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ChessVista.com is the website of chess photographer Frits Agterdenbos. The site provides the international chess community with high quality chess photos and chess news of chess players from international chess events. There will be visual reports and an album with chess photo collections showing all the visual aspects of the chess world.02.07.2006 The HSG Open was one of the many side events being organized during the Dutch Championships in Hilversum (the Netherlands). The event took place 19-29 June 2006 in television Studio 22, the same venue as the one where also the championships were being held. The Open was won by Dutch GM Karel Van Der Weide, who has chosen Karel The Great as a nickname, appropriate for his height and presumably for many other aspects of his personality. Karel Van Der Weide won all his 9 games, a performance rating of 2906. ‘A Kasparov performance’, he whispered from above. Official site: www.schaakbond.nl/nieuws/nk2006/index1000.html HSG Open Final Standings 1. VAN DER WEIDE, Karel 9 out of 9 2/4. KUIPERS, Stefan; VAN ENGEN, Herman; NAGTEGAAL, Kees 6 out of 9 (32 participants) Karel Van Der Weide: 'a Kasparov performance' (photo 29 June 2006, Hilversum) Karel Van Der Weide - Peter Drost, HSG Open (photo 29 June 2006, Hilversum) FAQ list When was Karel born? >> 11 August 1973. Exactly how strong is Karel? >> He is a GM, his Elo is 2443 (July 2006). Is Karel available? >> Yes. Although insiders tell that Karel is still in unrequited love with the Princess of Armenia, Nelli Aginian, the door is open for others of the opposite sex. Where is Karel living? >> He is living in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. How can Karel be contacted? >> You will find his e-mail address on his (Dutch!) website www.karelvanderweide.nl What is the main reason to learn Dutch? >> So that you can read Karel’s prose. What is Karel used to do before the start of a game of chess? >> He is usually reading a newspaper. Karel Van Der Weide is a man of wide reading, a man with a passion for chess, writing and women. He has an independent attitude to life. Karel Van Der Weide and Loek Van Wely, who gave out the HSG Open prizes Loek Van Wely congratulates Stefan Kuipers, 6 out of 9. At right: HSG Open tournament director Henk Cornelissen Robin Van Kampen (born 14 November 1994) 5,5 out of 9, Loek Van Wely and Henk Cornelissen Studio 22, where the Dutch Championships and the HSG Open were being held. Karel Van Der Weide Gallery Karel Van Der Weide and Rini Kuijf, Semi Finals Dutch Championship 2005 (photo 3 April 2005, Leeuwarden) Karel Van Der Weide, Corus Chess 2006 C-Group (photo 21 January 2006, Wijk aan Zee) Karel Van Der Weide, KNSB Meesterklasse (Dutch Chess Club Competition, Premier League) Round 9 (photo 23 April 2006, Sluiskil)