The 8th edition of Leiden Chess Tournament is taking place on 11-20th July, 2014, in Leiden, a city in the Dutch province of South Holland.
The event is organized by the Stichting Denksportpromotie Nederland, a foundation for mind sports, in a 9 round Swiss format.
The first prize is in the amount of 1750 €.
84 participant take part in the tournament. Top seed is GM Nikolic, Predrag BIH 2605, followed by GM Bogner, Sebastian SUI 2602, GM Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav RUS 2556, GM Horvath, Csaba HUN 2542, GM Sengupta, DeepIND 2533, IM Cernousek, Lukas CZE 2457, IM Das, Arghyadip IND 2439, GM Van Der Wiel, John T.H. NED 2424, IM Bitalzadeh, Ali NED 2416, GM Belkhodja, Slim TUN 2415.
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Nice city.