October 29, 2011
The Dutch city of Hoogeveen is the venue of the annual Vam, Essent and Univé Chess festival since 1997.
The festival included several competitions: a (double) round robin, a strong Open (international) tournament, an amateur competition and an event for youth players.
The winners of the top tournaments were: 1997 Emil Sutovsky; 1998 Judith Polgar; 1999 Jan Timman and Judit Polgar; 2000 Alexander Khalifman; 2001 Judit Polgar and Loek van Wely; 2002 Peter Acs; 2003 Judith Polgar; 2004 Ivan Sokolov; 2005 Pentalya Harikrishna; 2006 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov; 2007 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov; 2008 Sergei Tiviakov; 2010 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave; 2011 Vladimr Kramnik.
Ponomariov, Andriasian, Mamedyarov and Van Wely in 2007.
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