Yasser Seirawan in the 2009-2010 Dutch Team Championship
Yasser Seirawan has always enjoyed a reputation for being
an excellent team player and his record in the ten Olympiads he played for
the US between 1980 and 2002 bear this out. Yasser has two team silver
medals and two bronze as well as gold and two silver individual medals. His
career record of 66 points from 102 games (65 percent) was attained while
holding down board one four times, board two on three occasions, twice on
board three and once on board four (statistics courtesy of
http://www.olimpbase.org/).
Therefore it comes as no surprise that while Yasser has been retired from
serious tournament play since 2003, occasionally playing rapid and blitz
events, his one connection to classical chess (regular time control) has
been the Dutch Team Championship where he has enjoyed outstanding results.
Yasser's FIDE rating was 2621 in October of 2003 and is presently 2651. The
only rated games he has played the past seven years have been in the Dutch
League where he has picked up 30 points in 30 games!
Thanks to Rene Olthof for supplying Yasser's game from
this season.
Van Oosterom,Chiel - Seirawan,Yasser [D42], Meesterklasse
2009-2010 (2.3), 2009
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bd3
Nc6 9.0–0 0–0 10.Re1 Ncb4 11.Bb1 b6 12.a3 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Nd5 14.Qd3 Nf6 15.Bg5
g6 16.Ba2 Nh5 17.Bh6 Ng7 18.Qe4 Ba6 19.d5 Bb7 20.Rad1 Bf6 21.Ne5 Qc7 22.Bf4
Qxc3 ½–½
Seirawan,Yasser - Dambacher,Martijn [D58], Meesterklasse
2009-2010 (3.7), 21.11.2009
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 0–0 7.e3 b6 8.Bxf6 Bxf6
9.cxd5 exd5 10.b4 c5 11.bxc5 bxc5 12.Rc1 c4 13.Be2 Nc6 14.0–0 Re8 15.Qa4 Bb7
16.Rb1 Qd7 17.Qb5 Rab8 18.Nxd5 Bxd4 19.Nxd4 Ba8 20.Qa4 1–0
Houben,Jaap - Seirawan,Yasser [B13], Meesterklasse
2009-2010 (4.3), 2009
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nf6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Bf4 a6 7.Nd2 Bg4 8.Ngf3 e6
9.Qb3 Ra7 10.0–0 Bd6 11.Ne5 Bh5 12.Rae1 0–0 13.Re3 Bg6 14.Bxg6 hxg6 15.Qd1
Nh5 16.Bg3 Nxg3 17.hxg3 Nxe5 18.dxe5 Bc5 19.Rd3 Qg5 20.Nb3 b6 21.Qe2 Rc8
22.Nd4 Rac7 23.g4 Bxd4 24.Rxd4 Rc4 25.f4 Qh4 26.Rfd1 b5 27.g5 b4 28.Qf3 bxc3
29.Rxc4 Rxc4 30.g3 Qh5 31.g4 Qh4 32.bxc3 Rxc3 33.Qxc3 Qxg4+ 34.Kf2 Qxd1
35.Qc8+ Kh7 36.Qxa6 Qd4+ 37.Kg3 Qg1+ 38.Kf3 Qh1+ 39.Kg3 Qe1+ 40.Kg4 Qd1+
41.Kg3 d4 42.Kf2 d3 43.Ke3 Qe1+ 0–1
Piceu,Tom - Seirawan,Yasser [A46], Meesterklasse 2009-2010
(5.1), 13.02.2010
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 h6 4.Bh4 g5 5.Bg3 Ne4 6.Nbd2 Nxg3 7.hxg3 Bg7 8.e3 d6
9.Bd3 Nd7 10.c3 Qe7 11.Qe2 a6 12.e4 b6 13.Nc4 Bb7 14.Ne3 c5 15.d5 b5 16.a4
b4 17.c4 h5 18.Rd1 0–0–0 19.b3 Bc3+ 20.Kf1 Rdg8 21.Kg1 g4 22.Nh4 Kc7 23.Bc2
Qg5 24.Nf1 Be5 25.Qd3 Qf6 26.Qd2 a5 27.Qe3 Bc8 28.Rd3 Nf8 29.Qd2 Ng6 30.Ne3
Bb7 31.Nf1 Qe7 32.Ne3 Nf8 33.Bb1 Nd7 34.Qe2 Qg5 35.Nf1 Qg7 36.Qd2 Re8 37.Re3
Bd4 38.Re2 Bc3 39.Qd1 Qd4 40.Qc2 Qf6 41.Ne3 Rhg8 42.Kh2 Be5 43.Kg1 Qg5
44.Qd3 Bf6 45.Rd2 Qe5 46.Rd1 Be7 47.Bc2 Bg5 48.Nf1 Be7 49.Ne3 Nf8 50.Nf1 Nd7
51.Ne3 Qg7 52.Qd2 Rd8 53.dxe6 fxe6 54.Ng6 Nf6 55.Nf4 Qf7 56.Qe2 Rg5 57.Nf1
Nd7 58.e5 Rxe5 59.Ne3 Nf8 60.Qd2 Rg5 61.Re1 Bf6 62.Nd1 Re8 63.Be4 Bc8 64.Qd3
Be5 65.Qd2 Bf6 66.Qe2 Re7 67.Ne3 Be5 68.Nfd5+ exd5 69.Nxd5+ Kb8 70.Nxe7 Qxe7
71.Qd2 Bc3 0–1
Seirawan,Yasser - Solleveld,Maarten [E70], Meesterklasse
2009-2010 (7.4), 06.03.2010
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bd3 0–0 6.Nge2 Nc6 7.f4 e5 8.fxe5 dxe5
9.d5 Nd4 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bh4 Qd6 12.0–0 Bg4 13.Qd2 Bxe2 14.Nxe2 Nd7 15.Bf2 c5
16.Be3 Kh7 17.g4 Qe7 18.h3 Nf6 19.Kg2 Ne8 20.Nxd4 cxd4 21.Bf2 Bf6 22.Qe1 Rc8
23.Rc1 Bg5 24.Rc2 Nf6 25.h4 Bf4 26.Bxd4 Nxg4 27.Bg1 Qd7 28.Rf3= Nf6 29.Kf1
Qg4 30.Qf2 Nh5 31.Qg2 Qxh4 32.Qh3 Qd8 33.Ke2 Bg5 34.Kd1 Nf4 35.Qf1 f5 36.Bh2
Qb6 37.exf5 gxf5 38.Bxf4 Bxf4 39.Rcf2 Qd4 40.Kc2 b5 41.Rxf4 exf4 42.Rxf4
Qxd5 43.Rxf5 Rxc4+ 44.Bxc4 Rxf5 45.Bd3 Kg6 46.Qh3 h5 47.Kc3 Kf6 48.Bxf5 Qxf5
49.Qh1 Qc5+ 50.Kd2 Kg5 51.Qg2+ Kh6 52.Qa8 h4 53.Qh8+ Kg5 54.Qg7+ Kf4 55.Qf6+
Kg3 56.Ke2 Qd5 57.Qf2+ Kg4 58.Qg1+ Kh5 59.Qxa7 Qe5+ 60.Kf3 Qg3+ 61.Ke2 Qe5+
62.Kf3 ½–½
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