Crete Chess Tournaments

Crete Chess Tournaments
3rd Rethymno Open and 4th Paleochora Open

For one week Rethymno, the town of culture and art is becoming the center of chess events around Europe.

The Third International Chess Tournament “Rethymno 2011” is going to be held from 11 till 18 July 2011 and give hospitality to great personalities of chess from many different European countries and as a result the spiritual battles are expected to be fabulous and definitely intensive.

At the same time, all the participants will have the opportunity to learn about the history of this town through a series of cultural events, an issue which is going to characterize Rethymno as chess and multicultural town during the period of the tournament!

Last year winner was GM Mircea Parligras. You can visit the official web site of Rethymno tournament, 11-18th July 2011, www.rethymnochess.gr. Players list is bellow.

4th Paleochora Open

Municipality of Kandanos – Selino in cooperation with Chess Akademy of Chania organize the 4rd International Chess Tournament Paleohora in magic south Crete.

Paleohora is a small city belonging to the Municipality of Kandanos – Selino, located 60 km south – west of the city of Chania. The Chania prefecture is the western of the four prefectures of the island of Crete and one of the most popular touristic destinations in Greece, during the summer. Accessing Chania is easy, due its popularity and can be done either by boat or by airplane, since the city has an airport (visit transition). Especially in the summer there are directs flights departing from the most European cities.

The southern part of Chania prefecture is exceptionally beautiful and thousands of tourists are visiting during the summer. The traveler can visit the astonishing Samaria Gorge and the blue-flagged beaches following the southern coastline of the prefecture. The municipality of Kandanos – Selino is famous for its beaches, especially the magic Elafonisi beach, as well as the city of Paleohora, a graphical city with rich nightlife.

Last year winner was GM Yuriy Kryvoruchko. Official web site of Paleochora tournament, 20-27th July 2011, www.chaniachess.gr, e-mail: info@chaniachess.gr

3rd International Rethymno Open 2011 – Participants:

1 GM Sandipan Chanda IND 2656
2 GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy UKR 2652
3 GM David Alberto LUX 2609
4 GM Zubarev Alexander UKR 2597
5 GM Banikas Hristos GRE 2593
6 GM Nikolov Momchil BUL 2589
7 GM Jankovic Alojzije CRO 2586
8 GM Svetushkin Dmitry MDA 2576
9 GM Bosiocic Marin CRO 2573
10 GM Felgaer Ruben ARG 2573
11 IM Ipatov Alexander ESP 2562
12 GM Rychagov Andrey RUS 2560
13 GM Prohaszka Peter HUN 2547
14 GM Zinchenko Yaroslav UKR 2543
15 GM Kharitonov Alexandr RUS 2539
16 GM Maiorov Nikita BLR 2535
17 IM Yilmaz Mustafa TUR 2519
18 IM Pap Misa SRB 2507
19 GM Can Emre TUR 2498
20 IM Kohlweyer Bernd GER 2494