GM Nijat Abasov qualifies for 2016 Tata Steel Group Tournament Print
Thursday, 26 November 2015 16:18
Cultural Village

The 20th Cultural Village Chess Tournament took place from November 16th to November 25th, 2015, at Café de Zon, in Wijk aan Zee, in the Netherlands.

The event was a 10 player single round-robin tournament with a qualifying character. The winner proceeds to the prestigious 2016 Tata Steel Group Tournament.

GM Nijat Abasov from Azerbaijan took the first place with 7.5/9 points, thus secured his place at the 2016 edition of the most elite tournament in the Netherlands.

Canadian GM Eric Hansen remained second with 7 points, leaving the nearest follower, Dutch GM Roeland Pruijssers, 1.5 points behind.

http://www.ssij.nl/indexcvt2015.html

Final standings:

Final standings