The Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament (or HZ Tournament) is an annual international
chess
Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to dist ...
tournament which takes place in
Vlissingen
Vlissingen (; zea, label= Zeelandic, Vlissienge), historically known in English as Flushing, is a municipality and a city in the southwestern Netherlands on the former island of Walcheren. With its strategic location between the Scheldt river ...
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Netherlands
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Winners
at the tournament website The first two editions, held in 1995 and 1996, were known as Zeeland Open. It is hosted by the HZ University of Applied Sciences
The HZ University of Applied Sciences (Short: HZ) is a Dutch university of applied sciences with campuses in Zeeland
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List of winners
Zeeland Open
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HZ Tournament
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References
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Recurring sporting events established in 1995
Sports competitions in Zeeland
Sport in Vlissingen