Julio Granda Wins American Continental Chess Championship 2013
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013
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Peruvian GM Julio Granda won the American Continental Championship for second year in a row. He won his last round game to finish clear first at the event that took place on 6th – 15th May in Cochabamba, Bolivia, according to a Chessdom report.
Granda obtained 9.5 out of 11 points and finished a whole point ahead of his nearest follower, Cuban GM Isán Ortiz, who achieved 8.5 points. With 8 points, Argentine GM Diego Flores took clear third place. The big surprise of the event was given by the young Peruvian siblings GM Jorge Cori and WGM Daysi Cori, as they both got important victories in the last round to qualify to the upcoming World Cup.
GM Julio Granda Zuniga
The final round was filled with suspense, given that the players were fighting to get one of the four qualifying spots. Given that Granda already qualified last year with his first place in Mar del Plata, the biggest struggle was seen on boards.
Two main favorites, Cuban Lázaro Bruzón and Venezuelan Eduardo Iturrizaga, faced the young Peruvian siblings, Jorge and Deysi Cori. The strong Caribbean GMs knew that a win would get them in the desired spots, so they pushed hard to get it. Evidently, the Coris were more relaxed and handled the situation correctly; this attitude helped them get historic victories for their chess careers.
It is worth mentioning the fact that Argentine champion Diego Flores got a revenge from the last edition, when he was left out of the World Cup on tiebreaks.
Read more »Labels: american continental chess, Bruzon Batista Lazaro, deysi cori, flores diego, jorge cori, Julio Granda Zuniga, ortiz suarez isan reynaldo
Peru Chess News: Magistral IPD 2013 Strongest-ever Chess Event in the Country
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012
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The 1st Magistral IPD 2013 is taking place on 5-10 February at the Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería on Lima, Perú, according to a Fide chess news update.
The tournament is a 10 player single round-robin. Players from six different countries will participate in the competition. The time control is 90 min + 30 sec increment per move. This Category XIII event is the strongest tournament ever held in Peru.
The IPD (Peruvian Institute of Sports) has decided to support this competition in order to give a chance to the young Peruvian International Masters of getting the GM norms without leaving the country.
Participants:
GM Mareco Sandro ARG 2568
GM Cori Jorge PER 2551
GM Vásquez Schroeder Rodrigo CHI 2543
IM Saldaño Dayer Horacio ESP 2502
WGM Cori T. Deysi PER 2423
FM Vera Siguenas Deivy PER 2418
IM Ruiz C Joshua D COL 2387
FM Pacheco Marco PER 2381
IM Leiva Giuseppe PER 2376
IM Estrada Nieto Julian MEX 2302
Reminds us of most amazing chess event in Peru:
Kosteniuk - Cori Chess Match in Machu Picchu
Labels: deysi cori, jorge cori, magistral ipd chess, mareco sandro, peru chess, rodrigo schroeder vasquez, saldano dayer horacio
World Junior Chess R11: Rapport, Ipatov Lead in Boys' Section; Cori in Sole Lead in Girls' Section
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012
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The chess tournament news update via Fide about the World Junior Chess Championships 2012 is that the girls' section has a sole leader in WGM Deysi Cori and the boys' section leaders now are GM Richard Rapport and GM Alexander Ipatov. Eleven rounds have been played with one more to go.
Read more »Labels: alexander ipatov, deysi cori, richard rapport, world junior chess
World Junior Chess R10 - GM Richard Rapport Holds on to Sole Lead
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012
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Defending champion
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As the World Junior Chess Championship nears the conclusion, the tenth round was played in Athens on Monday. All games were decisive on the top six boards, according to the round-up report via Chessdom. GM Richard Rapport held on to his sole lead with a win at 8.5/10. GM Alexander Ipatov won on the second board and is just half-a-point behind. GM Yu Yangyi, GM Ding Liren, GM Nils Grandelius and GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan are in third place at 7.5 points. Some interesting results saw IM Eric Hansen draw with GM Zherebukh, norm winner Mark Lapidus held to a draw by IM Heimann and FM Wei Yi beat IM Shyam Nikil.
Read more »Labels: alexander ipatov, deysi cori, ding liren, eric hansen, guo qi, meri arabidze, Nils Grandelius, richard rapport, samvel ter-sahakyan, world junior chess, yu yangyi
Cori Chess Siblings - Peru catching up with world chess powers
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011
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Here is a sweet little statement by the Cori Chess Champions from Peru. These siblings have made laudable chess achievements this year.
On Wednesday under-16 world chess champion, Jorge Cori, said Peru’s level of chess had made significant strides in recent years, and was edging closer to world chess powers like Russia.
"There is something that has not been mentioned recently, and it is the fact that the Peruvian team ranked sixth [in the recent tournament held in Brazil],” Cori said.
“Russia is a world chess power and is currently ranked first but we are getting close to them,” he said to local radio RPP.
“We are making progress and winning more medals.”
Deysi Cori, Jorge’s sister, and under-18 world champion, agreed that Peruvian chess players who participated in the latest World Youth tournament had raised Peru’s international chess profile.
"Our teammates have been good at different tables, to the point of getting medals", said Daysi, who also won the 29th World Junior Girls Chess Championships in Chennai, India, earlier this year.
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Friday chess news summary - Kavalek's Huffington Post column; Deysi and Jorge Cori chess campaign; Second Koltanowski International Conference on Chess and Education
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011
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Time for the chess news summary for Friday. We've found these very interesting links.
Joys of Chess: From Krabbé to Hesse by Lubomir Kavalek. Read column in the Huffington Post. Christian Hesse's book The Joys of Chess: Heroes, Battles & Brilliances, published by New in Chess, was endorsed by the world champion Vishy Anand and Vladimir Kramnik. It is a compilation of chess stories, biographical sketches, games and fragments with references to art and science. The author is a professor of mathematics, and the book was first published in German. It resembles work previously done by Tim Krabbé, a prominent Dutch writer, on his website Chess Curiosities. Image by José Diaz .
Cori siblings to take part in 2011 World Youth Chess Championship
World champions Deysi and Jorge Cori. Photo: ANDINA/Archivo.
Peruvian siblings Jorge and Daysi Cori will go after another achievement at the 2011 World Youth Chess Championship, to take place in Brazil from November 17 to 27 with the participation of over 200 competitors from 20 countries.Both of them have prepared to compete in different European championships, with the aim to continue wining international competitions. Peruvian starlets not only seek the title, but raise their ELO and improve their raking in the Word Chess Federation (Fide). Daysi, who was crowned World Junior chess Champion in India, will participate in the U18 category competing against the best boys and girls players.
Chess Conference to Focus on Benefits to Education
Chess players and coaches, writers, teachers and fans of the game from around the world will meet in Dallas this weekend to explore the benefits of chess on education. The Second Koltanowski International Conference on Chess and Education begins Friday, Nov. 18, at the Hilton Anatole Hotel. It concludes Saturday, Nov. 19. Dr. Tim Redman, a professor of literary studies at UT Dallas, is the founder of the UT Dallas Chess Program and the conference organizer. “I chose to have a second international conference because there has been a considerable advance in serious work on chess and education in the last 10 years,” said Dr. Tim Redman, who is a professor of literary studies at UT Dallas, the founder of the UT Dallas Chess Program and the conference organizer. Read the full release here.
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Labels: chess news summary, chess program, deysi cori, dr tim redman, hesse, jorge core, koltanowski international conference on chess, krabbe, UT Dallas
World Chess Junior Girls Champion honoured by Peru Government
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011
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It's great to know when governments come forward to support chess. So it's heartening that the Peru Congress has honoured the World Junior Girls' Champion Deysi Cori with the Congressional Medal of Honour.
In Lima, this Monday, Congress President Daniel Abugattas awarded the congressional medal of honor for sporting achievement to world junior chess champion Deysi Cori. The 18-year-old WGM also received an honorary diploma for her outstanding sports career and a money prize of five thousand soles (US$1,830). “Today, the Peruvian Congress is pleased to host and recognise the achievements of Deysi Cori, this young, determined and persevering woman we are all proud of. Let’s praise and imitiate her selfless love for Peru,” the Congress president added. Last Friday, Peruvian President Ollanta Humala also honored Cori with the medal of honor for sporting achievement and gave her a money prize of 25,000 nuevos soles (over US$9,000).
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