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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
29.01.10-08.02.10
Moscow Open 2010

06.02.10-07.02.10
Schachbundesliga R8+9
Germany


08.02.10-19.02.10
Aeroflot Open 2010
Moscow


12.02.10-14.02.10
Daniël Noteboomtoernooi 2010
Leiden


12.02.10-25.02.10
XXVII Linares 2010

13.02.10-20.02.10
Cappelle-la-Grande 2010

19.02.10-28.02.10
Fajr Chess 2010, Iran

19.02.10-28.02.10
Batavia Amsterdam
(Results)


19.02.10-28.02.10
Batavia Amsterdam
(Live games)


24.02.10-03.03.10
Reykjavik Open 2010

05.03.10-19.03.10
EICC 2010
Rijeka


12.03.10-14.03.10
Western Class Championships, Southern California

12.03.10-25.03.10
Amber Chess
Nice


20.03.10
Hypercube Blitz Utrecht
Netherlands


31.03.10-04.04.10
Philadelphia Open

02.04.10-04.04.10
OGD Prinsenstad Tournament
Delft


02.04.10-05.04.10
Open Lugano 2010

09.04.10-11.04.10
Ichthus Open Chess Tournament 2010
Driehuis


05.05.10-14.05.10
Bosna Open
Sarajevo


21.05.10-24.05.10
Limburg Open
Maastricht


27.05.10-31.05.10
Chicago Open

04.06.10-06.06-10
Open Kampioenschap van Utrecht (OKU 2010)

29.06.10-05.07.10
World Open
Pennsylvania


02.07.10-04.07.10
Nova College Chess Tournament, Haarlem

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