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Blitz tournament in Dordrecht, The NEtherlands -April 24, 2010: €1,750 first rpize
Bijzonderheden Inschrijving via http://www.snelschaakmarathon.nl/ vanaf maandagochtend 2 maart, 0.01 uur (de ervaring leert dat het toernooi zeer snel vol is)
Re: Blitz tournament in Dordrecht, The NEtherlands -April 24, 2010: €1,750 first rpiz
12th edition Blitzchess Marathon on 24th of april 2010
04-03-2010 17:00 uur - Late last night the magic number of 160 free entrance tickets was reached. But if you are now thinking: "It's no use to register any more", then you are wrong. It is our experience that during the time between now and the 24th of april, several participants will withdraw and registering on the reserve-list will give you a big advantage on the tournament-day itself when no-shows are filled with reserve-list entries. As soon as there are places availlable, we will fill-up the participant list according to the order on the reserve list.
After an absence of 4 years, the biggest European Blitzchess event is back. Thanks to the cooperation of the 'Da Vinci College', the 'Leerpark Dordrecht', the city counsel of Dordrecht, industrial plumbing company Trijselaar Vermeer, Secure Logistics B.V. and a number of smaller companies, the organisation was able to organize this magnificient event.
According to all very positive sounds from around the chessworld, we expect the event to be as excilarating as it was before. The organizers hope to welcome you of course again next april 24th.
As before, this site will be the main communication channel and will you be able to register using this site.
Registration starts on the 00.01 hours of the 2th of march 2010 (night from 1th to 2th of march)
We were able to keep the entrance fee to the same level as it was 4 yours ago: € 17.50 euro.
To get you into the mood for the upcoming event, we present you the names of the Grandmasters and International Masters who have already promised their appearance:
GM A. Morozevich GM I. Sokolov GM S. Tiviakov
GM Y. Seirawan GM Y. Zherebukh GM E. van der Doel
GM J. Speelman GM L. van Wely GM E. Iturrizaga
GM C. Bauer GM H. Hamdouchi GM D. de Vreugd
GM V. Kunin IM M. Bosboom IM H. Böhm
And this will not be all!
Re: Blitz tournament in Dordrecht, The NEtherlands -April 24, 2010: €1,750 first rpiz
In searching to see if the name Manuel Bosboom had ever graced ChessTalk, I was directed to this thread. Here's a game of Bosboom's that those with a penchant for eccentric chess might just enjoy. I duly note that in more than 60K+ games of chess at chessgames.com commencing with 1.Nf3 Nf6, that 2.Rg1!? has NEVER been seen (:
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