World School Chess Championship round 2
More than 1000 participants at the Games Festival
Report by chessdom
The second round of the World School Chess Championship, World Chess Amateur Championship and Thessaloniki Open started this morning at 10 am local time (photo gallery here). All School groups are still in that initial stage when it is difficult to speak about contenders for the titles. According to the regulations, winners of all age groups will be awarded with the FIDE Candidate Master title.
World School Chess Championship
Round 1: Results all groups
Pairings: Girls, Boys, Open U7 and Open U17
World Amateur Chess Championship
Thessaloniki Open
The favorites started with wins the first round of the Thesaloniki Open. GM Vladimir Georgiev, IM Esen Baris, and GM Bagaturov won on the top 3 boards. There were a few surprises with untitled Sidorenko defeating IM Pavel Dimitrov and Georgia Grapsa drawing with IM Danilov.
Why can’t the US host this?
You wrote previously that famous IM Grivas will play in Thesalloniki? Where is he?
‘Why can’t the US host this?’
Nobody will come to play in US. It’s too far away. It’s too expensive to get there.
That’s why US cannot improve as fast as India or Europe in chess.