Kamiel Cornelissen

Education

At Pro Tour New York 2000, affectionately known as Pro Tour Rebels, he finished 11th and was just a single point off making the top eight in his Pro Tour debut.

Career

Once a Pro Tour mainstay, he is now considered retired, despite playing the odd event. In 2009, he was voted into the Hall of Fame. Kamiel Cornelissen first appeared on the Pro Tour with an extremely strong finish.

Over the next two Pro Tours, Cornelissen did what would later become known as "pulling a Kamiel", which was to make the finals of two consecutive events, but lose both.

At Pro Tour Chicago, he made what is widely regarded as one of the best top eights in history. After taking out Jon Finkel and Rob Dougherty, Cornelissen lost the final match to Kai Budde.

At the next event, in Los Angeles, Cornelissen defeated Jon Finkel in the elmination rounds for a second time, before losing the finals to Mike Pustilnik. 2001-2002 and 2002-2003 were, by comparison, much weaker seasons for Cornelissen.

In 2003-2004 Cornelissen returned to prominence.

When the Pro Tour came to his home country, he made his third Pro Tour top eight. He finished fifth at Pro Tour Amsterdam, losing the quarterfinals to Osamu Fujita. Six months later, Conrelissen would make the elimination rounds a fourth time.

At the next Pro Tour event, the World Championship in San Francisco, Cornelissen made his fifth Pro Tour top eight and third that season.

A quarterfinal loss to Manuel Bevand would see him finish fifth. Over the years that followed, Cornelissen continued to perform well, but not with the same high degree of success.

In 2005, he made two more Grand Prix top eights in Eindhoven, and Malmö. Top 8 appearances

Last updated: 13 October 2013

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Achievements

• He is one of eight players with six or more Pro Tour top eights, including back to back second place finishes and a win at Pro Tour Seattle 2004 with teammates Jelger Wiegersma and Jeroen Remie. Most recently, he won Grand Prix Brussels 2008. As of Pro Tour Austin 2009, every player in that top eight except Jasar Elarar has won a Pro Tour. To finish out the 2000-2001 season, he made the top four of the team Grand Prix in Turin, with Jelger Wiegersma and Tom van de Logt as his teammates. His only notable finishes were a win at Grand Prix Heidelberg in 2001, and a runner-up at Grand Prix Amsterdam with Jon Finkel and Eric Froehlich in 2003. As a member of Von Dutch, he won Pro Tour Seattle, defeating Jin Okomoto, Tsuyoshi Ikeda, and Itaru Ishida in the finals. In 2006, he attracted some attention again when he won both the Dutch national championship, and the team competition at the World Championship in Paris. Two years later, he won Grand Prix Brussels. More than nine years after his previous Pro Tour top 8, and several years after he quit regular Pro Tour play, Cornelissen made his sixth top 8 at Pro Tour Theros, losing in the quarterfinals to eventual champion Jeremy Dezani. Other accomplishment.

Membership

Member of the Magic Hall of Fame class of 2009.