Congratulations to all winners and medalists in the World School Chess Championship, the World Amateur Chess Championship, and the Thessaloniki Open! Stay tuned for a full detailed report from the last day of the Games Festival. Meanwhile, do not forget to check out the photo album of round 9, the album of the winners, and [...]

We are not so used in seeing chess on TV broadcasts, but during the Games Festival in Thessaloniki we have witnessed a media chess miracle. The Festival Director and Marketing Director of European Chess Union, Mr. Theodoros Tsorbatzoglou, invited a series of TV channels which covered the event with cameras and reporters in different news [...]

After a fierce battle on top boards in round eight, the World Amateur Chess Championship is heading into completely unclear finish. Stefan Parlog beat his fellow Romanian Radu-Cristian Toma to take over the first place. Toma is still sharing the second, joined by Euclides Roberto Ferreira from Curitiba, Brazil, and local player Odyseas Kesidis. It [...]

GM Giorgi Bagaturov of Georgia and IM Baris Esen of Turkey were victorious in the 8th round of the Thessaloniki Open and continue the race for the first place, keeping a distance of full point ahead of the rest of the field. Talented Greek junior Antonios Pavlidis (rated 2307, photo left) won against Krum Georgiev, [...]