After a succesfull start in 2007, the 2nd Leiden Chess Tournament was staged
in the Leiden Denksportcentrum from
11th - 20th July 2008. The organization was in the hands of the Stichting
Denksportpromotie Nederland, a foundation for mindsports. The main group,
for players over 1850 Elo, had 84 participants, including seven GMs and four
IMs. The total prize fond was € 6000, with the first prize in the A Group
carrying a sum of € 2000.
The tournament was won by IM Roeland Pruijssers, who had the same number of points as GM Erik Van Den Doel, but had a better Buchholz score. Both players are from the Netherlands. Half a point behind them we see a group of five players. Here are the top rankings of the tournament.
| # | Ti. |
Player | Elo | Pts. | BH | SB | Perf |
| 1 | IM |
Pruijssers, Roeland | 2452 | 7.0 | 53.5 | 40.75 | 2561 |
| 2 | GM |
Van Den Doel, Erik | 2567 | 7.0 | 52.0 | 39.00 | 2638 |
| 3 | GM |
Pavlovic, Milos | 2515 | 6.5 | 50.0 | 34.00 | 2545 |
| 4 | GM |
Horvath, Csaba | 2537 | 6.5 | 48.5 | 33.75 | 2502 |
| 5 | FM |
Slingerland, Fred | 2354 | 6.5 | 48.5 | 33.50 | 2456 |
| 6 | GM |
Golubev, Mikhail | 2480 | 6.5 | 47.5 | 33.00 | 2488 |
| 7 | GM |
Gutman, Lev | 2497 | 6.5 | 46.5 | 33.25 | 2416 |
| 8 | GM |
Van Der Wiel, John | 2504 | 6.0 | 51.0 | 30.75 | 2426 |
| 9 | IM |
Groetz, Harald | 2405 | 6.0 | 50.5 | 32.25 | 2400 |
| 10 | FM |
Giri, Anish | 2430 | 6.0 | 50.0 | 30.25 | 2472 |
| 11 | GM |
Sandipan, Chanda | 2588 | 6.0 | 49.5 | 30.75 | 2492 |
| 12 | - |
Van Halderen, Herman | 2109 | 6.0 | 41.5 | 26.25 | 2170 |
| 13 | - |
Goes, Sten | 2101 | 6.0 | 41.0 | 25.50 | 2266 |
A fisheye-view of the playing hall in Leiden
The winner: IM Roeland Pruijssers, Netherland, rated 2452
Second on tiebreak: GM Erik van den Doel, Netherland, 2567
Third: GM Milos Pavlovic, Serbia, 2515
Fourth: GM Csaba Horvath, Hungary, 2537
Fifth: FM Fred Slingerland, Netherlands, 2354 – made an IM norm in Leiden
Sixth: GM Mikhail Golubev, Ukraine, 2480
Seventh: GM Lev Gutman, Germany, 2497
Eighth: GM John van der Wiel, Netherland, 2504
Tenth: FM Anish Giri, Russia, 2430 – thirteen years old!
Eleventh: GM Chanda Sandipan, India, 2588
14th: IM Amon Simutowe, Zambia, 2459
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