Training camps in 2013

Like last year’s two camps (one online, the other on Andros Island during summer holidays) I plan to do the same this year! Most likely the first online camp will be during Easter holidays and the island camp will be in summer, as usual 🙂

I already have a few students who wish to study during Easter, so do not hesitate to join! As for summer camp, it will again happen on Andros Island, Greece and the location is “Krinos Suites Hotel“, a hotel owned by my sister-in-law, Alexandra Logotheti.

Group, pair or private lessons will depend on the amount of students and the time of their arrival. Students who wish to participate in the camp may book their rooms in advance in “Krinos Suites Hotel” or in any other hotel on Andros Island.

Top 100 Women January 2013

There are 16 players with rating over 2500 ELO in the list!

Rank Name Title Country Rating Games B-Year
1 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2696 8 1976
2 Hou, Yifan g CHN 2603 4 1994
3 Koneru, Humpy g IND 2597 4 1987
4 Muzychuk, Anna g SLO 2582 8 1990
5 Dzagnidze, Nana g GEO 2555 0 1987
6 Zhao, Xue g CHN 2554 12 1985
7 Lagno, Kateryna g UKR 2547 4 1989
8 Kosintseva, Nadezhda g RUS 2531 8 1985
9 Sebag, Marie g FRA 2530 8 1986
10 Cramling, Pia g SWE 2518 4 1963
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Top 100 Players January 2013

For some time now we have a new list every month, so here is the January one. There are 3 players in the 2800 club and Carlsen has now officially surpassed Kasparov’s record.

Rank Name Title Country Rating Games B-Year
1 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2861 8 1990
2 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2810 8 1975
3 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2802 8 1982
4 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2793 0 1987
5 Caruana, Fabiano g ITA 2781 11 1992
6 Karjakin, Sergey g RUS 2780 11 1990
7 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2772 8 1969
8 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2771 0 1975
9 Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2769 8 1987
10 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2766 11 1985
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