WORLD AMATEUR CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS: KOS 2017

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Chris Rice
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Re: WORLD AMATEUR CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS: KOS 2017

Post by Chris Rice » Fri May 19, 2017 8:33 pm

Paul Dargan wrote:Is this the thing they had in Dubai once?
It is, Paul. The first one in fact. ChessBase report

John McKenna

Re: WORLD AMATEUR CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS: KOS 2017

Post by John McKenna » Fri May 19, 2017 9:40 pm

Chris Rice wrote:
Paul Dargan wrote:Is this the thing they had in Dubai once?
It is, Paul. The first one in fact. ChessBase report
It has previous incarnations -

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_A ... ampionship

And, it seems as if FIDE have reclaimed it -

https://www.fide.com/component/content/ ... -2017.html

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Re: WORLD AMATEUR CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS: KOS 2017

Post by Roger de Coverly » Sat May 20, 2017 12:14 am

John McKenna wrote:
And, it seems as if FIDE have reclaimed it
The Italian tournament isn't the same as the Greek one just completed.

John McKenna

Re: WORLD AMATEUR CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS: KOS 2017

Post by John McKenna » Sat May 20, 2017 12:54 am

Yes, that's right - from the link to Wikipedia in my post, above -

"Since 2012, there is another World Amateur Chess Championship, organised by the Amateur Chess Organisation (ACO), which is not recognised by FIDE."

It also says that the winner of the FIDE World Amateur receives the FIDE Master (FM) title and 2nd & 3rd each receive the Candidate Master (CM) title.

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Re: WORLD AMATEUR CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS: KOS 2017

Post by Leonard Barden » Sat May 20, 2017 1:12 am

John McKenna wrote:the winner of the FIDE World Amateur receives the FIDE Master (FM) title and 2nd & 3rd each receive the Candidate Master (CM) title.
More important, from a UK viewpoint, is that the woman champion, decided within the main event, receives or used to receive the WFM title. This was won by Elaine Rutherford for Scotland and by Rosalind Kieran and Jessie Gilbert for England.

John McKenna

Re: WORLD AMATEUR CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS: KOS 2017

Post by John McKenna » Sat May 20, 2017 9:17 am

Leonard Barden wrote:
John McKenna wrote:the winner of the FIDE World Amateur receives the FIDE Master (FM) title and 2nd & 3rd each receive the Candidate Master (CM) title.
More important, from a UK viewpoint, is that the woman champion, decided within the main event, receives or used to receive the WFM title. This was won by Elaine Rutherford for Scotland and by Rosalind Kieran and Jessie Gilbert for England.
My thanks to Leonard for setting the record straight.

Did Sabrina Chevannes also gain the WFM title by winning a "World Major" Championship? I recall that being mentioned on the forum many moons ago.

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Re: WORLD AMATEUR CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS: KOS 2017

Post by David Gilbert » Sat May 20, 2017 10:14 am

Leonard Barden wrote:
John McKenna wrote:the winner of the FIDE World Amateur receives the FIDE Master (FM) title and 2nd & 3rd each receive the Candidate Master (CM) title.
More important, from a UK viewpoint, is that the woman champion, decided within the main event, receives or used to receive the WFM title. This was won by Elaine Rutherford for Scotland and by Rosalind Kieran and Jessie Gilbert for England.
All the women players on Kos received sun hats! Very practical given the conditions, and the pink ones were particularly fetching.

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Re: WORLD AMATEUR CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS: KOS 2017

Post by Kevin Thurlow » Sat May 20, 2017 12:22 pm

"All the women players on Kos received sun hats! Very practical given the conditions, and the pink ones were particularly fetching."

That has left me a not so fetching image of David wearing a pink sun hat.

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Re: WORLD AMATEUR CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS: KOS 2017

Post by LawrenceCooper » Sat May 20, 2017 1:00 pm

John McKenna wrote:Did Sabrina Chevannes also gain the WFM title by winning a "World Major" Championship? I recall that being mentioned on the forum many moons ago.
She was 2100 in 2005 at the age of 18 which qualified her for the title. Since then she has become a WIM and has one of the three norms required to be a WGM.

John McKenna

Re: WORLD AMATEUR CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS: KOS 2017

Post by John McKenna » Sun May 21, 2017 9:59 am

Thanks for that clarification, Loz.

Hope she gets the other two WGM norms (and required rating?) in due course.

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Re: WORLD AMATEUR CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS: KOS 2017

Post by Mick Norris » Wed May 24, 2017 8:42 am

David Gilbert wrote:Group E (under 1600): Stephen Stokes, Ireland (and Chorlton-cum-Hardy Chess Club)
Actually, Stephen is a member now of Bury Chess Club; he brought his trophy along to last night's club AGM; very impressive

He told us his mother played (in one of the lower sections) too
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Re: WORLD AMATEUR CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS: KOS 2017

Post by Brendan O'Gorman » Wed May 24, 2017 11:03 am

Stephen and his mam, Bernadette
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Re: WORLD AMATEUR CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS: KOS 2017

Post by Mick Norris » Wed May 24, 2017 12:59 pm

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Re: WORLD AMATEUR CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS: KOS 2017

Post by Brendan O'Gorman » Mon Jun 05, 2017 12:40 pm

Some pics from this year's event: http://brendanogorman.smugmug.com/Chess/Kos-2017

For those of you contemplating a chess holiday, I'd highly recommend this tournament. Don't worry about the absence of FIDE rating or the silly title. It's a well-run friendly event with seven different rating sections. The organisers will convert ECF grades to an equivalent FIDE rating. All announcements are in English. The hotel is superb, the food likewise. It's not for those who like lots of alcohol and sexual adventure when on holiday.It's not cheap but, as with the Kronenburg advert from some years ago, you might regard it as reassuringly more expensive :)

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Re: WORLD AMATEUR CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS: KOS 2017

Post by Kevin Thurlow » Mon Jun 05, 2017 6:48 pm

" It's not for those who like lots of alcohol and sexual adventure when on holiday."

From a purely scientific curiosity, which tournaments do you recommend for sexual adventure?

Alcohol is best avoided in Norway, owing to the high prices.

Good photos!