11 October 2011
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011
Hello everyone,
Here is chess news from the World Amateur Chess Championship. The event just finished in Kemer, Turkey. The event was held from October 1 to October 67 and included 67 players from 16 countries. Played over nine rounds, the event had eventual winners in 14-years old Sumiya Bilguun from Mongolia in the open section with 7.5 points and another Mongolia, Anu Bayar, in the women’s category with 5 points! Both of them will automatically get FM and WFM title. The prize fund of the Championship was 10,000 euro and the champion took 2000 euro for the first place.
You can access the official website of the event at this link.
Winners in general category: 2nd place Timur Ozdemir – 1st place Sumiya Bilguun – 3rd place Dager Alvarez
Winners in women category: 2nd place Apurva Virkud – 1st place Anu Bayar – 3rd place Bayona Karin Silvana
Hello everyone,
Here is chess news from the World Amateur Chess Championship. The event just finished in Kemer, Turkey. The event was held from October 1 to October 67 and included 67 players from 16 countries. Played over nine rounds, the event had eventual winners in 14-years old Sumiya Bilguun from Mongolia in the open section with 7.5 points and another Mongolia, Anu Bayar, in the women’s category with 5 points! Both of them will automatically get FM and WFM title. The prize fund of the Championship was 10,000 euro and the champion took 2000 euro for the first place.
You can access the official website of the event at this link.
Winners in general category: 2nd place Timur Ozdemir – 1st place Sumiya Bilguun – 3rd place Dager Alvarez
Winners in women category: 2nd place Apurva Virkud – 1st place Anu Bayar – 3rd place Bayona Karin Silvana
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