North-West Cup

Jürgen Wempe, organizer of the tournaments

The North-West Cup is an annual chess tournament in Bad Zwischenahn . The 22nd North-West Cup took place in January 2020, with the Dutchman Erik van den Doel winning the tournament for the second time . The North-West Cup is one of the largest weekend tournaments in Europe.

mode

The North-West Cup is divided into three smaller tournaments: the A-Open with the greatest number of players, the B-Open and the C-Open with the least number of players. The pairings are drawn according to the Swiss system ; a total of seven rounds are played.

history

The tournament was held in Oldenburg for the first time in 1999. The Turin later changed the venue and has since taken place in the Wandelhalle on the Zwischenahner Meer . In 2016, a new record was set with a total of 342 participants.

winner

• A-Open 2009: 1st Andrij Sumez , 2nd Frank Zeller , 3rd Gerlef Meins
• A-Open 2010: 1st Henrik Teske , 2nd Wladimir Jepischin , 3rd Tobias Jugelt
• A-Open 2012: 1st Vladimir Jepischin , 2nd Rasmus Svane , 3rd Henrik Teske
• A-Open 2013: 1st Jean-Pierre le Roux , 2nd Dennes Abel , 3rd Tobias Jugelt
• A-Open 2014: 1st Li Chao , 2nd Krikor Mekhitarian , 3rd Vyacheslav Ikonnikow
• A-Open 2016: 1st Erik van den Doel , 2nd Mads Andersen , 3rd Xu Xiangyu
• A-Open 2017: 1st Ilja Schneider , 2nd Mikhali Simantsev , 3rd Thorsten Michael Haub
• A-Open 2018: 1st Marco Thinius , 2nd Leonid Milov , 3rd Erik van den Doel
• A-Open 2019: 1st Alexandre Dgebuadze , 2nd Gerlef Meins , 3rd Vjatscheslaw Ikonnikow
• A-Open 2020: 1st Erik van den Doel , 2nd Frederik Svane, 3rd Dimitri Kollars

Web links

• 1st North-West Cup from February 4th to 7th, 1999 in Oldenburg on TeleSchach
• 5th Nord-West Cup 2003 in Oldenburg on The Week in Chess (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Wempe [e-mail]: NorthWest Cup in Bad Zwischenahn. Accessed March 23, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Chess Ticker | NordWest-Cup in Bad Zwischenahn. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 23, 2017 ; accessed on March 23, 2017 (German). 
3. ^ Schwarzer Springer eV - Archive. Retrieved March 23, 2017 . 
4. ↑ Ranking list 2009 on ChessOrg
5. ↑ Ranking list 2010 on ChessOrg
6. ↑ Ranking list 2012 on ChessOrg
7. ↑ Ranking list 2013 on ChessOrg
8. ↑ Ranking list 2014 on ChessOrg
9. ↑ Ranking list 2016 on ChessOrg
10. ↑ Ranking list 2017. Accessed on March 23, 2017 . 
11. ↑ Ranking list 2018. Accessed January 30, 2018 . 
12. ↑ NordWest-Cup in Bad Zwischenahn. Retrieved January 27, 2020 .