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Showing posts with label _News. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 22, 2020

Women composers

A good article about women composers you may find at the link :
https://chessbase.in/news/Women-in-the-world-of-chess-composition

Monday, August 26, 2019

Farewell Pál Benkő

Sad news for the world of chess, Pál Benkő died today at the age of 91.

See here one smart composition by P.B., Problem-156 (also read the comment) : 
http://chess-problems-gr.blogspot.com/2008/07/proof-game-with-theme-pronkin-etc.html

Thursday, April 13, 2017

Anthology of Portuguese Chess Composers

The first anthology exclusively dedicated to portuguese chess composers has just been released.

Dedicated to the memory of Rui C. Nascimento (1914-2012) – FIDE ́s Honorary Master of Chess Composition – this anthology covers the entire history of chess in Portugal through a selection of problems published in the national press and in international medias such as The British Chess Magazine, Die Schwalbe, The Problemist, among others.

This edition is limited to 100 copies with handmade covers, making each book a unique object of collection. All orders and inquiries can be sent directly to the publisher using the following link:
escoladosilencio.wordpress.com/contacto

Thursday, January 26, 2017

Database of problems in Solving Contests

A Solving Tournaments Problem Database (STPDB) is created by Luc Palmas.

The announcement is here http://kunstschach.ch/pdb.html

There is a way to download these problems.

Thursday, September 08, 2016

Solving contests in Greece, in the near future

Dear friends
I would like to inform you about Solving Contests that have been programmed in Greece:
a) Cup "Vyron Zappas" on Sunday morning, September 25, 2016. It will be held in many cities at the same time, in the style of the Greek Cup which we have every January. The announcement in next post.
b) Greek Championship on Sunday morning, October 30, 2016. It will be held, at the same time, in Athens and Patras.
c) 4th Greek Cup on Sunday morning, January 8, 2017, in many cities at the same time. Just like the three past years...
d) ISC (International Solving Contest) on Sunday, January 29, 2017 (circa 11.00 - 15.30) in Athens, Patras (and -maybe- in other cities).

Happy solving!
Nikos Mendrinos

Sunday, August 07, 2016

Review from Belgade

As we had said [http://chess-problems-gr.blogspot.gr/2016/06/59th-world-congress-of-chess.html], from Saturday 30/07/2016 thru Saturday 06/08/2016, in Belgrade of Serbia was held the World Congress for Chess Composition (WCCC).

It contained OPEN solving contest, World Chess Solving Championship (WCSC) and many Composition Tourneys.

The results are (usually) published in one bulletin pdf file [link?] when they are prepared. Until then, one can find at the official page of the congress [http://wccc2016.matplus.net/index.php] the information which is collected and posted.

The closing ceremony is here : [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNFsm7tQH10].

I would like to say that the Metropol Palace Hotel is excellent, and the personnel of the Serbian organisation committee was very kind and helpful.
Belgrade is a green city with large parks and also a large river Savvas meeting the larger river Danube.
The closing evening party in the river boat was sheer magic.
Here you may see some videos : 1, 2, 3

The awards from all the composition tourneys are not yet known, but we are glad that the Greek Kostas Prentos (USA) continues to collect first prizes and bottles of drinks, (Champagne and Sake tourneys).
Update : There was a Commendation for Manolas Emmanuel (GRE) in the 5 days Tourney, Group A, orthodox two-movers.

Friday, September 18, 2015

Tuesday, August 04, 2015

Results from the World Congress

Results from the proceedings of the World Congress on Chess Composition have started to appear.

Preliminary results of the OPEN solving contest [http://www.wccc2015.com/?open-results].
Greek solvers : Nikos Mendrinos is in place 38 and Nikos Sidiropoulos is in place 69.

Preliminary results from the World Championship on solution WCSC http://www.wccc2015.com/?wcsc-results-first-day
Greek solvers : Nikos Mendrinos is in place 52 and Nikos Sidiropoulos is in place 54. Greece is in place 16.

During the final second day, the Greek solvers tried harder : Nikos Mendrinos is ranked in place 43 from 85 and Nikos Sidiropoulos in place 46. Greece is in place 16 from 19.
http://www.wccc2015.com/?wcsc-results-final

The bulletin of the event is published here : http://www.wccc2015.com/docs/congress_bulletin.pdf

It contains results from composing tourneys, in which the Greek composers Kostas Prentos and Themis Argyrakopoulos have got distinctions.

Sunday, June 28, 2015

14th Greek Chess Solving Championship 2015

Results from the 14th Greek Championship on Chess Solving, (28-VI-2015):

Greek Champion: mr. Panagiotis Konidaris from island Meganissi near Lefkada.
Second: mr. Andreas Papastavropoulos.
Third: mr. Nikos Mendrinos.

Photographs from the event : https://goo.gl/photos/9AGYiJQaePqFfaoK7

First round : Problems, Solutions

Second round : Problems, Solutions

Detailed results :

Name of Solver #2 #3 #7   + h#3 S#6 #2 #3 #4      = h#6 S#3 ΤΟΤΑL TIME PLACE
Konidaris Panagiotis 5 5 5 1 5 5 5 0 0 1 3,5 35,5 228 1
Papastavropoulos Andreas 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 34 240 2
Mendrinos Nikos 5 0 1 5 5 5 5 0 0 1 5 32 240 3
Skyrianoglou Dimitris 5 5 1 5
5 5 0 2 28 238 4
Vlahos Elissaios 5 4 0 5 5 5 0 1 0 25 240 5
Fougiaxis Harry 5 0 4 5 5 0 5 24 238 6
Sidiropoulos Nikos 5 0 1 1 5 5 0 0 1 5 23 240 7
Papargyriou Anastasis 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 1 21 239 8
Kostouros A 5 1 5 5 0 0 1 1 18 240 9
Manolas Emmanuel 5 0 1 4 5 0 1 16 240 10
Pagali Marianna 5 5 2 0 0 0 2 14 238 11
Petridis Evangelos 5 3 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 14 240 12
Kourkoulos Stamatis 5 0 1 1 4 0 1 12 215 13
Ropokis Xr 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 240 14
Pagges B 0 0 0 0 0 0 240 15

Saturday, February 28, 2015

Mr Spock and chess

On 27-02-2015 the actor Leonard Nimoy (1931-2015) left from this world. He was the Science Officer in the TV series Star Trek.

In the series Mr Spock played 3d chess. (At the photo, standing is the actor De Forest Kelley, 1920-1999).



A farewell by the chess cartoonist Wadalupe is this :


Monday, January 05, 2015

2nd Greek Cup on Solving, the participants

2nd Greek Cup on Solving Chess Problems
04 January 2015
Unofficial Table of Grades
s/n Full name cat. Elo City po-
ints
ti-
me
1
#2
2
#2
3
#2
4
#2
5
+-
6
+-
7
#3
8
#3
9
#4
10
#4
11
h#2
12
h#5
13
s#2
14
s#6
1 Konidaris
Panagiotis
Preveza 64,2 148 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4,2 5 0 5 5 5 5
2 Papargyriou
Anastasis
Ilioupoli 58 150 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 0 5 5 3 0
3 Papastavropoulos
Andreas
Ilioupoli 57,5 150 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 3,5 4 5 5 5
4 Sidiropoulos
Nikos
Ptolemaida 54 150 5 5 5 5 4 1,5 5 3,5 5 5 5 5
5 Fougiaxis
Harry
Ilioupoli 53 150 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 4 5 5 5
6 Petridis
Evangelos
Ilioupoli 50,5 145 5 5 5 5 5 1,5 5 5 4 5 5
7 Vlahos
Elisseos
Ilioupoli 50,5 147 5 5 5 5 4 1,5 5 5 5 0 5 5 0
8 Skyrianoglou
Dimitris
Aegaleo 49 148 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5
9 Garoufalidis
Ioannis
Ilioupoli 49 150 5 5 5 5 5 0,5 5 0 3,5 5 5 5
10 Stamatopoulos
Apostolos
Y Patra 48 140 5 5 5 5 5 1,5 5 0 3,5 0 5 5 3 0
11 Mitsakis
Konstantinos
Ilioupoli 46,7 147 5 5 5 0 4 5 5 4,2 3,5 5 5
12 Sklavounos
Panagis
Ilioupoli 46 145 5 5 5 5 4 1,5 5 0 5 0 5 2,5 3 0
13 Manolas
Emmanuel
Aegaleo 46 148 5 5 5 5 5 0,5 5 0 5 0 5 2,5 3
14 Koutoukidis
Panagiotis
Ilioupoli 45 150 5 5 5 0 5 5 5 5 5 5
15 Anamodouras
Leocratis
Ilioupoli 44,3 150 5 5 5 0 4 5 1,8 3,5 0 5 5 5
16 Hatzimanolis
Antonios
Triandria 44 150 5 5 5 0 5 1,5 5 5 0 5 2,5 5
17 Spiliadis
Athanasios
Patra 41,4 150 5 5 5 0 5 5 5 2,4 3,5 0 2,5 3
18 Pountzas
Chrysanthos
Patra 39,5 148 5 5 5 5 4 0,5 5 0 0 5 5
19 Hahamis
Nestor
Y Preveza 35,5 131 5 5 5 0 5 5 0 5 0 2,5 3 0
20 Katagis
Thodoris
Y Preveza 35 137 5 0 5 0 5 5 0 5 5 5
21 Kodounas
Georgios
Ptolemaida 35 150 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
22 Masouros
Panagiotis
Patra 35 150 5 5 5 0 4 0,5 5 0 0 5 2,5 3
23 Marinakis
Christos
Y Chania 34,5 150 5 5 5 0 5 0,5 5 0 3,5 0 2,5 0 3 0
24 Christoforidis
Christoforos
Y Drama 34 134 5 5 5 0 4 5 5 5
25 Voutskidis
Panagiotis
Ptolemaida 33 150 5 5 5 1 0,5 5 3,5 5 3
26 Urosevic
Marija
W Agios
Kirikos
32,5 150 5 5 5 0 5 5 2,5 5
27 Ropakis
Christos
Y Preveza 32,5 150 5 5 5 0 5 0 5 2,5 5
28 Zaronikas
Dimitrios
Y Patra 31 140 5 5 5 0 5 1,5 5 0 0 0 2,5 2
29 Kollias
Dimitrios
Y Patra 31 150 0 5 5 5 0 5 3,5 0 2,5 5
30 Pagges
Vasilios
Y Preveza 31 150 5 5 5 0 5 0,5 5 2,5 3
31 Christoforidis
Vasilios
Y Drama 30,5 148 5 5 5 5 5 0,5 5 0 0
32 Kakoulidis
Vasilios
Y Patra 30 149 5 5 5 0 5 0 0 5 5
33 Diamantakos
Ioannis
Vathy 30 150 5 5 5 0 5 0,5 5 5 5 3 0
34 Hahamis
Efstathios
Y Preveza 29,5 141 5 0 5 0 1 0,5 5 0 5 5 3 0
35 Koulis
Ioannis
Preveza 29 150 5 5 5 5 4 5 0 0
36 Gizis
Konstantinos
Y Ermoupoli 28,5 150 5 5 5 0 1 5 2,5 5
37 Zemanas
Ectoras
Y Aegaleo 27,5 139 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 0 2,5 5
38 Teskos
Giorgos
Agios
Kirikos
27,5 145 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 2,5 5
39 Giavasopoulos
Thomas
Y Ilioupoli 27,5 146 5 5 5 0 4 5 0 3,5 0 0 0
40 Kefsikoglou
Petroula
W,Y Preveza 27,5 150 5 5 5 0 5 2,5 5
41 Daskalaki
Sofia
W Chania 25,5 150 5 0 5 5 4 1,5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 Kollias
Ioannis
Y Patra 25,5 150 5 5 0 4 5 0 0 1,5 5
43 Spyropoulos
Marios
Ilioupoli 25,5 150 5 0 5 0 4 0 5 0 3,5 0 0 3
44 Symigdalas
Antreas
Ermoupoli 25,5 150 5 5 5 0 5 0,5
45 Georgakis
Spyridon
Preveza 25 149 5 0 5 0 5 1,5 5 3,5
46 Tsimpoukellis
Panagiotis-G.
Y Drama 24 146 5 5 5 0 4 0 5 0 0
47 Kefsikoglou
Athanasios
Preveza 23,5 150 5 0 5 0 1 0 5 2,5 5
48 Samonas
Konstantinos
Preveza 23,5 150 5 0 5 0 1 5 0 0 0 2,5 5
49 Mpouzas
Sotirios
Ilioupoli 21,5 150 5 0 5 0 4 5 2,5 0
50 Diamantakos
Sotiris
Y Vathy 21 150 5 0 5 0 1 0,5 5 0 0 0 2,5 2
51 Raftopoulos
Emmanouil
Y Preveza 20 150 5 5 0 4 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
52 Tsotsos
Alexandros
Y Ptolemaida 20 150 5 5 5 5
53 Merai
Savina
W,Y Agios
Kirikos
19 110 5 5 5 4
54 Diamantakou
Ecaterini
W Agios
Kirikos
19 112 5 5 5 4
55 Artsidakis
Giorgos
Y Chania 19 150 5 0 5 0 4 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
56 Rek-Doulos
Andreas-Pant.
Y Ermoupoli 17 150 5 0 5 0 1 5 1
57 Ziogas
Christos
Preveza 16 150 5 0 5 0 1 0 5 0
58 Ignatiadis
Alexandros
Y Aegaleo 16 150 5 0 5 0 1 0,5 2,5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
59 Kapsaskis
Giorgos
Y Ermoupoli 16 150 5 0 5 0 1 5 0
60 Halavazis
Petros
Y Ermoupoli 16 150 5 0 5 0 1 5 0 0
61 Christodoulakis
Stefanos
Chania 16 150 5 0 5 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
62 Kefalou
Maria-Chrysoula
W Agios
Kirikos
15 85 5 5 5
63 Hatzinikolaou
Emmanouil
Vathy 15 120 5 5 5 0 0
64 Voutskidis
Ioannis
Y Ptolemaida 15 150 5 5 5
65 Giannopoulou
Anastasia
W Triandria 14,5 150 5 0 5 4 0,5 0 0
66 Ioannou
Panagiotis
Preveza 14 45 5 0 5 0 4
67 Bekirai
Juliano
Y Agios
Kirikos
14 105 5 0 5 0 4
68 Sifogiannakis
Andreas
Y Chania 13 150 5 0 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
69 Michailidou
Magdalini
W,Y Drama 12 150 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 3
70 Kefalos
Stamatis
Agios
Kirikos
11,5 80 5 0 5 0 1 0,5 0
71 Kefalos
Isidoros
Y Agios
Kirikos
11,5 86 5 0 5 0 1 0,5
72 Nikolaou
Giannis
Chania 11 150 5 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
73 Papoutsi
Theodora
W Preveza 11 150 5 0 0 0 1 0 5
74 Fandrithi
Antria
W Chania 10,5 150 5 0 0 0 3 0 2,5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
75 Poulos
Stylianos
Agios
Kirikos
10 35 5 0 5
76 Daflos
Ioannis
Preveza 10 47 5 0 5 0
77 Kopsidas
Evangelos
Patra 10 95 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
78 Gerontas
Alexandros
Preveza 10 116 5 0 5 0
79 Valsamidis
Antonis
Y Ermoupoli 10 150 5 0 5 0 0
80 Tzimas
Giorgos
Ermoupoli 10 150 5 0 5
81 Dellas
Sotirios
Preveza 9 47 5 0 0 0 4
82 Stroponiati
Elena
W,Y Karlovasi 6,5 120 5 0 0 0 1 0,5 0 0 0 0
83 Stathakis
Giannis
Chania 6,5 150 5 0 0 0 0 1,5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
84 Dagkas
Spyros
Preveza 6 47 5 0 1 0
85 Marinos
Dimitrios
Preveza 6 112 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
86 Gemelas
Stergios
Y Agios
Kirikos
6 150 0 0 0 1 0 5
87 Panousou
Aggela-Maria
W,Y Karlovasi 6 150 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
88 Felekis
Vasilios
Preveza 6 150 5 0 0 1
89 Balis
Georgios
Patra 5 20 5 0 0 0
90 Bekirai
Valentino
Y Agios
Kirikos
5 105 5 0 0 0
91 Kypreou
Maria
W Agios
Kirikos
5 150 5
92 Bouza
Myrto-Eleni
W,Y Ilioupoli 5 150 5 0 0 0 0
93 Pantelakis
Lefteris
Y Chania 5 150 0 0 0 0 2,5 0 2,5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
94 Sifogiannakis
Giorgos
Chania 5 150 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
95 Voulgarakis
Giannis
Y Chania 4,5 150 0 0 0 0 4 0,5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
96 Delaveris
Manolis
Y Vathy 4 145 0 0 4
97 Cristodoulakis
Mihalis
Y Chania 3,5 150 0 0 0 0 1 0 2,5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
98 Koulis
Vasilis
Y Preveza 1,5 130 0 0 0 0 1 0,5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
99 Porihis
Vasilios
Ilioupoli 1 150 0 0 0 1 0

This table is revised 15-01-2015. The new rank (in Greek) http://kallitexniko-skaki.blogspot.gr/2015/01/2.html