Paleochora Open has ended!
yelenadembo | July 30, 2010
So, the event is over, I scored 6 out of 9. It’s time to work on the games and continue studying on all aspects of chess!
4th round
yelenadembo | July 25, 2010
I won a pretty easy and straight forward game vs Kazakos (2000+ elo) who is one of the best juniors under 16 in Greece. It was a Sicilian where I started a typical attack on the kingside f4-f5, g4, etc. He got himself into a very passive position playing f7-f6 to try and stop my [...]
2nd and 3rd rounds
yelenadembo | July 24, 2010
In the 2nd round I won a nice positional game vs Mihopoulos, K (1959 elo) and in the 3rd round I lost a very passive game vs Vakhania,A (2199 elo). Unfortunately, my brain was simply not working. Still, lessons learned and I am looking forward for the 4th round today vs Kazakos,E (2000+ elo)
First round
yelenadembo | July 22, 2010
I won the first round vs Hatzigrigoriou,G (13 years old, 1584). It was an interesting game where my opponent played very quickly the first 20 moves and then overlooked a nice little tactic. Tomorrow we have 2 rounds, one is at 10am the other is at 17.30 – all Greek time It is possible to [...]
Paleochora 2010
yelenadembo | July 21, 2010
Here are the first photos of the hotel where chessplayers stay during the event.
FIDE Grand-Prix – Jermuk, Armenia, last (11th) round
yelenadembo | July 6, 2010
WGM Kovanova Baira 2366 ½ – ½ IM Mkrtchian Lilit 2477 IM Fierro Baquero Martha L 2363 0 – 1 GM Cramling Pia 2536 GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2534 0 – 1 IM Danielian Elina 2473 GM Chiburdanidze Maia 2514 0 – 1 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2560 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2478 ½ – ½ GM Hou [...]
FIDE Grand-Prix – Jermuk, Armenia after 6th round
yelenadembo | June 30, 2010
White won all the games: IM Mkrtchian Lilit 2477 1 – 0 GM Chiburdanidze Maia 2514 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2478 1 – 0 GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2534 WGM Shen Yang 2452 1 – 0 IM Fierro Baquero Martha L 2363 GM Xu Yuhua 2484 1 – 0 WGM Kovanova Baira 2366 GM Hou Yifan 2589 [...]
Final rounds, Men’s European championship
yelenadembo | March 17, 2009
In round 9 I lost to Erdos (2583 elo), then to Ruck (2558 elo) both from Hungary. These two games were quite long and difficult, mainly positional And in the last round I drew GM Sedlak (2592 elo). So I finished with 5.5 out of 11 and am really satisfied with this result! I won [...]
Budva, 8th round
yelenadembo | March 15, 2009
I won against GM Art.Minasian (2557 elo) in just 29 moves with a nice exchange sacrifice which couldnt be accepted due to checkmate in two moves So, I have 5 out of 8 so far. In the 9th round I will play against GM Erdos of Hungary whose rating is 2583.
Budva, round seven
yelenadembo | March 13, 2009
Today I won a strange game vs Veleski Robert of MKD (2269 elo). We got to a slightly better position for me around move 15 and then he blundered a Q in one move… What a pity! The game was going to be very interesting. His main problem was the lack of good moves and [...]