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The 26th HZ Open Chess Tournament is set to take place from 3-10th August at the HZ University of Applied Sciences in Vlissingen, Netherlands.
The tournament will be played over nine rounds of Swiss system with the top prizes being EUR 2000/1300/800/500/400/300.
The maximum capacity of the playing venue is 246 players.
Top rated players are: GM L’Ami Erwin NED 2635, GM Ter-Sahakyan Samvel ARM 2616, GM Pavlidis Antonios GRE 2572, GM Bharath Subramaniyam H IND 2550, GM Fernandez Daniel Howard ENG 2525, GM Ferreira Jorge Viterbo POR 2523, GM Hausrath Daniel GER 2469, GM Ikonnikov Vyacheslav FID 2456, GM Leenhouts Koen NED 2454 etc
Last year winner was GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan from Armenia.
