Sasikiran, Henrichs win Hogeschool Zeeland

14th Hogeschool Zeeland 2010

The 14th Hogeschool Zeeland tournament took place in Vlissingen from August 7th to 14th, 2010. Top seed GM Krishnan Sasikiran of India, rated 2679, tied for first with IM Thomas Henrichs, Germany, 2490, but took the title on tie-break points. Five players, including GMs Erwin L'Ami (NED, 2620) and Sergey Fedorchuk (UKR, 2665) were in the group of five trailing half a point behind the leaders.

The two top scorers GM Sasikiran and IM Thomas Henrichs

Top final standings (after nine rounds of play)

Rnk	Player	Pts	Rtng	Perf.	WWe.	BH	SB
1	GM Sasikiran, Krishnan	7.5	2679	2694	+0.29	57.5	47.25
2	IM Henrichs, Thomas	7.5	2490	2611	+1.40	54.0	44.75
3	IM Zaragatski, Ilja	7.0	2472	2623	+1.84	55.0	40.75
4	IM Brandenburg, Daan	7.0	2514	2551	+0.49	54.5	41.75
5	GM L'Ami, Erwin	7.0	2620	2660	+0.54	54.5	40.0
6	GM Fedorchuk, Sergey	7.0	2665	2600	-0.49	53.0	40.0
7	IM Pruijssers, Roeland	7.0	2462	2571	+1.37	53.0	39.0
8	GM Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav	6.5	2578	2597	+0.47	56.0	38.75
9	GM Erdos, Viktor	6.5	2592	2540	-0.36	54.5	37.5
10	GM Nijboer, Friso	6.5	2582	2530	-0.39	54.0	38.0
11	IM Guidarelli, Laurent	6.5	2433	2459	+0.56	53.5	37.75
12	IM Kohlweyer, Bernd	6.5	2436	2557	+1.40	53.5	37.5
13	GM Hoffmann, Michael	6.5	2517	2488	-0.14	53.0	37.0
14	GM Haslinger, Stewart	6.5	2552	2463	-0.73	53.0	36.25
15	FM Zelbel, Patrick	6.5	2345	2473	+1.62	52.5	34.25
16	FM Freeke, Matthieu	6.5	2315	2387	+0.91	51.5	35.0
17	IM Leenhouts, Koen	6.5	2407	2348	-0.36	51.0	35.0
18	FM De Jong, Migchiel	6.5	2358	2424	+0.96	51.0	34.75
19	GM Van den Doel, Erik	6.5	2591	2429	-1.33	50.0	34.75
20	IM Bosboom, Manuel	6.5	2455	2411	-0.26	49.5	34.25
21	Haast, Anne	6.5	2240	2292	+0.72	48.5	33.25
22	IM Afek, Yochanan	6.5	2310	2272	-0.21	48.0	34.0
23	IM Bitalzadeh, Ali	6.5	2415	2459	+0.73	48.0	31.75
24	IM Roeder, Matthias	6.5	2392	2371	-0.01	47.0	32.0
25	Admiraal, Miguoel	6.5	2221	2272	+0.77	46.0	32.5
26	Balje, Jan	6.5	2204	2149	-0.33	45.5	32.0

Vlissingen, which in English is know as Flushing, is a city in the southwestern part of the Netherlands which, in the 17th century, was a main harbour for ships of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). In its heyday ships from Flushing sailed all seas and contributed to the world power of The Seven Provinces (which later became the Dutch Republic).

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The sea front in Vlissingen, where the event was held

The top players stayed in the Arion Hotel, on the Boulevard Beachfront of Vlissingen

The college of Zeeland in Vlissingen, where the tournament was held

The tournament in the college of Vlissingen

The games in progress

IM Ilja Zaragatski, who came third, analysing with the final winner Krishnan Sasikiran

In the early evening with the players visible inside the building

Later at night some players moving garden chess pieces outside the analysis area

All photos by Gerd Densing

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