Draw percentage is high (83%), but this is common feature of current cc tournaments, especially high rated.
The longest game has 92 moves (Ljubicic-Lafarga) and the shortest one 15 (Hoeven-Langeveld).
David Lafarga – 503 moves in the event with average 42 and Leonardo Ljubicic – 498 moves with average 42 were the most persistent players. They played also the longest game (92 moves).
Maximilian Voss – 347 moves with average 29 and Arno Nickel – 348 moves with average 29 were on the economical side.
More detailed statistics see below.
The most popular opening was Sicilian Defence (27) – especially Najdorf (14) – ahead of Queen’s Gambit (13) and Ruy Lopez (13). For more detailed statistics see below.
Game records can be displayed at the tournament website or downloaded from ICCF server (pgn format).
Few games annotated by participants can be found below as an attachment to this file. One game was annotated by GM (OTB) Twan Burg. Many thanks for that.
Please select specific annotated game from pull down menu.