:: 1st World School Chess Championship 2005 ::

The 1st World School Championship for school chess champions in categories Under 8, 10, 12, 14, and 16, was held between the 22nd and 28th of April 2005 at the  Porto Carras Grand Resort. The total number of participants reached 195 from 19 countries. Organizers of this great event were the World Chess Federation (FIDE), the International School Chess Union, the Greek Chess Federation, the Union of Chess Clubs of Thessaloniki & Halkidiki, and the Chess Club "Galaxias" of  Thessaloniki.

Final Standings of World School Championship
U08 Category: 1. Taminsyah Aston (INA), 2. Spada Fernando (USA) & 3. Ruiz Joshua (COL)
U10 Category: 1. Manos Kazakos (GRE) 2. Papadopoulos Panagiotis-Sotiris (GRE) & 3. Liodakis Kostas (GRE)
U12 Category: 1. Strzemiecki Zbigniew (POL), 2. Galopoulos N. (GRE) & 3. Bulmaga Irina F (MDA)
U14 Category: 1. Chirila Ioan Cristian (ROM), 2. Kopylov Alexander A (RUS) & 3. Sismanis Aggelos (GRE)
U16 Category: 1. Gounina Valentina (RUS), 2. Jafarli Alizamin (AZE) & 3. Bobula Mateusz (POL)


Final Standings of Open "Porto Carras" 2005: 1. Miezis Normunds 7 , 2. Korneev Oleg 7 , 3. Mastrovasilis Athanasios 6½ , 4. Sanduleac Vasile 6½ , 5. Postny Evgeny 6 , 6. Bykhovsky Avigdor 6 , 7. Tolstikh Nikolay 6 , 8. Nikolaidis Ioannis 6 , 9. Zysk Robert 6 , 10. Obodchuk Andrei 6 , 11. Allahverdiev Anar 6

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:: 2nd World School Chess Championship 2006 ::

The 2nd World School Championship was organized for the second time in a row in Greece, and more specifically at the G-Hotels Complex, in Kallithea of Halkidiki, from the 24th of April until the 2nd of May 2006.

The Championship was supported by the Greek and World Chess Federation and the International School Chess Union (ISCU) in an effort to develop school chess on a global scale. The total number of participants reached 269 boys and girls from 24 countries.


The gold champions in each category are the following:
Under 07: Lim De Li Derek (SIN)
Under 09: Taminsyah Aston (INA)
Under 11: Emiroglu Cankut (TUR 2082)
Under 13: Rahimov Rahmatjon (UZB 2064)
Under 15: Chirila Ioan Cristian (FM, ROM 2297)

:: HALKIDIKI INTERNATIONAL CHESS OPEN 2006 ::
In the Halkidiki International Open 2006, a parallel event to World School Championship, 86 players participated from 16 countries and winner of the event is Ioannis Nikolaidis (GM 2518) from Greece scoring 7.0 points in 9 games. Itkis Boris (IM 2490) from Romania and Shavtvaladze Nikoloz (IM 2368) from Georgia took the 2nd and 3rd position respectively. 

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