Cebu City to attempt World Chess Record for max no. of players in a chess tournament

Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011

Hi everyone,

The Cebu City (The Philippines) is going to attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the largest number of participants in a chess tournament on November 19. The record is, at present, held by Krasnoyork City, Russia. You can read the full news report at this link. The current record is with 1,214 players.

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World Schools Individual Chess Championship 2011 opens in Krakow, Poland

Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011

Hi everyone,

For all the school kids out there - the technical conference of the World Individual School Chess -2011 is set to take place in Krakow on Friday. The event begins on Saturday at the Szczepanski Square in Krakow. The opening ceremony will include a ballet-pantomime performance titled (what else) 'Chess' by Jan Kochanowski.

This is the seventh edition of the championship and includes age categories of under-7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17. The previous championship had 350 players from 30 countries. More than 400 kids are expected this time. We love to watch children play and look forward to all the sweet photos that come out from any such event. You can access the official website here.

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Chess rooks all over Polish city!

Chess news and chess trivia blog (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2010

Hello Everyone,

This is something quite interesting. Life-size chess rooks are being placed at key points in the city of Krakow, Poland. We found nine rooks already and by April, 2011, there would be 100 rooks all over the city. Cool.
This special endeavour is part of the preparations for the 2011 World School Chess Championship and the 2011 FIDE Congress which will be held in the city. You can keep track of the 'progress of the rooks' at the official website http://www.wscc2011.pl/en.

Meanwhile, here are the photos. Enjoy!

Kraków (Polish pronunciation: [ˈkrakuf] ( listen)), also spelled Krakow or Cracow (English: /ˈkrækaʊ/ listen), is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Its historic centre was inscribed on the list of World Heritage Sites as the first of its kind in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River (Polish: Wisła) in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural and artistic life and is one of Poland's most important economic centres.

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