Monthly Archives: January 2009

The new mediterranean champion

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The new Mediterranean Champion is the Greek International Master Ioannis Georgiadis. He achieved the second GM norm so very soon we will have a new Greek Grandmaster. Congratulation Yanni!

The handshake

Chess handshake © 2009 karpidis. All rights reserved.

One thing that I teach all my students is the handshake. I think is fundamental for a game like chess. If you don’t give your hand to your opponent is like you don’t respect him. I see some players that … Continue reading

The new young greek champions

The Greek champions under 20 and under 18 © 2009 karpidis. All rights reserved.

2-8 January in Greece we had the final section of Greek championship for young men, women and boys girls <=18. So I present you our four new champions. Filippas Sebastien,Katerina Pavlidou,Zoi Iordanidou (difficult to capture not laughing) and Yorgos Kanakaris.

I play chess and I like it

Παπαδόπουλος Γιώργος © 2009 karpidis. All rights reserved.

At Greek Championship for boys under 20 years old play many boys that they are still in school. Some of them they show that they like it so much and are posing at photos with a big smile. After this … Continue reading