Standings after 2 rounds:
| 1. | Smeets, Jan | g | NED | 2659 | 1½ | ||||||||||
| 2. | Nijboer, Friso | g | NED | 2567 | 1½ | ||||||||||
| 3. | Ernst, Sipke | g | NED | 2572 | 1½ | ||||||||||
| 4. | Spoelman, Wouter | g | NED | 2580 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 5. | Giri, Anish | g | NED | 2642 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 6. | L’Ami, Erwin | g | NED | 2620 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 7. | Bok, Benjamin | f | NED | 2430 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 8. | Van Wely, Loek | g | NED | 2653 | ½ with 1 game to play |
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| 9. | Van Kampen, Robin | f | NED | 2481 | 0 with 1 game to play |
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| 10. | Reinderman, Dimitri | g | NED | 2608 | 0 |
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
van wely is still a force to be reckon with.
Bad timing, Van Wely lost.