With one round to go, the championship for Haagse Toren has narrowed down to two players: Rik Prronk and Erwin Casareno. Erwin caught up Rik for the lead after scoring a point from Vincent Oudewaal. Erwin sacrificed a rook and a pawn so that his queen can get closer to Vincent's King. Erwin's attack gained momentum when Vincent has to give up his queen for the other rook. With skillful handling of the Queen, Erwin disturb the attacking potential of the rooks, and with good moves, was able to eliminate Vincent's pawns. It took 92 moves for Erwin to get the point, marked by the promotion of the g pawn.
On the other hand, Rik defended very well with the Black pieces and Henny could not mount any attack. The middle game position looked like a King's Indian position, but actually arouse from a Pirc Defense.
Both players have 4 points from 6 games and both have one game remaining. Rik against Joost Michielsen and Erwin against Ton Bodaan. Who will be the champion for 2001? Your guess is as good as mine.
Erwin Casareno, tired from the UNIAG games in Alicante, Spain, managed to score his first win over Eduard van Dijk 1927 the defending champion. Eduard experimented with the Queen Pawn opening and got a very good position from the opening (as usual). Tough defense from Erwin defused the attacks of Eduard to negate the two pawn sacrifice. With the victory, Erwin solidified his hold of 1st place when Henny could only draw against Bas Geelhoed in the other encounter.
Erwin Casareno 2026 powered the OPCW Chess Team to a second place finish by scoring 4 points in 5 games, and emerged as the best board 1 player. He won a gold medal for his efforts. He edged out the talented Dutchman Putten (Board 1 UNOG) by defeating him in a Queen's Gambit decline. Erwin also won the lightning tournament in the evening of April 29. The next day, Erwin has plenty of new acquaintances.
Erwin Casareno 2026 outcalculated Bas Geelhoed 1903 in a Sicilian Sozin to score his 11th win, and in the process, grab the lead from earstwhile leader Henny Visscher 1982. Henny played to a draw against Eduard van Dijk 1927 and dropped to second place overall.
Erwin Casareno 2026 exploited the time trouble of Hans Segers to post his second win and grab third place in the group standings with 3/5.Earlier, Jonathan Casareno 1472 moved to 6th place in the Jeugd competition with 38 points after defeating Merel Schoonman. Jeffrey Casareno 1197 bested Joeri Zuiderwijk with the French Defense to solidify his 9th place standings.
Erwin Casareno 2026 refuted the gambit of Maarten Stolte 1981 in an interesting center counter game. Erwin got the point before he made his 21st move when Maarten resigned. Erwin is still nursing his chances of becoming eligible for the title if he will be able to play all the remaining 7 games. With this victory, Erwin recovered the second spot in the standings behind Henny Visscher.
Jeffrey Casareno 1169 scored 4 wins to finish equal first with Maarten Crefcoer in group 7 but was awarded second place after the tie break was applied. Jeffrey attained his highest rating ever 1197 with victories over Dustin Lim, Ezra Neuteboom, Elmar Bottema.
Jonathan Casareno 1483 played in the Formula Group C against talented C players (1500+) Leonie Beck, Jetse Hardek, Timo Leenman and Timo Bottema but could only scored one win against Timo.See photo.
Erwin Casareno finished tied for second with 5.5/7. Joost Michielsen won the tournament with 6/7. Erwin lost to Joost in a Sicilian Sozin but only after getting a better middle game. Ivo Schoonman scored a draw with Erwin int he last round from a Sicilian Kalashikov, to finish second overall.
Vogelwijk 1 won over Promotie 2 5-3 in an exciting match to complete a Cinderella campaign in its first attempt. This is a remarkable feat for the club which was playing in the First Class two years ago but now plays in the KNSB. This success can be attributed to the very strong unity between the players and their fighting spirits. They believed in themselves. Haagse Toren, without Erwin Casareno, also won over RSC-BP 5-3 with Joost Michielsen leading the team on board 1.
Erwin Casareno has to play in the Vogelwijk Internie to preserve his chances for the championships. He avenged his defeat to Hans van Schagen by playing quickly. Hans had no chance.
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Erwin Casareno, on board 1, led Vogelwijk 1 to a 13th place finish with 8 points out of 11 games. Maarten Stolte backed him with 5/11 on two strong wins in the last two rounds. Henny Visscher on board 3 scored 7.5/11 and Hans Segers on board 4 has 4/11. Erwin has 7 wins (Hans Zwarteveld, Eugene Verwiel, Flohil, Bas Geelhoed, Leo Blaas, Harry van der Stap, Ramadan), 2 draws (Jan Willem de Jong, Henk Happel), and 2 losses (Rob van Helvoort, Tondivar)
On the other side of Delft, Jeffrey Casareno, accompanied by his mother Blanche, was scoring 7/9 on board 3 for the Haagse Toren D1 team.Other members of the team included Niek Wiese(7/9), Sharief Mahomedradja (8/9) and Joeri Zuiderwijk(8/9)..
Erwin Casareno 2005 was held to a draw by Henny Visscher with a perpetual check in Haagse Toren Finals
Erwin Casareno 2005 won over Bas van der Net 1743 in round 22 in Vogelwijk Internie Competitie
Jonathan Casareno led the Haagse Toren C2 on board 1 to an equal fourth place tie with Schaakmat C1 but lost on tie break. Jonathan scored 3 wins in five games to emerge as the best scorer in his team. He won over the talented Margriet Thissen through the use of pins, to record an upset when HT C2 won over Vogelwijk C1 2.5-1.5. Jonathan also defeated Erwin Guijyt (Promotie) and Fedor Los (Bobby Fischer) and losing to Joost Michielsen. He also lost a Q + P vs Q endgame to Marcel Dekker when he put his King between his pawns, leading to a helpmate. The HT C2 team also included 2.Peter Soema 3.Marcel Wiesser 4. Remco Schipperen. HT C1 was composed of 1.Joost Michielsen 2.Ivo Schoonman 3.Melchior Vester 4. Merel Schoonman.
Joost Michielsen 2024 forced a draw by repetition of moves in a Sicilian encounter with Erwin Casareno 2026. erwin, although a pawn ahead, must accept the repetition.
Erwin Casareno's patience paid off in the endgame against Theo Hartman 2009. Erwin gained the initiative late in the game and weaved a mating net. Erwin used the Kalashnikov variation of the Sicilian in scoring the win.
