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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.27.02.2011 German GM Gerald Hertneck has won the 3rd Batavia-Grolsch Chess Tournament. The ten player Round Robin tournament (3 GMs + 7 IMs) took place 18-27 February 2011 in Cafe Batavia 1920 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Hertneck, last-minute subsitute for Dibyendu Barua, scored 6.5/9 points. Dutch IM Robin van Kampen finished second on 6.0, missing a GM norm by half a point. Main sponsor of the tournament is Dutch beer brewery Grolsch. The tournament is the brainchild of Bas Beekhuizen (chess photographer) and sponsor Peter Tames (Cafe Batavia 1920). Final standings: 1.Gerald Hertneck 6.5, 2.Robin van Kampen 6.0, 3.Benjamin Bok and Bart Michiels 5.5, 5.Niaz Murshed and Merijn van Delft 4.5, 7.Christov Kleijn 4.0, 8. Praveen M Thipsay and Manuel Bosboom 3.0, and 10.Robert Ris 2.5. Photo impression by Frits Agterdenbos. Tournament website: Batavia1920.nl/chess2011 Café Batavia 1920: website Tournament photos: Photos by Bas Beekhuizen Tournament 2009 ChessVista report 16.02.2009: Batavia Amsterdam Chess Tournament (2009) ChessVista report 20.02.2009: Van Kampen and Manor win Batavia Amsterdam (2009) Tournament 2010 ChessVista report 28.02.2010: 2nd Batavia Amsterdam Chess Tournament Gerald Hertneck vs Merijn van Delft, round 9. The German GM secured first place by making a quick draw. The Tournament Committee: Peter Tames (Chairman), Jeroen van den Berg (Treasurer), and Bas Beekhuizen (Secretary) Gerald Hertneck Cafe Batavia 1920, playing venue Niaz Murshed Praveen Thipsay Bart Michiels Robin van Kampen The playing room in Cafe Batavia 1920, round 3 Oude Zijds Kolk, with backside of Cafe Batavia 1920 at right A room with a view. Benjamin Bok and coffee shop. Praveen Thipsay vs Benjamin Bok, round 3 arbiter Aart Strik Manuel Bosboom Round 3 Round 3, Merijn van Delft arriving Robert Ris Bart Michiels vs Robert Ris, round 3 Praveen Thipsay Benjamin Bok vs Robert Ris, round 9 Manuel Bosboom Robin van Kampen Benjamin Bok Christov Kleijn Bart Michiels Benjamin Bok Christov Kleijn Gerald Hertneck vs Merijn van Delft, draw, 11 moves (round 9) Cafe Batavia 1920 Merijn van Delft, and his father Karel van Delft