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Marika Dubiel 2d won her 9th Dutch Women’s Championships title. After moving to Austria and being absent from the Dutch Women’s Championships for 2 years, she was able to play the online version of the Dutch Women’s Championships. She admitted to barely playing for the last two years but again fell in love with the game, and that the tournament reminded her of the great Go memories.
Name | Tamara Havik 3k | Els Buntsma 3k | Nicole de Beer 6k | Marike Dubiel 2d | Total Score |
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Tamara Havik 3k | x | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Els Buntsma 3k | 0 | x | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Nicole de Beer 6k | 0 | 0 | x | 0 | 0 |
Marika Dubiel 2d | 1 | 1 | 1 | x | 3 |
Rob van Zeijst 7d won the Dutch Championships for the fourth time last Sunday. Rob van Zeijst is one of the strongest players from the Netherlands, who won the European Championships 3 times (1981, 1990, and 1993). Rob moved back from Japan at the end of 2016, where he wrote Go columns and Go books, worked as a technical translator, court interpreter, and a wedding celebrant, and has since his return been the dominating force of the Dutch Go scene.
During the tournament, Rob only lost from Gilles van Eeden 6d (Dutch Champion of 1995), when battling for the first spot in the finals. After losing this game he moved to the losers bracket, where he beat Gelmer Bouwman, who is a strong 4d. The next fight was for the spot in the final, where he met Alexander Eerbeek 5d (Dutch Champion of 2012), who won his previous match against Gerard Nederveen 3d. Alexander is currently living in Spain and was able to play in the tournament due to it being online. Unfortunately for Alexander, Rob won.
Gilles who won the main bracket was able to rest during the first day of the second weekend and only needed to win one game to be crowned Dutch Champion. Rob still needed to win two games to win the Championships. in the first game of the finals, Gilles fell behind in the opening and never fully managed to catch up afterward.
The second game was more or less even at move 181, after which Gilles made a 3 point mistake with move 182, and the game became (again) slightly favorable for Rob, who then took home the bacon.
After the first day there are already some unexpected results, Herman Hiddema 4d, was eliminated by Glenn Haygarth 1d from the main tournament, and subsequently fell victim to Frederik Spanhoff, a fellow 4d.
On day two, unfortunately, Michiel Tel had to withdraw from the 3rd round, and unfortunately also didn’t play round 4, due to sudden illness.
Results Round 1
White | Black | Result |
Gerard Nederveen 3d | Frederik Spanhoff 4d | 1-0 |
Alexander Eerbeek 5d | Ger de Groot 1d | 1-0 |
Tim van Vliet 1k | Geert Groenen 6d | 0-1 |
Gilles van Eeden 6d | Han van der Pluijm 1k | 1-0 |
Glenn Haygarth 1d | Herman Hiddema 4d | 1-0 |
Gelmer Bouwman 4d | Merijn de Jong 3d | 1-0 |
Results Round 2
White | Black | Result |
Rob van Zeijst 7d | Gerard Nederveen 4d | 1-0 |
Michiel Tel 6d | Gelmer Bouwman 4d | 1-0 |
Glenn Haygarth 1d | Gilles van Eeden 6d | 0-1 |
Geert Groenen | Alexander Eerbeek 5d | 1-0 |
Han van der Pluijm 1k | Merijn de Jong 3d | 0-1 |
Ger de Groot 1d | Tim van Vliet 1k | 0-1 |
Herman Hiddema 4d | Frederik Spanhoff 4d | 0-1 |
Results Round 3
White | Black | Result |
Geert Groenen 6d | Rob van Zeijst 7d | 0-1 |
Merijn de Jong 3d | Gerard Nederveen 3d | 0-1 |
Tim van Vliet 1k | Glenn Haygarth 1d | 0-1 |
Gelmer Bouwman 4d | Frederik Spanhoff 4d | 1-0 |
Results Round 4
White | Black | Result |
Gilles van Eeden 6d | Rob van Zeijst 7d | 1-0 |
Alexander Eerbeek 5d | Geert Groenen 6d | 1-0 |
Glenn Haygarth 1d | Gelmer Bouwman 4d | 0-1 |
Streaming starts at approx. 10:45 CET (29th of january)
The Dutch championships will be played over the course of 2 weekends, 15-16 and 29-30 of January.
The first round of each day will be played starting 10:15, and the second round will start at 14:15.
All matches will be played on OGS, and starting from the second round there will be live commentary by the European Pro’s! See the schedule below for more information!
Furthermore, during the second weekend, the Dutch female championships will also be played, more news on this will follow soon!
Twitch Broadcasting schedule:
First Weekend (15-16) | Commentators |
Round 1 (Saturday 15th) | – |
Round 2 (Saturday 15th) | Ilya & Andrii |
Round 3 (Sunday 16th) | Ilya & Andrii |
Round 4 (Sunday 17th) | Ilya & Andrii |
Second Weekend (29-30) | Commentators |
Round 5 (Saturday 29th) | Tanguy & Ilya |
Round 6 – Semifinals (Saturday 29th) | Tanguy & Ilya |
Round 7 – Finals (Sunday 30th) | Tanguy & Andrii |
Round 8 – Finals (if the person who came from the winner bracket lost Round 7) otherwise Finals of the Dutch Female Championships) (Sunday 30th) | Tanguy & Andrii |
Twitch Livestream:
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