El duelo mas esperado de este fin de semana, en la tercera ronda del Campeonato de Menorca por Equipos de Ajedrez, el que enfrentaba a los dos equipos de Ciutadella, Cercle Artistic- Boscos, en casa de los primeros, no defraudo y se saldo con empate a dos, despues de 4’5horas de dura lucha. En el primer [...]
Disputada la segunda ronda del campeonato de Menorca por equipos, el Centre Cultural es Castell “A”, club escacs Boscos y Cercle Artistic de Ciutadella, son lideres, los tres con 2 victorias. El equipo de Es Castell consiguió vencer en su dificil visita al club escacs Ferreries, por un ajustado 1’5/2’5, el Boscos gano claramente al [...]
// 2012 TRADEWISE GIBRALTAR CHESS FESTIVAL Monday 23 January – Thursday 2 February 2012 PRESS RELEASE 15 28, January 2012 REPORT BY Stewart Reuben Friday 27 January 2012 One of the glories of the congress is the ambience at the Caleta Hotel of an evening. Grandmasters and patzers (that means a weak player in [...]
// 2012 TRADEWISE GIBRALTAR CHESS FESTIVAL Monday 23 January – Thursday 2 February 2012 PRESS RELEASE 14 27, January 2012 Thursday 26 January 2012 report by Stewart Reuben on Round 3 of the Masters Participation of female players in this congress is very important to the whole ethos of this congress. Our webmaster, Steve [...]
// Monday 23 January – Thursday 2 February 2012 PRESS RELEASE – 25 January 2012 Tuesday 24 January 2012 report by Stewart Reuben Monday evening there was the usual very pleasant ceremony to start the congress fully. The Minister for Sports, Leisure, Culture and Heritage Steven Linares was introduced by Stuart Conquest and [...]
Desde este mismo sábado y hasta finales del mes de Marzo, se disputa una nueva edicion del campeonato de menorca por equipos. Son 12 los que compiten, 6 en categoria de preferente y 6 en primera, que se van a enfrentar todos contra todos a doble vuelta. Los favoritos al titulo son el actual campeon, [...]
// 2012 TRADEWISE GIBRALTAR CHESS FESTIVAL Monday 23 January – Thursday 2 February 2012 PRESS RELEASE – 24 January 2012 RECORD NUMBER OF PLAYERS 2012 FIRST MOVE 256 chess players from more than 60 countries have made their opening moves this afternoon in the Masters section of the 2012 Tradewise Gibraltar [...]
// 2012 TRADEWISE GIBRALTAR CHESS FESTIVAL Monday 23 January – Thursday 2 February 2012 PRESS RELEASE – 24 January 2012 GIB CHESS FESTIVAL IS ‘A MARQUEE EVENT’ SAYS REIGNING WORLD MENS CHAMPION At the opening reception on Monday night Gibraltar Culture and Sports Minister Steven Linares weclomed all the players and [...]
// PLAYERS TAKE TIME OUT BEFORE THE FIRST MOVE Chess players from all over the world continue to arrive at the Caleta Hotel for what will be the best and greatest chess open tournament ever held in Gibraltar and the world – the 2012 Tradewise International Chess Festival. There is no denying that the tournament [...]
// Largest concentration of women 22.01.12 – Stuart Conquest Director of the 2012 Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival, scheduled to begin this week, believes the tournament in its 10th edition will see the largest concentration of women chess players ever in a mixed event. He writes: ‘The greatest ever gathering of female chess players in a [...]
