FIDE World Amateur Championship 2012 Nov 29, 2011 The “Chess Academy of Thessaloniki”, the World Chess Federation (FIDE) and the Greek Chess Federation have the honour of inviting all national chess federations and eligible players in the FIDE World Amateur Chess Championship 2012 to be held in the 5-star Porto Carras Grand Resort in Halkidiki, Northern Greece from 16 April (1st round) to [...]

4th International Open Chess Tournament “Alexander the Great” Nov 29, 2011 The “Chess Academy of Thessaloniki” in co-operation with “Thessaloniki & Halkidiki Chess Union”, announces the 4th International Open Chess Tournament “Alexander the Great”, which will be held with open participation and nine (9) rounds Swiss system for players with a FIDE rating of over 2000. The tournament will be held in the 5-star “Porto Carras [...]

2nd International Youth Chess Open Tournament “Hebe 2012″ Nov 29, 2011 The “Chess Academy of Thessaloniki” in co-operation with “Thessaloniki Halkidiki Chess Union” & “Greek Chess Federation” announces the 2nd international Youth Chess Open Tournament “Hebe 2012″, which will be held with open participation and seven (7) rounds Swiss system. The tournament will be held in Hotel Porto Carras Grand Resort, Halkidiki from 16 April (1st [...]

Porto Carras – venue of Games Festival 2012 Oct 10, 2011 Games Festival 2012 will take place in the Olympic Hall Congress Center (1500 sq. m.), within the 5-star Porto Carras Grand Resort. The luxury Porto Carras Grand Resort is situated in an enchantingly verdant landscape in Halkidiki, Greece. Set like a gem in 1763 hectares (17 million sq. m.) of incredibly beautiful grounds, it is [...]

Hebe open, participants

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Alexander the Great Open, participants

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World Amateur 2012, participants

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Russian Wins The European Senior Teams Championship!

May 11, 2011

A quick peace treaty with Austria in the last round of the European Senior Teams Championship handed the gold medal to the team of Russia. Congratulations! Russia won six matches, tied three and collected a total of 15 match points. In the match between two teams on the shared second place, Germany started off with [...]

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