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Deep Sengupta leads the Leiden Chess Tournament after five rounds

The Open Championship of the Leiden Chess Festival took place on Friday July 12th. The first move on the highest board was made by main sponsor Roel Piket of Adhoc & Solide Administratie.

After five rounds, the main event has a sole leader, Indian GM Deep Sangupta. He is the only player that got to 4.5 points in the strong event filled with first class masters.

Seven players are half a point behind Sangupta. Bosnian GM Predrag Nikolic is in this group and will have the chance to take down the leader in the sixth round.

Grandmaster David Howell opened the event with a simultaneous exhibition but is now a whole point behind the leader after losing surprisingly against German IM Ilja Zaragatski.

Evert Baak and Wessel Braggaar share first place in the B group.

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The playing hall

The playing hall

Standings after 5 rounds – A group:

1 GM Sengupta, Deep IND 2555 4.5
2 GM Nikolic, Predrag BIH 2622 4
3 GM Epishin, Vladimir RUS 2598 4
4 GM Van Den Doel, Erik NED 2582 4
5 GM Sethuraman, S.P. IND 2562 4
6 GM Prohaszka, Peter HUN 2554 4
7 GM Iljin, Artem RUS 2540 4
8 IM Zaragatski, Ilja GER 2494 4
9 GM Howell, David W L ENG 2639 3.5
10 GM Hasangatin, Ramil RUS 2489 3.5
11 IM Zhou, Yang-Fan ENG 2469 3.5
12 Pijpers, Arthur NED 2338 3.5
13 Molinaroli, Martin GER 2298 3.5
14 FM Heemskerk, Wim NED 2239 3.5
15 WFM Chevannes, Sabrina L ENG 2136 3.5
16 IM Bernal Moro, Luis Javie ESP 2423 3
17 IM Wiersma, Eelke NED 2374 3
18 IM Slingerland, Fred NED 2350 3
19 FM Dahm, Jochen GER 2304 3
20 Wilschut, Peter NED 2232 3
21 WIM Padurariu, Ioana-Smara ROU 2208 3
22 Van Helvoort, Rob NED 2180 3
23 Van Der Velden, Bram NED 2177 3
24 Partenheimer, Axel GER 2157 3
25 Van der Auweraert, Elwin NED 2154 3
26 CM Van ‘t Hof, Eric NED 2144 3
27 Van Der Raaf, Erik NED 2140 3
28 Thakoerdien, Jerrel NED 2083 3
29 Fernandez Fernandez, Juan ESP 2079 3
30 Ratsma, Midas NED 2036 3
31 Lecomte, Robin NED 1930 3
32 Wantola, Ivo NED 2374 2.5
33 Van der Marel, Bert NED 2176 2.5
34 Blom, Vincent NED 2167 2.5
35 FM Overeem, Marc NED 2139 2.5
36 Schaeffner, Joost NED 2107 2.5
37 Klop, Tjomme NED 2069 2.5
38 Serdijn, Adinda NED 2048 2.5
39 Van Zetten, Maarten NED 2044 2.5
40 Kerkvliet, Max NED 2042 2.5
41 Bottema, Timo NED 1962 2.5
42 Den Hartog, Marijn NED 1916 2.5
43 IM Hendriks, Willy NED 2417 2
44 Vistisen, Lars DEN 2177 2
45 Roorda, Thijs NED 2088 2
46 FM Asefi, Zaheeruddeen AFG 2082 2
47 Braggaar, Leonore NED 2080 2
48 Van Halderen, Herman NED 2071 2
49 Noordkamp, Wouter NED 2066 2
50 Segers, Hans NED 2058 2
51 Van der Meer, Kees NED 2039 2
52 Van den Berg, Dick NED 2028 2
53 Blankert, Willem NED 2010 2
54 Bey, Jerry NED 1987 2
55 Van der Hoeven, Gerben NED 1962 2
56 Sparreboom, Wil NED 1954 2
57 De Bruijne, Arian NED 1941 2
58 Zeven, Frank NED 1899 2
59 Van der Togt, Twan NED 1880 2
60 Van Der Zon, Stef NED 1870 2
61 De Coverly, Roger D ENG 2036 1.5
62 Tinga, Tjerk NED 2026 1.5
63 Kouwenhoven, Arjen NED 2004 1.5
64 Braggaar, Pim NED 1987 1.5
65 Kolodkin, Daniil NED 1979 1.5
66 Kubbenga, Michael NED 1955 1.5
67 Scherpenisse, Kees NED 1954 1.5
68 Vreeburg, Jan NED 1922 1.5
69 De Paolis, Fabrizio ITA 1897 1.5
70 Van Calmthout, Hans NED 1892 1.5
71 Halfhide, Sebastian NED 1871 1.5
72 Bakker, Joop NED 1990 1
73 WCM Orlova, Yelizaveta CAN 1942 1
74 Weiland, Harro NED 1935 1
75 Koes, Richard NED 1919 0
         

Standings after 5 rounds – B group:

1 Baak, Evert NED 1837 4.5
2 Braggaar, Wessel NED 1824 4.5
3 Van de Griend, Johan NED 1957 4
4 Van der Knaap, Jan NED 1844 4
5 Jongste, David NED 1781 4
6 Deketelaere, Francky BEL 1774 4
7 De Mooij, Marco NED 1905 3.5
8 Van den Berg, Jaap NED 1833 3.5
9 Van Orsouw, Theo NED 1828 3.5
10 Land, Marc NED 1733 3.5
11 Hordijk, Frank NED 1729 3.5
12 Mensing, Adrian NED 1691 3.5
13 Habig, Bryan NED 1648 3.5
14 Berger, Otto NED 1581 3.5
15 Van der Maat, Niek NED 1949 3
16 Volders, Wessel NED 1898 3
17 Binnendijk, Wilfried NED 1886 3
18 Vergeer, Michiel NED 1874 3
19 Bodaan, Ton NED 1850 3
20 Frijling, Jeroen NED 1817 3
21 Dijksman, Sebastiaan NED 1812 3
22 Luk, Jaimy NED 1812 3
23 Kerkvliet, Sebastiaan NED 1770 3
24 De Ruiter, Thomas NED 1747 3
25 Van t Hoff, Kees NED 1728 3
26 Veenendaal, Loek NED 1668 3
27 Brinkman, Dirk NED 1667 3
28 Mensing, Andrew NED 1645 3
29 De Ruyter, Wim NED 1642 3
30 Eveleens, Ed NED 1638 3
31 Nguyen, Kevin NED 1566 3
32 Breton, Mark NED 1433 3
33 Zwetsloot, Piet NED 2035 2.5
34 Baak, Karl NED 1908 2.5
35 Boeters, Stefan NED 1895 2.5
36 Tamminga, Meile NED 1861 2.5
37 Van Brussel, Bert NED 1838 2.5
38 Van Der Wulp, Geert NED 1742 2.5
39 Van Der Stap, Harry NED 1738 2.5
40 Van Kampen, Frans NED 1660 2.5
41 Matai, Rudi NED 1650 2.5
42 Van der Weijde, Andre NED 1618 2.5
43 Schenkelaars, Robin NED 1510 2.5
44 Broos, Simon NED 1864 2
45 Van Vorselen, Theo NED 1805 2
46 Van Breda, Tim NED 1738 2
47 Wagner, Andre NED 1734 2
48 Newerla, Alfred GER 1723 2
49 Van der Laan, Hugo NED 1660 2
50 Sieben, Ferdi NED 1644 2
51 Woning, Dirk NED 1643 2
52 Kanters, Cor NED 1599 2
53 Arkesteijn, Jaco NED 1556 2
54 Weerts, Rene NED 1520 2
55 Meirink, Teunis NED 1507 2
56 Bottema, Elmar NED 1487 2
57 Hoogeveen, Luuk NED 1426 2
58 Stins, Johan NED 1880 1.5
59 Bergshoeff, Bert NED 1714 1.5
60 Vann, Monica S ENG 1538 1.5
61 Loomans, Nico NED 1499 1.5
62 Gebhardt, Charles NED 1300 1.5
63 Keuzenkamp, Monique NED 1236 1.5
64 Calje, Fong Li NED 1192 1.5
65 Dreef, Bert NED 1450 1
66 Helfferich, Gert NED 1164 1
67 Van Klaveren, Justus NED 1156 1
68 Luk, Thomas NED 1090 1
69 Abel, Daniel NED 869 1
70 Van Harten, Eva NED 843 1
71 Ahmed, Mubin IND 1750 0.5
72 Van Harten, Lucas NED 1111 0.5
         

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