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    Loek van Wely rating card at FIDE Loek van Wely player profile and games at Chessgames.com Loek van Wely chess games at 365Chess.com Loek van Wely player...
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    Vladimir Petrov memorial, Jūrmala shared 1st place with Vasyl Ivanchuk, Loek van Wely and Alexander Shabalov, 4th in tiebreaks 9th Wunsiedel Chess Festival...
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    2652  Mikhail Gurevich (TUR), 2652  Sergei Rublevsky (RUS), 2652  Loek van Wely (NED), 2648  Ye Jiangchuan (CHN), 2648  Zviad Izoria (GEO), 2646  David...
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  • move 98. Carlsen vs. Van Wely The second-rank defense was used by 16-year-old Magnus Carlsen in this 2007 game against Loek van Wely. 64. Rd2 Rh3 65. Rc2...
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  • a1=Q+, Black wins.[citation needed] This 2007 game, Magnus Carlsen–Loek van Wely, ended in stalemate. White used the second-rank defense in a rook and...
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  • Defence (A48)". Chessgames.com. Retrieved 2016-03-09. "Loek Van Wely vs. Peter Leko (1996) "Loek of the Draw"". Chessgames.com. Tangborn, Eric (1993)....
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  • This article uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves. The game Loek van Wely–Judit Polgár, Hoogeveen, 1997 demonstrates the power of half-open files...
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    Jobava, Loek Van Wely, Alexei Shirov, Lázaro Bruzón Batista, Eltaj Safarli and Ivan Sokolov. Firouzja scored 3½/6 (+2-1=3), beating Jobava and Van Wely. His...
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    played the Dutch grandmaster Loek van Wely in a 137-game blitz match on the ICC, the final score of which was 67½–71½ to van Wely. He is part of the Schachverein...
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  • Austrian player (since 2023)  Netherlands Jorden van Foreest 2715 2022-05 1999 91  Netherlands Loek van Wely 2714 2001-10 1972 Formerly highest-ranked Dutch...
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