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Tag Archives: media
8th International Chess Festival “Terre degli Elimi”
Italy is one of our favourite destinations and not long ago we were (again) travelling to this beautiful country, this time to one of its famous islands, Sicily. It was my first time here and I was eager to get to know this place whose calling card is beyond inviting. I had great expectations and was afraid I might come back disappointed, as it usually happens in such situations, but nothing like that! I am only looking forward to my next trip to Sicily where the scenery, the food and people are wonderful.
Our destination was the small, but old and full of history town of Erice, located on top of Mount Erice, at around 750 meters above sea level and overlooking the city of Trapani. I could even say that it seems like a magical place, with its narrow streets, impressive historical monuments and breathtaking views of the island. Throughout the history Erice has been seen as a holy place (also thanks to its particular geographic position) and still holds the remains of numerous churches and cathedrals – no wonder it is known nowadays as “the Mountain of God”.… Read more
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5 Apps for Chess players
What are the essential Apps to be keep track of what’s hapening in the world of chess through your smartphone? Don’t know? No problem.
Here is a list of our top 5:
Follow Chess. FREE. This one is a must have if you want to follow live retransmisions from tournaments all around the world. It’s free and easy to use, you don’t need signing up or anything. You can upgrade to PRO version in order to enjoy more features like looking through past games, download pgn etc. You should have this one by now, but if you don’t have it yet, go get it installed!
Chess24 FREE Definitely a top App. Not only you can follow live retransmision of every major event but this is also a server in which you can play online against people around the globe. It also has an engine to analyse your games right after you finish playing.… Read more
Open Can Picafort
As the year is almost coming to an end, so is our competition season. And what better place to play the last tournament of the year than a warm island in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea? That being said, we packed our bags once again and headed for Mallorca.
We see land! Arriving in the sunny and warm Mallorca
The tournament took place in the tourist resort of Can Picafort, from 15th to 22nd of November. The venue was the 3 star hotel Ferrer Concord, the “oldest” of the Ferrer Hotels group. Situated right across the beach, with pool, jacuzzi and sauna inside the hotel and access to the group’s gym and spa in the Janeiro Ferrer Hotel, we can say that our hosts did everything they could to make our stay as pleasant as possible.
A little welcome note
An open invitation to enjoy the sun on the beachfront sun lounger
The organizers seem to have thought about everything, as most of the rounds started at 8 o’clock… in the evening!… Read more
Posted in chess news, Chess Tournaments, media, News, online chess, photo, pictures, Raluca Sgircea, Tournament report
Tagged ajedrez, Alexandr Fier, Aman Hambleton, Andrey Sumets, Brazil, Burak, Can Picafort, Canada, castellanos, chess, chess events, chess lessons, chess news, chess tournament, chessnews, echecs, escacs, Ferrer Concord, Ferrer Hotels, Fier, Firat Burak, France, Hambleton, mallorca, media, Mediterranean, news, online chess, Raluca Sgircea, Renier Castellanos, sah, spain, Sumets, Turkey, Ukraine, Vishnu Prasanna, Winter Chess, winterchess
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Rapid chess tournament in Ávila
The 22nd Santa Teresa rapid tournament (Memorial Felix Garcia Ares) was held on the 24th of October in Ávila, Spain. It gathered at start 37 players who fought for the prizes over 8 rounds of 15 mins + 5 seconds/move time control. With 16 titled players and 10 rated over 2300, the tournament was far from easy.
Top seed was GM Julen Arizmendi (rated 2578) who finished the tournament undefeated, which brought him the champion crown.
GM Julen Arizmendi
Second place, with the same number of points (6 out of 8), but slightly worse tie-break was IM Renier Castellanos (rated 2470), who started as 5th seed.
IM Renier Castellanos
The podium was completed by FM Cristian Aranda (rated 2382), who finished with the same number of points, and had a great tournament. His rating performance was 2543 and added an impressive 40 points to his ELO (which is not easy with such strong opponents).… Read more
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