Bosboom Tiviakov - Van der Sterren De Vreugt - Van der Wiel Round 11: 19 May Van der Wiel - Fritz SSS* Bosboom - De Vreugt Reinderman - Van Wely Grooten - Nijboer Tiviakov - Van den Doel Van der Sterren - Piket
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