World Team Championships :: Final Round
Written by Ignacio Dee
Sunday, 05 March 2006, id:46 Article cached on Friday, 10 October 2008 05:40:07
Russia has performed the impossible! Scoring heavily on boards two to four, Russia whipped China 3.5-0.5 to capture the World Team Championship Thursday in Beer-Sheva, Israel.
Russia’s winning total was 22 points while China’s score was 21.5. Armenia finished third with 18.5 followed by Olympiad champion Ukraine.
15th European Chess Team Championship
Written by ECU
Sunday, 05 March 2006, id:24 Article cached on Friday, 10 October 2008 05:40:07
Göteborg is the second largest city of Sweden with some 500.000 inhabitants and situated at the westcoast in the heart of the exotic Scandinavia! At this time, June-August, Göteborg is a fantastic tourist city with shops, parks, sports events, entertainment in 5-10 minutes walking distance from the CHESS-CENTRE. It's summertime and we can almost promise that the weather will be sun and app. 20-30 C.
Read more...4th open (rapid) Kavala 2005
Written by IM Jovan Petronic
Thursday, 02 March 2006, id:42 Article cached on Friday, 10 October 2008 05:40:07
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.