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From Abu Dhabi to Zeeland

8/6/2019 – Here are some of the major opens we're watching this week: 26th Abu Dhabi Masters 2019 (August 2-10), 23rd Hogeschool Zeeland Open 2019, Vlissingen, the Netherlands (August 3-10), RTU Open in Riga, Latvia (August 5-11). Live games, schedule and results.

Visiting Vlissingen

8/16/2015 – After a few years in the US on a strict regime of study or its frenetic opens, GM Elshan Moradiabadi explains the bliss of not only some deserved rest, but also a change of pace with a classic one-round-a-day as he visited Vlissingen, Holland. With 240 players the lineup included names such as GM Baadur, Loek Van Wely, and more. Here is the report with analysis by GM Moradiabadi.

HZ Chess Open won by Krasenkow

8/16/2014 – Coinciding with the Olympiad, the HZ Chess Tournament was held in Vlissingen, Holland, featuring a very healthy lineup of grandmasters, masters and amateurs, and brought in as its showcase player, Chinese GM Bu Xiangzhi, rated 2707. The tournament was announced as having a maximum of 250 players allowed to play, and the roster was filled up quite easily. An illustrated report.

Talking about the weather: Vlissingen in Summer

8/13/2013 – It's a beautiful seaside resort in the south-west of Holland, a fishermen's hamlet that came into existence in the seventh century. Bathed in bright sunshine it is an ideal location for a chess open. 250 players participated – it would have been more if the playing hall had been able to take them. Once again we bring you a beautiful pictorial report by our playing and roving reporter WGM Alina l'Ami.
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