第11届Essent锦标赛前2轮结束

    第11届Essent锦标赛于2007年10月12－20日在Hoogeveen举行，和以往一样，同时进行特级大师赛，公开赛，业余比赛和青年比赛。特级大师赛有Mamedyarov，波罗马廖夫，范维利和Andriasian四位特级大师参加。前2轮比赛后，Mamedyarov两战全胜领先。

比赛官方站点 Official site: http://www.essentchess.nl/ tournament info: http://www.essentchess.nl/info_eng.htm 

Round 1 (October 14, 2007) 
  Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 41 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit 
  Ponomariov, Ruslan - Andriasian, Zaven 1-0 36 D30 Queen's Gambit (without Nc3) 
Round 2 (October 15, 2007) 
  Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Andriasian, Zaven 1-0 34 A53 Old Indian Defence 
  Van Wely, Loek - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1/2 25 D37 QGD 5.Bf4 

11th Essent Crown Group 14th-20th October 2007 
                                       1    2    3    4       
1 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar  g AZE 2752  * *  . .  1 .  1 .   2    1   
2 Ponomariov, Ruslan      g UKR 2705  . .  * *  ? .  1 .   1.5  2  2806 
3 Van Wely, Loek          g NED 2680  0 .  ? .  * *  . .   0.5  3  2535 
4 Andriasian, Zaven       g ARM 2546  0 .  0 .  . .  * *   0    4   

Essent Open Hoogeveen NED (NED), 12-20 x 2007
Round 4 Standings: 
1 Werle, Jan              GM  NED  4.0  2568 
2 Postny, Evgeny          GM  ISR  3.5  2599 
3 Nijboer, Friso          GM  NED  3.5  2559 
4 Gofshtein, Leonid       GM  ISR  3.5  2542 
5 Winants, Luc            GM  BEL  3.5  2504 
6 L'Ami, Erwin            GM  NED  3.0  2577 
7 Hillarp Persson, Tiger  GM  SWE  3.0  2567 
8 Smeets, Jan             GM  NED  3.0  2558 
9 Reinderman, Dimitri     GM  NED  3.0  2510 
10 Hort, Vlastimil        GM  GER  3.0  2483 
11 Smerdon, David         IM  AUS  3.0  2466 
12 Simutowe, Amon         IM  ZAM  3.0  2421 
13 Grooten, Herman        IM  NED  3.0  2350 
14 Humphrey, Jonathan     FM  AUS  3.0  2284 
15 Mamedjarova, Turkan    WGM AZE  3.0  2227 
16 Pijpers, Arthur            NED  3.0  2000 
78 players