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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.
37th Allshare Amsterdam Go Tournament

04.05.2008 Hong Seul-Ki (7d) from Korea/Germany has won the 37th Allshare Amsterdam Go Tournament which took place 1-4 May 2008 in the European Go Cultural Centre EGCC in Amstelveen, the Netherlands. The event, one of the strongest on the Dutch Go agenda and one of Europe’s main weekend Go tournaments, was a six rounds McMahon tournament with time limit: 1½ hours, Canadian byo-yomi, 10 stones in 5 minutes. The tournament is a major tournament of the Pandanet European Go Cup series 2008-2009. The winner Hong Seul-Ki, who remainded undefeated, took the 500 euro first prize. Zou Jin finished second, Ondrej Silt finished third. Two professional players were available for commentary during the tournament: Kang Seung-Hee (2p, Korea/Germany) and Guo Juan (5p, China/Netherlands). Frits Agterdenbos photographed round 5 on Saturday 3 May.

> Official tournament website
> Tournament blog
> Final standings
> Pandanet European Go Cup website

01 European Go Cultural Centre in Amstelveen
The European Go Cultural Centre in Amstelveen, Netherlands

02 Hong Seul-Ki (right) vs Geert Groenen
Hong Seul-Ki (right) vs Geert Groenen, in round 5

03 Final Standings 2008

04 Hong Seul-Ki (7d)
Hong Seul-Ki (7d)

05 Thomas Hubert (4d)
Thomas Hubert (4d)

06 Ondrej Silt (6d)
Ondrej Silt (6d)

07 Winners 2008

08 Geert Groenen (6d)
Geert Groenen (6d)

09 Merlijn Kuin (6d)
Merlijn Kuin (6d)

10 Willemkoen Pomstra (5d)
Willemkoen Pomstra (5d)

11 Playing hall
Playing hall

12 Thomas Debarre (5d)
Thomas Debarre (5d)

13 Kang Seung-Hee (2p)
Kang Seung-Hee (2p)

14 Bert Geerlings (3d)
Bert Geerlings (3d)

15 13 Koos Groeneveld (r) vs Alexander Eerbeek, 14 Herman Hiddema (r) vs Harry van der Krogt
Board 13 Koos Groeneveld (r) vs Alexander Eerbeek,
Board 14 Herman Hiddema (r) vs Harry van der Krogt


16 Benjamin Teuber (6d)
Benjamin Teuber (6d)

17 Arend-Jan Westhoff (4d)
Arend-Jan Westhoff (4d)

18 Top boards round 5
Top boards round 5

19 Robert Rehm (5d)
Robert Rehm (5d)

20 Hong Seul-Ki (7d)
Hong Seul-Ki (7d)

21 Ondrej Silt (6d)
Ondrej Silt (6d)

22 Hong Seul-Ki vs Geert Groenen
Hong Seul-Ki vs Geert Groenen

23 Guo Juan (5p)
Guo Juan (5p)

24 Bookstore Het Paard
Bookstore Het Paard

25 Hong Seul-Ki (7d)
Hong Seul-Ki (7d)

26 Kang Seung-Hee (2p)
Kang Seung-Hee (2p)

27 Analyzing with Kang Seung-Hee (2p)
Analyzing with Kang Seung-Hee (2p)


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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