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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.
Daniel Fridman wins Intomart GfK Open 2009

06.07.2009 The Intomart GfK Open took place 27 June – 5 July 2009 in Hilversum, Netherlands. Daniel Fridman won the tournament on best Buchholz score, after he, Michal Krasenkow, Stewart Haslinger and Predrag Nikolic tied on 6.5/9. The four GMs each won a quarter of (3000 + 1800 + 1000 + 700) = 1625 euros. Friso Nijboer, Erwin L’Ami, Wouter Spoelman, Dimitri Reinderman and Milos Pavlovic followed on half a point. Anish Giri, who didn’t play his R7 game (versus Fridman) due to illness, finished on 5.5 points. The tournament attracted 140 participants: 48 participants (including 10 GMs, who took places 1-10 in the final rank) in the main group (Group A, elo > 2100), plus 52 participants in Group B (elo 1700 - 2150), plus 40 participants in Group C (elo < 1750). The Intomart GfK Open, which is in fact the fourth edition of the HSG Open, is a 9 rounds Swiss tournament, 9 days, no rest days. The tournament was organized by chess club HSG. Photo impression of round 9 by Frits Agterdenbos.

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01 Playing venue Hotel Lapershoek in Hilversum
Playing venue Hotel Lapershoek in Hilversum

02 Final Standings 2009

03 Daniel Fridman (black) playing Stewart Haslinger
Daniel Fridman (black) playing Stewart Haslinger (back)

04 Sponsored by Intomart GfK
Sponsored by Intomart GfK

05 Entrance to the playing hall
Entrance to the playing hall

06 Michal Krasenkow and Daniel Fridman
Michal Krasenkow and Daniel Fridman

07 Michal Krasenkow
Michal Krasenkow

08 Stewart Haslinger
Stewart Haslinger

09 Predrag Nikolic
Predrag Nikolic

10 Final round, top boards
Final round, top boards

11 LAmi playing the Caro-Kann versus Nijboer
Erwin L'Ami playing the Caro-Kann versus Friso Nijboer

12 Wouter Spoelman
Wouter Spoelman

13 Dimitri Reinderman
Dimitri Reinderman

14 Milos Pavlovic
Milos Pavlovic

15 Chess in focus
Chess in focus

16 Anish Giri
Anish Giri

17 Ali Bitalzadeh
Ali Bitalzadeh

18 Anna Zatonskih
Anna Zatonskih

19 Hugo Ten Hertog
Hugo Ten Hertog

20 Playing hall
Playing hall

21 Alina Motoc
Alina Motoc

22 Lennart Dek
Lennart Dek

23 Analyze Zone & Press Room
Analyze Zone & Press Room

24 Anna Zatonskih & Daniel Fridman
Anna Zatonskih & Daniel Fridman

25 Alina Motoc and Roeland Pruijssers
Alina Motoc and Roeland Pruijssers analyzing their R9 game

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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