Games Festival – one of the largest events on the world chess scene
the five star competition joins the club of the world’s biggest events
Report by Chessdom.com
The five star Grand Hotel will host the 2009 edition of the Games Festival in Thessaloniki from 26th of April until May 4th. This year the event is breaking the participation record, this time expecting over 1000 participants and thousands of visitiors in the expo events, making the Games festival one of the largest events in the world.
In the chess events, including the Thessaloniki Open, the World Amateur chess championship, and the World School chess championship, are expected 600 players from all continents.
The official site of the 5th Games Festival is now available and news will be added on a daily basis. Registration for the event is open, if you are planning a nice spring vacation now is the time to combine it with good chess, bridge, scrabble, darts, or sudoku competition.
World Amateur Chess championship: Participants / Registration form
World School Chess championship: Participants / Registration form
Thessaloniki Open: Participants / Registration form
The event in 2008: Photo album
Is it for everyone or just Greek players?