Friso Nijboer

Full name	Friso Nijboer
Country	Netherlands
Born	May 26, 1965 Netherlands
Title	Grandmaster
Peak rating	2641 October 2006)

Friso Nijboer (born May 26, 1965) is a Dutch chess player. He achieved the title of Grandmaster in 1996.

Nijboer won the Vlissingen Chess Tournament in 2002 and 2005, and won the 3rd Nancy Chess Festival in 2005. He participated in six Chess Olympiads (1996-2006) with an overall performance of +18 −14 =21.

Notable games

Friso Nijboer vs. Jan Timman

This game was played in the 2006 Dutch Chess Championship with Nijboer as White and Grandmaster Jan Timman as Black. The game followed the chess opening known as the Poisoned Pawn Variation of the French Defense:

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3 dxc3 13. Nxc3 a6 14. Rb1 Rc8 15. h4 Nf5 16. Rh3 Ncd4 17. h5 Qc5 18. Rxb7 Nb5 19. Ne4! Timman had overlooked 19. Ne4 and abruptly resigned: 1-0

Erwin L'Ami vs. Friso Nijboer

This game also took place in the 2006 Dutch Chess Championship. Nijboer's opponent, Erwin L'Ami, entered the more rarely seen Veresov Attack, Dutch System opening:

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. Ne5 c5 7. g4 fxg4 8. Nxg4 Nc6 9. Bh3 Nxg4 10. Bxg4 Be7 11. dxc5 0-0 12. Na4 e5 13. Bg3 Bxc5 14. Bf3 Be6 15. Nxc5 Qa5+ 16. c3 Qxc5 17. 0-0 Rad8 18. Re1 Qb5 19. Qe2 Qa4 20. b3 Qa5 21. Rac1 Qc7 22. Red1 Qf7 23. Bg4 Bxg4 24. Qxg4 Rd6 25. Rd2 h5 26. Qe2 g5 27. h3 Rf6 28. Rcd1 h4 29. Bh2 Rf3 30. Qf1 Kh8 31. Qg2 g4 32. hxg4 h3 33. Qf1 Qg6 34. Kh1 Qxg4 35. a4 Rxe3 36. fxe3 Rxf1+ 37. Rxf1 Qe4+ 38. Kg1 Qxe3+ 39. Rdf2 d4 40. Kh1 Qe4+ 41. Kg1 Qg6+ 42. Kh1 dxc3 43. Re1 c2 0-1

Publications

Nijboer has written four main different chess publications on opening theory: