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ChessVista.com is the website of chess photographer Frits Agterdenbos. The site provides the international chess community with high quality chess photos and chess news of chess players from international chess events. There will be visual reports and an album with chess photo collections showing all the visual aspects of the chess world.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. > Official tournament website Playing venue Hotel Lapershoek in Hilversum Daniel Fridman (black) playing Stewart Haslinger (back) Sponsored by Intomart GfK Entrance to the playing hall Michal Krasenkow and Daniel Fridman Michal Krasenkow Stewart Haslinger Predrag Nikolic Final round, top boards Erwin L'Ami playing the Caro-Kann versus Friso Nijboer Wouter Spoelman Dimitri Reinderman Milos Pavlovic Chess in focus Anish Giri Ali Bitalzadeh Anna Zatonskih Hugo Ten Hertog Playing hall Alina Motoc Lennart Dek Analyze Zone & Press Room Anna Zatonskih & Daniel Fridman Alina Motoc and Roeland Pruijssers analyzing their R9 game