Nikolay Kralin and Jurgen Stigter, both in front of Jurgen's home. Kralin is a very good and productive endgame study composer, currently working on a book about the works of Troitzky (together with Oleg Pervakov, also from Moskva)
Nikolay Kralin and Yochanan Afek; the latter is a professional endgame study composer and chess player according to the license he received to stay in the Netherlands
Harold van der Heijden in front of shelves filled with literature on endgames, studies and problems
Harold van der Heijden and René Olthof, presumably analyzing an endgame. The third man (middle) is unknown to us
Nikolay Kralin meets Gennadi Sosonko
Ward Stoffelen and Nikolay Kralin. (Ed-)Ward Stoffelen, the Belgian study expert, collector and also KWA member turned 70 on November, 16th (we learned that only recently) – so we would like to congratulate him belatedly but sincerely on this anniversary
ARVES meeting with Kralin; l. to r.: René Olthof (NIC), Harold van der Heijden, Ed van de Gevel (editor of EG), Wouter Mees (endgame composer and problemist), Ton van Oosterhout (shop of ARVES and Probleembond)
A different view of the same meeting. GM Jan Timman is among the visitors (third man at the table left)
Dinner before the lecture; l. to r.: Nikolay Kralin, Jurgen Stigter, Harm Benak (ARVES board member, former treasurer), Ton van Oosterhout, Hans Buijs (ARVES secretary, wrote and translated books on pawn endings), Ward Stoffelen
Tom de Gijsel in front of Jurgen Stigter's second-hand bookshop