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lithoknights
Oct 10, 20233 min read
Dutch Corporate Chess Championship (NK Bedrijvenschaak) 2023, Rotterdam
On 30th September 2023, the Dutch Corporate Chess Championship was held in Rotterdam. Last year it was the first time ASML participated...


Ralf Weijers
Sep 14, 20232 min read
Great results in the Dutch Blitz sauna tournament
On September 9th the Dutch blitz championship was being held in Rotterdam. This year's edition our following members have participated:...


lithoknights
Aug 25, 20231 min read
High Tech Fun tournament
During the Youth Olympiad on the High Tech Campus we organized a tournament together with Frits Schalij from ESV and also a High Tech...

Ralf Weijers
Jun 22, 20234 min read
Pilsen Open 2023 - Game 9 "Final comeback"
After an intense tournament so far, I was ready for my last game. I did feel that the tournament was wearing me down a bit, but then...

Ralf Weijers
Jun 3, 20234 min read
Pilsen Open 2023 - Game 8 "First loss"
Man, oh man, this 8th game was a tough battle. Again, I was playing a higher rated player, as I had no losses yet during the tournament....

Ralf Weijers
May 21, 20234 min read
Pilsen Open 2023 - Game 6 "Staying alive"
Where my last game finished in 17 moves, this one took me quite some more. It was a hard struggle from the start, where both of us had...

Ralf Weijers
May 19, 20232 min read
Pilsen Open 2023 - Game 5 "Short and sweet"
Ok, so game number 5 I was playing a young player with a lower rating as well. This is something I always find quite tricky, as they tend...

Ralf Weijers
May 17, 20233 min read
Pilsen Open 2023 - Game 4
After a very successful start I was of course very happy, but also for me the phycological element started to kick in. As I was doing so...


Ralf Weijers
Apr 30, 20235 min read
Pilsen Open 2023 - part 1 (games 1-3)
It is my aim to play a couple of tournaments a year to try and improve my game. A couple of years back I started playing the 9 rounds at...


lithoknights
Mar 16, 20233 min read
First Tournament - ECCC 2022 Rotterdam
My hand was shaking as I hit the clock. I was in my first tournament after thousands of games I played online and dozens of careless...
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