5 tied for top spot in Hogeschool Zeeland Chess Tournament

In joint lead: GM Krishnan Sasikiran

Hello Everyone,

The Hogeschool Zeeland Chess Tournament is being held from August 7-14 in The Netherlands. The province of Zeeland is located in the south-west of the country. It has several islands and yes! the Pacific nation of New Zealand is named after Zeeland. You can read more about it in this wikipedia entry. You can find more photos and details at the official website of the tournament.

After seven rounds there is a tie for the top spot among three GMs and two IMs.

The standings after 7 rounds

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1. GM Sasikiran, Krishnan 6.0 2679

2. GM L'Ami, Erwin 6.0 2620

3. GM Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav 6.0 2578

4. IM Zaragatski, Ilja 6.0 2472

5. IM Burg, Twan 6.0 2449

6. GM Fedorchuk, Sergey 5.5 2665

7. GM Erdos, Viktor 5.5 2592

8. GM Nijboer, Friso 5.5 2582

9. GM Hoffmann, Michael 5.5 2517

10. IM Brandenburg, Daan 5.5 2514

11. IM Henrichs, Thomas 5.5 2490

12. IM Pruijssers, Roeland 5.5 2462

13. IM Kohlweyer, Bernd 5.5 2436

14. IM Guidarelli, Laurent 5.5 2433

15. FM Van Eijk, Sander 5.5 2322

16. FM Freeke, Matthieu 5.5 2315

Here is a nice game from the sixth round. You can run the moves in the pgnplayer or watch in flash below.

PGN: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Qd2 h6 9. Be3 exd5 10. cxd5 a6 11. a4 Re8 12. Be2 Nh7 13. Bd3 Nd7 14. Nh3 Ne5 15. Nf2 Nxd3+ 16. Nxd3 f5 17. O-O Ng5 18. Kh1 fxe4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. fxe4 g5 21. e5 c4 22. Nb4 Bxe5 23. Qc2 Bg7 24. Bd4 Qe7 25. Qg6 Bd7 26. Rae1 1-0

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