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Article by Perlen vom Bodensee / Follow on Twitter/X Football and chess – at first glance, two different worlds. But many football coaches and players recognize surprising parallels. Pep Guardiola and...
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Hans Niemann is going to play Magnus Carlsen this September in Paris as part of the SCC tournament. In an update on his Twitter/X account, Hans Niemann talks about the upcoming match and sums up his August wins against Anish Giri in Utrecht, against Vitiugov in London, and against Bacrot in Paris.
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Le Quang Liem will be on board 1 for Vietnam at the Chess Olympiad 2024. He will arrive in Budapest with the highest ELO in his career – 2741! Despite a clear deflation in the 2700 club, Le Quang Liem successfully achieved his personal best this month of August.
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Unanswered letters for more than 3 months, delegations scattered in different hotels, lack of communication by FIDE officials, last minute change of regulations and conditions, unexpected extra costs....
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Timothe Razafindratsima is the European Youth Chess Champion U18. Timothe Razafindratsima won the gold medal by finishing with 7,5/9, half a point ahead of competition. Arsen Davtyan is second, while third place is for Sohan Belkaid.
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Noga Orian is the European Youth Girls Champion U18. Noga Orian started as top seeded and finished the event at sole first with 7,5/9. The second place is for Izabela Tokarz, edging on tiebreak Mariia Manko.
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Klara Szczotka is the European Youth Girls Champion U16. Klara Szczotka finished in a group of six players with 7,0/9, but won the gold medal on tiebreak. Second position is for Alexandra Shvedova, while third is Elif Zeren Yildiz.
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Marco Materia is the European Youth Chess Champion U16. Marco Materia scored 7,5/9 and edged on tiebreak Benik Agasarov. The third place is for Aksel Bu Kvaloy with 7,0/9. Final standings 1 IM Materia...
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Vera Vujovic is European Youth Girls Champion U14. She started as a rating favorite and scored 8,0/9 to win the title, crossing the 2200 ELO mark. Second and third are two Georgian players – Mariam Kalandadze and Kesaria Mgeladze.
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Vaclav Finek is the European Youth Chess Champion U14. Playing on home soil in Prague and starting as a clear rating favorite, Vaclav Finek left no chance to his opponents finishing top of the table with 8,0/9.
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Varvara Matskevich is the European Youth Girls Champion U12. Varvara Matskevich won the title with the fantastic 8,5/9 points and crossed the 2000 ELO mark. Second and third with 7,0/9 are two players from Turkey – Zeynep Duru Sahin and Senem Gul Bassari.
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Wiktor Golis is the European Chess Champion U12. In a dramatic finish, Wiktor Golis won the gold medal, finishing with the same points as Tyhran Ambartsumian and Antoni Radzimski, but better tiebreak. Final standings 1 Golis...
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Svitlana Russieva is the European Youth Girls Champion U10. With a score of 7,5/9 she won the gold medal half a point ahead of Yuefan Chen and Lila Rzadkowska. The win brought Svitlana Russieva additional 116 ELO points.
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Ali Poyraz Uzdemir is European Youth Chess Champion U8. He scored 8,0/9, half a point more than silver medalist Boris Kolodziejczyk. The bronze medal is for the top seeded Marc Llari. Final standings 1 Uzdemir...
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Carla-Ioana Marchis is the European Youth Girls Champion U8. She finished sole first with 7,5/9. In a close battle for the medals, a third tiebreak was needed to decide the places – silver goes to Lile Svanadze, and bronze to the top seed in the section Eliza-Ioana Badescu.
