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Jan de Jong was in Wijk aan Zee to show and sell his handmade chess figures. Interested? You can contact him via email.
Leiden Chess Tournament 2008

20.07.2008 The second Leiden Chess Tournament (a 9 rounds Swiss Open, first prize in the main group 2000 euro) took place 11-20 July 2008 in Leiden (Netherlands). The main group (Group A), for players with Elo > 1850, attracted 84 participants including 7 GMs and 4 IMs. The tournament was won by Roeland Pruijssers. IM Roeland Pruijssers and GM Erik Van Den Doel, both from the Netherlands, finished with 7.0 points, but the Dutch IM had a better Buchholz score. Five players finished with 6.5 points: GM Milos Pavlovic, GM Csaba Horvath, FM Fred Slingerland, GM Mikhail Golubev and GM Lev Gutman. Guido Bakker won the second group (Group B), for players with Elo < 1900; the group attracted 57 participants. The tournament was organized by Stichting Denksportpromotie Nederland. The sponsors of the event were amongst others: the H.L. Druckerfonds and the Stichting Kasteel Oud Poelgeest. Playing venue was the Leiden Denksportcentrum (Mind Games Center Leiden). Photo impression of round 8, 19 July.

Leiden Chess Tournament website: www.leidenchess.nl
Schakers.info: www.schakers.info
Games: http://www.leidenchess.nl/games/LCT-08.pgn

01 Jan Bey in front of the playing venue
Jan Bey, organizer / tournament director, in front of the playing venue

02 Final Standings

03 Playing venue Denksportcentrum Leiden
Playing venue Denksportcentrum Leiden

04 IM Roeland Pruijssers
IM Roeland Pruijssers

05 GM Erik Van Den Doel
GM Erik Van Den Doel

06 Playing hall round 8, top boards at right
Playing hall round 8, top boards at right

07 GM Milos Pavlovic
GM Milos Pavlovic

08 GM Csaba Horvath
GM Csaba Horvath

09 John Van Der Wiel vs Roeland Pruijssers, round 8
John Van Der Wiel vs Roeland Pruijssers, round 8

10 FM Fred Slingerland IM norm
FM Fred Slingerland made an IM norm

11 GM Mikhail Golubev
GM Mikhail Golubev

12 Mikhail Golubev vs Erik Van Den Doel, round 8
Mikhail Golubev vs Erik Van Den Doel, round 8

13 GM Lev Gutman
GM Lev Gutman

14 GM Chanda Sandipan
GM Chanda Sandipan

14 Sandipan vs Giri and Pavlovic vs Wohl, round 8
Sandipan vs Giri and Pavlovic vs Wohl, round 8

15 GM John Van Der Wiel
GM John Van Der Wiel

16 IM Amon Simutowe
IM Amon Simutowe

17 Csaba Horvath vs Amon Simutowe, round 8
Csaba Horvath vs Amon Simutowe, round 8

18 FM Anish Giri
FM Anish Giri

19 IM Aleksandar Wohl
IM Aleksandar Wohl

20 Playing venue Groups A and B
Playing venue Groups A and B


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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