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Dutch Club Team Championship 2007-08, R6

10.02.2008 The Dutch Club Team Competition scheme holds 10 teams with each 10 players playing nine rounds in the Meesterklasse (Premier League). R1-R8 are on eight Saturdays on different locations spread all over the country. R9 will be on Saturday 17 May 2008. The intention is to make R9 a combined final round with all 100 players together. Round 6 took place on 9 February. The main results of R9 were the loss of 2006-2007 champion Hotels.nl (Groningen) versus HMC Calder and the victory of HSG (Hilversum) over HWP Sas van Gent. HSG (Hilversum) leads with 12 match points, followed by Hotels.nl with 9 match points. Schrijvers Rotterdam and HMC Calder are on 8 match points. Round 7 will take place on 8 March. In this report we provide results, standings and photos from Utrecht (Utrecht – LSG 1).

> Dutch Chess Federation Competition News (2007-2008)
> Dutch Chess Federation Competition Mailing 2008-02-09 (Team Results Round 6)
> Games R6 www.schakers.info
> NDC Den Hommel

01 NDC Den Hommel
Playing venue was the NDC Den Hommel. The abbreviation NDC stands for Nationaal Denksport Centrum, which means National Mind Games Center. The mind games include Bridge, Chess, Draughts and Go.

02 Team results & Standings

03 Box with Chess Pieces
Chess Box

04 Results Individual Utrecht - LSG 1

05 Playing hall
Playing hall

06 Top boards Utrecht (right) - LSG with on board 1 Van Haastert - Bitalzadeh
Top boards Utrecht (right) - LSG 1,
with on board 1 Edwin Van Haastert - Ali Bitalzadeh

07 Edwin Van Haastert
Edwin Van Haastert

08 Utrecht - LSG 1, boards 6-10
Utrecht - LSG 1, boards 6-10

09 Ali Bitalzadeh
Ali Bitalzadeh

10 Utrecht - LSG 1, boards 6-10
Utrecht - LSG 1, boards 6-10

11 Chiel Van Oosterom
Chiel Van Oosterom is doing well with 5.0/6

12 Utrecht - LSG 1, boards 1-5
Utrecht - LSG 1, boards 1-5

13 Joost Michielsen
Joost Michielsen

14 Utrecht - LSG 1, boards 1-5
Utrecht - LSG 1, boards 1-5

15 Christov Kleijn
Christov Kleijn

16 Jelmer Jens
Jelmer Jens is doing well with 4.5/6


NDC Den Hommel was on 9 February not only the playing venue of the Premier League match Utrecht – LSG 1, but was also the playing venue of five other club team matches, in lower sections.

17 Playing venue NDC Den Hommel

18 Paul Keres - VAS, Hartoch (right) vs Wemmers
Rob Hartoch (right) vs Xander Wemmers
Match: Paul Keres – VAS (Section 1A)

19 Maartje De Jonge
Maartje De Jonge
Match: Paul Keres 2 – De Pion (section 2D)

20 IM Kick Langeweg
Kick Langeweg is IM.
He won the IBM tournament in 1961.
He finished second in the Dutch Championship 1969.
Match: Paul Keres – VAS (Section 1A)

21 Bridge over Amsterdam-Rijn canal
Bridge over Amsterdam-Rijn canal, seen from the NDC Den Hommel


Calendar
01.01.09-31.12.09
Weekend Tournaments in the Netherlands 2009
(update 28 June 2009)


27.06.09-05.07.09
Intomart GfK Open, Hilversum

29.06.09-05.07.09
World Open, Philadelphia

02.07.09-12.07.09
Sparkassen Chess-Meeting, Dortmund

10.07.09-19.07.09
Leiden Chess Tournament

18.07.09-26.07.09
Politiken Cup 2009, Copenhagen

18.07.09-31.07.09
Biel Chess Festival

21.07.09-30.07.09
Dutch Open Championship, Dieren

27.07.09-02.08.09
Chess Classic Mainz 2009

01.08.09-08.08.09
Hogeschool Zeeland Chess Tournament 2009, Vlissingen

07.08.09-17.08.09
Staunton Memorial, Simpson’s In The Strand

20.08.09-31.08.09
NH Chess Tournament, Amsterdam

22.08.09-23.08.09
Zürich Chess Club 200th Anniversary

16.10.09-24.10.09
Univé Chess Tournament, Hoogeveen

27.11.09-08.12.09
Benidorm 2009

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