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Handmade Chess Figures
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.
ROC Nova College Weekend Tournament 2009

28.06.2009 GMs Igor Khenkin, Erik Van Den Doel and Alexander Berelovich have won the ROC Nova College Weekend Tournament 2009 which took place 26 - 28 June 2009 in Haarlem, Netherlands. The 2009 edition of the tournament attracted 151 participants (2008: 126, 2007: 160) including 5 GMs and 4 IMs. Khenkin, Van Den Doel and Berelovich all scored 5.0/6 in Group A (44 participants), but Khenkin won the cup thanks to a better TPR (performance rating). Group B (64 participants) was won by Jeroen Schuil and Robert Boes, and Group C (43) was won by Lukas Boots. After Khenkin and Van Den Doel produced a 8-mover final round draw to secure a piece of the prize money, an old discussion came back up. Should quick final round draws somehow be prevented to give the audience value for coming to the playing hall? Should top ranked players be forced to play for a win? It is ChessVista’s take that just going for a result is part of any competition. People who make a living by playing chess, have the right to have a focus on generating income. The tournament was organised by chess club HWP Haarlem. Photo impression round 4, 27 June 2009 by Frits Agterdenbos.

> Tournament website (Dutch)
> Final Standings Group A
> Chess Club HWP Haarlem

01 Playing venue Nova College in Haarlem
Playing venue Nova College in Haarlem, Netherlands

02 Final Standings

03 Relaxing between rounds 3 and 4
Relaxing between rounds 3 and 4

04 Silence please
Silence please

05 Playing hall
Playing hall

06 Tournament winner GM Igor Khenkin
Tournament winner GM Igor Khenkin

07 GM Erik Van Den Doel
GM Erik Van Den Doel

08 GM Alexander Berelovich
GM Alexander Berelovich

09 Top boards round 4
Top boards round 4

10 GM John Van Der Wiel
GM John Van Der Wiel

11 IM Manuel Bosboom
IM Manuel Bosboom

12 Nova College Billboard
Nova College Billboard

13 IM Ruud Janssen
IM Ruud Janssen

14 IM Jan-Willem De Jong
IM Jan-Willem De Jong

15 GM Sebastian Siebrecht
GM Sebastian Siebrecht

16 IM Chiel Van Oosterom
IM Chiel Van Oosterom

17 Group C
Group C

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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