Krasenkow claims first in Vlissingen with another win and two quick draws
![Krasenkow](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/proxy/www.chessvibes.com/plaatjes/vlissingen2009/cup290/http/d1c6967c50.jpg)
Hogeschool Zeeland Open (Vlissingen) 2009 | Final Standings
![Vlissingen Open 2009 Final Standings](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/proxy/www.chessvibes.com/tabellen/vliss09_r9/http/b6f20886d1.jpg)
Selection of games rounds 7-9
Click on the pairings at the top of the board to reveal a drop down list of all the games. More info on our new game viewer can be found here. Game viewer by ChessTempo![playinghall](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/proxy/www.chessvibes.com/plaatjes/vlissingen2009/playinghall/http/f6f29c9574.jpg)
The playing hall...
![venue2](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/proxy/www.chessvibes.com/plaatjes/vlissingen2009/venue2/http/411950c985.jpg)
..the spatious auditorium of the Hogeschool Zeeland
![kogan](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/proxy/www.chessvibes.com/plaatjes/vlissingen2009/kogan/http/e8edf34d36.jpg)
GM Artur Kogan
![kogan](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/proxy/www.chessvibes.com/plaatjes/vlissingen2009/kogan2/http/c3e3f0c985.jpg)
Kogan held a talk on the night before the tournament. He was born in the Ukraine but moved to Israel at the age of two. He now lives in Tarragona (Spain). He is famous for his Olala Chess Academy, see www.olalachess.com. At the moment he is the coach of the Dutch National Woman's Team. Kogan won the Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament in 1996.
![beliavsky](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/proxy/www.chessvibes.com/plaatjes/vlissingen2009/beliavsky2/http/2017bc6f31.jpg)
The legendary GM Alexander Beliavsky, still going strong and top seed in Vlissingen
![beliavsky](../../plaatjes/vlissingen2009/beliavsky.jpg)
Beliavsky's picture in an old tournament book
![andrey](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/proxy/www.chessvibes.com/plaatjes/vlissingen2009/andrey/http/9119f7425e.jpg)
GM Andrey Vovk (Ukraine)
![yuri](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/proxy/www.chessvibes.com/plaatjes/vlissingen2009/yuri/http/39abe2059e.jpg)
Brother GM Yuri Vovk
![doel](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/proxy/www.chessvibes.com/plaatjes/vlissingen2009/doel/http/27b4877b4c.jpg)
GM Erik van den Doel
![ernst](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/proxy/www.chessvibes.com/plaatjes/vlissingen2009/ernst/http/49d89f2cb4.jpg)
GM Sipke Ernst
![ikonnikov](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/proxy/www.chessvibes.com/plaatjes/vlissingen2009/ikonnikov/http/c977a75b12.jpg)
GM Vyacheslav Ikonnikov
![khairullin](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/proxy/www.chessvibes.com/plaatjes/vlissingen2009/khairullin/http/1070c5b2a4.jpg)
GM Ildar Khairullin
![krasenkow2](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/proxy/www.chessvibes.com/plaatjes/vlissingen2009/krasenkow/http/742bfccbd6.jpg)
GM Michal Krasenkow
![spoelman](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/proxy/www.chessvibes.com/plaatjes/vlissingen2009/spoelman/http/7b99efbb32.jpg)
GM Wouter Spoelman
![kohlweyer](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/proxy/www.chessvibes.com/plaatjes/vlissingen2009/kohlweyer/http/5d7b460abd.jpg)
IM Bernd Kohlweyer
![Thomas Henrichs](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/proxy/www.chessvibes.com/plaatjes/vlissingen2009/Thomas Henrichs/http/8c6d2033c7.jpg)
IM Thomas Henrichs
![zaragatski](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/proxy/www.chessvibes.com/plaatjes/vlissingen2009/zaragatski/http/4d1fb7f566.jpg)
IM Ilja Zagaratski
![leenhouts](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/proxy/www.chessvibes.com/plaatjes/vlissingen2009/leenhouts/http/2c899fe0c9.jpg)
IM Koen Leenhouts
![bezemer](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/proxy/www.chessvibes.com/plaatjes/vlissingen2009/bezemer/http/c9615f3a7d.jpg)
FM Arno Bezemer only needs to reach 2400 to become an IM
![indians](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/proxy/www.chessvibes.com/plaatjes/vlissingen2009/indians/http/f5523ae919.jpg)
The Indian delegation with on the far right Babu Lalith who won the Leiden Chess Tournament last month.
![B. Adhiban](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/proxy/www.chessvibes.com/plaatjes/vlissingen2009/B. Adhiban/http/9312b16d8a.jpg)
B. Adhiban
![Musunuri Rohit Lalith Babu](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/proxy/www.chessvibes.com/plaatjes/vlissingen2009/Musunuri Rohit Lalith Babu/http/9cccf99e50.jpg)
Musunuri Rohit Lalith Babu
![Pandian Karthikeyan](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/proxy/www.chessvibes.com/plaatjes/vlissingen2009/Pandian Karthikeyan/http/65a720dded.jpg)
Pandian Karthikeyan
![Rajendran Meenu](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/proxy/www.chessvibes.com/plaatjes/vlissingen2009/Rajendran Meenu/http/6911be7545.jpg)
Rajendran Meenu
![Rout Padmini](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/proxy/www.chessvibes.com/plaatjes/vlissingen2009/Rout Padmini/http/b9d7d66519.jpg)
Rout Padmini
![S. Harini](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/proxy/www.chessvibes.com/plaatjes/vlissingen2009/S. Harini/http/cbc1727040.jpg)
S. Harini
![Sundar Shyam](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/proxy/www.chessvibes.com/plaatjes/vlissingen2009/Sundar Shyam/http/90ec610403.jpg)
Sundar Shyam
![Swaminathan, Soumya](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/proxy/www.chessvibes.com/plaatjes/vlissingen2009/Swaminathan, Soumya/http/4a94a7d67f.jpg)
Soumya Swaminathan
![vanweersel](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/proxy/www.chessvibes.com/plaatjes/vlissingen2009/vanweersel/http/ea17a77a70.jpg)
Arlette van Weersel
![girl](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/proxy/www.chessvibes.com/plaatjes/vlissingen2009/girl/http/f919aac1da.jpg)
As if we didn't provide enough proof that chess is definitely also a girl's game
![Tatjana Plachnikova.jpg](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/proxy/www.chessvibes.com/plaatjes/vlissingen2009/Tatjana Plachnikova/http/5f3f4ff0c3.jpg)
Tatjana Plachnikova
![Cup](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/proxy/www.chessvibes.com/plaatjes/vlissingen2009/cup/http/5e76a3faef.jpg)
The winner proudly showing his cup