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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.
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Friso Nijboer wins Utrecht Open Championship 2009
07.06.2009 Dutch GM Friso Nijboer has won the Utrecht Open Championship 2009 (in Dutch: Open Kampioenschap Utrecht 2009, abbreviated to OKU 2009). The weekend tournament, which attracted 167 participants, took place on 5 – 7 June 2009 in Utrecht, the Netherlands. Group 1 (elo>1800, 73 participants including 8 GMs and 4 IMs) was won by GM Friso Nijboer with 5.0/6 points. Alexandre Danin, Vyacheslav Ikonnikov and Anish Giri also scored 5.0 points, but Friso Nijboer won the cup having a better Buchholz score. Group 2 (elo 1500-1900, 68 participants) was won by Niels Hendrikx. Group 3 (elo<1600, 26 participants) was won by Rudy Veenhof. 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. A non-chess photo report of Utrecht City Centre by Frits Agterdenbos.
> Tournament website (Dutch)
> Tournament website (English)
Dom Tower in Utrecht
Dom Tower
The Dom Tower of Utrecht is the tallest church tower in the Netherlands, at 112 metres (368 feet) in height.
Maartensbrug and Oude Gracht
Oude Gracht
Dom Square
1940-1945 Statue
Shopping street
Academy Building Utrecht University
Bicycles in Utrecht City Centre
(all photos were taken 9 February 2008)
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