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Dutch Club Team Championship 2005-2006

15.05.2006 The competition scheme holds 10 teams with each 10 players playing nine rounds in the Meesterklasse (Premier league). R1-R8 are on eight Saturdays on five different locations spread all over the country, and R9 is on a Sunday: a combined final round with all 100 players together. The top four ranked will go through to the play-offs in a conclusive weekend. On Saturday the semi finals are being held. The winners go on to the final on Sunday, while the losers play a consolation final for third and fourth place. The winner of the final will be called Dutch Club Team Champion. This year’s winner is U-Boat Worx, as usual. HSG lost again the final to finish second. SO Rotterdam (third) won the consolation final beating Hotels.nl (fourth).

(Photo report by Frits Agterdenbos)

Henk Verstappen
Henk Verstappen’s U-Boat Worx won the championship again.


Prelude: Combined final round 9 in Sluiskil

Arriving in Sluiskil
Arriving in Sluiskil: Hotels.nl captain Bart Beijer and Tea Bosboom-Lanchava

Playing hall Round 9
Playing hall Round 9 in Sluiskil 23 April 2006

Yasser Seirawan
Yasser Seirawan and Daniel Fridman, round 9, Sluiskil

Yge Visser’s draw
Yge Visser’s draw in round 9 brings him the GM title

John Van Der Wiel, LSG (Leiden)
John Van Der Wiel, LSG (Leiden)

Petra Schuurman, Stukkenjagers (Tilburg)
Petra Schuurman, Stukkenjagers (Tilburg)

Yasser Seirawan, HSG (Hilversum)
Yasser Seirawan, HSG (Hilversum)

Tea Bosboom-Lanchava, Hotels.nl (Groningen)
Tea Bosboom-Lanchava, Hotels.nl (Groningen)

Friso Nijboer, HSG (Hilversum)
Friso Nijboer, HSG (Hilversum)

Jeroen Bosch, SO Rotterdam (Rotterdam)
Jeroen Bosch, SO Rotterdam (Rotterdam)

Herman Grooten, Stukkenjagers (Tilburg)
Herman Grooten, Stukkenjagers (Tilburg)

Jan Smeets, HSG (Hilversum) performance rating 2911 after round 9
Jan Smeets, HSG (Hilversum) performance rating 2911 after round 9

Joel Lautier, U-Boat Worx (Breda) in Sluiskil
Joel Lautier, U-Boat Worx (Breda) in Sluiskil

Final standings and cross table after round 9 on 23 April 2006

HSG, U-Boat Worx, Hotels.nl and SO Rotterdam are through to the Play-offs. HWP Sas van Gent and Stukkenjagers have been relegated. Zukertort Amstelveen and Utrecht will take their places next year.

Play-offs in Enschede

The playing hall in Enschede
The playing hall in Enschede


Semi finals 13 May

Ljubomir Ljubojevic, HSG (Hilversum)
Ljubomir Ljubojevic, HSG (Hilversum)

Zhaoqin Peng
Zhaoqin Peng, SO Rotterdam (Rotterdam)

Mikhail Gurevich
Mikhail Gurevich, U-Boat Worx (Breda)

Konstantin Landa
Konstantin Landa, Hotels.nl (Groningen)

Sergei Movsesian
Sergei Movsesian, U-Boat Worx (Breda)

Final 14 May

Jan Stomphorst
Jan Stomphorst, team captain of HSG (Hilversum)

Loek Van Wely
Loek Van Wely – Joel Lautier 1-0 and Yasser Seirawan – Ivan Cheparinov draw

Michael Adams
Michael Adams, U-Boat Worx (Breda)

Ivan Cheparinov
Ivan Cheparinov, U-Boat Worx (Breda)

Laurent Fressinet
Laurent Fressinet, U-Boat Worx (Breda)

Predrag Nikolic
Predrag Nikolic, HSG (Hilversum)

Consolation Final 14 May

Yge Visser
Yge Visser, Hotels.nl (Groningen)

Zhaoqin Peng
Zhaoqin Peng and Gert Ligterink analysing their game, which was Ligterink's final game in the club competition.

Jonkman & Juliana
Jonkman & Juliana: Harmen Jonkman sitting in front of a painted portrait of Juliana (Queen of the Netherlands 1948-1980)

Dimitri Reinderman
Dimitri Reinderman, SO Rotterdam (Rotterdam), happy with two draws

Final standings after Play-offs on 13-14 May 2006
Official sites: www.schaakbond.nl and especially for play-offs www.esgoo.nl/plof2006/

The higher up sequel, the European Club Cups 2006 (general and women), will take place 7-15 October in Fuegen (Austria). See for more info www.eurochess.org/ (invitation) and www.ecc2006.com/ (official homepage).

Calendar
23.01.07-01.02.07
Gibtelecom Festival, Gibraltar

13.02-07-23.02-07
Aeroflot Open, Moscow

16.02.07-18.02-07
Noteboom Tournament, Leiden

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