Caissa 1 clearly outperformed the 2nd team of Amsterdam West last Tuesday at home base. Take a look at the engine-like performance of Felix below, playing the best moves multiple times in a row, and sacrificing his queen for a couple of pieces without a doubt in his mind. I showed positional dominance on board 4 with the white pieces.
It was quite the long day for me, having introduced a new member to the club earlier that evening, and having participated in the giveaway chess tournament for the youth section from 18:30 onwards. We started quite late with the match, at around 20:30, I believe. Those precious moments of repose had definitely helped me regain some energy. I was placed at board 4, next to Alexander Polak on board 3. He and I have some sort of rivalry going on, where I gladly keep biting the dust in a certain Sicilian variant. It would be a very gezellige evening indeed. Below you can see how quickly I managed to catch black’s king out of a prepared opening sideline.
Sleeckx, Alexander (2112) -
Pronk, Sven (2112),
2nd of December 2025
Afgelopen zaterdag speelde Caïssa 4 een uitwedstrijd bij het derde team van Zukertort Amstelveen. Het was koud in de zaal van het Hermann Wesselink College, en dat verklaart misschien ook waarom het team niet warm kon draaien. Met 5-3 werd er verloren van de nummer 7 in Groep 5H. Hugo Sommer en Boudewijn van Beckhoven wisten nog een vol punt te scoren (vooral de winst van Boudewijn was erg knap). Jan Timmerman en Alexander Sleeckx speelden remise, terwijl Peter Fokke, Peter van der Vlis, Felix Kuijken en ondergetekende een 0 moesten noteren.
Sleeckx, Alexander (2112) -
