GM David Howell has the amazing Elo performance 2891
The 9th Leiden Chess Tournament 2015 is currently in progress in the Leiden Denksportcentrum.
The event is a 9-round Swiss open with tempo of play 90′/40 + 30′ + 30″ and total prize fund > € 5500.
British champion GM David Howell maintains a full point advantage after the penultimate eighth round. Howell has 7.5/8 points, while the nearest follower, Israeli GM Evgeny Postny, has 6.5 points.
GM Predrag Nikolic from Bosna and Herzegovina is currently third with 6 points.
Tournament website/ LIVE games with analysis
Standings after 8 rounds:
1 GM Howell, David W L 7.5 ENG M 2698
2 GM Postny, Evgeny 6.5 ISR M 2642
3 GM Nikolic, Predrag 6.0 BIH M 2601
4 GM Chatalbashev, Boris 5.5 BUL M 2516
5 GM Petrov, Marian 5.5 BUL M 2487
6 IM Das, Arghyadip 5.5 IND M 2457
7 IM De Jong, Jan-Willem 5.5 NED M 2448
8 Pijpers, Arthur 5.5 NED M 2433
9 GM Tiviakov, Sergei 5.0 NED M 2639
10 GM Milov, Leonid 5.0 GER M 2462
11 FM Erwich, Frank 5.0 NED M 2361
12 Van der Marel, Bert 5.0 NED M 2161
13 Van der Raaf, Erik 5.0 NED M 2110
14 IM Van Delft, Merijn 4.5 NED M 2428
15 Van Overdam, Julian 4.5 NED M 2367
16 IM Palit, Somak 4.5 IND M 2360
17 FM Gindi, Shachar 4.5 ISR M 2336
18 Visser, Henk-Jan 4.5 NED M 2272
19 Wilschut, Peter 4.5 NED M 2238
20 Johansson, Gunnar 4.5 SWE M 2223
21 Kerkvliet, Max 4.5 NED M 2186
22 FM Heemskerk, Wim 4.5 NED M 2175
23 Wallgren, Ulf 4.5 SWE M 2141
24 Halfhide, Sebastian 4.5 NED M 2091
25 Den Hartog, Marijn 4.5 NED M 2088
26 Van Halderen, Herman 4.5 NED M 2052
27 Oosterom, Erik 4.5 NED M 2043
28 FM Sorensen, Bent 4.0 DEN M 2217
29 Kolodkin, Daniil 4.0 NED M 2208
30 Polak, Alexander 4.0 NED M 2114
31 FM Happel, Henk 4.0 NED M 2107
32 Knudsen, Martin 4.0 DEN M 2026
33 Corstjens, Rolf 4.0 NED M 1953
34 FM Overeem, Marc 3.5 NED M 2216
35 Van der Elburg, Freddie 3.5 NED M 2185
36 Vistisen, Lars 3.5 DEN M 2159
37 Bebchuk, Leonid 3.5 ISR M 2072
38 Van Briemen, Willem 3.5 NED M 2041
39 Nguyen, Kevin 3.5 NED M 1986
40 Jongste, David 3.5 NED M 1976
41 Brantjes, Yme 3.5 NED M 1937
42 Van Drunick, Jan-Willem 3.5 NED M 1919
43 Van der Meer, Kees 3.0 NED M 2038
44 Havenaar, Jan 3.0 NED M 2017
45 Campbell, Ian 3.0 ENG M 2005
46 Erwich, Frans 3.0 NED M 1974
47 Hawkins, James N H 3.0 ENG M 1942
48 De Mooij, Marco 3.0 NED M 1929
49 Vreeburg, Jan 3.0 NED M 1901
50 Dellert, Lena 3.0 GER F 1835
51 Ratsma, Rosa 2.5 NED F 2088
52 Van der Scheer, Henk 2.5 NED M 2049
53 Bishoen, Bob 2.5 NED M 1968
54 Weiland, Harro 2.5 NED M 1890
55 Holwijn, Melvin 2.0 NED M 1952
56 Roozendaal, Marc 1.5 NED M 1989
57 Van Brussel, Bert 1.5 NED M 1877
58 Veenendaal, Loek 1.0 NED M 1993
59 Bakker, Joop 0.5 NED M 1956
