4th open (rapid) Kavala 2005

Written by IM Jovan Petronic

Thursday, 02 March 2006, id:42 Article cached on Monday, 12 May 2008 10:28:33

On September 10-11, 2005, the traditional 4th open rapid (20'+10") tournament "Kavala 2005" was held in Kavala, Greece. The winner, Ilias Kazantzidis, scored a 100% result, outplaying much stronger ranked opponents! Ilias is 12 years old, a member of the 1st team of the Kavala Chess Club (which is coached and captained by myself, I am only proud to add), with whom we recently won this years professional 1st Division Team Championship and also won the prize for the best junior board result.

Chess wonder secures world record in 17 hours

Written by IOL

Thursday, 02 March 2006, id:40 Article cached on Monday, 12 May 2008 10:28:33

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Palm Beach Gardens, California
    Former women's world chess champion Susan Polgar from Hungary broke four international records this week after playing more than 1 100 games over 17 hours.
    Polgar set a world record for the largest number of simultaneous games played when she had 326 games going at once on Monday afternoon. Of those matches, she won 309, tied 14 draws and lost three.
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