Daniël Noteboom Tournament 2008
03.02.2008 The 68th Daniël Noteboom Tournament (1-3 February 2008) in Leiden (Netherlands) was won by Predrag Nikolic and John Van Der Wiel with 5.5/6 points. Nikolic won the cup having a better Buchholz score. In the final round Nikolic made a draw against Dgebuadze and Van Der Wiel defeated Roeland Pruijssers. Shilong Li, Martin Roobol, Alexandre Dgebuadze and Bogdan Lalic tied for third place with 5.0 points. The tournament attracted 131 participants (including 7 GMs and 3 IMs) in the main group (Group A) plus 127 participants in the second group (Elo < 1900). The second group (Group B) was won by Dennis Flohr and Erik-Jan Colijn. The Daniël Noteboom Tournament is a weekend tournament, 48 hours from Friday night till Sunday afternoon, 6 rounds Swiss 40 moves / 105 minutes + 15 minutes to finish the game. The tournament was organized by LSG.
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Playing Venue Visser 't Hooft Lyceum in Leiden
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Daniël Noteboom (portrait) is ready for the final round
Daniël Noteboom
Killing time playing a game of chess while waiting for next round
The Pea Soup was OK
The relax zone
Shilong Li 10 minutes before the final round
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Playing hall Main Group (Group A)
Nikolic and Dgebuadze shaking hands, Van Der Wiel arriving to play Pruijssers
Alexandre Dgebuadze
Tournament director Sven Bakker watching the top boards
John Van Der Wiel
Friso Nijboer - Erik Van Den Doel
Twan Burg
Bonno Pel - Talitha Munnik
Twan Burg - Bogdan Lalic
Nikolic and Noteboom
Nikolic vs Dgebuadze,
Dgebuadze agrees to a draw.
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Playing Hall Second Group (Group B)
Arbiter Arthur Schuering
LSG members playing an informal game at the bar.
Stefan Van Blitterswijk and Vincent Fructuoso.
Chess Bookstore Van Stockum
Playing Venue Visser 't Hooft Lyceum in Leiden
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