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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.09.09.2010 Former world top female player WGM Alexandra van der Mije celebrated her 70th birthday by organizing a blitz chess tournament on 9 September 2010 in her place of residence Haarlem in the Netherlands. Alexandra van der Mije-Nicolau was born as Alexandra Nicolau on 22 July 1940 in Romania. She was women champion of Romania six times (1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965 and 1973), and of the Netherlands five times (1974, 1975, 1977, 1978 and 1979) after her marriage in 1974 with the Dutch Hendrik Cornelis van der Mije. Alexandra, in the Dutch chess society better known as Käty, decided to treat herself by organizing (with the help of chess club SV Het Spaarne of which she was named member of honour in September) the Käty van der Mije Blitz Chess Tournament to which only some friends and the members of the chess clubs of the Kennemer Combinatie (including SV Het Spaarne) were invited. The tournament was won by FM Richard Duijn. Photo report by Frits Agterdenbos. Chess club SV Het Spaarne (Haarlem, the Netherlands): SV Het Spaarne (website) ChessVista report 07.04.2008: interview Alexandra (or Käty) van der Mije Final Standings (after round 11) Alexandra van der Mije enjoying the heat of the fights Playing hall overview FM Richard Duijn, tournament winner Gerda Schiermeier, Alexandra van der Mije and tournament director Bert Bergshoeff Alexandra van der Mije observing the moves SV Het Spaarne members David Klein, Dutch junior Ada van der Giessen, Dutch women champion in 1973 Joost Jansen, an arbiter and a chess player Alexandra van der Mije Jan Verhagen Alexandra van der Mije, Ada van der Giessen, Van der Mije junior SV Het Spaarne Chess Tools