Dutch National Internet Championship on Playchess

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6/19/2012 – For a fourth time the Dutch Chess Federation is staging this online championship on Playchess.com. Seven GMs are seeded, including reigning Dutch Internet Champion Loek van Wely, who will defend his title agaings GMs like Ivan Sokolov, Jan Smeets and Robin van Kampen. Four places are free for winners in the qualification tournaments from June 26–29. Watch it on Playchess.

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Dutch National Internet Championship on Playchess

The Dutch Chess Federation will host the 2012 Dutch Internet Championship on Playchess. Seven grandmasters will play in what is already the fourth national Dutch Internet Championship. Reigning Dutch Internet Champion Loek van Wely will defend his title. Other participants include Ivan Sokolov, Jan Smeets and Robin van Kampen. Ten players have earned a spot in the finals based on their rating, while two other players are qualified on the basis of their ‘masterpoints’ (masterpoints are earned in the Dutch two weekly Internet tournaments). These 12 players are all directly qualified for the finals on June 30.

Four other players will qualify in the qualifying tournaments held from June 26 to June 29. The qualifying tournaments are open to all Dutch players.

The tournament will be played in tournament room 1 of the Royal Dutch Chess Federation on Playchess.

Playchess handle	Player	Title	Rating	seeded by
KingLoek	Loek van Wely	GM	2682	rating
Ivan Sokolov	Ivan Sokolov	GM	2680	rating
Jan Smeets	Jan Smeets	GM	2620	rating
erikerik	Erik van den Doel	GM	2571	rating
Kemps	Robin van Kampen	GM	2563	rating
SipkeErnst	Sipke Ernst	GM	2554	rating
ChristianBoy	Wouter Spoelman	GM	2546	rating
Twan Burg	Twan Burg	IM	2469	rating
Titan1	David Klein	FM	2438	rating
Rossetis	Koen Leenhouts	IM	2384	rating
Bolwerk	Peter Bolwerk	KIM	2230	masterpoints
Rikroelofs	Rik Roelofs	KIM	1928	masterpoints

Playing schedule

Qualification rounds		Type	Start	Registration
Tues. 26 June	Qualification 1	11 rounds Swiss	20.00h	19.30h
Wed. 27 June	Qualification 2	11 rounds Swiss	20.00h	19.30h
Thurs. 28 June	Qualification 3	11 rounds Swiss	20.00h	19.30h
Fri. 29 June	Qualification 4	11 rounds Swiss	20.00h	19.30h
Finale
Sat. 30 June	Final	Knockout matches	13.00h	12.30h