The FIDE World Amateur Chess Championship 2012 was held in the 5-star Porto Carras Grand Resort in Halkidiki, Northern Greece from 16 April (1st round) to 22 April (9th round). From the Regulations: “The participants shall not have a FIDE title or published FIDE rating above 2000 at the start of the tournament nor had [...]

In the last round of the Alexander the Great Open the top two boards were drawn and eventually four Grandmasters shared the first place with 6.5 points each – Kivanc Haznedaroglu from Turkey, Dejan Antic from Serbia, Athanasios Mastrovasilis from Greece and Petar Drenchev from Bulgaria. Haznedaroglu, who held the sole lead until the 8th [...]

After the 8th round of the 2012 FIDE World Amateur Championship, that is currently under way in Porto Carras, Oliver Johannesson from Iceland assumed the leading position with 7 points, half a point clear from the chasing pack. Four players with 6.5 points are still in contention for the first place. Results round 8 / [...]