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Friso Nijboer wins Utrecht Open Championship 2008

08.06.2008 The Utrecht Open Championship 2008 (in Dutch: Open Kampioenschap Utrecht 2008, or OKU 2008) took place on 6 – 8 June 2008 in Utrecht, the Netherlands. The tournament attracted 143 particpants. Group 1 (elo>1800, 77 participants including 5 GMs and 2 IMs) was won by GM Friso Nijboer with 5.5/6 points. GM Vyacheslav Ikonnikov and Lars Ootes finished second with 5.0 points, followed by GM Leonid Kritz, IM Roeland Pruijssers and FM Stefan Kuipers with 4.5 points. Group 2 (elo 1500-1900, 44 participants) was won by Rufail Mekuria. Group 3 (elo<1600, 22 participants) was won by Ernest de Vroome. The Utrecht Open Championship is a weekend tournament, 48 hours from Friday night till Sunday afternoon, 6 rounds Swiss, rate of play all moves in 115 minutes + 5 seconds added time per move. The event was was organized by Chess Club Paul Keres and sponsored by Adviesbureau Schrijvers and Wout van Veen Advocaten and others. Round 6 photo report by Frits Agterdenbos.

> Tournament website (Dutch)
> Tournament website (English)
> Final Standings Group A
> Final Standings Group B
> Final Standings Group C

01 Playing venue NDC in Utrecht
Playing venue NDC in Utrecht

02 Final Standings

03 Enjoying the sun in the break between rounds 5 and 6
Enjoying the sun in the break before the final round (R6)

04 Anne Haast, Marlies Bensdorp and Mahsa Bitalzadeh
Anne Haast, Marlies Bensdorp and Mahsa Bitalzadeh

05 Enjoying the sun in the break between rounds 5 and 6
Enjoying the sun... preparing for the final round

06 Vladimir Epishin preparing for the final round
Vladimir Epishin preparing for the final round

07 Inside the NDC
Inside the NDC

08 Playing hall at the start of the final round (R6)
Playing hall at the start of the final round (R6)

09 Start of the final round (R6) Kritz - Nijboer
Start of the final round (R6)
Leonid Kritz vs Friso Nijboer


10 Friso Nijboer, tournament winner
Friso Nijboer, tournament winner

11 Vyacheslav Ikonnikov
Vyacheslav Ikonnikov

12 Lars Ootes and Lennart Ootes
Lars Ootes and Lennart Ootes

13 Lars Ootes
Lars Ootes

14 Arbiters and Organizers Desk
Arbiters and Organizers Desk

15 Willem Van De Fliert, Paul Keres champion
Willem Van De Fliert, champion of chess club Paul Keres

16 Leonid Kritz
Leonid Kritz

17 Friso Nijboer
Friso Nijboer

18 The OKU cup
The OKU cup

19 Playing hall at the start of the final round (R6)
Playing hall at the start of the final round (R6)

20 Round 6
Round 6


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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