15-year-old Chess Prodigy Aims for Polish National Title
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2014
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The Polish Chess Championships are taking place in Warsaw from March 25 to April 2, with 15-year-old Grandmaster Jan-Krzysztof Duda one of the favourites.
Players do battle at the Polish Chess Championships at the Novohotel in Warsaw: photo - PAP/Bartłomiej Zborowski
Jan-Krzysztof Duda from Krakow, southern Poland, achieved his GM title in 2013 at the age of 15 years and 21 days, becoming the second youngest Grandmaster in the world after China's Wei Yi and is being tipped as a potential challenger for the world title in the future.
Duda has got off to a great start at the championships, winning two and drawing the third of his marches so far.
Also taking part in the men's competition is Radoslaw Wojtaszek, who was a second to Viswanathan Anand when he lost his world championship crown to Magnus Carlsen last November.
The winners of the men's and women's titles will represent Poland at this year's Chess Olympiad in Norway. (The News)
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European Team Chess Championship begins in Warsaw November 7
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013
Guess which chess event is beginning on November 7? We would ask you think again if you said it's the Carlsen vs Anand World Chess Championship! There is another chess event beginning on the same date: The European Team Chess Championship 2013 in Warsaw.
A total of 37 teams are enlisted in the open section with a tournament average rating of 2570 for 184 players. There are two women in the open section as well. A total of 31 teams are enlisted for the women's section with a tournament average rating of 2271 with 155 players.
Olympic Swinning Champion from Poland: Otylia Jędrzejczak supporting the European Team Chess Championships 2013.
Photographer: Marek Skrzypczak
You can find all the lists of teams and players at the official website of the European Team Chess Championship.
The top-three teams in the open section are:
1 RUSSIA 2745 GM GRISCHUK, Alexander RUS 2786
GM SVIDLER, Peter RUS 2740
GM MOROZEVICH, Alexander RUS 2734
GM TOMASHEVSKY, Evgeny RUS 2720
GM ANDREIKIN, Dmitry RUS 2706
2 ARMENIA 2713
GM ARONIAN, Levon ARM 2795
GM MOVSESIAN, Sergei ARM 2696
GM AKOPIAN, Vladimir ARM 2684
GM SARGISSIAN, Gabriel ARM 2676
GM PETROSIAN, Tigran L. ARM 2660
3 ENGLAND 2695
GM ADAMS, Michael ENG 2753
GM MCSHANE, Luke J ENG 2697
GM SHORT, Nigel D ENG 2684
GM HOWELL, David W L ENG 2644
GM JONES, Gawain C B ENG 2638
The top-three teams in the women's section are:
1 Ukraine UKR 2495
GM USHENINA, Anna 2497
GM LAGNO, Kateryna 2534
IM MUZYCHUK, Mariya 2491
GM ZHUKOVA, Natalia 2456
IM GAPONENKO, Inna 2400
2 Georgia GEO 2492
GM DZAGNIDZE, Nana 2556
IM KHOTENASHVILI, Bela 2514
IM KHURTSIDZE, Nino 2462
IM JAVAKHISHVILI, Lela 2435
WGM ARABIDZE, Meri 2374
3 Russia RUS 2481
GM GUNINA, Valentina 2506
GM KOSTENIUK, Alexandra 2495
WGM POGONINA, Natalija 2485
WGM GIRYA, Olga 2439
WGM GORYACHKINA, Aleksandra 2436
Kamil Stoch, a Polish ski jumper, will cheer the Polish national team during the European Team Chess Championship 2013 (ETCC 2013). The list of sports personalities supporting Polish chess players is getting longer; Marcin Gortat, Tomasz Majewski, and Wojciech Szuchnicki have already declared their support.
Kamil Stoch is a ski jumper who, even at his young age, has already earned numerous champion titles. He is the individual world champion from Val di Fiemme 2013. Moreover, he won 7 World Championship competitions, 6 individual Polish champion titles, gained 2nd place in general classification of the Summer Grand Prix twice, and placed 3rd in general classification in 2012/2013 World Cup. He also represented our country twice at the Winter Olympic Games (2006 and 2010). Stoch, despite of of his great achievements, is known for his exceptional modesty and composure.
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European Team Chess Championship 2013 in Warsaw 7-18 November
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013 Hi everyone,
The European Team Chess Championship - one of the biggest and most prestigious chess events in the world - will be held this year in Warsaw, Poland from November 7-18 at the Novotel Warszawa Centrum Hotel.
The Championship is the most important chess event in Poland since 1935. The President of the Republic of Poland - Bronisław Komorowski - is the honorary patron and several Polish celebrities have agreed to be member of the honorary committee.
The City of Warsaw and Ministry of Sport and Tourism have given the Polish Chess Federation a significant support since a bid procedure. For the first time in the history of this tournament all games will be broadcast on-line on the Internet. A total of 67 countries have already confirmed their participation in the Championship.
The official venue of the Chess Championship - Novotel Warszawa Centrum Hotel - is located in the very heart of Warsaw, only a few steps away from the famous Palace of Culture and Science.
The official website of the Championship is: www.etcc2013.com
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U.S. Shines at 24th NATO Chess Championships in Poland
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013
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Poland hosted the 24th edition of the NATO Chess Championship at the military resort of Rynia, about 30 miles outside of Warsaw. The organizing committee headed by Colonel Thomasz Malinowski of the Polish Army did a magnificent job in running the tournament. The resort is located on Zegrzyński Reservoir and while chess occupied most of our time, there was still a little bit of time to enjoy the beautiful scenery and stroll along the beach.
A five-day seven round Swiss, the event was open to all NATO member nations. Players had to be employed by their Armed Forces in order to participate. Retired service members were allowed to play in for one year beyond their retirement. Countries could send six player teams with the top four scores from a country determining the team champion. This year’s tournament had 13 countries and 82 players headed by one IM, four FMs and seven players rated over 2200 FIDE. The tournament was also quite balanced as over half the tournament was over 2000 and three quarters of the tournament are all within several hundred rating points of each other.
Read all the details by Colonel David A. Hater, U.S. Army at the website of the USCF.
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Friendly Chess Match on Between Ukraine, Poland
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012
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The friendly chess match between Poland and Ukraine and The 4th International Grandmasters' Tournament - the Lublin Union Memorial - is taking place from May 23 to May 29 in Lublin, Poland. The tournament is played in double Scheveningen format, where each member of one federation plays twice against all members of the other team. One leg will be played with classical time control, the second leg will be in rapid.
Participants: 1 GM Efimenko Zahar UKR 2695
2 GM Korobov Anton UKR 2679
3 GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy UKR 2666
4 GM Bartel Mateusz POL 2665
5 GM Socko Bartosz POL 2647
6 GM Zherebukh Yaroslav UKR 2642
7 GM Fedorchuk Sergey A UKR 2634
8 GM Miton Kamil POL 2623
9 GM Macieja Bartlomiej POL 2605
10 GM Swiercz Dariusz POL 2565
After 3 rounds Ukraine lead 10-5.
Follow live games:
http://www.festiwal2012.szachy.lublin.pl/index.php/en/home.html
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