After the second round in the A-group only ten players hold a perfect score. Jorden van Foreest en Jan Werle, placed 1 and 2, are amongst them.

Jan Werle outplayed his opponent in a French kind of setup, pieces were exchanged, but enough was left on the board to ensure a lively continuation of the game. Werle's pieces became active, he grabbed a pawn or two, so white marched his king forward, not intending a suicide. But when his Majesty found himself on b5 surrounded by friend and foe the end was near.

White blundered 42.Rd3 where only 42.Rg3 would have given him minimal chances for survival. The elegant 42…Rc7 threatens mate, or losing a piece.

Van Foreest was helped by his Chinese opponent who directed his knights in the direction of the white king. White was also slightly better, black could have countered, but failed to find the move and when a knight went astray could surrender. Young Israeli GM Avital Burochovsky played a nice game against Cheng Pengui. The Chinese youngster didnt play the best moves so  Avital could get a knight on d5 and a rook on the seventh rank; a deadly combination, so Chengtoppled his king.

The Dutch squad of youngsters couldn't do much in this round. Nick Maatman, Casper Schoppenand Batrt von meijenfeldt all lost their games. Only Joris Gerlagh managed a draw.

Thomas Beerdsen had to surrender after a series of bad moves against Madura.

Thomas played 24.Rg3, where 24.Bf6x would have exchanged a piece causing for trouble later on. Madur plunged 24...Re4x and after 25.Ne4x Ne4x Beerdsen played 25.Rg4 in already a lost position. Whipping 25...Pf2+ tje young Dutchy had to surrender.