Friso Nijboer
Encyclopedia
Friso Nijboer is a Dutch
chess player
. He achieved the title of Grandmaster in 1996.
Nijboer won the Vlissingen Chess Tournament
in 2002 and 2005, and won the 3rd Nancy Chess Festival in 2005. He participated in six Chess Olympiad
(1996–2006) with an overall performance of +18 −14 =21.
with Nijboer as White and Grandmaster Jan Timman
as Black. The game followed the chess opening
known as the Poisoned Pawn Variation of the French Defense:
, entered the more rarely seen Veresov Attack opening:
:
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
chess player
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
. He achieved the title of Grandmaster in 1996.
Nijboer won the Vlissingen Chess Tournament
Vlissingen chess tournaments
The international Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament in Vlissingen, The Netherlands, has taken place since 1995....
in 2002 and 2005, and won the 3rd Nancy Chess Festival in 2005. He participated in six Chess Olympiad
Chess Olympiad
The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams from all over the world compete against each other. The event is organised by FIDE, which selects the host nation.-Birth of the Olympiad:The first Olympiad was unofficial...
(1996–2006) with an overall performance of +18 −14 =21.
Friso Nijboer vs. Jan Timman
This game was played in the 2006 Dutch Chess ChampionshipDutch Chess Championship
The Dutch Chess Championship was officially established in 1909, although unofficial champions stretch back to the 1870s.-Early years:-Official championships:...
with Nijboer as White and Grandmaster Jan Timman
Jan Timman
Jan Timman is a Dutch chess Grandmaster who was one of the world's leading players from the late 1970s to the early 1990s. At the peak of his career he was considered to be the best non-Soviet player and was known as "The Best of the West"...
as Black. The game followed the chess opening
Chess opening
A chess opening is the group of initial moves of a chess game. Recognized sequences of opening moves are referred to as openings as initiated by White or defenses, as created in reply by Black. There are many dozens of different openings, and hundreds of named variants. The Oxford Companion to...
known as the Poisoned Pawn Variation of the French Defense:
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3 dxc3 13. Nxc3 a6 14. Rb1 Rc8 15. h4 Nf5 16. Rh3 Ncd4 17. h5 Qc5 18. Rxb7 Nb5 19. Ne4! Timman had overlooked 19. Ne4 and abruptly resigned: 1–0
Erwin L'Ami vs. Friso Nijboer
This game also took place in the 2006 Dutch Chess Championship. Nijboer's opponent, Erwin L'AmiErwin l'Ami
Erwin l'Ami is a chess Grandmaster. He has emerged, along with Jan Smeets, Daniel Stellwagen and Jan Werle, as one of a new generation of talented young players from the Netherlands.-Early years:...
, entered the more rarely seen Veresov Attack opening:
1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. Ne5 c5 7. g4 fxg4 8. Nxg4 Nc6 9. Bh3 Nxg4 10. Bxg4 Be7 11. dxc5 0-0 12. Na4 e5 13. Bg3 Bxc5 14. Bf3 Be6 15. Nxc5 Qa5+ 16. c3 Qxc5 17. 0-0 Rad8 18. Re1 Qb5 19. Qe2 Qa4 20. b3 Qa5 21. Rac1 Qc7 22. Red1 Qf7 23. Bg4 Bxg4 24. Qxg4 Rd6 25. Rd2 h5 26. Qe2 g5 27. h3 Rf6 28. Rcd1 h4 29. Bh2 Rf3 30. Qf1 Kh8 31. Qg2 g4 32. hxg4 h3 33. Qf1 Qg6 34. Kh1 Qxg4 35. a4 Rxe3 36. fxe3 Rxf1+ 37. Rxf1 Qe4+ 38. Kg1 Qxe3+ 39. Rdf2 d4 40. Kh1 Qe4+ 41. Kg1 Qg6+ 42. Kh1 dxc3 43. Re1 c2 0–1
Publications
Nijboer has written four main different chess publications on opening theoryChess opening
A chess opening is the group of initial moves of a chess game. Recognized sequences of opening moves are referred to as openings as initiated by White or defenses, as created in reply by Black. There are many dozens of different openings, and hundreds of named variants. The Oxford Companion to...
:
- Tactics in the Chess Opening 1: Sicilian Defence. Interchess BV, Alkmaar 2003, ISBN 90-5691-112-0
- Tactics in the Chess Opening 2: Open Games. Interchess BV, Alkmaar 2005, ISBN 90-5691-124-4
- Tactics in the Chess Opening 3: French Defence and other Half-Open Games, Interchess BV, Alkmaar 2005, ISBN 90-5691-162-7
- Tactics in the Chess Opening 4: Queen's Gambit (Trompowsky & Torre), Interchess BV, Alkmaar 2006, ISBN 90-5691-172-4