Dutch National Championship on Playchess

The Dutch Chess Federation hosts 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 total prize fund is € 2500, with a first prize of € 800. The qualifying tournaments are open to all Dutch players.

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

List of qualified players:

Masterpoints

Handle Player Title FIDE Total 2011-2012 Qualified 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 700 Rating

SipkeErnst Sipke Ernst GM 2554 Rating

ChristianBoy Wouter Spoelman GM 2546 Rating

Twan Burg Twan Burg IM 2469 4250 1050 Rating Titan1 David Klein FM 2438 Rating

Rossetis Koen Leenhouts IM 2384 3150 2150 Rating Bolwerk Peter Bolwerk KIM 2230 12020 3700 Masterpoints Rikroelofs Rik Roelofs KIM 1928 6630 3740 Masterpoints

Bondsbureau KNSB , Frans Halsplein 5, 2021 DL Haarlem . Tel .: [023] 525 40 25. Fax : [023] 525 43 53. E-mail : [email protected] ABN AMRO : 89.17.43.537. KVK verenigingsregister nr .: 40530765. BTW nr .: 25.66.692.B.0.1. InternetSite : www.schaakbond.nl

Playing schedule Qualification rounds Start Registration Tu 26 June Qualification 1 11 round swiss 20.00 u 19.30 uur We 27 June Qualification 2 11 round swiss 20.00 u 19.30 uur Th 28 June Qualification 3 11 round swiss 20.00 u 19.30 uur Fr 29 June Qualification 4 11 round swiss 20.00 u 19.30 uur

Finals

Sa 30 June Finals Knock Out Matches 13.00 u 12.30 uur

More information (in Dutch) http://www.schaakbond.nl/internetschaak/toernooien/nk-internet/2012