Elke van Roon, a Dutch social worker, chess pedagogue and chess trainer for the young [1] [2] at Schaakvereniging HMC Den Bosch [3], 's-Hertogenbosch, as well as tester and operator of XiniX, the program written by husband Tony van Roon-Werten. Elke operated XiniX in turn with Tony at the WCCC 2002 and various Dutch Open Computer Chess Championships and International CSVN Tournaments [4]. Elke further wrote tournament reports for Computerschaak, and served as PR assistant for the CSVN [5]. Elke's and Tony's son Sjoerd already shares his parents chess enthusiasm and made it in the Dutch chess news, at age nine becoming Brabant chess champion in his age category [6].
Elke van Roon [7]

Photos & Games

WCCC 2002: Martin Giepmans, Joke Wiegersma, Elke and Tony in SpiderChess - XiniX [8] [9]

[Event "WCCC 2002"]
[Site "Maastricht, The Netherlands"]
[Date "2002.07.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "SpiderChess"]
[Black "XiniX"]
[Result "0-1"]
 
1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 f5 3.g3 e6 4.Bb2 Nf6 5.Bg2 Bd6 6.c4 Qe7 7.O-O c6 8.d4 Na6 
9.Nbd2 O-O 10.a3 c5 11.dxc5 Nxc5 12.b4 Nce4 13.Qb3 a5 14.cxd5 axb4 15.Nxe4 
fxe4 16.Nd2 bxa3 17.Bxf6 gxf6 18.Nxe4 Be5 19.Ra2 exd5 20.Nc3 Bxc3 21.Bxd5+ 
Kg7 22.Qxc3 Rd8 23.Qb3 Bf5 24.Qf3 Ra5 25.Bxb7 Rb8 26.Bd5 Bb1 27.Ra1 a2 
28.Rc1 Rb4 29.Bc4 Qd6 30.Qg4+ Rg5 31.Qe6 Qxe6 32.Bxe6 Ra5 33.f3 Rb2 34.e4 
Ra3 35.Rf1 Ra6 36.Bd5 Bd3 37.Rfe1 Be2 38.f4 Bf3 39.h3 f5 40.Rec1 Bxe4 
41.Bxe4 fxe4 42.Kh1 Ra3 43.Rg1 Rd3 44.Rge1 e3 0-1 

ICT 2002: Bas Hamstra, Sander de Zoete, Tony van Roon-Werten (XiniX: 6th!), and Elke van Roon [10]
Celebrating DOCCC 2005: Jaime Benito, Jeroen Noomen, Elke van Roon and Tony van Roon-Werten [11]

External Links

• Elke van Roon | Facebook
• Geslaagden Schaaktrainer stap 1 en 2 Eindhoven 2011 — Koninklijke Nederlandse Schaakbond, June 06, 2011 (Dutch)

References

1. ^ Schaaksite - Trotse schaaktrainer (Dutch)
2. ^ Geslaagden Schaaktrainer stap 1 en 2 Eindhoven 2011 — Koninklijke Nederlandse Schaakbond, June 06, 2011 (Dutch)
3. ^ Schaakvereniging HMC Den Bosch
4. ^ Computer tournament in Leiden, ChessBase News, May 13, 2003
5. ^ CSVN Supplement Site (Dutch)
6. ^ Sjoerd van Roon (9) beste van Brabant - Den Bosch - Regios - Brabants Dagblad, April 18, 2011
7. ^ 25th Open Dutch Computer-Chess Championship 2005 - Photo Gallery, DOCCC 2005
8. ^ 10e WK Computerschaak, 6-11 juli 2002, Maastricht, old CSVN site in Dutch
9. ^ Maastricht 2002 - Chess - Round 7 - Game 4 (ICGA Tournaments)
10. ^ 2nd International CSVN Tournament 2002
11. ^ 25th Open Dutch Computer-Chess Championship 2005 - Photo Gallery, DOCCC 2005

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