The record breaking World Youth Chess Championships is past round 9 and already eleven players have reached norms The results so far confirm 7 new IM norms in the Open U18 section – FM Steven Zierk (USA) (interview with him here and here) , FM Angel Arribas Lopez (ESP), FM Pouya Idani (IRI), FM Ayaz [...]
Managing the record-breaking event, like the 2010 World Youth Chess Championships, is a demanding task. Members of the Organizing Committee are constantly monitoring the events and making sure that all conditions are met. IM Mastrokoukos Georgios GRE Tzermiadianos Aggelos GRE FM Logothetis Sotirios GRE Bousios Hristos GRE WGM Karlovich Anastazia UKR WIM Sorokina Anastasia AUS [...]
Here is the video of round 9 of the World Youth Chess Championships in Porto Carras, Greece. The video features interviews with FM Steven Zierk (USA), WIM Keti Tsatsalashvili (GEO), Shiven Khosla (IND), WFM Monika Motycakova (SVK), Kaveesha Amarasena (SRI), and CM Bhakti Kulkarni (IND).
The World Youth Chess Championships continued in Porto Carras with round 9 today. FM Steven Zierk (interview with him here) continued his good performance in the Open U18 section of the World Youth Chess Championships and after winning his round 9 game is now sharing the first position with GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan, who drew GM [...]
Round 9 of the World Youth Chess Championships 2010 is underway in Porto Carras, Greece. The first photos are already available in the gallery, more will be added to it all day long. Live games here
GM Giovanni Vescovi is in Porto Carras, accompanying his daughter who is playing in the U12 tournament of the World Youth Chess Championships. In a video interview for the official website, GM Vescovi talked about his daughter’s progress and development of scholastic chess in Brazil.
Round 8 video from the World Youth Chess Championships including interviews with FM Steven Zierk and Kayden Troff (USA).
GM Ter-Sahakyan Samvel (ARM) with 7,0/8 is still heading the U18 Open section of the World Youth Chess Championships here in Porto Carras after a draw with IM Tal Baron (ISR). However, his position is now threatened by the well performing FM Steven Zierk (interview in the video of the round) who won today and [...]
Ignatius Leong, General Secretary of FIDE, gave an extensive interview during the World Youth Chess Championships. Ignatius Leong spoke about the development of chess around the World, the role of youth chess and chess in schools, the 16th Asian games, and analyzed the record breaking WYCC in Porto Carras.
Round 8 of the World Youth Chess Championships 2010 is underway in Porto Carras, Greece. The first photos are already available in the gallery, more will be added to it all day long. Live games here
A special 4-minute video with highlights from the World Youth Chess Championships was broadcasted on the big screen during the closing ceremony.
Immediately after the WYCC closing ceremony, Chief Arbiter Panagiotis Nikolopoulos, obviously relieved after successfully completing the monumental event, gave an interview for the official website.
The 2010 World Youth Chess Championship concluded with a grandiose closing ceremony in the packed Olympic Hall. After the final greetings from the members of the Organising Committee and the Chief Executive Officer of the Porto Carras Resort Mr Vasilis Vasilakis, the Chief Arbiter Mr Panagiotis Nikolopoulos announced the winners of all twelve age categories [...]
Besides the Champions and medal winners from the 2010 World Youth Chess Championships, another group of players will feel a great satisfaction after the competition. A total of 15 have earned the title norms, increasing the number of norms from the earlier round nine report. GM Norm: Steven Zierk (Open U18) IM Norms: Liu [...]
The record breaking World Youth Chess Championships concluded in Porto Carras, Greece. The winners and the medalists are already known and will be awarded at the closing ceremony. Only one group was decided before the last day, and R11 turned out to be one of the most exiting WYCC finishes ever. The players continued battling [...]
Round 11 of the World Youth Chess Championships 2010 is underway in Porto Carras, Greece. The first photos are already available in the gallery, more will be added to it all day long. Live games here
Round 10 video of the World Youth Chess Championships and interviews with the leaders of the Open U18 section.
Li Yunshan (CHN) is the first player to secure the gold medal at the 2010 World Youth Chess Championships in Porto Carras. The Chinese young talent has 9,5/10 and is the winner of the Girls U8 section, as the closest competitors are 1,5 points behind. One round before the end of the WYCC none of [...]
Round 10 of the World Youth Chess Championships 2010 is underway in Porto Carras, Greece. The first photos are already available in the gallery, more will be added to it all day long. Live games here
The record breaking World Youth Chess Championships is past round 9 and already eleven players have reached norms The results so far confirm 7 new IM norms in the Open U18 section – FM Steven Zierk (USA) (interview with him here and here) , FM Angel Arribas Lopez (ESP), FM Pouya Idani (IRI), FM Ayaz [...]
The WYCC 2010 is taking place in Porto Carras, Halkidiki / GREECE, 19 – 31 October.
The luxury Porto Carras Grand Resort is set like a gem in 1763(!) hectares (17 million sq. m.!) of incredibly beautiful grounds fringed by seemingly endless sandy beaches, in fact 9 kilometres of them!
Registration deadline is August 20, 2010