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Handmade Chess Figures
Jan de Jong was in Wijk aan Zee to show and sell his handmade chess figures. Interested? You can contact him via email.
Dutch Championship 2008 Semi-Finals Round 3

26.02.2008 The 32-player knockout Semi-Finals of the Dutch Championship 2008 took place on 5+6 January, 23+24 February and 25+26 February in the Town Hall of media city Hilversum. The Semi-Finals saw four players qualifying for the 12-player round-robin Dutch Championship to be held 2-13 April 2008: Ruud Janssen, Yge Visser, Jan-Willem De Jong and Manuel Bosboom. Six players had already qualified for the Championship. They include the five best players of the Dutch Championship 2007, Sergei Tiviakov (champion), Daniel Stellwagen, Ivan Sokolov, Friso Nijboer, Erwin L’Ami and the best Dutchman in Dutch Open 2007 Erik Van Den Doel. Frits Agterdenbos photographed the Semi-Finals round 3, day 1, on 25 February.

> Dutch Chess Federation KNSB
> Tournament website Semi-Finals
> Semi-Finals all 32 participants
> ChessVista report Semi-Finals Round 2
> ChessVista report Dutch Championship 2007

01 DSC_0113 Burgerzaal (Main reception room) of the Hilversum Town Hall 500
Burgerzaal (Main reception room) of the Hilversum Town Hall

02 Results Semi Finals R3

03 Merijn Van Delft - Yge Visser, and Karel Van Delft
Merijn Van Delft - Yge Visser,
and the Apeldoorn Chess Engine Karel Van Delft


04 Yge Visser
Yge Visser

05 Merijn Van Delft
Merijn Van Delft

06 Ruud Janssen - Herman Grooten
Ruud Janssen - Herman Grooten

07 Ruud Janssen
Ruud Janssen

08 Herman Grooten
Herman Grooten

09 Jan-Willem De Jong - Robin Swinkels
Jan-Willem De Jong - Robin Swinkels

10 Jan-Willem De Jong
Jan-Willem De Jong

11 Robin Swinkels
Robin Swinkels

12 Manuel Bosboom - Jeroen Bosch
Manuel Bosboom - Jeroen Bosch

13 Manuel Bosboom
Manuel Bosboom

14 Jeroen Bosch
Jeroen Bosch

15 Playing hall overview
Playing hall overview

16 Peter de Jong, the arbiter at work
Peter de Jong, the arbiter at work

17 Double portrait Bosboom & Bosch
Double portrait Bosboom & Bosch

18 Peter de Jong (right), the arbiter at work
Peter de Jong (right), the arbiter at work

19 Playing hall overview
Playing hall overview

20 Hilversum Town Hall
Hilversum Town Hall

21 Purple flowers in Dudok Park in Hilversum
Purple flowers in Dudok Park in Hilversum


Calendar
13.01.12-29.01.12
Tata Steel Chess
(Wijk aan Zee)


24.01.12-02.02.12
Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2012

28.01.12-05.02.12
Moscow Open

31.01.31
Schaaksimultaan Karjakin, Giri & Tiviakov, Den Haag

04.02.12-05.02.12
Schachbundesliga R8+9

06.02.12-17.02.12
Aeroflot Open 2012
Moscow


16.02.12-19.02.12
Vladimir Petrov Memorial
Jurmala (Latvia)


17.02.12-19.02.12
Bunratty Chess Festival, Ireland

17.02.12-19.02.12
Daniël Noteboom Weekend Tournament, Leiden (Netherlands)

17.02.12-22.02.12
ACP Women Cup 2012
Tbilisi (Georgia)


18.02.12-19.02.12
Västgöta Open
Skara (Sweden)


03.03.12
Open Dutch Blitzchess Championship, Dordrecht (Netherlands)

03.03.12-10.03.12
Cappelle-la-Grande 2012

06.03.12-13.03.12
Reykjavik Open 2012

19.03.12-01.04.12
European Individual Chess Championship, Plovdiv (Bulgaria)

04.04.12-08.04.12
Philadelphia Open
Pennsylvania (US)


06.04.12-08.04.12
OGD Prinsenstad Weekend Tournament
Delft (Netherlands)


07.06.12-10.06.12
Rheinland-Pfalz-Open, Germany

04.07.12-08.07.12
40th World Open, Pennsylvania (US)

14.07.12-22.07.12
Science Park Amsterdam Chess Tournament (Netherlands)

11.01.13-27.01.13
Tata Steel Chess 2013
(Wijk aan Zee)


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