Uk vs Netherlands Scheveningen chess event

The Howard Stauton Memorial 2009 will be better and stronger than ever. It will feature a group of double round Scheveningen System match between the UK and the Netherlands and the other group will be a 10 players all play all round robin.

The opening ceremony and the first round will take place on Saturday 8th of August. The ceremony starts at 12 noon while round 1 begins at 2:30pm. With one rest day, the final round and the closing ceremony will take place on Monday the 17th of August. The free day for the all play all section is Saturday 15th of August.

Play starts everyday at 14:30 hours, except for the final day when it begins at noon.

Playing time control will be 40 moves in 2 hours, 20 in 1 hour and all remaining moves to be played in 30 minutes each with no increments.

Scheveningen

England

GM Michael Adams 2699

GM Nigel Short 2684

GM David Howell 2614

GM Luke McShane 2620

GM Gawain Jones 2554

Netherlands

GM Ivan Sokolov 2655

GM Jan Smeets 2632

GM Loek Van Wely 2655

GM Erwin L’ami 2593

GM Jan Werle 2575

All play all

GM Simon Williams 2527

GM Jan Timman 2569

GM Peter Wells 2498

GM Victor Korchnoi 2561

GM Nigel Davies 2493

IM Willy Hendriks 2444

IM Lawrence Trent 2471

GM Alex Cherniaev 2428

Terence Chapman 2232

IM Eelke Wiersma 2403

Round 1 pairings

Scheveningen

Adams – Van Wely

Howell – Smeets

Jones – L’Ami

Short – Werle

McShane – Sokolov

All play all

Korchnoi – Cherniaev

Trent – Wells

Davies – Williams

Hendricks – Timman

Chapman – Wiersma

More information on the Howard Stauton Memorial can be found on the official website.