August 1 – 8
The tournament consists of 9 rounds, Swiss system, and will be FIDE-rated. The rate of play is 40 moves in 2 hours, followed by 30 minutes for the completion of the game. Here are the top 10 seeds:
| 1 | BELIAVSKY, Alexander | Slovenië |  |
GM | 2662 | |
| 2 | KRASENKOW, Michal | Polen | |
GM | 2631 | |
| 3 | KHAIRULLIN, Ildar | Rusland | |
GM | 2602 | |
| 4 | ERNST, Sipke | Groningen | |
GM | 2598 | |
| 5 | VAN DEN DOEL, Erik | Leiden | |
GM | 2590 | |
| 6 | VOVK, Yuri | Oekraïne | |
GM | 2567 | |
| 7 | IKONNIKOV, Vyacheslav | Rusland | |
GM | 2556 | |
| 8 | NIJBOER, Friso | Amsterdam | |
GM | 2552 | |
| 9 | ADLY, Ahmed | Egypte | |
GM | 2548 | |
| 10 | SPOELMAN, Wouter | Zwolle | |
GM | 2546 |
Official website: http://www.hztoernooi.nl/index_en.html
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