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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.
25th VBG/van Berkel-BSG Pinkstertoernooi 2008

13.05.2008 The 25th VBG/van Berkel-BSG Pinkstertoernooi (9-12 May 2008) in Bussum, Netherlands, was won by Dutch GM Erik Van Den Doel, scoring 6.0/7 points. Roeland Pruijssers and Robert Ris shared the second place with 5.5 points, followed by 4 players with 5.0 points: Joost Wempe, Aleksandar Berelovich, Anish Giri and Ivo Wantola. The tournament attracted 54 participants (including 4 GMs and 5 IMs) in the main group (Group 1) plus 58 participants in the second group (Elo < 1950). The second group (Group 2) was won by Jelle Wiering. The 25th VBG/van Berkel-BSG Pinkstertoernooi was an extended weekend tournament, 7 rounds Swiss in 4 days. The time control was 2 hours with 5 seconds increment after each move starting from the first move. Prize money Group 1: 2000 (first prize), 1000, 500, 300, 175, 150, 75, 75, 75, 75 euro. The tournament was organized by chess club BSG. Frits Agterdenbos photographed the final round (R7) on 12 May.

> Tournament website
> Games in PGN

01 Playing venue Denksport Centrum Bussum
Playing venue Denksport Centrum Bussum

02 Final Standings

04 Playing hall the Max Euwe Room
Playing hall the Max Euwe Room

05 Start of round 7
Start of round 7

06 Robert Ris vs Erik Van Den Doel
Robert Ris vs Erik Van Den Doel

07 Robert Ris and Erik Van Den Doel after their short final round draw
Robert Ris and Erik Van Den Doel after their short final round draw

08 Erik Van Den Doel
Erik Van Den Doel

09 Roeland Pruijssers
Roeland Pruijssers

10 Robert Ris
Robert Ris

11 Pairings Round 7
Pairings Round 7

12 Aleksandar Berelovich
Aleksandar Berelovich

13 Armen Hachijan
Armen Hachijan, 3.5 points

14 Anish Giri
Anish Giri

15 Ivo Wantola
Ivo Wantola

16 Trophy-cabinet of organizing chess club BSG
Trophy-cabinet of the organizing chess club BSG


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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