General information
Participants in grandmaster group A
| Title |
Name |
Country |
Rating |
Pos |
| GM |
Vladimir Kramnik |
RUS |
2777 |
2 |
| GM |
Viswanathan Anand |
IND |
2766 |
3 |
| GM |
Peter Svidler |
RUS |
2747 |
4 |
| GM |
Alexey Shirov |
ESP |
2736 |
5 |
| GM |
Veselin Topalov |
BUL |
2735 |
6 |
| GM |
Peter Leko |
HUN |
2722 |
10 |
| GM |
Michael Adams |
ENG |
2720 |
11 |
| GM |
Evgeny Bareev |
RUS |
2714 |
14 |
| GM |
Ivan Sokolov |
NED |
2706 |
22 |
| GM |
Vladimir Akopian |
ARM |
2693 |
19 |
| GM |
Viorel Bologan |
MLD |
2679 |
23 |
| GM |
Zhang Zhong |
CHN |
2644 |
47 |
| GM |
Loek van Wely |
NED |
2617 |
79 |
| GM |
Jan Timman |
NED |
2578 |
175 |
| Average rating : 2702, Category : 19 |
Participants in grandmaster group B
| Title |
Name |
Country |
Rating |
Pos |
| GM |
Laurent Fressinet |
FRA
|
2636
|
55
|
| GM |
Lenier Dominguez |
CUB
|
2605
|
102
|
| GM |
Lazaro Bruzon |
CUB
|
2603
|
107
|
| GM |
Sergei Tiviakov |
NED
|
2600
|
114
|
| GM |
Hichem Hamdouchi |
MAR
|
2588
|
143
|
| GM |
Friso Nijboer |
NED
|
2586
|
147
|
| GM |
Julio Granda Zuniga |
PER
|
2581
|
165
|
| GM |
Arkady Naiditsch |
GER
|
2576
|
181
|
| GM |
Hikaru Nakamura |
USA
|
2571
|
199
|
| GM |
John van der Wiel |
NED
|
2542
|
322
|
| GM |
Eric Lobron |
GER
|
2497
|
619
|
| GM |
Zhue Chen |
CHN |
2490
|
675
|
| GM |
Daniel Stellwagen |
NED |
2489
|
684
|
| GM |
Antoaneta Stefanova |
BUL
|
2478
|
776
|
| Average rating : 2560, Category : 13 |
Participants in grandmaster group C
| Title |
Name |
Country |
Rating |
Pos |
| GM |
Dusko Pavasovic |
SLO |
2615 |
86 |
| GM |
Merab Gagunashvili |
GEO |
2583 |
154 |
| GM |
Valerij Popov |
RUS |
2580 |
286 |
| GM |
Milos Pavlovic |
SCG |
2548 |
114 |
| IM |
Jan Smeets |
NED |
2505 |
549 |
| WGM |
Kateryna Lahno |
UKR |
2493 |
648 |
| IM |
Ruud Jans |
NED |
2489 |
684 |
| IM |
Magnus Carlsen |
NOR |
2484 |
726 |
| IM |
Sipke Ernst |
NED |
2474 |
808 |
| WGM |
Zhaoqin Peng |
NED |
2419 |
1612 |
| IM |
Jan Werle |
NED |
2407 |
1889 |
| WGM |
Tea Lanchava |
NED |
2323 |
4471 |
| FM |
Maarten Etmans |
NED |
2225 |
10976 |
| |
Ted Barendse |
NED |
2206 |
12729 |
| Average rating : 2454, Category : 9 |
Tournament program
| Grandmaster groups : |
January 10 - 25 |
|
| Three-round events : |
January 9 - 11 |
(weekend-three-round events) |
| |
January 13 - 15 |
(weekday-three-round events) |
| Nine-round events : |
January 16 - 25 |
|
| |
January, 21 |
(Free day) |
| Rapid tournament : |
January 17 and 18 |
|
| Dutch Open Championship Superchess : |
January, 24 |
|
Weekend-three-round events (January 9 - 11)
| Registration : |
January, 9 |
16.00 - 18.00 hours |
| Opening : |
January, 9 |
18.20 hours |
| 1st round : |
January, 9 |
18.30 - 23.30 hours |
| 2nd round : |
January, 10 |
13.30 - 18.30 hours |
| 3rd round : |
January, 11 |
12.00 - 17.00 hours |
Rate of playing: 40 moves in 2 hours, followed by 30 minutes p.p. to finish the
game.
Weekday-three-round events (January 13 - 15)
| Registration : |
January, 13 |
11.00 - 12.30 hours |
| Opening : |
January, 13 |
12.50 hours |
| 1st round : |
January, 13 |
13.00 - 18.00 hours |
| 2nd round : |
January, 14 |
13.30 - 18.30 hours |
| 3rd round : |
January, 15 |
13.30 - 18.30 hours |
Rate of playing: 40 moves in 2 hours, followed by 30 minutes p.p. to finish the
game.
Nine-round events (January 16 - 25)
| Registration : |
January, 16 |
13.00 - 15.00 hours |
| Opening : |
January, 16 |
15.50 hours |
| 1st round : |
January, 16 |
16.00 - 22.00 hours |
| 2nd up and til 8th round : |
January 17 - 24 |
13.30 - 19.30 hours |
| |
January, 21 |
(Free day) |
| 9th round : |
January, 25 |
11.30 - 17.30 hours |
Rate of playing: 40 moves in 2 hours, followed by 1 hour p.p. to finish the game.
Rapid tournament (January 17 and 18)
| Registration : |
January, 17 |
11.30 - 12.00 hours |
| Distribution of prizes : |
January 18 |
appr. 16.15 hours |
A seven-round Swiss tournament; time allowed: 30 minutes p.p.; max. 100 participants
Dutch Open Championship Superchess (January, 24)
| Registration : |
January, 24 |
09.00 hours |
| Distribution of prizes : |
January, 24 |
appr. 18.15 hours |
A seven-round Swiss tournament; time allowed: 25 minutes p.p.; max. 60 participants
Tournament rooms
Dorpshuis De Moriaan
Dorpsduinen 4, 1949 EG Wijk aan Zee
Café De Zon
Voorstraat 54, 1949 BJ Wijk aan Zee
The consumption of alcoholic drinks, smoking and the use of mobile phones
are forbidden in the playing hall.
Entries
- Only the enclosed reply card will be accepted.
- Please fill in the reply card and return it a.s.a.p. As soon as the maximum
number of participants has been reached (which can easily be mid November),
the organisers will draw for allotment in the event.
- Refusal of your entry will be reported as soon as possible.
- Acceptance of your entry will be confirmed in the second half of December.
- In due time you will be able to monitor the score of entries at the below
mentioned website.
- Since the organisers would like to give as many people as possible a chance
to take part in the various tournaments, you are allowed to enter only one
tournament. Should you apply for more than one tournament, then the organisers
will make a choice.
Entrance fee
| Nine-round events : |
EUR 25,= |
| Three-round events : |
EUR 10,= |
The fee has to be paid on registration
| Rapid tournament : |
EUR 10,= |
| Dutch Open Championship Superchess : |
EUR 10,= |
Location: to be announced
Prizes
There are money prizes in all events.
Accommodation
For information about accommodation, we refer to the local Tourist Office:
Stichting Toerisme Wijk aan Zee
Verlengde Voorstraat 5, 1949 CL Wijk aan Zee
Telephone : + 31 (0)251 374253
E-mail : vvvwijkaanzee@ncn.nl
Website: www.vakantieinnederland.nl
Information on chess events
CC&O, P.O. Box 59064, 1040 KB Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Fax : +31 (0)20-6167603
E-mail : jeroen@coruschess.com
Website : www.coruschess.com
General information
E-mail: mike@coruschess.com
