This was the 28th User Tournament.

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Participants

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1- Geert Roelof van de Ploeg - Mephisto Amsterdam, elo 1931 
2- Hans van Mierlo - Conchess T8, elo 1940 
3- Luuk Hofman - Saitek Galileo Maestro D 6 MHz, elo 1919 
4- Hein Veldhuis - Mephisto MM IV, elo 1951 
5- Peter Schimmelpenninck - CXG Super Enterprise on 16 MHz, elo 1750 
6- Henk van Weersel - Mephisto Super Mondial II, elo 1935 
7- Ries van Leeuwen - Fidelity Kishon Chesster, elo 1859 
8- Rob van Son - CXG Sphinx Galaxy, elo 1935 
9- Tobias Gora - Novag Super Expert A, elo 1950 
10- Markus Pillen (Germany) - Mephisto Super Mondial, elo1877 
11- Olaf Jansen (Germany) - Novag Emerald, elo 1932 
12- Rudiger Patommel (Germany) - Saitek Analyst C 6 MHz 
13-Hans van der Zijden -Sakkara Vega, elo 1874 
14-Hans van Mierlo Fidelity Avant Garde 2100, elo 1911 

The weather was beautiful, and on my way, the Saturday, I got some traffic, but still, I arrived in time.
I was bringing with me six chess computers!

Unfortunately, Henk van Weersel did not show up, We still do not know why.
Geert Roelof van der Ploeg was absent for a medical issue unfortunately.
I wish you the best, Geert!
Conclusion: we ended up with 13 chess computers.

To make it even, Hans van der Zijden was taking out the Sakkara Vega.
Finally, twelve computers were remaining.

We played with an external hour, like in real chess games: each side was getting 30 minutes.
It was possible to change the level of the chess computer at any time during the game.
This was nice, increasing the interest of the operator for the game: we were feeling more involved in the competition.
For example, in some games, the operators used too much time in the first moves.
In the last minutes of the game, missing time was stressful with big consequences on the end of the game.

I chose the Sargon 4.0 16 Mhz and removed the Amsterdam. 

Also, the Super Mondial of Henk was put out.
The Kishon Chesster (running at  8 MHz) played some good games,

The Super Enterprise on 16mhz gave some surprises as well.

It was an exciting tournament, and, as collectors, we enjoyed it very much.
There was no reason to win other than the game and being together, discussing and talking about chess computers.

The EAG 2100 started as a rocket with 3 wins out of 3; the Conchess T8 won 1 and did 2 draws.

The fourth round was exciting, awakening everyone in the tournament!
The EAG 2100 versus MM IV won 2 out of 3, and the T8 versus Maestro D 6 MHz made 2 draws out of 3.
Both my chess computers lost, and both were terrible when out of the book.

Round 5 was the final round: the EAG 2100 won against the Galaxy.
The T8 won in a good attacking game as well and scored 3 out 5. 
However, the last round was between the MM IV and the Maestro D: the MM IV won!

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Results for each round

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Round 1
Sargon 4.0 - Sphinx Galaxy         0-1
Super Expert - Conchess T8         1/2
Galileo Maestro - Super Mondial    1-0
Emerald - MM IV                    1/2
Super Enterprise - Analyst C       1/2
Kishon Chesster - Avant Garde      0-1

Round 2
Sphinx Galaxy - Galileo Maestro    0-1
Avant Garde - Super Enterprise     1-0
Conchess T8 - Emerald              1-0
MM IV - Super Expert               1-0
Analyst C - Sargon 4.0             0-1
Super Mondial - Kishon Chesster    1-0

Round 3
Galileo Maestro - Avant Garde      0-1
MM IV - Conchess T8                1/2
Sargon 4.0 - Super Mondial         0-1
Super Expert - Sphinx Galaxy       0-1
Emerald - Analyst C                1/2
Super Enterprise - Kishon Chesster 0-1

Round 4
Avant Garde - MM IV                0-1
Conchess T8 - Galileo Maestro      0-1
Sphinx Galaxy - Super Mondial      1-0
Emerald - Sargon 4.0               1/2
Kishon Chesster - Analyst C        0-1
Super Expert - Super Enterprise    1/2

Round 5
Galileo Maestro - MM IV            0-1
Avant Garde - Sphinx Galaxy        1-0
Analyst C - Conchess T8            0-1
Super Mondial - Emerald            0-1
Sargon 4.0 - Super Enterprise      1/2
Kishon Chesster - Super Expert     1-0

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Final standings

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No. PNo. Name                            Score WP   SB   PS
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 1.  4   MM IV (1951)            Hein     4.0 13.5 10.75 11.0
 2. 14   Avant Garde 2100 (1911) Hans     4.0 13.5  9.50 13.0
 3.  3   Galileo Maestro D 6 MHz Luuk     3.0 16.0  8.00 11.0
 4.  2   Conchess T8 (1940)      Hans     3.0 12.5  7.00  9.0
 5.  8   Sphinx Galaxy (1935)    Rob      3.0 12.0  5.00 10.0
 6. 11   Emerald (1932)          Olaf     2.5 13.0  6.00  6.0
 7. 10   Super Mondial (1877)    Markus   2.0 12.5  4.00  7.0
 8.  1   Sargon 4.0              Ries     2.0 11.0  4.00  5.5
 9. 12   Analyst C 6 MHz         Rüdiger  2.0 11.0  4.00  6.0
10.  7   Kishon Chesster (1859)  Ries     2.0 10.5  2.50  4.0
11.  5   Super Enterprise 16 MHz Peter    1.5 11.0  2.50  4.0
12.  9   Super Expert A (1950)   Tobias   1.0 13.5  2.25  3.5

It was a good day.

I want to thank:

- our 3 collectors from Germany who played in our Tournament and

- Hans van der Zijden for his leadership collecting  the results of each round on his laptop, 

- our photographer Rob van Son and,

- Rüdiger Patommel for making a video of the Tournament video (a link will be added soon, here).

Already, the board of the CSVN gave the next date of the 29th User Tournament: November 2014.
Maybe the Elo will be raised to 2200.
I am already looking forward for it!!!

Hans van Mierlo