Haralambos Tsakiris from Greece, Laura Perez from Colombia, are World Amateur Chess Champs 2012

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Hi everyone,

The latest chess news update is that Haralambos Tsakiris from Kavala, Greece, is the new FIDE World Amateur Chess Champion 2012. He was crowned at the 5-star Porto Carras Grand Resort in Halkidiki, Northern Greece at the conclusion of the event held from April 16 to 22. The win gives Tskiris the title of FIDE master and a rating of 2200.

Second place went to Akinci Muzaffer Ege (Turkey) who gets the Silver Medal and will be awarded a rating of 2100. Johannesson Oliver (Iceland), Manelidis Savvas, Kafetzis Georgios (both Greece) and Reyes Rios Juan Camilo (Colombia) shared the thired place with 7.0 points each. Johannesson is best on tie-breaks and takes the Bronze Medal and a rating of 2050. 

Laura Perez from Colombia scored four consecutive victories in the final rounds to finish with a total of 6.5 points and win the title of the Women’s World Amateur Champion. She will be awarded the title of Woman FIDE Master and a rating of 2050. Silver Medal went to Torill Skytte (Norway) and Bronze went to Olga Benavides Moncayo (Colombia). Photo: Top 3 women in the FIDE World Amateur 2012 - Olga Benavides Moncayo, Laura Perez, and Torill Skytte.



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FIDE World Amateur Chess Championship 2012 in Greece from April 16

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


Hello everyone,


The World Amateur Championship 2012 will take place in the 5-star Porto Carras Grand Resort, Greece from 16 April (1st round) to 22 April (9th round), 2012, as a part of the “Porto Carras Games Festival 2012″.

The annual Games Festival is a mass event organised for the 8th consecutive year and it includes a series of tournaments & competitions in prestigious games like chess, bridge, scrabble, strategic games, etc.


The FIDE World Amateur Championship is for the players with a FIDE rating of 2000 and less and it offers a guaranteed prize fund of 4,000 euros. Players with a higher rating can participate in the parallel international open tournament 'Alexander the Great 2012' which will also have an additional prize fund of 4,000 euros.


A separate open tournament for kids under 14 years old (and not a higher rating of 1500) will also be held at the same time with a blitz tournament on the last day.

Download the official regulations of the event in PDF format.


Further information can also be found on the official website of the festival www.gamesfestival.com as well as the page on Facebook.


The deadline for registrations and bookings is on 12 March 2012.

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