Videos Chess Olympiad u16 from Hungary

Hello chess blog friends, Chess Olympiad u-16 was recently held in Győr, Hungary with a record 40 teams. Indian won the chess olympiad. Here are some nice videos from the event. Enjoy!





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World Youth U-16 Chess Olympiad Promo Video

Hello chess blog friends, the big clash of the chess world, the World Chess Championship 2014 is coming up between World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen and Challenger Viswanathan Anand in Sochi, Russia from November 7. But there's always the new talent from the next generation to look forward to. Coming up in December, Hungary will host the World Chess U-16 Olympiad. Here is a nice video promo for the event. Enjoy.

The promo video features Judit Polgar, Csaba Balogh, Benjamin Gledura who was European Champion of his age group and Kata Karacsonyi who was the first to follow in the footsteps of Judit Polgar to win the National Championship topping all boys in their age groups.





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Nagykanizsa Chess Club Youngsters in Hungary Thrilled with Presents from Chess Queen Kosteniuk

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Hello everyone,

Chess players of Nagykanizsa (a small city in the south-west of Hungary) got a super-special chess surprise recently. The city chess club received chess presents from 12th Women's World Chess Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk for their special chess ball event held recently. The main organiser of the event was József Kercsmarics. Everyone had lots of chess fun and loved the chess gifts sent by Chess Queen™ Alexandra Kosteniuk, says Mariann Bardocz-Bencsik.

(From left) Mariann Bardocz-Bencsik, Boglárka Boa, Sára Salamon, Kitti Perger and chess trainer József Kercsmarics.

Nagykanizsa is one of the centres of Hungarian chess. The city chess club No.1 team is five-time Hungarian chess champion. There is great emphasis on training the young boys and girls at the chess club on a daily basis. The youngsters participate in regional and national competitions with excellent results. 

Here's another "happy chess" photo from the Nagykanizsa chess club. In the back (from left to right) you can see Eszter Balogh, Vivien Mátyus, while in the front row Kitti Perger, Boglárka Boa and Sára Salamon are sitting.

We are would like to wish them all the best with their chess adventures and chess training with their chief trainer József Kercsmarics.

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Greetings to Hungarian chess legend GM Lajos Portisch for 75th Birthday

Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012

Hi everyone,

 

Chess legend Lajos Portisch, also known as the Hungarian Botvinnik, celebrated his 75th birthday on April 4. A special tournament was held in his honour at the Hilton Hotel in Budapest. Lajos Portisch, born on April 4, 1937, in Zalaegerszeg (Hungary), was one of the strongest non-Soviet players from the early 1960s into the late 1980s – in fact at the time he was nicknamed the "Hungarian Botvinnik". Portisch participated in twelve consecutive Interzonals from 1962 through 1993, qualifying for the World Chess Championship Candidates' cycle a total of eight times (1965, 1968, 1974, 1977, 1980, 1983, 1985, and 1988).

Portisch set several all-time records in Chess Olympiads. In Hungarian Chess Championships, he either shared the title or won it outright a total of eight times, and was awarded the "Nemzet Sportoloja", Hungary's highest national sports achievement award. His main hobby is singing operatic arias, having a fine baritone voice, a quality shared by Vasily Smyslov. You can also read the Fide greetings here.

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