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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.28.08.2011 Russian GM Maxim Turov has won the 7th BDO Chess Tournament, which took place 20-28 August 2011 in Haarlem, the Netherlands. Maxim Turov and Robin van Kampen scored 6.5/9 points in the Premier Tournament, a ten player Round Robin tournament (3 GMs, 6 IMs, 1 FM). Turov won the play-off match. Dutch IM Ruud Janssen finished third on 6.0 points making his final GM norm. By winning the tournament Turov received an extra bonus: a ticket to Tata Steel Chess (‘Wijk aan Zee’) 2012 Group C. The Challenger Tournament, a ten player Round Robin tournament (4 IMs, 4 FMs) was won by Dutch FM David Klein who made his first IM norm. The Open A Tournament (45 participants, elo>1850) was won by Rini Kuijf and Rob Schoorl, and the Open B Tournament (45 participants, elo<1900) was won by Albert Dekker and Ton van Rooijen. Photo impression by Frits Agterdenbos. Tournament website: BDO Chess Video report: BDO Chess Tournament 2011 The first BDO Chess Tournament took place in 2005, see ChessBase report ‘Nona Gaprindashvili wins BDO Chess Tournament Haarlem’ Playing venue Denksportcentrum ‘t Spaerne in Haarlem Maxim Turov, tournament winner ...a ticket to Tata Steel Chess (‘Wijk aan Zee’) 2012 Group C Robin van Kampen finished second Playing room Premier and Challenger tournaments Ruud Janssen finished third and made his final GM norm Vaibhav Suri finished fourth Friso Nijboer vs Jaap De Jager Challenger Tournament: David Klein (right) vs Tom Bottema David Klein, winner of the Challenger Tournament ... made his first IM norm Bart Gijswijt Playing room with David Klein vs Tom Bottema in front BDO Open A Hannah Dale (Open B) and WFM Sarah N Hegarty (Open A) Dutch IM Rini Kuijf Arbiter Joost Jansen and Sacha Valster-Schiermeier in the King Arthur Zaal Chess and Bridge Bikes and Rain Ruud Janssen 10 minutes after making his final GM norm