Again no ACT
This summer, again there will be no Amsterdam Chess Tournament. At first, the organizers were quite optimistic to achieve a second beginning with the Amsterdam Chess Tournament in 2008, but last month the negotiations with the potential main sponsor were stopped.Just like in the years 2004-2006, the city of Amsterdam was prepared to give some financial aid, but this help was not enough to garantuee a strong ACT. For this, according to the organizers, a main sponsor is necessary.
Peter Doggers joined a chess club a month before turning 15 and still plays for it. He used to be an active tournament player and holds two IM norms.
Peter has a Master of Arts degree in Dutch Language & Literature. He briefly worked at New in Chess, then as a Dutch teacher and then in a project for improving safety and security in Amsterdam schools.
Between 2007 and 2013 Peter was running ChessVibes, a major source for chess news and videos acquired by Chess.com in October 2013.
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In October, Peter's first book The Chess Revolution will be published!
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