FIDE World Championships :: final story

Written by Ignacio Dee

Saturday, 08 April 2006, id:45 Article cached on Thursday, 07 August 2008 07:36:30

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What kind of world champion will Veselin Topalov turn out to be?
That is the focus of many grandmasters after the 14th round of the FIDE world championship ended Friday in Buenos Aires with three draws-- one from Topalov against Judit Polgar-- and one win.

Netherlands and Poland European Champions!

Written by ECU

Saturday, 08 April 2006, id:41 Article cached on Thursday, 07 August 2008 07:36:31

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Netherlands won the ECTC after beating Poland in the last round. Poland´s women´s team played 2-2 against Armenia, which was enough for victory in the women´s tournament. All results are to be found on the Official Homepage...
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Photoalbum I (Prize Ceremony), Photoalbum II (Big Photo Album)
All photos by Pufichek and (c) www.kosteniuk.com

European Youth Chess Championships 2005

Written by IM Jovan Petronic

Saturday, 08 April 2006, id:44 Article cached on Thursday, 07 August 2008 07:36:31

Chess makes kids smarter, make no doubt about it! The brightest chess minds of Europe have gathered to challenge each others IQ’s, to challenge the preparations of many coaches and trainers. As of the moment I write this, The European Youth Championships U10-U18 in both competitions have moved into the 2nd half, with round five finished.

Golden Blitz Cup Moscow

Written by Diego

Saturday, 08 April 2006, id:43 Article cached on Thursday, 07 August 2008 07:36:31

On September 13 and 14 (yesterday and today) was held in Moscow the GOLDEN BLITZ Cup.
In the final of the men, Ponomarev (who won against Tkachev in the 1/2 finals and Grishuk in the 1/4 finals) won against Bareev (who won against Tregubov in the 1/2 finals and Short in the 1/4 finals). In the semi-finals were Tkachev (who won against Motylev in the 1/4 finals) and Tregubov (who won against Pelletier in the 1/4 finals). In the final of the women, Alexandra Kosteniuk beat Almira Skripchenko 2-0. In the semi-finals Kosteniuk beat Zhu Chen 2-0 and Skripchenko beat Irina Krush.
It was a super show and on TV live (NTV+) and soon we hope to other countries too.
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