Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Problems and Results of ISC 2014

Update 24-II-2014 : Final results : http://www.matplus.net/isc.php


Results

Category 1 : http://www.matplus.net/isc.php?px=1390922393&f=v&g=0

Category 2 : http://www.matplus.net/isc.php?px=1390923073&f=v&g=1

Problems

Category 1, 1st round, 2nd round

Category 2, 1st round, 2nd round

Saturday, January 25, 2014

1st Greek Chess Solving Cup, 2014

Congratulations to organizers and solvers!

1st Greek Chess Solving Cup
05-January-2014
Final table of ranking
Pos Name Cat. Elo grade time City 1
#2
2
#2
3
#3
4
#3
5
+-
6
+-
7
h#2
8
h#3
9
#4
10
#6
11
s#2
12
s#4
1 Chatzimanolis Antonios 56 134 Thessal. 5 5 5 3 5 5 5 5 3 5 5 5
2 Sidiropoulos Nikos 56 150 Ptolem. 5 5 5 3 5 3 5 5 5 5 5 5
3 Konidaris Panagiotis 1979 55,25 104 Preveza 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 2,5 3,75 5
4 Kourkoulos-Arditis Stamatis j 55 115 Athens 5 5 5 0 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
5 Chalkias Stelios 55 150 Athens 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 0 5 5
6 Kordis Konstantinos 1874* 53,5 133 Athens 5 5 5 5 5 3 5 5 3 2,5 5 5
7 Delikanakis Nikolaos 1726* 53 143 Athens 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 4 5 5
8 Cherednichenko Svetlana w 50 105 Athens 5 0 5 5 5 1 5 5 4 5 5 5
9 Garoufalidis Ioannis 1897 50 147 Athens 5 5 5 4 5 1 5 5 5 0 5 5
10 Papargyriou Anastasis 49 149 Athens 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 0 5
11 Spyropoulos Georgios 1772 47 147 Patra 5 5 5 0 4 3 5 5 5 0 5 5
12 Fougiaxis Harry 1999 44,5 140 Athens 5 5 5 1 1 5 5 5 2,5 5 5
13 Manolas Emmanuel 1734 44 150 Athens 5 5 5 0 5 1 5 5 3 0 5 5
Skyrianoglou Dimitris 1979 44 150 Athens 5 5 5 0 5 1 5 5 3 5 5
15 Spiliadis Athanasios 1700 42,5 149 Patra 5 5 0 2 1 3 5 5 4 2,5 5 5
16 Anemodouras Leokratis 1877 41 136 Athens 5 5 5 1 5 5 5 5 5
17 Massouros Panagiotis 41 148 Patra 5 5 0 5 1 5 5 5 0 5 5
18 Leftheriotis Aimilios j 1600 40 146 Patra 5 5 5 4 1 5 5 5 5
19 Vrettos Avgoustinos j 40 150 Athens 5 5 5 4 4 3 4 0 5 5
20 Dimitriadis Alexandros 39 150 Kastoria 5 5 0 0 5 1 3 5 5 5 5
21 Sklavounos Panagiotis 1969 38,5 150 Athens 5 5 0 5 1 5 5 5 5 2,5
22 Mitsakis Konstantinos 1685 35 149 Athens 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 0
23 Gasparakis Giorgos 34 150 Chania 5 0 5 4 5 1 5 5 4 0 0
24 Petridis Evangelos 1631 32,75 144 Athens 0 0 5 3 5 1 5 5 5 0 3,75
25 Efthymakis Dimitrios 1710 32,5 150 Athens 5 5 1 1 5 2,5 3 5 5
26 Stamatopoulos Apostolos j 1670* 31,5 147 Patra 5 0 5 0 5 1 3 2,5 5 5
27 Pavlou Dimitris-Orestis 31,5 150 Kastoria 5 5 0 5 1 0 2,5 3 0 5 5
28 Pavlou Ilias-Alexandros 31 150 Kastoria 5 0 5 0 5 1 5 5 5
29 Urosevic Mar. w 30 150 Ag.Kirik. 5 5 5 5 5 5
30 Pagkali Marianna w 28,5 142 Athens 5 5 5 0 1 5 5 2,5
31 Athanasopoulos Kyriakos j 1448* 28 147 Patra 5 5 5 3 5 5
32 Teskos Giorgos 27,5 150 Ag.Kirik. 5 5 1 5 2,5 4 5
33 Pountzas Chrysanthos 26,5 145 Patra 0 5 5 4 1 1,5 5 5
34 Dalianis Georgios j 26,5 150 Patra 5 5 0 1 1 5 2,5 2 5 0
35 Androutsopoulos Vasilis j 26 145 Patra 5 0 5 2 5 1 3 0 5 0
36 Skodras Asterios 26 150 Lamia 5 5 0 0 5 1 5 5
37 Stamatopoulos Giorgos j 1600 25,5 147 Patra 5 5 0 5 3 0 5 2,5
38 Kosmidis Ioannis 25,25 150 Ptolem. 5 0 5 5 3 1,5 2 3,75
39 Stefanatos Gerasimos j 24 150 Patra 5 5 1 1 5 2 5
Terzis Filippos 1717 24 150 Patra 5 0 0 5 1 3 5 0 5 0
Christoforidis Vasileios j 24 150 Drama 5 0 5 0 5 1 3 5
Chrysafis Ioannis 24 150 Athens 5 0 5 5 1 3 5
43 Iliopoulou Eleni jw 23,75 150 Florina 5 5 5 5 1 1,5 1,25
44 Christoforidis Christoforos j 22,5 150 Drama 5 0 0 5 2 3 2,5 5
45 Anastasiou Marios 1609* 21,5 145 Athens 5 5 5 5 1,5
46 Chachamis Nestoras j 21 121 Preveza 5 0 5 1 5 5
47 Mellios Athanasios 21 150 Kastoria 5 5 5 1 5
48 Bampos Vasilis 19,75 135 Thessal. 5 0 5 1 5 3,75
49 Giannopoulou Anastasia w 19 150 Thessal. 5 0 2 5 2 5
Papageorgiou Ioannis 19 150 Kastoria 5 0 5 1 0 3 5
51 Karamitani Angela jw 18,75 150 Florina 5 0 5 5 1 1,5 1,25
52 Dimitriadou Dafni-Anna w 18,5 150 Kastoria 5 0 0 1 5 0 5 2,5
53 Malataras Gerasimos j 18 147 Patra 0 0 5 1 5 2 5
54 Zaronikas Dimitris j 17,5 146 Patra 0 5 5 1 1,5 0 0 5
55 Kapagis Thodoris j 17 120 Preveza 5 5 2 5 0
56 Theodosiadis Stavros j 16 150 Drama 5 0 5 1 1 4
Kopalidis Miltiadis j 16 150 Athens 0 5 5 5 1 0 0
58 Antonopoulos Ilias 15 150 Athens 5 0 5 0 5
Voutskidis Panagiotis 15 150 Ptolem. 5 0 1 1 3 0 5
60 Chachamis Stathis j 14,5 136 Preveza 5 0 1 1 0 5 2,5
61 Tsouli Rafailia jw 14,5 150 Florina 5 0 5 1 1,5 2
62 Daskalaki Sofia jw 14 150 Chania 5 0 5 0 1 3
Kakoulidis Vasilis j 14 150 Patra 0 5 5 1 3
Symigdalas Andreas 14 150 Ermoup. 5 5 1 3 0
65 Kodounas Georgios 13 150 Ptolem. 0 0 5 2 1 5
66 Kalyva Kyriaki jw 12,5 148 Patra 5 0 0 1 1,5 0 5 0
67 Papadopoulos Zisis j 12,5 150 Florina 0 0 5 5 1 1,5 0 0 0 0
68 Georgakis Spyridon 12 150 Preveza 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 5
Dimakopoulos Konstantinos 12 150 Patra 5 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Kermeniotis Vasileios 12 150 Ptolem. 5 0 1 1 5
Samonas Konstantinos 12 150 Preveza 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 0
72 Panges Vassilis j 11,5 140 Preveza 5 5 0 0 1,5 0 0 0
73 Zaikos Dimitris j 11,5 150 Florina 5 0 5 1,5
74 Solidakis Nektarios 11 150 Chania 0 5 5 0 1
75 Alexandridis Christos j 10 150 Drama 0 0 3 3 4 0
Kapnia Dimitra w 1462* 10 150 Athens 5 5 0
Xenakis Nikolaos 10 150 Ag.Kirik. 5 0 5 0
78 Diamantakos Ioannis 9 150 Vathy 0 5 1 3
Kermeniotis Paraskevas j 9 150 Ptolem. 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0
80 Nikolaou Alexandros j 7,5 150 Thessal. 0 0 0 1 1,5 5
81 Vasilas Konstantinos j 7,25 119 Preveza 5 0 1 0 0 1,25
82 Theodorou Christos-Valent. j 7 101 Preveza 5 1 1
83 Nikolaou Nikolaos 7 140 Thessal. 5 0 1 1
84 Voutskidis Giannis j 7 150 Ptolem. 5 0 1 1
Delaveris Emmanouil j 7 150 Vathy 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Pantelakis Lefteris 7 150 Chania 5 0 0 0 1 1 0
Patapis Giorgos j 7 150 Ermoup. 5 0 1 1
Polydoros Spyridon 7 150 Lamia 5 0 0 0 1 1
Soulikias Antonios 7 150 Lamia 5 1 1
Soulikias Georgios j 7 150 Lamia 5 1 1
Chatzinikitas Nikolas j 7 150 Karlov. 5 0 0 1 1 0
92 Peikos Raphail 6 75 Thessal. 5 0 0 1
93 Kontogiorgis Dimitris j 6 93 Preveza 0 0 0 0 1 1 1,5 0 2,5
94 Balis Georgios 6 138 Patra 0 5 0 0 0 1
95 Kefsikoglou Petroula jw 6 142 Preveza 5 0 0 1 0 0
96 Giorgi Anestis j 6 150 Karlov. 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0
Kalogiannis Andreas 6 150 Ermoup. 5 0 0 1
Kouloumoundra Kalliopi w 6 150 Ermoup. 5 0 1
Krysila Galateia jw 6 150 Ermoup. 5 0 1
Tsakouridis Georgios 6 150 Chania 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 0
101 Varaboutis Ioannis j 5 125 Preveza 5 0 0 0 0 0
102 Betsos Nikolas j 5 147 Patra 5 0 0
103 Artsidakis Giorgos j 5 150 Chania 5 0
Roussos Panagiotis 5 150 Ermoup. 5 0
Tzimas Odysseas j 5 150 Preveza 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsesmelis Iraklis j 5 150 Vathyi 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsoutsa Evangelia jw 5 150 Kastoria 5 0 0 0 0 0
108 Elenis Ioannis j 3,5 150 Karlov. 0 0 2,5 1
109 Panagiotou Manolis j 2,5 150 Vathy 0 0 0 0 1 1,5 0
110 Kollios Ioannis j 2 91 Preveza 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
111 Stasinos Stamatis 2 150 Lamia 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
112 Chouchoumis Antonis 1 75 Thessal. 0 0 0 1 0
113 Koulis Vasilis j 1 106 Preveza 0 0 0 0 1
114 Liouri Anastasia jw 1 111 Ptolem. 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
115 Diamantakos Sotiris j 1 150 Vathy 0 1 0
Roussou Maria jw 1 150 Ermoup. 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
117 Poulos Stelios 0 35 Ag.Kirik. 0 0 0
118 Doumenis Thanasis j 0 90 Preveza 0 0 0 0 0
119 Myron Alexandros j 0 127 Ptolem. 0 0 0
120 Koronaiou Anna jw 0 150 Ermoup. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Konstantellos Giannis j 0 150 Athens 0 0 0 0 0
Chatzinikolaou Manolis j 0 150 Vathyi 0 0 0 0

Cat. (category): j=junior, w=woman
Cities : Agios Kirikos, Athens, Chania, Drama, Ermoupoli, Florina, Karlovasi, Kastoria, Lamia, Patra, Preveza, Ptolemaida, Thessaloniki, Vathy

Monday, January 20, 2014

Award for KoBulChess.com Fairies 2012

The Award for fairy problems posted on site kobulchess.com during 2012 is published :
http://kobulchess.com/en/tournaments/awards/455-kobulchess-fairies-2012-award.html

International Judge Manfred Rittirsch

Prizes

1 : Shankar Ram (h#3, Madrasi).
2 : Emmanuel Manolas (h#2, KoBul Kings 5-phasic).

Honourable Mentions

1. Paul Raican (PG 8.5, Annan Chess)
2. Pierre Tritten (h#2, Take and Make, KoBul Kings)
3. Dmitri Turevski (h#2, KoBul Kings)
4. Hubert Gockel (#2, Take & Make)

Commendations

1. S. K. Balasubramanian (h#2, KoBul Kings, fairy pieces)
2. Krassimir Gandev and Diyan Kostadinov (h#2.5, fairy pieces)
3. Krassimir Gandev (#2, fairy pieces)
4. Pierre Tritten (h#2.5, Take and Make)
5. Michael Gruschko (hs#3.5, Republican Chess, Chameleon Chess, Circe)

...Diyan Kostadinov and Krassimir Gandev (hs#4, fairy pieces)
...Vaclav Kotesovec (#6, fairy pieces)
...Valerio Agostini (hs#2)
...Vaclav Kotesovec (h#8, KoKo, fairy pieces)
...Chris Feather (w1 and ser-h#13, Take and Make, PWC)
...Pierre Tritten (h#3, KoBul Kings)

Congratulations to all participants!

Saturday, January 18, 2014

Various facts about chess

I found an article with various interesting facts about moves and pieces of chess. Especially the No.29 gives orientation for young and older people.

Read it here.

Sunday, January 05, 2014

1st Greek Cup in solving today

It happened!
There were enough solvers in Athens, but it is early to write about the country results.


Very good experience the 1st Greek Cup in Solving Chess Problems.
Problems easy or hard, but nicely selected, with a splendid solutions sheet by Nikos Mendrinos : see here (in Greek).

In about a week we will learn the final results over all Greece, we will know which city of the 15 will receive the cup and who will be the holder of the cup, man or woman!



There was also an exhibition with chessboards. See nice ideas!