Chess and Music: German Chess Talent Paehtz Performs Sinatra hit! (Video)
Hello chess blog friends, chess and music do go together. Proving that again is chess talent Grandmaster Elisabeth Paehtz from Germany. In this video for www.chess-news.ru, she performs the Frank Sinatra hit 'My Way'. How many other top chess players can you name who also are actually singers or musicians?
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New Chess Event in India for Women: Elisabeth Paehtz Top Seed at AICF-KIIT Round-Robin
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Top seed Elizabeth Paehtz of Germany. Find lots of great photos of the world's best chess players at www.chesspics.com.
Former World Junior Girls’ champion Elisabeth Paehtz of Germany is the top seed at the round-robin women's chess tournament that begins in the South Indian city of Bhubaneshwar on March 17. The AICF-KIIT Chess Cup is India's strongest-ever women's closed chess tournament with a prize fund of about $15,000. Elina Danilian and Lilit Mkrtchian of Armenia, Olga Girya of Russia, Cristina Foisor of France and reigning world junior girls’ champion Guo Qi of China are the other non-Indian players in the event. The Indian players include national women’s champion Mary Ann Gomes, Padmini Rout, Kiran Manisha Mohanty, Nisha Mohota, Eesha Karavade and Swati Ghate.
The tournament will be played on a round-robin basis and the drawing of lots will be done during the opening ceremony. There will be eleven rounds in all under FIDE’s standard time control between twelve players. The AICF-KIIT cup is aimed at providing top level opposition for Indian women chess players.
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Valentina Gunina wins European Women's Blitz Chess Championship too!
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012Hi everyone,
Talented Russian player IM Valentina Gunina is going to remember Gaziantep and March, 2012 for a long time to come! She has just won the European Women's Blitz Championship as well after winning the European Women's Championship in classical chess.
In the final round she managed to beat former Women's World Champion Antoaneta Stefanova 2:0, and this victory gave her first place. Elisabeth Pähtz, who was leading before the last round, lost to Nadezda Kosintseva 1.5:0.5 and finished with the silver medal. Nana Dzagnidze got the third.
Congratulations to all the winners and to all the beautiful women who played beautiful chess over the last fortnight in Turkey! You can access the official website here.
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